Chapter 25 Selfishness "You shouldn't be secretly in love, right?" ...
"No," Yu Xiang said confidently, "I don't know her well."
"Then why don't I just not send it off?" Zhang Miao looked conflicted. "I was thinking she'd worked so hard teaching me math, so I'd take this opportunity to thank her."
"She's already proposed a replacement. There's no need to give her this gift. You don't owe her anything."
Zhang Miao was stunned: "You heard everything?"
Yu Xiang: "I have ears."
Zhang Miao scratched his head sheepishly, then resolutely decided, "Then I won't give it to you. Wouldn't it be nice if I could use the money to buy games?"
"You're aware." Yu Xiang raised his hand and patted Zhang Miao's shoulder with relief.
"Aftersound."
Yu Xiang heard the voice and turned around. It was Jiang Ci.
The latter saw him turn around and said to him again: "Let's go."
"Then you go with them. He and I still have to go find my mom and the others." Yu Xiang said to Zhang Miao.
"Wait! One last question." Zhang Miao lowered his voice, "What's with the clothes you two are wearing? Did you do it voluntarily?"
"It's voluntary, I guess..." Yu Xiang thought it was mainly to end the endless changing of clothes, but he still asked, "Who looks better in this outfit, me or him? Tell me the truth."
Zhang Miao looked conflicted. "Hiss—I think they're both good-looking. Each is handsome in its own way."
Yu Xiang: "Will they look like twins or two brothers?"
Zhang Miao was even more confused, hesitating and unable to articulate the reason: "This... um..."
Yu Xiang: “?”
Zhang Miao simply gave up and said, "Not really. You all have your own unique way of being handsome. It's more like... something..."
Yu Xiang frowned in confusion: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Zhang Miao closed his eyes and made up his mind: "It looks like the couple outfits that the male protagonists wear in the dual-male lead dramas my sister likes to watch."
Yu Xiang: “…”
Zhang Miao carefully observed Yu Xiang's expression, not daring to breathe.
Brother Yu, you insisted that I tell the truth, so you can't be unhappy!
But Yu Xiang didn't show any displeasure. Instead, with a complicated expression, he said to him earnestly, "Don't watch this kind of drama with your sister anymore in the future."
Zhang Miao was stunned: "Huh?"
"Easily brainwashed." Yu Xiang raised his hand and patted his shoulder again. "Let's go."
Zhang Miao stood there in a daze, staring at Yu Xiang's back as he walked towards Jiang Ci. Question marks filled his head, and he muttered to himself, "I didn't watch it with her..."
"Sanshui! Let's go!" Lu Ziyang, who was not far away, greeted him frantically.
"Oh, here it comes!" Zhang Miao suddenly came to his senses and trotted over.
at the same time.
Yu Xiang, who was walking with Jiang Ci to meet up with Chen Xiaomei and the others, hesitated for a while before finally speaking: "Did you know that Ning Anyan's birthday is coming up?"
"I don't know." Jiang Ci replied calmly, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, just asking casually. I feel like you and her are quite... familiar?" Yu Xiang considered his words before replying.
Jiang Ci turned his head to look at him: "Why do you feel that way?"
"Uh... because don't you often participate in competitions together? She also often comes to you to discuss problems, and the motto on the list last time--" Yu Xiang already regretted bringing up this topic, but at this point, he could only rack his brains to think of a few excuses to deal with it.
"What motto?" Jiang Ci suddenly stopped.
Jiang Ci paused, and Yu Xiang had no choice but to follow suit: "Didn't you see the list of outstanding students this time?"
Jiang Ci shook his head: "No."
"Why not?"
"Why do you want to watch it?"
Yu Xiang: “…” Convinced.
"So what happened to her motto?"
"She... is fine. I'm probably just overthinking it." Yu Xiang turned this sentence around in his mouth for a few times, but he didn't say it out loud in the end.
After all, if Jiang Ci did not use the motto he gave him, but used something else, then there would be no problem in understanding Ning Anyan's words "learn from classmate Jiang Ci" as her goal to surpass Jiang Ci. Instead, it would seem that he was making malicious speculations.
"I'm just curious about what she wrote that made you care so much." Jiang Ci added when he saw Yu Xiang's expression.
"I don't really care. You're overthinking it." Yu Xiang immediately denied it. "If you want to know what's written, go back to school and read it yourself. Anyway, the list won't be removed anytime soon."
"'Learn from classmate Jiang Ci.'"
Yu Xiang couldn't stand it any longer and turned away: "Why are you asking if you already know—" And you said it without feeling embarrassed at all?!
Jiang Ci held his phone screen in front of him. It displayed a post from the school's confession wall on social media: "Unfair. I just saw it."
Yu Xiang was instantly speechless, not knowing what to say. After a long pause, he managed to come up with a sentence: "...Why would you post this on the Confession Wall?"
"I don't know." Jiang Ci put his phone away. "I just clicked on it to give it a try, but I didn't expect the latest one to be like this."
"Let me see what the copy is." Yu Xiang said as he reached out to Jiang Ci for his cell phone in a very natural manner.
Jiang Ci didn't say much and gave it to him directly.
Yu Xiang took it and saw that the screen was locked. He frowned and said, "Can't you just unlock it and give it to me?"
"You know the password."
"When did I know that? Could it be your birthday?" Yu Xiang said as he typed in a string of numbers and successfully unlocked the door.
Damn, it’s true.
Jiang Ci's phone interface was still in its original place, so Yu Xiang went straight to find the previous post.
#submission#
I want to ask if Jiang Ci from Class 4, Grade 2, has a girlfriend? Do I have no chance to offend him?
Hiding death!
Yu Xiang felt a pang of annoyance when he saw it, and he reflexively clicked on the comment section to type a reply "No, he's still a single guy", but his phone was snatched away after he typed just two words.
"What are you doing--" Yu Xiang's eyes followed the phone closely, and then met Jiang Ci's indifferent gaze.
"Did you forget that you were using my account?" Jiang Ci calmly deleted the words typed by Yu Xiang.
"I really forgot." Yu Xiang knew he was in the wrong, and his momentum suddenly weakened.
"Yeah. A good kid is one who can correct his mistakes."
"Get out, get out, who is the kid!" Yu Xiang was furious. He was about to put on a vicious expression to intimidate Jiang Ci, but when he looked carefully, he found that the corners of Jiang Ci's mouth were actually slightly raised.
On purpose!
"You're still laughing!" He was so angry that he wanted to argue with him to the end.
Jiang Ci freed a hand to stop him: "Stop it, if you want to reply to the comments, use your own account."
"No, I'm not interested." Yu Xiang snorted unhappily, "You're not secretly having a premature love affair, are you?"
He realized belatedly that this question might be a bit too deliberate, so he added, "I'm asking on behalf of Aunt Fang. As your neighbor and deskmate, I have an obligation to help her supervise you."
Jiang Ci glanced at him and asked, "So what were the results of your supervision?"
"I didn't find any clues... Wait, wasn't I asking you? Why are you asking me back?"
Jiang Ci chuckled: "Who told you to be stupid?"
Yu Xiang stared at him in disbelief: "Who are you calling stupid?!"
"You heard it all, why are you still asking?"
"I'll give you one more chance to reframe your words, or I'll end our friendship."
"Okay. I'm stupid."
"That's right." Yu Xiang hummed proudly, "Did my mom and the others tell you where to find them?"
"They say it's a new cafe on the third floor, and they're already lining up."
"Why is this coffee shop so popular that there's a queue?" Yu Xiang asked suspiciously.
"You'll find out when you get there."
It was not until they actually arrived at the door of the cafe that they found out what was going on.
"Grand opening promotion! Complete the photo challenge and get a free drink for two people together." Yu Xiang looked up and read the slogan on the banner at the entrance of the store. Then he cast a helpless look at his mother. "So you're queuing for the photo challenge?"
"Of course. You guys should go and line up too." Chen Xiaomie urged him.
"Wait, we have to take pictures too?" Yu Xiang pointed at himself in horror.
"Yes, unless you don't want to drink, but I know you will definitely drink it." Chen Xiaomie said righteously.
Yu Xiang thought to himself, “Of course we can’t just watch you two drink, but—”
"Is this bill absolutely necessary to be waived?"
"What are you talking about? Why should I pay for something that's free? Your mom and I don't earn our money by force." Chen Xiaomei kept patting him, signaling him to hurry up and get in line. "Hurry up and get in line, don't mess with me here. Your Aunt Fang and I are almost there."
Yu Xiang was still dawdling, refusing to leave: "Can't I just take pictures with you while Jiang Ci and Aunt Fang take pictures?"
"Of course you can, but it's first come, first served. Your Aunt Fang and I have been waiting in line for such a long time, why should one of us be put at the end?" Chen Xiaomei said as she called over Jiang Ci, "Xiao Ci, take him away quickly, this brat talks too much."
"Okay." Jiang Ci stepped forward and grabbed Yu Xiang's shoulder. "It's time to get in line."
Yu Xiang: “???”
So Yu Xiang was finally taken away by Jiang Ci in a frustrated manner, and the clerk stuffed a flyer into his hand on the way.
"The photo-taking action is randomly selected, and the photos taken will be displayed on the photo wall of the cafe by default... This is so socially awkward, do you really want to take a photo?" Yu Xiang frowned and handed the flyer to Jiang Ci.
"How can you be so handsome? You are so good-looking." The clerk said to him with a smile, "Don't worry, the guy in charge of taking pictures in our store is very good at taking pictures. He guarantees that you will look handsome in the pictures."
Yu Xiang: “…I hope so.”
"I want to ask, will it be weird to pose for photos?" Jiang Ci asked the shop assistant in a gentle voice.
"No, these are all normal photo poses."
"OK, thanks."
"You're welcome~"
There were so many customers coming to challenge, Yu Xiang played five or six small games on his mobile phone before it was their turn.
"Two handsome guys? Who of you wants to draw a pose for a photo?" A clerk came forward and asked, holding a huge lottery box.
"I have bad luck, let him draw." Jiang Ci took a small step sideways and nodded slightly at Yu Xiang.
Yu Xiang did not refuse - he knew that Jiang Ci had bad luck, and his ability of losing four out of five rounds of rock-paper-scissors was really not good.
"Haha, it's okay. There aren't any difficult poses for taking photos. It's the same for anyone who smokes." The clerk explained with a smile.
While the clerk was speaking, Yu Xiang had already reached into the lottery box. After carefully selecting something for a while, he pulled out a small card. After seeing the photo pose pattern printed on it, his expression froze: "..."
Jiang Ci took a step forward: "What is it?"
Yu Xiang's hand, gripping the edge of the card, was shaking slightly from squeezing it so hard. "Um... can I have a different one?"
The clerk holding the lottery box shook his head: "No, each group only has one chance."
Yu Xiang made a bitter face and said aggrievedly, "Didn't they say these were all normal poses for taking photos?"
This prompted the two shop assistants to come over and look at the card. After reading it, they exchanged glances and explained calmly, "Yes. Making a heart shape with your hands is a very normal photo pose. If you search online for poses for couples, this will definitely be the first one recommended."
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