Chapter 6 Cinderella's Prince 1
Maybe what Gu Yu'an said was not wrong. Everyone wants to see the prince and princess live together as a perfect match, so why should she, a good-for-nothing Cinderella, be the one?
"Hello, students. This is the Chinese traditional culture booth. Here you can appreciate the essence of traditional culture. We have three sections: etiquette, customs, and poetry. If you are interested, you can come in and learn more."
"Students, students, this is the music history booth. We have half an hour left before our academic sharing session. You can listen to the history of music development and hear singers singing live!"
As soon as she entered the International College Students Cultural Festival exchange site, Tang Duoduo felt like she had come to a cultural World Expo, where people of all skin colors introduced various booths in fluent or clumsy Chinese.
Among these booths, the most lively one was the Drama Culture Exchange booth where Wen Yuanxun and Gu Yu'an were. Wen Yuanxun and Gu Yu'an were preparing for the next speech, while Tang Duoduo was directly treated as an accompanying staff member and was ordered by the booth staff to buy drinks for everyone.
Carrying a bag of drinks, Tang Duoduo looked around excitedly . If she had enough time, she would really like to visit each booth one by one. She thought to herself.
"Classmate, which booth are you from?" A pair of big hands grabbed Tang Duoduo's arm.
Tang Duoduo shuddered and the plastic bag fell to the ground. The water bottle in the bag rolled all over the floor. The person who grabbed her arm was a big-eyed boy with bright blond hair.
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean it." The boy quickly squatted down to help Tang Duoduo pick up the water.
"It's okay, it's okay." Tang Duoduo put the water into a plastic bag, said this, and prepared to leave.
"Hello, my name is Eric, and my Chinese name is Wang Ziyang. I am of Chinese-American descent and have been in China for five years. Except for unfamiliar idioms, I have no problem with Chinese! I want to make friends with you, is that okay?" Wang Ziyang extended his hand to Tang Duoduo.
The first time a foreign friend approached her, Tang Duoduo was a little overwhelmed. If she accepted it, it would mean she didn’t want to make friends; if she rejected it , it would seem she wasn’t friendly enough.
After struggling for a while, Tang Duoduo reluctantly stretched out her hand: "Hello, my name is Tang Duoduo."
"Duoduo? What a cute name. I like it." Wang Ziyang looked very enthusiastic. It was obvious that he would not let Tang Duoduo leave for a while. He continued, "Which booth are you from? Can I come and play with you?"
"Ah?" Tang Duoduo was a little surprised. Are all foreigners so direct and bold?
"I'm from the magic booth, you can come and play with me too." He pointed to a booth with a black hue. Of all the booths, this one undoubtedly had the weirdest atmosphere.
"Haha, no, no, I still have to go back to deliver some water." Tang Duoduo said, pointing to the plastic bag she was holding.
"Then I'll go with you!" Wang Ziyang said and took a step forward.
Tang Duoduo seemed a little embarrassed and waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, I can go by myself."
"Okay then, but can you lend me your cell phone? My phone is out of battery and I need to make a call." As he said that, Wang Ziyang took out the cell phone from his pocket and shook it.
Tang Duoduo, who just wanted to get out of this predicament, immediately took out her phone and handed it to him: "Here, call me."
Seeing Tang Duoduo so unguarded, Wang Ziyang showed a cunning smile: "You are really a simple girl! Aren't you afraid that I will run away with your phone?"
After hearing this, Tang Duoduo changed her mind and felt that this was indeed a possibility, so she looked at Wang Ziyang with a wary look.
Wang Ziyang smiled, then took out his mobile phone and dialed a number. A few seconds later, the phone in his pocket rang.
"Your cell phone..." Tang Duoduo couldn't believe it and pointed at his pocket.
Wang Ziyang returned the phone to Tang Duoduo, and then said nonchalantly: "This is my phone number, remember to save it."
Tang Duoduo felt depressed that her phone number was asked for like this.
"I will call you, you must answer the phone. Also, remember my name is Wang Ziyang." Wang Ziyang looked very proud.
Tang Duoduo nodded speechlessly, then turned around and prepared to leave.
"Wait a moment." Wang Ziyang stopped her again.
"What's the matter again?" Tang Duoduo began to get impatient.
"If I say I like you very much, will you be my girlfriend ?" Wang Ziyang asked directly.
"Ah?" Tang Duoduo opened her mouth so wide in surprise that an egg could almost fit in it.
"Well, I noticed you just before you went to buy the drinks. I like your looks and temperament, so I decided to come over and chat with you. Would you be willing to be my girlfriend?" Wang Ziyang repeated again.
"She won't agree." A familiar voice sounded between the two.
When she saw Wen Yuanxun, Tang Duoduo felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw, and she immediately hid behind Wen Yuanxun.
I didn't expect that the first time I was approached by someone since I was a child would be by such a foreigner who seemed a little neurotic.
Tang Duoduo felt a little speechless.
"She won't agree because she already has a boyfriend, so please don't bother her." Wen Yuanxun took the plastic bag from Tang Duoduo's hand, his tone sounding a little serious.
Seeing Wen Yuanxun, Wang Ziyang showed a helpless look on his face. He spread his hands and said, "Who are you?"
Wen Yuanxun straightened himself up and revealed his identity without hesitation: "I'm her boyfriend."
Hearing this, Wang Ziyang's expression became a little embarrassed. He showed a helpless expression, then turned and left.
Tang Duoduo finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Wang Ziyang leave.
"Girlfriend?" Wen Yuanxun bent down slightly and stared into Tang Duoduo's eyes, his expression seeming a little unhappy.
Tang Duoduo was a little nervous: "No, no, he was the one who was talking nonsense there."
"Well, I can only say that my girlfriend is so nice, everyone loves her..." Wen Yuanxun sighed.
Tang Duoduo's cheeks flushed, and she said shyly, "How could that be?"
"If not, then what happened just now?"
Tang Duoduo didn't know how to refute, so she stuck out her tongue and giggled.
"Why are you here to buy water ?" Looking at the plastic bag in her hand, Wen Yuanxun's tone became serious again.
Tang Duoduo stuck out her tongue: "It's alright, just help me."
"You are here to study together, not to help run errands." Wen Yuanxun looked at Tang Duoduo carefully and asked gently, "Tang Duoduo, you have to learn to say no to others and resist unreasonable requests, understand?"
Tang Duoduo smiled slyly and shook the hand that Wen Yuanxun was holding tightly: "Really?"
Wen Yuanxun put his arm around her shoulders and said, "You don't need to refuse or resist me." Then he pulled her towards the booth.
After returning to the booth, Wen Yuanxun and Tang Duoduo became inseparable. After everyone speculated for a whole day, they finally found out that Tang Duoduo was Wen Yuanxun's girlfriend.
When it came to the evening's drama booth commendation and curtain call session, everyone was seen busy. Wen Yuanxun also needed to communicate with seniors at the booth in preparation for receiving commendations, so he finally left Tang Duoduo alone for a while.
Bored Tang Duoduo wanted to find something to do, so she asked a girl next to her: "Senior, let me help you."
The girl with long hair glanced at Tang Duoduo with an awkward expression: "No, no, just sit down. I wonder if Wen Yuanxun will be angry if I ask you to do something!"
Hearing this, Tang Duoduo felt a little uncomfortable, so she found an empty corner and sat down in a sullen manner.
Just a few minutes after sitting down, Gu Yu'an appeared in an evening gown and exquisite makeup.
"Yu'an." Tang Duoduo felt a little surprised, but still greeted her happily.
Gu Yu'an smiled, ruffled her hair, and said in a light tone: "Are you alone? But you weren't invited here, so you must be bored."
These words made the atmosphere a little awkward. Tang Duoduo laughed dryly twice and suddenly didn't know what to say. She always felt that Gu Yu'an today seemed a little different from the one she usually knew.
"Duoduo, did you feel unhappy about the fact that everyone thought Wen Yuanxun and I were together?" Gu Yu'an's expression suddenly changed and his tone became gentle.
Tang Duoduo waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, I won't feel unhappy."
"That's good. I was afraid that this incident would affect our relationship..." Gu Yuan made an embarrassed expression and continued, "Actually, this can't be blamed entirely on everyone."
Tang Duoduo was a little confused, so she replied, "Hmm?"
"Maybe in everyone's mind, I am more compatible with Wen Yuanxun in every aspect, so naturally they think we are together. Just like in fairy tales, everyone hopes to see the prince and princess together. If they see the prince and the maidservant next to the princess together, everyone will feel that they are not a good match and uncomfortable. But, in fact, I just like him unilaterally. But don't worry, I don't like him that much now." Gu Yu'an took Tang Duoduo's hand, "So, Duoduo, we are still good friends, right?"
Tang Duoduo nodded numbly. Every word that Gu Yu'an had just said hurt her heart.
"Okay, I've always wanted to have a good chat with you, but I never found the right opportunity. Today I finally got to talk to you." Gu Yu'an showed a relieved expression, and then invited, "I'm going to discuss the next steps with Wen Yuanxun and those seniors over there. Do you want to come with me?"
Tang Duoduo forced a very forced smile and shook her head: "No, you go..."
Gu Yu'an stood up and waved at her: "Then I'll be leaving. Bye, see you later."
Tang Duoduo waved her hands numbly, and waited until Gu Yu'an left before she lowered her head deeply.
Yes, in fact, what Gu Yu'an said was not wrong at all. It was because I was not good enough that I heard so many rumors and so many classmates were not optimistic about my relationship with Wen Yuanxun...
Gu Yu'an's figure with long fluttering hair was still swaying in front of her eyes. Tang Duoduo felt a tightness in her chest, as if not long ago, even she herself felt that the only girl who could stand with Wen Yuanxun should be a girl like Gu Yu'an.
Tang Duoduo, Tang Duoduo, if you keep having these nonsense thoughts, this International Cultural Festival will be meaningless.
Tang Duoduo comforted herself in her heart. After sighing heavily, she stood up and ran to the center of the exhibition hall, and started working with her classmates who were moving props.
"Hello, is this Duoduo? Do you remember me? We met yesterday!" A familiar voice came from the other end of the phone.
Tang Duoduo racked her brains but couldn't figure out who the other person was, so she asked, "Excuse me, who are you..."
"I'm Eric Prince Yang, do you remember? I met him at the exhibition yesterday."
Hearing this reminder, a golden color suddenly appeared in front of Tang Duoduo . She shuddered all over and her tone became a little embarrassed: "Haha, haha, it's you!"
"Yes, it's me! How about it, a surprise, right?" Seeing that Tang Duoduo still remembered him, Wang Ziyang screamed excitedly on the other end of the phone.
Tang Duoduo scratched her hair and smiled dryly: "Haha, surprise, surprise." In fact, what she was thinking, what kind of surprise is that? It's obviously a shock!
"Are you free today? Let's go out and play together. What do you like to do? Eating, singing, watching movies?" Wang Ziyang still did not change his direct nature.
"Ah, ah, no, no, I have to go back today!" Tang Duoduo quickly refused. She didn't want to have anything to do with that blond-haired boy.
"What!" Wang Ziyang suddenly raised his voice, as if he couldn't believe what was happening. He continued, "The cultural festival will end in a few days. Why are you leaving?"
"Because the school only gives us a few days to study, and I still have courses to study at school, so I have to leave at noon." As she said that, Tang Duoduo picked up her schoolbag and checked the hotel room to see if she had left anything behind.
"Well then..." Wang Ziyang's voice sounded a little lost. After a pause, he asked again, "What time do you take the bus?"
Tang Duoduo answered without thinking: "The bus leaves at 12 o'clock in an hour. I need to get ready. I'll hang up first. Bye!" After saying that, she quickly hung up the phone.
Looking at the quiet phone, Tang Duoduo breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, I don't have to talk to this Prince Yang anymore...
"Tang Duoduo." Wen Yuanxun's voice came from outside the door.
Tang Duoduo immediately rushed to the door and opened it. Wen Yuanxun appeared in front of her. He was wearing a blue baseball cap, a white T-shirt and blue jeans, looking very fresh and handsome.
"Reckless girl, have you packed all your things?" Wen Yuanxun touched her head.
Tang Duoduo nodded repeatedly: "It's packed, everything is in the backpack!"
Seeing Tang Duoduo so confident, Wen Yuanxun was a little unconvinced. He walked into the room and said, "Let me check for you."
Tang Duoduo curled her lips and said, "Okay, you check it, I'll go call Yu'an." After saying that, she turned and left.
By the time Tang Duoduo returned to her room, it was already five minutes later. Wen Yuanxun was standing outside the door, looking as if nothing had happened.
"What's the matter? Can we go now?" Tang Duoduo raised her head with an innocent expression.
Wen Yuanxun pointed to the room and said, "Tang Duoduo, you really dropped something."
"Impossible, I put all my things in my backpack." Tang Duoduo obviously didn't believe it. She rushed into the room and started looking around.
"If I say that you really lost something and you didn't find it, shouldn't you be punished?" Wen Yuanxun's tone was full of conspiracy.
Tang Duoduo stopped and said, "Okay, tell me what I lost, and I will accept the punishment."
Wen Yuanxun bent down and gave Tang Duoduo a sly smile, taking something out from behind him as he spoke: "Tang Duoduo, you still like to wear socks with Crayon Shin-chan patterns!"
Looking at her socks being lifted in the air, Tang Duoduo's face flushed red, and she kept jumping on tiptoe: "Give it back to me, give it back to me."
Wen Yuanxun had no intention of returning it: "Okay, I can return it to you if you give me a kiss."
"No, no, you annoying guy." Tang Duoduo continued to jump in frustration, trying hard to reach her socks.
The two were having a great time when a figure appeared outside the door.
"Cough cough..." The man coughed twice.
The two stopped fighting.
After seeing Gu Yu'an, Tang Duoduo felt even more embarrassed.
"We're leaving in forty minutes, can we go now?" Gu Yu'an left after saying this.
Tang Duoduo glared at Wen Yuanxun fiercely, then chased after him.
After the group arrived at the station and had just found the bus they were going to take, a flash of gold appeared in front of them.
"Tang Duoduo, are you surprised?" Prince Yang, holding a brown bear, immediately stood next to Tang Duoduo as soon as he appeared.
Seeing him appear, Tang Duoduo felt a sharp danger signal ringing in her head. Before she could react, Wen Yuanxun stood between the two of them.
"Hey, classmate, you really are haunting me." Wen Yuanxun's expression was full of impatience.
"What ghost? I've only seen Gintama. Duoduo, do you like watching Gintama? By the way, this Brown Bear is for you. I heard that girls like this." Wang Ziyang's enthusiasm was not affected at all. He stuffed the Brown Bear in his hand into Tang Duoduo's hand.
Tang Duoduo wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, holding the Brown Bear, and felt that she had no way to communicate with this guy anymore.
"I told you not to call me Duoduo Duoduo so affectionately. You two are not familiar with each other." Wen Yuanxun continued coldly.
"It doesn't matter. Even if you are not familiar with each other, you will become familiar with each other after chatting. Duoduo, don't you think so?" As he said that, Wang Ziyang moved to the other side of Tang Duoduo.
Wen Yuanxun was not idle either, and stood directly between the two of them: "Okay, we are going to get in the car, you have seen us off, you can leave now."
"Yes, Wang Ziyang, I really have to leave. See you again if we are lucky enough!" Tang Duoduo said and jumped into the car as if running away.
Wen Yuanxun and Gu Yu'an, who had been following the two of them, followed closely behind.
Seeing Tang Duoduo get in the car, Wang Ziyang showed no intention of leaving.
"Duoduo, it seems that this boy is really crazy about you." Gu Yu'an began to speak coldly without any hesitation.
Wen Yuanxun's face was tense , and after hearing what Gu Yu'an said, his expression became even more unhappy. Tang Duoduo knew that the consequences were serious, so she didn't dare to say anything.
The car started, and Wang Ziyang waved enthusiastically: "Duoduo, goodbye, we should keep in touch!"
Hearing Wang Ziyang say that he keeps in touch, Wen Yuanxun showed an inquiring look and asked in a somewhat stern tone: "Tang Duoduo, he just said that he keeps in touch. Does this mean that he has your phone number?"
Tang Duoduo felt a little aggrieved: "He said his phone was out of battery yesterday, so he borrowed my phone to call his own phone. I really didn't mean to give it to him."
Looking at Tang Duoduo's innocent look, Wen Yuanxun shook his head.
Tang Duoduo was fooled by such a simple trick. Having a girlfriend with low IQ and EQ is something you really can't take lightly.
The car started slowly, and Tang Duoduo played with the Brown Bear that Wang Ziyang had given her.
Wen Yuanxun glanced at the bear and said in an unhappy tone: "Girls all like this?"
Tang Duoduo smiled and held the bear in front of Wen Yuanxun: "Brown Bear and Cony Rabbit are a pair, they are very cute."
Wen Yuanxun looked at the bear with disdain and said nothing more. Brown Bear and Cony Rabbit can be a pair, but Wang Ziyang and Tang Duoduo can never be a pair...
After returning from City Z, Tang Duoduo told Chen Jiayuan everything about Wang Ziyang. She thought that girl would gossip in her ear at a high volume for the whole afternoon, but unexpectedly, Chen Jiayuan seemed to be focusing on the phone she was holding tightly.
There must be something fishy. Something must have happened to Chen Jiayuan during the two days that I was away... Such unusual behavior made Tang Duoduo firm in her thinking.
"Chen Jiayuan." Tang Duoduo sat at the head of the bed and shouted at Chen Jiayuan opposite her.
Chen Jiayuan just raised her eyebrows, her eyes still on the phone, and her voice was a little nonchalant: "Ah?"
"Do you want to go eat? I'll treat you to milk tea." Tang Duoduo continued to test.
"Oh." Chen Jiayuan didn't respond.
Tang Duoduo frowned, she climbed out of bed, and then tiptoed onto Chen Jiayuan's bed.
"Chen Jiayuan, you must be hiding something from me."
"ah--"
As soon as Tang Duoduo said this, Chen Jiayuan was so scared that she almost fell off the bed.
"Tang Duoduo, do you want to scare me to death? Don't you know that scaring others can kill them?" Chen Jiayuan patted his chest and said unhappily.
"Hmph, just tell me the truth. You must be hiding something from me. You're doing it sneakily." Tang Duoduo crossed her arms over her chest, looking like she was refusing to give up.
Chen Jiayuan rolled her eyes at her: "What's the matter? Nothing..."
"Impossible, Chen Jiayuan, you must be hiding something from me. Ever since I came back, you've been acting strange. You've been playing with your phone all day and grinning foolishly at it, like... like..." Tang Duoduo tried hard to search for the right adjective in her mind.
Chen Jiayuan put the phone under the pillow, refusing to admit it. "Humph, what does it look like? What do you think it looks like? See, you can't tell me, so you just guess. Tang Duoduo, I think you've gone stupid from falling in love!"
Hearing the word "fall in love", Tang Duoduo patted her head and immediately thought of the adjective she wanted to use.
"Ah! I remembered. You are like a young girl who is just beginning to fall in love! Yes, a young girl who is just beginning to fall in love!" After saying this, not only Chen Jiayuan widened her eyes in surprise, but Tang Duoduo was also frightened by her own words.
Chen Jiayuan was in love? She was actually in love? And she didn't even know about it? Thinking of this, Tang Duoduo actually felt a little disappointed.
"Ah, don't talk nonsense or make random guesses. I'm not in love..." Chen Jiayuan tried hard to explain, but her pale explanation coupled with her honest expression at the moment all declared: yes, yes, she was in love.
"Who is it? Chen Jiayuan, you are so mean. Didn't we agree that we have no secrets from each other? Look, I tell you everything..." The more she spoke, the more aggrieved Tang Duoduo felt.
In order to save the friendship, Chen Jiayuan took a deep breath and said mysteriously: "Okay, okay, I'll tell you, isn't that enough?"
"who is it?"
"I'm telling you, you must not tell anyone else."
Tang Duoduo made a gesture of swearing and shutting up.
"I am in love. Yes, you know that person. You are the one who brought me together. It's Kang Kang..."
After hearing the name, Tang Duoduo covered her mouth in surprise, looking unbelievable: "Didn't you both dislike each other that day? And you even felt there was no need to know each other. How did you get together?"
Chen Jiayuan was a little dizzy from the string of questions: "Why do you ask so many whys? I really didn't have a good impression of you that day, but as we chatted later, I found that we were not that unimportant. After seeing you and Wen Yuanxun off, he treated me to a meal, and then he took my hand naturally, and then the two of us got together naturally!" After saying this, Chen Jiayuan showed a shy expression.
Tang Duoduo bumped Chen Jiayuan's shoulder: "Okay, okay, you look like you're just beginning to fall in love."
Chen Jiayuan refused to admit it: "Tang Duoduo, please don't say nonsense, okay? I've been in a relationship before."
Tang Duoduo showed a disapproving expression and said slowly, "Yes, yes, I was in a relationship. I dated a boy named Chen Si in our class for only one day, and then we broke up because he didn't play games with me. Can this be called a relationship?"
Chen Jiayuan stuck out her tongue and said, "Well, that counts. So, don't say anything like a young girl who has just begun to fall in love. I'm almost sick to death. Please change the adjective."
Tang Duoduo smiled, feeling relieved: "Okay, okay, I won't tease you anymore. Anyway, I feel relieved that you are in a relationship. I won't be afraid of ignoring you in the future."
Chen Jiayuan glanced at Tang Duoduo coldly and said unhappily, "Isn't it because you and Wen Yuanxun are too dazzling? If I hadn't been provoked by you, I probably wouldn't have fallen in love."
"Please, love is a good thing. Love is so happy. You should thank us." Tang Duoduo put her arm around Chen Jiayuan's shoulders.
"Okay, okay, thank you." As she said that, Chen Jiayuan took out her mobile phone from under the pillow, and then sent a text message. A few minutes later, there was a reply from the other side.
"Hey, Kang Kang said he wants to treat you and Wen Yuanxun to a meal to thank you for matchmaking." Chen Jiayuan pushed Tang Duoduo who was leaning on her shoulder.
Tang Duoduo smiled sweetly: "Yes, I like it the most, especially when it's free."
"You don't like to eat for free, you are an idiot..." Chen Jiayuan complained coldly.