Chapter 315 - 180: Maybe I Should Go Fall in Love Too
Yang Ze blinked, seeming to realize his idea was a bit naive. He scratched his head, a sheepish smile on his face, and said, "Yeah, I guess you’re right."
Seeing this, Shen Yuan rolled his eyes in resignation. Then, he turned his gaze to Chen Mingyu and asked, "What about you, Ai Muyu, do you have anything to say?"
Chen Mingyu shook his head and replied flatly, "Nope. He hasn’t even come up with a general outline. How am I supposed to write a detailed one?"
After hearing Chen Mingyu’s words, Shen Yuan took a deep breath, feeling a little resigned. His eyes lingered on Sun Xiansheng for a moment before quickly looking away.
Sun Xiansheng saw Shen Yuan’s reaction and immediately grew anxious. He hurriedly said, "Hey, hey, hey, Lao Yuan, don’t just ask them! Ask me too! Maybe I can come up with a good idea!"
Shen Yuan glanced at Sun Xiansheng expressionlessly and said irritably, "Then why don’t you tell us? What’s your brilliant idea?"
The corners of Sun Xiansheng’s mouth lifted into a sly smile. He answered unhurriedly, "I think Ah Jie should just write a love letter. Since he’s already writing Sugar Text, he might as well take it a step further and write a love letter. And if he doesn’t reveal his identity in the letter, that still counts as a secret crush, right?"
After speaking, as if that wasn’t enough, Sun Xiansheng turned to Shen Yuan and added, "Oh, right, speaking of love letters, your Li Zhi is an expert in that area. You could go ask for her opinion."
Shen Yuan’s mouth twitched violently when he heard this. He glared at Sun Xiansheng and said irritably, "You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you? Going straight for the jugular, huh?"
Seeing this, Sun Xiansheng quickly chuckled, waved his hands, and explained, "Whoa, that’s not what I meant. It just slipped out. So, what do you think we should do now?"
Shen Yuan fell silent for a moment, then said, "I still think it’s better to stick with the secret crush angle. Although Zhuo Peipei hasn’t explicitly rejected Ah Jie, if you go all-in with something heavy right now, I’m ninety percent sure she’ll reject him outright. And the remaining ten percent definitely isn’t her saying yes."
The moment Shen Yuan finished speaking, the rebuttal Sun Xiansheng was about to make got stuck in his throat. He opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.
Meanwhile, Zhou Shaojie, who was standing to the side, nodded thoughtfully, showing he agreed with Shen Yuan’s opinion. He then said to him, "Okay, Yuan, I’ll listen to you. So, what exactly should I write?"
Hearing Zhou Shaojie’s words, the corners of Shen Yuan’s mouth lifted slightly. He wore an expression that said ’this kid is teachable,’ as if he were very satisfied with Zhou Shaojie’s ability to understand.
He held up one finger and said unhurriedly, "We’ll proceed along two lines. First, the secret crush line in the Sugar Text. You use a side account to send the Sugar Text to Zhuo Peipei. I don’t need to explain that part any further, do I?"
Then, he held up a second finger and continued, "Second, the things you write in the Sugar Text need to be reasonable—not too sweet or over-the-top. Make it look like things a normal student would do. And then, you have to actually do those things at school!"
Hearing Shen Yuan’s words, Zhou Shaojie’s eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately understood Shen Yuan’s intention. Shen Yuan wanted him to write the character in the Sugar Text as "Zhou Shaojie"!
Ah Jie clapped his hands sharply. "Does that mean I can also write about things Peipei might do?"
Shen Yuan pointed at Ah Jie and said earnestly to Yang Ze and the others, "See? See that? That’s what you call a fucking pro!"
I have to say, Ah Jie was pretty quick on the uptake.
Shen Yuan had always felt that Ah Jie had a lot of potential.
The math whiz was working hard, and his English was finally heading toward a passing grade.
"With both lines running at the same time, whether it succeeds in the end all comes down to whether you two are meant to be."
Shen Yuan patted Ah Jie’s shoulder. "Of course, don’t forget to copy your English vocabulary."
Hearing this, Ah Jie’s face fell.
"My child, you have to succeed in both love and your studies. That’s the most perfect ’happily ever after’ for a high school romance!"
Ah Jie nodded listlessly. "I know, I know."
Seeing Ah Jie like this, everyone present broke into smiles.
During a trip to the bathroom, Shen Yuan told Ah Jie the general idea he had for the secret crush Sugar Text, and made sure Yang Ze listened in as well.
And thanks to Zhuo Peipei’s changes to the Sugar Text submission schedule, he no longer had to turn one in every week. He could just hand it in whenever he finished writing it.
Shen Yuan had skimmed through the Sugar Text on the confession wall’s page. There were indeed stories about secret crushes, but how should he put it... the crushes would last for two days before the characters went straight for a direct confession.
—The boy I have a secret crush on secretly has a crush on me too.
It was basically that kind of crowd-pleasing scenario.
But what Shen Yuan was having Ah Jie write was a pure, unadulterated secret crush story.
Most people in high school have a secret crush story of their own. If written well, it could resonate with a large number of people.
This could also be considered a supplement to the types of Sugar Text on the confession wall.
Because of this, Shen Yuan’s expectations for this idea were quite high.
Of course, Shen Yuan didn’t expect Ah Jie to be a great writer.