Zhou Li had no mood for guessing now. She pursed her lips and said, "Who is it?"
Little Mi chuckled, "It’s that guy we met here yesterday. You even went over to greet him, remember? Called him Leng... oh, Leng Xuan, right? Hehe, he was sitting right next to me just now. I didn’t get a good look at him yesterday, but today, sitting so close, I realized that he’s actually quite handsome..."
"What? You really saw him?" Zhou Li was both shocked and thrilled. She said, "Is he still here now? Point him out to me, will you?"
"Oh, he just left a minute ago!" Little Mi hadn’t finished speaking when Zhou Li got up and dashed out, "Ai, Zhou Li, what are you doing? You still have so much food left to eat..."
"Leng Xuan!"
As Leng Xuan, along with Jack and Zhao Xiaotian, reached the basketball court not far from the large cafeteria, he suddenly heard someone calling his name from behind. The voice sounded quite familiar. Just as he was about to turn around to look, Zhao Xiaotian exclaimed with excitement, "Boss, Boss, look! A beautiful girl is calling for you. Huh, she looks familiar. Ah... it’s her..."
Leng Xuan turned back and saw a beautiful girl in a school uniform, standing tall and graceful, running towards him. At a glance, he recognized her as Zhou Li and was momentarily taken aback, wondering what this little girl could want from him. After a brief hesitation, he spoke up, "Xiaotian, Jack, you guys go ahead. I’ve got something to take care of!"
"Boss, are you putting beauty before brothers? Ditching us for a girl?" Zhao Xiaotian teased with a laugh but still gave Jack a knowing look. With grins on their faces, the two guys walked away quickly.
Zhou Li approached Leng Xuan and, for some reason, just a glance at him made her lower her head shyly, her cheeks blushing red.
Leng Xuan gave a slight smile and said, "I saw you just now at the entrance of the cafeteria, but it was too noisy and crowded, so I didn’t come over to say hi. Are you looking for me for something?"
Zhou Li’s face stiffened with a mix of anger and resentment. She thought to herself, ’So you saw me already, and let me wait foolishly for so long. Heartless jerk.’ But then she remembered she had come to ask for his help, so it wouldn’t do to lose her temper. Lifting her head, she looked at Leng Xuan with shimmering, pitiful eyes. Biting her lip, she barely started, "I..." before trailing off, unsure how to continue!
"Hmm?" Leng Xuan was genuinely puzzled. "Just tell me what it is. Do you need me to do you a favor?"
Zhou Li blushingly whispered a response as Leng Xuan seemed to see right through her, "Yeah! But if you don’t want to, I won’t force you!"
"Really? You haven’t even told me what it is. How do you know I won’t be willing?" Leng Xuan said in a playful tone. He understood that Zhou Li must be finding it difficult to ask him for help, since they had only met a few times and were hardly acquainted. This was his way of trying to lighten the mood.
Zhou Li finally managed a forced smile and said, "I want you... to be my boyfriend!" The last sentence was so quiet that she could barely hear it herself. Her face was now as red as it could be, but this time she didn’t look away from Leng Xuan, gazing at him with hopeful eyes instead.
Leng Xuan thought he must have misheard, utterly astonished.