Lin Zhexia was left speechless by this person’s shamelessness.
But she couldn’t argue back.
Because she had indeed tricked him before PE class.
Lin Zhexia: “I just forgot to bring money today, at worst, I’ll pay you back later.”
She said this while closing the page on her phone.
“Besides, who wants to look at you anyway?” she said, “you’re just average-looking at best.”
The words had barely left her mouth.
The bus happened to arrive at the next stop, jolting violently as it braked.
At the same time, Chi Yao, who had been standing next to her looking down, suddenly bent over, reducing the distance between them, bringing his face close to hers.
He pulled at the corner of his lips, looking at her up close, and said with a cold smile: “I’m just average-looking?”
“…”
Lin Zhexia maintained her position looking up at him, took another serious look, and then candidly said: “Getting closer won’t help, no matter how I look at you, I still think you’re quite ordinary.”
Chi Yao tugged at the corner of his mouth: “So who was it that sent me a message during break, calling me a handsome guy?”
Lin Zhexia: “As you said yourself, I was going crazy then.”
Chi Yao had only bent down to get close to her for that moment, then quickly straightened up, appearing as if he couldn’t be bothered to argue with her: “Take a day off tomorrow, I’ll take you to the hospital.”
Lin Zhexia: “What for?”
Chi Yao said coolly: “Since you don’t need your eyes, you can donate them to someone who does.”
Lin Zhexia looked at him, couldn’t help shaking her head, and sighed sincerely: “Not only are you average-looking, but you’re also petty.”
After returning home, Lin He had already prepared dinner and was waiting for her.
Lin Zhexia showed the test paper she had taken today to Lin He, who expressed satisfaction with the score: “I told you, the early bird catches the worm, there’s truth in that saying.”
Lin Zhexia lowered her head to eat, too lazy to correct the idea that she wasn’t a “slow bird” anymore.
Lin He put down the test paper: “Although you did well on this first test of the semester, you can’t get complacent. The upcoming studies are important… By the way, you did well this time, and it’s largely thanks to Chi Yao.”
Lin Zhexia couldn’t help but protest: “I think it’s mainly because I’m quite smart.”
Lin He: “You’re smart? Count for yourself, how many problems on this paper did Chi Yao not teach you?”
Lin Zhexia: “…” fought
“But you know,” Lin Zhexia continued, “there’s a saying that goes, even a skilled housewife can’t cook without rice.”
Lin He: “I don’t want to argue with you. After you finish eating, take this fruit basket over to Chi Yao.”
Lin Zhexia had no choice but to agree.
That evening, before she could see Chi Yao, she ran into He Yang on her way to deliver the fruit basket.
He Yang was carrying a game cartridge: “Going to Yao-ge’s place? Shall we go together?”
Lin Zhexia didn’t really want to go in the first place, and seeing a potential errand-runner, she shoved the fruit basket into He Yang’s hands: “You go, help me take this to him.”
He Yang held the fruit basket: “You’re not going?”
“Fine, I’ll be off then.”
He Yang had barely taken a few steps before Lin Zhexia called him back.
“Wait.”
Lin Zhexia stopped him and said, “I have something to ask you.”
The sky had already darkened, and insects were buzzing constantly.
The two of them squatted by the edge of a garden bed, chatting while swatting mosquitoes.
He Yang was confused: “Xia-ge, hurry up and ask. I’ve already got several mosquito bites on my legs.”
Lin Zhexia recalled those forum replies and didn’t know why she had impulsively called him back. She organized her thoughts and asked: “You were in the same school as Chi Yao before. Back then at school… well, were there also many blind people who thought he was very handsome?”
He Yang’s expression became somewhat complex.
Although he didn’t understand why Lin Zhexia suddenly cornered him with this question, he answered honestly: “By your standards, there might not have been many people with normal vision at our old school.”
He Yang continued: “But why are you asking about this?”
Lin Zhexia wanted to ask about the meaning behind “will be rejected terribly,” but thinking about it, she felt it would be strange to ask such a question, so she dropped it: “Nothing, just suddenly realized there are quite a lot of blind people in this world.”
A beep sounded.
He Yang opened the door to Chi Yao’s home.
As soon as they entered, they ran into Chi Yao coming out of the bathroom.
Chi Yao had been adjusting his clothes, the neckline of which was too large and looked somewhat improper.
Seeing it was He Yang, he didn’t bother fixing it anymore.
“What are you carrying?” Chi Yao said, “Don’t put it in here.”