"Thank you for today, Ji Ye." After school, Su Ge ran up to Ji Ye again to express her gratitude, her eyes full of sincerity.
Ji Ye packed his bag without even looking up: "You've already thanked me, and I didn't help you with anything. It's just that Xiao Mo didn't hold it against me."
Su Ge bit her lip. For some reason, she always felt that Ji Ye was much colder to her than to other classmates, so she mustered up her courage and asked, "Ji Ye, do you hate me?"
No, you're overthinking it.
"But..." Su Ge hesitated, unaware that the other female classmates in the class were practically spitting fire at her. They must be doing it on purpose; they knew she had ulterior motives.
"Excuse me, I'm leaving."
"Oh." Su Ge quickly stepped aside, her ears turning bright red, whether from embarrassment or shame, it was hard to tell.
"Some people are just dishonest. They say they have no interest, but they still try every means to get close to you. Ji Ye was kind enough to help you, do you really think it's because he's special to you? Ji Ye is just kind-hearted. He took advantage of you and still insists on clinging to you. He's shameless."
"Being entangled with a woman like this, Ji Ye really did good deeds but ended up doing bad things for himself. What bad luck."
Two female classmates spoke to Su Ge in a sarcastic tone. Although they didn't name names, Su Ge knew they were talking about her.
He angrily retorted, "How can you say that? I had no such intention at all. Don't make false accusations against me."
The female classmate rolled her eyes: "Whether I wronged you or not, you know in your heart. And how did Xiao Mo get splashed with water? Do you think we're all stupid? It was just a coincidence? You wanted to have it both ways, you've got quite the ambition."
Su Ge argued forcefully: "I didn't... It really was an accident, Ji Ye saw it all."
However, no one believed her. They all looked at her as if she were a joke. Su Ge silently carried her schoolbag and walked out of the school gate with Bai Xinyi.
"Xinyi, you have to believe me."
“Yes, I believe you.” Bai Xinyi’s eyes were pure. “We are not from the same world as them. No matter how clearly you explain, it’s useless. After things have passed and you find that you have no extra contact, people will stop talking about you like that.”
Su Ge was stubborn: "But I don't want to be misunderstood. I just want to explain myself. I don't want to cause trouble for Ji Ye and Xiao Mo."
Bai Xinyi frowned: "Su Ge, we are already weak and can't control everyone's thoughts. Instead of thinking about these trivial things, we should do a few more questions."
"But I just don't want any misunderstandings to arise because of me."
"Time will tell, and the misunderstanding will be cleared up, right? Isn't arguing now just a waste of time? Besides, have you considered that the more you continue to argue, the more likely you are to drag Ji Ye and Xiao Mo into the public spotlight?"
“But…” Su Ge couldn’t come up with anything, but she felt that things shouldn’t be like this. Everything should be made clear. Why didn’t even Xin Yi understand her?
Bai Xinyi really didn't understand her. In this prestigious school, they were already a disadvantaged group. Studying hard should be their top priority. Why did she have to think about such trivial things?
The two got on separate buses and left, leaving Su Ge feeling extremely frustrated.
At the Ji family villa, the tutor noticed Ji Ye's absent-mindedness: "Are you not focused today? You can study again tomorrow."
Ji Ye rubbed his temples: "Sorry, Teacher Zhang."
"It's okay. If you're not feeling well, just take a break. Forcing yourself to study won't be very effective."
"good."
Ji Ye was troubled by what happened during the day. It seemed that even if he didn't do anything, he was slowly getting entangled with Su Ge and Xiao Mo. Why was that? And was Su Ge's personality too stubborn? Why did she thank him twice for such a small thing? The way she was so cautious made it seem like he had bullied her.
Ji Ye shivered involuntarily. No, he couldn't let something uncontrollable happen around him. It seemed he would have to stay even further away from Su Ge in the future.
"Xiao Ye, is the school going to have its autumn sports meet?" During dinner, Song Xia, who rarely got off work early, inquired about his school affairs, intentionally or unintentionally.
"Well, based on the pattern of previous years, it should be about half a month more."
"Have you participated in any projects?"
[It would be best if you didn't participate. It was during this sports meet that Xiao Mo became jealous because Su Ge gave Xiao Ye water, and from then on, he started targeting Xiao Ye. With Su Ge's repeated defense of him, the conflict escalated.]
Seeing her nervous appearance, Ji Ye suppressed his original intention to sign up. Oh well, it's just fencing, it's not important.
“In previous years, everyone would assign me the fencing event, but this year…”
“The Ji family is holding a mobilization meeting around that time this year. Would you like to come with me?” Song Xia quickly suggested.
Ji Ye found it amusing. Aunt Song seemed genuinely afraid that he would get entangled with Su Ge and Xiao Mo and suffer the consequences! Now that he knew what was going to happen, it was indeed better to avoid it.
"Alright."
Song Xia breathed a sigh of relief: [It's good that we didn't get entangled with those two. The male and female leads are a match made in heaven, and no matter what misunderstandings they have, they will eventually be together. Whoever gets involved will suffer. Not only those who like Su Ge, but even those who like Xiao Mo won't have a good ending.]
After being pointed out by Song Xia, Ji Ye went back to school and avoided being alone with Su Ge at all costs. Whenever he noticed Su Ge's gaze, he would pretend not to see it, focusing only on his studies and not leaving the classroom casually, trying his best to avoid any opportunities to be alone with Su Ge.
He also noticed that in the past few days, Xiao Mo had been appearing at the back door of the classroom intentionally or unintentionally, and had begun to interact with Su Ge more and more frequently.
"Do you think Xiao Mo has taken a liking to Su Ge?" Han Jie leaned closer and asked furtively.
Ji Ye raised an eyebrow. Even Han Jie, who is usually so careless, noticed? It seems that the two of them were indeed making quite a fuss.
"Don't get involved in their affairs." He reminded Han Jie, recalling Song Xia's complaints from that day.
"I don't like Su Ge's type, so I won't get involved. But these days, it seems like girls are starting to reject Su Ge. Rumors spread really fast; I only heard a little bit of it."
"Oh, right, I'm not participating in the sports meet, I have something to do that day."
"What's up?"
"Aunt Song said that there was an employee mobilization meeting at Ji's that day, and she wanted me to attend. Although I am not involved in the company's operations now, it can help those employees get to know me first."
“Ji Ye, you’re quite lucky.” Han Jie suddenly said seriously, “Although your biological parents weren’t very responsible for you, you now have Aunt Song who thinks of you in every way. Families like ours are really rare.”
Ji Ye raised the corners of his lips, his tone very certain: "I am indeed very lucky."
This is what Su Ge saw when she entered the classroom. Sunlight shone on Ji Ye's handsome and gentle face, making him look like an angel guardian. It was rare to see Ji Ye looking so cheerful.
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