Chapter 146: Times Have Changed ⑥
Peng Yu Yang listened and began to consider whether he should use a pencil case to package the MP3 he was giving Nie Qiu.
Nie Qiu was explaining a problem to Peng Yu Yang, and the two were sitting very close. To the other classmates, this was nothing unusual. Huang Yan and Peng Yu Yang were frequent visitors to Nie Qiu’s desk, and many classmates would ask Nie Qiu questions, but they asked so little that everyone felt it was nothing. It was Luo Xu and Wang Chao Lei, who were relaxing, who saw Nie Qiu and Peng Yu Yang with their heads close together. They exchanged a look, and in each other’s eyes, they saw the truth.
They didn’t know what others thought, and they had seen Peng Yu Yang asking Nie Qiu for help many times. But this time, something felt strange. However, they were boys, and they knew that even if they were good friends, the friendship between a boy and a girl was just that. The way Peng Yu Yang looked at Nie Qiu was not like how he looked at a good friend. At least, the way Peng Yu Yang looked at Nie Qiu was different from how he looked at Huang Yan.
A Kai liked Nie Qiu. They couldn’t just stand by and watch the girl their good buddy liked be so close to another boy, could they?
Immediately, the two exchanged a look, picked up a book from their desks without looking at what it was, and walked towards Nie Qiu and the others.
“Nie Qiu, I have a problem I don’t understand. I want to ask you about this… circuit… diagram…” Wang Chao Lei looked at the book he was holding and was speechless. It wasn’t a physics book, but an English book…
Luo Xu suppressed a smile, took the book from Wang Chao Lei’s hand, and handed it to Nie Qiu. “Nie Qiu, I had several questions I didn’t understand on the last English test. Could you explain them to us?”
Nie Qiu glanced at Wang Chao Lei, who looked like he had eaten a pile of feces, and then nodded at Luo Xu. “Okay, wait for me to finish explaining this problem to Peng Yu Yang, and I’ll be right with you.”
Luo Xu nodded, took Zhang Hai Yang’s stool, and sat between Peng Yu Yang and Nie Qiu. Peng Yu Yang was about to move his stool when Wang Chao Lei took a stool and sat on the other side of Nie Qiu and Peng Yu Yang. The four of them sat around a desk, with Nie Qiu and Peng Yu Yang facing each other, and Wang Chao Lei and Luo Xu facing each other.
Nie Qiu didn’t feel anything, but Peng Yu Yang looked at Luo Xu and Wang Chao Lei several times. Nie Qiu wrote down the solution on a notebook used for drafts and then explained to Peng Yu Yang step-by-step how to do it, what kind of reminders there were, and then flipped to a few similar problems in the workbook for Peng Yu Yang to do.
Then, he opened the English book that Luo Xu had placed on the desk, asked Luo Xu and Wang Chao Lei where they were confused, and began to explain. At first, he tried to use Chinese, but as he spoke, he started using English. Luo Xu and Wang Chao Lei listened attentively for a while, their heads turning into a mushy state, and they declared defeat.
“Nie Qiu, speak to us in Chinese. We are very patriotic,” Wang Chao Lei was almost covering his head and wailing.
Nie Qiu felt a little embarrassed. Seeing that Luo Xu and Peng Yu Yang also looked confused, she took out her draft notebook, smiled, and wrote down some words. Then she formed sentences with various words and different sentence structures, and showed them. “Actually, learning English is just about grammar and vocabulary. If you remember the words, you can guess the meaning of most sentences. Doesn’t the teacher require us to dictate twenty words every day? You just need to remember a few more words each day. In ten days, you’ll have memorized dozens more.”
As it was almost time for class, Huang Yan and Li Kai returned to the classroom. The students who had left the classroom, whether for the toilet or to play outside, also returned one after another.
Seeing Li Kai return, Luo Xu and Wang Chao Lei signaled to Li Kai and then returned to their own seats after saying goodbye to Nie Qiu.
Li Kai glanced at Peng Yu Yang, then at Luo Xu and Wang Chao Lei, and knew something was up. He frowned and said nothing. Instead, he looked at Nie Qiu, who was engrossed in reading a pirated original book. If Nie Qiu were to fall for Peng Yu Yang, or even start dating him, what would he do?
Or rather, did Peng Yu Yang truly like Nie Qiu? Or was it, as his older sister had said, that because he wanted to date someone, he subconsciously liked someone who was very good? What he wanted to know even more was how he could make Nie Qiu like him. If not like him, then just forgive him. How could he make Nie Qiu forgive him?
He couldn’t think of what to do, but he always wanted to treat her a little better, and a little better. But… he didn’t know how to do these good deeds anymore. Before, when Nie Qiu came to tutor him, he could study with her and no longer bully her. He felt that the way to express his feelings was to give her small gifts. However, Nie Qiu had never used the yellow ribbon he gave her to tie her ponytail, and in his hand was a pink ribbon that he hadn’t given yet.
After the class bell rang, Peng Yu Yang tidied up his things and left the seat in front of Nie Qiu, returning to his own seat. Before leaving, he glanced at Li Kai, who was standing there. Who was more handsome between him and Li Kai? This suddenly made him care.
