The more Shen Yu thought about it, the more excited he became. His eyes darted back and forth among the three of them as he imagined an entire TV drama out of thin air, and he wished he could get right up in his deskmate's face for a closer look.
Ji Cიცen remained silent, unwilling to comment on Shen Yu's absurd ideas. Yet his little deskmate in front of him still poked his head over, looking so innocent that he almost seemed genuinely worried about his friend's love life.
"Turn your head back around."
"And stop imagining all that nonsense!"
Hearing Ji Cიცen's warning, delivered in a forcibly lowered voice, Shen Yu inexplicably felt his ears itch. He rubbed his slightly reddened ear and argued quietly, "How do you know what I'm thinking?"
"What do you think? That eagerness in your eyes is practically slapping me in the face." Ji Cიცen looked at Shen Yu's carefree smile. The boy's curiosity and appetite for gossip made his heart clench painfully.
Fuck, I thought an unrequited crush was bittersweet enough.
Who knew something even worse was having a crush on a heartless lazybones who loved watching gossip about you unfold!
"Okay."
Shen Yu the lazybones drew his head back, feeling wronged, but the gossip and sympathy in his eyes quietly deepened. He successfully added a romantic setback to the plot, and the look he gave Ji Cიცen grew even stranger.
[From then on, my deskmate's love turned to hate. After turning to the dark side, he never glanced at another girl, his heart devoted only to studying.]
[From that day on, S City University Affiliated High School lost someone chasing his light, while Class Seven gained a cold-faced academic star who had sealed his heart against love.]
Shen Yu's inner voice rose