“Really?” Jiang Yumo sat up excitedly and looked at Ning Zhiyu, “Who is it? Do I know him?”
In the original work, besides Zhou Ji, there weren’t any other remarkable male characters around Ning Zhiyu.
Even if there were, they only appeared in her professional life, and their combat power was weak.
Ning Zhiyu : “Shh!”
Jiang Yumo quickly covered her mouth, her eyes sparkling as she urged Ning Zhiyu to spill the beans.
Ning Zhiyu suppressed her smile. “We met in middle school. He had excellent grades and a brilliant mind. I’ve never seen anyone who could study as well as him.”
“Even smarter than you?” Jiang Yumo was shocked.
Ning Zhiyu nodded with a smile. “Yes. I don’t know if it was love or just a crush, but there was a time when I genuinely enjoyed studying with him.”
“That’s love!” Jiang Yumo whispered, “Being with Duan Ye makes me really happy no matter what we’re doing.”
Ning Zhiyu chuckled, “But I think ‘like’ might be more appropriate. He’s really outstanding, comes from a good family, has a good personality. Whenever he sees someone in need on the street, he never pretends not to notice, and he cares about his classmates. Once, when I fell while running, he carried me to the infirmary.”
Jiang Yumo couldn’t resist asking, “Is he handsome?”
Ning Zhiyu thought seriously for a moment. “It’s hard to say because attractiveness is subjective. Some people like those who are gentle and kind, and he is that type.”
She paused for a moment and continued, “But I don’t think you would find him handsome.”
“Why?” Jiang Yumo asked.
“Because he’s completely different from Duan Ye. Since you like Duan Ye, you probably wouldn’t find him handsome.”
Jiang Yumo shyly smiled and continued to ask, “And then, does he like you? Do you still like him?”
Ning Zhiyu didn’t bother correcting her on the point of “liking” him. Her expression became somewhat melancholic as she said, “I had a close friend at that time who liked him, and she always misunderstood that he liked me. But I felt that he didn’t actually like me, maybe it was just a good impression. We both had more important things to focus on, so we didn’t have the time or energy for anything else. And then, they both went to the same high school while I came to Fifth High. Now, I’m not in contact with them anymore.”
Jiang Yumo felt that Ning Zhiyu had omitted a lot, but as long as Ning Zhiyu didn’t say it, she wouldn’t press for further details.
Ning Zhiyu said, “I’m not good at solving these kinds of problems, so I’d rather not get involved.”
Jiang Yumo was relieved and said, “That’s good. Fortunately, none of my friends liked Duan Ye, and neither do you.”
It would be so complicated otherwise! If even someone as smart as Ning Zhiyu couldn’t figure it out, she definitely wouldn’t be able to handle it.
Ning Zhiyu smiled and said, “Of course, you are a very good person. The people around you would never want to hurt you, let alone have any thoughts of doing something that would make you sad. Naturally, they wouldn’t even consider doing anything to make you feel upset.”
Jiang Yumo nodded.
Yes, she was so good with Yan Qing and Sun Mengting. They had promised to be lifelong good friends.
And… Ning Zhiyu, Ning Zhiyu was also very good!
She said earnestly, “I will never, never like the person my friend likes because I don’t want to lose my friends.”
Perhaps it was because she didn’t take a nap today, Jiang Yumo felt drowsy during the first class in the afternoon.
As soon as the bell rang for the end of the first class, she didn’t go to the restroom with Yan Qing and Sun Mengting. Instead, she went downstairs and ran to the small supermarket near the cafeteria to buy coffee to drink.
Although it was called coffee, it was more like a beverage with a bittersweet taste. In Jiang Yumo’s eyes, it tasted more like chocolate-flavored milk tea.
However, this kind of coffee didn’t sell well at school. Nowadays, everyone preferred to drink cola, Sprite, and various types of tea.
With only ten minutes between classes, Jiang Yumo still wanted to wash her face and freshen up. She hurriedly ran to the supermarket at the fastest speed possible.
She fixed her gaze on the cold cabinet inside.
This kind of beverage needs to be consumed cold to refresh, so she pulled open the door of the cold cabinet and scanned the contents. She spotted the bottle of coffee drink she wanted to buy, but there was only one bottle left. Just as she was about to reach out and grab it, a hand faster than hers appeared.
She turned her head to the side.
Standing next to her was a tall and thin boy wearing a gray shirt and black pants, with disheveled jet-black hair.
Uh…
It was Zhou Ji.
Zhou Ji’s hand was already holding the bottle of drink. When he noticed the girl looking at him, he furrowed his brow and asked, “Do you want it?”
He wouldn’t argue with a girl over a bottle of drink. It would lower his value.
Jiang Yumo subconsciously shook her head, “No, no, no.”
As soon as she realized she answered too quickly, she felt a sense of self-disgust in her heart.
Why did she just let go of the coffee drink like that?
It was all because of his male lead aura. Although she hadn’t interacted with him before, now she didn’t even want to compete with him for a bottle of drink in her subconscious.
Zhou Ji made a sound of acknowledgment and withdrew his gaze.
Jiang Yumo quickly adjusted her mood: It’s just a bottle of coffee beverage, she’ll buy something else to drink.
Zhou Ji didn’t look at Jiang Yumo again. He took the bottle of coffee beverage and prepared to turn around and go to the cashier to pay.
Just a few steps out, he saw Duan Ye not far away.
Duan Ye was looking in their direction, his expression unclear.
Zhou Ji’s mood was obviously still good. Holding the bottle of cold beverage, he casually said as he passed by Duan Ye, “Continue the match this afternoon?”
This was an invitation to play basketball together.
Duan Ye looked at Zhou Ji expressionlessly, emotions swirling in his eyes. Finally, he lazily replied, “Sure.”
At this moment, a smile could be seen on Zhou Ji’s face.
“That’s settled then.”
After saying that, Zhou Ji went to the cashier to pay.
Jiang Yumo also realized that Duan Ye had arrived. She settled for a bottle of iced tea and walked briskly over, smiling brightly as she asked, “Why are you here?”
Duan Ye looked at her, his gaze shifting downwards to the iced tea in her hand, then moved away. He replied, “Zhao Zheng said he saw you heading this way and thought you had some problem.”
“No, nothing important. I just didn’t take a nap today and felt a bit drowsy, so I came to buy something to wake myself up,” Jiang Yumo curiously asked, “I just saw you talking to Zhou Ji, is there something going on?”
Duan Ye shook his head and said, “No, nothing. Do you want to watch the match this afternoon?”
Jiang Yumo understood. It was probably Zhou Ji who invited him to play basketball.
She blinked and said, “Let’s see how it goes. If there are too many people, I won’t join in the fun. Besides, I don’t think there’s much suspense.”
She looked up at him, her eyes focused only on him at this moment, and smiled, revealing a dimple. “You’ll definitely win.”