"Let’s go!" Shen Weiyi said as she pulled Qin Zhen, ready to leave after witnessing the transaction between the two people.
Suddenly, she felt a gaze on her.
Shen Weiyi turned around and met a pair of eyes filled with anger and grievance.
"Who is he?" Jiang Zhiyi, having heard someone else call her "sister" and seen her standing with another boy, was almost driven mad by jealousy. His rationality slipping, he immediately asked, "Is it because of him that you broke up with me?"
Shen Jingqi sized him up, then told Shen Weiyi, "He must be your ex-boyfriend, right? He looks alright, but he doesn’t seem too smart. My Brother Ting is better, more handsome and smarter, much better than some people."
"You’re talking about yourself!" Shen Weiyi retorted.
Shen Jingqi frowned, "Sister, can you even hold a conversation?"
Shen Weiyi replied, "If I’ve offended you, I won’t apologize."
"Yao Yao, who is he really?" Watching the two of them chat intimately, Jiang Zhiyi felt a sourness in his heart. His hands clenched at his sides as he asked in a hoarse voice.
Shen Weiyi said, "A younger brother."
"When did you get a younger brother I didn’t know about?" They had known each other for many years, and he was familiar with all her friends. He had never heard about her having a younger brother at Jiu Middle School.
Shen Weiyi smiled and said, "Don’t you have a sister too? What’s wrong with me having a younger brother?"
"Yao Yao..." Mentioning Xu Chenxi made him instantly short of breath.
"Stop, I don’t want to discuss this with you." A barely perceptible emotion flickered through Shen Weiyi’s eyes.
Jiang Zhiyi, silenced, obediently closed his mouth and stared at her with his beautiful peach-blossom eyes.
Shen Weiyi avoided his gaze and turned to Qin Zhen, "Let’s go back to the classroom!"
"Okay!" Qin Zhen gave Jiang Zhiyi a glance, then took her hand and they headed upstairs together.
Jiang Zhiyi, watching them leave, felt a flash of loss in his eyes, then suddenly grabbed Shen Jingqi’s collar, his expression darkening, "I don’t care who you are, stay away from her."
Shen Jingqi spoke calmly, "And what right do you have to order me around? As an ex-boyfriend?"
Jiang Zhiyi, unable to restrain himself, raised his fist, but Gu Xun and Li Yue behind him held him back, "Brother Yi, calm down." Their reflection papers were still in their pockets, not even warm yet.
If they got into a fight again, Old Li would definitely not let them off.
"Didn’t I hear that you almost got disciplined last time for fighting?" Shen Jingqi slowly pulled his hand from his clothes, "Only the incompetent think of solving problems with their fists."
"Besides, now the whole school knows you two have broken up. The person who should stay away from her is you."
Seeing the veins on Jiang Zhiyi’s clenched fists throbbing, Li Yue and Gu Xun immediately held him tightly:
"Brother Yi, stay calm, we don’t need to stoop to his level."
"Yeah, we should be thinking about how to win her back instead."
Shen Jingqi adjusted his clothes and spoke unhurriedly, "Just a friendly reminder, your rival isn’t me. There’s no need for so much hostility against me. Instead of threatening and warning me here, perhaps you should reflect on the issues with yourself. To think that a girl who transferred schools during such a critical time in her final year for your sake would break up with you, she must be really disappointed in you."