Outside the library.

Zhao Shucheng and Sheng Huainan unexpectedly met. Seeing that Luo Zhi wasn't with Zhao Shucheng, Sheng Huainan walked over and said:
"Qi Ming, shall we talk?"

Zhao Shucheng glanced at Sheng Huainan and said, "Oh? I don't think we have anything in common."

Sheng Huainan stepped in front of Zhao Shucheng and said, "I think so. What exactly are your feelings for Luo Zhi? Why are you with Luo Zhi, but often alone with Gu Senxiang?"

"Any questions?"

“This is a big problem. If you're with Luo Zhi, you should be devoted to her, not flirting with other people. No one would allow their partner to be unfaithful, and Luo Zhi is no exception.”

Zhao Shucheng said with a smile, "On what grounds are you telling me this?"

"I just can't stand the way you are."

Zhao Shucheng said, "This is our own business. If you like Luo Zhi, you can pursue her, instead of telling me here. Sorry, I still need to go read a book."

Looking at Zhao Shucheng's back, Sheng Huainan had the urge to go up and fight him, but he also knew that he had no right to do so.

However, Sheng Huainan was unaware that his conversation with Zhao Shucheng was being watched and heard by someone else.

Xu Riqing had just rejected Zhang Mingrui's confession. She only had eyes for Sheng Huainan and didn't believe that Sheng Huainan really had no feelings for her. Otherwise, he wouldn't have liked every single one of her Weibo posts, nor would he have given her a gentle smile, or even put a coat on her when she fell asleep while reading.

So when she saw Sheng Huainan negotiating with Zhao Shucheng about Luo Zhi's matter, she couldn't help but step forward and question Sheng Huainan:
"Sheng Huainan, how could you do this?"

Sheng Huainan looked at Xu Riqing, who had appeared before him, with some surprise, and asked, "What's wrong with me?"

"What's wrong with you, Sheng Huainan? Explain yourself! Isn't the person you like me? Why are you negotiating with someone else's boyfriend for another girl? What do you mean by that?"

Zhang Mingrui chased Xu Riqing to the library, and when he saw her questioning Sheng Huainan, he quickly tried to pull Xu Riqing away.

"I'm not leaving, Sheng Huainan. Explain yourself."

Sheng Huainan looked at Xu Riqing with some confusion and said, "When did I like you? What nonsense are you talking about? The person who likes you is Zhang Mingrui, not me. Get this straight."

"You're lying. Look, you like my posts every day. That's the proof."

Sheng Huainan glanced at Xu Riqing's phone and said, "These likes were given by Zhang Mingrui using my phone, not by me."

Upon hearing this, Xu Riqing looked at Zhang Mingrui, who said in a panic, "No, let me explain... It's a misunderstanding. I know you like him. I used his phone to like his posts just to make you happy. I didn't mean anything else. Please don't be angry with me."

"Zhang Mingrui, you've made me lose face like this, I hate you!" After slapping Zhang Mingrui a few times, Xu Riqing was too ashamed to stay any longer, so he ran away.

Zhang Mingrui chased after him for a few steps, then turned around and stood in front of Sheng Huainan, saying, "Why did you say that I like her and she likes you? Why did you expose me? Are we still brothers?"

"I only told you this because we're brothers. Why do you always cower behind me like a coward?"

Zhang Mingrui said, "I didn't!" and punched Sheng Huainan. It seemed like an impulsive act, but it was also a result of his anger and embarrassment.

Sheng Huainan looked at Zhang Mingrui and said, "If this makes you feel better, I'm happy to accept this punch. But if we could do it all over again, I would still tell her. You can't keep it from her forever."

"You still have the nerve to talk back to me? And what about you? What are your feelings for Luo Zhi? Aren't you still following Luo Zhi around? You even went to negotiate with Qi Ming for her sake. How are you any different from me?"

Seeing that more and more people were gathering, Zhang Mingrui didn't want to argue in front of everyone, so he went straight after Xu Riqing.

Upon hearing Zhang Mingrui's words, Sheng Huainan fell silent. Yes, he was just as humble, afraid to let Luo Zhi discover it, yet he could only go to Zhao Shucheng to question him.

At this moment, Luo Zhi is in her dormitory, trying to comfort Jiang Baili. Jiang Baili inadvertently discovers that Gobi sent her away so he could call Chen Mohan and even tell her that they have broken up.

Jiang Baili ran away desperately, afraid that Gobi would catch up with her and tell her the truth about breaking up. But she never expected that even though she loved so humbly, Gobi would still chase after her and use some snacks to get her to say that they were breaking up.

She cried as she lamented the selfishness of the Gobi Desert, lamenting that all her efforts over the past few days had not earned her even a shred of affection from it.

Luo Zhi felt that Jiang Baili's breakup wasn't necessarily all a bad thing. After all, if they really broke up, she wouldn't cry every few days because of Gobi's womanizing.

Guo Xiaoxiao said, "So, in this day and age, what girls fear most is encountering a scumbag. Just like me, I always treat my career and work as my only love, I'm always loyal, and I'll never be heartbroken."

Li Mi said, "Sigh, I think so too. How about this, when we get old, we can live together, so we won't be afraid of not having anyone to take care of us. What do you think?"

Guo Xiaoxiao said, "Are you serious?"

"seriously!"

After hearing their words, Jiang Baili sobbed and said, "What do you two mean?"

"Belle, we just think it's good that you broke up now. After all, Gobi seems like a womanizer. What do you like about someone like that?"

Jiang Baili's relationship with Gobi actually began with an accident. At the time, she was a big fan of Chen Mohan and would do anything for him. One day, when Jiang Baili was bringing food to Chen Mohan, a passerby accidentally knocked over her lunchbox. Gobi's timely help, a hero saving a damsel in distress that only exists in fairy tales, made Jiang Baili fall for him instantly.

So even though they got together because of a bet, and even though Gobi never said he liked her, it still made Jiang Baili persevere.

But this time, Gobi sent Jiang Baili away to buy things in a faraway place for Chen Mohan's sake, and even said he wanted to break up, which still broke Jiang Baili's heart.

Although she was reluctant to part with it, Jiang Baili forced herself to fall asleep early so she could get up early the next day to reserve a spot for Gobi. After all, liking Gobi had become a habit, and it wasn't something that could be easily changed.

The next day.

While Luo Zhi was in class, she received a text message from Sheng Huainan, asking her to meet up.

However, Luo Zhi was in the same classroom as Sheng Huainan at that moment, taking a legal education class, so she knew very well that Sheng Huainan had not touched his phone at all, and naturally knew that the person on the other end was definitely not Sheng Huainan.

Although she didn't know who was impersonating Sheng Huainan to invite her, she still decided to go and see who it was. Besides, the meeting place was at the school, a public place, so there was no danger.

Of course, she had learned from chatting with Gu Senxiang before that Gu Senxiang had also received a similar spoofed text message in high school and almost faced danger. It seemed that after that incident, forwarded text messages on her phone would trigger a notification. That time, it was Zhao Shucheng's suitor who wanted to teach Gu Senxiang a lesson because he was unhappy that she was with him. But she and Sheng Huainan were just ordinary classmates now; why would Sheng Huainan's suitor be jealous?
Knowing that the other party was impersonating her, Luo Zhi, being a top student in both sciences, naturally wouldn't take the risk easily. So she sent her phone number to Zhang Mingrui to confirm that the other party was indeed Xu Riqing before deciding to keep the appointment on time.

If she hadn't known it was Xu Riqing, she might have gone anyway, but she definitely wouldn't have gone alone; instead, she would have invited Zhao Shucheng to come along. After all, she had heard from Gu Senxiang that Zhao Shucheng was quite skilled, and that three or five people wouldn't be a match for him, so she didn't need to worry about being in danger.

As soon as Luo Zhi walked into the coffee shop, she saw Xu Riqing, who had arrived earlier.

Hello, it's nice to see you again?

Xu Riqing said, "Isn't it supposed to be a movie at four o'clock? Aren't you worried about not having enough time?"

Luo Zhi looked at the other person and said, "You don't actually think you're that smart, do you? You're full of holes, yet you're so confident. If you had asked me out under Qi Ming's name, I probably wouldn't have suspected anything, but you're impersonating Sheng Huainan to ask me out. Why do you think I'd agree so readily? Even if you were impersonating Zhang Mingrui, if you had planned it beforehand, it would be less likely to be exposed."

"Luo Zhi, what right do you have to treat Sheng Huainan like this?"

Luo Zhi looked at Xu Riqing with some surprise and asked, "How did I treat him? We're just ordinary classmates now, is that not allowed? Aren't you Sheng Huainan's girlfriend? Aren't you being a little too nosy?"

"If I'm not, then are you?"

"Of course not. I'm not thinking about dating right now. I just want to focus on my studies. Is there a problem?"

"Of course, no problem, but Sheng Huainan likes you, do you know that?"

Luo Zhi was silent for a moment, then said, "What if I know, or I don't?"

"But you're with Qi Ming now, so why don't you reject Sheng Huainan? It's because you haven't made a statement that Sheng Huainan doesn't pay attention to the other people around you."

Luo Zhi looked at Xu Riqing and said, "You're talking about yourself, aren't you? But if Sheng Huainan doesn't like you, why are you still chasing after him? Since you want Sheng Huainan to give up on me and look at the people around him, why don't you give up on Sheng Huainan and look at Zhang Mingrui, who has been silently supporting you without asking for anything in return?"

Xu Riqing fell silent. She knew all too well that Zhang Mingrui liked her, but love was just so irrational. She had fallen in love with Sheng Huainan at first sight, but she had never felt any spark with Zhang Mingrui.

"Of course, I'm not really asking you to give up on Sheng Huainan, after all, I'm not someone who gives up easily either. But the difference between us is that I can face reality, while you choose to romanticize it. However, you are really much luckier than me, at least you have already gotten the answer, while I didn't have the chance to find it."

Xu Riqing sobbed, "Why doesn't he like me? Why doesn't he like me?"

Luo Zhi's phone had been connected with Zhang Mingrui the whole time, so she heard the entire conversation and fell silent for a moment.

While Zhao Shucheng was teaching, he suddenly noticed that the person sitting there was actually Ye Zhanyan. He glanced at her curiously and asked:

"This is the first time I've seen you in this class. Did you choose this course before?"

Ye Zhanyan smiled and said, "Of course not, I came to this class specifically for you."

"Don't you have your own classes?"

"It's okay, as long as you take the exam on time."

Zhao Shucheng looked at her and said, "So you came to this class just for me?"

"Of course!"

"why?"

"I'm just curious about what kind of person you are that can make a school beauty like Gu Senxiang like you, and even make Luo Zhi give up her long-time crush to appear by your side."

"Now you know?"

Seeing that Zhao Shucheng was somewhat reluctant to let her get closer, Ye Zhanyan became even more interested and said, "Of course not. After all, we've only just met, and we're not familiar with each other yet, so we need to get to know each other better to see what kind of charm you have."

Has anyone ever told you that when a girl becomes curious about a boy, it's the beginning of liking him?

"Really? Has anyone said that? I don't know that saying. But even if it's true, is it impossible?"

Zhao Shucheng said, "It's possible, but I already have a girlfriend, so I'm destined to be a man you can't have. Falling for me will only cause you pain. Why not stay away before it even starts and avoid getting hurt?"

"How will you know if the result will be painful or happy if you don't try? Besides, aren't you being too narcissistic? Can't I just be curious?"

"Then I hope you won't be too curious. After all, someone like me is destined to be a shining presence in the crowd. Be careful not to get too caught up in it."

"So you rejected Luo Zhi in the same way?"

Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Didn't you find out anything about my relationship with Luo Zhi?"

"That's why I'm even more curious. Those girls all say that you and Luo Zhi are a fake couple, just to stop other girls from pursuing you. Your real girlfriend is Gu Senxiang, your high school classmate. You two are each other's first love?"

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "That's right, you already know that."

"But I don't think you two are just pretending to be a couple. Otherwise, you wouldn't be going in and out together every day. And the way Luo Zhi looks at you isn't the kind of look you give a friend."

"so what?"

Ye Zhanyan looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "So whether you're dating Gu Senxiang or in a flirtatious relationship with Luo Zhi, right?"

"So what if it is or it isn't? If you want to tell Luo Zhi, doesn't she already know? If she doesn't love you, she will naturally choose to separate. It's not like you need to tell her."

Ye Zhanyan looked at Zhao Shucheng and said, "I just want to know what kind of charm you have that makes two top students and a beautiful girl so devoted to you."

"Maybe it's because I'm handsome?"

Ye Zhanyan couldn't deny this. Perhaps Sheng Huainan was the school heartthrob at Zhenhua High School, but Zhao Shucheng was even more outstanding; otherwise, he wouldn't have attracted Ye Zhanyan's attention. (End of Chapter)

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like