Chapter 27 I swear, only you
Since she was still in her final year of high school, it wasn't appropriate to ask such a question openly, so Jiang Wan asked it cautiously and carefully.
After asking the question, Zhou Chong remained silent for a long time.
Jiang Wan thought she had asked too softly and he hadn't heard her clearly, so she decided to move closer and ask again.
She moved closer to Zhou Chong, almost cupping her hands together and whispering in his ear to ask.
Zhou Chong suddenly straightened up as if he had been electrocuted, creating distance between himself and Jiang Wan.
Jiang Wan still had her hand around her mouth, staring blankly at him, "I was afraid you didn't hear me clearly, so I wanted to ask again."
"I heard you clearly."
Zhou Chong answered quickly, his eyes flashing as they landed on the wood grain of the desk.
"Oh, then answer me quickly." Jiang Wan put her hand down and moved back a little to herself.
Zhou Chong remained in the same position, his lips pressed tightly together, without uttering a word.
Jiang Wan knew his character; if he didn't want to say something, he would never open his mouth.
Having no other choice, she had to change her strategy and take a roundabout approach.
"Then let me ask you another question." Jiang Wan propped her head up with one hand and blinked. "Do you have someone you're interested in?"
Fearing that Zhou Chong might not understand, she kindly offered an explanation.
"You know, the kind of girls you're close to." She emphasized the last two words, "girls."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Chong raised his eyes, still remaining silent, but his gaze towards Jiang Wan was quite complex.
"Why are you looking at me? I'm asking you a question."
Zhou Chong's lips moved slightly. "Do you count?"
“I…” Jiang Wan was taken aback. “Actually, it could be considered as such, but that’s not what I’m asking about right now.”
After she denied it, Zhou Chong didn't say anything more.
The conversation ended again.
Jiang Wan rested her head on her hand, deep in thought, feeling that it was too difficult to get information out of Zhou Chong.
After thinking for a long time, she really couldn't come up with a roundabout way of asking. There was no way around it; she was just a straightforward person. Words that went around in circles on her lips finally came out, and she asked:
What do you think of Chen Yuewei?
Zhou Chong was clearly taken aback by her question, seemingly not expecting the topic to have turned to Chen Yuewei.
But Jiang Wan didn't see that stunned expression as the real thing.
She was nervous, but tried her best to remain calm. "I know you're still a minor at your age, and maybe you don't really understand what 'liking' means. Just tell me how you feel about her..."
“I’m an adult.” Zhou Chong suddenly interrupted her. “I’m eighteen years old. You’re not an adult yet.”
"Oh...oh, yes." Jiang Wan scratched her forehead awkwardly.
Zhou Chong's birthday is in October, so he has indeed turned eighteen, while she is still a few months away from her eighteenth birthday.
I was careless.
"Ahem." Jiang Wan cleared her throat, bringing the topic back on track. "So, do you... like Chen Yuewei?"
Good grief, interrupted by Zhou Chong, she lost even the last bit of tact and just blurted out her true feelings.
After asking the question, she was a little afraid to look at Zhou Chong's face, and her eyes kept looking down.
They were afraid of noticing even the slightest abnormal blush on Zhou Chong's face.
"dislike."
This time, Zhou Chong answered very readily.
Jiang Wan was taken aback. She hadn't expected him to answer so quickly, as if he hadn't even thought about it and had just blurted out the answer.
"Really?" Jiang Wan looked up, still a little uncertain. "You think she's not pretty? Aren't there a lot of guys who like her type?"
"It's not good-looking." Zhou Chong repeated himself, his tone decisive. "I don't like it."
Jiang Wan stared at him intently, her face showing no hesitation, her eyes clear and firm. She was certain that he was telling the truth.
"So... besides me, are there any other girls you're close to?" Jiang Wan asked again.
Without a second thought, Zhou Chong replied, "No."
"Swear it."
Zhou Chong smiled, seemingly helplessly, "I swear, it's only you."
Jiang Wan slowly curved her lips into a smile, and her eyes gradually curved into crescent moons.
The slight anxiety I felt just moments ago has now dissipated like a bottle of orange soda being opened, bubbling and bubbling away.
"good."
Jiang Wan turned around, took out the kraft paper she had just bought, and then found the physics notebook in the drawer of the table. She began to carefully cover the book with a book cover.
Zhou Chong glanced at her, his thumb unconsciously pulling off the pen cap, then pressing it back in, repeating this several times before tentatively asking, "Are you covering that notebook with a book cover?"
"Hmm." Jiang Wan didn't stop what she was doing, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and glared at him, "You've already given it to me, it's my stuff, I can do whatever I want with it, even covering it with a book cover is none of your business?"
“No.” Zhou Chong paused. “I didn’t pay attention before and just picked up a notebook that I hadn’t filled in before. I should have used a notebook with a thicker cover so it wouldn’t tear easily.”
"Then I'll cover my books with book covers too."
"Why?" Zhou Chong asked, puzzled.
Jiang Wan pressed down on the ruler, folded the kraft paper, and narrowed her bright eyes. "I like it."
Zhou Chong paused, his fingers holding the pen cap still, the little rabbit dangling loosely from his fingertip.
It looked like she was jumping and laughing at him.
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On Wednesday afternoon, there was a precious physical education class.
For senior high school students, physical education class is an event that happens only occasionally.
Most of the time, physical education classes are taken over by teachers of other regular subjects, but there are a few occasions when they are mercifully allowed to relax.
Today is that lucky day.
Before the bell rang for class, all the students rushed to the playground.
High school seniors have very few physical education classes, so several classes often have them together to save time and resources.
This lesson was taught by four classes together: Class 1, Class 5, Class 7, and Class 13.
Jiang Wan and Sun Qianyu were walking towards the playground when they suddenly heard someone calling her from behind.
The voice sounded strangely familiar, and when I turned around, it was indeed Qi Ming.
"Jiang Wan." Qi Ming strode over to Jiang Wan, grinning and revealing two rows of white teeth. "This morning, our English teacher brought the school newspaper and said that your essay was very good, and told us all to study it carefully."
"Thank you," Jiang Wan said with a polite smile.
The school newspaper issue that Ms. Yang told her about publishing the essays has already been published, and it's been circulating among all the classes for the past two days.
During their English class today, Ms. Yang brought the school newspaper and gave a detailed explanation of the excellent essay from Jiang Wan.
After that, Teacher Yang explained Zhou Chong's essay written last weekend, saying that although it was not as ornate as Jiang Wan's, its word choice was rigorous and its sentences were concise yet precise, making it a more worthy model for most people to learn from.
Nevertheless, Jiang Wan still relied on the honor of being featured in the school newspaper and strutting around in front of Zhou Chong for a long time.
Her thoughts drifted a little, and Qi Ming whispered something in her ear, but Jiang Wan didn't hear it clearly.
It wasn't until the school bell rang and the PE teacher blew his whistle on the playground that Jiang Wan hurriedly came to her senses. "Sorry, we need to go over there to gather first."
"Okay, I'll go assemble too." Qi Ming waved to her and strode towards the west side of the playground.
As soon as Qi Ming left, Sun Qianyu started winking at her.
Jiang Wan pinched her ticklish spot and dragged her towards the area where her class was to assemble.
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