Chapter 63: Changes "It's easy for you to say, this thing can be bent just by saying it..."

Before Jiang Ci could say anything else, Yu Xiang hurriedly slipped away, saying that he wanted to take a shower.

In response, he had no choice but to bend down and pick up the two boxes on the ground, and brought them back to the room together with the one in his hand.

He put the bathing matter aside for the time being and started unpacking the boxes instead.

Yu Xiang stuffed a lot of odds and ends into it, some big and some small, and there was also a box full of snacks. Judging from the variety, they must have been carefully selected and were very much to his taste.

What is more noteworthy is that there is a brand new Walkman inside, but with a memory card inserted, and a note attached to the box.

He took the note out and unfolded it. On it was a string of words that looked very much like Yu Xiang's style: "As a return gift for giving me your treasure as a talisman to pass every exam, I've downloaded songs onto the memory card. Just treat it as a blind box." PS: This isn't a talisman to pass every exam.

Jiang Ci chuckled when he saw the last sentence that expressed emphasis.

After this day, everything returned to normal.

At least that's what it seems on the surface.

Jiang Yuting would occasionally shamelessly sneak up to the senior high school building, claiming that she wanted to eat the food at the school gate and wanted them to bring it to her - she was a boarding student and could not leave the school at will.

What was different from the past was that Jiang Ci didn't say anything the first time, but agreed right away, so quickly that Jiang Yuting was stunned.

Of course, in the end, Jiang Ci bribed Zhang Miao with some tricks and let Zhang Miao do the job.

This happened several times. Finally, one day Jiang Yuting came to the house and tactfully said that the day students in her class would help take care of the child in the future, so they didn't need to bother him. Then she ran away and behaved much better.

The next time I saw her was the day before the National Day holiday at the end of September.

Jiang Yuting's family happened to have something to do that day and couldn't pick her up in time, so they called Luo Fang and asked her to tell Jiang Ci to take Jiang Yuting back to their house after school in the evening and they would pick her up later.

Yu Xiang, who was traveling with him, decisively sent Jiang Ci alone to wait at the door of Jiang Yuting's class, while he and Zhang Miao and the others waited and chatted at the bottom of the teaching building.

"Hey Sanshui, let me ask you something." Yu Xiang leaned against the railing and started a conversation. "I remember you had a date in junior high school, didn't you?"

"Huh?" Zhang Miao was stunned for a moment, then blushed. "That was just a joke when we were young and ignorant... No, it wasn't a joke, it was just a momentary impulse, so it doesn't count as a joke!"

Yu Xiang: "Don't get excited. What I mean is, no matter what the result is, don't you have some experience?"

"What experience?" Zhang Miao was confused. "Dating experience?"

Yu Xiang nodded: "Yes."

"That can't be considered experience at all. It's at most a negative example. You'll have to ask Old Fang about that experience." Zhang Miao said, sticking his lips out at Fang Chengyu, motioning Yu Xiang to ask him, "He actually wrote a love letter. Even though he was rejected, at least he wrote it."

Fang Chengyu chuckled softly, "...if you want a beating, just say so."

Zhang Miao sighed, "I'm just being honest. You have to have the courage to face your past failures and move forward, Lao Fang."

“Get out, get out, get out!”

"But Brother Yu, why are you asking this all of a sudden?" Zhang Miao finally realized that something was wrong and asked after a "hiss".

Yu Xiang stood up and looked towards the corridor. After confirming that Jiang Ci hadn't come down yet, he lowered his voice and said, "I think I've fallen in love with someone, but they already like someone else. Should I just give up or try to keep trying?"

Zhang Miao: “???”

Fang Chengyu: “???”

This sentence undoubtedly brought great shock to the two of them, and they opened their mouths in shock, as if they had swallowed an egg alive.

"Qiaodou Madai, give me some time." Zhang Miao couldn't believe his ears for a moment, "You have someone you like?!"

Yu Xiang immediately glared at him: "Keep your voice down, are you the only one with a loud voice?"

"Yes, yes, I'm sorry, Brother Yu, I was too excited, cough cough cough... So you mean to say that your iron tree has finally bloomed?" Even though Zhang Miao choked on his own saliva halfway through his words, he still insisted on finishing his words.

Yu Xiang's face went numb. "What a terrible description! Can you be more normal?"

"No, no, no, it's mainly because you've never expressed admiration for any girl. Lao Fang and I have actually privately suspected that you might like boys." Zhang Miao's lips were trembling with excitement. After he said this, he noticed that Yu Xiang's expression suddenly became a little subtle. He couldn't help but wonder, "Brother Yu, why do you have that expression? I admit that it was wrong for Lao Fang and I to discuss this behind my back. I repent..."

"That's not the point." Yu Xiang said with difficulty, his expression indescribable. "I... I wanted to say that, actually, um, it is indeed a man."

"What!" Zhang Miao was struck by lightning. "It can't be me, right? You can't do that, Brother Yu. Although I..."

Fang Chengyu couldn't bear it any longer and pinched Zhang Miao: "Stop, stop, stop, Sanshui, don't you know how good-looking you are? Even if Brother Yu likes boys, he must look like Brother Jiang... So could it be Jiang--"

"Shh." Yu Xiang looked at them with a smile, "Shut your little mouths, okay?"

The two of them immediately felt a chill down their spines, looked at each other, and in perfect tacit understanding raised their hands and made a zippering gesture, indicating that they would never say anything nonsense.

Yu Xiang nodded in satisfaction, then continued, "Then let's get back to the point. What do you think we should do?"

"Wait a minute, Brother Yu, I need to sort this out. There's too much information and it's a bit confusing." Zhang Miao frowned as he thought about the lawsuit.

"Brother Yu, did you just say that Brother Jiang has someone he likes? Did he tell you himself?" Fang Chengyu analyzed, touching his chin.

"right."

"Did he say anything else besides this? Did he tell you who that man was?"

"No names, just some characteristics."

"for example?"

"The legs are very long."

Fang Chengyu: “?”

"Is long legs considered a characteristic?" Zhang Miao asked, confused. "Isn't that a bit too general?"

"It's not too general. After all, to meet this requirement, you should be quite tall. There are not many girls over 165cm." Yu Xiang thought for a while and said.

Fang Chengyu continued to ask as if he had a toothache: "What else? Isn't it just one with long legs?"

Yu Xiang said without hesitation: "Yes, she is very good-looking, she is from our school, and we know each other, so we must be friends."

"Long legs, good looks, from our school, I know her..." Zhang Miao muttered, searching his mind for someone who fits these criteria. He then unsurely said a name: "Could it be Ning Anyan?"

Yu Xiang frowned. “But he made it clear it wasn’t her.”

"That could be a cover-up, saying one thing and thinking another. Maybe he's afraid of being discovered and is saying that on purpose."

"He is not that kind of person." Yu Xiang shook his head.

"But I can't think of a girl like that. She could also be a friend of his in the academic elite circle. Academic elites admire each other... Yeah, that makes sense." Zhang Miao said with difficulty, "But if that's the case, Brother Yu, your chances of winning the competition are very low."

"He once said that the other party didn't seem very smart...that should be what he meant." Yu Xiang suddenly remembered this and added.

"That's fine." Zhang Miao's eyes lit up, and hope rekindled. "Actually, Brother Yu, I don't know if you've noticed that, except for gender, you meet all the other requirements perfectly. So all you have to do is turn him gay."

Fang Chengyu glanced at him suspiciously. "You say it so easily, but can you bend it just like that?"

"But Brother Yu is different. He's handsome, and from the perspective of being close to the water and getting the moon first, they are together every day and grew up together. Isn't this much better than just 'friends'?" Zhang Miao's words were so logical that he almost got his blood boiling.

"That makes sense, but isn't this a bit immoral?" Yu Xiang looked conflicted.

"Do they like each other?" Fang Chengyu asked.

"It seems like he's just unrequited love at the moment."

"Wow, does that girl have such high standards? She doesn't even like someone like Brother Jiang?" Zhang Miao asked in surprise.

Fang Chengyu raised his eyebrows: "That's easy, since it's unrequited love, it doesn't count as stealing someone's love. Go ahead, brother Yu."

"If you want to be bold, you have to wait until after graduation. We still have to take the college entrance examination." Yu Xiang waved his hand. "But thank you for your advice. It's very useful."

"Hehe." Zhang Miao smiled and scratched his head, then remembered something. "But we can prepare in advance. My sister has a lot of BL novels. If you need them, I can ask her for a list..."

Fang Chengyu: "Can novels be reliable? Or should I go to a certain website and search for it?"

"Don't underestimate novels. Do you know that creation comes from life?" Zhang Miao retorted.

Fang Chengyu disagreed: "Then there's a novel about a loser who does nothing but becomes rich and marries ten beautiful women. Is that also based on real life?"

Zhang Miao immediately looked at him with a strange look: "Old Fang, do you still read this kind of novel? You have a very unique taste."

Fang Chengyu's face darkened: "I was just giving an example! I haven't seen it!"

"You know it so specifically, you must have seen it. Admit it, Old Fang, hahahaha!"

"No means no!"

"Brother Yu Xiang!" A passionate call came from a distance. The two people who were quarreling fiercely in the last second immediately shut up and pretended to be deep to maintain their image in front of their schoolmate.

Yu Xiang turned his head to look at the source of the sound, only to see Jiang Yuting jogging towards him, followed by an expressionless Jiang Ci.

With one more person traveling with us, the journey became much more lively.

Jiang Yuting seemed to have much less dissatisfaction with Jiang Ci. Her attitude towards him took a 180-degree turn. She called him "brother" sweetly all the time.

Yu Xiang wasn't quite sure why, but he felt inexplicably sad.

Because he wanted to be called that too.

And this girl insisted on walking between them, one on the left and one on the right without any delay.

It was not until the girls from the same school who passed by cast envious glances at her for the nth time that Yu Xiang finally understood the mystery.

Halfway through the walk, Jiang Yuting even coaxed Jiang Ci into buying them two ice creams, and then dragged them to a nearby bench to sit and eat, saying that she was tired.

"If you're tired at this level, you should exercise more." Jiang Ci said without any euphemism.

Jiang Yuting stuck out her tongue, pretending she hadn't heard anything, and turned to ask Yu Xiang, "If he were an animal, what kind of animal do you think he would be?"

Jiang Ci: "Humans are just one type of animal."

Jiang Yuting continued to pretend to be deaf and blinked at Yu Xiang.

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The author has something to say: There are still four chapters in the manuscript, and I am writing the confession chapter... Yes, it has been stuck for a long time (crashing)