Chapter 61 (First Release)
Even Zhou Yanyao himself was almost startled by the sourness in his own tone.
But he quickly calmed down and accepted the changes in himself.
Anyone would find it hard to stay calm if they were ignored by someone they liked.
Ning Wanwan was completely taken aback by this unexpected question!
This is a fatal problem!
“I don’t like it…” she answered subconsciously, but Zhou Yanyao’s eyes lit up.
"Why did you bring him breakfast every night?"
Ning Wanwan: "There are other reasons..."
"What's the reason?" Zhou Yanyao pressed.
Ning Wanwan avoided his bright, burning gaze and whispered, "It's not convenient to say..."
Ning Wanwan didn't plan to tell anyone about Lin Ruowei's matter, since it was meant to be kept secret from the beginning.
As part of the transaction, Ning Wanwan upheld professional ethics.
Zhou Yanyao's gaze slowly dimmed.
Sure enough, Wanwan actually likes Jiang Chengran, but she's just keeping it a secret.
That's quite normal; everyone knows Jiang Chengran's temper...
But, but—
What's so great about that guy surnamed Jiang?
It's not worth it at all, not worth it at all—
The girl was still looking at him. Zhou Yanyao said in a hoarse voice with a smile, "I understand."
He leaned down, hands on his knees, gazing intently at her, and said softly, "But Wanwan, really don't have too high expectations of him."
"Jiang Chengran doesn't care about other people's feelings at all."
Zhou Yanyao lowered himself to look her in the eye. At such a close distance, their breaths almost mingled.
However, Ning Wanwan did not feel any aggression.
She paused for a moment, looking at the tall boy in front of her. Although he hid it well, she felt as if she were looking at a big golden retriever hanging its head, looking dejected and gloomy.
Ning Wanwan: "...Mm."
Ning Wanwan suddenly felt a little reluctant and explained, "It's really just for other reasons... I won't be sending it to him for a long time."
Ning Wanwan's expression was so serious that Zhou Yanyao was clearly starting to believe her. The big dog gradually perked up: "Really? That's great!"
"Wanwan, that guy is awful, you absolutely mustn't fall for him." Zhou Yanyao didn't forget to speak ill of a certain person surnamed Jiang.
Ning Wanwan nodded haphazardly, "Mhm."
Once she's connected Jiang Chengran and Lin Ruowei, she naturally won't send them anymore.
At this point, Ning Wanwan suddenly felt a little guilty and secretly glanced at Zhou Yanyao.
The breakfast I prepared was copied from Zhou Yanyao's. The food I treated Zhou Yanyao to that day was originally meant for Jiang Chengran. I wonder if he found out.
They probably haven't noticed...
To her surprise, Zhou Yanyao was staring at her with unblinking dog-like eyes, tilting his head slightly in confusion.
"Wanwan? Is there a question you want to ask?"
Ning Wanwan: "No... no, I have a question I want to ask..."
She asked in confusion, "How did you know I delivered the breakfast? I don't think anyone else saw it."
Zhou Yanyao: "...cough cough cough cough."
He coughed violently, his ears turned red, and the fever spread all the way down to his neck.
I can't exactly say, "Because I know you so well, even if I've only met you a few times, I can tell from the knot on the bag or the smiley face on the sticky note!"
The things he could say naturally with his best friend, he felt too ashamed to say in front of the girl...
It gives off a vibe of a pervert!
Zhou Yanyao quickly shook his head: "It's just... my intuition! Yes, my intuition!"
Ning Wanwan said thoughtfully, "So it was intuition." Intuition really is an irrational thing.
Zhou Yanyao breathed a huge sigh of relief; it was good that Wanwan believed him.
Otherwise, it would be terrible if people misunderstood that I was a pervert or a clingy, love-struck person.
...
After calming down the jealous golden retriever (×) and showing concern for her classmate (√), Ning Wanwan was unaware that she had inadvertently suppressed a potential catastrophe.
But an even more intense battleground awaits her ahead.
She was thinking about what mattered more to her right now.
"Jiang Chengran has never accepted breakfast, so this method probably won't work."
"Do I really have to go find Mu Xijue?" Ning Wanwan murmured to herself.
"Looking for me?" A voice suddenly came from behind, startling Ning Wanwan, who quickly took a few steps back and stared warily at the window on the wall behind her.
The window had opened at some point, and the person she had just been talking about was leaning against the windowsill, looking at her with a smile.
Ning Wanwan: "...Why are you here?"
Mu Xijue chuckled: "I should be asking you that. Didn't you notice that this is a small library for teachers only?"
Through the window, Ning Wanwan could see the rows of bookshelves behind Mu Xijue.
"Would you like to come in and take a look?" Mu Xijue asked with a smile, waving the book in her hand.
Ning Wanwan couldn't see what the book in his hand was, and she didn't want to go in, always suspecting that the books inside had been replaced with some terrible content.
For example, human experimentation, or horrific research...
"If you don't want to come in, that's fine too." Mu Xijue didn't force her. "But that boy just now... you tamed him pretty well."
Mu Xijue had overheard her conversation with Zhou Yanyao.
Even though she was quite afraid of this man, Ning Wanwan still couldn't help but glare at him: "What do you mean by 'taming'? You're talking really strangely."
"Isn't taming good? It's a very romantic thing." Mu Xijue raised an eyebrow, as if she was a little puzzled.
"For example, that boy would probably be happy to be tamed by you."
"If you open up a new world, you might discover another realm."
Ning Wanwan didn't want to listen to this guy's nonsense anymore. She turned her head and was about to leave when she heard Mu Xijue call her back.
"Ning Wanwan, classmate."
Ning Wanwan tried to pretend she couldn't hear and quickened her pace to leave, but then she heard Mu Xijue lazily draw out the last syllable of his voice and continue speaking.
"Today you neither greeted the teacher nor listened to the teacher. You are disrespectful to your teacher."
"If you leave, be careful, or I'll make things difficult for you."
Ning Wanwan: "!"
Ning Wanwan turned to look at him in disbelief. This man could actually say something like "being given the cold shoulder" so openly and shamelessly!
How can there be such shameless people in this world!
"Ning Wanwan, are you still leaving?" Mu Xijue asked with a smile, not in a hurry at all, standing by the window.
Ning Wanwan weighed the trouble that would result if the other party really made things difficult for her.
Then, bearing the humiliation, he returned and, still bearing the burden, greeted her again: "Teacher Mu—is there anything else?"
"Nothing's wrong."
Ning Wanwan wasn't surprised at all. She just assumed he was bored and wanted to tease her again, and thought she would let her go once he got tired of it.
Suddenly, his expression turned serious.
"Ning Wanwan, classmate." The young man didn't look at her, his gaze fixed on the distance, his peach blossom eyes deep and unfathomable. "Just a friendly reminder, the East District..."
Ning Wanwan was taken aback: "...What?"
Mu Xijue's gaze returned to her, and she smiled slightly: "It's best not to go to the East District these next few days."
Ning Wanwan pursed her lips, and almost instantly thought of the same words that the villain Jiang Yuyuan had said.
"Why?" she couldn't help but ask.
Why can't I go? Why did I have to tell her?
"Why? I don't know why either." Mu Xijue said in a flippant tone, blinking her eyes and putting her index finger to her lips.
"It's best not to know too much about things you shouldn't know."
Ning Wanwan: "..." Okay, okay, you're playing the riddle person again, aren't you?
"Teacher Mu, may I leave now?"
"Of course." Mu Xijue gracefully gestured for him to proceed.
Ning Wanwan turned her head away and hurriedly took a few steps, but then suddenly remembered something and stopped, her feet seemingly glued to the ground.
She hesitated for a long time, her face showing a conflicted expression.
Then, as if making a difficult decision, it slowly moved back.
Mu Xijue didn't leave either; he remained standing by the window, as if he had expected her to return.
"Is there anything else you want to ask me?" He asked with a smile in his eyes. "I'm in a good mood right now, so maybe I can fulfill my duty as a teacher and answer you."
Ning Wanwan: "..." That expression again.
Sometimes I really want to see what this person looks like when they realize things are out of control.
Forget it, I can't do that myself.
In comparison, the immediate problems are more pressing.
Ning Wanwan asked softly, "Teacher Mu, since you heard our previous conversation... I wanted to say that I followed your advice and delivered breakfast for several days in a row, but the other party has not accepted it."
"You mean you want to ask me if I have any other suggestions?" Mu Xijue raised an eyebrow. "You just believe I have experience with men and women that much?"
Ning Wanwan forced a smile and gave an awkward one. Since she needed his help, she decided to try to say something nice to flatter him.
"You look very experienced..."
Mu Xijue smiled and said, "Wanwan, you can read more books on improving your emotional intelligence in the future."
Ning Wanwan: "..."
"Also, are you secretly calling me a scumbag?" Mu Xijue suddenly changed the subject.
Ning Wanwan: "..."
Ning Wanwan: "Teacher Mu, you're joking."
Mu Xijue nodded: "But I don't find it funny."
Ning Wanwan: "..." Do you have any suggestions at all?! If not, I'm leaving!
The girl's eyes revealed that she wanted to run away. Mu Xijue glanced at the time and said, "Alright, since you called me Teacher Mu, I'll give you a way."
Ning Wanwan looked at him with barely concealed anticipation.
Mu Xijue rested her fingers on her chin, her smile unreadable, as if she were plotting something.
"Simply sending breakfast won't work, you can—put a rose inside as well."
Ning Wanwan hesitated for a moment when she heard the word "rose".
“Yes, and remember, they were fresh roses, bought just this morning.” Mu Xijue instructed her gently, as if afraid she wouldn’t remember, “Give them to the other person along with breakfast.”
Ning Wanwan was still hesitating.
Mu Xijue smiled slightly: "Trust me, this will be very effective."
...
Ning Wanwan always felt that Mu Xijue had ill intentions.
However, Lin Ruowei was urging her on, and Ning Wanwan herself was also getting anxious because she hadn't made any progress.
[Host, I did some research, and this method of including a rose in a gift has gained a lot of approval.]
Ning Wanwan blinked; she herself felt that there was nothing wrong with this method.
Moreover, Lin Ruowei's original intention was to deliver a love letter to Jiang Chengran, so it seemed reasonable for her to act as an intermediary and place a rose in advance.
Ning Wanwan thought for a moment and then asked Lin Ruowei for her opinion.
“Rose is good. You’ve finally come up with a classy idea,” Lin Ruowei said. “Let’s do it this way.”
Since the parties involved had no objections, Ning Wanwan began to get started.
Because Mu Xijue had said that fresh roses are the most beautiful and touching, she got up early the next morning to buy breakfast and roses.
Breakfast was purchased without difficulty, but the roses—
"None of the flower shops around here open this early..."
Ning Wanwan then realized that she seemed to have overlooked this big problem.
High school seniors get up too early, and because of these things, I have to leave even earlier, so I can't buy fresh roses at all!
Fortunately, there was a flower shop nearby that opened relatively early, but Ning Wanwan still waited for more than 20 minutes before she managed to buy the flowers just as the shop opened and then rush to school.
Then she realized that there were already some students in the classroom at this time, and she could no longer quietly put things on Jiang Chengran's desk as before.
Ning Wanwan glanced around, and after confirming there was no chance, she quickly hid in a corner, looking at the breakfast and roses in her hands with a worried expression.
What if I can't deliver it? Did I buy it for nothing?
Fearing that standing there a little longer would attract attention, Ning Wanwan hesitated for a moment before turning around to leave, only to bump into one of her classmates.
"Ning Wanwan, you're here!" A classmate waved to her. "Jiang Chengran came to our class and said he was looking for you."
Ning Wanwan: "!"
She asked nervously, "Why are you looking for me?"
"He didn't say why, but he said you were always avoiding him, and he finally caught you..." A classmate looked at him with sympathy and whispered, "What did you do to offend him?"
Ning Wanwan: "I...I don't know either..."
Why did Jiang Chengran come to find her? Did he discover that she was the one who delivered the breakfast?
She nervously followed her classmates back, only to find the red-haired boy sitting arrogantly in her seat.
As soon as he saw Ning Wanwan, he grinned.
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