Chapter 27 Yan Lingyu is just playing around with you

He Huaisheng was startled by her actions and quickly stopped her, his eyes filled with shock: "Yaoyao, what are you... doing?"

A hint of disappointment flashed in Jiang Zhiyao's eyes: "Brother Sheng, I just wanted to thank you. It's always been like this when we were little. Do you not like me anymore?"

When she was little, Jiang Zhiyao liked to kiss He Huaisheng's face. Every time He Huaisheng helped her, she would express her gratitude in this way.

Seeing her so disappointed, He Huaisheng realized he was overthinking things and patiently explained, "Yaoyao, we're all grown up now, we can't be like we were when we were little anymore. I don't dislike you."

"Will Brother Sheng always like me?"

He Huaisheng smiled gently: "Yes."

Jiang Zhiyao bit her lip, her eyes struggling for a long time, and said with tears in her eyes, "Does Brother Sheng like An Shixia? If you like her... then you don't need to look for her tomorrow. I don't want the person Brother Sheng likes to be cyberbullied. It's okay if I suffer a little grievance. I just want Brother Sheng to be happy."

After she finished speaking, she quickly lowered her head, not letting He Huaisheng look at her.

He Huaisheng recalled the An Shixia he had seen today—so beautiful, so confident, and so dazzling—a side of her he had never seen before.

His heart began to race uncontrollably, but looking at Jiang Zhiyao in front of him, he denied it.

“I don’t like An Shixia. I didn’t like her before, and I won’t in the future. She did such a vicious thing, and I will definitely make her apologize to you.”

What good is it for a vicious woman like An Shixia to be beautiful? She's just a pretty face.

It's impossible for him to like her, absolutely impossible.

He Huaisheng kept giving himself mental suggestions.

Seeing that he denied it without hesitation, Jiang Zhiyao was in a good mood and quietly turned off the recording on her phone.

"Alright, go back to your dorm first. You've been crying for so long today, you must be exhausted. Go back and get some sleep, and don't overthink things."

He Huaisheng coaxed her like a child.

"Okay, Brother Sheng, you should get some sleep too~"

Hearing her concerned words, He Huaisheng's heart softened a little: "Okay."

...

Back in her dorm, Jiang Zhiyao took out her spare phone, used her secondary WeChat account to search for An Shixia's WeChat ID, and sent a request.

An Shixia had just finished showering when she saw the unfamiliar application. Instead of accepting it immediately, she asked a question in the verification message.

[Senior An, I'm a first-year student in the Foreign Languages ​​Department. I have some questions about competitions that I'd like to ask. Could you please approve my application?]

An Shixia assumed the other person was recommended by a teacher and agreed to the application.

Jiang Zhiyao was secretly delighted to see the message that she had successfully added him as a friend.

After An Shixia moved out of the dormitory, no new students came. There were only three people in the dormitory: Shen Tongtong and Sun Xueman, who were from the city and had gone home for the weekend, and had not returned yet.

Now that Jiang Zhiyao is the only one in the dormitory, it's actually more convenient for her to do her thing.

She turned on the voice changer and asked a few questions, which An Shixia answered without suspicion.

Seeing that the time was almost right, Jiang Zhiyao extracted a portion of the audio she had just recorded, leaving behind the line, "I don't like An Shixia. I didn't like her before, and I won't in the future."

She clicked play, then used the backup phone to continue sending the voice message. After recording the audio, she listened to it to make sure An Shixia could hear He Huaisheng's words before clicking send.

Seeing the words "The other party is typing..." appear on An Shixia's name, she paused for a few seconds and clicked to undo.

I reposted the same question, and added, "I was outside, it was a bit noisy, so the recording wasn't clear. I hope you didn't hear me, senior?"

An Shixia heard the voice message and was initially puzzled, but after hearing the sentence, she instantly understood.

The girl opposite isn't a female student; someone is clearly pretending to be one.

Is this tea flavor trying to make sure I don't know who it is?

But since she wants to play, let's tease her a little.

Sorry, I was busy just now. What did you retract?

Jiang Zhiyao was so angry when she saw the reply that she cursed, but she didn't dare to send another one. She could only ask a few more questions and send a thank you emoji.

An Shixia opened her WeChat Moments, and found it completely empty.

Jiang Zhiyao really knows her well; she knows that she doesn't like to get involved in other people's social circles and isn't even willing to pretend.

She probably felt sullen because she wasn't disgusted by it.

An Shixia clicked back, blocked and deleted her in one go, letting her disgust herself.

**

Eight in the morning is exhausting. After two classes, An Shixia was about to take Shen Tongtong for a walk in the park, but as soon as they stepped out of the teaching building, they heard an annoying voice: "An Shixia".

He Huaisheng is gentle to everyone, but he is extremely harsh to An Shixia.

He reserved all his bad temper for An Shixia.

An Shixia was speechless. She stopped revolving around him, but he came looking for her on his own.

She pretended not to hear and pulled Chen Tongtong to change their route.

He Huaisheng stuck to me like a leech.

"Didn't School Beauty An always chase after School Heartthrob He? How come it's the other way around now?"

Someone muttered something.

He Huaisheng frowned, wanting to say something in rebuttal, but seeing An Shixia walk away, he didn't say what he wanted to say and simply followed her.

"An Shixia, stop right there!"

He Huaisheng not only caught up with her, but also reached out and grabbed her wrist.

Although He Huaisheng looked like a delicate scholar, he was still a boy and had some strength in his hands.

An Shixia's wrist ached from being pulled, so she hurled the book in her hand at He Huaisheng: "Let go!"

The corner of the book hit He Huaisheng's arm, breaking the skin. He Huaisheng reflexively let go of her.

"An Shixia, how have you become so rude!"

He Huaisheng glanced at his arm, his brows furrowed so deeply they looked like they were about to trap a fly.

"He Huaisheng, you arrested me for no reason, and I'm not allowed to resist? This is harassment. Do you believe I'll call the police and have you arrested?"

An Shixia was not intimidated at all and glared at him angrily.

For a moment, He Huaisheng forgot the purpose of his visit, stared intently at her, and began to lecture her.

“An Shixia, can’t you be a little more sensible? With your temper, you’ll easily get taken advantage of in society. Also, you’ve been clinging to Yan Lingyu lately. A family like his isn’t something an ordinary person can aspire to. He’s just playing around with you!”

An Shixia looked at him like he was an idiot, and pulled Shen Tongtong back two steps: "He Huaisheng, are you sick? What I look like has nothing to do with you? Who I want to be with has nothing to do with you?"

Upon hearing these words, He Huaisheng thought to himself, "I knew it."

She still cares about me, and she's trying to force me to give her an identity through this method.

But he would never agree to it. This method was wrong from the start. He wanted to change An Shixia's values ​​and guide her onto the right path.

"An Shixia, the most important thing for a girl is self-respect and self-love, and to know the importance of propriety, righteousness, and a sense of shame..."

Halfway through his sentence, he suddenly remembered his purpose and instantly changed his attitude: "I went to watch your piano competition yesterday. It was wrong of you to report Yao Yao during the competition. I hope you can apologize to her."