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Chapter 295 Fishing
After Chen Zili finished speaking, he left his seat with Ai Liang.

Ai Liang noticed that this guy's gaze was always intentionally or unintentionally glancing out of the classroom.

Ai Liang followed his gaze.

In the corridor outside the classroom, Fang Xinlei was leaning on her crutches, slowly walking towards the stairs.

"You two know each other?" Ai Liang asked.

"Um... Ah, what are you saying?"

Chen Zili first subconsciously hummed in response.

After realizing what was happening, she asked Ai Liang, somewhat flustered, who she was referring to.

Ai Liang pointed at Fang Xinlei's back and asked, "You and Fang Xinlei, do you know each other?"

"Let's say we know each other... We went to the same school and were assigned to the same class in the third year of junior high. Is there a problem?"

Chen Zili carefully considered what he wanted to say, nodding as he spoke.

It's as if they're reinforcing their sense of self-identity.

"Oh, you like her?"

"Cough cough, pfft cough cough... What did you say?"

Chen Zili originally intended to talk to Ai Liang about something else to change the subject, but he almost choked on his words as soon as he opened his mouth.

"I'm sorry, I didn't say anything."

"No, no, no, you just asked me if I liked her!"

"Since you've already heard everything, why are you asking me what I'm saying?"

"what."

Chen Zili was stunned.

For a moment, I didn't know how to refute it.

When did communication between people become so difficult?
Chen Zili looked at Ai Liang and fell into deep self-doubt.

Ai Liang didn't stop and walked straight towards the stairs.

Chen Zili thought Ai Liang was going to help, and hurriedly tried to stop her.

In the blink of an eye, Ai Liang had already reached the vicinity of the stairs, and it was too late to stop him.

Chen Zili had no choice but to grit his teeth and follow.

At this moment, Fang Xinlei had only gone halfway down the stairs.

She held onto the stairs with her right hand, first placing her crutch on the next step for support, and then slowly stepping out with her disabled left foot.

Then, using his cane and right hand for support, he placed his right foot on the next step.

Fang Xinlei thus made her difficult downward progress step by step.

Luckily, Ai Liang's class was on the second floor; if it were on the fifth floor, it would probably have taken her ten minutes to go down the stairs.

Ai Liang ignored Fang Xinlei, who was struggling to get downstairs, and walked right past her as she left the teaching building.

Chen Zili, who was following behind, was quite surprised to see that Ai Liang had no intention of helping. He stood there stunned.

He glanced at Fang Xinlei with some hesitation.

But in the end, he did nothing and chose to run to Ai Liang's side.

"Aren't you going to help her?" Ai Liang asked.

"Have you always been this direct in your speech...?"

Chen Zili said with a wry smile, "I helped her twice when I was in junior high school, but she said I was meddling in her business."

To prevent Ai Liang from misunderstanding, he quickly added, "Let me make this clear, I'm just a little concerned, I'm far from liking you."

"Oh."

Ai Liang did not comment on this.

Chen Zili felt like he had punched a sponge.

I felt uncomfortable all over because I hadn't released my energy.

He recalled the phone call during the long break between classes: "Ai Liang, what about you? Was the girl who called you during the long break your girlfriend?"

Okay, I've taken the bait.

"No, we're just close friends."

Ai Liang immediately denied Chen Zili's statement.

Chen Zili put one hand in his pocket and looked at Ai Liang with a suspicious look: "Really? It doesn't seem like it at all. She seems to really like you."

Ai Liang remained silent.

Seeing that Ai Liang didn't want to say more, Chen Zili felt he had won a mental victory and changed the subject to Ye Qing.

"By the way, your relationship with Ye Qing seems to have been quite good since the beginning of the semester. Did you know each other before?"

"Yes, we've known each other for a while, and we live relatively close to each other, so we go to and from school together."

Ai Liang used a rather vague expression.

This gave Chen Zili ample room to freely exercise his imagination.

Do you live very close by?

Did you specifically apply to Qianhua Experimental Middle School for Ye Qing's sake?
Chen Zili kept these questions to himself and didn't ask them aloud.

After all, this was the first time the two had spoken.

He didn't have Ai Liang's courage to speak frankly to people he had just met.

Ai Liang deliberately brought up the topic of relationships, just to set a trap for Chen Zili.

There's nothing we can do; Jin Ping'an is too straightforward, he believes whatever we tell him.

Rumors simply can't spread through this guy.

During junior high school, Ai Liang was able to nip many troublesome confessions in the bud thanks to his rumored girlfriend, Yang Xingyue.

Moreover, that was based on the strict atmosphere of Nevada.

Now that I'm in high school, the school location has changed again, and I'm attending Chika City, a place with a very open-minded social atmosphere.

Who knows how many people will come to confess their feelings when they have nothing better to do?

You know, in many girls' dormitories, the only topic of conversation is handsome guys.

First, they discussed whether there were any handsome guys in the class, what so-and-so looked like, and whether they were their type.

As the conversation goes on, the scope will expand to the entire grade.

I heard that so-and-so in that class is very handsome.

It is estimated that in a few months, Ai Liang's reputation will spread throughout the entire grade.

Therefore, preparations must be made in advance.

Ai Liang and Chen Zili arrived at Tianyuan Restaurant, which is near the dormitory.

Unlike high school seniors who often go to Zhiweixuan, most of the people who come here to eat are boarding students.

It's convenient to go straight back to the dormitory for a nap after lunch.

That's right, lunch breaks at Qianhua Experimental Middle School can be taken in the dormitories.

This regulation even applies to students in honors classes.

Most people will go back to their dorm to wash their clothes after meals.

However, when the two arrived at the cafeteria, the school bell for first and second graders had just rung, and there weren't many people in the cafeteria.

Ai Liang casually ordered two dishes and found a quiet corner to sit down.

A short while later, Chen Zili also came over with a bowl of shredded pork with garlic sauce over rice.

To be honest, this guy is really going all out to find a friend to chat with.

While he was eating, he would always glance at the cafeteria entrance from time to time.

I guess they're waiting for Fang Xinlei.

Although Chen Zili said he didn't like it, his behavior clearly went beyond simply caring.

It's just like that kind of middle school student who silently follows behind the person they like, all the way to their doorstep, and watches them go inside.

He only looked away when a large number of students flooded into the cafeteria.

Chen Zili noticed Ai Liang's gaze and quickly explained, "I'm not waiting for her, it's just that something is about to happen."

"what's up?"

Ai Liang casually asked, following the topic.

He neither cared about nor was concerned about Chen Zili's romantic relationships.

Anyway, I've already achieved my goal.

Ai Liang has no interest in meddling in other people's affairs.

Asking this question is just to keep the conversation going and make the other person less embarrassed.

Seeing that Ai Liang wasn't teasing him any further, Chen Zili breathed a sigh of relief: "It's Jin Ping'an from our class. He'll probably get a good scolding from Fang Xinlei again in a bit..."

Oh, by the way, Jin Ping'an and you seem to know each other quite well. Did you two know each other before?

(End of this chapter)