He Wondered Who the Girl He Liked Was

When Yang Zhi returned home that evening, she tidied up a little before lying on her bed to read.

As she read, she found herself distracted, glancing at the phone on her bedside table.

Ding Yebai should be working on the problems by now, right?

Had he seriously worked through the problems she had painstakingly organized?

What if he came across a problem he didn't understand?

If he did, he should hurry and ask her.

Come to think of it, who was the female classmate he liked—

"Hmm????????"

Yang Zhi suddenly came to her senses as if waking from a dream. She stared blankly ahead, her eyes wide.

After a while

"What am I thinking?" She chuckled and shook her head, finding herself ridiculous. "This has absolutely nothing to do with studying. Yang Zhi, have you lost your mind?"

The next day

The long break between classes

Ding Yebai stood in the corridor, idly spinning a basketball on his finger.

When Lin Feifei saw him, she immediately ran over and cheerfully said, "Ding Yebai, you're amazing!"

Ding Yebai glanced at her, then stopped spinning the ball and smoothly handed the basketball back to Li Pingqiu.

Li Pingqiu caught the basketball blankly, feeling that the scene had become rather awkward. He tactfully walked away.

Lin Feifei said, "What the heck? You stopped spinning it as soon as I came over!"

Ding Yebai said, "Do you need something?"

Lin Feifei said, "I'm in a bad mood and wanted to talk to you."

Ding Yebai helplessly sighed, turned around, and headed for the restroom. "I'm in a great mood, so don't bother me."

"Hey, wait for me!" Lin Feifei jogged a couple of steps and blocked Ding Yebai's path.

"You really don't like me at all, do you?"

"Yes."

"Then is there someone you like?"

"I don't—"

Ding Yebai was about to blurt out "I don't," just as he had before.

But a graceful figure suddenly flashed through his mind, and the words ultimately never left his mouth.

Lin Feifei immediately understood from his expression.

The girl looked unruffled on the surface, but inside, she saw everything as clearly as a mirror.

Ding Yebai said, "That has nothing to do with you. You should spend this time studying instead."

With that, he walked away from her.

Lin Feifei stared woodenly at his back, unable to say anything for a moment.

What the heck!

Ding Yebai wasn't particularly close to any girl at school.

The only girl he had a close relationship with was his deskmate.

But no matter how she looked at it, that girl couldn't possibly be the one he liked.

So who was it, exactly?!

At that moment, Lu Shuai ran over from a distance. Seeing Lin Feifei standing at the entrance of her class with a sorrowful expression, he asked curiously, "Lin Feifei, what's wrong?"

Lin Feifei cast him a sidelong glance.

Their families lived close to each other, so they had played together as children. Their relationship was practically that of brothers.

"Ding Yebai rejected me again."

"Ah, he rejected you from your first year of high school all the way to your third year, and you still haven't given up? Of all the people who like Ding Yebai, you've been at it the longest. Everyone else stopped pursuing him after being rejected. You've certainly got persistence."

"What good is that?" Lin Feifei touched her ponytail, her pretty face once again veiled in faint sorrow. "He still doesn't like me. And it seems like he already has someone he likes."

"What? That damn block of ice likes someone and didn't tell me?!"

"...Are you focusing on the wrong thing?"

"Where's that block of ice?"

"He went to the restroom."

Lu Shuai immediately looked toward the restroom. When he saw a tall, thin, fair-skinned man walking toward him, he instantly raised his middle finger and shouted, "You good-for-nothing block of ice! You have a girl you like and didn't tell me?!"

After he finished speaking, the surroundings fell silent and peaceful.

Almost in an instant, every sound around them vanished. Even the students' conversations could no longer be heard.

He was moderately nearsighted, but normally refused to wear glasses because he wanted to look cool. Mistaking someone for another person was perfectly normal for him.

But this time, the person he mistook was a serious problem.

He had mistaken the young vice principal for Ding Yebai.

And he had raised his middle finger at him in full view of everyone.

Lin Feifei was stunned for quite a while. Once she came to her senses, she hurried over, pushed Lu Shuai's hand down, and quietly said, "That's the vice principal!"

Lu Shuai immediately narrowed his eyes and stared at the man. "Holy crap!!!"

The vice principal walked over with a frown, equally puzzled.

"Student, do you have some issue with me?"

"No, no! I'm sorry!"

"Then why did you raise your middle finger at me?"

"I'm severely nearsighted and mistook you for my buddy. That's how we usually fool around. I'm sorry, Principal, I'm sorry."

"Oh..." The vice principal's stern expression instantly relaxed. He even narrowed his eyes and smiled. "I see. That's great."

That one sentence left all the students present utterly bewildered.

Lin Feifei: "..."

What was wrong with the vice principal????

The vice principal said, "I was worried that I had done something wrong and made the students hate me so much that they would raise their middle fingers at me in public. But it wasn't that at all. You scared me to death. It seems I'm actually a vice principal the students like. Haha..."

Upon hearing that, Lu Shuai's eyes instantly lit up. "Huh?"

The vice principal hadn't criticized him, and he hadn't even been made to write a self-criticism.

This was too unrealistic!!!!

The vice principal was so nice!

The vice principal said, "All right, then. You two have fun. Third-year students are under a lot of pressure, so remember to rest."

With that, he left with his hands clasped behind his back, looking every bit like a leader.

The students present were all amazed. Just a few minutes earlier, they had been certain that Lu Shuai was finished.

But...

It had turned into a huge surprise.

Lin Feifei stood beside Lu Shuai and said flatly, "It looks like the new vice principal is a good person."

Lu Shuai said, "He's clearly an incredibly good person, all right!!!!"

From then on, Lu Shuai's favorite teacher became the vice principal.

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