Chi Fang stared in Jiang Li's direction. His clenched fist made a rattling sound, the new tablemate shrank his neck in fright and hurriedly picked up the book he placed on the table. "I'm sorry Chi ge, I'll leave right away!"
"Leave for what?"
Chi Fang looked back at him and said in a cold tone, "Just sit here for Lao zi and don't move."
"…Yes, yes Chi ge."
Chi Fang pulled out the stool and sat down. As his movement was too large, the back of the chair slammed into the table behind it, making a "bang" sound which attracted the attention of other people, who all turned to look at him.
Jiang Li also glanced in his direction. Chi Fang looked into his eyes with a cold expression. Jiang Li calmly retracted his gaze, turned around, and sat down facing the blackboard.
Chi Fang stared at the back of his head for a while, his face so cloudy that water almost dripped out, and his new tablemate shivered with fright.
Feng Yu got up late that day and he was almost late for school. As soon as he entered the classroom, the preparatory bell for the early reading session rang. He patted his chest and walked to his seat as he said, "Oh my god, luckily I'm not late, or else I'll be tainting our class 1's repu- Hey!"
He noticed that Chi Fang's tablemate had changed. He looked around the classroom and found that Jiang Li had changed his seat to Xu Haowen's row. He was about to ask Chi Fang what was going on, but the teacher had already walked in.
As soon as the early reading session was over, Feng Yu couldn't wait to ask Chi Fang what happened and why Jiang Li suddenly changed seats.
"Ask me for what, it's none of my business." Chi Fang pushed him away and left the classroom with his hands in his pockets.
Feng Yu shouted "Chi ge, wait for me" and chased Chi Fang out of the classroom.
Jiang Li sat in his seat and previewed the content of the later class. System was a little worried about Chi Fang's reaction. "Lord Host, is this really okay?"
"Don't worry." Jiang Li shook his head and whispered, "I can't coax him all the time."
Even if what Chi Fang said previously was something that he simply said out of impulse, he couldn't ignore the irritability and disrespect for him in his words.
The original host himself had already been bullied in school, whether they were in words or actions. If it wasn't for his strong will, he might have chosen to give up his life long ago.
Jiang Li didn't want to condone Chi Fang to become such a person. He could coax Chi Fang, but he couldn't abandon his own principles.
In the corridor, Chi Fang was leaning against the railing and playing with the lighter with one hand, flipping open the lid with his thumb and closing it with a clatter, going back and forth like this non-stop.
Feng Yu was close with him. From the speed at which he played with the lighter, he knew that he was in a bad mood. He suggested, "Chi ge, I'll treat you to the internet cafe in the afternoon. Let's invite Er Tong and the others to play games and kill them all."
"Boring." Chi Fang lowered his head, showing no interest in his proposal.
"Then let's go ice skating? I heard that the underground ice rink behind the pedestrian street has been expanded. Let's go and try it?"
"Boring."
"Then let's go swimming? My aunt's newly opened swimming pool is top-notch."
"Not going."
"Then let's find Jiang Li."
"…"
The action of Chi Fang's hands stopped for a while, he looked up from the window and glanced towards the classroom. He saw two girls standing by Jiang Li's seat, holding books in their hands, they seemed like they were asking Jiang Li questions.
It had only been a week since school started and he had seen Jiang Li surrounded by people several times. Even the teacher's attitude towards him was different from other students.
It turned out that he was not the only one who found Jiang Li's good character.
Feng Yu noticed his gaze and touched his chin. "Hey, Chi ge, what's the matter with the two of you? Did you guys quarrel?"
Chi Fang withdrew his gaze. "Why are you asking so much? Is it any of your business?"
"Chi ge, I don't agree with your words." Feng Yuyi said righteously, "Both of you are my brothers, I will definitely need to care about your love life."
"Love life?"
"Cough, slip of the tongue, it's friendship life." Feng Yu smiled, "But to be honest, Chi ge, you two are really pretty gay."
Chi Fang: "…"
"Sometimes when I go out with you two, I feel like a third party. It's as if it's a movie of the two of you, but there is an additional person, which is me."
"…"
"If we hadn't known each other for so long that I knew that you are as straight as steel, I would have thought the two of you were in love."
"…"
Chi Fang fell silent for a moment, then scolded, "Stupid."
"Chi ge, why did you scold me? As expected, it's a lot of pressure to speak the truth." Feng Yu shook his head and sighed.
"You deserve to be scolded." Chi Fang stuffed the lighter into his pocket, turned around, and went back to the classroom.
The whole morning, Chi Fang's eyes were all on Jiang Li. Jiang Li looked at the blackboard and he just looked at Jiang Li's back, and he continued to look at him for four lessons consecutively. Whereas Jiang Li listened carefully in class and reviewed after class, he didn't even look back at him.
This situation made Chi Fang feel very irritable, and the feeling of being ignored by the person he liked felt like a stone blocking his chest; the wave of anger was stuck there, making him feel irritable.
Therefore, his expression was also very gloomy.
The new tablemate sitting next to him fully felt his emotional change and was feeling nervous all morning, so he could only try to reduce his own sense of existence.
One day passed, and when Chi Fang came home, he felt the anger accumulated in his stomach.
When he opened the door, he saw Jiang Nuomi squatting on the shoe cabinet. Chi Fang reached out and wanted to hug it. The little guy turned its head, swayed its tail at him, and jumped down from the other side. It ran away and disappeared quickly, obviously still holding grudges towards him for shutting it out of the room.
He was ignored by Jiang Li during the day at school and at night he still needed to face Jiang Nuomi's anger when he came back. Chi Fang was so angry that he almost wanted to laugh, he threw his school bag on the sofa and went straight back to the room to cool off by playing games.
The next day, as soon as Chi Fang arrived downstairs, he saw Jiang Li and Xu Haowen coming downstairs while chatting with cloths and buckets in their hands.
In order not to delay lesson times, there were four students on duty in Senior Two Class One every day. Jiang Li and Xu Haowen were the front and back deskmates and they were coincidentally on duty this day.
The two also saw Chi Fang and their conversation stopped. Jiang Li looked at Chi Fang and did not say a word. Xu Haowen and Chi Fang were not familiar with each other, so he nodded to him as a greeting.
Because of the sketch, Chi Fang felt that Xu Haowen was an eyesore no matter when he looked at him. He ignored his greetings, walked past the two of them, and went upstairs directly.
Xu Haowen glanced back and asked Jiang Li, "Did you guys quarrel?"
"No." Jiang Li said concisely and walked to the bathroom holding a cloth.
Xu Haowen also felt a little strange about Jiang Li's sudden change of seat, but seeing that he didn't want to say more, he didn't ask any more questions and went into the bathroom with the bucket.
The first two lessons were English classes.
As a representative of the English class, Jiang Xingyu went to collect homework one by one. When she walked to Chi Fang's seat, she saw that he had not placed his homework on the corner of the desk, so she reminded aloud, "Chi Fang tongxue, it's time to hand in your homework."
Chi Fang lazily leaned on the back of the chair, glanced at her casually, and ignored her.
When Jiang Li and Chi Fang sat together, all of Chi Fang's homework was handed in by Jiang Li together. Jiang Xingyu didn't need to call at all. Now that Chi Fang didn't cooperate, she didn't dare to ask any more questions. She took the homework of Chi Fang's tablemate and went to collect the next person's homework.
When she was collecting Jiang Li's homework, Jiang Xingyu remembered that he had a good relationship with Chi Fang and couldn't help but tell him that Chi Fang didn't hand in his homework. She then asked in a low voice, "Can you help me ask him if he has done it?"
Jiang Li turned his head and glanced in Chi Fang's direction, which happened to collide with the sight he was looking at. After looking at each other for a few seconds, Jiang Li retracted his gaze and said to Jiang Xingyu, "I'll give it a try."
Jiang Xingyu nodded gratefully. "Thank you, Jiang Li."
Jiang Li smiled and told her welcome. He got up, walked around the table, and walked to Chi Fang's seat. Just halfway there, Chi Fang suddenly stood up and walked outside the classroom without looking at him.
Jiang Li paused in his footsteps, then followed.
The two went downstairs one after the other. Chi Fang walked unhurriedly to the woods behind the teaching building, Jiang Li followed him all the way and the two didn't speak the entire time.
There were only ten minutes between classes and as they walked further and further away, the bell rang for the class.
Jiang Li stopped and called out to Chi Fang, "Where are you going? The class has already started."
"It's none of your business." Chi Fang dissed without looking back, thinking that you're ignoring me, aren't you? Why do you care so much?
"Since you said that, then I'm going back."
Jiang Li didn't hesitate, he just turned around and left. After walking a few steps, rapid footsteps sounded behind him. He was then pushed to the side of the low wall and Chi Fang's voice as he gritted his teeth sounded in his ears, "Going back for what, to look for Xu Haowen again?"
Jiang Li raised his head to look at the person who was pressing him against the wall. He noticed the anger between his brows and shook his head, "I didn't want to look for him."
Chi Fang stared at him closely. "Then what do you mean by changing seats? Do you really have to change to his side?"
"I just don't want you to think I'm annoying." Jiang Li whispered.
"When do I find you annoying, don't…"
Chi Fang's words came to an abrupt end, remembering what he said the other day about "he was most annoyed by gays", and instantly felt a sense of self-inflicted sin. He scolded himself "well deserved" in his heart and explained, "I didn't mean it that way, I was just too angry. You clearly said that you don't like Xu Haowen, but you drew a sketch of him."
We have such a good relationship and yet, you didn't even draw me.
Chi Fang thought so, for some reason, he suddenly felt aggrieved, but still turned his head and said in a low voice, "…I'm sorry."
Seeing him lowering his head and apologizing, Jiang Li sighed in his heart and said softly, "I didn't lie to you, I really don't like Xu Haowen. As for changing seats, other than worrying about you being annoyed, I also want to make my mind clear."
"What do you mean?" Chi Fang frowned.
"As you said, I'm gay." Jiang Li looked directly at him, "I like men, I won't like someone who has nothing to do with me, but I will fall in love with the people around me for a long time. Do you know what I mean?"
Chi Fang froze and his mind got stuck for a moment. After realizing the meaning of Jiang Li's words, his heart pounded violently and he said in disbelief, "…What did you say?"
"I said…" Jiang Li leaned over slightly, put his lips on his slightly opened lips, saying softly and yet firmly, "Chi Fang tongxue, I don't like Xu Haowen, I like you."
Chi Fang's eyes widened abruptly, the hand which was holding Jiang Li's hand tightened unconsciously, and he heard his own thunderous heartbeat in his ears.
At the same time, System notified that Chi Fang's favorability had increased to 70%.
The two returned to the classroom 20 minutes late. Jiang Li explained that he was not feeling well and Chi Fang accompanied him to the infirmary.
The English teacher asked questions with concern and seeing that he was okay, she let them go back to their seats.
During class, Jiang Li received a WeChat message from Chi Fang, reminding him to quickly find the homeroom teacher to change his seat back.
Jiang Li replied okay. When he exited the chat window, he saw that there was an update notification in Wechat Moments. When he clicked in, he saw a picture of fireworks posted by Chi Fang in Moments with the caption: Ahhhhhhhhh!
His way of expression was exactly the same as Jiang Zhan's. Jiang Li smiled knowingly when he saw it, liked it, and then posted a photo of a lighter in Moments.
The picture he posted was of Chi Fang's lighter, and Chi Fang liked it in seconds.
The two posted pictures one after the other and liked each other's posts, which caught Feng Yu's attention.
With a lighter and fireworks, it was really hard for Feng Yu, who was deeply influenced by fujoshi, to think in the wrong way. When he thought of Chi Fang's previous act of asking himself about danmei comics, he felt as if he had touched some taboo secrets.
So he immediately screenshotted it and sent it to Chi Fang.
——Crazy Yuyu: Chi ge, what's the matter with you and Jiang Li? ! !
——Crazy Yuyu: Did you guys… hook up?
——Crazy Yuyu: Tell me now! ! ! Where have you guys been just now? Did you guys really hook-up? ?
——Crazy Yuyu: Since you didn't answer, it seems to be true…
——Crazy Yuyu: But Chi ge, you're too fast, aren't you?
——Chi Fang has turned on friend verification. You are not his (her) friend. Please send a friend verification request first, and you can chat only after the other party has accepted the verification.
Feng Yu: …