Sun Huai, that bastard?
These days, Jiang Jingshu has rarely had contact with Sun Huai, and she has turned a blind eye to all the things he has done.
Sun Huai didn't want to make a fool of himself, but the bespectacled man kept telling Jiang Jingshu that she didn't know what was good for her.
Jiang Jingshu was initially too lazy to pay attention to him, but as he said some things, they became increasingly outrageous, and Jiang Jingshu finally couldn't help but explode.
She greatly admired the sages who could "not be elated by external gains, nor saddened by personal losses," but she couldn't do it. Every day, flies buzzed around her, making it impossible for her to concentrate on her studies.
"Have you had enough?" Jiang Jingshu put down her pen, stared at the bespectacled man with displeasure, and asked with a hint of sarcasm, "Did Sun Huai save your life?"
"Jiang Jingshu, what do you mean by that?" The bespectacled man seemed to be embarrassed and angry, and began to list what Sun Huai had done to pursue Jiang Jingshu. "You really don't know what's good for you, Jiang Jingshu. Isn't it enough that Brother Huai buys you breakfast every day and sends you good morning and good night messages? He even added your classmates to ask about your preferences. He even said he would buy you a hundred bottles of the perfume you like."
"Did you end up eating the breakfast he gave me? What's with sending good morning and good night messages? Is it a daily check-in?" Jiang Jingshu almost laughed in anger, then caught the other person's words and couldn't help but ask, "Who did you add as a classmate?"
The bespectacled man fell silent. "Although I ate it in the end, it wasn't because you didn't want it that I ate it. Besides, who else can consistently send you good morning and good night messages every day? Who else would add a stranger on WeChat just to make you smile? It's all because of Brother Huai."
"Did Sun Huai really save your life?" Realizing that she couldn't communicate with the bespectacled man at all, she gave up struggling. There was no point in saying anything more. Jiang Jingshu didn't want to say a word to the bespectacled man now. She just wanted to know one thing: who did they add?
"Tell me, who did you add randomly?" Jiang Jingshu leaned closer to the bespectacled man, and a sense of oppression rushed towards him. At that moment, a message opened on Jiang Jingshu's phone.
It was a message from Su Xiaoyue, asking her, "Jiang Jiang, you haven't been secretly dating behind my back, have you?"
Jiang Jingshu was somewhat puzzled. Logically speaking, they shouldn't know Su Xiaoyue. Jiang Jingshu stared at the bespectacled man, as if she had thought of something. She spoke angrily, "Did you guys go to compete for that first place in the competition, huh?"
Seeing that his guess had been correct, the bespectacled man did not deny it. "You tell me, how much Brother Huai cares about you."
Jiang Jingshu grabbed her English book, walked up to Sun Huai, and threw it at him. "Not only are you bothering me, but you're also bothering the people around me? How many times do I have to tell you before you realize how annoying you really are?"
Sun Huai was startled by the sudden appearance of the English book. "Jiang Jingshu, what's wrong with you?"
"What are you doing? I told you I hate you, but you're still sticking to me like a leech, aren't you? Sun Huai, I've been giving you face all this time, and you're just taking advantage of it like this?"
Sun Huai was also enraged. He slammed his hand on the table, pointed at Jiang Jingshu, and said in a threatening tone, "Jiang Jingshu, are you sure you want to make such a scene?"
Jiang Jingshu smiled and slapped Sun Huai's finger away. "Please stop bothering me and the people around me. Just focus on your college entrance exam, I'm begging you."
Jiang Jingshu returned to her seat, but the bespectacled man next to her said, "You're the first one to refuse Sun Huai, my deskmate. I've already helped you so much, and you still want to court death."
"You're quite funny. In a society governed by law, what can he do to me? Kill me?" Jiang Jingshu's gaze didn't linger on the bespectacled man at all; all she wanted now was a peaceful life.
Back in the dormitory, Jiang Jingshu's roommates gathered around her desk. Li Xuan said, "Jingshu, you embarrassed Sun Huai like that today. He'll hold a grudge against you."
Another short girl in the dorm slowly spoke up, "But those guys are really narcissistic. Why should we be with them just because they send goodnight and good morning messages every day?"
Jiang Jingshu nodded quickly; this was a kindred spirit.
They haven't done anything, just sent a few good morning and good night messages, and they want to be in a relationship with someone? Who told them that this is how you can be in a relationship?
What is this? Is it a gift for signing in and getting a girlfriend?
Is this a joke?
Li Xuan nodded, "I don't even know how to describe this kind of man, Jing Shu. Good luck to you. He'll definitely target you again in the future."
"What's the big deal? If you can't have it, destroy it?" the short girl said again.
Li Xuan echoed again, "These kinds of men are just too proud. I don't know who spoiled them into this kind of behavior."
Jiang Jingshu suddenly realized, who spoiled him? The guy with glasses, probably.
Jiang Jingshu still doesn't know what exactly Sun Huai has got against the bespectacled man.
After chatting in the dormitory for a while, Jiang Jingshu realized she hadn't replied to Su Xiaoyue's message yet. So she took the initiative to call Su Xiaoyue.
"Jiang Jiang! You finally answered me! You weren't secretly dating someone, were you?"
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Jiang Jingshu felt a pang of longing, and her tone softened. "Did Xie Zhijin tell you?"
"Oh my god, it can't be true, can it?"
Hearing Jiang Jingshu say this, Su Xiaoyue felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her. "Jiang Jingshu, you're dating someone and you didn't tell me?"
"I didn't date anyone!" Jiang Jingshu quickly explained when she saw that Su Xiaoyue had misunderstood. "There was a guy who kept saying that I liked him, and then he added Xie Zhijin on WeChat and claimed to be my boyfriend."
Su Xiaoyue immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Jiang Jiang, you scared me to death."
After calming Su Xiaoyue down, Jiang Jingshu asked again, "How has Xie Zhijin been lately?"
"You two, you think about each other but never ask each other, and I always have to relay messages, what's the meaning of that? Am I a mouthpiece?" Su Xiaoyue joked. "He took the day off this afternoon, I think for three days, Wen Jinyan said he went..."
Before Su Xiaoyue could finish speaking, Wen Jinyan elbowed her. Su Xiaoyue frowned and said to him, "Ouch—Wen Jinyan, you big jerk."
"What did Wen Jinyan say? Are you two together?" Jiang Jingshu noticed the strangeness in Su Xiaoyue's expression and couldn't help but ask.
However, Su Xiaoyue changed the subject, "Yeah, yeah, he didn't say anything. He was just fighting me for chicken wings. Never mind him."
Jiang Jingshu asked with a hint of envy, "Are you two together now?"
“Yeah, our moms went out for dinner today, so no one was looking after us. We had to ask Wen Jinyan to come over and cook for us,” Su Xiaoyue said. “So Jiang Jiang, you’re not dating anyone. That guy is just spreading rumors!”
“Yes,” Jiang Jingshu replied.
"But Jiang Jiang, you have to be careful. This kind of guy has a strong sense of pride and a strong desire for revenge. He'll probably get back at you later. If he bullies you, remember to tell me. I'll fly to City A and beat him up."
Su Xiaoyue's voice came through the receiver, along with Wen Jinyan's voice.
Wen Jinyan tapped Su Xiaoyue's forehead. "You? Can you beat him?"
Su Xiaoyue stared at Wen Jinyan with a mischievous grin, "I can't beat him, but I still have you. You are my trump card."
Wen Jinyan suddenly smiled, "Okay."
Upon receiving Wen Jinyan's reply, Su Xiaoyue quickly said to Jiang Jingshu, "Did you hear that, Jiang Jiang? If he bullies you, just tell me. I'll take Wen Jinyan to teach this idiot a lesson!"
"I heard you, thank you." A warm feeling welled up in Jiang Jingshu's heart, and she smiled. "By the way, don't tell Xie Zhijin about this."
"Why? Jiang Jiang, I can tell that Xie Zhijin still cares about you. He called me that day, and he sounded very anxious." Su Xiaoyue asked, puzzled.
"It's okay, Xiaoyue, just don't tell him. I don't want him to worry."
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Jingshu lay on the table deep in thought. The agave showed no signs of growing, which made sense, considering that she herself hadn't accomplished anything of personal growth since coming to City A.
Was it the right choice for her to insist on coming to this unfamiliar city?
As Jiang Jingshu was feeling melancholy, the system's voice came, "Your Highness, there is no absolutely correct choice."
Yes, there is no absolutely correct choice.
“Your choice to leave them is also a way of protecting yourself, which is not wrong, so don’t put too much pressure on yourself, Your Highness.”
Living in this world, people will always face all kinds of choices. However, most people get caught up in the internal struggle of deciding whether their choices are right or wrong, while ignoring the fact that making a choice is actually a very powerful thing.
The choice you make right now is the one that is most beneficial to you at this moment. There must be a reason behind your choice to support it, and this option is the most suitable.
So whatever choices you make, don't blame the person who made those choices in the past.
After all, making a decisive choice is cool in itself.
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Xie Zhijin was still worried, so he took leave early, bought a ticket, and planned to go to City A.
It was during the monthly break, and many students were carrying their suitcases and heading out. Soon, he heard gossip being discussed by the people coming and going.
"Have you heard? A new transfer student came to the second year of high school. She likes a boy so much that she can't stand it, but no matter how hard he tries to pursue her, she won't agree to be with him."
"I heard that this guy was a second-prize winner in a math competition. What is this woman still pretending for?"
"What you heard is different from what I heard. It's obvious that the guy wasn't serious about pursuing her. He just sent her good morning and good night messages every day and expected her to date him. How could that be?"
"I also heard that this girl had been flirting with other people before she transferred schools."
"Yeah, my brother is in the same class as her. He also told me that this girl had someone who liked her before she transferred schools, but she just kept him hanging on without saying anything."
Xie Zhijin:......
In the monotonous and dull life of high school, this kind of gossip can rekindle one's vitality.
Once they started gossiping, everyone's backaches and leg pains disappeared, their minds cleared, and they weren't in a hurry to go home anymore. A small group of two boys and two girls began talking at the school gate.
Xie Zhijin was standing right behind them. The four of them were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't even notice Xie Zhijin standing behind them.
"But does anyone know what this woman looks like?" one of the men in the lead asked. "If she's pretty, I'll have to pursue her too."
"They wouldn't even look at the runner-up in the competition, how could they possibly look at you?" the girl next to her quickly chimed in.
Finally, someone noticed Xie Zhijin standing at the back. She nudged the person next to her, and they stopped talking.
"Who told you all this?" Xie Zhijin had tried his best to remain friendly, but he couldn't help but blurt out, "That bastard Sun Huai?"
The four people found Xie Zhijin very strange, ignored him, and ran away quickly.
Xie Zhijin stared at the school gate, just as Sun Huai walked out of the gate.
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