Chapter 202: Like, Because It’s You ①
Ye Haifei stared at Nie Qiu with a half-smile, his intentions not good.
Nie Qiu frowned, “Is there something you need?”
“Let’s go play later! My treat…” Ye Haifei said, reaching out to touch Nie Qiu’s face. Before he could finish, he was punched. He got up from the ground, clutching his cheek, “Damn, who was that?”
“Me!” Li Kai, sitting next to Nie Qiu, was furious when he saw Ye Haifei touch Nie Qiu’s face. He clenched his fist and punched Ye Haifei.
Ye Haifei looked at Li Kai, who was standing behind Nie Qiu. He moved his aching jaw, then reached up and adjusted it, making a cracking sound. Before anyone in the classroom could react in surprise, Ye Haifei said, “Oh, it’s you! The Class 10 Class Hunk they were talking about! What? Are you dating Nie Qiu?”
Li Kai’s throat tightened, and he remained silent, glaring at Ye Haifei with burning anger.
Ye Haifei ignored Li Kai’s lack of response and continued, “Unfortunately, Li Kai, I really like Nie Qiu right now. What should I do? How about… we have a fight? The winner gets to be with Nie Qiu, how about that?”
Involving the dignity of men, Li Kai was about to agree without a second thought.
Nie Qiu put her stationery into her shoulder bag, slung it over her shoulder, and took Li Kai’s tightly clenched fist. She pulled him and left the classroom. With Nie Qiu’s strength, she naturally couldn’t move Li Kai, but Li Kai, being pulled by Nie Qiu, was stunned and followed along.
Huang Yan and Zhang Haiyang saw this and couldn’t help but make a victory gesture, confident that they would have a feast on the day the report cards came out! Nie Qiu and Li Kai’s wedding candy! As their good buddies and sisters, they would naturally get more, and even better, just like the wedding candy they prepared for Nie Qiu and Li Kai.
Ye Haifei raised an eyebrow and, without paying attention to anyone else in the classroom, followed and walked out.
Li Kai looked at the hand holding his fist. He loosened his grip slightly and clasped Nie Qiu’s hand in his palm. “Nie Qiu, are we… are we dating now?”
Nie Qiu turned around with a smile, “Did you forget what I said on the Ferris Wheel?” She had said that she would only date Li Kai if he made it into the top 100.
“Then don’t you forget either.” Li Kai smiled. He was determined that even if they couldn’t be together this semester, there was always next semester! One day, she would be his. “Nie Qiu, why didn’t you let me fight him just now?”
“Because you’re silly!” Nie Qiu replied with a smile.
“Hey!” Li Kai was a little displeased.
“Who I want to be with isn’t up to you guys to decide, is it?” Nie Qiu and Li Kai’s fingers were intertwined, and she poked Li Kai’s chest with her other hand. “What do you take me for?”
“You don’t believe I’ll win?” Li Kai reached out and grabbed the hand Nie Qiu was using to poke his chest, asking.
“It’s not that I don’t believe you, it’s your attitude…” Nie Qiu frowned. “It’s as if whoever wins can really be with me, completely disregarding me…”
Li Kai smiled. Now both of Nie Qiu’s hands were in his. “Ye Haifei is very handsome. When they were choosing the campus heartthrob this semester, I remember a girl asking you to vote, and you voted for Ye Haifei.”
“Campus heartthrob selection?” Nie Qiu’s eyes widened in surprise. Do they have campus heartthrob selections in junior high school now…? She had always thought
“Yeah! This semester, the campus heartthrob chosen was Ai Si Yuan. Every girl in the school had one vote, and they basically voted on our school’s forum. Since you didn’t have an account, didn’t the Class 1 Class Flower personally ask you?” Li Kai said with a smile, “You voted for Ye Haifei.” Nie Qiu seemed unaware that her hands were already being held by him, and Li Kai couldn’t help but feel a little smug.
Nie Qiu raised an eyebrow and pulled her hands out of Li Kai’s grasp. “I forgot.”
“It’s fine if you forgot! Before… This semester’s campus heartthrob, Ai Si Yuan ranked first because he’s fair-skinned and has good grades. Ye Haifei ranked second because he can fight and play basketball, and his grades are neither good nor bad.” He used to bully Nie Qiu so much, it was only right that Nie Qiu would vote for someone else. Li Kai took Nie Qiu’s hand again. “And I ranked third. Nie Qiu, who do you think is more handsome, me or them?” Just like many boys and girls who think they look handsome and good-looking when looking in the mirror, Li Kai was also a bit narcissistic. He also wanted to know, in Nie Qiu’s heart, who was better looking between him and Ye Haifei.
Nie Qiu turned around and seriously examined Li Kai, pondering, “Hmm…”
Li Kai looked at Nie Qiu with hopeful eyes, which were almost shining.
Nie Qiu glanced at the person standing behind Li Kai, then looked up and said to Li Kai with a smile, “I think Zhang Haiyang is better looking.”
“No way? What’s your taste like? Zhang Haiyang is in the top ten in our class, but he doesn’t even rank in the whole school. You…”
“A Kai, what are you saying? Speak louder so I can hear too.” Before Li Kai could finish, Zhang Haiyang, who was standing behind him, interrupted. He looked up and smiled at Li Kai.
Li Kai looked helplessly at the people laughing with Huang Yan, then turned and reached out to tap Zhang Haiyang’s head. “Did you hear that? Nie Qiu said you’re better looking than me!”
“Of course…” Zhang Haiyang immediately became smug. “A universally loved, flower-blooming, car-exploding, invincible handsome guy like me is very confident compared to some effeminate guys from Class 1 who look like they’ve had plastic surgery in Korea.”
Huang Yan and Nie Qiu laughed. The four of them walked out of the school gate together.
“Bai Ya!” Luo Xu grabbed Bai Ya’s hand. “I’m asking you, are you hanging out with those girls from Class 5 who beat up Nie Qiu?”
Bai Ya flung Luo Xu’s hand away and wiped the tears from her face. “Are you guys done? I’m transferring next year. It’s none of your business who I hang out with, right?”
“We don’t want you to transfer. We just want you to hang out with us. Like other classmates, work hard with us.” Luo Xu said, “Look at how you were when you used to hang out with Chen Li. You only knew how to put on makeup, style your hair, and look in the mirror. You’d stick with whoever was doing well. After Chen Li left, didn’t you also study hard for a while? Didn’t your grades improve a lot? That… didn’t you make progress on that monthly exam?”
“I know you’re jealous of Nie Qiu because Li Kai likes her.” Luo Xu swallowed, fiddled with his hands, and put his arm around Bai Ya’s shoulder. “But you can’t just give up on yourself because of that! You know perfectly well that those girls from Class 5 aren’t good people… I used to like going to KTV. I saw them there. Some of them, to avoid paying the bill, would accompany middle-aged men there, eating and drinking, letting them touch them as they pleased. You…”
“Enough! Luo Xu! Are you crazy?!” Bai Ya yelled. “No matter what, my family owns a factory, and I get over a thousand yuan in pocket money every week. Other people’s lives are their own. No matter what kind of people they are, they are my friends.”
