Chapter 331 The Tragic Xiao Hua
Shuiyu’s eyes twinkled as she imagined Gu Dongxing’s anxious expression, a smug smile appearing on her face.
"Right, let him feel the urgency. Being a man and still hesitating, even acknowledging a childhood sweetheart as a sworn sister, Humph! I say, Jiang Mengyu, you should find a man to be your sworn brother too."
Jiang Mengyu gave a bitter smile: "I already have a sworn brother, Cheng Jiuhe Deputy Commander is my sworn brother."
Shuiyu snorted: "His brother, he naturally knows nothing will happen."
She glanced at Wu Jiangsheng, then at Shen Qi, and pulled Shen Qi closer to Jiang Mengyu: "You two deliberately get closer, and let Gu Dongxing feel jealous in the future."
She originally wanted to pull Wu Jiangsheng, but considering Wu Jiangsheng’s persistence towards Jiang Mengyu and fearing it might backfire, she pulled Shen Qi instead, because in her view, Shen Qi had no romantic feelings for Jiang Mengyu.
"But it’s just unfair to Shen Qi."
Just now she was still speaking up for Gu Dongxing, but when Ye Qing was mentioned, Shuiyu immediately changed her attitude.
It warmed Jiang Mengyu’s heart: At least, these classmates stood by her side.
Yet, she laughed and scolded, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
"I’m willing!" Shen Qi said.
"Ah, what did you say?" Shuiyu was confused.
"I said, I’m willing to pretend to get close to Jiang Mengyu to make Gu Dongxing anxious," Shen Qi clearly stated.
It’s not about really dating Jiang Mengyu, but acting as a couple wouldn’t be bad.
After all, nowadays teachers won’t interfere too strictly as long as male and female classmates don’t cross the boundaries.
Moreover, now that Jiang Mengyu is back, their study group could continue.
Wu Jiangsheng really wanted to say that he could pretend to be Jiang Mengyu’s boyfriend.
But before he could speak, Shuiyu shattered his fantasy: "Wu Jiangsheng, don’t even think about it. People are already suspicious of you. If you get closer, they will definitely think you are really dating."
Wu Jiangsheng was angry: "Why can’t I? Is Shen Qi really that suitable?"
Shuiyu nodded confidently: "Of course Shen Qi is suitable, he’s the Zhuge Liang among us four!"
Jiang Mengyu couldn’t help but laugh and cry: "What are you talking about? I won’t involve anyone else in my matters with Gu Dongxing. Stop it, we should go for the next exam."
Shen Qi’s shining eyes dimmed: She didn’t want to date him, not even pretend.
Yet, she had only met Gu Dongxing once and was willing to pretend to be his fiancée, did this mean she had fallen for Gu Dongxing at first sight?
His heart sank further, already unable to sink any lower, but why did it hurt so much?
"Alright, let’s go back for the exam," he said, and left on his own without waiting for others.
Zhang Shuiyu watched Shen Qi’s receding figure, somewhat puzzled: "What’s wrong with Shen Qi? Is he upset?"
Jiang Mengyu’s eyes flickered: "It’s nothing, he’s just in a hurry to go back for the exam, let’s go too."
But in her heart, she clearly felt that Shen Qi seemed, maybe, to feel something different for her.
This final exam was two subjects in the morning and one in the afternoon, with two more tomorrow morning.
The day after tomorrow would be the start of winter break.
Entering the classroom, all the students were already seated as per the principle of "last-minute cramming shines but does not enlighten"; some were anxiously flipping through books, others were reciting formulas.
Xiao Hua had a bad premonition and sure enough, as soon as the teacher distributed the test papers and she was about to start the exam, her body just wouldn’t move.
No matter how anxious she was, she couldn’t participate in the exam. This subject was doomed to score zero.
Xiao Hua was almost in despair: Could it be that she would score zero in the entire exam period?
Jiang Mengyu glanced at Xiao Hua and sneered internally: When you were working for Jiang Huaiyu, you should have anticipated this consequence.