Xu Li nodded, not fully understanding. She unwrapped another candy. "That's too tragic."
Chu He stared at her for a while without batting an eyelid. He smiled and agreed, "It's quite tragic."
Chu He was one of the boys that Wen Heng got along with. Xu Li did not have much of an impression of him. In fact, in Class 9, Xu Li only remembered a few people. Meng Qingqing, Wen Heng, and Chen Qiqi. She could not even name most of the others.
Meng Qingqing's pursuit of Wen Heng had come to an end. She held onto the chair and panted as she called for them to eat. Because she wanted to eat cake, Meng Qingqing deliberately ate less and tried all kinds of ways to make Wen Heng and the others eat more.
After eating the cake, everyone urged Meng Qingqing to open the gifts. Other than the gifts from her classmates who came to the birthday party, Meng Qingqing's uncles and aunts had also sent gifts back from overseas. She had received a large pile of gifts alone.
Only then did Xu Li remember that she had not given the gift to Meng Qingqing. She took her bag from the sofa and handed her the watch in the pink gift box.
"Open the gift from Boss first!" Wen Heng jeered. "Come, come, come, let me open it. Meng Qingqing, why are you dawdling!" As he spoke, he was about to extend his hand.
Meng Qingqing hit Wen Heng hard. "Get lost. Only I can open Xu Li's gift!"
Xu Li popped another candy into her mouth and watched the interaction between Wen Heng and Meng Qingqing with amusement. Suddenly, Chu He walked to her side and said, "Wen Heng likes Meng Qingqing."
"Huh?" Xu Li still had the candy in her mouth, and her words were a little unclear. "How did you know?"
"Everybody knows." After a pause, Chu He added, "Almost all the boys know."
Xu Li hissed. "So I was too slow?"
Chu He was an honest child. He thought about it seriously and nodded. "A little."
Xu Li: "…" That hurt.
Chu He added, "Actually, boys of this age who like a girl will do something to make her angry and attract her attention."
"It's quite childish," Xu Li commented.
"It's quite childish, but not all boys are like that." Chu He looked at Xu Li meaningfully.
"F*ck!" Wen Heng suddenly let out a strange cry. "Isn't this the same as the one in your hand?"
Meng Qingqing quickly covered Wen Heng's mouth, but before she could, Xu Li still heard him. She threw the trash into the trash can and walked over. "What's the same?"
"Nothing, nothing…" Meng Qingqing quietly took off her watch and threw it under the sofa beside her. Then, she put on the one that Xu Li had given her. She was wearing a long-sleeved dress today. She pulled up the sleeves to reveal the white watch and waved it proudly. "Does it look good?" She looked at Xu Li expectantly, waiting for her to praise her.
Xu Li smiled and patted her head. "You look good."
After Wen Heng and the others left, Meng Qingqing collapsed on the sofa. "I'm too tired. I'm too tired. I won't invite so many people to my birthday in the future."
Xu Li sat down on the sofa on the other side. Her right foot touched something. She bent down and touched the sofa. She found a watch. It was pink, the same model as the one in her hand.
"What is this?" Xu Li showed it to Meng Qingqing.
"What?" Meng Qingqing glanced at the watch and sat up abruptly. She grabbed the watch and put it behind her back. She explained incoherently, "This… This is Wen Heng's! Yes, it's Wen Heng's!" After saying that, she nodded with certainty.
Xu Li felt helpless. She pinched Meng Qingqing's face. "Qingqing, if Wen Heng finds out that you're making things up about him, he'll probably die of anger." How could a pink watch belong to Wen Heng?
Meng Qingqing pouted and stubbornly stared at Xu Li for a long time. In the end, she admitted defeat. "Aiya, it's all because I saw the watch on your hand. I wanted to wear the same watch as you. Who knew that you would prepare one for me…" In the end, she even looked at Xu Li sadly. "I thought you had forgotten about me…"
In the past, no matter what Xu Li bought, she would always buy two sets. The other set was given to Meng Qingqing. However, this time, Meng Qingqing had been staring at the watch on Xu Li's hand for several days, but Xu Li did not take out another watch. She thought that Xu Li had forgotten about her and asked her uncle, who was overseas, to buy one for her.
Xu Li felt a lump in her throat. "I'm sorry…"