Chapter 34: The Friendship of Four People (Three)
"Xiang, you're full of gossip, doesn't it hurt to hold it in? Don't ask if we want to hear it or not, just get straight to the point." Qiao Anyu paused for a moment before continuing: "Grade-level gossip is something every girl wants to hear." Yu Shuang and Leng Ning chimed in with agreement from the side.
Gu Siqi cleared her throat and said slowly: "The girls in our grade privately evaluated the four most handsome boys, do you think who they are?"
"There must be your brother-in-law, right?" Qiao Anyu's words were like a knife, and in the darkness, it seemed as if one could hear Gu Siqian's face turning red.
"That's natural. Xu Xiao is the acknowledged number one handsome guy, unanimously elected." Gu Siyan said proudly, even more thrilled than when she was elected the number one beauty herself.
"Unanimous vote? But I didn't even participate in the voting, where did this unanimous talk come from? Moreover, I haven't even considered casting my vote for Xu Xiao." Qiao Anyu deliberately went against Gu Siqian.
"If you don't vote, I'll be at odds with you." Gu Siqi became more serious.
"Wait, let's give the boy we like a code name. If we keep saying his name and accidentally get found out, it'll be bad. The teachers think puppy love is a terrible thing and are keeping a close eye on us." Leng Bing added, getting everyone's agreement.
"Xu Xiao will be 001; Su Yuzhe will be 002; Shu Zimo, 003." Leng Cingshen announced after a moment of contemplation.
"What's the point of dragging Shu Zimo into this! He doesn't need a code name." Qiao Anyu strongly protested.
"It's hard to guarantee that you won't get caught red-handed when you're badmouthing him behind his back, and when the evidence is solid, it'll be embarrassing for you, which isn't conducive to your work as a student committee member. You have an alias, so you can deny it." Gu Siqi had heard enough of Qiao Anyu's complaints about Shu Zimo, and she knew that one day...
"I don't do things in secret, so I'm not afraid of him listening and going. As for him, I refuse to use code names to address him." Qiao Anyu was unwilling to agree.
"Stop arguing, let's continue listening to gossip." Yu Shuang, who was usually relatively quiet, spoke up.
"First place, no suspense, is Xu Xiao... or rather 001. Second place is Shu Zimo 003, and then there's Shi Zhihang from Class Five and Xiang Tian from Class Six." Gu Siqi counted on her fingers, exactly four people.
"Did I hear that right? Shu Zimo is involved too?" Qiao Anyu's voice rose several decibels, piercing the dark night sky and startling the other three people.
"Zhèn dìng diǎn, hěn duō nǚ shēng shuō tā shì 'kù kù de shuài qì'. Suī rán tā bù ài dā lǐ nǚ shēng, kě zhè sī háo wèi jiǎn tā zài nǚ shēng xīn mù zhōng shuài dé yī tǎ huì de xíng xiàng. Chī bù dào de pú táo, cái jiào rén gèng niàn niàn bù wàng ne. Shàng cì nǐ bù shì qīn yǎn mù zhù le mǒu nǚ jiē jìn shū zǐ mò de chǎng jǐng, shuō míng tā hái shì yǒu nǚ rén yuàn de, jǐn guǎn nà ge nǚ shēng hòu miàn luò huāng ér táo le." Gù sī qiān shuō dào.
"Cherish life, stay away from Shu Zimo." Qiao Anyu carefully skirted around a large boulder, summarizing in her mouth.
The Ba Gua really can dispel fear, and as they spoke, they had already crossed the bridge. After walking through the darkest section of the road, everyone suddenly felt that the road ahead was brightening up. Especially Qiao Anyu Liang and Gu Siqian, who saw a bright future ahead. The men they admired lived in front of them. Maybe, there would be a beautiful encounter.
When Qiao An Yu Liang passed that bridge again, he suddenly found that there were no railings on both sides of the bridge. The bridge was lonely and suspended over a slow-moving river below. If someone had slipped that night, the consequences would have been unthinkable. Fortunately, the four of them walked hand in hand through the dark period. However, life's dark periods can only be traversed by oneself, stumbling and staggering through.
In the second semester, a new classmate named Tang Yuxin transferred in. On her second day, after an all-night discussion among the boys in our class, she was unanimously crowned as the "Class Flower" of the junior high school department, even surpassing Du Jing. This name soon spread far and wide, gaining recognition from many male classmates, and even the girls couldn't help but acknowledge Tang Yuxin's beauty and the unattainable elegance of a rich family's daughter, only regretting that they were born in a farming family, tainted with the indelible rustic air.
However, this new classmate seems to be always worried and unhappy, not speaking or laughing, with a frown on her face. Compared to Bao Si, she is even more so. The boys often joked about guessing who would be King Zhou of Shang. They love beauties but do not want to be kings who bring disaster to the country and its people. The conclusion of the discussion was: this girl can only be admired from afar and cannot be trifled with.
The new semester's seating arrangement had been adjusted, and Tang Yuxin was placed in front of Su Yuzhe and Shu Zimo. This made Qiao Anyu feel uncomfortable for a long time, like a fishbone stuck in her throat. After all, the beautiful and vibrant beauty was right before their eyes, making it hard not to be distracted.
Qiao Anyu naturally wouldn't blame Su Yuzhe, but she had a lingering resentment in her heart that couldn't be dispelled. She needed an outlet for this anger, and it ended up being directed at the innocent Shu Zimo.
"This woman has become a lot more temperamental recently, I don't know if it's because she's been eating too much chili." Shu Zimo found this to be inexplicable.
