Seeing the disbelief, wariness, and even suspicion written all over He Jinzhe's face, Lin Yu felt nothing but trouble.
A more reasonable guess occurred to him.
Could Lu Xiao appear harmless but actually have a terrible personality, deliberately picking on an insignificant nobody like me here?
Although it sounded far-fetched, that would explain why everything was so unreasonable.
Of course, He Jinzhe did not blow up on the spot. He merely said jokingly,
"Come on, stop lying. You're pretty impressive, kid. You actually managed to get involved with Lu Xiao! You've been hiding your talents!"
Although He Jinzhe looked like a typical adolescent with hardly any brains—impulsive and overflowing with self-esteem and self-awareness, with behavior that was highly animalistic...
He was still a highly intelligent human being, after all. He was not stupid enough to immediately start bullying Lin Yu or declare some awkward war on him.
What if Lu Xiao and Lin Yu really were good friends? Wouldn't that behavior amount to an instant death sentence?
But...
Lin Yu knew that although He Jinzhe was still exercising some restraint, there was no telling how long the other boy could keep it up. Lin Yu could already sense the faint malice beginning to grow within him.
It was only a matter of time before his animal instincts during mating season overcame his scant higher intelligence.
If He Jinzhe set his sights on him, it would interfere far too much with his revision plan. He had to make sure he passed every subject in the final exams. Nothing was more important than that.
"I'd better find a way to get through this."
Thinking this, Lin Yu looked at He Jinzhe and smiled again. "What do you mean, 'get involved'? I really don't know her well... I suspect she lost some kind