Chapter 32: The Drunkard's Purpose Is Not Wine "At the age of first love, there are hidden...
Yu Xiang's chewing suddenly slowed down. After he had completely swallowed it, he replied, "No."
Jiang Ci: "When you lie, your blinking frequency will unconsciously increase."
Yu Xiang's heart skipped a beat, and he blurted out subconsciously: "I just blinked so fast—"
Jiang Ci: "It's getting faster."
Yu Xiang: “…” It’s broken, I can’t feel anything at all.
"Okay, since you've seen through me, I'll tell you." Yu Xiang sighed, "Maybe I'm too stingy."
Jiang Ci: "?"
"You're obviously my friend, and Sanshui and the others are my friends too. Lending them your homework is about the same as lending them mine, but I just can't control that...that..."
Yu Xiang considered his words carefully before continuing, "That feeling of jealousy—don't rush to complain. I've reflected on it, so I don't care anymore."
"I don't think it was jealousy."
Yu Xiang took another bite of the cake and asked vaguely, "What is that?"
"Jealous."
"Cough, cough, cough!!!" Yu Xiang was choked. "Water, water..."
Seeing this, Jiang Ci quickly reached out to pull out the water bottle on the side of Yu Xiang's schoolbag. As soon as he pulled it out, he found that it felt wrong - it was empty.
The water inside had already been drunk up by someone, and it was obvious that he was too lazy to get another one, so he just took the empty bottle home.
"Drink mine." He had no choice but to take out his own water cup, open the lid and hand it to Yu Xiang.
Yu Xiang took a few sips before recovering: "Next time, don't say such horrible things so seriously."
"You think it's scary?"
"I—" Yu Xiang already regretted it, racking his brains for a way to explain it. "I, I... I can't say I was terrified. I was a little stressed. Sorry."
"It's okay, I also used the wrong words." Jiang Ci's voice was no longer as calm as before.
After the words fell, neither of them spoke for a while, just nibbling on the pancakes in their hands.
After a long while, Yu Xiang finally started a new topic: "By the way, do you have a secret crush on someone?"
"I think you asked a similar question last time." Jiang Ci's state has returned to normal, as if his previous uneasy behavior was just an illusion.
"When did I ask..." Yu Xiang was halfway through his sentence when he remembered that he had indeed asked Jiang Ci a few days ago if he had a secret premature love affair. Thinking that this was what he was referring to, he changed the subject, "That's different. Last time I asked if you had a premature love affair, this time I'm asking if you have someone you like."
Jiang Ci didn't respond.
Yu Xiang's curiosity was piqued. The longer he didn't get an answer, the more itchy he felt. Unable to hold back, he gently nudged Jiang Ci's waist with his elbow: "Don't be shy, I promise not to tell anyone."
Jiang Ci: "..."
Yu Xiang continued to encourage him: "It's normal to have a crush on someone when you're just starting to fall in love."
"What about you?" Jiang Ci raised his eyelids and looked at him calmly, "We are also at the age of first falling in love."
“I…” Yu Xiang wanted to say no, but then he thought that Jiang Ci would probably say no as well, so he forced himself to hold back the “no” and said, “Of course I have it too, hahahaha——”
Jiang Ci raised his eyebrows slightly, taking in Yu Xiang's series of guilty little movements, and a very slight arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"So what about you? Do you have it?" Yu Xiang asked.
"have."
Yu Xiang's eyes lit up: "Who is it? Ning Anyan?"
Jiang Ci frowned when he heard the name: "Why her again?"
"Just a random guess. After all, many boys in our class have a crush on her." Yu Xiang quickly explained, "But judging from your reaction, you probably don't have any feelings for her anymore."
"I wonder if that includes you."
"Of course not. I still hold a grudge against her for stealing the motto idea I came up with for you—just kidding, there's no proof, but I really don't like her very much."
"Because of Zhang Miao's incident?"
"The Sanshui incident was just an opportunity. Maybe she and I are not compatible, but I'm not familiar with her anyway, so it doesn't matter." Yu Xiang shrugged. "But doesn't she always find various excuses to look for you? Everyone is saying that she is interested in you. Fortunately—"
Yu Xiang didn't finish the second half of his sentence and it just stopped abruptly.
"Luckily what?"
"It might be a little bit vicious, do you really want to hear it?"
Jiang Ci glanced at him calmly and said, "When we were little, you often cricketed in front of me that bad-tempered old man across the street."
The implication is that no matter how immoral the thing you have done, just say it.
"Then I'll tell you. Fortunately, you and her are not in love with each other, otherwise if you two really get together, I might really break up with you." Yu Xiang told him the second half of the sentence that he had not said just now.
"Don't worry, that's not possible." Jiang Ci gave him a reassurance, "Why don't you continue asking?"
Yu Xiang was stunned: "What do you want to ask?"
Jiang Ci: "That person's name."
"Is that something you can ask?" Apart from the joke he just made, Yu Xiang really didn't want to dig deeper, but Jiang Ci's words made him a little at a loss.
"Do you really want to know?"
"This..." Yu Xiang felt that his reason and morality were fighting each other, and it was difficult to separate them.
"You'll know one day in the future." Fortunately, Jiang Ci gave him a way out in time.
"Okay, I'll wait for the day you tell me." Yu Xiang let out a long sigh, "Have you finished eating? Have you gone home after eating? If you're any later, Ms. Chen Xiaomei will be furious."
"Um."
The next day.
Fan Zhengqing really did what he said. During class, he checked the homework and called on several students to explain the questions - but in order to improve efficiency, he actually called on them to report the answers more often.
But because Jiang Ci's answer was widely circulated in the class yesterday, the correct rate of those who were called upon was unexpectedly high.
However, this was an assignment to be completed at home, so it was normal to have some water in it. Fan Zhengqing didn't say much and started checking the answers directly.
"Yu Xiang, where is Jiang Ci?" Yu Xiang, who was about to lie down to catch up on his sleep during the break, was stopped by a female voice.
He raised his head following the source of the sound and saw Ning Anyan's delicate and fair face.
As a high school girl whose daily routine is filled with studying and she gets up early and goes to bed late, it is no wonder that Ning Anyan is so eye-catching that she has become the "goddess" in the eyes of many boys.
Unfortunately, Yu Xiang had no interest in this pretty face. Sleeping was more appealing to him. He turned around and looked at the empty seat next to him and replied, "I don't know. I think he went out."
"Do you know where he went?"
So many questions.
Yu Xiang pursed his lips calmly, "I don't know. He doesn't have to report where he goes. What's the urgent matter you're looking for him for?"
"Oh, Teacher Wang asked me to go to his office with him." Ning Anyan answered without hesitation, "But I can't find him anywhere."
"Then you go first? I'll talk to him after he comes back." Yu Xiang thought about it and came up with a solution.
Ning Anyan pursed her lips and did not accept his suggestion: "I'd better wait here for him to go over together."
Coincidentally, as soon as she finished speaking, Jiang Ci appeared at the back door of the classroom.
Yu Xiang caught a glimpse of him from the corner of his eye and turned his head to greet him directly, "You're back just in time. Someone's looking for you."
Ning Anyan was standing next to Yu Xiang, and he knew that this "someone" was her, so he asked directly, "What's the matter?"
Ning Anyan explained to him softly, and then Jiang Ci nodded. Then, under Ning Anyan's slightly puzzled gaze, he handed the bag in his hand to Yu Xiang.
Yu Xiang, equally puzzled, took the bag and opened it to take a look, becoming even more confused: "Snacks?"
This guy disappeared as soon as the get out of class was over. Did he go to the canteen to buy snacks?
He bought a lot of it, a whole bag full. If you didn’t know, you would think he went somewhere to get the goods.
"Are you buying so much to stock up on food?" Yu Xiang raised his eyes and asked.
"I took too much without noticing. Take it if there's anything you want to eat, and share some with those two people." Jiang Ci replied calmly.
Ning Anyan waited patiently for Jiang Ci to finish explaining, but her eyes couldn't help but jump back and forth between the bag of snacks in Yu Xiang's hand and Jiang Ci, as if she was expecting Jiang Ci to have a change of heart and ask her to pick one he liked.
However, she waited and waited, but all she got was an extremely cold "Let's go" from him.
She was so angry that she wanted to stamp her feet.
However, no matter how dissatisfied she was, she had to grit her teeth and endure it, following Jiang Ci to the grade office.
It was not far from their class to the grade office in the middle. Jiang Ci was tall, had long legs and a fast pace. Ning Anyan was not short either, but she was still a little behind him.
Although there was some intentional element in it, she just wanted to bet whether Jiang Ci would slow down his pace for her.
To her disappointment, Jiang Ci finally realized something was wrong after walking a distance, stopped and looked back at her.
"I'm sorry, you're walking too fast and I can't keep up with you." Ning Anyan chased after him with secret joy, pretending to be calm and said to him.
Jiang Ci lowered his head slightly and politely replied, "Sorry, I'm used to it."
In the second half of the journey, Lu Jiangci indeed slowed down his pace and walked with her to the office.
But when they arrived at the English teacher's desk, they didn't see anyone there, only the Chinese teacher who was about to get up and leave.
"It's An Yan and Jiang Ci. Who are you looking for?"
"Let's go find Teacher Wang." Ning Anyan replied immediately.
"Teacher Wang just went out and should be back soon. You guys wait here for a while." After the Chinese teacher said this, he went out with a stack of information.
"Okay, Teacher Li, take care~"
"Jiang Ci. Hey." The two stood there in silence for a while. Ning Anyan, who had been secretly observing Jiang Ci, noticed that he was staring out the window in a daze and couldn't help but call him.
Jiang Ci looked away after hearing her call: "What's wrong?"
"I see you've been looking out the window. Is there anything outside?" Ning Anyan mustered up the courage and brought up the topic that she had rehearsed countless times in her mind.
"No, I'm just thinking about something." Jiang Ci's tone was light, without revealing any emotion.
Seeing that the topic they had finally started was about to die out, Ning Anyan quickly made amends: "Thinking about the competition?"
"No." Jiang Ci shook his head. "I was just thinking that I forgot to tell him not to eat too much before I left."
This answer made Ning Anyan suspect that there was something wrong with her ears.
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The author has something to say: I failed to get a class, so I could only get an elective class on tire replacement, which made my already busy schedule even worse [clown]
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