Chapter 19 I haven’t liked you for a long time

When evening self-study ended, the teaching building was bustling with people, a cacophony of noise.

Jiang Nian had packed his things early, his backpack slung over one shoulder, and was about to head out. He was going to find Xu Qianqian to walk home together as usual when he was suddenly called out to.

Jiang Nian glanced at Zhou Yuting in front of him, “Something wrong?”

“Yes.” She was a head shorter than Jiang Nian, looking up at him, “Something came up. I want to talk to you alone. Could you wait for me a moment?”

Zhou Yuting’s eyes, whenever she lacked confidence, looked as if she had suffered a great injustice, brimming with tears. Any boy who saw them would soften, no matter how upset he was.

Showing weakness was one of her usual tactics.

“It’s about the class promotion, right? Let’s talk on the phone.” Jiang Nian didn’t want to waste time on her. He said as he was about to pass her and leave, “If you haven’t deleted my QQ, that is.”

Zhou Yuting immediately felt guilty and, in a flash, grabbed his white short-sleeved shirt.

“Wait.”

“What do you want?” Jiang Nian looked annoyed, his tone unfriendly, “This is the classroom, everyone’s watching. Class Monitor, if you have something to say, just say it. Don’t pull at me.”

The tables have turned, you little bitch.

Didn’t you like to smile so much? Why aren’t you smiling now that the class promotion spot is gone?

“Just a moment. It won’t take up much of your time.” Zhou Yuting’s eyes were welling up with tears. She had already deleted his QQ, and besides, these words couldn’t leave a trace.

Jiang Nian scoffed, moved her hand away, and turned to leave.

No Dao, no kidnapping.

When he arrived at the classroom diagonally opposite, Xu Qianqian was already waiting at the classroom door. She had her backpack on and was wearing a light blue top with dark sweatpants.

“Why did you take so long?” she asked, frowning.

“Nothing, let’s go.”

Not long after they walked out of the school gate, they were suddenly stopped. Zhou Yuting had actually chased after them.

“Jiang Nian, can we talk?”

This was a less crowded road, the street outside the parking lot behind a shopping mall. Under the streetlights, three surveillance cameras covered the area. Jiang Nian quickly opened his voice recorder using a shortcut in his pocket.

“Alright, let’s talk here. Once you’re done, I need to go home.”

“Here…” Zhou Yuting glanced at Xu Qianqian, her face showing hesitation, “This classmate, could I please ask you to step aside? Just five minutes.”

Jiang Nian was about to speak, but Xu Qianqian retreated a few meters, crossing her arms and watching them.

“You two talk.”

Jiang Nian: “.”

Zhou Yuting’s face was pure, her figure tall. Under the streetlight, she looked somewhat disheveled. Her mouth was slightly open, but before she could speak, her eyes instantly turned red.

“The homeroom teacher talked to me about the class promotion. I was just online. But only one person in the class can be promoted, and I know you used to misunderstand me.”

“But I really need this opportunity for promotion, Jiang Nian, I beg you.”

“Even if you don’t get promoted, you can still easily get into a key university for the college entrance exam. I can’t. I really want to go to Lu University, really, really, this is my only chance.”

Jiang Nian watched her expressionlessly, the streetlight stretching his shadow, his eyes slightly lowered.

“You stopped me just to say all this?”

“Yes, Jiang Nian, only you can help me.” Zhou Yuting had already started crying, a tear stain streaking her fair face, making her look pitiful.

“What does that have to do with me?”

“What?”

“I said, what does that have to do with me?” Jiang Nian looked up, staring at her expressionlessly, watching the surprise gradually appear on her pitiful face.

“Your dream is your dream. What does it have to do with my class promotion? If we were friends, there might be some room for negotiation, but unfortunately…”

“We are still friends! I just want to study now, I don’t want to date yet.” Zhou Yuting said urgently, “We can be good friends first.”

“Jiang Nian, you used to like me, didn’t you?”

“After the college entrance exam, I’ll consider being your girlfriend, okay?”

“Please help me, okay? I beg you.” Zhou Yuting’s tears fell again, crying profusely under the streetlight, “Jiang Nian, I really don’t know…”

“Wuwuwu~, I really don’t know what to do!”

As she spoke, Zhou Yuting tried to grab Jiang Nian’s hand, but he subtly dodged it. She looked at her empty hand, standing still for a moment, her long hair disheveled by the night wind.

“Jiang Nian. I’m begging you.”

Xu Qianqian, not far away, couldn’t hear the voices clearly, but she could see Zhou Yuting crying and gesticulating under the streetlight. For some reason, her heart was filled with mixed emotions.

Under the streetlight, Jiang Nian and Zhou Yuting had put some distance between them, his expression calm.

“Class Monitor, please have some self-respect.”

Five minutes were almost up, and he didn’t want to drag it out.

What kind of nonsense is this? ‘After the college entrance exam, I’ll be your girlfriend.’ Does she think I’m stupid? Lick your boots for a year, only to see you checking into a hotel with someone else a month after the exam?

How much did she drink to dare to say such ridiculous things!

Check the IP, is it from Dunhuang.

How shameless does one have to be to say something like giving up a spot? Who asked about your dream university? Going to Lu University or some mediocre university, what does that have to do with me?

And ‘consider being a girlfriend’? Are you making your first choice here?

Is this even human speech?

“Everything I said is true, Jiang Nian, I really need this opportunity.” Zhou Yuting looked like she was about to shed ‘little pearls’ again, “If you don’t believe me, we can be secret lovers first.”

“Duck no need, Class Monitor.” Jiang Nian said seriously, “Once bitten, twice shy. I will not be friends with you again. I chose to be promoted just to get away from you.”

“You can ask the homeroom teacher to force a promotion; you don’t need to ask me. As for your dream, Class Monitor, I just want to say, why didn’t you mention it at the birthday party?”

“I stopped liking you a long time ago. You should have felt it for two months. I have no feelings for you at all; I just want to go to university and find prettier senior girls.”

“You really have no appeal at all, so let’s not talk about dating. Isn’t your little group very harmonious? Go play house by yourselves.”

After saying that, Jiang Nian turned and left, not looking back once.

Under the streetlight, Zhou Yuting’s face was still streaked with tears, her whole body as if struck by lightning. Jiang Nian’s words echoed repeatedly in her mind, and the more she thought, the more wronged she felt.

How could he be like this? She was the one who bowed her head first!

She even said that after the college entrance exam, she could consider being with him. She was even disregarding a girl’s purity, not disliking him for being poor, so why did he…

Why did he say he didn’t like her!

Isn’t love all about sacrificing for your significant other? Isn’t it all about going through trials?

If Jiang Nian, who had walked far away with Xu Qianqian, heard this, he would surely vomit blood.

Test your mother! Simpleton!

On the way, Xu Qianqian walked with her head down, gripping her backpack straps.

“What were you two just… talking about?”

“Oh, nothing.” Jiang Nian glanced at the girl beside him, “She cried and said she wanted to be my girlfriend, and that she wanted to have a secret relationship with me.”

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