Chapter 35 Who are you targeting? ...
"Haha, you're fine." Bian Chengzi laughed dryly, her voice sounding a bit mischievous over the background noise of the movie. "Then why was Xu Ji the only thing on your mind when he confessed his love to you? Was it really because he also heard the younger brother's confession and it aroused your inner embarrassment, or... was there another reason?"
Tao Siyun hesitated for a moment, not quite understanding what she said. "What do you mean?"
Bian Chengzi scratched her hair, never expecting that one day talking to her best friend would be so difficult.
"Let me ask you, when another man confessed his feelings to you, why was Xu Ji the first person you thought of? And you even falsely claimed he was your boyfriend. Are you sure you were just using him as a shield? Is there anyone who would use him to create scandals for yourself so easily?"
“…”
The incident happened suddenly at that time, and she was only thinking of finding a random reason to reject Zhang Yuhao without giving it too much thought. So she subconsciously said that she had a boyfriend. In order to make it seem more real and credible, she made up the story of confessing in the woods and having a secret crush on him for eight years.
She originally thought that everything was perfect, but she never expected that Xu Ji would be eavesdropping from behind and taking the opportunity to make a fuss!
"What's wrong with using it? Is it allowed for him to act like a hooligan in front of me anytime and anywhere?"
“???”
Bian Chengzi's mouth opened into an "O" shape in shock, and she almost instantly thought of something inappropriate for children. Within a few seconds, her brain was completely polluted by yellow waste. Fortunately, the light in the cinema was relatively dim, and Tao Siyun did not see her expression.
"So, how do you feel?"
"The effect is okay, just average. I probably won't repurchase it."
"No, that's it?"
Tao Siyun said "hmm". Anyway, Zhang Yuhao has been very quiet these days. He has a good sense of propriety and doesn't send messages very often.
But the side effects are also quite serious. Recently, she has been embarrassed and ashamed in front of Xu Ji.
***
It was already noon after the movie. Bian Chengzi went to the bathroom, and Tao Siyun was about to sit in the rest area nearby and wait for her. As soon as he turned around, he saw an acquaintance walking towards him.
Xiang Yipeng, carrying a small leather bag and wearing high heels, walked lightly and danced in front of her, greeting her enthusiastically: "What a coincidence, Tao Siyun, you are here to see the movie too, alone?"
"No, I came here with my friends. We've already finished watching it."
"Oh, yeah, there's something... did you see the group message? We're planning to take some time off to go visit our high school teacher. How about you? Do you want to come?"
Tao Siyun smiled politely at her, neither saying yes nor no, "Let's see. I'm not sure if I'm free right now. The end of the semester is almost here, and I have a lot to do, including reviewing and preparing for exams."
"Okay, that depends on your schedule." Xiang Yipeng automatically ignored her distant attitude, pulled her phone out of her bag, blinked, and said warmly, "How about I add you on WeChat? I forgot to ask for your contact information at the last class reunion. If you can spare some time, please let me know."
Having said that, Tao Siyun naturally couldn't refuse.
As soon as they added each other as friends, Zhang Qi came over with a bucket of popcorn.
"The movie is about to start..."
He is a man of few words and wears a pair of glasses on his nose, giving the impression of being a quiet and taciturn student. His hair is combed meticulously, exactly according to the hairstyle standards for boys in middle school.
She didn't know if she was overthinking it, but Tao Siyun always felt that his eyes were weird, as if he was deliberately avoiding her.
Including the day of the class reunion, they had met twice in total. They didn't know each other at all before and didn't even have the chance to say a word.
"Then let's go in first." Xiang Yipeng looked like a little bird, holding Zhang Qi's arm affectionately. The two of them looked particularly close, and their voices were also gentle. "Let's meet next time. Bye~"
"Yeah, okay, bye."
When did the Peacock Princess change her gender...
"Hey!"
Tao Siyun was already immune to Bian Chengzi's little game of scaring people from behind. He pushed away her hand that was pressing on his shoulder and said helplessly, "Why did it take so long?"
"You know there's always a line in the women's restroom? Hey, who was that person just now? Why did you speak so loudly?"
"Peacock Princess!"
"?"
Tao Siyun chuckled, "My classmate in the first year of high school."
Bian Chengzi trembled exaggeratedly, looking as if she couldn't bear it. "Is her voice natural or is it deliberately strangled? It gives me goosebumps all over the floor."
"I don't know either. Anyway, she has been talking like this since the day we met."
***
After shopping for an afternoon, they had dinner outside in the evening and Sumiko drove her home.
As soon as Tao Siyun entered the door, he noticed the pair of men's sneakers on the ground next to his pink cotton slippers.
One of the furry rabbit ears on the cotton slippers hung down, resting on the back of the shoe next to it, softly pressing down on the loose shoelaces.
It looks like a little rabbit actively acting coquettishly and cutely.
But...this doesn't seem to be Tao Qian's shoes?
Tao Siyun lowered his eyelashes, put down the key in his hand, and called out in confusion: "Brother?"
"Are you back?" Tao Qian's voice came from the living room.
She responded casually, bent down to pull back the rabbit ears, changed her shoes, and suddenly heard an extremely familiar voice talking to Tao Qian.
Tao Siyun stared at the pair of sneakers and wondered, why is Xu Ji here again?
Why does this guy always hang around in front of her for no reason?
Tao Siyun put his shoes away, took several deep breaths, and adjusted his facial expression before slowly walking into the living room.
The two men sat side by side.
Xu Ji leaned comfortably against the sofa, his long legs slightly apart, sitting in a very casual posture, as if this was his home. He tilted his head slightly and greeted her in a natural and familiar tone: "Are you back?"
"……Um."
Tao Siyun's gaze moved down inch by inch, and suddenly stopped.
The square velvet pillow filled with pure wool in his arms was severely deformed by the squeeze of his two arms. The uneven force on the fabric caused Lingna Belle's face to be distorted to a heartbreaking degree, looking particularly hideous.
"Sit down and eat some fruit."
Tao Siyun glanced at the green fruit plate, frowned, and said with disdain: "Brother, I don't want to eat kiwi."
"Eat it if you want, or not. If you don't want, forget it."
"I want strawberries with filling."
Tao Qian crossed his legs and asked, "I owe you?"
"……Um."
"I've spoiled you."
After finally getting Tao Qian out of the way, Tao Siyun sat down on the single sofa nearby and asked directly, "What are you doing here again?"
Xu Ji raised his eyebrows, raised his chin towards the kitchen, and said concisely: "Your brother asked me to come and have dinner with him."
“???”
Tao Siyun glanced at him and muttered softly: "You two have only known each other for a few days, when did you become so familiar with each other..."
Besides, is Tao Qian the kind of person who needs company to eat?!
"Your brother and I went to college together, and now he's my landlord. We even wear the same clothes." At this point, Xu Ji's eyes darkened, and he added jokingly, "And, most importantly, he sent me 520 yesterday. With our relationship, why can't we have dinner together?"
“…”
The number 520 seems to be a hurdle that cannot be circumvented. It has been mentioned for several months now...
In fact, they all knew who forwarded the 520 number yesterday.
Tao Siyun was originally feeling smug about how she had used Tao Qian's phone to transfer money and made Xu Ji suffer a loss, but she didn't expect that Xu Ji would turn around and turn the tables on her!
Xu Ji's shamelessness was beyond her imagination. What nonsense was he talking about all day long? If Tao Qian knew about this, he would be furious...
Tao Siyun was furious when he saw his smug look, "Please don't mess with my brother, okay?"
Xu Ji raised his eyebrows and replied naturally, "Who are you targeting?"
“…”
Xu Ji pretended not to notice her expression, which looked like she wanted to kick him out immediately, and continued to talk to himself: "Your brother cares about me a lot. He just asked me where I went to high school."
Tao Siyun's heart skipped a beat, thinking Tao Qian already knew they were in the same school. He glanced back towards the kitchen nervously, "You, you told my brother about our relationship?"
"What's our relationship?" Xu Ji leaned closer to her, his eyes fixed on her, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, a faint smile on his face, his eyes so gentle that they seemed to drown people, and his voice rose at the end: "High school classmate, or ex, deskmate?"
When he said this, his eyes were quite nonchalant and his tone was nonchalant, which was particularly out of tune.
When he said "ex", he paused and deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of these two words.
Tao Siyun was stared at like this for a while, his brain becoming a little slow due to his rapid heartbeat. He couldn't help but follow his train of thought and began to draw a Venn diagram in his mind.
Assume that the girls represent set A, the boys represent set B, and the entire class represents set U...
Tao Siyun silently reviewed the high school knowledge points in his mind——
The relationship between sets and elements is "subordinate", belonging and not belonging; the relationship between sets is "inclusion", including, not including and equal...
So……
Seeing that she was silent, Xu Ji suddenly forked a piece of kiwi fruit and fed it to her mouth, then asked with interest, "What are you thinking about?"
Tao Siyun looked at him blankly, as if he didn't react, staring into his eyes without blinking.
So the relationship between her and Xu Ji...is nothing more than "intersection and complementation", right?
At least the same elements.
"Tao Siyun, open your mouth, your brother is coming soon."
Xu Ji snapped his fingers, and Tao Siyun's thoughts were finally brought back to reality.
The kiwi juice touched her lips and quickly spread in her mouth, making her shudder with the sourness.
"I don't want to eat this." Tao Siyun pushed Xu Ji's hand away and moved aside calmly.
What kind of relationship is that? What kind of relationship could it be? Aren't we just high school classmates? Why do you have to act like there's this inexplicable relationship between us?
Tao Siyun took a tissue to wipe his mouth, and changed the subject with an unnatural look to hide his embarrassment.
"Have you checked the high school classmate group? They're talking about going to see the teacher together."
Xu Ji took a bite of the kiwi fruit and asked, "Do you want to go?"
"Um……"
The teachers at that time were very nice to her as a transfer student. They did not discriminate against her because she was from another place. Instead, they were very concerned about her studies. At the beginning of the school year, they were afraid that she would not adapt to the teaching methods and often called her to the office.
Especially the homeroom teacher. After the division of liberal arts and science, she continued to be the English class representative of Teacher Li. When she heard the English name "Sofia" when she was abroad, the first person she thought of was her high school homeroom teacher.
She really wanted to go back and see her high school teacher, so she asked Xu Ji indirectly whether he wanted to go, preferably at a different time than him.
"If you want to go, go." Xu Ji didn't say anything else, just left this sentence.
What kind of answer is that?
Tao Siyun suddenly remembered Zhang Qi, whom he had met during the day, and couldn't help but ask him, "By the way, Xiang Yipeng's boyfriend is Zhang Qi... He's second in grade. Do you know him?"
Xu Ji said "hmm", "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just asking." Tao Siyun lowered his eyes and made up an excuse, "Isn't he from Class 6? Then why did he go to the last class reunion?"
"Didn't Jiang Zhen also take Ji Yao there?"
It turns out they are really family members.
"Li Huan said that you two had participated in a competition together before, and he went to Shanghai University after you gave up your admission recommendation. So you two are very familiar with each other?"
"I'm not very familiar with them. The students in Class 5 and Class 6 all came from No. 3 Middle School, No. 9 Middle School, No. 12 Middle School, and the Affiliated Middle School. They're a separate faction, and usually don't get involved with the students from our main campus."
"Oh." Tao Siyun was a little disappointed that he didn't get any useful information. After all, if he wasn't familiar with them, Jiang Zhen and the others must be the same.
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