Jiang Yuan glared angrily at Chi Xu and waved her fist beside him, as if saying, "Try to mock me one more time."
Chi Xu glanced at Jiang Yuan, judged her expression, then shifted his gaze back and calmly looked at Zhou Xiangmeng, saying unhurriedly,
"Maybe there's one thing I didn't make clear. Thank you for kindly lending me the umbrella this morning. But it might be a bit small, so I gave it to my roommate."
So, in such a heavy rain this morning, did Chi Xu go back in the rain?
Jiang Yuan slightly raised her eyes, and a faint look of surprise flashed in her eyes. The vague discomfort in her heart before found an outlet and poured out.
Zhou Xiangmeng didn't expect Chi Xu to be so ungracious. She forced a smile awkwardly and still put on an understanding look, whispering, "It's okay. The umbrella was given to someone in need. It wasn't lent in vain."
Chi Xu nodded slightly, raised his eyebrows, and continued nonchalantly, "Is there anything else?"
"If there's nothing else, then I'll leave first, senior." Zhou Xiangmeng bit her lip, glanced at Jiang Yuan, then turned around and left.
"Hey, if you don't need the umbrella, why did you take it?" Jiang Yuan glanced at Zhou Xiangmeng's back, tiptoed, and asked in a low voice.
"My roommate just agreed on my behalf. I didn't even have time to refuse. Who asked both of us not to have an umbrella."
Chi Xu shook his head helplessly. He lowered his head slightly and saw the girl's long black hair. A faint fragrance wafted over.
He could even clearly see her curly eyelashes, like two small fans, tickling his heart.
Chi Xu coughed lightly to stop his evil thought of kneading Jiang Yuan's hair. The hand hanging in the air finally gently patted the girl's shoulder. "Let's go. Otherwise, they'll finish class soon."
"Hey, you haven't told me yet. Why did you appear here?"
"The teacher changed the class time temporarily. I wasn't skipping class."
The two walked side by side. The sunlight filtered through the mottled leaves and scattered on them, forming patches of light and shadow. Chi Xu tilted his head slightly, his gentle gaze falling on Jiang Yuan, who was completely unaware, and he smiled faintly.
...
In the evening, Jiang Yuan continued to search online for chatting techniques to flirt with her crush. When she saw a meme, her eyes lit up instantly like a light bulb with the switch turned on.
She excitedly opened WeChat and then opened the chat box with Chi Xu. The first message was a system prompt: "You have added forikyy. Now you can start chatting."
Hey, Chi Xu's WeChat name was quite special. Anyway, she couldn't understand it.
Jiang Yuan didn't take this little episode to heart.
She sent a message to Chi Xu: "Chi Xu, Chi Xu. I've recently learned a new kind of divination. Do you want to have a try?"
[forikyy: Are you using me for practice?]
[Prayer Must Come True: Angry.jpg]
[forikyy: Since you've asked sincerely, I'll be kind enough to let you do the divination.]
[Prayer Must Come True: Question one. Do you like sunny days or rainy days?]
[forikyy: Sunny days.]
[Prayer Must Come True: Question two. Do you usually like to eat rice or noodles?]
[forikyy: Rice.]
[Prayer Must Come True: Question three. Do you like sweet or sour food?]
In the boys' dormitory on the other side, Chi Xu looked down at the three consecutive questions and smiled softly. He guessed that Jiang Yuan was trying to play tricks on him online again.
He hooked his lips and clicked to send directly.
[forikyy: I like you.]
[Prayer Must Come True: Okay. I've calculated it for you here.]
Huh? What? Wait!
Jiang Yuan's eyes widened instantly. The words she had typed in advance were sent without her even reacting. She slightly opened her mouth and didn't move for a while.
After just a few days of trying to flirt, had she already won Chi Xu's heart?
She still had her trump card up her sleeve.
Was Chi Xu really that easy to pursue?
Jiang Yuan blinked her eyes in confusion, then rubbed them hard to make sure she wasn't seeing things. She tremblingly sent a question mark.
[forikyy: What? Are you scared by me?]
What! It turned out that Chi Xu was just joking.
The heart that had been hanging high dropped. Jiang Yuan didn't know if she should feel relieved or if there were other emotions mixed in.
[Prayer Must Come True: Pouting.jpg]
Chi Xu was so hateful. He was just as annoying as when he was a kid. Jiang Yuan propped her chin with one hand. The picture of Chi Xu sending the message "I like you" just now flashed in her mind, and a blush crept onto her cheeks.
"I was the one trying to flirt with him. Why did he turn the tables on me?" Jiang Yuan murmured softly. But there was a secret part of her heart that was secretly happy. Was there a possibility that Chi Xu really meant it and was just trying to test her?
Jiang Yuan quickly refuted her own thought. It was impossible. Back then, when they had such a good relationship, he could just leave without saying goodbye. And now, after three years, they had become almost strangers.
Maybe Chi Xu didn't even remember what she looked like.
Jiang Yuan felt a bit disappointed. She looked at their chat box, saw the previous messages, and her finger hovered over the screen, hesitating whether to send a message.
Just as she was struggling, her phone suddenly vibrated. It was a message from Chi Xu.
[forikyy: Dear fortune - telling miss, I like sweet food. What's the result you calculated? Don't make it too absurd.]
Jiang Yuan looked at the arrogant words and the address and couldn't help but let out a "pfft" laugh. The disappointment in her heart just now disappeared in an instant. She quickly replied seriously.
[Prayer Must Come True: You're a little boy who likes sunny days, loves to eat rice, and loves sweet food.]
[forikyy: Laughing out loud.jpg]
Chi Xu laughed very cooperatively. Jiang Yuan estimated that it was about time and didn't continue the conversation.
Sometimes, freshness was important.
They had just reunited after a long time, and there was still some freshness, but not much. Boys usually liked new things and got bored easily. Jiang Yuan carefully grasped this degree.
Otherwise, she would seem too eager.
After chatting continuously for three or four days, Jiang Yuan tried all kinds of tricks on Chi Xu.
On Friday evening, Jiang Yuan opened their chat box again and realized that she had been too proactive these days, like completing a task on a daily basis. She should have built up enough goodwill.
Every time, Chi Xu had been very cooperative and accompanied her in the conversation.
Jiang Yuan thought it was time to cool down. It was the National Day holiday, so she decided to take a break for herself and didn't go home.
Her roommate, Su Kexin, saw that everyone was there and smiled, inviting everyone to play escape room and form a team with other classmates in the class. There were both boys and girls, which could be regarded as a small group - building activity.
Jiang Yuan had never played escape room before. Moreover, she had only been hanging around the school recently and hadn't really gone out to have fun. So she immediately agreed to Su Kexin's idea.