Chapter 1444 — You Go and Compete
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Wei Zhaodian nodded, visibly relieved. "Chen Xi, I'll leave Ziyu's studies in your hands. I'm off now."
"Mm, don't worry. Goodbye, Brother Weizhao!" Chen Xi waved at Wei Zhaodian, her earlier excitement lending a faint flush to her cheeks.
"Goodbye!" Ying Ziyu was nowhere near as pleased as Chen Xi.
Wei Zhaodian did not take offense. He merely smiled and quickly left Ying Ziyu's classroom. Class was about to begin, and it would hardly be appropriate for him to linger there.
Once Wei Zhaodian had gone, Ying Ziyu rose and glanced outside. Only after confirming that he had left did she turn to Chen Xi with a mischievous grin and wink. "Xiaoxi, tell me—do you like that Wei Zhaodian fellow?"
"Huh?" Chen Xi jumped, her eyes widening. "Y-you mean what...?"
"I mean, do you like that tyrant Wei Zhaodian?" Ying Ziyu had spent years fending for herself in society, so she was naturally somewhat precocious. She had seen plenty of the affairs between men and women, even if she herself had never tried any of it. Seeing Chen Xi's flushed face, she began drawing her own conclusions.
"I... I don't like him..." Chen Xi's denial rang less than true. Did she like him? Or did she not? What did it even mean to like someone, and what did it mean not to? Chen Xi had never given much thought to romantic feelings. She simply felt that Wei Zhaodian was a very good person. He had treated her mother and helped her so many times that a kind of admiration had taken root in her heart. She had some affection for him, certainly, but she had never considered whether that could be called liking him.
"Look at you—your face is red, you're stammering, and you're calling him 'Brother Weizhao' like you're so close!" Ying Ziyu said with a grin.
"I..." Chen Xi's mind descended into confusion, and for a moment she had no idea how to explain herself. Her words came out in a jumble. "I... he's older than us, after all!"
"Who would have thought, Xiaoxi? You've actually fallen in love! Want Big Sister Ziyu to give you some advice? I may not be as good as you at studying, but when it comes to this, I have experience!" Ying Ziyu had finally found a field in which she could claim to surpass Chen Xi, and she happily thumped her chest as she spoke.
"What? Big Sister Ziyu, have you actually been in a relationship?" Chen Xi asked, startled.
"I... just because I haven't eaten pork, does that mean I've never seen a pig run?" Ying Ziyu stammered. "I've seen a lot more of the world than you have!"
"Oh... But Brother Weizhao already has a girlfriend, doesn't he? And she's very pretty..." Before she knew it, Chen Xi had been led along by Ying Ziyu. In truth, she was not even sure whether she liked Wei Zhaodian, yet she found herself following Ying Ziyu's line of thought in a daze.
"So what if he has a girlfriend? You can steal him away. Go and compete!" The moment Ying Ziyu thought of the girl beside Wei Zhaodian, she felt irritated. That girl had egged Wei Zhaodian into spanking her last time, and Ying Ziyu had not forgotten the grudge! What a vile little wretch. Why hadn't she told Wei Zhaodian to spank her instead?
"No... I can't compete with Sister Xiaoxiao. She's always been so good to me..." Chen Xi shook her head. "How could I do something like that?"
"Good to you? Feng Xiaoxiao is rotten to the core, with nothing but bad ideas in her head. She even wanted that tyrant Wei Zhaodian to spank me!" Ying Ziyu said. "Don't worry. With my support, I'll make sure you win over your Brother Weizhao!"
"What? I... what am I saying?" Chen Xi finally came to her senses. Remembering what she had just said, her face flushed crimson. "Big Sister Ziyu, I... I was only talking nonsense. I didn't mean that... Don't misunderstand..."
"Hee-hee, you let the truth slip without realizing it. I understand!" Ying Ziyu replied.
"...Class has started. I need to listen." With her face burning, Chen Xi stopped paying Ying Ziyu any attention.