Chapter 125
Ignoring Xiaolong's shocked expression, Song Anyu raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Xiaoyun went forward to open the door, and when she saw that it was Song Anyu, she couldn't help but sigh subconsciously, as if she really didn't want to see him.
Just like Xiaolong didn't want Song Anyu and Shen Li to turn their fake relationship into reality, Xiaoyun also didn't want A Li and Song Anyu to get too close, for fear that A Li would get into trouble.
But out of politeness, she let the person in.
Chen Li thought that the next scene would be prepared, so she quickly checked the time and found that there was still half an hour left.
Song Anyu just stood at the doorway, looking at her and whispering, "I'm leaving the crew for a day tomorrow to attend a brand event in Longcheng. I just told the director to postpone the scenes we were supposed to shoot tomorrow. This way, you only have two supporting scenes tomorrow in the evening, so you can have a good rest for the day."
Shen Li nodded when she heard this: "Okay, I understand."
Song Anyu stood there for a while, and seeing that Chen Li had no intention of saying anything more to him, he said to himself awkwardly, "Then I'll be leaving first."
Chen Li blinked in confusion. She thought Song Anyu had something else important to tell her, but he just left.
As soon as he left, Xiaoyun couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with this guy? Didn't he add me on WeChat? He could have just informed me on WeChat about this sort of thing, but he even came all the way here."
Chen Li didn't really care. She just thought about having some rest tomorrow and looked at A Pan and said, "Then I'm free tomorrow. Let's go to the hospital to see that boy together."
Apan and Xiaoyun looked at each other and nodded.
As soon as Song Anyu left, Xiaolong couldn't help but complain: "Didn't you add him on WeChat? Just send him a message and let him know."
Song Anyu glanced at him when he heard that, and the frightened Xiaolong immediately shut his mouth in grievance.
Qu Yang returned to the dormitory after training when it was almost closing time.
Shao Yu and the others were almost petrified. When they heard the noise, they jumped up from their chairs and looked towards the door with excitement.
As Qu Yang opened the dormitory door, he was stared at by Shao Yu's bright eyes, which made him feel a little creepy. He stopped outside the door and frowned, "What's wrong with you?"
"Come in quickly, there's a surprise for you!"
Seeing his mysterious look, Qu Yang walked into the dormitory doubtfully and closed the door. However, Shao Yu was a person who was easily startled, so Qu Yang did not take the surprise he mentioned to heart.
But Shao Yu raised his chin towards his bed, and Qu Yang subconsciously looked over.
There was an extra handbag on his desk. At first glance, Qu Yang's eyes widened suddenly. After two seconds of silence, he responded: "Is it true?"
Even someone as calm and composed as Qu Yang couldn't help but exclaim when he saw what he had always dreamed of: "Holy crap, Shao Yu, where did you buy that?"
As he spoke, he took out the shoe box and looked it over from top to bottom, unable to let it go.
Shao Yu was very satisfied with Qu Yang's reaction. He walked closer and asked proudly, "Do you think these shoes are a surprise for you?"
Qu Yang was indeed very excited, his eyes showing unconcealed excitement: "Isn't it? This is already surprising enough for me!"
“Then if I say that these shoes were given to you by Shen Ci, would you be more surprised?”
With just one sentence, Qu Yang was stunned.
Seeing his shocked expression, Shao Yu laughed even more happily: "Are you dumbfounded? These shoes were bought from a shoe dealer that Shen Ci spent a lot of effort to find. They were sold at a premium. You also know how expensive these shoes are now."
Qu Yang came back to his senses and asked in disbelief, "Did she really buy it?"
Shao Yu nodded: "Of course, you don't expect me to buy you such expensive shoes, do you? Chen Ci came to me specifically to ask about your shoe size. I held back from telling you these days just to give you this surprise."
"Try it on quickly."
Qu Yang felt a surge of hot joy in his heart, which immediately spread to his entire brain, causing him to temporarily lose the ability to think.
In short, I was overwhelmed by the sudden joy.
When the shoe box was opened, the shoes appeared before their eyes and Shao Yu exclaimed, "These shoes are fake!"
Qu Yangcai regained consciousness again.
Take a closer look and you’ll see it’s fake!
Boys who know shoes have the ability to distinguish the authenticity at a glance. They each picked up a shoe and looked at it carefully. Then they looked at each other and Shao Yu shook his head: "Chen Ci was cheated. Damn it, fake shoes are not sold as high imitations but authentic ones? These shoe dealers are crazy about making money!"
But Qu Yang didn't feel any sense of loss in his heart.
The shoes are fake though.
But it was given by Shen Ci!
"I'll return the shoes to Chen Ci for you tomorrow and ask her to return them to the shoe dealer. It's such a rip-off to spend two dollars on a pair of fake shoes!" Shao Yu said, snatching the shoe from Qu Yang's hand and stuffing it back into the shoe box.
Qu Yang quickly held his hand down and said, "The shoe dealer won't admit it. These shoes can't be returned."
"You can't just suffer in silence, can you? Two dollars can be used to call the police. People who bully Chen Ci because she is a girl and doesn't know anything about sneakers should be arrested!" Shao Yu still felt unfair for Chen Ci. Her good intentions could not be ruined by a shoe vendor.
But Qu Yang didn't mind at all.
"If you don't tell her, she won't know that these shoes are fake." Qu Yang looked at Shao Yu seriously.
Shao Yu also looked at Qu Yang, and only then did he react belatedly. He couldn't help but shook his head with a helpless expression: "You kid, compared to Shen Ci's intentions, you don't care whether these shoes are real or not. Even if she bought you a pair of slippers, you would treasure them like treasures, right?"
Qu Yang lowered his eyes to avoid Shao Yu's gaze and whispered, "After all, the thought is more important!"
"Don't make me sick with this." Shao Yu raised his hand and pushed his shoulder, questioning: "Since you like her, why don't you confess while the iron is hot? Don't you look at the school's confession wall? How many people confess to Chen Ci anonymously every day? You really don't have any sense of crisis?"
"Even though she gave you the shoes to thank you for helping her so many times these days, if she wasn't interested in you, she could just express it casually. She wouldn't go to such lengths. Do you still want to wait for a girl to take the initiative?"
Qu Yang put his shoes back in place and put them away, then returned to his usual demeanor after hearing what he said.
Shao Yu became even more anxious: "What's wrong with you? The time is ripe, why are you being so shy?"
Qu Yang shook his head and whispered, "Don't worry about it, I know what's going on."
Chen Ci had really guessed it right, but Qu Yang had no intention of saying it.
"I want to see how well you can handle things." Shao Yu sighed and cursed himself inwardly that the emperor was not anxious while the eunuch was.
Qu Yang did have an idea in his mind. He was very happy to receive Chen Ci's gift, but he would not conclude that Chen Ci was interested in him just because of a pair of shoes.
His motive for helping Shen Ci was also quite straightforward, and his intention was never to be with Shen Ci.
I didn't want to make Qu Yang's role so explicit; from the outset, he was defined by the impulsiveness, ignorance, and passion of youth. His feelings for Chen Ci were pure and sincere, but never with the goal of gaining her.
Qu Yang understood it himself.
Chen Ci, who has lived for 65 years and has rich experience in dealing with people, also understands this, so Chen Ci said with certainty, "I guess he won't say it."
I want that beautiful haziness, the lonely and courageous sincerity and the regrets of youth.
Some readers still felt that Shen Ci's gift of shoes was inappropriate and could lead to misunderstandings. They even felt that she was being a bit arrogant in assuming Qu Yang wouldn't confess his feelings. They also hoped that nothing bad would happen next.
Interactions between opposite sexes are not black and white, and expressing gratitude to those who have helped you is not something without a sense of boundaries.
Chen Ci would not inexplicably draw a line with the other party in order to show the purity of her feelings when the other party did not clearly express his feelings. She is not that kind of person.
I can only say that Qu Yang is just a link in Chen Ci's life, and there will be countless links after Chen Ci. She will not linger on emotions, so she is destined to hurt other people in her relationships.
Even if it wasn't Qu Yang who was hurt, it would be someone else.
This is what I said in the digression in the first chapter. There is no male protagonist in the story, and there are a lot of male supporting roles but none of them have a formal status. I think everyone should know what this means.
(End of this chapter)
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