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Chapter 107 Performance
However, after looking at her, then at her phone, and then opening the video, Ai Liang finally discovered the problem.

When Ai Liang was recording the video, she was facing left, but unfortunately there was a full-length mirror on the left wall.

"Sorry, a friend asked me to send a photo of my location."

After saying that, Ai Liang opened her phone's photo album in front of her, deleted the video, and emptied the recycle bin.

After he finished doing all that, the girl finally spoke, "It's alright."

It was the height of summer, and the daytime temperature was naturally extremely high. Most people were dressed lightly, including the girl next to Ai Liang.

She wasn't tall, but she wasn't short either; she was of fairly common height for a girl.

She wore a white short-sleeved floral dress, with white ice silk long sun protection gloves on her arms. She had a delicate and dignified appearance, wore red-rimmed glasses, and her long hair was divided into two low pigtails that hung down to her waist.

This outfit made her look exceptionally pure and sweet, exuding an academic style that perfectly matched most people's fantasies about a literary girl.

Especially when Ai Liang looked at her, she shyly brushed aside a strand of hair that was hanging in front of her eyes, adding an intellectual beauty to her appearance.

Seeing that the girl didn't press the issue further, Ai Liang nodded and picked up her phone again.

However, when he turned on his phone again, it wasn't Ma Yu's chat window that lit up, but a group chat of five people.

[Shocking! Despite her friends' concerns, Xiao Ai did something like this!] — Ma Yu

[Video] — Ma Yu

[I strongly condemn Xiao Ai's behavior of forgetting her old love for a new one. Send me the girl's number right now; I want to expose your true colors.] — Ma Yu

[System message: Ma Yu has been removed from the group chat.]

【The bloodstained knife, OK】—Fang Xiaoxiao.

[System message: Ma Yu has joined the group chat.]

I don't know her. —Ai Liang

[You didn't repost it elsewhere, did you? I accidentally took the picture.] —Ai Liang

[Taking photos secretly?] — Ma Yu

"You asked me to take a picture of my surroundings." —Ai Liang

[And then you send me the video of you reading with a pretty girl in the library to show off?] — Ma Yu

【Ma Yu! I'm going to tell Mom and Dad that you bullied me!】—Fang Xiaoxiao.

"I'm sorry, I'll buy you a strawberry cake tonight." — Ma Yu

Knowing full well his position as the younger brother in his family, Ma Yu immediately backed down.

I don't know what he's been through these past few days, his personality has suddenly become so erratic.

[Alright, Ma Yu, you're not a pig, why are you always nagging? Expecting Ai Liang to actively pursue girls is like expecting my Diandian to prove Goldbach's Conjecture.] — Yue Qihua

Although Yue Qihua was ostensibly telling Ma Yu not to stir up trouble, Ai Liang always felt that she was subtly mocking her.

By the way, Dian Dian is her family's golden retriever.

【Buy two! But Ai Liang, do you really not know her? There are so many empty seats in the reading room, why is she sitting next to you?】—Fang Xiaoxiao.

After Fang Xiao finished speaking, the entire group chat fell silent, as if everyone was waiting for him to give an explanation.

The group that was criticizing Ma Yu suddenly turned their attention to Ai Liang, turning an ordinary chat group into a trial.

Putting aside the absurd sense of déjà vu in her mind, Ai Liang slowly typed on her phone:

[I don't know. I don't know her. When I first came to the reading room, it was empty. I've been reading since I sat down and didn't notice when someone appeared next to me.]

[Understood.] — Yue Qihua

【Why did you suddenly understand, Sister Hua?】—Ma Yu

[When Xingyue and I used to go to the bookstore to look at comics, people would often inexplicably sit down opposite us and try to strike up a conversation.]

Ai Liang's looks speak for themselves; isn't it normal for girls to approach him? Besides, you know how many love letters Ai Liang has received in the past two years. — Yue Qihua
[I'm sorry for lowering the average attractiveness of the group members.] — Ma Yu

Ma Yu is actually quite good-looking, but he pales in comparison to the handsome men and beautiful women around him.

Ma Yu doesn't usually go to bookstores or other public places; the only place he frequents most often is internet cafes.

It's impossible for someone to approach him in an internet cafe, right? This internet-addicted girl is even more obsessed with games than the guys.

Given his gaming skills, if some internet addict were to try and chat him up, it would turn into a completely different kind of dark and risqué situation.

Soon the topic in the group chat went off-topic again.

Seeing that there was nothing important, Ai Liang quietly went underwater and returned to the world of the book.

However, after realizing that there were people around, Ai Liang would occasionally hear the sound of turning pages coming from the opposite side. He looked up and found that the girl was secretly staring at him, or rather, at the book in his hand.

Does she want to read this book too?
Ai Liang thought for two seconds, picked up three books, walked to the bookshelf, put the first volume back, ignored the girl's expectant gaze, and walked to the front desk with the middle and second volumes.

In Ai Liang's opinion, she was trying to take the novel from her. She had finally found the middle and lower volumes, and she couldn't let her borrow it. She had to quickly arrange to borrow it to avoid any complications.

"Please wait!"

The girl indeed spoke up to stop her.

Ai Liang turned to look at her expressionlessly: "Is there anything I can help you with?"

The girl seemed startled by Ai Liang's attitude. In the past, this kind of outfit of hers had always been a hit with boys her age.

Most people will agree to the requests they make, as long as they're not too unreasonable, since they're guys after all.

However, she met her match today. Ai Liang is top-notch in both looks and temperament, and someone like her should be surrounded by beautiful women.

"Um, actually I also really like this novel. Can we talk about it?"

The girl's tone was a mixture of shyness, expectation, pleading, and naiveté, as if she had truly met a kindred spirit who shared the same book and wanted to exchange ideas.

Coupled with her literary girl attire, no one could resist her.

"……Can"

Sure enough! This is a surefire way to win over guys; no one can resist me when I show this side of myself.

Next, you just need to find topics to talk about to build rapport, and then you can get the book from him.

Despite being so handsome, he's no different from those young boys.

Hmph, easy as pie.

The girl was secretly delighted.

"We can talk, but you'll have to wait until I've finished borrowing the books."

Ai Liang's words blocked her escape route.

Her standard smile stiffened slightly: "Oh dear, there's no rush to borrow it..."

Are you in a hurry to chat with someone?

Ai Liang glanced at her and said coldly.

Are all handsome guys these days so blunt?!

The girl suppressed her dissatisfaction and tried her best to maintain a smile.

The girl's expression was three parts shyness, three parts expectation, two parts pleading, two parts naivety, and ninety percent of it was acting. However, this ninety percent of acting was too clumsy, and Ai Liang could tell even without using mind-reading.

After all, she was just a young girl. Compared to those people Ai Liang had met who pretended to be brothers but secretly plotted against each other, she was still too naive. A single sentence could break her defenses.

Those actors in the Black Zone—you could insult their ancestors to their face and they could laugh it off without batting an eye and say, "Haha, brother, you're really joking."

(End of this chapter)