Chapter 12: Han Xiao Xi's Worries

  Han Xiaoxi ran out of the Nanhu Cup competition venue and sprinted all the way to Ye Siyi's piano practice room.

  "Xiao Sisi, I'm here!" When she rushed into the music room, Ye Siying hadn't started practicing piano yet, but was sitting in front of the piano, staring blankly, lost in thought. However, Han Xiaoxi didn't have the mood to tease Ye Siying anymore, and she didn't even notice that her good friend was spacing out.

  "Is the game over? How did our department do? Did we advance?" Ye Siying was interrupted by Han Xiaoxi's shout and turned to look at Han Xiaoxi, who was leaning against the edge of the piano, panting heavily.

  "Who still cares about those sissies' promotions or not?! I'm telling you, it's such a pity that you didn't watch the match today! Today, during the history department and law school competition, they almost got into a fight, what a shocking scene!" Han Xiaoxi exaggeratedly said.

  "Huh? Why? The game was going well, how did it almost come to a fight." Ye Siying is actually a girl who has a very indifferent attitude towards everything that happens around her, except for music. She's even less interested in things like group fights, but seeing Han Xiaoxi's excited face, she asked along with him.

  "It's not that the law school people are too unrefined!" Han Xiaoxi said with a curl of her lip, completely unaware that she was actually the one who had triggered this conflict. Following that, Han Xiaoxi vividly described to Ye Siying everything that had happened on the competition field at that time, especially when mentioning Chen Chufan, a faint green light seemed to flash in Han Xiaoxi's eyes.

  "The whole process was roughly like that, you don't know, at that time the history department's Chen Chufan stood up, holding an iron frame and wildly smashing the basketball hoop, it was so cool! The entire stadium was subdued by him alone, not a single person dared to make a sound! I even found myself falling in love with him!" Han Xiaoxi exaggeratedly said.

  "Why didn't you rush up and confess to him at that time! With our Xiao Xi's conditions, is he still afraid of being rejected?" Ye Siying said with a smile.

  Upon hearing Ye Siying's words, Han Xiaoxiao's face suddenly fell. "You don't know! That Chen Chufan is the guy who jumped into Nanhu Lake after a breakup. Do you think he still has lingering feelings for his ex-girlfriend from Huayuan?"

  "What? Is it him?" Ye Siying said in surprise. Although she didn't usually care about gossip, the news of a male student from Zhongbei University jumping into Nanhu Lake to die for love was really too sensational. The several gossipy girls in her dormitory had been discussing it all along, and she had also heard a lot while sitting beside them. At that time, she just thought that the boy was quite silly, but she didn't expect him to have such a bold side.

  "You're saying that such a cool guy would jump into the lake to kill himself for a woman, how deep must his feelings be! I wonder if he wouldn't accept me if I were to confess my feelings to him? If this girl's first confession were to be rejected, her face would really lose all dignity! Or maybe I should write him an anonymous love letter and test the waters, what do you think?" Han Xiao Xi continued to say with a sudden burst of inspiration.

  "No way, Han Xiaoxi! You're serious?! You really plan to go confess to him? You guys don't even know each other yet!" Ye Siying stared at Han Xiaoxi in shock. Although she knew her friend's thinking was always unconventional, she never thought Han Xiaoxi would actually take the initiative to confess to a man she had only seen from afar, not even having met him once. This was simply too bold, too crazy, and completely unimaginable!

  "I'm totally serious, what's wrong with that?" Han Xiao Xi looked at Ye Si Wei with some surprise. "Where can I find such a cool guy? What if someone else snatches him up first, where would I find another one to go with?"

  "Xiao Hei Han, are you serious?" Ye Siying asked solemnly, collecting her smile.

  "Really?!" Han Xiao Xi looked at her best friend with a bewildered expression, seemingly still puzzled by her sudden seriousness.

  "Are you sure?" Ye Siyi asked again, unwilling to give up.

  "Of course!" Han Xiao Xi still had a matter-of-fact expression on her face.

  Ye Siying exaggeratedly covered her forehead with her right hand and lamented: "I've really been defeated by you, Han Xiaohui classmate!"

  "What's with that! Xixi! I'm asking you to help me come up with a way to confess to him, can't you give me some suggestions?! Stop rambling on about useless things, okay?!" Han Xiaoxiao said in an unhappy tone.

  "Xiao Hei, can't you calm down? If you want to fall in love, there are plenty of guys who like you. Just pick one and at least it'll be someone you know! What's with this Chen Chufan guy? You don't even know what kind of person he is, you've never even met him before today! And now you're recklessly thinking of confessing to him? What's going on in that head of yours?" Ye Siying couldn't help but scold her best friend.

  "I'd never fall in love with those sissies! They don't have any sense of responsibility, they just talk big all the time. When something really happens, I bet they'll run away faster than rabbits!" Han Xiaohui said disdainfully: "You say I shouldn't confess to someone who doesn't understand me, but let me ask you, if you met that boy who played 'Starry Sky' for you this morning, would you confess to him?"

  "Me?" Ye Siying was taken aback by his words, but immediately retorted: "Of course I won't, I'm not like you! How shameless!"

  "Cut the hypocrisy!" Han Xiao Xi said with a shake of her head. "I think that when the time comes, you might be even more eager than me, and maybe at first sight, you'll be unable to control your desire to give in to your feelings!"

  "Han Xiaoxi! That's enough!" Ye Siying was getting angry, but even she herself didn't understand whether it was Han Xiaoxi's words that made her angry or because Han Xiaoxi's words exposed the thoughts deep within her heart that made her feel embarrassed and indignant.

  "Fine, you won't help me then. I'll go find someone else to give me ideas!" As she spoke, Han Xiao Xi huffed and turned to leave with a small face.

  "Hey, wait for me! I'll go back to the dorm with you!" As she spoke, Ye Siying put down the piano lid and stood up from her chair, catching up to Han Xiaoxi who was about to walk out of the classroom door.

  When Chen Chufan returned to the dormitory, he found that Meng Wei and Yang Tao, who had long since left the playground, had not returned to the dormitory. Chen Chufan was puzzled for a moment - with Lao Da's ankle injury, where could these two have gone? With this question in mind, Chen Chufan rushed into the bathroom, quickly cleaned himself up, and just as he came out of the bathroom wearing a clean set of clothes, he saw Yang Tao supporting Meng Wei, who was limping, as they walked into the dormitory.

  Yang Tao saw Chen Chufan, let go of Meng Wei's hand and rushed to the front of Chen Chufan, constantly touching here and there on Chen Chufan's body with a curious expression.

  "What's wrong with you?" Chen Chufan couldn't help but say. Yang Tao had just entered the door and hadn't even washed his hands, and there were still some muddy footprints on his hands that he didn't know where they came from, making the clean clothes he had just changed into dirty again.

  "My god, I need to study you carefully! By the way, are you really Chen Chufan? Or have you been possessed by an alien?" Yang Tao didn't know that this joke was actually the closest guess to the truth.

  "How did you know?" Chen Chufan feigned a terrified expression as if his secret had been exposed. He then stretched out his hand to grab Yang Tao's neck, shouting "I'll silence you!"

  There was no way, Chen Chufan really didn't know how to respond to his friend's questioning. Because he himself didn't even know what had happened to him. So he could only use this kind of joking around to muddle through. But he could confirm that he seemed to be somehow different now, and it seemed to have started after he jumped into the lake.

  "Stop it!" Meng Wei shouted at the two who had already started fighting.

  Hearing Lao Da's voice, Chen Chufan and Yang Tao stopped their actions and turned back to look at Meng Wei.

  "Lao San is indeed a bit off, let's discuss this tonight! The basketball team has a dinner gathering later, hurry up and get ready!" Meng Wei said in one breath, it's really hard for him.