Chapter 74: Probably Fallen in Love
After Jiang Qiao finished explaining problems to others, she noticed Xu Si’s expression didn’t look good. She softly asked: “Did I disturb you?”
Hearing her gentle voice, his annoyance mysteriously dissipated. Xu Si said “No” and went back to sleeping.
While the boy was asking Jiang Qiao about problems, Xu Si suddenly lifted his head. His expression was fierce, carrying morning grumpiness from interrupted sleep, with bloodshot eyes. His hair was messy from being pressed down.
The boy felt intimidated, realizing he’d disturbed this troublemaker’s sleep. Everyone in Class 17 knew Xu Si sat in the last row for a simple reason – convenient for sleeping.
He held his test booklet and said to Jiang Qiao: “Top student Jiang, thanks for explaining the problems. I’ll ask the teacher about the other questions later.”
Jiang Qiao said “okay” then looked at Xu Si beside her, noticing his slightly messy hair: “Did I wake you?”
Xu Si gave her a “what do you think” expression. He stared at her as she looked up at him, touched her face, then gave a slightly embarrassed smile. Somehow it was quite cute.
Xu Si stared at her for a long while.
Jiang Qiao thought he was still angry, tugged his sleeve, and offered him candy.
Xu Si wasn’t angry at all. He looked at the candy she offered, then took it: “Trying to appease me, little bookworm?”
“Huh?”
Jiang Qiao thought he wanted her to comfort him, saying softly: “Don’t be angry anymore.”
The little bookworm seemed to misunderstand his meaning.
Xu Si’s mouth curved slightly – but this wasn’t bad either. His mood mysteriously improved.
That evening.
After showering and feeding his cat, Xu Si lay in bed playing Happy Eliminate. A thought suddenly popped into his head – could that guy be chatting with the little bookworm now?
No. What did it matter if she was chatting with someone?
He continued playing, but couldn’t focus anymore. Just thinking about her video chatting with others, smiling at others, made him extremely irritated.
A few minutes later, he opened Tieba and posted a question:
“My desk mate has good grades and is well-behaved. Someone’s pursuing my desk mate, why am I bothered? When others ask my desk mate (opposite gender) questions, why does that also bother me?”
After posting, he left and sent Jiang Qiao a message.
Xu Si: Watch Yuan Yuan bathe.
In the photo, the wet cat sat in a water basin, its eyes looking at the camera, somewhat amusing.
Jiang Qiao replied quickly.
[Little Heartless One]: Hahaha, so funny. [Little Heartless One]: What’s it doing now?
Xu Si took another photo of Yuan Yuan and sent it.
Xu Si: Watching me chat with you. Xu Si: It likes you quite a bit.
Yuan Yuan nudged Xu Si’s arm, seemingly unhappy about him sharing its unflattering photo.
Xu Si squeezed its face: “Be good, don’t move.”
Yuan Yuan put a paw on him.
Xu Si stared at it for a while: “Has your food been too good lately? Your face looks bigger.”
Yuan Yuan squeezed into his arms, bringing its head close to his face, as if saying: I haven’t gotten fat.
“Fine, you haven’t gotten fat, I’m the one who’s fat.”
Jiang Qiao’s message came quickly.
[Little Heartless One]: I like it quite a bit too.
Yuan Yuan’s big face got close to the phone screen. Xu Si pulled its head back: “What are you looking at? She’s saying she likes you.”
Yuan Yuan seemed to understand, happily jumping off Xu Si and rolling around on the bed.
Xu Si immediately recorded a video and sent it.
[Little Heartless One]: What happened to it? It looks so happy. Xu Si: Happy that you like it. [Jiang Qiao]: So cute hahaha.
After chatting for a while, Xu Si suddenly remembered that guy again and sent a message.
Xu Si: Finished your homework? [Little Heartless One]: Just finished. [Little Heartless One]: Rest early, you seemed very sleepy during the day. Xu Si: Okay.
After replying, he suddenly wanted to ask: What about you? Not sleeping? Or discussing problems with him?
He felt the last sentence was strange and didn’t send it. Why did he keep thinking about this?
Seeing Jiang Qiao’s goodnight message, he sent one back.
A few stars scattered across the dark night sky.
Unable to sleep, Xu Si played games in bed until his eyes felt dry. He rubbed them.
Just as he lay down to sleep, he suddenly remembered the question he’d asked earlier. He retrieved his phone from under his pillow.
Opening his question, there were already 99 comments.
[Chen Zhu Qi]: Brother, this is definitely love. Being so close, make your move quickly!
[Agonie]: From OP’s description, I’m guessing he’s never dated before. This is absolutely love, trust me, brother.
[Sun Wukong Jie]: Student-age love is indeed beautiful.
[Save Me Save Me]: “My desk mate is well-behaved, has good grades.” Just from these few words, I can tell you have feelings for her. Reading the later parts, I see my past self – uncertain of my feelings, unsure if it was love, and ended up missing my chance with the girl I liked. I’m telling you very clearly: this is love.
[Imperial Household Rewards Not Ms. Xu]: If this isn’t love what is it???? Wait, is OP’s desk mate male or female? OP should be a boy right?
Xu Si read many comments, all telling him the same thing.
That it was love.
Xu Si stared at his phone for a long time, no longer sleepy at all.
At 2 AM, Yang Shikun received a message from Xu Si.
His teammates saw their Lei Feng quit the game in the middle of an intense team battle.
[Si-ge]: Let me ask you something. If a girl smiling at others bothers you, why is that? Is it because of love?
[Yang Shikun]: You mean top student Jiang?
Xu Si: …
Xu Si stared at Yang Shikun’s message for a while. Was it that obvious?
Xu Si: I’m asking if it’s love.
[Yang Shikun]: This is definitely love, Si-ge, this is jealousy.
Xu Si put down his phone. A face suddenly appeared in his mind.
Her eyes curved as she smiled obediently. Her small face was palm-sized and fair, with eyes that seemed to see into one’s heart.
Xu Si touched his chest. His heart was racing.
The mouth can lie, but the heart cannot.
He had probably fallen in love with the little bookworm.
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