Chapter 52: Extensions of Love

The moment Jiang Cheng bent down towards Ji Shuyi with a smile, the crowd erupted into another wave of noisy screams. The sound was so intense it nearly pierced the sky, echoing throughout the entire campus, lingering for a long time.

Amidst the clamor, Ji Shuyi could hear her own heartbeat drumming wildly, more exciting than the boisterous noise around them.

Tilting her small face upwards, already captivated, Ji Shuyi murmured dazedly:

“Handsome. So handsome.”

He was devastatingly handsome.

Her infatuated gaze sent Jiang Cheng’s inner self into a frenzy of delight. The corners of his eyes and eyebrows were tinged with unrestrained, wild smiles. His nearly five-hour wait in the styling studio was worth it.

This was also the first time he had spent five hours on his appearance. He used to be casual about such things, unwilling to waste time on them, but if it could bring her a smile, it all became meaningful.

Ji Shuyi snapped back to reality from his smile, staring at his suddenly longer hair and curiously asked:

“How did your hair grow so fast? How did you suddenly change your hairstyle?”

Jiang Cheng straightened up, imperceptibly moving a step closer to her. He lowered his head and replied:

“It’s extensions. You said you didn’t like buzzcuts, so I let it grow a little longer and then got extensions.”

Upon hearing this, Ji Shuyi’s eyes widened, and her eyelashes fluttered as she hastily said:

“I-I was just saying it casually.”

“Whether you said it casually or seriously,” Jiang Cheng said, a smile curving his lips as he looked at the girl before him, “As long as it’s something Ji Shuyi says, I, Jiang Cheng, will do it.”

Ji Shuyi’s heart trembled abruptly, her eyelashes quivering with emotion as she looked at him.

As long as it’s something Ji Shuyi says, I, Jiang Cheng, will do it…

Although not sweet words of love, they struck the softest depths of her heart with the weight of solemn vows.

And his hairstyle made her couldn’t help but confirm: “Why did you change to this hairstyle?”

The next second, she heard him say as expected:

“I found it in your WeChat moments.”

Ji Shuyi was stunned again, confirming blankly, “My moments from last year?”

Because only her closest friends and family were on her WeChat, she didn’t hold back when posting. Last year, she saw a comic and thought it was so handsome, so she casually posted:

【Haven’t found anyone who can perfectly pull off this hairstyle yet, ah~~ my dream man.】

Then she heard Jiang Cheng say:

“Yeah, I went through every single one of your moments.”

He asked with a nonchalant, unrestrained smile:

“How is it? Is this what your dream man looks like?”

Looking at his calm and casual smile at that moment, Ji Shuyi’s nose tingled, and her eyes felt dry as she pursed her lips, as if restraining some kind of emotion. She didn’t answer his question but said with a slightly choked voice:

“You’re so silly.”

Because of a casual remark she made, he made changes for her. Not knowing what she liked, he secretly went through her moments to find her preferences and then gradually transformed himself into the way she liked.

Although he didn’t say sweet words, every sentence warmed her heart with sweetness.

He didn’t express himself well but was always secretly doing things to surprise and make her happy.

He wouldn’t back down or leave because of her angry or irresponsible words.

It seemed that ever since he said, ‘I won’t bully you anymore, how about I pursue you?’ he had been wholeheartedly pursuing her relentlessly.

It seemed that he really liked her to the point of unchanging devotion, not a temporary whim of disguised bullying.

Was that so?

Could she be sure?

At that moment, Jiang Cheng looked at the girl before him, whose nose was turning red and whose eyes were faintly trembling, and his heart felt stifled. He couldn’t help but reach out and touch the top of her head, teasingly coaxing her in a joking tone:

“Not silly, I’m quite smart.”

He, Jiang Cheng, didn’t know how to pursue girls, nor did he know how to please her. In fact, at first, he always did something wrong and made her angry.

Perhaps he was really a bit silly, not good at saying nice things, only secretly and slowly exploring her preferences.

Then clumsily pursuing her, hoping to stand by her side openly and legitimately soon.

He might be clumsy in love, but he still wanted to stick with her alone until the end of time.

Ji Shuyi was amused by his words, her eyes slightly red but smiling radiantly.

By this moment, the crowd had become much quieter from the noise, because everyone was looking at the seemingly possessed Great Devil with disbelief.

In the crowd, Chen Xingyi, never one to shy away from excitement, shouted:

“The atmosphere is here, why not ki…”

Before he could finish, Jiang Cheng’s eyes accurately pierced through the crowd and landed on him, scaring him into immediately changing his words:

“Why not sing a song to end this!”

Saying that, he deliberately stirred up the crowd, asking, “Does everyone want to hear the Great Devil sing?”

Instantly, everyone shouted in unison: “Yes!!!”

Amidst everyone’s high enthusiasm, Jiang Cheng was rarely in such a good mood. He just smiled helplessly, gently licked his lips, then looked up at the girl before him and asked:

“Want to hear it?”

Almost without thinking, Ji Shuyi smiled and blurted out: “Yes.”

At that moment, Jiang Cheng could even see the sparkling stars in her eyes, as if they had been crushed and scattered within those beautiful eyes, and at the moment these radiant eyes were staring straight at one person.

If there weren’t so many people, he would probably pull her into his arms and kiss her intensely, listening to her soft voice just for him.

But under the public gaze, he could only ask, “Then what does the little fairy want to hear?”

The phrase ‘little fairy’ invisibly ignited a new explosive point on the scene.

Causing many girls to instantly envy to the point of whining.

【Waaah~~ So fatal, he actually called her little fairy】

【The Great Devil after being possessed is a bit flirtatious, so addicting】

【……】

Ji Shuyi was also flushed by his sudden words, immediately whispering back, “Whatever you want.”

The little girl didn’t realize that her tone at that moment was filled with an unconscious sense of coquetry.

But Jiang Cheng heard it clearly, his mood instantly soaring, and he couldn’t restrain the smile on his lips as he said, “Then I’ll sing ‘Likes You’ for you to listen to.”

It was a fitting Cantonese song.

Tonight, Jing University was destined for revelry.

Especially Jiang Cheng’s appearance and the series of words he said that seemed only possible after being possessed caused more and more people to gather at the scene. Many people who were staying in their dorms and didn’t want to participate were dragged by their friends with the phrase:

“Come to the basketball court quickly, the Great Devil is going to sing.”

What was originally just a spontaneous party by students from two departments had unexpectedly developed into something even more lively than any official party in the past.

BEYOND’s accompaniment for “Likes You” began, accompanied by Jiang Cheng’s deep, magnetic voice, igniting the scene and gradually entering a new level of madness.

Especially when the music entered its climax, everyone couldn’t help but sing along in unison:

Loving you, those eyes are moving

Your laughter is even more charming

Wish I could gently caress you again

That lovely face

Holding hands, telling dreams

Like yesterday, you and I

……

Everyone at the scene was immersed in a kind of crazy self-intoxication because of Jiang Cheng alone.

Only Ji Shuyi in the crowd was unusually calm, looking only at the boy who was singing only to her. So he sang so well. She always felt that BEYOND’s songs had a sense of vicissitudes, while Jiang Cheng’s voice had a kind of cold, unrestrained sexiness.

It was a new kind of enjoyment.

And at this moment, the center of everyone’s attention, he was looking only at her the whole time.

Beneath her calm exterior was a wildly beating heart.