Chapter 1 Dust Hiding in the World 05
Because of Xi Jiang's intervention, and because my father forced Ning Qiyuan to apologize to the principal, the matter of Ning Qiyuan beating Dong Jianren and breaking his hand was resolved. In order to thank the Xi family for their help in this matter, my father personally invited Xi Jiang's parents to dinner to express his gratitude, and also paid for the medical expenses they helped to pay.
A few days later, it was the annual college entrance examination.
My grades have always been good, and I have done enough preparation, so I did well in the exam. Ning Qiyuan and I were not in the same examination room, so I knew without thinking how he would do in the exam. It was almost possible that he would hand in a blank paper. However, even if he could not get into college, my father would find a school for him. He might not care about my future, but he would not care about Ning Qiyuan.
Not long after the college entrance examination, the class organized a graduation party. Jiang Sijin was the class representative for arts and literature, so this kind of thing naturally fell on her head. Finally, after discussion, it was decided that the whole class would go to a nice restaurant for a big meal, and then go to KTV to sing until the early morning. For this graduation party, Jiang Sijin even took me shopping for clothes.
Jiang Sijin was my only good friend during my three years of high school. Not only was she my classmate, but her dad and my dad were also superiors and subordinates. This is one of the reasons why we can become good friends. Jiang Sijin's family background is much better than mine. Her dad is the director of a bureau, and her mom runs a law firm. Unlike me who grew up without a mother, Jiang Sijin is a real young lady. But she never had the spoiled temper of those young ladies. She was simple, straightforward, and loyal. Her happiness and were all shown on her face, which didn't match her soft name "Jiang Sijin" at all.
Before this, I never knew that Jiang Sijin's crush was the class's most handsome boy. He was very reserved and gentle, and his grades were good. He was exactly the kind of male protagonist that only appeared in romance novels. I had also seen him several times at school and had a good impression of him.
Jiang Sijin asked me to buy clothes just to confess her love to Jianpu, because Jianpu and his class would also go to the KTV that our class had booked to celebrate.
At 7pm on the day of the party, after dinner, we went to the KTV. We booked a large private room, with boys and girls in one room, which was very lively. Before we came in, Jiang Sijin took me to the next private room to take a look, and sure enough, I saw people from Jianpu's class, but Jianpu was not there.
"Is Jianpu not coming?" I asked Jiang Sijin after returning to our class's box. I still support what my good friend wants to do, but I don't want her to not be able to find someone to confess to.
"No, someone told me that he might arrive a little later ." Jiang Sijin answered confidently.
At this moment, I was startled by a sudden sound in the box.
"Tong Shuchen, I want to sing a song for you." Xi Jiang sat in the front holding the microphone. His voice was very loud and clear. As soon as he finished speaking, applause and whistles sounded all around.
"Is he trying to express his love to you through singing?" Jiang Sijin smiled and leaned on my shoulder, saying to me meaningfully, "Xi Jiang is not bad, he looks gentle, his family is rich, and he considers your father his savior. I think..."
"Stop talking nonsense." I glared at Jiang Sijin, "Impossible!"
Jiang Sijin raised her eyebrows and ignored me. Instead, she clapped her hands and cheered loudly, as if she was afraid that the world would not be in chaos: "Sing one, sing one!"
As soon as she shouted, other people in the box also shouted, which made me feel my scalp tingling. I unconsciously glanced at where Ning Qiyuan was sitting, and saw him staring at me with a playful look. I don't know why, but I suddenly felt very guilty, even though I didn't do anything.
Encouraged by everyone, Xi Jiang drank a big gulp of beer and prepared to go on stage to sing. But before he stood up completely, I saw Ning Qiyuan, who sat next to him at some point, patted him hard, and then Xi Jiang started to cough hard. Because he was close to the microphone, the sound of his cough could be heard clearly in the whole box.
"I'm sorry, Xi Jiang, I just wanted to cheer you up, but I accidentally went too hard." The person who apologized didn't mean to apologize at all. Ning Qiyuan must have done it on purpose.
"Ning..." Xi Jiang was coughing so hard that he couldn't speak. His glasses also fell off, and he looked very embarrassed.
Ning Qiyuan grabbed the remote control and switched to the next song. The girls whose turn it was excitedly took the microphone and sang. He also reached out and snatched the microphone from Xi Jiang's hand. I don't know if it was intentional or not. After he snatched it, he raised his eyebrows at me, looking very proud.
The off-tune singing suppressed Xi Jiang's coughing, and the rotating colored lights on the ceiling fell on Ning Qiyuan's face and his eyes, making him look indescribably handsome. Thinking about his actions just now, although he didn't have any good intentions, I was actually somewhat grateful to him because he saved me from facing an embarrassing situation.
At this time, Jiang Sijin's voice rang in my ears: "Shuchen, do you think Ning Qiyuan's appearance just now was a little bit handsome in a bad way?"
I nodded for some unknown reason, and when I realized what I heard, I turned around and said in surprise: "You..."
"Don't get me wrong!" Jiang Sijin interrupted me quickly and answered solemnly, "I don't have that kind of feelings towards him. I just suddenly felt that he seemed to be interested in you."
How can it be!
This was my first reaction.
But after that, I felt a little numb in my heart, a feeling I had never experienced before. When I found that Jiang Sijin had been staring at me, I immediately rolled my eyes at her and said disapprovingly, "How is that possible? You always cause trouble for me for no reason. What's the point!"
But Jiang Sijin's voice was still in his ears : "Tong Shuchen, do you know? Everyone thinks that Ning Qiyuan got into a fight because those people cursed his parents, but that's not entirely the case. At the beginning, they didn't curse Ning Qiyuan, they were talking about you. Those disgusting and ugly words that boys say to each other, they mentioned you, and Ning Qiyuan happened to hear it."
I suddenly raised my head and looked at Jiang Sijin: "Are you serious?"
"If he wasn't interested in you, how could someone like Ning Qiyuan take action just because someone was talking about you? How could he stop Xi Jiang just because he wanted to sing a song to confess his love to you?" Jiang Sijin continued to analyze, convincing me bit by bit, "You have lived together for 5 years..."
"We are not living together." I corrected immediately, but my face started to get hot.
Jiang Sijin said sternly, "We have lived in the same house for five years. You have been taking care of him at school and cleaning up all kinds of troubles for him like a babysitter. If he is not interested in you, then he is not a man."
"You said I was his bodyguard..." But my words were interrupted by Jiang Sijin again.
She took out her phone and looked at the message, then adjusted her hair and clothes, patted my shoulder, and said very gently and appropriately: "Think about it carefully, I'm going to confess my feelings now."
After saying that, she turned her butt and left the box and went to the next room.
