Lin Niannian thought for a moment and added another sentence.
"Why? Are you in love with him?"
“…No…no.”
Seeing Ye Li stuttering and speaking incoherently, with his face strangely flushed, Lin Niannian knew the answer. She sighed and patted his shoulder.
"Alas, beauty really misleads people. You will give up on him in a few days."
At that time, Ye Li didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, but it didn't take long for her to completely understand it.
Every day, under the pretext of collecting and sending homework, Ye Li would take the opportunity to chat with Gu Qingze.
In order to have more common topics with him, I even studied hard even those obscure parts which I had only a rough understanding of radio.
Her studies were already very stressful, and she also had to find time to learn these things. During that time, Ye Li even had dark circles under her eyes.
However, when she saw the gentle smile Gu Qingze unconsciously showed to her while they were talking, she felt it was worth it.
Lin Niannian looked at her with sympathy, seeing how worthless she looked.
"I mean, it's been a while since you've gotten eight hours of sleep. It's unnecessary."
"Niannian, do you feel that my relationship with classmate Gu has become closer?"
Ye Li looked at Lin Niannian in front of him seriously, wanting to find some answers from her to prove that his hard work was not in vain.
"No, Gu Qingze treats everyone like this. Anyone who asks questions will be treated like this by him."
Lin Niannian shook her head, breaking her fantasy.
"Just a reminder, if you want to pursue Gu Qingze, you can't treat him the same way you treat ordinary people. Things like becoming friends first and then deepening the relationship won't work. Otherwise, he will think from a friend's perspective about everything he does later."
"Ah...really? Nian Nian seems to understand it very well."
Ye Li said as if he understood.
"Because I was forced to be friends with him for three months. I clearly wanted to pursue him, but even after I expressed my love so clearly, he still thought... Never mind, let's not talk about it."
Lin Niannian seemed to regard it as a black history and refused to mention it again no matter what.
"I've chased so many people and never failed once, but this guy..."
Ye Li could see that Lin Niannian still remembered this matter, but she didn't have time to pay attention to it now.
What Nian Nian said makes sense. If you like someone, you can’t be friends with him. You should say it out loud. There are only two results after saying it out loud: acceptance or rejection.
It's no big deal to be neither here nor there. It makes her restless and she can't study well.
Ye Li secretly made up his mind that he must tell it out.
But although she thought so in her heart, she was defeated when she saw Gu Qingze in person.
"Student Gu... do you know '73'?"
Ye Li hesitated, and finally spoke implicitly.
"I know. Doesn't Mr. Ye know that too?"
Gu Qingze still looked at her with a smile, so gentle as if he could tolerate her no matter what mistakes she made.
Looking at his smile, Ye Li seemed to have gathered some courage again and unconsciously clenched his fists slightly.
"That's not what I'm talking about, but another meaning of '73'..."
Ye Li looked at him expectantly. Mr. Gu has seen so much, he must know it.
"73" also has a code word called "I love you".
Gu Qingze thought for a moment and showed an understanding expression.
"Thank you for the blessing, classmate Ye Li. I also wish you a score of 73! Especially during the exams!"
Ye Li couldn't help but sigh. When Gu said that, it was certain that he didn't understand what she meant. But in the current situation, wouldn't it be even more embarrassing to explain?
So, she collected the homework on Gu Qingze's desk as usual, and walked away quietly to collect the homework of the next classmate.
"Still not working?"
Lin Niannian saw that her best friend had been distressed for the whole morning, so she had no choice but to interrupt her.
"Ah, you too. I think it's normal for Gu Qingze to misunderstand this time. The number '73' has many meanings. Your previous guess that it meant radio communication was purely accidental."
"Combined with what you repeated to me before, I think Gu Qingze understood it to mean career and academics."
"Does 73 also mean career and academics?"
Ye Li widened his eyes, looking incredulous.
"Yes, in this context, '73' means 'lucky'. Plus, it's exam week. If someone said that to me, I would also misunderstand it."
Lin Niannian added another sentence after she finished speaking.
"My dad is in business and kind of believes in this, so I know."
"Thank you Nian Nian for your advice. I did something wrong this time. I will definitely try something more obvious next time."
Ye Li cheered up again.
But then I tried again and again, and again...
She then realized that it was not her problem, but that Gu Qingze was indeed... as if there was something missing in his head.
"Ye Zi, why are you worrying so much? Just go ahead and say it's nothing."
Lin Niannian said unhappily.
"Actually, he always treated me as a friend. In the end, I couldn't stand it anymore. With a desperate mentality, I confessed to him directly. But he rejected me, saying that he had to focus on his studies."
"Actually, after I finished speaking, I could tell from his reaction that he must have been thinking about how to reject me tactfully and without hurting my feelings."
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