WG - 30

Lin Jie’s excited mood got stuck in his throat.

Neither up nor down.

After choking for a while, he finally snapped back to reality and stared at her with wide eyes for half a minute, “Internet celebrity?”

Lin Jie was really dumbfounded.

But if it were before, Lin Jie might have thought nothing of it.

After all, when he saw Xie Ye’s hand speed and operations, he really thought it was impressive, but he didn’t think much of it or dwell on it.

So that night, he still harbored侥幸 (a slender hope) and found Xie Ye, thinking of playing PUBG together, checking out his operations, and maybe teaming up to play later.

But when he saw Xie Ye’s account, he was directly stunned.

He had thought Xie Ye might be somewhat famous, but Lin Jie never imagined he would be this famous.

What does being the top player in the entire server mean?

It’s even more shocking than consecutively ranking first in school for three years.

In those few seconds of being stunned, Lin Jie immediately thought of a phrase.

—Your big shot will always be your big shot.

The top player of the entire server has arrived.

Why bother with anything else!!!

Being the top student for three consecutive years is nothing!!!

There’s something even more shocking here!!!

And now this shocking thing was summarized by Chi Zhiyu.

Internet celebrity?

If people in the gaming server heard this, they would probably be even more confused.

Chi Zhiyu was amused by his expression, “Relax, I’m just joking. I know what you mean.”

“Little Sister Chi, you scared me to death.” Lin Jie let out that breath.

Chi Zhiyu raised an eyebrow, “What’s so scary about this?”

“It’s not good to say that Xie Ye is strong and call him an internet celebrity.” Lin Jie stammered.

Chi Zhiyu raised her eyebrows, “I was just teasing you. Who knew you’d actually believe it.”

Lin Jie was delighted, “So you definitely know how strong Brother Ye is!”

Hearing this, Chi Zhiyu lazily said, “Ah,” “I really don’t know about this.”

Lin Jie was stunned, “Then why aren’t you surprised at all?”

Chi Zhiyu blinked, matter-of-factly saying, “Because it’s him.”

She didn’t expect her to say this, and Lin Jie was stunned again.

She wasn’t surprised.

It was just because it was Xie Ye.

It was him.

So it could be done.

Lin Jie came back to his senses, suddenly smiled, “That’s right, Brother Ye can indeed do it.”

Chi Zhiyu nodded as she listened, then asked, “So you’ve been so obsessed with Xie Ye recently because of this?”

“Ah?” Lin Jie was dumbfounded again, “I’m obsessed with Xie Ye?”

Chi Zhiyu leaned back in her chair, lifted her chin slightly, “You two have been secretly scheming in front of me for so long, did you think I didn’t know?”

“? “

Lin Jie hesitated for a moment, “Little Sister Chi, the term ‘secretly scheming’...”

“You two are very wrong.” Chi Zhiyu put on a serious face and interrupted him, “Not focusing on class, talking about games during break time, what are you doing?”

“No, no.” Lin Jie quickly waved his hands to explain, “I’m just discussing some experience with Brother Ye. It absolutely hasn’t affected his studies.”

Chi Zhiyu shook her head at him, “Don’t you realize there’s a serious problem with what you just said?”

Lin Jie was stunned, “Ah? What’s the problem?”

Chi Zhiyu glanced at him, mysteriously saying, “Experience isn’t something you ask for; it’s accumulated through practice.”

“...”

“You need to practice and discover things yourself. Xie Ye can’t help you forever, you know?”

“And in the future, you should still have less contact with games. They’ll mislead you—”

The next moment, someone knocked on Chi Zhiyu’s head.

“What kind of nonsense teacher are you?”

Upon hearing this, Lin Jie looked up at the youth who had returned from outside, wearing a neatly washed coat that made his skin look pale and his appearance outstanding.

He took the newly refilled water cup and casually placed it on the corner of Chi Zhiyu’s desk.

Interrupted by the knock, Chi Zhiyu instinctively looked up and instantly met Xie Ye’s arrogant face.

The next second, she suddenly remembered the murmur she had heard earlier at Xie’s house.

She paused, holding her head and glaring at him, “What if your face gets broken?”

Xie Ye pulled out a chair and sat down, lazily saying, “Is your head your face?”

“The head is fragile, okay?” Chi Zhiyu rubbed her head, her eyes falling on the water cup he had just brought back, but hadn’t yet touched.

Xie Ye’s voice directly interrupted her, “Don’t touch that water.”

“...”

Caught, Chi Zhiyu awkwardly retracted her gaze, turned to glare at him, “I still have something to say to you!”

Xie Ye lazily said, “Go ahead, say it.”

“...”

Thrown off by his attitude, Chi Zhiyu choked, “I’m teaching you here. Can you straighten your attitude a bit?”

Lin Jie watched this scene, feeling it was not a good place to stay, and quickly turned around.

Hearing this, Xie Ye raised an eyebrow, “What are you teaching me?”

Chi Zhiyu narrowed her eyes, “Playing with objects leads to losing ambition.”

“Oh.” Xie Ye smirked, “What ambition did Little Miss Chi foresee I lost?”

Chi Zhiyu said expressionlessly, “Your love for studying.”

“...”

Xie Ye ignored her lazily, picked up the test paper on the table, ready to write.

Chi Zhiyu watched from the side, clicking her tongue, “Xie Ye, aren’t you too pretentious? Pretending to study well like this to show me.”

Xie Ye skimmed through the questions, chose A, and glanced at her, “What did Chen Fuqing tell you?”

“......”

This guy was doing it on purpose.

Picking on sore spots.

Chi Zhiyu suppressed her anger, turned around, and picked up the water cup, thinking of extinguishing the fire in her heart.

Seeing this, Xie Ye frowned, clicked his tongue, “Put it down.”

“I haven’t drunk it.” Chi Zhiyu opened the lid and placed it aside to cool, muttering, “I’m not stupid.”

“You’re not?” Xie Ye sneered lightly, “Then who was it that got burned before?”

Chi Zhiyu drank several cups of water every day.

Once, she forgot it was freshly boiled water, didn’t pay attention, and directly opened the lid to take a sip. The instant her tongue got burned, she accidentally bit her own tongue, and tears streamed down from the pain.

At that time, Wu Xuan was still her deskmate. When she turned her head, she saw Chi Zhiyu crying with red eyes, thinking she had been scalded somewhere, and hurriedly pulled her towards the infirmary.

Later, of course, nothing major happened.

However, at that time, Chi Zhiyu was sitting with her back to the door, holding the ice cube given by the school doctor in her mouth when she heard Wu Xuan utter a puzzled sound behind her.

Upon hearing this, Chi Zhiyu slightly turned her head to look and met Xie Ye’s gaze.

Chi Zhiyu was stunned, not expecting him to be here. Coming back to her senses, she clearly saw his face.

His lips were tightly pressed, and his face showed no emotion.

His long, narrow eyes were pitch-black, slightly sunken, with a hint of gloominess.

He was angry.

Realizing this, Chi Zhiyu immediately chose to remain silent.

Wu Xuan naturally noticed this and quickly spoke up, “You two talk, I’ll go buy a bottle of water.”

With that, she quickly walked out.

The school doctor also seemed to have gone somewhere, leaving only the two of them in the room.

Chi Zhiyu sat in her seat, slowly turning her body to look at Xie Ye opposite her, helplessly waving her hand, and mumbled with the ice cube in her mouth, “Hi.”

Xie Ye walked up to her, seeing her sitting properly without any external injuries. The gloominess in his eyes slightly receded as he lowered his gaze, staring at Chi Zhiyu’s face without speaking.

Chi Zhiyu locked eyes with him for a few seconds, tugged her lips into a smile, “What a coincidence, meeting you here.”

As her words fell, she realized something was off, “? No, why are you here? Are you hurt anywhere?”

The ice cube in her mouth hindered her speech.

“Wait a moment.” Chi Zhiyu furrowed her brows, reaching for a tissue to spit it out.

Seeing this, Xie Ye’s expression soured, his voice cold, “What are you spitting out randomly?”

Chi Zhiyu held the ice cube, “It’s hard to talk like this.”

“Can’t you keep your mouth shut?”

“...”

“Don’t even know how to drink water, what are you talking about?” Xie Ye’s tone was unkind, sneering, “Right, drinking boiling water directly, do you think your life is too long?”

Hearing his voice, which sounded somewhat heavy,

Chi Zhiyu, holding the ice cube, complained, “Are you sick? Why are you yelling at me? I didn’t do it on purpose, and it hurts too.”

Xie Ye kept a cold face, “Now you know it hurts, what were you doing earlier?”

Chi Zhiyu was also annoyed, “If I had known earlier, would I be arguing with you here now?”

Her emotions were a bit agitated, and for a moment, she forgot that the school doctor had told her not to speak. Biting the ice cube with her teeth, she bit her tongue again, still at the previously injured spot.

“Ouch!”

Chi Zhiyu’s body trembled instantly, raising her hand to cover her mouth.

Due to the physiological reaction, tears welled up again.

Seeing her face stiffen, Xie Ye immediately stepped forward, crouched down, frowning and looking up to ask her, “What? Did you bite it again?”

Being asked this way, whether it was due to overactive tear ducts or something else,

Chi Zhiyu’s nose tingled, and the previous委屈 (grievance) and annoyance surfaced.

She didn’t dare to speak recklessly anymore, only glaring at him with red eyes and tears hanging on her eyelashes.

Silently cursing him profusely in her heart.

But Xie Ye didn’t respond at the time, squatting halfway, locking eyes with her for a few seconds, then suddenly lowering his head. His black hair fell across his forehead, concealing his ambiguous brows and eyes.

Chi Zhiyu was stunned, about to ask him.

And the next second.

Xie Ye went crazy for some reason, suddenly raising his hand and gently covering her eyes with his palm.

Unexpectedly.

Chi Zhiyu’s eyes instinctively drooped. Due to one crouching and one sitting.

Suddenly, from the top-down angle, she saw the arc of his Adam’s apple sliding up and down.

Then.

She heard him say hoarsely, “Don’t curse.”

......

“Brother, how long ago was that?” Chi Zhiyu, hearing him bring it up again, responded speechlessly.

Xie Ye lazily retorted, “So you weren’t burned?”

“Burned...” Chi Zhiyu dragged out the word, “I was indeed burned, but it was a mistake. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

Seeing her like this, Xie Ye’s lips curled slightly, and he picked up the open water cup from the corner of her desk and placed it on his own desk.

“?”

Chi Zhiyu watched him take her cup, “What are you taking my cup for?”

Xie Ye tapped the easily-tippable cup with his fingertip, glanced at her, “No memory? Want to go to the school infirmary to eat ice again?”

Reminded by him.

Chi Zhiyu remembered the repeated pain on her tongue tip at that time and immediately shut up.

But at the same time, her mind paused, suddenly recalling that she seemed to have asked Xie Ye why he came to the school infirmary.

He didn’t answer but instead scolded her.

The topic veered off.

She didn’t have time to ask, and until now, she still didn’t know how this person could arrive at the school infirmary so quickly.

She also didn’t know if it was a coincidence or something else.

He seemed to be...

Running over at that time.