Even if Zhuo Ziyu noticed something was off about her, Xiang Yutang firmly refused to admit it and tried to gloss over it.
"What are you talking about? How could I blush just at the mention of Teacher Zhu? There's no such thing."
Zhuo Ziyu stared at her. "You usually call Teacher Zhu your master. Why did you suddenly change your way of addressing him today?"
Xiang Yutang: "Um... I'm so hungry. I'll eat first."
Zhuo Ziyu wasn't going to let her get away with it so easily. She took away Xiang Yutang's lunch box. "Tell me the truth. What on earth is going on?"
Xiang Yutang scratched her face and whispered, "Didn't I tell you? I farted in front of Teacher Zhu today, so I'm too embarrassed to mention him now!"
Zhuo Ziyu still didn't believe it. "If you were just embarrassed, you wouldn't react like this. Tell me the truth. What's going on?"
Xiang Yutang couldn't hide it anymore and had to come clean. "I'm telling you, but you can't say I'm useless."
"Go ahead."
"I think I've fallen for Teacher Zhu." After saying that, Xiang Yutang fell silent and waited for Zhuo Ziyu's response.
Zhuo Ziyu was stunned for a moment and couldn't believe it. "You've fallen for Teacher Zhu?! How is that possible? What about Ultraman?!"
Xiang Yutang said pitifully, "I also think I'm letting Ultraman down. Wuwuwu."
Zhuo Ziyu pinched the bridge of her nose. "Tangtang, how did you know you've fallen for Teacher Zhu?"
"I dreamed that I kissed him." Although she was very embarrassed, Xiang Yutang still said it.
Zhuo Ziyu was speechless. If it were something else, she could have hinted to Xiang Yutang that it wasn't love, but they'd even kissed. This...
"What exactly happened?"
"Well, when we were out, I kept saying he was gay. He said if I kept doing that, he'd prove whether he was gay or not. Then that night, I dreamed that he kissed me in that situation."
"What happened after that? Did anything actually happen between the two of you?!" Zhuo Ziyu looked at her worriedly.
Thinking of the kiss last night, Xiang Yutang immediately shook her head and denied it. "No, no!" If Zhuo Ziyu knew what happened last night, she'd definitely freak out.
Zhuo Ziyu pursed her lips and didn't know what to say for a moment.
"Ziyu, what should I do?" Xiang Yutang looked at her pitifully. She'd never liked any man other than Ultraman before.
Zhuo Ziyu didn't know what to do either. She said euphemistically, "Actually, I think it's just a dream. It doesn't necessarily mean you're in love." She still didn't want Xiang Yutang to get involved with Zhu Zhengchu.
Xiang Yutang whispered, "But it's never been like this before."
"Ziyu, do you also think Teacher Zhu is gay and there's no possibility between me and him?"
Zhuo Ziyu: ...
Zhu Zhengchu wasn't exactly gay. It was just that the two of them weren't very suitable for each other.
Seeing Zhuo Ziyu not saying a word, Xiang Yutang felt even more disappointed.
"Tangtang, what do you like about Teacher Zhu?"
Xiang Yutang began to list Zhu Zhengchu's merits one by one. "Teacher Zhu is very handsome. He can sing, he's gentle, and he always takes good care of us."
Although Zhuo Ziyu knew that everything Xiang Yutang said was true, she still felt a strong sense of discomfort.
She originally wanted to persuade Xiang Yutang more, but seeing Xiang Yutang looking so dejected, she didn't know what to say.
"Forget it, Ziyu. Don't worry about me. I'll figure it out myself. I'll take another nap first."
"Okay." Zhuo Ziyu covered her with the quilt. She also needed some time to think about countermeasures.
In the afternoon, Xiang Yutang went to training with Zhuo Ziyu. On the way, they met Zhu Zhengchu. Xiang Yutang wanted to pretend not to see him, but Zhu Zhengchu walked up to them.
"Had enough sleep?"
Xiang Yutang whispered, "Yes."
Zhuo Ziyu pulled Xiang Yutang and walked towards the training room while saying, "Teacher Zhu, we're going to gather for training. We won't talk to you for now."
Zhu Zhengchu watched their backs and smiled.
At night, Zhu Zhengchu stopped Xiang Yutang at the dormitory door.
Zhuo Ziyu stayed in the training room to teach a teammate some moves, leaving Xiang Yutang alone.
For the first time, Zhu Zhengchu felt the words "shy" and "gentle" on the usually bold Xiang Yutang.
"Deliberately avoiding me?" Zhu Zhengchu got straight to the point.
Xiang Yutang shook her head. "Where have I been avoiding you!"
Zhu Zhengchu folded his arms. "I asked you to come to my dorm for dinner. Why didn't you come? The dinner I prepared for you is cold."
Xiang Yutang made an excuse. "During dinner, the teammates were all chatting about their experiences. How could I leave first?"
Zhu Zhengchu smiled. "Chatting about experiences? Then tell me, what did you come up with?"
Xiang Yutang choked. "It... It doesn't matter what we talked about. I'm going up to take a shower."
"You didn't even call me master today. How can you say you're not avoiding me?"
"I just forgot. Master! I called you, okay!" Xiang Yutang tried to bypass him and go up, but Zhu Zhengchu grabbed her arm.
"You hardly ate anything at dinner. Come to my dorm and eat something. I bought a lot of crayfish for you."
"No, thanks, master. I'm not hungry today."
Zhu Zhengchu said in a slightly regretful tone, "Oh well, if you don't want it, that's fine. I even bought a genuine Ultraman figurine. I heard it's out of print."
Xiang Yutang suddenly couldn't move her feet.
Zhu Zhengchu continued, "Oh well, since you don't seem to like it, I'll give it to my three - year - old nephew. Kids should like this kind of thing."
"Wait a minute!" Sure enough, Xiang Yutang was deceived.
"What does that Ultraman look like? Let me see." Xiang Yutang said awkwardly.
Zhu Zhengchu said, "I didn't take a picture. If you want to see it, you can come with me and take a look."
Xiang Yutang thought about it. It was an Ultraman figurine. Should she go and take a look? Maybe it was a figurine she didn't have?!
In the end, she followed Zhu Zhengchu. She comforted herself that everything was worth it for the sake of Ultraman. Anyway, she'd been to his dorm so many times and there was nothing to be afraid of.
Zhu Zhengchu opened his door, and Xiang Yutang walked in. "Where's the figurine? Master, why are there so many flowers here?"
Xiang Yutang saw the room full of roses. She thought it was some mysterious ceremony or that Zhu Zhengchu was going to take a bath with these flowers. But it had nothing to do with her. She just wanted to find her cute Ultraman.
While Xiang Yutang was only focused on finding the figurine and ignoring the roses, Zhu Zhengchu suddenly hugged her from behind. Xiang Yutang stiffened up completely.
Zhu Zhengchu lowered his head, and his magnetic voice sounded in her ear. "Tangtang, be my girlfriend, okay?"