Chapter 33
Qi Yi pushed up his glasses and looked at the red words floating on his math test paper - 142. Not unexpected, no surprises at all, but this time, there was someone else who was surprised.
He thought about it for a moment and felt that as Shen Huaixin's sweetheart and...ambiguous object, he should congratulate the other party to show his friendship, so he took out his cell phone.
Shen Huaixin's phone vibrated, and it showed -
Su Zihan’s contact: Congratulations, you did well in the exam.
It turned out to be Su Zihan's contact! She politely replied "thank you", thought for a moment, and then asked how Su Zihan was doing recently. Seeing that her grades had dropped, she was worried that her last absence without saying goodbye would affect the heroine's condition.
Su Zihan’s contact person: It’s okay.
Shen Huaixin breathed a sigh of relief. Just as he typed the words "I'm fine", he was warned by the system. He had no choice but to change it to a cold "Oh, that's a pity."
Su Zihan Contact: ...
Su Zihan’s contact: Are you jealous?
Shen Huaixin's hands trembled, and the phone almost fell to the ground. Although Qi Yi was a straight man, didn't he feel that it was a bit ambiguous to send such words to his suitor?
Qi Yi held onto his phone and waited for five minutes. His initial confidence gave way to doubt, and finally his mind kept replaying Su Zihan's video and Shen Huaixin's cynical words. But his attempts fell on deaf ears, and for a long time, he received no response, not even a shy rebuttal.
“…”
He stared at the screen of his mobile phone, as if he wanted to see through the electronic screen and see her expression and intentions through the other party's brief questions.
Thinking of her becoming increasingly dazzling, an inexplicable anxiety swept over him. Perhaps he shouldn't wait any longer.
He stood up and walked towards Shen Huaixin's classroom involuntarily. Everyone in the corridor looked at him, seeing his slightly flushed face and uneasy heart. It was strange, why did everyone seem to know the young man's unspoken confession, only his sweetheart was still confused, or maybe he was playing hard to get.
Suddenly, Qi Yi stopped and held his breath when he saw the scene in front of him.
An unremarkable boy - he remembered that he seemed to be sitting in the row behind Shen Huaixin - had a flushed face, and his eyes were full of pure love and requests. He was at a loss, and first folded his hands in front of him, but seemed to feel too embarrassed, so he turned to put his hands close to the seams of his trousers as if standing at attention.
The boy in the back row and Shen Huaixin were standing under the shade of a tree. Several classmates had gathered nearby to watch the fun and were whispering to each other.
Qi Yi was surprised to find someone else had gotten there first, and quickly shifted his gaze to Shen Huaixin's face. Shen Huaixin stood with her arms folded, her expression calm and unmistakable. She had already guessed what the other person was about to express, and was just politely waiting for him to speak.
It was just a little unexpected. Although she raised her chin and her body language revealed arrogance, her eyes were calm. Although the boy in the back row was embarrassed and hesitated to speak out the words in his mind for a long time, she did not urge him, but waited patiently for the boy to pour out his thoughts.
It is a kind of respect and empathy that is engraved in the bones.
Qi Yi could read a lot of information from Shen Huaixin's face, and even concluded that she would definitely decline this confession. He didn't need to worry about it, but her performance shook his confidence, and he was worried that he would be treated the same way, even though she had admitted her feelings for him.
"I... I like you, Shen Huaixin," the boy in the back row began to pick at the seam of his jeans. "Actually, from the day you stopped wearing makeup, I found that you were very beautiful, and, and..."
Shen Huaixin didn't mind his stuttering, and nodded "hmm" to show that he was listening.
"One time, I saw you coming in through the back door, passing by my desk. My eraser fell to the ground, and I thought you would step on it, but you bent down, picked it up for me, dusted it off, and put it on the desk. At that time, I thought, you're not such a bad person... at least not as evil as the rumors say..."
Shen Huaixin was stunned for a moment, her eyes looking up at the sky, trying hard to recall, and then she remembered that this seemed to have happened. However, it was so insignificant that she didn't take it to heart at all.
She said, “It just happened.”
The boy in the back row continued, "Anyway, I...I want to ask...can you be my girlfriend?"
Shen Huaixin paused for a few seconds.
Qi Yi knew that these few seconds were a gentle gesture to the boy, so as not to reject him outright, which would have been too embarrassing. But his heart was still hanging like the confessor, waiting for her response.
"Feel sorry."
The trial went on as planned, without any unexpected hiccups. Qi Yi breathed a sigh of relief, then leaned against the pillar and continued to watch the show.
The boy in the back row lowered his head and said after a while: "Can you be my good friend?"
Qi Yi saw Shen Huaixin nodded halfway, but as if stopped by something, he pulled his head back abruptly, and then said arrogantly,
"I'm sorry, I only accept younger brothers."
The boy in the back row suddenly looked embarrassed and left without even saying "goodbye". The students gathered around couldn't stand it and pointed at Shen Huaixin.
"Look at how he's dragging her along. He has absolutely no respect for others."
"That's right, that person has such bad taste and such a bad character..."
Despite being a love rival, Qi Yi felt she was being unkind, yet strangely relieved. Fortunately, she still had this ladylike temper, otherwise she would be even more... attractive. After realizing what he was thinking, he couldn't help but shake his head, wondering if he had really been drugged. According to his preferences, his impression of her should have been greatly reduced.
Shen Huaixin sighed and was about to leave when he saw the young man standing in the corridor not far away walking towards him. He took off his glasses, his features more delicate and handsome, his face gentle, and his school uniform jacket clean and tidy, just like the campus idol of many girls.
Qi Yi got straight to the point: "You shouldn't reply like that."
"Are you here to seek justice for him?" Shen Huaixin was worried about not being able to find a reason to apologize. When he saw that it was from his crush Qi Yi, he immediately felt justified. It was like a pillow had finally landed on his head. He was overjoyed. "You're right! I'm so rude and disrespectful to others. My character is extremely poor! I'll go over and apologize!"
“…”
Why did Qi Yi feel that she looked so happy? Did she like being scolded by him? But at least it proved that she was not a bad person by nature, just a little naughty, and was willing to change for him.
"Not really," he couldn't help laughing, the corners of his lips twitching unconsciously, "As long as you recognize the problem, that's all. Besides, I'm not here to find you to blame..."
"What's the matter?"
"yes……"
Qi Yi looked around and saw a crowd of people gathered, all craning their necks waiting for his confession, with gossip written all over their faces. Some even took out their phones, ready to broadcast live.
"Yes..." He swallowed.
"Yeah." Shen Huaixin nodded, indicating that he was listening carefully.
"...You did well on the test this time. As a classmate, I'm very pleased to see that you've finally put in the effort."
When Shen Huaixin heard this, he smiled: "Well, thank you. Actually, there are still many things I don't know. If I don't understand something in the future, I will ask Qi Daxue Shen for help."
He nodded slightly.
Shen Huaixin thought the conversation was over and was about to leave when she saw Qi Yi's brows drooping and his lips pursed, as if he was not in a good mood. She asked again, "Anything else?"
"Um."
It seemed that something important was causing him to hesitate so much. Shen Huaixin listened attentively, his eyes fixed on him. His ears turned even redder, and he cleared his throat.
"you……"
More and more people gathered to watch the show, forming a circle around the two of them, like an invisible whirlpool, waiting for Qi Yi in the center of the whirlpool to stir up the situation.
"...Which university do you plan to apply to?" Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he hesitated for a long time and finally asked.
"...Ah?" Shen Huaixin blinked, his glass-like eyes showing a hint of confusion.
Seeing Qi Yi remained silent, she chose a conservative answer: "I haven't thought about it yet. Anyway, let's strive for a first-class university first."
Shen Huaixin knew very well that this world could no longer wait for the college entrance examination. This simulation test was the last major exam for all high school students. In the future, even the concept of the college entrance examination might not exist.
The female classmate with double eyelids put down her phone: "I thought that the school hunk Qi was going to confess his love to me. I got so excited for nothing."
"I told you he and Su Zihan are a better match, you're the ones making a cult connection."
"But don't you think his behavior just now is suspicious? And his expression... is exactly the same as the last person who confessed."
"Who knows? It might be an illusion."
After replying, Shen Huaixin successfully saw that Qi Yi was even more dejected. She reflected on her answer and felt that there was nothing wrong?
She shook her head in confusion but expressed respect.
Qi Yi looked around, sighed, nodded at her, and left, leaving Shen Huaixin confused.
No, making such a big fuss, putting on such a posture, just to ask about the ideal school? Shen Huaixin was immediately in awe, feeling that he was indeed a top student, his mind was full of studying.
When she turned around, Shen Huaixin was startled. She didn't know when so many classmates gathered around her. It was no wonder that Qi Yi hesitated several times and asked a few questions. Look at how gossipy these kids were. She was a little amused. Fang Xiaozheng squeezed out of the crowd and walked towards her.
"What a pity! I saw Qi Yi almost confessed his feelings..."
Shen Huaixin: "? When? Was Su Zihan here just now?"
Fang Xiaozheng: "???"
At night.
Chen Huaixin was about to fall asleep in a happy mood when he suddenly remembered something. He looked through his phone, opened the photos he had taken during the day, and looked for Chen Chumo's ranking.
He ranked 15th in the school, only a few places behind Su Zihan. Especially in the case of his extreme imbalance in Chinese, he made up for it with his strengths in other subjects. She looked at his Chinese score of 89 in silence for a while, then sent a message to Shen Chumo.
Shen Huaixin: Thanks to the teaching of the top student, my grades have improved this time!
Shen Huaixin: Can I ask what the top student wrote in his essay? You don't have to say anything if you don't want to :)
The phone vibrated, but Shen Chumo didn't notice. He closed his eyes, frowned, and turned over in bed.
The black fog filled the entire basement, coming out from the cracks in the door and seeping into the air, the ground... everywhere.
The nightmare continues.
She slapped him hard across the face, repeating the curse he had deliberately ignored: "You're a monster! You're not my brother at all!"
"You killed my biological brother!"
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