Chapter 40 Confession
Wei Jingjing looked up at Xu Kewei.
In the past, Wei Jingjing was passionate and beautiful. But today, Wei Jingjing had an unusual sense of clarity, like a clear pool of water that you could see through to the bottom. Xu Kewei saw her own reflection in her pure eyes. Staring at these calm eyes, her burning determination was extinguished again.
"What do you want from me?"
"I..." Xu Kewei stammered.
At this moment, there was a commotion in the classroom because Song Jiarui suddenly fainted.
"She seems to have fainted!" a female classmate screamed. A boy and a girl carried Song Jiarui to the infirmary. Song Jiarui opened her eyes and said weakly, "I'm fine..."
"Look at you, your face is so pale, and you still say it's okay."
"It's nothing. I didn't have breakfast this morning."
In the midst of a false alarm, several boys still clamored to send Song Jiarui to the infirmary. Xu Kewei stood aside and watched them help her out of the classroom. Song Jiarui's face was indeed a little too pale. Speaking of which, this was not the first time that Song Jiarui felt dizzy and unwell. This class beauty was originally very weak, and she became even more sickly after the beginning of this semester.
"Xu Kewei." Wei Jingjing's voice pulled Xu Kewei back, "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"I..." The words went back and forth in Xu Kewei's throat for a few times, but what came out was: "After school today, can I treat you to a cake? At the dessert shop on Aiyi Road."
Aiyi Road is just left when you exit the school. A delicious dessert shop has just opened on the street and is quite popular among students.
She regretted it after she said it. Who is Wei Jingjing? Why would he agree to her for no reason?
"OK."
"Why?"
"Okay. Then let's go together after school." Wei Jingjing replied with a sweet smile.
Xu Kewei knew that Wei Jingjing was always a bit arrogant, and she never expected that her invitation would go so smoothly. She returned to her seat in a daze. Wei Jingjing on the side was looking at the textbook calmly. And Yan Zhen, who had never paid much attention to Wei Jingjing, was actually looking at Wei Jingjing.
This surprised Xu Kewei. Wei Jingjing and Yan Zhen had never had a harmonious relationship. When Wei Jingjing mentioned Yan Zhen, his tone would rise eight degrees, and Yan Zhen would not even look at Wei Jingjing. But now the sun was rising from the west, and Yan Zhen looked at Wei Jingjing from time to time. What was going on? She automatically turned on the gossip radar and quietly observed Yan Zhen and Wei Jingjing.
Wei Jingjing read the book with a completely different calmness from before , and Yan Zhen looked at her openly. But his eyes were more like observation than appreciation. Xu Kewei thought for a while, yes, that's right, observe. This is the verb used by boys when they observe silkworms.
Yan Zhen's eyes looked like a cicada waiting to be nailed in biology class, Xu Kewei thought. She watched for a while and quickly lost interest in gossiping about Yan Zhen and Wei Jingjing's relationship.
After school in the afternoon, Wei Jingjing and Xu Kewei sat in the "Sweet Dream" dessert shop.
The waiter had already brought the desserts they ordered. In front of Wei Jingjing was a piece of chocolate mousse cake, while Xu Kewei ordered a small piece of lemon cake. She reached out and pinched her small wallet. This meal would cost her two weeks' allowance.
Wei Jingjing didn't start eating, she just looked at her. Xu Kewei felt a little embarrassed, so she said, "Let's eat." She cut off a piece with a knife, picked it up with a fork and put it in her mouth. Wei Jingjing then started to do the same thing.
Then she said, "Polymers of glucose."
"ah?"
" Monoglycerides , saturated fatty acid oils."
"…You know so much. Is the cake delicious?"
Wei Jingjing chewed and said, "It tastes like sugar."
"How do you like it?"
"I think the ants would enjoy eating it."
“…”
Their conversation fell into silence. In the awkward atmosphere, Xu Kewei felt that the food tasted like wax. Although Wei Jingjing also finished her meal silently, it was hard to tell from her face whether she liked it or not.
Xu Kewei's sincere apology and request were all kept in her stomach. Her dessert obviously did not please Wei Jingjing.
The QQ profile picture flashed. Xu Kewei clicked on it and saw that Chunse Feng had sent her a new message.
"Sure, I'll come over next week! I can't wait to see you!!"
Xu Kewei collapsed on her bed in despair. What should she do?
Solid maple is coming.
She turned over. No matter what, she had to deal with Wei Jingjing before her dear friend came.
Of course, it is impossible to please a young lady like Wei Jingjing with just a cake. We must find out what she likes most now. What is she most passionate about now?
As Wei Jingjing's loyal secret observer, Xu Kewei came up with the answer almost in the first second: Ren Anzhi.
That's right, this recently popular star is now the dream boy of nearly half of the girls in the class. Wei Jingjing is no exception. Xu Kewei once secretly regretted that her high-ranking goddess was also not immune to the same worldly affairs as other ordinary girls.
Let it be, let it be.
Xu Kewei repeated the name several times. She opened the webpage and began to search for any recent activities of Ren Anzhi. Soon, she found the information: Ren Anzhi had a meeting at a theater in this city this weekend.
She searched for information about the fan meeting, and found that the tickets had been sold out three months ago. Many fans on the forums and Weibo lamented that they couldn't get tickets. Xu Kewei tried to find out, and found that Wei Jingjing had no plans to go to the fan meeting.
If I could get a ticket and give it to her, Wei Jingjing would be happy. This thought came to her mind. She went to various ticketing websites, but there were only fans asking for tickets for this fan meeting, and no one was selling tickets for the fan meeting. Xu Kewei was anxious. She looked through major ticketing apps, Xianyu, 51.com and other websites, and the replies to private messages were almost all: no.
At the end, under a post requesting a meeting with Ren Anzhi, someone left a WeChat account and said that there were tickets for sale.
Xu Kewei added the number without any expectation. The other party actually said that he had tickets, but the price was extremely high, and he offered 3,000 yuan for two tickets without breaking them up, and he would not bargain. Xu Kewei was shocked by the price. But the other party was very confident and assured that there was no problem, and that it was a front row VIP.
"You can ask scalpers outside. The front row seats for Ren Anzhi's fan meeting have already been sold for 10,000 yuan. I'm already losing money on charity."
"I really don't have that much money." Xu Kewei said hesitantly.
After Xu Kewei's repeated requests, the other party finally showed mercy and said that considering she was a student, the price would be reduced by 200 yuan, no more.
“…”
"This is the lowest price. You don't want it? The ticket will be sold out in five minutes." The other party threw out a screenshot, showing that several other people came to ask about Ren Anzhi's ticket.
"I want it! Give it to me!" Xu Kewei shouted. She gritted her teeth and handed out her New Year's money. Since she started middle school, Xu Kewei's parents allowed her to keep one-third of her New Year's money. Xu Kewei didn't have any other big expenses except buying books, so her parents were always relieved.
The dialog box showed that the other party had received the money. He sent an emoji saying that he would wait for her in front of the Art Theater at 6:30 p.m. on the weekend and give her the ticket in person.
Xu Kewei breathed a sigh of relief.
The next day she told Wei Jingjing that she had two tickets for Ren Anzhi's fan meeting that weekend and asked Wei Jingjing if she wanted to go with her.
"Ren Anzhi's meeting?" Wei Jingjing looked confused. "What is that?"
This made Xu Kewei speechless. "It's Ren Anzhi's fan meeting."
“Is it important to meet this person?”
"Don't you like Ren Anzhi..."
"Ren Anzhi?" "Are you talking about Ren Anzhi?" Several girls came over, "Are you going to that fan meeting?" "Is this true??? Aren't these tickets very hard to get?"
Wei Jingjing asked naturally: "Is this meeting great?"
"Of course it's amazing!! It's impossible to get this ticket. I heard it's been sold for tens of thousands."
"Xu Kewei has the ticket."
"This is amazing!! How did you get this!!"
Xu Kewei whispered that her relatives had found a way to get it. Looking at Wei Jingjing's calm face, all her hopes vanished. She lowered her head and returned to her seat. Wei Jingjing didn't seem to care at all. Her enthusiasm seemed to be in vain.
She put away the books on the table, and the eraser rolled to the ground, rolling all the way to under Yan Zhen's seat. Yan Zhen held up his head and looked at Wei Jingjing motionlessly. It was that look again. Xu Kewei thought, without any emotion, as if thinking about how to cut open the belly of a frog on the dissection table.
She was shocked by her own imagination. At this time, Yan Zhen picked up her eraser, moved his arm slightly, and threw the eraser in his hand towards her, and the eraser hit her pencil case steadily. Xu Kewei wanted to thank him, but Yan Zhen had turned around to talk to other students.
"Do you want to invite me to that meeting?" A clear female voice sounded in her ears.
Xu Kewei raised his head.
"If so, I will agree to you." Wei Jingjing looked at her and said gently.
"!!!? Okay, okay." Xu Kewei nodded quickly and told her the time and place.
She confirmed it with the ticket seller on WeChat. The seller was very sure, "Absolutely no problem," and "Don't worry."
All that was left was to wait for the day of the meet-up.
On weekends, Xu Kewei spread all her seasonal clothes on the bed and put them on one by one in front of the mirror. No matter what she wore, she felt that the broad-faced girl in the mirror was so unbearable.
Following Wei Jingjing, she would be made to look like an ugly woman. She laughed bitterly at herself. After thirty minutes of difficult decision-making, she finally chose a simple T-shirt and put on jeans. For an ordinary face like her, this simple and plain dress was enough.
She arrived at the theater entrance early, where a large group of fans had already gathered. She sent a message to the ticket seller: "I'm here, where are you?"
The other party did not respond.
Maybe on the way? Xu Kewei found a roadside stone and sat down, browsing the web for a while on her phone. Before long, the time she and the ticket seller had agreed to meet had come. She opened WeChat and sent another message to the ticket seller: "Where are you?"
WeChat shows that the message failed to be sent, and there is a line of small gray words below - "[You are not his friend yet, please send a friend verification request first...]"
Xu Kewei was stunned for a moment. She sent the message again. It still showed that the message failed to be sent. Gray text reminded her to send a friend verification.
What is going on? ?
Why did you suddenly block me?
After a shiver, her legs went limp.
I was cheated.
The whole process played out in her mind.
This was a scam that could be seen through at a glance, but how could she believe it as if she had taken a drug? Her hands and feet were cold, and her breathing began to become a little difficult.
“No, don’t do that…”
This was what she promised Wei Jingjing, and it was the only best way she could think of to apologize to Wei Jingjing.
But now, everything has been messed up by the scammers.
Her hands were shaking, and her feet felt like they were peeled off. The joyful voices of the fans around her turned into a mist of nothingness. She could hear her heart beating, and her body was cold. She couldn't see what was in front of her.
"Xu Kewei?"
"Xu Kewei?"
Something was shaking in front of her. She barely regained consciousness. Wei Jingjing was standing in front of her.
Her long hair was casually spread out. She was not wearing a small skirt as Xu Kewei had imagined, but was wearing a very casual T-shirt like her.
“…”
"I'm here." Wei Jingjing looked towards the theater entrance, "Should we go in now?"
"Wei Jingjing..." Xu Kewei whispered, "I'm sorry."
"Why are you saying sorry?" Wei Jingjing tilted her head. "Are you crying?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." Xu Kewei kept repeating this sentence.
Xu Kewei felt a pair of hands on his shoulders. "What's wrong with you?"
"I'm sorry, I messed up the tickets. We can't get in." She lowered her head, waiting for the other party to accuse her.
"Really? That's a shame."
There was no trace of anger in Wei Jingjing's tone. Xu Kewei looked up, and the girl in front of her just looked at her calmly, without joy or worry. "Why do you want to apologize?"
"Because this is what I promised you. You've been so happy these past few days for nothing."
"No, I didn't suffer any loss." Wei Jingjing replied, "You have nothing to apologize for."
"But I..."
Wei Jingjing sat next to her and asked her, "What happened?"
She slowly repeated her experience of buying tickets to Wei Jingjing. "I was so stupid. I just wanted to buy the tickets quickly but I didn't even notice this scam."
"Did you buy the ticket to make me happy?"
"...Yes." No, I hope to apologize to you. She said in her heart.
“Is this how humans interact with each other?”
"Huh?" Xu Kewei didn't understand what Wei Jingjing meant.
Wei Jingjing held out her hand and said, "Follow me."
"Where are you going?"
"From my current understanding, of course I would call the police."
"I... I don't dare..." Xu Kewei said, "The police will contact my parents. If they knew about this, they would be furious."
"So you're more afraid of your parents finding out than of that liar getting punished?"
Tears welled up in Xu Kewei's eyes. After much hesitation, she finally followed Wei Jingjing.
It was evening, and night had just fallen. Street lights were lit up one by one, and tiny reflections flashed between the leaves. The air was filled with the aroma of food, the square was filled with pleasant music, and the streets were filled with passers-by with comfortable expressions on their weekend shopping. Such a beautiful weekend evening had nothing to do with Xu Kewei.
She messed up everything, like a fool being fooled by a liar. Beside her, Wei Jingjing walked a little faster than her. The night wind blew her long hair slightly, revealing her small ears and pretty face. There was no impatience or anger on her face. She was always a beautiful fairy, and I was just a loser who failed at everything. The frustration made Xu Kewei walk slower and slower.
Wei Jingjing stopped and looked at Xu Kewei, who was walking slower and slower, in surprise. She simply took Xu Kewei's hand and said, "Don't be afraid. The police will help you."
But they will tell my parents, and my parents will beat me to death.
Xu Kewei just wanted to dig a hole and bury himself deep.
At the police station, the police called her parents as expected. She had just finished taking the statement when her parents stormed into the police station.
"You are such a disgrace!" Her father raised his hand and slapped her.
She felt a flash of white light before her eyes and her face was burning. She staggered several steps after being hit. Her father wanted to hit her a few more times, but two young policemen stood in front of her and told him not to hit anyone.
"Let's talk it over, don't do it."
"Shame on you! You loser!"
“This is outrageous!!”
Xu Kewei suspected that if the police hadn't stopped him, her father would have torn her to pieces. When she thought about going home to face her parents alone, Xu Kewei felt very scared.
"She did it for me." Wei Jingjing said. She stood in front of Xu Kewei naturally and explained to her calmly. It was as if the scary father Xu who was roaring in front of her was just a tree, an insignificant table.
"Who are you? I think Kewei just doesn't like making friends..." Father Xu looked at her and choked on his words.
"You must be Wei Jingjing, right?" Xu's mother recognized her and nudged Xu's father with her elbow. "She is from the Wei family..."
After that, Xu's parents became cautious. They suppressed their anger and tried to find out what happened. Wei Jingjing said that it was all because of her. With Wei Jingjing's affirmation and insistence, Xu's parents' expressions also eased a lot. "Ah, it's all our fault that Ke Wei was too stupid."
That seemed to be the end of it.
When they were walking out of the police station, Wei Jingjing called Xu Kewei. "Thank you for asking me to come out today."
Xu Kewei looked at Wei Jingjing. There was still no anger in her eyes. There was only a clear and calmness, without any hidden hypocrisy or harshness, and a sincere thank you.
Xu Kewei cried.
I am really terrible.
So she told everything. She used Wei Jingjing's photo as her own business, and she wanted to please Wei Jingjing and let her meet Chunse Feng on her behalf. She cried and apologized to her.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”
Wei Jingjing just listened silently from beginning to end, with curiosity shining in his eyes.
That night, the slime mold Wei Jingjing went to see Xiaozhen and told him that he was going to meet Xiaozhen's classmate Xu Kewei's online friend on her behalf.
