Chapter 23: Domineering School Prince's Wet Love 23 [Rewrite] Little Fool. ...
They turned into a familiar alley that was a shortcut to Jiang Lian's apartment. Suddenly, a faint "meow" sound was heard.
Ye Ling paused and looked in the direction of the sound. She saw two skinny orange cats timidly watching them from beside a trash can in the alley. They looked extremely hungry.
It was the stray cat that Jiang Lian had fed before!
Ye Ling's heart softened. He had grown up in a flower and bird market, and although he was a bird, he had a natural affinity for these furry little creatures. He glanced at the dried fish snacks he had just bought at the convenience store, then at the pitiful kitten.
Ye Ling hesitated. Feeding the cat... He wanted to. But...
The kitten seemed to sense his intention and took two tentative steps forward, its green eyes fixed on the bag in his hand.
"Meow~"
After hearing this coquettish call, Ye Ling felt as if her tail was stepped on. She jumped back and bumped into Jiang Lian, and the bag in her hand was almost thrown away.
Jiang Lian reached out to support him, looking at his instantly pale face and terrified eyes in surprise: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing!" Ye Ling stood firm, his voice still trembling. He stared at the cat, but honestly shrank back behind Jiang Lian.
Jiang Lian looked at him, then at the harmless kitten. He seemed to understand something and felt a little amused and surprised. "You... are afraid of cats?"
"Who's scared?" Ye Ling stiffened his neck. "I just... had some... instinctive reaction!"
A bird's fear of cats is an instinct etched into its DNA. Even if it has never left its cage, its ancestral memory tells it that cats are its natural enemies!
But he felt truly sorry for the scrawny little creature. He struggled again and again, but finally, carefully, he passed the bag of dried fish a little further, his arms stretched out, his body leaning back as if he were ready to run away at any moment.
Jiang Lian couldn't help but chuckle at his naive, playful, timid, and overflowingly loving appearance. He went over and took the bag from Ye Ling: "Let me do it."
He opened the package, took out the dried fish, squatted down, and called the kitten patiently.
The kitten hesitated for a while, probably recognizing the human who often fed it. It came over cautiously, quickly took the dried fish, hid in the corner and began to gobble it up.
Ye Ling hid behind Jiang Lian, sticking half of his head out, watching nervously and curiously. Seeing the kitten eating happily, he relaxed, his eyes sparkling like stars.
As Jiang Lian fed the cat, he glanced at the furry golden head and the twinkling eyes behind him, feeling a sense of satisfaction and protectiveness. He curled his lips in satisfaction, feeling that he was incredibly handsome.
After feeding the last dried fish, a braver kitten ran over and rubbed Jiang Lian's hand affectionately.
Jiang Lian couldn't help but pause. He actually didn't like small animals at all.
But looking at the little life at his feet that let down its guard because of a little food, and thinking of the little fool behind him who was scared by the natural enemy but still wanted to help, a soft spot in his heart... seemed to be gently touched.
Speaking of which, he always felt that Ye Ling was not like a human being, at least not a normal human being. Instead, he looked more like some innocent, pure, and inexperienced little animal.
He dared to follow me so boldly, but was afraid of a shivering kitten... Hmm... Is it a bird?
A beautiful bird with golden feathers... Is it a parrot? I just don't know what kind it is.
As he thought about it, he stretched out his finger and gently touched the kitten's head with a rare sincerity. The kitten immediately purred with satisfaction.
In Ye Ling's eyes, this scene seemed to be glowing!
The cool and handsome school idol actually feeds stray cats gently! What a cute contrast! What a damn charm...
[Host! Wake up! You're here to make him hate you! Not to increase his favorability!] 778 screamed, pulling his thoughts back in time.
[Oh, right, right!] Ye Ling snapped back to her senses and quickly suppressed the inappropriate throbbing that she felt.
After feeding the cat, the two continued walking towards the apartment. The atmosphere seemed a little more harmonious than before. Ye Ling looked at Jiang Lian's profile, her heart in turmoil.
Soon, the magnificent modern apartment building came into view.
"I'm here." Jiang Lian stopped.
Ye Ling looked at the familiar gate in front of him and breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally made it there safely!
"Then, then I'm leaving!" He turned around and tried to slip away.
"Wait." Jiang Lian called him.
Ye Ling's heart skipped a beat. Would he continue to force him to tell him where his home was?
Jiang Lian just looked at him with deep eyes: "Tomorrow morning, I will pick you up from school."
Ye Ling: "!!!" Pick me up from school? Where? That fake address?
"No, no need!" Ye Ling waved her hands quickly, "It's too troublesome! I can do it myself..."
"It's not a problem." Jiang Lian interrupted him, his tone brooking no refusal, "It's what a boyfriend should do."
He repeated the sentence again, seeming to enjoy the rights and obligations that came with this new identity.
Ye Ling: "..." Help! How can I continue to lie like this?
Amidst Ye Ling's feeble rejections like "I might be leaving home very early tomorrow!" and "I'm used to running to school!", Jiang Lian finally gave in: "Then I'll wait for you at the gate of your community at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning."
Watching Jiang Lian walk into the apartment door, Ye Ling finally slumped his shoulders and let out a long breath. He quickly slipped back to his own dilapidated old building across the street, his heart still pounding.
As soon as the door to the rental apartment closed, 778's roar arrived as expected: [Host! This plot is completely broken! Jiang Lian is the hero of a romance novel! His official match is supposed to be the heroine, Su Xiaoxiao! How could he confirm his relationship with a perverted, perverted cannon fodder like you? And even go to and from school with you?! The world is falling apart! Our points are going to be ruined! You must break up with him immediately!]
Ye Ling slumped in her chair, also looking troubled. "I know! But...how do I break up? Should I just say, 'I'm sorry, I confessed while playing a dare, and now the game's over, let's break up'? Will he turn evil on the spot and throw me into the sea to feed the sharks?"
Whenever Ye Ling thought of Jiang Lian’s bottomless black eyes, he felt a chill on his back.
Then make him hate you and dump you! 778 suggested, "According to the original plot, even if your confession fails, your subsequent perverted behavior will continue to be exposed, such as that diary! This will eventually completely infuriate him and cause you to be expelled!"
Diary! Yes! That pervert's diary filled with "evidence"!
Ye Ling grasped at straws and hurriedly dug out the black hardcover notebook from his schoolbag. He bit the tip of his pen, his brow furrowed. "Looks like... I have no choice but to resort to drastic measures."
[Host! Time to unleash your imagination! Make it as perverted and disgusting as you can! I want him to flee Earth in a rocket overnight after reading this!] 778 fanned the flames.
Ye Ling took a deep breath and began to write furiously, piling up all the words he could think of, things he had seen from various strange places, and even the illegal words provided by 778. His writing was so explicit and unrestrained that it was unbearable to read.
By the end, he couldn't bear to read anymore, his cheeks burning so hot that they could fry eggs: "Is this, is this too much..."
"But, but! That's exactly what we want!" 778 said excitedly. "According to the plot, after your confession fails, this diary will be accidentally discovered by Jiang Lian. He will then make your diary public, completely ruining your reputation..."
Ye Ling looked at the diary and muttered to himself, "Wait until tomorrow... I'll find a chance and secretly put the diary in his drawer!
Let Jiang Lian "accidentally" discover the evidence of his crime, and then he will naturally feel disgusted and angry at his pervert and propose a breakup!
Perfect!
[No problem!] 778 finally saw the light of hope, [Host! Success or failure depends on this! For our points! !]
Ye Ling held the heavy diary tightly, his eyes bright and full of determination to die.
However, in the apartment building opposite him, Jiang Lian was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a telescope in his hand. He could clearly see Ye Ling hunched over the desk, writing furiously, his eyes rolling around, as if he had made up his mind to some stupid idea.
A knowing smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Liar." He muttered to himself, but there was not much anger in his voice. "Tomorrow morning at seven o'clock, right... Wait."
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The next morning at 6:30, Ye Ling got up early and paced around in her shabby little rental house.
[Host! Calm down! Take a deep breath! Remember our plan!] 778 encouraged, [As long as you successfully stuff the diary into his drawer and let him see the explosive contents, I guarantee he'll immediately perform a smile-disappearing trick and break up with you on the spot!]
"I know, I know!" Ye Ling scratched her golden hair that was curled up in her sleep, and hurriedly stuffed the "Diary of a Pervert" into the innermost layer of her schoolbag.
He took a deep breath, crept to the window, and looked down. There was no one at the door of the imposing apartment building opposite.
Great, Jiang Lian hadn't come out yet. He had to rush to the downstairs of the "home" he lied about, which was one stop further away, before seven o'clock.
Ye Ling carried his schoolbag and ran all the way. Finally, at 6:50, he arrived breathlessly at the downstairs of his fictional "home" - the entrance of a mid-range residential area.
He held his knees, gasping for breath and looking around nervously.
At seven o'clock sharp, a black sedan, apparently expensive in appearance, slowly pulled up to the entrance of the residential complex. The window rolled down, revealing Jiang Lian's expressionless yet infuriatingly handsome face.
"Good morning." He greeted calmly.
"Good morning!" Ye Ling quickly stood up straight, forcing a stiff smile, and then his eyes slowly widened, "Jiang Lian...you can actually drive?"
"Well," Jiang Lian unlocked the passenger door for him and replied casually, "I'm eighteen years old now. After becoming an adult, everything will be more convenient."
He seemed to be hinting at something, but Ye Ling was preoccupied with something. She just lowered her head, opened the car door, and carefully sat in the passenger seat.
The interior of the car is spacious, the leather seats are comfortable, the air conditioning temperature is just right, and there is a light fragrance.
[Host, be natural! You're his 'boyfriend' now! Even if you're about to be dumped!] 778 reminded.
Ye Ling: “…” Thank you, becoming even more nervous.
The car started smoothly. The atmosphere was very awkward for a moment.
"Have you had breakfast?" Jiang Lian looked straight ahead and asked casually.
"Ah? Not yet..." Ye Ling was so busy running that he didn't even remember about breakfast.
Jiang Lian took an exquisite paper bag from the side and handed it to him: "Here you go."
Ye Ling took the paper bag and opened it. Inside were still hot sandwiches and milk. The logo on the packaging was from a luxury brand that he had only seen in TV commercials.
[Wow! Breakfast at a star-rated hotel! Host... he loves you so much!] 778 exclaimed inappropriately.
[This is the last meal before execution!] Ye Ling roared inwardly, but took it obediently, "Thank you..."
He slowly ate his overly delicious breakfast, his mouth watering, and mentally plotted how to find an opportunity to slip the diary into Jiang Lian's drawer. At school... there weren't many opportunities. Jiang Lian's seat seemed to be always occupied... how about during gym class? Or...
"How does it taste?" Jiang Lian's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Ah? Very good! Very delicious!" Ye Ling replied quickly.
Jiang Lian seemed very satisfied, with a slight smile on his lips.
The car was approaching the last intersection of the school and stopped at a red light.
A nearby bus was packed with students. A few sharp-eyed students saw Ye Ling sitting in the passenger seat and Jiang Lian driving, and immediately burst into exclamations and whispers.
Ye Ling froze and subconsciously tried to shrink herself to reduce her presence.
Jiang Lian seemed to be unaware of anything, and even leaned over suddenly before the green light came on.
Ye Ling leaned back in fear, holding her breath: "What are you doing?"
Jiang Lian reached over him, pulled the passenger seat belt, and buckled it for him with a "click". He said calmly: "Seat belt. I forgot to fasten it."
He leaned very close, his breath blowing on Ye Ling's cheek.
[Host! He's teasing you! He's breaking the rules!] 778 screamed.
[I know!] Ye Ling's inner groundhog screamed.
Jiang Lian returned to the driver's seat, as if he had just done something perfectly normal. The light turned green, and the car continued to move forward steadily.
Ye Ling clutched her pounding heart, wanting to cry but unable to. What was wrong with this person? Where was the promised beauty? How could she be so natural and adept at love?! And with a perverted, perverted man like him...
Finally arriving at school, Ye Ling jumped out of the car as if escaping.
"I'll take you home after school." Jiang Lian locked the car, walked to his side, and naturally held his hand again.
Ye Ling: “!!!” Still holding hands?!
Just like that, Ye Ling walked into the classroom with Jiang Lian holding her hand, under the gazes of the entire school. Wherever they went, there was dead silence and jaws dropped.
"Fuck...are they really together?"
"The rooftop confession was true?!"
"Jiang Lian actually... really likes this?"
Various discussions were buzzing like mosquitoes. Ye Ling wanted to bury his head in the ground.
In the distance, Su Xiaoxiao also saw their clasped hands. Her eyes were complicated and she opened her mouth, but in the end she said nothing and turned around silently.
Ye Ling was in dire straits the entire day.
During the break, he was just about to lie down and take a rest when Jiang Lian suddenly placed a bottle of drink with the cap unscrewed on his desk.
During the free time in physical education class, he was just about to find a corner to squat when Jiang Lian came over and pulled him into a secluded equipment room, saying, "Sunbathing is bad for your skin."
During lunch break, he went to the cafeteria and was queuing up to order food when Jiang Lian had already found a seat. He was holding up two trays full of food like Popeye and waving his chin to signal him.
[Host! He's marking his territory!] 778 analyzed, [Just like... a lion, leopard... or other raptor marking its territory in a zoo!]
Ye Ling: "..." He didn't want to be the marked territory! And for a little bird like him, a bird of prey was much scarier than a wild cat!
And, the most important thing is - except for class time, Jiang Lian is always with him, and he has no chance to stuff the diary into Jiang Lian's drawer!
As the school dismissal time was getting closer, Ye Ling was getting anxious like an ant on a hot pan.
Finally, the opportunity arrived! The last class of the afternoon was a lab, and it ended ten minutes early. The students all returned to the classroom to retrieve their bags. Ye Ling, left behind by the teacher, couldn't leave with Jiang Lian. He waited until most people had left before he slowly made his way back to the classroom.
Jiang Lian was not there, but his schoolbag was still on his seat!
A godsend!
Ye Ling's heart was pounding. He slipped over to Jiang Lian's seat like a thief, pretending to tidy up his books while his eyes quickly scanned the surroundings.
Now is the time!
He quickly pulled out the black diary from his schoolbag. His hands were shaking so much that he could barely hold it. He held his breath and stuffed it into Jiang Lian's drawer.
Just as the notebook was about to slide into the drawer, a bony hand suddenly reached out from the side and pressed accurately on the diary.
Ye Ling: “!!!”
He was so frightened that he looked up suddenly and saw that Jiang Lian had returned at some point and was standing next to him with a deep and indistinguishable look in his eyes.
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Jiang Lian's eyes fell on the familiar black notebook, and his tone was emotionless. "What is this?"
Ye Ling's mind went blank, and her blood seemed to freeze. She'd been caught! Caught red-handed!
"I, I, I..." He was tongue-tied, his face pale, and he subconsciously wanted to snatch the notebook back, "This is mine... I took the wrong one!"
Jiang Lian's hand remained motionless. With a gentle pull, he took the diary from Ye Ling's trembling hands. He weighed the book and glanced at Ye Ling thoughtfully.
"Yours?" He raised an eyebrow. "Then why... put it in my drawer?"
"I... I just... want to borrow some of your notes!" Ye Ling thought quickly and started talking nonsense, "Yes! These are my... physics notes!" After saying this, he wanted to punch himself. Who uses a notebook with love stickers for physics notes?
Besides, Jiang Lian had seen this diary before... I wonder if he still remembers it? Ye Ling's brain was working rapidly. Forget it, I'll catch him on the spot. Anyway, my goal has been achieved!
Now, Jiang Lian was about to question him why he wrote such disgusting things!
Ye Ling held his breath and concentrated, even preparing himself to be punched by Jiang Lian.
Jiang Lian looked at his flustered and nervous expression, and the smile in his eyes could hardly be hidden. He pinched the edge of the notebook and shook it slowly, as if he was about to open it at any moment.
Ye Ling's heart leaped into her throat. The bird in her head screamed frantically: "Turn it over! Turn it over and see! Then she called me a pervert! Break up with me! Quick!"
However, Jiang Lian's fingers rubbed the cover a few times, but he never opened it. He just stared at Ye Ling. Suddenly, he leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "You want to show me your... 'Physics Notes' so badly? Did you actually hide your strength when you got 60 points on the test last time?"
His breath brushed Ye Ling's earlobe with a hint of teasing.
Ye Ling's whole body was stiff and he even forgot to breathe.
Jiang Lian chuckled softly and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Okay. But..." He paused deliberately, admiring Ye Ling's nervous expression, "Since you want me to read your notes and learn from you... Of course, I have to wait until the next time you come to my house. We can... take a look together."
After saying that, he stuffed the "source of evil" directly into his schoolbag!
Ye Ling: “???”
Wait! That's not the right reaction! Shouldn't he flip through it right then and there and get furious? What's the point of waiting until next time when I go to his house and watch it together slowly?
"Let's go, boyfriend." Jiang Lian zipped up her schoolbag and took Ye Ling's cold and stiff hand again naturally, "I'll take you home."
Ye Ling was like a puppet without a soul, being led out by Jiang Lian. All that remained in her mind was 778's desperate wail: "It's over, host! The diary has been confiscated! But why didn't he read it? Isn't he curious at all?!"
Jiang Lian, who was walking in front, felt the absent-minded walking posture of the person behind him, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"You little fool, you want to scare me away this way?"
"...so innocent and cute."
He couldn't help but look forward to the scene where Ye Ling would send him over just like she sent the diary.
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