They said every setback made one wiser. Last time, Gu Panyan had told him to touch her legs, and now more than a month had passed. Let alone touching them—he had barely even seen her a few times.
After thinking for a few seconds, Wang Ge decided that was probably the truth.
So he replied smugly, "Still trying to fool me? No chance! As a highly outstanding male individual, I won't fall in the same place twice!"
He had happened to see the phrase "outstanding male individual" while reading Chen Yanxi's diary and used it on the spot.
However, the next second, Gu Panyan sent over a photo.
The photo had been taken facing a full-length mirror. In the mirror, Gu Panyan wore a white long-sleeved sailor uniform with a blue pleated miniskirt, revealing a pair of long legs wrapped in white thigh-high socks.
She had not used her phone to cover her face. Her exquisite, oval-shaped face and those alluring eyes seemed capable of sending out sparks. Even though she was not making any seductive expression, her naturally bewitching appearance still seemed able to hook a person's soul right out of them.
Anyone who saw this photo would think she was a born temptress, and that the legendary succubus probably looked exactly like this.
Only Wang Ge knew that the girl in the photo was actually a bad woman. Her arms were covered in countless terrifying Evil Spirits with blue faces and fangs, the expression she wore most often was a mocking smile, she had no patience and a terrible temper, and she was extremely violent.
She was practically the perfect example of a person whose appearance and personality were completely incompatible.
But Wang Ge still swallowed as he stared at the photo.
Because Chen Yanxi was beside him, he did not dare look for too long.
All he could do was lament bitterly, his heart aching beyond measure.
It hurts! It hurts so much!
She had actually meant it! She had even changed her clothes!
"Do you still think I'm trying to fool you?"
A line of text popped up in the chat window.
Wang Ge glanced at Chen Yanxi, who was seriously doing her homework, then typed, "Will I have another chance like this in the future?"
"Nope." Gu Panyan replied crisply.
Snap.
In a daze, Wang Ge seemed to hear the sound of his own heart breaking.
He hurriedly typed to salvage the situation:
"Don't! Sister Yan, don't be so cruel! You can't treat me like this, Sister Yan..."
Gu Panyan waited for a while before replying:
"Enough. We'll see how you behave in the future. Besides, these clothes would just be sitting around anyway. When I'm in a good mood, I'll wear them for you."
Wang Ge was overjoyed. "Love you, Panyan. Come here and give me a kiss. Muah."
Gu Panyan replied, "Get lost. Stop wasting time and hurry up with the questions."
After Wang Ge finished explaining the problems to Gu Panyan and she disappeared,
Wang Ge kept feeling that something was wrong.
So he carefully read through his chat with Gu Panyan twice more.
Only then did he read between the lines. The entire chat history clearly spelled out two words: empty promises.
"Damn, could that bad woman Gu Panyan be manipulating me?"
After thinking for two seconds, he changed Gu Panyan's contact name.
Queen of Empty Promises!
Looking at the new contact name, Wang Ge smiled.
Much better.
Before long, it was seven-thirty in the evening.
Chen Yanxi's father was still working, and her mother had not yet returned from playing mahjong.
And Wang Ge, her private tutor, was about to get off work.
"I'm heading home, Xixi."
"Mm, bye-bye." Chen Yanxi sat at the desk, seriously doing her homework without even looking up.
"You're not even going to see me off?"
"You know the way."
"Is this how you treat your teacher? How rude of you, Student Chen Yanxi."
Wang Ge huffed.
Chen Yanxi sighed helplessly, closed her book, and stood up. "Let's go, Teacher Wang. I'll see you out."
Wang Ge wore a smug smile.
The two of them left the building and strolled through the residential complex, casually chatting about meaningless topics.
A cool breeze brushed against their faces, lifting Chen Yanxi's hair.
Listening to Wang Ge's incessant rambling and feeling the breeze against her face, Chen Yanxi suddenly felt that this was actually quite nice.
With Wang Ge beside her, she could always forget many of her troubles and feel genuinely relaxed and free.
This left her somewhat dazed.
Freedom...
Wasn't this feeling exactly what she had always wanted and pursued?
Chen Yanxi turned to glance at Wang Ge beside her and pursed her lips.
If only this road were a little longer. That was what she sincerely wished.
However, this emotion only lasted for a very short time before disappearing.
Chen Yanxi was still Chen Yanxi, after all. She would never allow herself to be blinded by this sudden feeling.
When all was said and done, her troubles had merely been forgotten, not solved.
This was nothing more than avoidance. Avoidance could never solve problems; it could only ruin oneself.
Chen Yanxi had always been such a rational and clear-headed girl. She would always face problems directly and think about how to solve them, rather than cowardly hiding in a gentle haven to escape.
Thus, she stopped there and turned to smile at Wang Ge. "I'll see you off this far. You can walk the rest of the way yourself."
"Can't you at least see me to the entrance?" Wang Ge's gaze was somewhat aggrieved.
"Partings are inevitable, Wang Ge. Whether it's here or farther ahead, there's no difference." Chen Yanxi spoke softly.
Wang Ge frowned slightly and asked suspiciously, "I feel like there's more to what you're saying."
Chen Yanxi only smiled and said nothing more.
"Fine, fine."
Wang Ge waved at her helplessly. "Then see you the day after tomorrow."
"Goodbye."
Chen Yanxi watched Wang Ge leave. Only after she could no longer see his figure did she slowly turn around and head home.
Thus, one person disappeared into the darkness in the distance, while the other walked back into the brightly lit building.
The next time school began, it was time for the Second Mock Exam.
This time, Wang Ge swore he would take first place, surpass Chen Yanxi, and wash away the humiliation of being second for ten thousand years.
Gu Panyan gave him some verbal praise for this, but Wang Ge tried to ask her for some tangible reward. Gu Panyan generously rewarded him with a huge roll of her eyes.
As for Chen Yanxi herself, she merely smiled faintly and did not care.
The results came out very quickly.
It had been the time Wang Ge had studied hardest in his entire life. He had actually broken through his limits, reaching a terrifying total of 732 points, his highest score ever.
After all, during the First Mock Exam, Chen Yanxi had only scored 732 points herself.
Yet Wang Ge was still in second place.
Because Chen Yanxi had scored 740 points.
A full 740 points—not one more, not one less.
When he saw the score sheet, Wang Ge was completely dumbfounded.
What's going on, Xixi?
Didn't you score around 730 before? How did you get to 740 this time?
That night, after the results came out, he rushed into the library and angrily denounced Chen Yanxi as a freak.
Chen Yanxi merely adjusted her black, thick-rimmed glasses and said it was just good luck.
What the hell do you mean, good luck?!
Wang Ge was indignant.
Fortunately, there was good news as well.
Gu Panyan, who had scored only 326 points in the First Mock Exam, had somehow scored 430 this time.
She was only a dozen or so points short of last year's undergraduate cutoff.
It was an utterly baffling improvement, and it had genuinely happened to Gu Panyan.
Jiang Xiyu, Wang Ge's homeroom teacher, was stunned when she saw the score sheet.
She had actually improved by more than a hundred points in such a short time.
If she had not cheated, then this improvement could practically be called a miracle.
Naturally, Jiang Xiyu praised Gu Panyan at length during class.
Gu Panyan was not arrogant about it.
She knew very clearly what her actual level was, and she also knew exactly whose efforts had allowed her to reach this point.
But she never said anything to express her gratitude. She merely kept it silently in her heart.
It was enough to keep it in her heart.
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