Qian Fei coughed and said to her curious classmates, “By my calculations, he should be marrying the vice president’s niece soon!”
Her classmates looked at her in surprise. “You don’t know? Oh right, you came late and didn’t hear. The class monitor asked him when we could drink at his wedding with his new girlfriend, and he said he broke up with her during the New Year!”
Another classmate chimed in, “I heard it was because that girl had a terrible temper and was rude to Wang Ruohai’s mother during the New Year!”
Qian Fei was stunned. At that moment, the class monitor came over with a notebook, saying, “Everyone, please write down your contact information. Many classmates have changed their phone numbers. Once I’ve collected them all, I’ll make a directory and send it to everyone!”
The monitor handed the notebook to Qian Fei for her to write her number. Qian Fei took it and saw that Wang Ruohai had just finished writing his.
She frowned and pushed the notebook back to the monitor, “I’ll write mine after everyone else is done.”
The monitor smiled and said, “Oh, you’re still bothered by it!”
As he was about to take the notebook to others, Qian Fei suddenly remembered something and quickly snatched it back.
She stared at Wang Ruohai’s phone number, finding it increasingly familiar.
The monitor, confused by her actions, asked what was wrong. She shoved the notebook back into his arms, said “Nothing!” and walked to a corner to check her phone.
Strangely, she couldn’t find the text message from her birthday no matter how hard she looked.
Back on the home screen, she had a sudden realization and checked the blacklist in her 360 Security app.
There she found the “Happy Birthday” text message.
The number matched exactly with the one next to Wang Ruohai’s name in the notebook.
She laughed silently, thinking it was fate that even her phone couldn’t stand Wang Ruohai and had automatically blacklisted him.
Just as she was about to turn off her phone screen, a voice suddenly came from beside her: “Why did you blacklist me?”
Qian Fei looked up to find Wang Ruohai standing in front of her.
Qian Fei turned off her screen and looked at Wang Ruohai with a mocking smile. “Didn’t you blacklist me too?” Recalling how she couldn’t reach him that day no matter how many times she called, she suddenly understood everything. “Wang Ruohai, you’re quite interesting. Did you pull this stunt after breaking up? Thanks for remembering my birthday! But why did you blacklist me right after sending the text? Were you afraid I’d find out it was you and think you still cared, then cling to you relentlessly?” She stared at him coldly, her lips curled in derision. “You think too highly of yourself if you believe you’re that memorable!”
Wang Ruohai looked at her, and despite her mockery, a hint of confusion appeared in his eyes. “Qian Fei, you seem different somehow!”
She used to talk to him like a tomboy, but now there was an indescribable charm in her expression. In less than a year, who had changed her like this, giving her a womanly allure?
Qian Fei glanced at him, not wanting to continue the conversation, and turned to leave.
Wang Ruohai suddenly grabbed her arm. “Qian Fei, let’s make a deal…”
Before he could finish, Qian Fei looked up at him with a fierce glare and hissed, “Let go!”
Wang Ruohai’s palm went limp at her shout.
He released her and said, “Okay, I’ll let go! Qian Fei, let’s make a deal. Can we unblock each other?”
Qian Fei looked at him with a sardonic smile. “Are you drunk? Is that necessary?”
Wang Ruohai smiled. “I drove here, so I haven’t been drinking!”
She rolled her eyes at him and turned to walk away.
After everyone had registered their contact information, the group clamored to go singing. Qian Fei wanted to leave, but the class monitor held onto her tightly.
“Yao Jingjing not coming is already a big loss. If you leave too, the atmosphere will be completely dead!” He dragged her along to the KTV.
When it came time to pay for the room, Wang Ruohai footed the bill again.
The class monitor couldn’t help but whisper to Qian Fei, “Look at Dahai’s demeanor now, he’s like a completely different person from before!”
Qian Fei scoffed and pursed her lips.
Although she was disdainful, she also felt that Wang Ruohai had indeed changed somehow. He seemed less frivolous than before, more steady.
It seemed that money did have some weight to it, capable of transforming a loser into a successful person.
Sitting on the sofa, Qian Fei felt uncomfortable. As her classmates sang, Wang Ruohai sat not far from her, his gaze unabashedly sweeping over her. The class monitor, whether intentionally or not, kept praising Wang Ruohai to her, going on about how he had become so capable and admirable, and how touching it was that he had taken over all the class monitor duties.
After listening for a while, Qian Fei couldn’t take it anymore and asked impatiently, “Did Wang Ruohai promise to pay for the karaoke if you put in a good word for him with me?”
She was just venting her anger with a random guess. To her surprise, the class monitor’s eyes widened, and he drunkenly rubbed his face, “Was I that obvious? You could tell? Oh no, I must be drunk. My wife is going to kill me when I get home!”
Qian Fei didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
“Class monitor, can you please stop wasting your efforts on this useless cause? It’s over between us, and he was the one who initiated the breakup. There’s no way we’re getting back together!”
She stood up, put on her coat, and walked over to Wang Ruohai, looking down at him. “Come out for a second!”
Wang Ruohai promptly stood up and followed her out of the room.
Once outside, Qian Fei faced Wang Ruohai and asked pointedly, “Wang Ruohai, what are you trying to do?”
Wang Ruohai met her gaze, not avoiding her knife-like stare. “I’m not entirely sure, but seeing you today, I just couldn’t take my eyes off you!”
Qian Fei let out a derisive laugh. “And then what? You want to get back together?”
To her surprise, Wang Ruohai nodded. “I’ve been thinking about it.”
Qian Fei asked coldly, “Since when? Surely not around my birthday? Back then, you were so afraid I’d cling to you that you blacklisted me!”
Wang Ruohai answered honestly, with an air of frankness, “Actually, I’ve been hesitating from after the New Year until your birthday. But when you walked in tonight, I made up my mind!” He looked at Qian Fei, not blinking. “You’ve changed, not just outwardly, but inside too. You’re no longer as vulgar and petty as before!”
Qian Fei laughed coldly, “Wang Ruohai, you’re truly ridiculous! Did a donkey kick your head? What gives you the right to hesitate? As if I’ve been waiting for you all this time! Oh, you got lonely after breaking up, so you thought of coming back to me? But you found too many things about me unsatisfactory, so you hesitated? Who do you think you’re treating as a backup? Where do you get the confidence? And why should I look back at you just because I’ve changed? Wang Ruohai, I’ve realized you’re truly shameless!”
She turned and walked out of the KTV.