No One Could Refuse Such a Grand Confession

That voice sounded somewhat familiar?

Wang Ge leaned closer and saw that distinctive oval face, immediately understanding.

So it was her.

"Panyan, give me a chance. I..."

Before the man could finish, the girl called Panyan pushed through the crowd and strode away.

Her slender figure receded into the distance, her long hair drifting in the cold night wind, carrying a hint of carefree grace beneath its mercilessness.

"I was wondering who it was. Turns out it's Sister Yan. Boring. Let's go, let's go."

"Gu Panyan? Then it's no surprise."

"Wait, bro, from the sound of it, you all know her?"

"Duh. That's Sister Yan—the apex predator of the food chain!"

"Tell us more, tell us more."

"..."

The gossiping bystanders deliberately lowered their voices, afraid the girl walking ahead might hear them.

Listening to their whispers, Wang Ge, an old-time amusement seeker, felt a touch of frustration at their lack of backbone.

A true melon-eater should possess a blazing heart for gossip, fearless in the face of power. Even if confronted by a gleaming steel pitchfork, they should charge right at it.

How could they be like these people, too scared to even speak loudly while enjoying gossip?

You're the most cowardly bunch of melon-eaters I've ever led!

Shaking his head with a sigh, Wang Ge got on his bike and leisurely caught up with the girl ahead.

"Good evening, Classmate Gu."

Hearing his voice, Gu Panyan turned around. Seeing Wang Ge, she nodded. "Good evening."

After that simple greeting, Wang Ge did not linger. He rode past Gu Panyan and gradually disappeared into the distance.

Though he possessed the heart of a melon-eater who would charge forward even against steel pitchforks, he had little interest in the gossip surrounding Gu Panyan.

There was simply too much gossip about Gu Panyan. Wang Ge was a little full from it all.

Especially during his first and second years of high school, fresh gossip about Gu Panyan would emerge every few days.

Back then, he and Chen Yanxi had not yet become acquainted. Following Gu Panyan's gossip every day had become an indispensable source of entertainment in his dull high school life.

For example:

What? The leader of the school sports team confessed to Gu Panyan and got cursed out in public? He couldn't take it and wanted to cause trouble for Gu Panyan?

What? Gu Panyan had a delinquent boyfriend outside school? She joined forces with him to beat up everyone on the sports team? The sports team leader had even been beaten into the hospital?

What? Gu Panyan had gone completely wild? Even that delinquent had been beaten into the hospital by her?

And then there was this:

What? Gu Panyan was actually a nympho, promiscuous as hell, and had slept with lots of people at school?

What? It was a rumor? Gu Panyan dragged everyone spreading it into the broadcasting room and made them publicly refute it under their real names over the school radio?

Wang Ge did not know whether some of that gossip was true or false. He was just enjoying the spectacle; no one really cared either way. But he could confirm that the latter piece of gossip was true.

That had happened during their second year of high school. By then, Gu Panyan was already a prominent figure at school, so as soon as that explosive rumor surfaced, it spread throughout the entire campus. Naturally, Wang Ge heard about it as well.

But at noon, just one day after Wang Ge heard the rumor, several people's voices came over the school broadcast, publicly refuting it under their real names.

"Um, I... I'm XXX from Class XX, second year. Yesterday, I heard XXX say... say that he'd slept with Gu Panyan, so... so I told..."

Even now, Wang Ge remembered how the voices over the broadcast had been laced with embarrassment, fear, anger, and even a trace of choking sobs.

One of them had even publicly refuted the rumor while crying, his words slurred. Supposedly, he had been the one who started it, and his face had been beaten swollen.

What was more, he was not even a student. He had been Gu Panyan's homeroom teacher, and the school dismissed him afterward.

Wang Ge did not know whether the clarification had succeeded, but Gu Panyan had thoroughly made a name for herself at school. She stood at the top of the food chain and was known as the most untouchable badass at Changchuan First High School—without equal.

Even so, there was still no end to the people at school who liked her and wanted to pursue her.

There was no other reason: she was simply too beautiful. Her oval face and peach blossom eyes were incredibly misleading, making it easy for people to forget her fierce reputation and become infatuated with her looks.

None of that had anything to do with Wang Ge, though. He was not close to Gu Panyan. At most, they had the relationship of a melon-eater and a melon farmer.

He returned home, washed up, played on his phone for a while in bed, then went to sleep.

And so the day passed.

The next day, his alarm went off at 5:40. He got up at 5:45, washed up, and arrived at school at 6:10.

A new day officially began.

Morning reading began at 6:20. Wang Ge was caught catching up on sleep and was forced to stand while reading.

At seven, it was breakfast time.

At 7:20, the second morning reading session began. This time, Wang Ge was not caught sleeping and slept all the way until morning reading ended at eight.

At 8:10, the first class officially began.

Life in the third year of high school was just this dull, uninteresting, and tedious. To keep students from wasting precious study time, the school's schedule was packed to the brim.

Unfortunately, Wang Ge could not feel the school's good intentions. He slept through another class.

During the break, the grade director came over to ask him about giving a speech onstage at the Hundred Days Oath-Taking Ceremony. Wang Ge said everything was OK.

He did not keep sleeping during the second class afterward, but he did not do anything productive either. He stared at his textbook with an empty mind, lost in a daze.

After the second class was a long break, originally meant for group exercises. But since the Hundred Days Oath-Taking Ceremony was being held today, the exercises were canceled.

Once the students had gathered on the field carrying their stools, the Hundred Days Oath-Taking Ceremony officially began.

A male and female host, dressed in suits, slowly walked onto the stage.

"Respected leaders and teachers, dear students, good morning, everyone."

"Ten years of honing one's blade, aspiring to scale the highest peaks; a hundred days of fierce striving, cleaving the waves to display one's prowess. Twelve years of Hard Study..."

The two hosts spoke with rhythmic rises and falls. Wang Ge yawned below, feeling a little sleepy.

Looking around, he saw that few people were listening. Some were doing practice problems, others were memorizing vocabulary, all studying hard and seizing every second.

Such diligent, well-behaved students... Wang Ge yawned again, inwardly envying Chen Yanxi for not having to attend such a boring oath-taking ceremony.

Soon, after representatives from various departments had finished speaking, Wang Ge took out the speech draft Chen Yanxi had given him and quietly left his seat, preparing to go onstage.

After the final teacher representative finished speaking, the two hosts' rhythmic voices rang out:

"Next, please welcome outstanding student representative Wang Ge to deliver a speech. Please give him a warm round of applause."

Amid a burst of applause, Wang Ge slowly walked onto the stage.

He had just opened his mouth to read from the script when the system's voice suddenly sounded by his ear:

"Ding~"

[At the Hundred Days Oath-Taking Ceremony, as the student representative, you are to address all the teachers and students. What will you do?]

A. Honestly read the speech Chen Yanxi prepared for you.

B. Put on a show! Show off your talents! Sing a song, dance a dance, and give everyone a laugh!

C. Furiously condemn the cafeteria aunties for Parkinson's syndrome, curse the school leaders for being inhuman, expose all sorts of money-grabbing schemes, and let the light of justice shine upon the school grounds!

D. Take this opportunity to confess to Chen Yanxi before all the teachers and students. No one could refuse such a grand confession—except Chen Yanxi.

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