Chapter 147: I Have a Small Wish ①
When school was about to end at noon, because the school canteen’s dishes had recently been improved, students were fiercely competing for food. Thus, a few boys pleaded with the teacher to end class early. As soon as the teacher left, the classmates in the classroom were packing up to go to the canteen for a meal. Then, they saw a few girls, who looked like they were either in the first or second grade, pushing and shoving at the classroom doorway. One girl, with a flushed face, was pushed into the classroom.
The reason for guessing that this girl was in the first or second grade was that having studied for three years, even if they didn’t know each other well, they would at least recognize faces. However, these girls were not among the familiar faces.
The girl who was pushed into the classroom was holding a pink envelope.
She stood at the classroom doorway, looking a bit flustered. Upon seeing Li Kai, she quickly walked into the classroom. The classmates inside started to jeer. Who wouldn’t enjoy a lively scene? Huang Yan, however, holding her meal card, linked arms with Nie Qiu, and pulled Peng Yu Yang as they walked out of the classroom.
Li Kai looked somewhat helplessly at Nie Qiu as she walked out of the classroom. Just as he was about to step forward to chase after her, the girl walked up to Li Kai, raised her head, and stammered with a flushed face, “You… Li Kai, I… I like you. Can we… can we be friends?” Slowly, slowly, she extended the pink envelope, full of anticipation.
The classmates who hadn’t rushed to eat and were staying to watch the commotion began to jeer, loudly shouting “friends” twice.
A few boys even jokingly shouted, “Friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend,” creating a rhythm.
Bai Ya put the mirror into her schoolbag, then stood up and shouted, “What are you shouting about?” After shouting, she quickly walked to Li Kai’s side and linked her arm with his, “I am Li Kai’s girlfriend. What right do you have to hand Li Kai a love letter here?”
The girl’s eyes widened. Under Bai Ya’s fierce gaze, she took a step back. “But… but I’ve watched for many days, and Li Kai doesn’t have a girlfriend!”
“He does now.” Seeing that Li Kai hadn’t shaken her off, Bai Ya raised her head, puffed out her chest, and looked at the girl, about to push her.
Li Kai just watched Nie Qiu’s back view, from the door all the way to the window. Only when Nie Qiu left his sight did he retract his gaze. As soon as he came to his senses, he found Bai Ya linking her arm with his. He frowned and pulled his arm away. “Bai Ya, what are you doing?!” This Bai Ya was just like Chen Li; both were vain. More importantly, this person was a typical opportunist.
Led by Luo Xu and Zhang Haiyang, the boys in the class burst into laughter. Their laughter was filled with mockery towards Bai Ya. When Bai Ya had yelled at them for jeering earlier, they had all been stunned for a moment, which was why they stopped. But it felt as if they had been intimidated by Bai Ya, and that feeling was not good. Bai Ya wasn’t a teacher, nor a parent, not even a class officer, yet she yelled at them? What right did she have?
“Why are you linking arms with me?” Li Kai looked at Bai Ya, frowning.
Bai Ya’s lips twitched. “I… I… it’s nothing. A junior schoolgirl wanted to confess to you.” After speaking, Bai Ya turned back to her seat, picked up her meal card, and left the classroom.
The girl now understood. The girl named Bai Ya was not Li Kai’s girlfriend at all. Her face, which had been flushed with excitement, calmed down considerably. She held out the love letter and said to Li Kai again, “Li Kai, I like you. Please be my boyfriend!” The surrounding people’s jeering made her blush, but the person in front of her was really handsome! If she could have him as her boyfriend, she would have a lot of face in the class!
Li Kai looked at the flushed and excited girl. To be honest, this wasn’t the first time he had received a love letter from a girl, nor was it the first time a girl had confessed to him. Almost every day, girls would secretly come to their classroom to see him. After school, girls would confess to him. Each girl had a different way of approaching him: some acted like good buddies, suggesting they grab a meal or milk tea after school; some handed him love letters; some subtly expressed their affection… many, many ways. But, as his older sister had said, were these girls genuinely liking him and wanting to date him? Or were they wanting to date just for the sake of dating?
So, why would this girl like him without ever having interacted with him?
Was it because he played basketball? Because he was good-looking? Because he wore branded clothes? Because he used a branded mobile phone? Or was it because having such a boyfriend would give her a lot of face?
He could tell that the girl in front of him was very nervous, just like when he confessed to Nie Qiu. After a moment of silence, Li Kai finally spoke, “Do you want to date me because you like me, or are you looking for someone to date because you want to date?”
Li Kai’s question stunned the surrounding classmates who were watching. The girl standing in front of Li Kai widened her eyes in surprise and involuntarily let out a sound, “Huh?”
Thinking the girl hadn’t understood, Li Kai said again, “Do you want to date me because you like me, or are you looking for someone to date because you want to date?”
This question stunned quite a few people around them. Yes, they were in adolescence. Both boys and girls had a certain curiosity and longing for the opposite sex. And for love, they also had some yearning and some fantasies.
Whether physiologically, psychologically, or physically, regarding the opposite sex, about gravity, about attraction between opposite sexes, about adolescent hormones, perhaps they didn’t understand or know much. But regardless of how they looked, they had all thought about whether to date someone, and whom to date.
Those who had never dated might still be vaguely unsure who they liked or whom they wanted to date. But in their eyes and hearts, they were actually imagining having a romantic relationship.
The girl, stumped by Li Kai’s question, stared blankly at him. The person in front of her was very handsome. Although not the most handsome boy in the school, he was a prominent figure. He played basketball well, and it was rumored that after the art festival, the school team would invite him to join. His family was also wealthy, and his mobile phone alone was a luxury item worth over a hundred thousand. Not to mention his clothes and other belongings. Even though he was in Class 10, what did it matter if such a boy had poor grades? Girls liked him even with poor grades!
But did she truly like the boy in front of her? Like in TV shows, movies, or novels, that kind of passionate love, like Qingxue’s for Susu? Like Murong Yunhai’s feelings for Chu Yuxun?
No, it wasn’t that deep yet. She had to admit, Li Kai was like Duanmu Lei in “Meteor Shower,” handsome and a prominent figure. However, someone like him was from a different world than hers.
Holding the love letter, she smiled. “I understand.”
