Chapter 66. He's even more concerned about her development than her own father…
Fortunately, Sun Hao wasn't in the classroom at the moment. Jiang Sui and Ji Jingyu quietly entered through the back door without causing too much of a commotion.
As Yu Xiaocheng passed Tong Xia's seat, he gently patted his shoulder.
"What's wrong, class monitor?"
Yu Xiaocheng leaned down slightly and whispered to him, "Jiang Deyu has been caught by Lao Qin again. Go and save him."
"ah."
Tong Xia listened intently for a while and, sure enough, heard Qin Lin's faint cursing voice.
Tong Xia looked at her with sympathy. "How can I save her?"
Yu Xiaocheng stroked his chin, and an idea suddenly came to him. "Just say that everyone is waiting for him to explain the problem."
Perhaps mindful that evening self-study had already begun, Qin Lin kept his voice low the entire time, but this did not affect his fighting spirit at all. He had been cursing Jiang Deyu for so long without even breaking a sweat.
Tong Xia immediately understood, dragged her chair back, stood up, and said, "Okay, I'll go rescue my poor deskmate right now."
When did Chen Xilin contact you?
She hadn't forgotten what Ji Jingyu had just said about Chen Xilin having contacted him.
Jiang Sui's tone sounded nonchalant, but Ji Jingyu knew Jiang Sui well; the calmer she seemed, the more she cared. If he didn't explain things clearly to her, she would probably sulk for a while.
"She wanted to ask me for help before."
"help?"
"Um."
—
After that New Year's Eve party, Chen Xilin became famous throughout the school. Confession walls and forums were filled with posts about her.
Video clips of her playing the piano have gone viral, even reaching outside the school.
During that period, people came from all over, both outside the classroom and at the school gate, wanting Chen Xilin's contact information.
"Someone came to our class to ambush Chen Xilin again today."
On her way home, Xia Fan couldn't help but complain to Gu Ci, "It's such a mess, it's so annoying."
"Did those people affect you?"
Gu Ci appeared to be asking a question, but in reality, he already had the answer in his heart.
Xia Fan is not the type to gossip about others behind their backs, especially since those people had visited Chen Xilin's class before. There must be a reason why she suddenly brought it up today.
"Don't even mention it," Jiang Deyu swallowed the scallion pancake in his mouth and explained to Gu Ci on behalf of Xia Fan, "There was a high school student who couldn't get Chen Xilin's QQ number, so he set his sights on Xia Fan and even said he wanted to pursue her."
Gu Ci narrowed his eyes, his expression inscrutable. "Really?"
"Why would I lie to you? If I hadn't stopped him, that guy wouldn't have left."
"You didn't give it to him, did you?"
"Of course not." Xia Fan showed a disgusted look. "That person only asked for my contact information because he couldn't get Chen Xilin's. He treats me like a backup plan."
Gu Ci breathed a sigh of relief, but couldn't help but remind him, "No matter who asks you for it, you must not give it to them. Your task now is to study hard."
"I know, I know, you'll punish me if I start dating too early. You've said that eight hundred times already."
Ever since discovering that someone had sent love letters to Xia Fan, Gu Ci would emphasize this to her every now and then, fearing that if he wasn't careful, his little sister, whom he had doted on since childhood, would be snatched away by some other brat.
Do you know which class he/she is in?
Jiang Deyu shook his head. "But he said he'll come to see Xia Fan again tomorrow. Should I ask him then?"
"No need." Gu Ci refused as he inserted a straw into Xia Fan's milk tea, his voice deep and cold. "I'll ask him myself tomorrow."
“That works too,” Jiang Deyu agreed, “You two are in the same grade, so it will definitely be easier for you to communicate.”
"Doesn't your homeroom teacher care?"
"They only come over after class, so I doubt even the homeroom teacher knows about this."
Gu Ci smiled enigmatically, “Then Chen Xilin from your class is quite tolerant.”
Jiang Deyu didn't understand the deeper meaning in Gu Ci's words. He stuffed the rest of the scallion pancake into his mouth and mumbled, "Who knows? Maybe she'll go to the teacher tomorrow."
Chen Xilin did not go to see the homeroom teacher.
Instead, he went to find Ji Jingyu.
Chen Xilin proposed to be Ji Jingyu's fake couple as a shield to discourage others.
"This is a win-win situation for us. You have a girlfriend, I have a boyfriend, and those people won't bother us anymore. You get some peace and quiet, and so do I."
Ji Jingyu sat in his seat, his eyebrows and eyes sharp and vivid, his thin lips and high nose making him stand out among the group of boys.
Chen Xilin looked at him with a smile, seemingly confident that he would not refuse her suggestion.
Not long after the start of the first year of high school, Ji Jingyu had already become quite famous among several high schools.
With his handsome and outstanding looks, coupled with his excellent grades, countless girls were attracted to him.
Chen Xilin heard that not long ago he was cornered by students from a nearby vocational school who claimed that Ji Jingyu had stolen his girlfriend and that they wanted to settle the score with him.
This incident caused quite a stir. It was later discovered that the boy's girlfriend had a crush on Ji Jingyu and made up the story in order to break up with him.
"Sorry, I'm not interested."
Ji Jingyu glanced at Chen Xilin, his handsome face expressionless.
I don't know if it's because they're not interested in Chen Xilin's suggestion, or because they're not interested in her as a person.
Chen Xilin's smile froze for a moment, but she quickly composed herself and lowered her tone, "Are you really not going to reconsider?"
As she said this, her tone was a mix of grievance and pride: "With a girlfriend like me, you shouldn't embarrass me."
Chen Xilin was always the one being fawned over, and only Ji Jingyu could make her humble herself like this.
Even though Chen Xilin lowered his stance so much, Ji Jingyu remained unmoved.
His deep, indifferent black eyes seemed devoid of any emotion. As if he had heard a joke that wasn't funny at all, he said, "It's not a matter of losing face. If I don't like you, I won't make you my girlfriend."
Even if it's just fake?
"Um."
Chen Xilin almost lost his composure. "I was just mentioning it casually. If you don't want to, then forget it."
—
Ji Jingyu explained the reason for the matter to Jiang Sui in very concise words.
Jiang Sui pouted unhappily, "What 'pretending to be a couple'? Chen Xilin's real intentions are not what they seem. It's good that you didn't fall for it."
If Ji Jingyu had agreed to act in this play with Chen Xilin back then, even if they were a fake couple, in the eyes of others, Chen Xilin would have been Ji Jingyu's girlfriend, and there would have been no way to clarify it.
“I have another question,” Jiang Sui said, resting her chin on her hand and tilting her head to look at Ji Jingyu. Her porcelain-white face showed an expression that Ji Jingyu was not unfamiliar with. “I wonder if I can ask?”
"Go ahead and ask."
Ji Jingyu raised an eyebrow slightly. Every time Jiang Sui showed such an expression, it meant she was about to give him a difficult problem.
But he couldn't refuse any of Jiang Sui's questions.
"Did you reject Chen Xilin simply because you don't like her as a person, or would you give the same answer no matter who asked you?"
Ji Jingyu sighed almost imperceptibly; he could even guess what Jiang Sui would say next.
Jiang Sui moved closer to him, her voice soft and gentle, making Ji Jingyu's ears tingle, "Those boys are always bothering me, it's so annoying, can you pretend to be my boyfriend for a moment?"
Finally, she said, "Is it okay, Brother Little Fish?"
Hearing Jiang Sui call him that, Ji Jingyu looked up in surprise and met her gaze. If it weren't for the teasing smile on her face, he would have almost thought that Jiang Sui had remembered that brief time.
Jiang Sui looked at him, puzzled. "What's wrong?"
Although the nickname she suddenly came up with did sound a bit too intimate, it shouldn't have elicited such a strong reaction.
This is unlike Ji Jingyu's personality.
Jiang Sui keenly sensed something strange.
"It's nothing." Ji Jingyu subtly turned her gaze away and began to change the subject. "Don't focus your energy on this kind of thing. Take out your workbook, and I'll explain the problems to you."
Jiang Sui: "..."
This can all be brought up in relation to studying.
Ji Jingyu really cares about her grades even more than her own father!
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Although the sports meet is an annual event at Xunning No. 2 Middle School, the most important thing for senior students is to prepare for the college entrance examination. In addition, they only participate in the opening ceremony and walk around the playground, so they don't attach as much importance to it as they do to the first and second year students.
Due to time constraints, Class 2 only had time to rehearse marching in formation during PE class.
"We don't care about neatness, we just want to have fun." Yu Xiaocheng borrowed a loudspeaker from the equipment room with a serious expression, and her clear voice echoed across most of the playground, "This is the last sports meet, we just want to be happy, we just want to have fun, we just want to enjoy ourselves!"
"Does this mean we're free to do whatever we want?" one of the boys asked.
Yu Xiaocheng raised the megaphone and solemnly declared, "But we can't just mess around; we must prioritize the overall image of our class."
"Okay."
So this time, they took the rehearsal more seriously than ever before.
After class, Yu Xiaocheng was stopped by Sun Hao in the corridor.
"Yu Xiaocheng, the security guard just sent me a message saying that our class uniforms for the sports meet have arrived. Could you ask a few boys to go and pick them up later?"
"OK."
The class uniforms are designed in the modern Chinese style, which was previously chosen by a large majority.
In Xiaocheng's words, it is "a blend of agility and elegance, and a blend of elegance and high spirits."
The girl wore a white top with a black long skirt, while the boy wore a white top with black trousers.
The left side of the shirt is decorated with a cluster of ink bamboo, which extends from the shoulder to the chest, symbolizing that the students of Class 2 of Senior Three will be as tenacious and unyielding as the bamboo, growing wildly and rising higher and higher.
This clump of ink bamboo was specially designed by Jiang Yuexin for this outfit.
At first, Yu Xiaocheng was worried that the printed pattern would be blurry, distorted, and unattractive, but she didn't expect the finished product to look so good, just like Jiang Yuexin had drawn it directly on.
Yu Xiaocheng immediately praised the hero, "Jiang Sui, the studio you found is really reliable!"
They originally wanted to find a factory on an e-commerce platform to make class uniforms, but due to the tight schedule and the need for customized designs, the price exceeded their budget.
Fortunately, Jiang Sui said she knew a studio that could help make these clothes without having to wait in line.
Now that I've received the class uniform, I can only describe it as excellent value for money.
The clothes didn't have the typical factory warehouse smell; instead, they had a subtle fragrance.
Each garment appeared to have been pre-ironed, with a smooth and crisp cut.
Along with the class uniforms came a box of Q-version badges, each with a design corresponding to the face of a student in Class Two.
Yu Xiaocheng found her own one in the box, examined it carefully for a while, and was both surprised and delighted. "It looks so cute! It will definitely look great on my class uniform."
Yu Xiaocheng mentioned making badges casually at the time, since the opening ceremony of the sports meet was only a few days away. Unexpectedly, after the studio asked her for photos of all the students in the class, they actually made badges for them.
This studio offers a wide range of services, from making clothes to making badges.
Yu Xiaocheng secretly cursed.
"By the way, why weren't your and Brother Ji's clothes sent together?"
Yu Xiaocheng had just checked carefully and found that there were only their class uniforms inside, not Jiang Sui's or Ji Jingyu's.
"My and Brother Ji's clothes won't arrive until tomorrow. They said there are still some minor details that need to be altered."
"So that's how it is." Yu Xiaocheng rested her chin on the back of the chair, looking as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"What's the matter?"
"I just asked around in the class monitor group, and all the girls holding up signs in other classes are wearing formal gowns, some of them even rented super glamorous floor-length skirts. Are you really not going to reconsider?"
Jiang Sui's dress was chosen based on the class uniform of Class Two. The style was very similar to the class uniform, but her dress was more refined and had some differences in details.
"What are you considering?"
"Isn't your outfit a little too understated?"
In Yu Xiaocheng's opinion, Jiang Sui could totally pull off that kind of super luxurious, large-skirted gown.
“No need to change. After the opening ceremony, everyone will take photos together. It would be strange if I were the only one looking like a special guest.” Jiang Suichao winked at Yu Xiaocheng. “Besides, even if I wore a burlap sack, I would still be the prettiest one there.”
If someone else had said these words, Yu Xiaocheng would have thought they were showing off, but when Jiang Sui said the same thing, she thought it made perfect sense.
Jiang Deyu, who was passing by, couldn't stand it anymore and teased Jiang Sui with a smile: "Who praises their own looks? Aren't you ashamed?"
Jiang Sui and Yu Xiaocheng both turned to glare at him at the same time.
Sometimes it's not Jiang Sui's fault for teasing him; it's just that he brought it on himself.
It's deserved.
"Ouch."
The next second, Jiang Deyu made a loud noise again, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "Brother Ji, why did you step on me?"
Ji Jingyu moved her foot without changing her expression, and said in a calm tone, "Sorry, I didn't see you coming."
Jiang Deyu: "..."
With his size, how could Ji Jingyu not see him? He was clearly doing it on purpose.
"Serves you right."
Yu Xiaocheng felt that Jiang Deyu was all bark and no bite, only remembering the good times but never the bad.
Author's Note: Xiao Ji: Even if it's fake, it won't do!
This is Xiao Ji who is extremely virtuous!
Sorry for the long wait, I promise I won't abandon this project, I'll try to update more often [crying emoji] I'm too busy with work!
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