Can't Keep a Secret

Can't Keep a Secret

Lin Xiangzhi saw Wang Yue change the subject and breathed a sigh of relief. But seeing how pitiful he looked made her soften, and she almost agreed. Then she thought of Xu Youshu and how difficult it was for her to know how to act around her new classmates. She shook her head and declined. "But I just got here too, and we barely know each other. You should go find Song Xiaonan instead."

Seeing how Lin Xiangzhi kept him at arm's length, Wang Yue didn't know where to begin. He didn't want to pressure her, so he decided to say something that might catch her interest and make her easier to approach.

But he'd been away from this age for too long. He couldn't think of how to cheer up a young girl, so he gritted his teeth and went for broke. With an air of helplessness, he said, "Actually, I came down from the mountain because of you."

Lin Xiangzhi stopped walking and looked at Wang Yue nervously, searching her memory for any classmates who had frightened her. But she couldn't remember Wang Yue ever having gone to Neijiang, so she asked hesitantly, "Why? We've never met before, have we? Have you been to Neijiang?"

Wang Yue saw how nervous she'd become, as if something had worried her. He guessed she was afraid of her former classmates and thought he might have attended one of the high schools in Neijiang, so he quickly and patiently explained, "I really did come down from the mountain for the first time. I went to school at the foot of the mountain when I was in middle school. Don't you remember? A while ago, on a rainy day, you went to Qingcheng Mountain with your parents. Your tour