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Jiang Jinxu was stunned for a few seconds, likely not expecting such directness. He looked at Xie Ye’s impassive face and raised an eyebrow with a faint smile. “Is Xie classmate joking? In school, who would abduct students?”
Xie Ye remained cold and expressionless, staring at him.
“You might have misunderstood me,” Jiang Jinxu calmly explained. “I just intended to escort Chi Zhixu to the classroom to find you.”
“Is that so?” Xie Ye glanced at his face and suddenly let out a short laugh. “You’ve got some nerve.”
“...”
“Holding your ground isn’t necessarily a bad thing.” Jiang Jinxu’s smile didn’t waver, his gaze steady as he looked at Xie Ye, seemingly without fear. “I think it’s important not to rush things too much, or it could backfire. This saying always holds true.”
“It makes sense,” Xie Ye drawled lazily. “But what does it have to do with me?”
“...”
Jiang Jinxu truly couldn’t figure out how to communicate with him and fell silent for two seconds.
Xie Ye had no patience to listen further and turned to walk down the steps.
“What’s your relationship with Chi Zhixu? A childhood neighborly older brother?”
Upon hearing this, Xie Ye paused slightly in his movements and glanced at him.
“I know you care about Chi Zhixu,” Jiang Jinxu said softly. “But I often spend time with her. You could say we’re partners, and I can take care of her in certain matters.”
Xie Ye raised an eyebrow. “So what?”
“So, from the perspective of an older brother, I don’t think you need to harbor such hostility toward me,” Jiang Jinxu reasoned.
Xie Ye smirked faintly. “So you’re saying you’ve succeeded?”
Jiang Jinxu was momentarily confused, not understanding. “What?”
Xie Ye’s tone was indifferent. “After all that talk, has Chi Zhixu fallen for you?”
Jiang Jinxu froze.
“These useless words are best left unsaid,” Xie Ye sneered lightly. “No need to waste effort here either.”
“...” Jiang Jinxu’s eyes dimmed slightly. “And what about you? Do you think Chi Zhixu will like you?”
At that moment, Xie Ye’s expression became nonchalant. “Oh,” he said casually, “If she can’t even stand me, then there’s probably no one else worthy of her.”
“...”
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On the other side.
Chi Zhixu walked briskly toward the teaching building while Wu Xuan was still a bit dazed.
“What? When did Xie Ye appear?” Wu Xuan snapped out of it and asked her.
“How should I know?” Chi Zhixu blinked. “You might have forgotten that we came out together.”
Wu Xuan thought for a moment, furrowing her brow. “Don’t you think it’s strange?”
Chi Zhixu nodded. “A little.”
Wu Xuan turned to look at her. “Where?”
“For so long,” Chi Zhixu said, “Xie Ye hasn’t come over yet.”
“...” Wu Xuan was startled. “Could they possibly be fighting?”
Chi Zhixu gave her a sidelong glance. “Do you think that’s possible?”
“Alright, I was just talking nonsense.” Wu Xuan clicked her tongue. “But it’s also possible. After all, my male god likes you, maybe he’ll risk everything for love?”
Chi Zhixu raised an eyebrow. “Then he must not be very capable.”
“?” Wu Xuan: “What do you mean?”
Chi Zhixu looked at her sincerely. “Xie Ye doesn’t need to lift a finger. His words alone can drive someone mad.”
“...”
She forgot about his special skill.
When Chi Zhixu entered the lobby of the teaching building, she happened to run into Su Le, who had been waiting for them.
He spotted the two first and waved to signal them. “Over here.”
Wu Xuan lifted her chin and walked toward him.
As Su Le watched them approach, he glanced behind them a few times. No one else was there.
“Hmm? Where’s Xie Ye?” Su Le asked, slightly puzzled.
“He’s still behind.” Wu Xuan looked at him and asked, “Why are you down here?”
Su Le casually replied, “Since Xie Ye went to pick you up, we decided to come downstairs and meet you halfway.”
Chi Zhixu raised an eyebrow. “What’s the point of him coming to pick us up?”
“He’s insane,” Su Le muttered before recounting Xie Ye’s exact words earlier.
Chi Zhixu listened quietly until she heard the part about how “it would seem unkind of me if I didn’t personally come to pick her up.”
“...”
Why is this situation so dramatic?
Even Wu Xuan was rendered speechless by his words. “Is he alright?”
“What could possibly be wrong with him?” Su Le scoffed. “This guy is just messed up.”
Chi Zhixu chuckled at his comment. “Would you dare say that to his face?”
“Why wouldn’t I dare?” Su Le adopted a fearless expression. “Who am I afraid of?”
This was clearly false bravado.
Chi Zhixu ignored him and noticed that Li Taoran hadn’t shown up yet after chatting for so long. “Where is he? Did he leave ahead of us?”
“No.” Su Le glanced toward the restroom behind him. “He’s dealing with frequent urination issues.”
“...”
Chi Zhixu spoke calmly. “Tell him to see a doctor.”
“What’s to see?” Li Taoran suddenly popped up from behind and asked.
Wu Xuan was startled and turned to scold him. “Can’t you make a sound when you come over? Are you sick?!”
Li Taoran looked innocent. “All I did was ask a question; I didn’t do anything wrong!”
Wu Xuan: “Couldn’t you announce yourself when you got back?”
“What’s wrong with you?” Li Taoran shot back. “Am I a mouse or something?”
Chi Zhixu watched their bickering silently and shook her head.
These two were arguing for no reason at all.
Su Le had already tuned them out and remembered something. He turned to Chi Zhixu and asked, “Did Xie Ye run into Jiang Jinxu when he came to pick you up?”
Chi Zhixu nodded. “More or less.”
Su Le raised an eyebrow and said, “Oh.”
“?!”
Chi Zhixu blinked. “What does your ‘oh’ mean?”
“Nothing,” Su Le said calmly. “It’s just an expression of pity for Jiang Jinxu.”
“...” Chi Zhixu rolled her eyes. “Can you speak normally?”
What pity?
“This is just me feeling sorry for Jiang Jinxu on his behalf.”
Before Su Le could continue, he suddenly noticed someone approaching from the front. He stopped mid-sentence and quickly changed the subject. “Oh, here they come.”
Hearing this, Chi Zhixu turned her head to look.
The affiliated high school seemed to favor or sympathize with the senior year students, as they had built a wooden pavilion corridor in front of the senior building, complete with a lotus pond nearby.
The wisteria flowers entwined around the corridor were almost fully bloomed, and delicate purple petals occasionally drifted down.
This spot had become one of the iconic landmarks of the school. Its romantic ambiance often attracted couples holding hands and cultivating their feelings.
Chi Zhixu had never paid much attention to this place before, but now, seeing Xie Ye walking along the pebbled path, she realized—it was quite picturesque.
The wisteria petals floated down, landing gently on Xie Ye’s shoulder. He walked slowly, unhurried, and when he reached the lobby, he glanced at Chi Zhixu. “Not going?”
“...”
Were you just strolling around leisurely?
“We’ve been waiting for you for so long. Can’t you hurry up?” Chi Zhixu reproached him first, casually brushing the petal off his shoulder.
“Long?” Xie Ye glanced at her. “Two minutes without me felt like years?”
“...”
Chi Zhixu choked slightly and asked in confusion, “Did talking to Jiang Jinxu drive you crazy?”
“...” Xie Ye snorted. “Are we going or not?”
“Let’s go.” Chi Zhixu took a few steps forward and then suddenly remembered to ask, “What are we eating later?”
At that, Xie Ye lowered his gaze to look at her and unexpectedly said, “Whatever you like.”
“Huh?” Chi Zhixu looked up at him, surprised. “What I like? The food I usually eat?”
Xie Ye nodded, “Mm.”
Chi Zhiyu blinked and thought for a moment before asking, “What is it?”
Xie Ye smirked and slowly said, “It’s something your classmate Jiang reminisced about.”
“Noodles.”
“...”
Not eating.
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Sure enough, they didn’t eat the noodles.
Chi Zhiyu went to the cafeteria with Wu Xuan and ate something else. Due to Bai Li’s weight restrictions, she couldn’t eat junk food, so she ordered some vegetables.
While eating, Chi Zhiyu was still thinking about what happened in the afternoon.
She didn’t know what Xie Ye and Jiang Jinxu had talked about.
Thinking about this, Chi Zhiyu originally planned to ask about it when she got home, but Bai Li lectured her for a while, and by the time she went upstairs to do her homework, she had already forgotten to ask Xie Ye.
By the time she remembered, several days had passed.
While writing her homework during break, she overheard the class monitor mention Jiang Jinxu.
Chi Zhiyu turned around and directly asked Xie Ye, but he just glanced at her and casually asked, “Whose do you want to know?”
“Huh?” Chi Zhiyu was confused. “Are there options?”
Xie Ye: “Or what?”
“...” Chi Zhiyu held back her frustration and nodded, “Alright, I want to know yours.”
“Oh.” Xie Ye’s expression seemed somewhat subtle, then he leisurely said, “Ten bucks per piece of information.”
Chi Zhiyu: “...”
Chi Zhiyu: “What?”
What kind of garbage answer was that?
Xie Ye calmly said, “I forgot to mention, I don’t answer questions for free.”
Chi Zhiyu sneered, “Then what about Jiang Jinxu’s?”
“Him?” Xie Ye arrogantly said, “He’s not worth selling.”
Chi Zhiyu: “...”
“But if you want to buy it anyway,” Xie Ye thought for a moment and randomly said, “Three pieces for a dime.”
“?” Chi Zhiyu frowned and questioned, “Why is his so cheap?”
Xie Ye casually replied, “Different levels.”
“Selling him cheap.”
“...”
Translated, it meant:
—Low.
In the end, Chi Zhiyu didn’t buy either of them. She would have to be crazy to buy such nonsense.
And she no longer cared.
In this world, nothing would ever happen where Xie Ye would come out on the losing end.
What kind of idle concern was it to worry about him being at a disadvantage?
Chi Zhiyu rolled her eyes at him and turned back to continue writing her homework.
Seeing her indifferent attitude, Xie Ye thought of Jiang Jinxu’s words and silently pursed his lips.
Lost in thought,
The hygiene committee member on the podium glanced at the schedule and called out, “Xie Ye, come and wipe the blackboard.”
Upon hearing his name, Xie Ye casually put down his pen, stood up, and walked towards the front of the classroom.
The people around him heard his name and unconsciously turned their gaze towards him.
The tall and slender youth stood in front of the blackboard, his long legs giving him an obvious advantage as he reached up to wipe the topmost part of the board effortlessly.
His figure was hidden under a loose jacket, his uniform washed clean, zipped up meticulously—a typical good student look.
But when one’s gaze traveled past his slender neck and landed on his face, the image of a good student vanished.
His eyes were lowered, dark pupils showing little emotion, very detached.
However, as chalk dust gently floated up after wiping the board, some more than usual, his expression instantly grew impatient and slightly annoyed, his brows slightly furrowed.
After roughly finishing, Xie Ye turned back to his seat. Chi Zhiyu saw him sit down, glanced at the chalk dust on his arms, and frowned, warning him, “No flicking the dust.”
After saying that, she handed him a wet wipe from her drawer.
Xie Ye took it and noticed the pack hadn’t been opened yet.
Just then, the girl next to them came over with a test paper to ask Chi Zhiyu about a biology question.
Chi Zhiyu turned to help with the question. Before she could say much, Xie Ye placed the unopened wet wipes in front of her.
Chi Zhiyu noticed and blinked, “What’s wrong?”
Xie Ye tilted his chin, “Open it.”
“...”
Chi Zhiyu saw the chalk dust on his left hand too and teased him, “Don’t you know you can open it with your teeth?”
Though she said that, she still reached out to open it for him and handed him a wet wipe.
Xie Ye took it, frowning coldly as he wiped the chalk dust off his hands.
The familiar male classmate sitting next to him saw how obviously disgusted Xie Ye was with the chalk dust and clicked his tongue, “Xie Ye, why are you, a grown man, so finicky?”
Xie Ye shot him a glance, his usual arrogant and smug look evident.
“What kind of look is that?”
The boy laughed in exasperation and turned to Chi Zhiyu for help, “Little Chi, look at your brother being so finicky, quickly scold him!”
At this, Chi Zhiyu paused her explanation and looked up at him, “Wrong.”
“Huh?” The boy was taken aback, “What’s wrong?”
“He’s not my brother.” Chi Zhiyu calmly stated, “He’s my childhood friend, but not my brother.”
“And,” Chi Zhiyu raised her head.
“He never will be.”
She said.
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