His gaze, which had been low all this time, suddenly turned cold, almost forming a tropical storm on his face.
Gu Qili sensed the change in his expression and hurriedly followed his gaze to the ground, her face turning instantly pale.
These were the notes Chen Yishu had stuffed into the books when he confessed to her recently, almost every unborrwed book had one of these slips of paper.
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Now that Mu Shuoqian had inadvertently discovered it, she actually felt a guilt as if she had cheated, as if she had done something wrong by him.
This inexplicable feeling made her restless, she squatted down and quickly picked up the books to put them back in their place, facing the bookshelf, she dared not turn around to look at him, pretending to organize the books, her heart inside her chest missing its beat rhythmically.
She thought about whether to explain that she actually hadn’t agreed, but quickly denied the idea herself, she wasn’t his someone after all, maybe he didn’t even care.
Gu Qili secretly cheered herself up, turned her head back with a beaming smile showing off her eight teeth: "Actually...."
Mu Shuoqian, who had just been standing there, was nowhere to be seen; the large library had only her lone figure, it seemed, he had gone back.
The smile froze on Gu Qili’s lips, eventually curling into a self-mocking arc, see, she was right, he really didn’t care.
Gu Qili walked out of the library disheartened, it was too late to go back to class now, the professor hated it when someone slipped in mid-way, if he caught her, he would deduct her performance points.
She dawdled back to the dormitory, the path just took her past the basketball court, people were playing on the court, the basketball hitting the ground making thud-thud sounds, from afar she saw Chen Yishu and a few of his buddies.
Chen Yishu loved basketball, and he was the captain of the school team; whenever he had no classes, he was almost always at the basketball court or the gymnasium.
Gu Qili was about to look away, when suddenly as if by a freezing spell, she turned to stone.
A tall figure was standing at the edge of the basketball court, seemingly observing the game; he was dressed in a white shirt, a distinguished demeanor that contrasted sharply with the juvenile boys on the court, making him particularly conspicuous.
Gu Qili couldn’t move even half a step, she just stared at him.
At this moment, a pass error by someone - the basketball flew straight towards Mu Shuoqian, about to hit his head when Gu Qili couldn’t help but shout a warning.
Mu Shuoqian bent his forearm, fingers spread, and effortlessly caught the basketball, with a grip of his long fingers, he firmly held the ball in his grasp.
Chen Yishu’s gaze was drawn as well, he squinted his dark eyes, it was apparent that this man could play basketball.
And, his gaze had been on him all along, as if he was quite interested in him.
"Wanna play together?" Chen Yishu approached, reaching out to take the ball.
But Mu Shuoqian had no intention of returning the ball, a glance from the corner of his eye at Gu Qili who stood not far away, and suddenly with a flick of his wrist, the basketball traced a beautiful arc towards the hoop, scoring a perfect bank shot.
"Sure." He agreed, "One-on-one."
Chen Yishu saw a challenge in his eyes, at the prime of his youth, he immediately curled his lips: "Five shots, the one with the most scores wins."
Mu Shuoqian rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, striding with long steps into the basketball court.
Mu Shuoqian was tall, Chen Yishu was not short either, the two standing face to face didn’t seem much different in height, and the surrounding crowd seemingly scented the gunpowder in the air, spontaneously moved to the side.
Gu Qili was shocked speechless, Mu Shuoqian was actually going to play basketball against Chen Yishu, he couldn’t possibly win against Chen Yishu. **