The Bluetooth earphone went silent for a few seconds. Then, Jiang Yuan's impatient shouts came through, loud and clear, hurting Chi Xu's ears.
"What? I was in a relationship with someone in high school? How come I don't know about this?"
"And what kind of black material or embarrassing past is this? This is clearly my gossip. Zhou Xiangmeng isn't even from the same place as me. How does she know?"
"Hurry up and get it out of her. I also want to know who I was with in high school. Hurry up! I can't wait any longer."
Jiang Yuan rambled on and on over there, urging Chi Xu to quickly try to get the information.
Chi Xu remained silent, quietly listening to the voice in the Bluetooth earphone.
He was speechless. Jiang Yuan's first reaction was excitement, and the second was curiosity about who she was with. She didn't even care about Zhou Xiangmeng's real purpose.
On the rooftop, the moonlight spilled all over the place. The cool evening breeze blew wantonly at the corners of Zhou Xiangmeng's clothes.
She saw Chi Xu standing there silently, saying nothing and making no move, as if hit on the head by this piece of news and unable to come to his senses for a long time.
There was an uncontrollable smile on Zhou Xiangmeng's lips. She knew that Chi Xu would definitely care about this. Their childhood sweetheart, who had grown up and played together, suddenly got together with another boy in high school.
Anyone would find it hard to accept. Chi Xu must care about this.
Zhou Xiangmeng curled her lips, reached out to tuck her stray hair behind her ears, and slightly raised her chin.
"Chi Xu, I'm telling the truth. Jiang Yuan was once in a relationship with a boy. She dumped you in high school."
"Ask quickly, Chi Xu. I'm dying of anxiety. Who on earth was I with in high school?"
"Hehe. If Zhou Xiangmeng knew I was listening, she'd be so mad."
Chi Xu took a deep breath and looked at Zhou Xiangmeng coldly.
Zhou Xiangmeng didn't know much. If she looked into it in detail, she would know that in high school, literally speaking, it was he who "dumped" Jiang Yuan, not the other way around.
"Who is the person you're talking about?"
He asked calmly, with a probing look in his deep eyes.
"It's Lu Zhen, Jiang Yuan's high - school classmate. He's the Lu Zhen from the Beijing Normal University who saved a little girl near our school recently and made it into the news."
"Beijing Normal University is near our school. He must have gotten in there because of Jiang Yuan."
Zhou Xiangmeng knew these things by chance. She accidentally saw the news and got to know about Lu Zhen. Then she found out that he was from Haining City, the same place as Jiang Yuan.
She had noticed this when the class filled out a shared information form before.
Now that the Internet was so developed, she looked up the honor roll of Haining No.1 High School this year. She saw Jiang Yuan's name and Lu Zhen's name. They were in the same class.
She suddenly became curious about the relationship between the two.
She also found some alumni from Haining No.1 High School who had been admitted to Peking University over the years.
The first person she asked gave her some information.
That person said that in high school, Lu Zhen seemed to be in a relationship with a girl. They almost always left and came back together after school in the afternoon.
After her repeated requests, that person finally remembered the girl's name. It was Jiang Yuan.
"Chi Xu, you've been deceived by Jiang Yuan. She broke up with Lu Zhen as soon as she got into Peking University and then set her sights on you."
Zhou Xiangmeng was smug.
Jiang Yuan and Chi Xu were silent.
They had dinner together tonight, along with Jia Fang.
"Did I hear that right? Did she say Lu Zhen's name?"
Jiang Yuan began to doubt her hearing. She also suspected that the Bluetooth earphone had a bad reception and she had misheard.
"It's true." Chi Xu replied to her.
Hearing Chi Xu speak, Zhou Xiangmeng thought he was repeating Lu Zhen's name because he was confused.
She continued, "In high school, I heard that Jiang Yuan and Lu Zhen went out for dinner together every evening. Lu Zhen always paid for the dinner. After dinner, they went back to the classroom and got all lovey - dovey under the pretext of discussing schoolwork."
"Supposedly, no, it's a fact. They were called in by the head - teacher for a talk because of puppy love. Chi Xu, you never thought Jiang Yuan would be such a person, did you?"
Jiang Yuan explained to Chi Xu over the Bluetooth earphone.
"After the class reshuffle in the second year of senior high, Lu Zhen's grades were not good. He came to me and said he wanted me to help him solve the problems in the textbooks. He was too embarrassed to keep bothering me, so he said he would buy me dinner every night. I couldn't refuse."
She also tried her best to help Lu Zhen solve problems. Sometimes she would buy extra food and bring some for Lu Zhen.
"But why did Lu Zhen only come to you and not others?" Chi Xu asked again, pursing his lips.
Zhou Xiangmeng thought Chi Xu was shocked again. He made a slip of the tongue by saying "you" instead of correcting it to Jiang Yuan. She laughed to herself and then answered him.
"What other reason could there be? Jiang Yuan must have used some tricks to make Lu Zhen fall head - over - heels for her. Look, he even got into Beijing Normal University."
"Jiang Yuan really went to a lot of trouble for this boyfriend. I heard that Lu Zhen's grades weren't good before and he couldn't have gotten into Beijing Normal University. Jiang Yuan must still have feelings for Lu Zhen. Chi Xu, don't be deceived by her."
Over the Bluetooth earphone, Jiang Yuan was silent for a while, too speechless to explain.
"I'm going to be mad at Zhou Xiangmeng's thought process. How could someone like her get into Peking University? Can't they give her brain to someone who loves studying?"
"Lu Zhen's parents divorced. It was a big deal at that time, and a lot of people were gossiping about it behind his back. He almost beat up one of the gossiping people."
"On the day of the class reshuffle in the second year of senior high, my books got mixed up with his. I was looking for my books at the back, and Lu Zhen came too. The girls sitting a few rows behind were really daring. They were whispering, and I heard them."
"So, I played the hero and stopped those girls from gossiping. Maybe that's when Lu Zhen remembered me. He didn't get along well with the other classmates in the class, so he could only come to me for tutoring."
Jiang Yuan told the story patiently and in detail.
The girl's clear voice, mixed with meows, came through the Bluetooth earphone and landed in his ears.
The heart that had been churning with jealousy gradually calmed down.
Chi Xu let out a soft laugh, as if he had gotten a piece of candy and was extremely happy.
He didn't expect that Jiang Yuan would tell him the details. It felt like he was an important person to her.
"Chi Xu, why are you laughing? Are you shocked?"
Zhou Xiangmeng was stunned and stared blankly at Chi Xu, who was laughing uncontrollably.
"Do you think I should tell Zhou Xiangmeng that I'm actually here, listening to her online?"
Jiang Yuan lowered her head and stroked Jiao Jiao, saying casually.
"Sure. Wait a bit. Let's see what else she has to say." Chi Xu stopped her and looked at Zhou Xiangmeng again, with a blatant smile on his face.
"Do you have anything else to say?"
"N - no." Zhou Xiangmeng said suspiciously.
Chi Xu nodded, took off the Bluetooth earphone, unpaired it, and turned up the volume of his phone to the maximum. "Okay, you can talk now."
"Hey, Zhou Xiangmeng. I'm here too. Surprised? Shocked?"