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After her words fell,
Wu Xuan was silent for three seconds, speechlessly opening her mouth, “Do you think I can believe this?”
Chi Zhiyu calmly nodded, “No.”
“...” Wu Xuan said, “Then why did you say it?”
“Just teasing you.” Chi Zhiyu switched to stretching the other leg.
Wu Xuan followed along, “I almost believed it just now.”
Chi Zhiyu: “Believe what?”
“Xie Ye.” Wu Xuan raised an eyebrow, “The mysterious veil lifted, the weak-fighting big shot.”
After saying this, Wu Xuan remembered, “But come to think of it, I really haven’t seen Xie Ye fight.”
Chi Zhiyu blinked, “What’s so interesting about fighting?”
“Tsk.” Wu Xuan shook her head, “Fighting has its own skillset, alright?”
“For example?”
“Quick, accurate, ruthless movements, clean and decisive, especially if the person is handsome,” Wu Xuan sighed, “A handsome guy can definitely catch the eye.”
Chi Zhiyu recalled Xie Ye’s actions just now, raised an eyebrow, and remained noncommittal.
“No.” Wu Xuan didn’t hear her reply and guessed, “Did Xie Ye upset you?”
“Hmm?” Chi Zhiyu blinked, “Why do you say that?”
Wu Xuan: “Your words seem a bit off. Normally, you’d have complained about Xie Ye by now.”
Chi Zhiyu retracted her leg, “No, maybe I was scared.”
“Hmm? Scared?” Wu Xuan asked, “By what? Xie Ye?”
Chi Zhiyu sighed, “More or less.”
His sudden question earlier still gave her a bit of a shock when she thought about it now.
At that moment, she really hadn’t thought about how to answer.
She hadn’t expected him to ask that, nor did she expect it to be so sudden.
While she was quickly thinking, this person made a big reversal.
At that time, she was indeed relieved and breathed a sigh of relief, but later, upon reflection, she got angry.
She didn’t know whether he did it intentionally or unintentionally.
Not saying things clearly irritated her.
Wu Xuan, upon hearing this, assumed she was scared by the sight of Xie Ye fighting and patted her shoulder, “It’s alright, Xie Ye was helping you. But if even you were scared, it shows Xie Ye fought pretty fiercely.”
Chi Zhiyu: “...”
Chi Zhiyu: “What kind of logic is that?”
Wu Xuan: “Normal reasoning.”
Chi Zhiyu laughed, “Is he some sort of social big shot?”
“...”
“Yes.”
“?”
Wu Xuan calmly explained, “Looks like it.”
“...” Chi Zhiyu was curious, “Then what do I look like?”
“You look like,” Wu Xuan blinked, “a woman the social big shots can’t get.”
Chi Zhiyu was amused, “Me? A woman who can’t be gotten?”
“Because you’re pretty, like a goddess, aren’t the big shots in novels always attracted to things they can see but can’t get?” Wu Xuan analyzed carefully, “That kind of challenge.”
Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu raised an eyebrow, “Oh, so Xie Ye likes me?”
“...”
Wu Xuan choked, “This... it’s just novel reasoning, I didn’t say that.”
Seeing her retract so quickly, Chi Zhiyu was amused, “Didn’t you say Xie Ye looks like a big shot?”
“He does look like one.” Wu Xuan coughed, “But he’s not really a big shot.”
Chi Zhiyu shrugged indifferently, “Alright.”
Wu Xuan knew she was teasing her and glanced at her, “When Xie Ye helped you vent your anger this afternoon, he must have been very cool and strong, right? What do you think?”
“Me?” Chi Zhiyu’s tone rose slightly.
Wu Xuan countered, “Otherwise?”
“Hmm...” Chi Zhiyu blinked, “I feel quite relieved.”
“?”
Wu Xuan was taken aback and then heard her slowly add, “After raising this dog for so long, it’s rare to see him know how to protect his master.”
“...”
“Feels kind of touching.”
“...”
________________________________________
Although there was that little incident along the way, nothing serious happened. No injuries, no disasters.
Rarely, there was even an added touch of affection.
Wu Xuan teased her as they left the dance studio after class.
Chi Zhiyu corrected her, “It’s relief mixed with a bit of affection.”
“What nonsense.” Wu Xuan asked, “If Xie Ye heard you say that, wouldn’t he hit you?”
Chi Zhiyu slung her bag over her shoulder, “That’s a compliment, why would he hit me?”
Wu Xuan walked down the stairs with her, “Only you would think that’s a compliment.”
“So where are we going now? To eat?” Wu Xuan asked.
Chi Zhiyu glanced at the time after stepping down the stairs, “Still early.”
Because of the monthly exam today, the afternoon dance class didn’t last long—just some basic practice to reinforce muscle memory.
“So should we go find them?” Wu Xuan pulled out her phone, looked at the received messages, raised an eyebrow, “They’re all at the basketball court. Shall we go?”
Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu furrowed her brows, “Playing basketball?”
Wu Xuan: “Probably, what else would they be doing at the basketball court?”
“Let’s go take a look.”
Chi Zhiyu thought Xie Ye must not care about his hand since he was injured but still went to play basketball.
With a frown, she took a step toward the path on the right, just in time to meet Jiang Jinxu coming downstairs.
Chi Zhiyu glanced at him, nodded as a greeting, and without acknowledging him further, walked straight toward the basketball court.
Jiang Jinxu hadn’t even opened his mouth to greet her when he saw her profile pass by, pausing for a moment.
Wu Xuan stood in place, noticed his expression, and awkwardly greeted on behalf of Chi Zhiyu, “Hello, Jiang classmate.”
Jiang Jinxu nodded, looking at the slender back of the departing girl, “Are you two going somewhere?”
Wu Xuan smiled, “To find someone.”
Without elaborating, she just briefly mentioned it and nodded to him, “I’ll go ahead, goodbye Jiang classmate.”
Jiang Jinxu responded, “Alright, see you.”
Wu Xuan quickly caught up with Chi Zhiyu ahead.
Jiang Jinxu noticed the direction they were heading towards was the outdoor playground. His eyelashes flickered slightly, already guessing the destination.
He lowered his gaze slightly and walked away.
...
“Why are you walking so fast?”
Wu Xuan caught up with Chi Zhiyu and asked while catching her breath.
Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu slowed her steps slightly.
Wu Xuan caught her breath and looked back, whispering, “You’re not avoiding Jiang Jinxu, are you?”
“?” Chi Zhiyu was puzzled, “Why would I avoid Jiang Jinxu?”
“Oh, never mind.” Upon hearing this, Wu Xuan waved her hand, “I thought you didn’t want to see him and were walking so fast because of that.”
Chi Zhiyu lifted her eyes, “Oh, there is that reason too.”
“...”
“But he hasn’t really approached me lately, has he?”
“It seems like he hasn’t.” Wu Xuan thought for a moment, “But if he wants to see you, he’ll definitely find an opportunity and a reason.”
Chi Zhiyu felt somewhat helpless, “Then I really don’t want to see him.”
The two bypassed the moral education building, walked through a shaded corridor, and headed toward the entrance of the outdoor basketball court.
Wu Xuan climbed the steps, looked up at the court in the corner of the third floor, and raised an eyebrow, “They’re over there.”
Upon hearing this, Chi Zhiyu looked up in the direction she indicated.
Xie Ye was leaning casually against the railing at the edge of the third floor. With his head bowed, his waist slightly bent.
He was idly playing with the water bottle in his hand, tossing it up and catching it occasionally.
A boy beside him seemed to have said something, making him look up at the basketball court ahead.
From afar, his profile still exuded that cool, leisurely vibe.
He wasn’t participating in the game, just watching.
Seeing this, Chi Zhiyu’s worries suddenly eased, and she picked up her pace to walk toward the third floor.
Passing through each level of the courts, Wu Xuan watched the number of girls spectating on each floor and sighed, “Freshmen girls indeed have more curiosity.”
“Hmm?”
“You can see that most of the spectators are freshmen gir—”
As they were speaking, the two stepped onto the third floor. Wu Xuan looked ahead at the basketball court and froze for three seconds, changing her tone, “—Is this still men’s basketball?”
Though not explicitly stated, most of the players on the third floor were from the senior year, occasionally joined by members from other grades.
After all, basketball is something you get familiar with as you play.
But the girls watching the game came from all grades, especially now that both seniors and juniors had started school. Looking around, both sides of the basketball court were surrounded by girls; one might mistakenly think it was a women’s basketball game.
Chi Zhiyu didn’t often see this scene, but every time she did, she couldn’t help but sigh.
The attraction of youthful boys was indeed strong.
In school, as long as a boy is tall, not ugly, and can play basketball, he might catch the attention of girls.
Wu Xuan held Chi Zhiyu’s arm and pushed through the crowd to reach the end.
Chi Zhiyu originally thought the last court would have the most people, but unexpectedly, there were hardly any.
She was slightly puzzled and looked around.
“What are you looking at blindly?”
The indifferent voice of the boy ahead came.
Chi Zhiyu turned her head. Xie Ye was still leaning casually against the railing, looking at her indifferently. The boy beside him had disappeared, replaced by Su Le.
Chi Zhiyu noticed that his side wasn’t under the sun but rather shaded by trees. Without thinking, she quickly walked toward him.
Wu Xuan followed beside her.
Chi Zhiyu first walked to his side and looked around again.
“Can you see through walls?” Xie Ye reached out to pull down the school uniform covering her head and shielding her from the sun, revealing her eyes.
Her field of vision widened, and Chi Zhiyu blinked.
Wu Xuan slowly walked to the side and asked, “Why is there no one here?”
“It was too noisy; a group of girls were chattering nearby, so we let Li Taoran handle it,” Su Le, who seemed to be resting, explained after drinking some water.
Wu Xuan raised an eyebrow, “Did they listen?”
“Some of them certainly didn’t.” Su Le said, “So we brought out our ace card, Xie Ye.”
“Hmm?” Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu turned her head and looked at Xie Ye with surprise, “Did you go and talk to them?”
Xie Ye glanced at her, his eyes clearly saying, “Do you think that’s possible?”
Su Le quickly explained, “It was Li Taoran who used him as an example, saying that this senior is in a bad mood today and wants to enjoy the breeze. Could you ladies move aside a bit?”
Wu Xuan chuckled, “So he has this use too.”
This was completely using Xie Ye as a door god.
Chi Zhiyu found it amusing and comfortingly patted his shoulder, “Hard work, hard work.”
Xie Ye showed no expression, clearly too lazy to bother with her.
Su Le glanced at the preparation to enter the court, jerked his chin at Xie Ye, signaling, “I’m off.”
Chi Zhiyu misinterpreted this and instinctively turned her head to look at him, “What do you mean, ‘off’? Are you going to play?”
“No.” Su Le quickly clarified, “Don’t worry, Chi sister. He’s already been chivalrous today, so of course, he won’t play. It’s my turn to leave.”
Chi Zhiyu paused, “Ah, alright, good luck then.”
“Rest assured, I’ll definitely give it my all.” Su Le made a bold declaration, set down his water, and walked toward the court.
Watching him leave, Chi Zhiyu turned her head and suddenly met Xie Ye’s gaze.
Her body stiffened momentarily.
Xie Ye lowered his gaze, staring directly at her.
At this moment, his eyes were deep, inexplicably filled with profound meaning.
And curiosity.
Chi Zhiyu locked eyes with him for two seconds and felt somewhat embarrassed, unable to bear it and shifted her gaze first, clearing her throat, “What?”
Xie Ye scanned her up and down for a second and leisurely said, “Nothing.”
“?” Chi Zhiyu was stunned, “Hmm?”
Nothing?
Nothing, yet you’re staring at me like this??
What does this mean??
Questions kept popping up in her mind, leaving Chi Zhiyu utterly confused, her brows furrowed, unable to figure it out.
Xie Ye stood beside her, glancing at her puzzled little expression.
Dazed, seemingly naive and ignorant.
His eyelids drooped, concealing the emotions in his eyes.
Chi Zhiyu thought for a long time but couldn’t figure it out, eventually giving up without further ado.
When she returned to reality, she suddenly noticed the continuous gazes from the surrounding girls.
She frowned slightly, not yet saying anything.
“Chi Zhiyu.” Xie Ye beside her suddenly called out. Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu instinctively looked up at him, “Hmm? What?”
Xie Ye was holding a bottle of water he had somehow obtained, silently offering it to her.
“?” Chi Zhiyu didn’t understand, “What?”
His expression was casual, directly commanding, “Open it.”
“...” Chi Zhiyu was speechless, “Do you not have hands?”
“Oh, I forgot that my hand was injured from being chivalrous earlier, and now,” Xie Ye leisurely uttered a word, “the pain is unbearable.”
“...”
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