Kiss!

"Look at the person up ahead. Isn't that Peng Jie?"

Beside the riverside path, a young man in a white shirt had one foot propped on a marble bench. He held a cowboy hat in his hand and struck a dashing pose.

Many students passing by were drawn to him, and they whispered that he was surely about to declare his love to another girl. "The School of Economics' Lover," "Piano Prince," "Romeo with a messy love life"—titles like these were monuments to Peng Jie's romantic exploits. His path was littered with countless victims.

Of course, whether the rumors were good or bad, by the time they reached Su Yuan, they had all boiled down to one word: "scumbag."

"Ye Hao, I've got a really bad feeling about this." Gao Jun nudged Ji Yehao, speaking with a note of suspicion.

"Yeah, me too! Su Yuan, want to hide somewhere first?"

"What have I got to be afraid of?" Su Yuan said stubbornly, though she had a bad feeling too.

"Look, he's coming this way."

Peng Jie wore a warm smile. The gentle sunlight and soft breeze, with the willows swaying around him, seemed to set the scene just for him. When he reached Su Yuan, he spoke with deep feeling. "Su Yuan, you're the person I've met in my life who's made my heart race the most. Please say yes and be my girlfriend."

"Look, he really is confessing!"

Though the path wasn't especially busy, there were still eight or ten people around. When they saw Piano Prince Peng Jie making a show of declaring his love to a girl, they immediately started cheering and hooting.

Peng Jie's lips curled up slightly. Everyone's helping me at just the right time! Come on, make it even louder!

He knew it was hard for girls to resist this kind of romance. Though the information he'd gathered indicated that Su Yuan wasn't an ordinary girl, he still had high hopes.

Peng Jie had been in a foul mood for the past few days. The Underwear Thief incident had been entirely due to Little Fatty's pig brain. Not only had it been useless afterward, but Little Fatty had gotten himself tangled up in it too. Peng Jie himself had nothing to do with the matter, but plenty of people knew about his "master-and-servant" relationship with Little Fatty, and they'd been gossiping about him behind his back.

He'd gone to all that trouble and ended up losing on both counts.

Today, he'd decided to launch a full-on assault in person and turn his luck around!

Su Yuan tightened her grip on her textbooks and lab coat. Her expression shifted from pale to flushed, clearly furious at Peng Jie's behavior.

She'd actually been confessed to by a guy—and in public, no less!

Ye Hao and Gao Jun would definitely tease her about it when they got back!

And there was something else. She'd been through a similar situation only a few days ago, when Lin Jun had confessed to Xiao Yiyan. Xiao Yiyan had used her as a shield, and now she was in an eerily similar predicament!

"Ye Hao, Gao Jun, let's go!!" She walked around Peng Jie without expression.

Peng Jie's smile stiffened. He turned and grabbed her hand. "Su Yuan, please give me a chance. I'll prove how determined I am to love you."

"Let go!!" Her voice was low, as if she had forced the words out from deep in her throat.

"I won't!" Peng Jie said firmly.

"I'm a guy!!"

"No. I don't know why you're hiding your identity, but I won't give up."

"Fine!!" Su Yuan laughed in anger. Hearing her say "fine," Peng Jie thought she'd agreed to start a relationship with him. But Su Yuan suddenly clenched her fist and swung it into his chest.

Thump! The handsome guy hit the ground, and the people around them gasped in surprise.

Peng Jie bared his teeth and thought, As expected of the woman I had my eye on. She's got a wild streak! Good, now he wanted to win her over even more. He stared at Su Yuan with such undisguised possessiveness that he seemed to be declaring her his property.

"Just what do you like about me? I'll change, okay?" Su Yuan saw the onlookers pointing at her, and her resolve faltered.

"I like that you don't like me!"

"You're shameless!"

"Women love a bad boy!"

"Please, I'm never going to like you!"

"I can wait! Even if I have to wait until the seas run dry and the rocks crumble!"

Su Yuan: "..." That line is so corny, you know?

She pressed her lips together. Then an idea suddenly came to her. "I already have someone I like!!" She took two steps back toward Ji Yehao and Gao Jun, looked from one to the other, then settled on Ji Yehao. She grabbed his arm and leaned against him affectionately.

Friends were there to be sold out when necessary... no, to share hardship with you.

Ji Yehao's greatest virtue was that he never let anyone down at a crucial moment! He was surprised, but he didn't pull away. Instead, he put an arm around Su Yuan and held her close.

"No! How could this happen?"

Watching the two of them embrace so naturally, Peng Jie froze for a moment, then sneered. "Don't think I'll believe you just because you found some random shield! I'll show you that my love for you will never waver!!"

As if he'd seen right through Su Yuan's ploy, Peng Jie looked not the least bit worried. Instead, he wore an expression of admirable devotion.

Damn it! This scumbag, who's devoted to playing with girls' feelings, has the nerve to call himself devoted? Su Yuan nearly gagged.

"Keep it up, bro! We're rooting for you!!"

"That's right! No wall can't be toppled—some people just need to swing their hoes better!"

"Burn this pair of lovebirds! If one couple breaks up, at least one other couple won't have to!"

"Thanks for your support! I, Peng Jie, will never give up pursuing the goddess of my dreams!!"

Su Yuan was so frustrated she could hardly stand it. What was wrong with the world? Did people really have to cheer them on without any limits? And Peng Jie had even figured out that she was using Ji Yehao as a shield.

At that moment, she finally understood why girls liked to grab "shields" so much. Sometimes, they really had no choice. Some people were just so shameless and pushy that they left you no way out.

"Peng Jie!!"

She suddenly roared. Then, as he smiled in triumph, she grabbed Ji Yehao's face with both hands and pressed her lips against his cheek.

The angle was just right, and the textbooks blocked the view, making it look as if the two of them were kissing passionately, mouth to mouth.

"Damn, no way! Are they for real??"

"I don't know why, but I'm suddenly feeling really guilty about what I just said..."

Just like that, the farce ended. When they got back to the dorm, Su Yuan's face was still a little red. Though she hadn't really kissed him, it was still something people could gossip about. Looking back, her move had been reckless. Maybe it was just a clumsy attempt to cut through a tangled mess!

She glared at Gao Jun, who was grinning gleefully, and stressed, "I only did that because I had no other choice. Don't get the wrong idea."

"Ye Hao, you don't misunderstand either. I didn't mean anything else by it."

Ji Yehao touched the spot she'd "kissed" and smiled. "Don't worry. Things were urgent, so I understand."

Great! Seeing that Ji Yehao hadn't misunderstood at all made Su Yuan happy. As expected, Ye Hao was the one she could rely on when it mattered!

Gao Jun burst out laughing. "Su Yuan, someone actually mistook you for a beauty, and Peng Jie even wants to pursue you! You should've seen his face when you kissed Ye Hao—oh... you were facing away from him then, so you definitely didn't see it. That was hilarious."

"You've broken a poor, fragile heart..." Gao Jun said regretfully.

"Go die!!"

The early plot is essential setup for what comes later. The middle and later parts will be completely different kinds of fun!! The story will stay exciting all the way through to the end.

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