Chapter 469

"So you really confessed to Wang Yan?" Ruan Guan stared, still unable to believe it.

Looking at the three good sisters staring at her with wide eyes, Zheng Wei waved her hand irritably: "Oh, believe it or not, anyway you'll know tomorrow."

"How could you fall for Wang Yan?" Li Weijuan's face was all scrunched up; she really couldn't understand it.

Zhu Xiao Bei nodded and said: "Yeah, what on earth were you thinking?"

"Does liking someone need a reason?" Zheng Wei smiled brightly: "Anyway, I just like him. They all say that a woman chasing a man is separated by a layer of gauze; I just don't believe it. Can he really be indifferent? You guys, why am I so cheap?"

Ruan Guan's eyes rolled to the sky: "Miss, you know that?"

"I just like him, I don't know how. You guys say I didn't get along with him before and never said a few words, but I just can't forget him. You don't know, when I was home on break..." Zheng Wei shared her emotional journey of liking the man surnamed Wang without any avoidance.

The three listened in a daze; after all, Zheng Wei herself didn't know how she liked him, so how could they understand? Anyway, listening to it, they exchanged opinions with their eyes, and the unified conclusion was that she was cheap.

After Zheng Wei finished speaking, she looked at the future she imagined with hope—a beautiful story of growing old together.

Seeing her like this, Zhu Xiao Bei shook her head, pondered for a moment, and still spoke up to interrupt Zheng Wei's beautiful fantasy: "Zheng Wei, there's something I think it's better to tell you."

"What is it?" Zheng Wei came back to her senses, was stunned for a moment, and said: "Oh, right, you have a good relationship with Wang Yan, you know him better, tell me about it."

Zhu Xiao Bei let out a long breath and didn't take the bait. She was close to Wang Yan, but she didn't dare say she understood him. It was just that Wang Yan was too amazing; although he was smiling in front of her, she always felt she couldn't see through him.

She asked: "Remember that senior I told you about before?"

Li Weijuan nodded: "Mm, didn't we say Old Wang likes older women back then? What's wrong? They aren't really having an affair, are they?"

"Don't go spreading this, or Wang Yan will blame me." Zhu Xiao Bei gave a disclaimer first, then continued: "They went to our barbecue shop this afternoon, and it happened to be evening, so I ate a little with them. That Shi Jie was very natural when picking food for Wang Yan, and sometimes even fed him a couple of bites. The two were very affectionate. My intuition tells me they definitely have something going on. So..."

Zheng Wei frowned tightly: "Are you telling the truth?"

"Look, why would I lie to you? As a good sister, I'm reminding you, don't end up with nowhere to cry when the time comes."

"Yeah, Zheng Wei, you should still consider it carefully." Ruan Guan followed up with advice.

Li Weijuan watched quietly from the side without speaking.

After a long silence, Zheng Wei waved her hand, still full of indifference: "Oh, it's not even clear if they are together, why worry about that? Besides, so what if they are together? As long as they aren't married, it doesn't matter. I just don't believe that I, Zheng Wei, am worse than that Shi Jie. I'm not talking to you guys anymore, I'm going to wash up; I was too excited just now and ran around the playground for half a day..."

Watching her grumble while changing clothes and carrying a basin to the water room, Ruan Guan shook her head: "She's hopeless."

"Anyway, I don't think well of it." Li Weijuan lay down on the bed: "Old Wang is not simple. Look, Old Wang is rich, capable, and good at studying; even if he's worse in the future, he won't be that bad. His future is limitless. In my opinion, for someone like him, 99 out of 100 are heartless playboys. For someone like Zheng Wei who is throwing herself at him, humph..."

Ruan Guan understood the meaning behind her words and waved her hand with a smile: "You aren't pushing Old Wang highly, why are you saying that about him now? And why is it 99? What about the one?"

"Me pushing Old Wang is one thing, but it doesn't stop me from talking about him. Besides, even if he really is a heartless playboy, it doesn't matter..." Li Weijuan shook her head, dispelling the bad thoughts: "We are friends with him, not dating him. As for why it's 99, of course, the remaining one doesn't like women, he likes men."

Ruan Guan felt a chill: "It's not as exaggerated as you say; there are definitely good people."

"You'll know if I'm right in the future."

Zhu Xiao Bei sighed: "I asked Wang Yan before what kind of girl he likes, and he said he likes pretty ones. I asked him what traits he likes, and he said he likes those he hits it off with. I asked him what if there are many he hits it off with? He said why can't he have them all? He also said every man wants to have a wife and concubines, and he wants that too. He yearns for the red flag at home not to fall, while the colorful flags outside flutter."

Li Weijuan clapped her hands: "Look, what did I say? I knew it, no man is a good thing."

Ruan Guan glared at her reproachfully: "You guys don't know, Old Wang has always been carefree; I guess he was just joking to tease Xiao Bei."

"Mm, maybe. Anyway, when he told me, he was indeed smiling, as if he didn't take it seriously."

"Pfft, which day is he not smiling? Who knows what he's really thinking, true or false." Li Weijuan did a sit-up and sat back at the table: "Alright, let's do our own thing; it has nothing to do with us. Let's see what kind of magical powers our Miss Zheng has to take Old Wang under her pomegranate skirt."

After a while, Zheng Wei returned, didn't look at her books or homework, just lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling and pondering her plan. The other three tacitly didn't speak; they hadn't failed to persuade her before, but it was obvious that a stubborn heart couldn't be persuaded, so they could only wait to watch the show...

Wang Yan got up early as usual. The other three boys were still sleeping soundly. He quietly changed his clothes, went to the water room to wash his face, went downstairs to get the key from the old man at the door, unlocked the door, pushed it open, and left the dorm building.

As soon as he came out, he saw Zheng Wei standing at the bulletin board outside the dorm building, moving her body with big motions, but constantly yawning with her mouth wide open.

"Morning."

Wang Yan nodded slightly without speaking, stretching his arms and legs to warm up at the dorm entrance.

Good, at least he responded to the greeting. Zheng Wei secretly cheered herself on: "I wasn't lying to you, I really like you, although I don't know when it started, but liking is liking. I've decided, I'll run with you every day from now on."

Wang Yan glanced at her, then spread his legs, opened his arms, arched his body backward, twisted his neck left and right, and jogged toward the outside of the school.

Zheng Wei hurriedly followed. Her muscles were still sore from running around the playground yesterday, but she just endured it. She exclaimed: "The air in the morning is so fresh; breathing it makes one feel energetic. It seems it's better to get up early; you can see a lot of scenery you don't usually see."

Wang Yan had a process of accelerating when running. At first, Zheng Wei could still chatter beside him, but she couldn't keep up as soon as they left the school gate. Watching Wang Yan run faster and faster, Zheng Wei stopped talking, gritted her teeth and followed. After a while, she could only stand on the road, hands on her knees, panting heavily, watching Wang Yan's figure quickly moving away.

"Bastard, I won't give up."

She cursed, turned around, and walked back dejectedly. She took back her words about running with him every day; he was too much of an animal to be served. She returned to the dorm and fell into a deep sleep amidst the resentment of her three good sisters...

Wang Yan's learning progress was very fast; whether it was civil engineering or architecture, he was no longer studying freshman courses. So he didn't attend classes with Ruan Guan and the others, or Zhang Kai and the others during the day, and often didn't attend classes at all, studying in the library or the dorm, making his whereabouts very hard to track. But regardless, he still had to eat.

At noon, unsurprisingly, he saw the group of four led by Zheng Wei outside the cafeteria.

"You guys aren't being very proper. It's one thing not to control this one whose brain has a problem, but what are you doing now? Watching the show at close range?" Wang Yan directly ignored Zheng Wei, who was stepping forward, and looked at the three girls with displeasure.

"It's not just watching the show, we're also treating you to lunch. It used to be you treating us, this time we're treating you." Li Weijuan punched Wang Yan in the chest: "Besides, we aren't being improper. Think about it, our Miss Zheng is a popular figure in school, and there are countless people thinking about her; you should be content. Now the whole school knows about yesterday's incident, and you're famous again, how great."

Wang Yan glanced at Zheng Wei behind him, who was thanking Li Weijuan, shook his head helplessly, bypassed them, and entered the cafeteria. The four girls exchanged glances and happily followed behind, chattering away.

Ordering a table full of stir-fried dishes, Wang Yan ate lunch with four women and Zhang Kai, whom he met halfway. This was also Zheng Wei's idea. Anyway, it used to be that she was invited because she invited Ruan Guan and the others, so now she pulled them all in, so he couldn't run away.

The process of eating was, of course, very awkward. Wang Yan didn't say a word, Zheng Wei was there making small talk, and Ruan Guan and the others were helping out.

After eating, Wang Yan didn't say anything, waved his hand, and left without another word, leaving Zhang Kai and the five others watching him go away.

Looking at Zheng Wei, who was gazing longingly with a depressed expression, Zhang Kai shook his head: "Weiwei, listen to Brother Zhang's advice, Old Wang doesn't have any interest in you; a twisted melon isn't sweet. Besides, even if you twisted it and it really happened, you'd be the one suffering in the end, so stop tossing and turning."

Ruan Guan nodded: "Old Zhang is right, really, you saw him like that just now, is there any difference from the past?"

"I think so too, Miss Zheng, you should really look in the mirror and see how you're pouting; are you hit by a blow? If not, you should consider it again." Li Weijuan nodded repeatedly.

Zhu Xiao Bei didn't speak, just smiled and watched, touching her increasingly long hair.

"Impossible, don't persuade me anymore. I, Zheng Wei, am not a person who gives up easily. This is only the first day, I just don't believe he can remain indifferent like this forever. Let's go, let's go, you guys help me come up with ideas on what to do..."

Anyone could see Zheng Wei's far-fetchedness. Even if they had thought of Wang Yan's reaction, when Wang Yan really reacted like that, no one could be happy. Not to mention Zheng Wei, even Ruan Guan and the others who were watching the show felt troubled looking at Zheng Wei, let alone Zheng Wei, the person involved.

Watching the girls walk away, Zhang Kai shook his head and was about to step away, but when he shook his head, he saw two people standing not far away. He changed direction and approached: "A-Zheng, Zeng Yu, watching the show too?"

There were, of course, many others watching here. After all, at this time, it was rare to see someone confessing so boldly like Zheng Wei. From last night until now, it was enough for many people to know this news.

Chen Xiaozheng nodded without speaking. Zeng Yu, on the other hand, smiled and opened her mouth: "Zheng Wei's courage is truly great, and Wang Yan's attitude is truly firm. As far as I know, there are quite a few people who like Zheng Wei."

Zhang Kai dealt with them for a couple of sentences and turned to leave.

"The crowd has dispersed, let's go too." Zeng Yu looked at Chen Xiaozheng, who was a bit stunned: "It's quite interesting, huh? As far as I know, Zheng Wei and Wang Yan were at odds before, but now Zheng Wei actually confessed to Wang Yan; the world is truly unpredictable."

Chen Xiaozheng still hung his dead-man face: "At this age, the most important thing is studying; acting like them is just wasting time. But who let them be rich? Wang Yan is also so good at studying. Let's go, the show is theirs, it has nothing to do with us." He sighed, once again lamenting that different people have different fates...

"Two eights."

"Pair of circles."

"I'll pass!"

Wang Yan returned to the dorm and happened to pass by the smoky dorm 310. Zheng Wei was sitting there with her legs crossed, playing cards with Zhang Kai, Xu Kaiyang, and others, along with some onlookers.

Seeing him appear at the door, Zheng Wei threw away the cards in her hand and ran out, ignoring Xu Kaiyang, who was about to die of anger, and followed Wang Yan.

Wang Yan took out the key to open the dorm door and glanced to the side: "Pestering?"

"Call it whatever you want, anyway, I'm willing." Seeing Wang Yan open the door and go in, she directly wanted to follow behind, but with a bang, she bumped into the door—a standard cold shoulder.

She winced, rubbing her head, and leaned against the door to recover for a long while. She didn't leave; instead, she curled her index finger at the door and knocked rhythmically, "Dang, dang, dang." She didn't believe Wang Yan could hold it in.

Sure enough, less than two minutes later, the dorm door was opened, and Wang Yan looked at her somewhat helplessly.

Zheng Wei chuckled triumphantly and squeezed in forcefully. She ran directly to the lower bunk, lay down, leaned against the headboard, and stared straight at Wang Yan.

"What on earth do you want to do?"

"I told you, I like you."

"I said I know, isn't that enough? You have to understand, not all liking has a response."

Zheng Wei didn't care: "What if I insist on a response?"

Wang Yan shook his head: "You're being unreasonable."

"I'm being unreasonable, so what? I just want to be with you."

"I'm not a good person, I'm very heartless. Even if I'm with you, I'll still be flirting everywhere." Wang Yan looked at her calmly and repeated what he had said to Shi Jie, speaking the truth: "Don't think I'm making up excuses or trying to scare you, because that's really unnecessary; I never lie. So, are you still going to persist?"

Zheng Wei was no longer triumphant; her legs, which were dangling on the stool, stopped. She sat up, looked at Wang Yan with strange eyes, pondered for a long while, and said: "I heard you are very close to a senior who is four years your senior?"

"Zhu Xiao Bei told you, right? No need to deny it, she's the one who saw it. I won't lie to you either; we are indeed very close."

"Are you together?" Seeing him nod, Zheng Wei asked: "Then does she know what you just said?"

"Of course, I never lie, and I would never deceive others casually."

Looking at Wang Yan's calm eyes, Zheng Wei believed his words. No matter what, she couldn't imagine that the person she liked was like this; the impact on her was too great.

"Aren't you afraid of breaking the law?"

"I remember there are still some law-popularization books in the library; you can go take a look and understand them well."

Another long silence, looking down to think from time to time, looking up at Wang Yan, who was hugging his arms and smiling, from time to time, she let out a long breath and stood up: "I'm going back first."

Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, not bothering with her anymore. He pulled the rumpled bed sheet, wiped the stool that had been stepped on and dirtied, picked up a book, and sat at the table to read, but a faint smile hung on his lips...

After a while, Zhang Kai walked in: "I just saw Zheng Wei looking unhappy; she was cursing you while wiping her tears. You didn't bully her, did you?"

"Do I look like that kind of person?"

"Not necessarily."

"Get lost."

Zhang Kai sat down with a chuckle: "Old Wang, what on earth did you say? Reveal it to me? I saw her like that, she's probably not coming to find you again. What did you say that was so powerful?"

"Then don't worry about it, hurry up and leave, don't disturb my learning progress."

A genius can't be compared to. Zhang Kai curled his lip, bummed a cigarette, and turned to leave...

Zheng Wei returned to the dorm dejectedly. Ignoring Ruan Guan's concern, she climbed onto the upper bunk and lay down to play dead.

The love story she wanted was a sweet, inseparable one, but now the man she inexplicably liked told her very directly and shamelessly that he was a heartless person.

She couldn't imagine how Wang Yan could say such shameless words. He was still a freshman, yet he was talking to her about future success, about the possibility of attracting bees and butterflies, and about how he couldn't hold back. Although she firmly believed Wang Yan could achieve success—after all, the ability he showed was there, so there was no reason he wouldn't succeed—this person was really too shameless.

Lying on the bed, the more she thought, the angrier she got; the angrier she got, the more she thought. Slowly, tears slid from the corners of her eyes again, wetting the pillow.

Ruan Guan was the only one in the dorm. Seeing Zheng Wei like this, she stepped on the stool, leaned over the edge of the bed, and asked with concern: "Zheng Wei, what's wrong with you? Say something? Did Wang Yan bully you?"

"No, Ruan Guan, just don't ask."

"What on earth is wrong? He didn't bully you, why are you crying?"

Zheng Wei's voice was choked with sobs, feeling extremely aggrieved: "I don't want to like Wang Yan anymore."

"Why? You confessed yesterday, pestered him shamelessly today, and you don't like him tonight?"

"It's just... it's just..." Zheng Wei still didn't choose to say what Wang Yan had said to her, because she felt Wang Yan was sorry for her liking, but she didn't want to be a blabbermouth, so she could only be stubborn: "I just don't want to like him anymore."

"What on earth is wrong?" The more she didn't say, the more Ruan Guan wanted to know.

"Really, Ruan Guan, he didn't bully me, and there's nothing else. You guys were right, I was just too impulsive and spoke too early. I should have listened to you yesterday and shouldn't have been so reckless."

Zheng Wei just cried, and Ruan Guan didn't see anything, and thinking that Wang Yan wasn't a person who bullied others, she took Zheng Wei's tears as regret: "Alright, it's not too late for you to know now. Stop crying, isn't it just being impulsive once? It's no big deal. I have a few bottles of beer here, want to drink some?"

"Okay." Zheng Wei wiped her tears and ran directly to Ruan Guan's lower bunk, sitting against the wall.

"Pfft~" Ruan Guan opened a can of beer and handed it to Zheng Wei, opened one for herself, took a gulp, and watched Zheng Wei, who was drinking heavily and hiccuping without any elegance: "Look at you, is it worth it?"

"You don't understand, that feeling is very uncomfortable."

"If you put it that way, I really don't have the same experience as you. Are you worried about others gossiping?"

"They can say what they want, I'm not afraid."

"Mm, I think so too, you've always been carefree. However, Zheng Wei, after this time, it might be difficult for you to find a boyfriend in college."

"Li Weijuan is right, no man is a good thing, let's see what fate brings." Zheng Wei waved her hand: "Wan Guan, what are your plans for the future? I mean about your future with Zhao Shiyong."

Ruan Guan smiled: "Just getting married, having children, and then living a plain life together. Life, isn't it all lived like that? Do you want to have a vow of eternal love and be earth-shattering? That's impossible."

"Didn't you say Zhao Shiyong's family is quite rich?"

"Mm, they have a construction company, and isn't it economic construction as the center now? Business is good. Why? You don't think I'm doing it for money, do you?"

"No, no, I know you. If it were for money, that would be Li Weijuan." Zheng Wei shook her head repeatedly: "It's just that I think Li Weijuan is quite right, rich people are all heartless. Listening to what you said before, it seems Zhao Shiyong's mother doesn't agree with you being together, right?"

Ruan Guan nodded: "But Zhao Shiyong said he would persist, and we still have more than three years until graduation, so it's still early to say. Let's see in the future; I believe him."

"You also said Zhao Shiyong listens to his mother the most."

At this moment, looking at Ruan Guan frowning and thinking, Zheng Wei was a bit suspicious of the beautiful story between Ruan Guan and Zhao Shiyong, and she even felt that Wang Yan didn't seem that trashy; at least he told the truth.

She was thinking, if Wang Yan really was as he said, but had deceived her, and she finally discovered it herself, how hysterical would she be, how regretful would she be? Compared to that scene, it seemed the harm Wang Yan gave her now was the smallest. She even had to be grateful to Wang Yan for letting her off and not harming her.

Because she knew very well that if Wang Yan chose to deceive, they would definitely be together, and before long, many things would happen naturally.

She hurriedly shook her head forcefully, wanting to dispel the figure that was always smiling in her mind...

The two talked like this until Zhu Xiao Bei, who was studying in the library, and Li Weijuan, who was at the English corner, returned. Knowing that Zheng Wei didn't want to like Wang Yan anymore, they joined in and started criticizing Zheng Wei's recklessness, and couldn't help but hold another small meeting about Old Wang.

They were still as happy and laughing as ever, as if nothing had happened...