"Not bad, Wang Lao Er. You've got such a beautiful girlfriend, yet you didn't bring her out to show us sooner. That's pretty heartless of you."
Zhou Liu hooked an arm around Wang Ge's shoulder and teased him.
"Exactly. So stingy." Huang Wenyan chimed in from the side.
"Stop barking." Wang Ge rolled his eyes at them. "We just got together. I haven't even had time to warm up to her myself."
"Haha." Zhou Liu laughed heartily and glanced back twice. "Since everyone's here, shall we get going?"
"Let's go, let's go."
The group left the bathhouse amid loud chatter. Wang Ge asked, "What's the plan for today?"
"How about the newly opened haunted house in the morning, an escape-room murder mystery in the afternoon, and KTV for Singing Skill tonight?" Zhou Liu suggested.
"Why not go to the haunted house at night? Wouldn't that be more exciting?" Wang Ge asked with a laugh.
"I'd like to, but someone isn't willing." Zhou Liu's gaze drifted pointedly toward Huang Wenyan.
"Song Yue is a little timid, so we have to take her feelings into consideration..." Huang Wenyan explained.
Zhou Liu snorted. "Don't use your girlfriend as an excuse. I remember the last few times we went to haunted houses, you screamed much louder than Yang Songyue."
"You're not much better than me. Last time, who was it that got scared senseless and ended up running headfirst into a pillar, frightening the haunted-house staff half to death...?"
Neither of them was willing to back down, and they began digging up each other's embarrassing past. Taking advantage of the distraction, Wang Ge glanced back at Chen Yanxi. She was currently surrounded by Chen Man'an and Yang Songyue, who were asking all sorts of questions about her and Wang Ge.
"Chen Yanxi, how did you and Wang Ge meet?"
"We met on the award stage."
"The award stage?"
"Mm."
Chen Man'an's eyes immediately lit up. She declared, "I know, I know! You must have met when you went onstage together to receive an award, right?"
"I thought so too," Yang Songyue added.
"No." Chen Yanxi calmly shook her head. "We were presenting an award to someone else."
Chen Man'an: "..."
Yang Songyue: "..."
Was the world of top students really this complicated?
"What happened afterward? Who pursued whom? Or who confessed first? What was the process like? Did anything dramatic happen?" Yang Songyue asked curiously.
"He pursued me, and I agreed. Nothing special happened. That's all." Chen Yanxi spoke calmly.
Chen Yanxi's account was far too dull. It didn't match what Chen Man'an and Yang Songyue knew of Wang Ge at all. Unwilling to give up, they continued questioning her, hoping to uncover some interesting gossip. Chen Man'an spoke first. "Did Wang Ge confess to you? How did he do it?"
Yang Songyue quickly followed up. "Mm-hmm. And you two probably aren't in the same class, right? You shouldn't have had much contact with each other normally. How did you come to like each other? And how did you realize that you liked each other?"
The two girls chattered away, but Chen Yanxi didn't seem annoyed in the slightest. She answered very methodically. "There was nothing unusual about his confession. He says things like 'I like you' and 'I love you' all the time. If I had to put it another way, he probably confesses to me many times every day.
"We really aren't in the same class, but we still have quite a lot of contact. Like the award ceremony I mentioned, most of the school's various events are handled by the two of us. It was easy for us to become familiar with each other.
"As for why I came to like him..."
At that, Chen Yanxi paused and shook her head. "I don't think feelings like that can be traced back to their source, can they? Feelings that can be traced back to their source are often not pure enough, and are incredibly cheap.
"I don't believe my feelings are cheap. In all my years, he's the only person I've ever liked. I think it's the same for him."
"Wow..."
After Chen Yanxi finished speaking, Chen Man'an and Yang Songyue both gazed at her with sparkling eyes, their faces filled with envy. "You two have such a wonderful relationship. You're like... what's that phrase? An Immortal Couple..."
Chen Man'an sighed. "Why are other people's romances always so sweet, while mine is such a complete mess...?"
Yang Songyue nodded deeply. "Exactly. It always feels like everyone else's relationships are different..."
They didn't know what kind of person Chen Yanxi was, but they knew Wang Ge inside and out. They both knew that he had always been single before this. Plenty of girls liked him, but he had always looked down on them. Today was the first time he had ever appeared before them with a girlfriend.
It was precisely because they knew Wang Ge's situation that Chen Man'an and Yang Songyue believed Chen Yanxi's words without a doubt, and envied the relationship between the two of them.
Chen Man'an and Zhou Liu had grown up together. They were Childhood Sweethearts and knew each other far too well. One could tell exactly what the other was about to do from the slightest movement. They were already like an old married couple, with no passion left between them. Forget confessing their love every day—even not despising each other would have been an achievement.
Yang Songyue and Huang Wenyan had a good relationship, but it wasn't particularly pure. Her relationship with Huang Wenyan had a certain business aspect to it. Neither of them had anyone they liked, so they had simply settled for being together.
That was why they both envied Chen Yanxi—envied the beautiful and pure feelings between her and Wang Ge.
Chen Yanxi shook her head without saying anything.
How could anything in this world be entirely beautiful?
"Ah, I really didn't expect that just a few days ago, Wang Ge was calling you a freak every other sentence. I never thought you two would end up together today, and that your relationship would be so good." Chen Man'an sighed with emotion.
"Hmm?" Chen Yanxi looked slightly confused.
"Haha, you didn't know?" Yang Songyue said with a laugh. "Wang Ge is the second son in his family, and on top of that, you've always ranked above him at school. He's been second place for thousands of years. So whenever the results came out, we'd call him Wang Lao Er to tease him."
"Then he'd indignantly say, 'You people don't understand. The person who got first place is a complete freak. What kind of normal person gets a perfect score of 750 and still manages to score 730 every single time?'" Chen Man'an picked up the story, imitating Wang Ge's tone as she burst out laughing.
"Is that so?" The corners of Chen Yanxi's lips curved into an almost imperceptible smile. She gently shook her head. "Getting 730 actually isn't difficult. If you study seriously, it's easy to achieve."
Chen Man'an, who had only scored 500 on the college entrance exam, could no longer laugh.
Yang Songyue, who could only score 450 now, also stiffened.
The world of top students really wasn't something ordinary mortals like them could understand.
"What's wrong? Did I say something incorrect?" Chen Yanxi asked, looking at the two of them in confusion.
"I guess... probably... maybe not?" Yang Songyue replied uncertainly.
Chen Man'an coughed, then suddenly pointed toward a beggar at the entrance of the shopping mall. Imitating Chen Yanxi's tone, she asked Yang Songyue, "Minister Yang, tell me, if the common people have no grain to satisfy their hunger, why don't they eat meat porridge?"
Yang Songyue was amused by her antics. She gave her a thumbs-up and burst out laughing. "That's perfect! Absolutely perfect! Hahaha..."
Chen Yanxi froze for a moment, then smiled helplessly as well.
I've been mocked...
Grinning, Chen Man'an pulled a hundred-yuan bill from her pocket and handed it to Chen Yanxi. "Here you go, Your Majesty. Please go experience the hardships of the mortal world~"
P.S. I got criticized. They said I write bootlicker novels and deserved to flop. I'm sad. Sob...
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