Jiаng Jiа ехplodеd: "Саn уоu let me finish talking?!"
"...Оh."
"Аnywaу, I think the things Zhang Lu Rаng dоеs fоr уоu, he would аbsolutely never do fоr оther girls."
Тhis time, Su Zаi Zаi fеll silеnt for а lоng timе.
А vеry, vеry long time lаtеr, she finаlly spokе.
"If that's true, hоw wonderful thаt wоuld bе."
Вut shе didn't dаrе to takе аnothеr stер forwаrd.
Su Zai Zаi fеlt that things werе just finе as thеy were nоw.
She lived in a wоrld оf hеr own.
In thаt world, Zhang Lu Rang аlsо likеd Su Zai Zаi vеrу muсh.
Аs lоng as shе didn't dеny it, nо onе could dеny it.
Оn Sundау, Su Zai Zаi lеft hоmе an hour eаrlier than usual.
To intеrcept Zhаng Lu Rang at thе bus stoр.
Shе waitеd from when the sun was high in the sky until the sunset gradually descended.
Su Zai Zai turned on her phone and checked the time.
If she waited any longer, she would be late.
She put the vocabulary book in her hand into her backpack.
Taking one last look in the direction of the bus stop sign, she finally boarded the bus.
When Su Zai Zai entered the classroom, the evening self-study bell happened to ring.
Seeing her return, Jiang Jia looked up and asked quietly, "Zai Zai, why are you so late today?"
Su Zai Zai pulled the books out of her backpack and placed them on the desk.
She sighed, somewhat despairingly: "Waiting by the stump for a hare, not once has it succeeded."
"Huh?"
"I still can't be too deliberate. Being too deliberate actually makes it harder to meet him."
"What nonsense."
Su Zai Zai looked at her, analyzing it logically: "My fate with the great beauty is predestined. If I'm too deliberate like this, I might alter the original course of fate."
Jiang Jia was somewhat speechless: "Have you been possessed?"
After her little outburst, Su Zai Zai's mood began to sink: "Do you think he's doing it on purpose?"
"On purpose how?"
"Afraid of running into me again, so he also left earlier, or maybe he went to a different bus stop."
"Don't overthink it." Jiang Jia patted her head.
Su Zai Zai fished out the last two jelly cups from her desk drawer, placing one on Jiang Jia's desk.
Then she took out her math homework and started working on the problems.
After the first evening self-study session ended, Su Zai Zai rushed straight to the third floor.
As soon as she arrived, she saw Zhang Lu Rang and a male classmate walking out of the classroom.
Su Zai Zai stealthily followed behind them.
The sound of their conversation drifted from ahead.
"Did Ye Zhenxin pack food for you today?"
"..."
"Nice, awesome! Seriously, I genuinely admire someone like you who doesn't judge by appearances."
"..."
The boy continued gossiping: "I thought you were with that great beauty from Class Nine..."
Zhang Lu Rang frowned, immediately cutting him off: "Neither."
After a moment.
The boy continued: "Hey, then give me that girl from Class Nine's WeChat. You're not interested anyway."
Su Zai Zai, not daring to hear Zhang Lu Rang's response, suddenly spoke up: "Give what?"
Both of them looked over and stopped walking.
Su Zai Zai smiled: "He doesn't have it either."
Seeing the subject of his gossip suddenly appear, the boy felt a bit awkward.
Su Zai Zai pointed at Zhang Lu Rang: "Do you have his WeChat?"
"Yeah..." the boy answered honestly.
Su Zai Zai immediately got excited: "I'll trade with you!"
Hearing this, Zhang Lu Rang's expression stiffened, and he said sternly, "Su Zai Zai."
Noticing the subtle atmosphere between them, the boy tactfully made himself scarce.
"Lùràng."
"..."
"Zhang Lu Rang."
"Hm."...When would he ever admit to this cute double-character nickname.
Su Zai Zai decided to be direct this time: "Didn't you say you don't have WeChat?"
"Mm."
"..."
"But that guy said he has your WeChat." Su Zai Zai pressed on relentlessly.
Zhang Lu Rang replied without changing his expression: "He lied to you."
Then, he calmly rubbed his neck.
Su Zai Zai: "..."
Whenever WeChat was mentioned, he would definitely lie. How much did he not want her to add him?
After a while.
Su Zai Zai said gloomily: "I know you have it."
Zhang Lu Rang: "..."
Su Zai Zai rattled off her complaints: "We've known each other for so long now, what's the big deal about giving me your contact info? It's not like I'll do anything to you, what are you afraid of?"
Zhang Lu Rang pursed his lips, his fingers lightly tapping the railing painted blue.
Clang, clang.
As if he was thinking about how to answer.
Half a minute later.
"Why do you keep running up to the third floor?"
He shifted to another topic.
"You." Su Zai Zai answered.
Zhang Lu Rang: "..."
Noticing his expression, Su Zai Zai immediately realized.
"Ah, no, no, I meant to see you, I missed a word..."
"..."
"After all, you're my only male friend, so I'm just trying to stay in touch."
Zhang Lu Rang lowered his head.
Dark, tousled hair, clear brows and dark eyes, red lips lightly pursed.
His whole body exuded an aura that was both restrained and alluring.
Su Zai Zai suddenly averted her eyes, stammering: "D-don't l-look at me like that."
Zhang Lu Rang frowned: "How am I looking at you?"
"You gave me a flirtatious glance." Su Zai Zai blushed.
Zhang Lu Rang: "..."
He really couldn't imagine what he would look like giving a flirtatious glance.
But he also subconsciously averted his eyes.
Zhang Lu Rang scratched his cheek, saying with a stern face: "I'm not close with you."
Su Zai Zai blinked: "No one is close from the very beginning."
Hearing this.
Zhang Lu Rang wanted to say, I don't want to be close with you.
But seeing Su Zai Zai's expression, those words got stuck in his throat, unable to come out for a long time.
The evening self-study bell rang amidst this quiet.
Only a few students were slowly returning to the classroom from the restroom.
The lightbulb overhead was broken, flickering on and off, making their faces alternately bright and dark.
The evening breeze gently blew, swaying the tree branches.
Zhang Lu Rang suddenly felt somewhat powerless.
He sighed and said: "Go back and review."
"...Oh."
Su Zai Zai turned and started walking back.
After a few steps.
She turned her head again, looking at him unwillingly.
"Do you really not want to add my WeChat?"
Chapter 17
A secret crush can make emotions fluctuate intensely.
Sometimes you can't sleep, sometimes you can't eat.
Sometimes you laugh like a lunatic, sometimes you... want to cry.
—From "Su Zai Zai the Little Fairy's Diary"
Zhang Lu Rang also started walking back.
Hearing her words, he raised his brows and eyes, asking puzzledly: "Why should I add you?"
Su Zai Zai didn't know how to answer for a moment.
After thinking, she shamelessly said: "Because I want you to."
"..."
Su Zai Zai was really super frustrated: "What are you afraid of?"
Adding a WeChat ID and he acts like he'd rather die than comply.
"Look, so many people want to add my WeChat, and I don't give it to them. You can have my WeChat, aren't you happy, excited, thrilled? Don't you feel honored? Don't you feel like you've hit the jackpot?""......"
Seeing him like this, Su Zai Zai decided to use a more forceful approach.
"I'll give you three seconds. If you don't refuse, you have to accept my friend request tonight."
"Su Zai Zai." His eyes showed no emotion.
"Three."
"......"
"Two."
"......"
"One."
Her completely domineering attitude left Zhang Lu Rang somewhat helpless.
After a moment of thought, he finally uttered a word: "Fine."
Fireworks exploded in her mind, crackling loudly.
Before Su Zai Zai could even cheer, she heard him speak again.
"If you pass both physics and chemistry in the midterm exams."
In an instant, Su Zai Zai felt like she had plummeted from heaven to hell.
"Lùràng, that's a bit too much, isn't it?"
"......"
"Zhang Lu Rang!"
"Forget it, then."
Su Zai Zai immediately backed down: "That's not what I meant..."
Hearing this, Zhang Lu Rang lowered his head.
A flicker of amusement sparkled in his eyes.
Su Zai Zai licked her lips and asked pitifully, "How about a combined score of a hundred for both subjects..."
This time, he was quite accommodating.
Without hesitation, he agreed: "Mm."
A patrolling teacher approached from the other end.
Even with his agreement, Su Zai Zai wasn't particularly happy.
After walking a few steps, she suddenly turned back and said gloomily, "I'm going back now."
With that, she continued upstairs, her mood heavy.
Zhang Lu Rang stood in place for a while.
It wasn't until the teacher came over to remind him that he snapped out of it.
Entering the classroom.
Thinking of Su Zai Zai's expression just now.
He lost himself in thought.
Suddenly feeling a bit of regret.
Feeling like he had been too harsh.
...Was the score he set too high?
Even though the exams were only two days away, Su Zai Zai decided to make a last-ditch effort, which meant she hardly went to Zhang Lu Rang to make her presence felt this week.
As soon as class ended, she would bury herself in her physics or chemistry books.
During class, she also listened with unprecedented seriousness.
Jiang Jia leaned on the desk, watching her solve problems.
After a few minutes.
Seeing the mess of mistakes she was making, Jiang Jia couldn't bear to watch any longer: "Stop writing. Even if you don't get a hundred, he'll definitely add you on WeChat. Want to bet?"
Su Zai Zai stopped writing.
Her eyes remained fixed on the problem, her slender, curled lashes trembling slightly.
"He won't," she whispered.
Zhang Lu Rang knew she couldn't achieve it.
That's why he said it.
He always found her annoying, so he wouldn't give her more chances to bother him.
Su Zai Zai understood this clearly.
But even if she couldn't reach the score, she still wanted to try her best.
She could only cling to the slim hope that he would keep his promise, as a way to get a little closer to him.
"Jia Jia, why am I so stubborn?" Su Zai Zai rested her chin on her hand, muttering gloomily. "Even if I add him, he definitely won't respond if I message him."
It would just be like having a decoration.
But the thought of even the slightest chance.
Became an inexplicably irresistible temptation.
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