True Feelings

Wang Ge and Gu Panyan had barely exchanged a few words before the class bell rang.

This was the last class of the morning. Once it ended, they could go have lunch.

It was physics.

Gu Panyan lay lazily sprawled across her desk, too sluggish to even move.

Yet she was not asleep. She simply seemed to be lying there, lost in a daze.

For some reason, Wang Ge felt that this girl seemed somewhat... gloomy.

After thinking it over, he quietly asked, "Why aren't you listening to the lecture?"

"I can't understand it."

"You should at least pretend. Aren't you afraid the teacher will catch you like this?" Wang Ge reminded her.

Gu Panyan did not care in the slightest. "It's fine. The teachers can't be bothered to manage me."

Wang Ge was envious that she could sleep whenever she wanted during class.

Gu Panyan snorted and turned to ask him, "Why aren't you listening either?"

Wang Ge asked in return, "I already know all of it. Why would I listen?"

Gu Panyan: "..."

What an arrogant top student.

Somewhat speechless, she rolled her eyes at Wang Ge and turned her head back around.

Wang Ge did not mind either. It was only the first class; there was no rush.

Take it slow.

The problem now was that Gu Panyan herself had no drive. She had given up on herself and decided to lie flat.

So how could he ignite Gu Panyan's fighting spirit and get her to strive for improvement, study hard, and make progress?

Wang Ge had no clue.

After all, he himself was also a salted fish too lazy to even turn over...

His grades really were thanks to the advantage of his previous life. Back then, he had been an absolute academic genius. Even if he did not remember mathematical or physics formulas, he could derive them on the spot.

Couldn't solve a math problem? Easy. If high school knowledge was not enough, then he could use college-level knowledge.

As for Chinese texts and the like, he had memorized them all by heart in his previous life. Even if he had forgotten some in this life, a few reads would bring them back to him.

That was why, even though he never listened in class and slept every day, he could still maintain the best grades in the class and second-best in the whole school.

Of course, he did not consider those grades good. Having lived two lives and still failing to take first place in the school was rather embarrassing for a transmigrator.

Very soon, only one minute remained before class ended. Many students had already tensed up, ready to rush out the moment the bell rang.

The physics teacher, who usually loved to drag out class, also put down his book. He glanced at the time and said, "Look over the rest on your own," then stopped teaching.

Even though he had not finished the lesson, he could not delay the children's lunch. That was professional ethics.

The dismissal bell rang, and the students immediately ran for the door. Ma Tiancai squeezed through the crowd and called to Wang Ge, "Brother Wang, let's eat!"

"Let's go."

Wang Ge glanced at Gu Panyan, who was in no hurry as she yawned and stretched, then squeezed out of the classroom with the crowd.

The corridor outside was equally packed, but after three years, they had grown used to it. Wang Ge and Ma Tiancai slowly followed the flow of people out.

The two casually teased each other. One accused the other of forgetting his father the moment he saw a pretty girl, while the other went on about how beautiful Gu Panyan was and how lucky he would be in the future.

High school students' conversations always revolved around the opposite sex.

The atmosphere during the final hundred days was extremely tense. Even in the cafeteria, over half the students studied while lining up and memorized words while eating.

After lunch, Ma Tiancai returned to the dorms. As a day student, Wang Ge naturally went home.

It was now the lunch break.

But after senior year began, lunch break was basically no longer a break. Nobody slept. Some did practice problems, some memorized vocabulary, and everyone competed with one another until lunch break became afternoon self-study.

Aside from the influence of those study maniacs, there was also the fact that there was simply too much homework.

—If they did not do it at noon and saved it for the evening, they would have to write until at least midnight, leaving no time for extra studying.

Wang Ge did not sleep at noon either. He chose to... play a few thrilling rounds of League of Legends.

What? Homework?

What even was that? He had never had the bad habit of doing homework.

Mainly because homework was completely useless to him. If he knew the answer with one glance, what difference did it make whether he did it or not?

Although the teachers would scold him, his grades were right there. They did not decline even when he skipped homework, so over time, the teachers could not be bothered with him anymore.

Top students always had plenty of privileges.

Nothing much happened during the afternoon classes. Gu Panyan remained lazily sprawled on her desk, neither listening nor sleeping. When Wang Ge asked what she was thinking about, she said she was thinking about nothing, just spacing out.

Wang Ge tried to chat with her casually, but she showed little interest, brushing him off with words like "Mm," "Yes," and "Right."

Overall, their relationship had not progressed much.

Wang Ge was not in a hurry.

After their brief interactions throughout the day, Wang Ge had gained a general understanding of Gu Panyan.

She was a girl with a strong sense of wariness.

He planned to use a little trick to test her tomorrow.

As for tonight, of course he was going to find Chen Yanxi.

After dinner with Ma Tiancai, Ma Tiancai went to the athletic field for sports practice, while Wang Ge strolled leisurely toward the library.

By the time he reached the library, Chen Yanxi was already sitting in a corner, reading a book in her hands.

"Good evening, Chen Yanxi."

"Good evening."

After greeting each other, Wang Ge casually pulled a copy of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio from the shelf and sat across from Chen Yanxi. Somewhat puzzled, he asked, "Why do you always arrive before me? Don't you eat?"

"Mm." Chen Yanxi nodded calmly.

"Don't you get hungry?"

"I'm used to it."

"Then why don't you eat dinner? Are you dieting?" As he spoke, Wang Ge gave Chen Yanxi's figure a once-over from the side.

Unfortunately, he could not see anything. The school uniforms designed for girls were extremely loose, perfectly concealing the girls' developing figures.

"That has nothing to do with you," Chen Yanxi said blandly.

"Why are you still so cold? It's been two months already. You could at least treat me a little better," Wang Ge said unhappily.

Chen Yanxi glanced at him. "I already agreed to pretend to be your girlfriend. If I treated you any better, you'd say I was leading you on again."

"Aha... You understand me that well already?"

Wang Ge scratched his head and laughed. "Then why not just agree to it sooner? It'd save us from torturing each other here."

"The one torturing you isn't me. It's your wishful fantasies and expectations," Chen Yanxi said without looking up, her tone perfectly calm.

"Mm, that makes sense."

Wang Ge nodded in agreement, then asked, "Then can't you save me by satisfying my expectations, so I won't have to suffer anymore? Think of it as charity."

"Why can't you just give up on those fantasies sooner?"

"Because I sincerely like you."

"I'm also sincerely rejecting you."

"No, what I mean is, this is the first time in my life I've liked someone this much. How could I possibly give up so easily?"

"Mm..." Chen Yanxi thought for a moment before saying, "This is also the first time in my life I've rejected someone so many times and still failed to shake them off."

Several black lines appeared across Wang Ge's face.

Very good. Sharp-tongued as ever. Just like her.

The corner of Chen Yanxi's lips lifted in a tiny curve, but only for a few seconds before returning to calm.

With the book blocking her face, Wang Ge did not notice.

He felt rather depressed.

It was one thing to lose to Chen Yanxi in exams, since he spent most of his time slacking off, but even losing to her in a battle of words was hard for him to accept.

This damned competitive spirit.

Having lived two lives, he had plenty of life experience. After thinking for several minutes, he quickly came up with a way to deal with her.

This should be called strategy.

Chen Yanxi's rational thinking was extremely powerful. He could not trade words with her using ordinary logic, or she would easily find an opening and strike back.

He had to take another path, do something unconventional, and catch her off guard!

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