Chapter 309 - 178: Yes, I Do Like Her (3)
"Mutual friends."
Yang Ze spoke with an air of absolute certainty. "Ah Jie’s alt account and my main account have two mutual friends. At first, I thought they were Zhuo Peipei and the confession page, but then, when I looked at his alt account with my own alt, I realized something was off."
"My alt is friends with Ah Jie’s main, but not with Zhuo Peipei."
"Isn’t that a bit of a leap?" Sun Xiansheng asked, looking puzzled.
Yang Ze snorted. "Once I’ve locked onto something, I’m never wrong. Besides, to disguise his alt, Ah Jie tried to make it look like a student from our school, but you know what? The profile info was way too fake."
"It looked like the account of someone who loves shipping, but it barely reposted any Sugar Text. And the only ones it did repost were ’Defend and Steal’ and Zhuo Peipei’s ’Love in the Era of Lecterns’."
Shen Yuan pressed his lips together. ’The drama’s come back to bite me.’
Then again, pretty much everyone present knew that "Defend and Steal" was based on him and Li Zhi.
As for Ah Jie... well, he had completely resigned himself to his fate by now.
Wait a minute...
’Holy shit!’
Shen Yuan yanked Chen Mingyu’s hand away. "Fuck! Ai Muyu, you’re going to suffocate Ah Jie!"
Finally able to get a breath in, Ah Jie gasped for air.
"Dude, was that really necessary? You gotta leave me some life to live, man."
Chen Mingyu gave an awkward smile. "My bad, Brother Jie. I’ll treat you to dinner tonight! And if you’re still not satisfied..."
As he spoke, Chen Mingyu pointedly stuck his butt out.
’Damn! Is he really testing a high school guy with this?’
’What high school guy could resist a challenge like that?’
Without a second thought, Ah Jie smacked it.
"SMACK!"
In that instant, four palms landed on Chen Mingyu’s butt at the same time.
Chen Mingyu leaped up. "Hey, that’s too far! Did I say you guys could hit me?"
Shen Yuan and the other two quickly looked up and started whistling, pretending nothing had happened.
But Sun Xiansheng’s mind quickly returned to the gossip.
"Jie, so... do you really like Zhuo Peipei?"
In an instant, four pairs of eyes fell on Ah Jie.
Ah Jie looked at his buddies’ gazes, scratched his head in frustration, and finally gave up and nodded.
"Yeah. I like her."
Hearing Ah Jie admit it himself, the group instantly erupted.
Sun Xiansheng looked at Ah Jie excitedly. "Holy shit! Jie! So this is a secret crush!"
"And you fucking said you remembered her period just because you have a good memory?"
"You’re a perv, a pure-blooded perv!"
"So perverted. Shit, the most I’d do is let Li Zhi kick me."
The moment Shen Yuan finished speaking, the other four pairs of eyes fell on him.
"Who would’ve thought that our little Class 15 could produce such a pair of geniuses at the same time!"
Shen Yuan shot Yang Ze a glare. "Cut the crap. The priority right now is to see what Ah Jie wants to do."
Shen Yuan looked at Ah Jie. "Jie, so what’s your next move?"
Ah Jie scratched his head, then shook it. "I don’t know."
Shen Yuan and the others could actually understand Ah Jie’s reaction.
Shen Yuan sometimes felt that the thrill of young love was a lot like having a secret affair.
On the surface, you’re rivals who won’t back down, or a sunny extrovert and a gloomy introvert who barely know each other, but in reality, you’re sneaking kisses behind everyone’s backs.
The situation was so similar to Ah Jie and Zhuo Peipei.
The Kissing Association vs. the Early Love Prohibition Association.
’Tsk, what’s the difference between this and a secret affair?!’
But Ah Jie’s crush was different from what Shen Yuan and Li Zhi had.
Shen Yuan and Li Zhi’s foundation was too solid. With Brother Tongzi around, it was stronger than C200 concrete.
But Ah Jie and Zhuo Peipei were different. They were just classmates, and under the pressure of the college entrance exams, no one knew what the future would hold.
The beginning of a romance is basically the effect of hormones.
Over time, it transforms into a genuine appreciation for the person.
But if any little accident happens during that process, they’ll go their separate ways.
Ah Jie’s worries weren’t unfounded.
That’s how secret crushes are. If you don’t say anything, you can still be Joyful Rivals, but if you confess, you’re afraid you might not even be able to be friends anymore.
Seeing Ah Jie’s conflicted expression, Sun Xiansheng puffed out his chest.
"Jie, I believe everyone is born with a mission. And my mission, I think, is to help you two get together!"
Sun Xiansheng grabbed Ah Jie’s hand and said with sincere earnestness, "Jie, let me be your strategist! I’ll guide you on the path of love!"
"Get lost!"
Ah Jie rejected Sun Xiansheng without a shred of mercy.
"I’d rather be a mute than have you as my strategist!"
As soon as Ah Jie’s words fell, Shen Yuan, Yang Ze, and Chen Mingyu all nodded in agreement.
The way Teacher Hou had coached Yang Shuai in romance was still fresh in their minds.
If that kid Yang Shuai hadn’t been so lucky, he probably would have ended up completely unlovable.
Oh, wait, Ah Shuai doesn’t care. All Ah Shuai needs are his games.
’That damn bastard!’