The two looked at each other and both saw silence in each other's eyes.
"What did you just say about Jiang Zhixing?" He Xiao asked, narrowing his eyes.
Shen Linyue's eyes flickered: "Oh, you must have misheard."
Good heavens! This is going to kill her! She knows better than anyone how much her eldest son hates Jiang Zhixing. Her doubts earlier were indeed correct. If he knew she had praised Jiang Zhixing, he would be furious.
"Lin Yue, I'm not deaf. What are you hiding from me?" He Xiao gritted his teeth, already getting angry.
He noticed she was in a bad mood that afternoon and tried everything to cheer her up, even buying her milk tea and trying to find out what was going on.
So she was unhappy because of his arch-enemy? He Xiao is nothing but a clown!
Seeing that He Xiao was about to explode, and even the students at the tables in front and behind her were casting their gazes, Shen Linyue knew that if she didn't tell the truth, He Xiao might do something terrifying.
She sighed inwardly. She had been too eager to resolve the matter, and her concern had clouded her judgment. It was her fault that she had ended up being misunderstood by the female lead and He Xiao.
Shen Linyue reached out to tug at He Xiao's clothes, but He Xiao's cold gaze swept over her without stopping her.
Shen Linyue: "Ah Xiao, listen to my excuses... no, I mean, explain."
"Tell me, I'll listen to your explanation." He Xiao sneered.
What he was really thinking was that if Lin Yue couldn't give him a satisfactory answer, he would never forgive her! He would never include her in anything he did again!
Shen Linyue felt inexplicably guilty under his gaze, so she coughed lightly and lowered her voice, saying, "You know I'll always stand by your side, and I certainly won't bring up your mortal enemy's name unless there's a reason, right?"
"Who knows? What if some people just like to say one thing and mean another?" He Xiao snorted and glanced at her.
Shen Linyue was speechless for a moment, then, realizing she was in the wrong, she took a deep breath and continued to explain: "Actually, I did all this to try and bring Su Xiangxin and Jiang Zhixing together."
"Who is Su Xiangxin?" He Xiao frowned, looking at her curiously. "And why do you want to bring these two together?"
Is she just bored out of her mind? Trying to be Jiang Zhixing's matchmaker? Pshaw, does he even deserve it?
Shen Linyue realized she had let something slip and quickly spat out, "No, it's Su Xiao, I misspoke, haha..."
She forced a laugh, but when she met He Xiao's cold, deep eyes, her smile vanished instantly, and her expression gradually turned serious.
"If I told you that we actually live in a novel, and Su Xiao and Jiang Zhixing are the male and female leads, would you believe me?" She made up her mind and said it directly, then closed her eyes and waited. But after a few seconds, there was no reaction. The spatial distortion and other things from the novel did not happen.
Shen Linyue opened her eyes in surprise, only to be met with He Xiao's gaze, which looked at her as if she were crazy.
"Have you been watching too many dramas lately?" He Xiao carefully chose his words, his gaze strange.
If someone as treacherous and cunning as Jiang Zhixing can be the male lead, then he must be God, haha, someone who specializes in executing despicable male leads like Jiang Zhixing!
Shen Linyue: ...
See? She told him the truth, but he still didn't believe her. What could she do?
"I just wanted to matchmake Su Xiao and Jiang Zhixing, and I casually praised her a few times, but she misunderstood. Are you satisfied with that now?" Shen Linyue said resentfully.
He Xiao nodded: "If you can't explain why, then you've been cutting your TV viewing time in half recently."
Shen Linyue gasped, her eyebrows furrowing: "What do you mean? How can you take away my right to watch TV? He Xiao, you've gone too far!"
She's his mother! You unfilial son, do you want to be struck by lightning?
He Xiao remained unmoved and even nodded seriously: "Yes, I suspect you've gone crazy from watching too much TV. You can spout nonsense. Hehe, tell me now what you praised that person for, and I'll think about whether to reduce the punishment."
Shen Linyue's face fell, and even the corners of her eyes drooped. "You actually want to hear more? Do you know how much pressure I was under when I said those words? How painful it was for me? You actually want me to repeat it? It's like scraping my bones!"
He Xiao crossed his arms, raised his eyebrows, and watched Shen Linyue, who was engrossed in acting, with a leisurely air.
"Go on, continue."
Shen Linyue was speechless. She carefully observed He Xiao's expression and knew that she had successfully coaxed him when she saw that he was relaxed and showed no signs of anger.
She gently shook her little hand, which was tugging at his clothes, and said in a sweet voice, "Ah Xiao~ I swear, I will never praise other boys again, so please forgive me this time." Other boys didn't include He Liyu, and besides, he wasn't a boy anymore, hehe.
He Xiao got goosebumps from her tone, and the swaying chair stopped abruptly. He Xiao said with disgust, "Let go. If you talk to me like that again, I'll beat you up."
Shen Linyue immediately beamed with joy, her big eyes blinking adorably.
"What about watching TV...?"
He Xiao said coldly, "No way, it has to be reduced by half an hour."
Although Shen Linyue was disappointed, the matter was over without serious consequences, and she began to think about the relationship between the male and female protagonists again.
Judging from the current situation, the female lead may have developed a prejudice against the male lead, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, right? At least she remembered him.
That leaves only one more thing: will He Xiao act impulsively again and repeat the events described at the beginning of the original text?
Thinking this, Shen Linyue's face no longer showed the pitiful look from before, and her eyes were serious: "He Xiao."
He Xiao gave her a strange look: "Is something wrong?"
"From now on, no, in the future, whatever you do, you must remember not to act impulsively or without thinking. Can you promise me that?"
He Xiao: ?
What does it mean to be brainless? And impulsive?
Is he that kind of person?
He Xiao laughed in exasperation. "Lin Yue, sometimes I really want to crack open your head and see what kind of wild and ridiculous nonsense is inside."
"Then I'll ask you whether you agree or not," Shen Linyue said matter-of-factly.
He Xiao rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to her, and lay back down on the table to sleep: "Go do your thing."
Shen Linyue choked up, her delicate brows furrowing: "He Xiao, I'm very serious. I hope you'll be more rational in whatever you encounter in the future."
She didn't want He Xiao to experience anything from the original book, and she wanted him to stay away from the male and female leads. But the more she resisted something, the more fate seemed to push important figures into her life.
What else could she do? She could only wait and see.
He Xiao was lying down and it was unclear whether he had listened or not. Shen Linyue didn't press the matter further and was just about to do her homework.
Looking up, they saw a group of people watching them subtly, and they even saw a look of disappointment in the eyes of one of them.
Shen Linyue: ?
What's up?
Those who were close to them saw how ugly He Xiao's face was just now, and how imposing his aura made it seem like he was about to overturn the table at any moment.
They waited and waited, hoping that He Xiao would cause trouble and flip the table to give the new classmate a big shock.
As a result, He Xiao stopped being angry after the new classmate said something.
Everyone: ?
He Xiao has definitely been possessed! He wasn't this easy to talk to before!
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