Chapter 39

When these words came out, not only the classmates in the classroom were shocked, but also Xu Zhilu. The hand holding the chopsticks shook, and the chopsticks fell to the ground. She was stunned and completely forgot to pick them up.

After Shen Siyan finished speaking, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with what he had said. He bent down and picked up the chopsticks, “I’ll go wash them. You eat the other food first.”

Xu Zhilu blinked.

After Shen Siyan calmly walked out of the classroom with the chopsticks, the students in the classroom looked at each other for a long time before suddenly bursting out with exclamations.

“F*ck! What did Brother Yan just say?”

“Am I deaf?”

“I must be hallucinating!”

“F*ck! Brother Yan…” One of them looked at Xu Zhilu and said, “Brother Yan likes Xu Zhilu!”

Cheng Song was also stunned for a moment, then he continued, “He even confessed his love to Xu Zhilu in public.”

Everyone turned their heads to look at the person involved.

Xu Zhilu’s mind went blank at that moment, and Shen Siyan’s words kept replaying in her mind.

He likes her.

He said he liked her?! Shen Siyan likes her, Xu Zhilu?!

Her mind was blank for a long time until Shen Siyan returned and handed her the chopsticks. She came to her senses and stared at Shen Siyan in a daze.

Shen Siyan lowered his head, “What are you looking at me for?”

He asked, “You don’t want to eat anymore?”

Xu Zhilu looked him straight in the eyes and asked, “What did you just say?”

Shen Siyan paused and looked down at her, “Didn’t you hear clearly?”

Xu Zhilu pursed her lips and said nothing. She tilted her head and said, “You can joke around in private, but please don’t let the whole school know.”

She didn’t want to hear such jokes.

Shen Siyan was stunned for a moment, then asked with a wry smile, “Do you think I’m joking?”

“Isn’t it?”

Xu Zhilu took the chopsticks and lowered her head to eat, “You and I both know this is a joke.”

Shen Siyan paused and said softly, “This is not a joke.”

Xu Zhilu paused.

He lowered his voice, as if he were leaning close to her ear, “If you think this is a bother, I won’t say it again in the future. Sorry.”

His voice was clear, but very low at this moment, so it was not so clear to hear, “I told everyone without your consent.”

Xu Zhilu was stunned for a long time before lowering her eyes and saying, “I want to eat.”

Shen Siyan said nothing more, “Eat, I won’t say anything.”

“Um.”

That afternoon, the news that Shen Siyan had publicly confessed his love to Xu Zhilu spread as expected. In the school forum, even when classmates met Xu Zhilu in the bathroom or other places, they couldn’t help but look back at her and then gather together to whisper.

When Xin An’an heard this, she was even more shocked. She asked Xu Zhilu repeatedly, “Did Shen Siyan really confess his love to you?”

“He’s kidding.”

Xin An’an choked up and said excitedly, “But from the way everyone is discussing this, it doesn’t seem like a joke.”

Xu Zhilu: “…That’s because everyone is too naive.”

Hearing this, Xin An’an rolled her eyes and said, “No, why don’t you believe that Shen Siyan will confess to you?”

Xu Zhilu was silent for a few seconds, then looked up at her, “Do you believe it?”

The two looked at each other in silence. For a moment, Xin An’an was speechless.

She was quiet for a moment, “Although I’m a little surprised, I can actually feel that he likes you. He used to be very nice to you, but he’s been a little too nice recently. Haven’t you noticed?”

Xu Zhilu said nothing. She noticed it but also felt strange. She had been thinking about Shen Siyan’s abnormal behavior for some time. Is he having a seizure or something else?

Why did his attitude change so drastically all of a sudden? When those words came out at noon, Xu Zhilu had the answer.

He might be out of his mind. It’s not a convulsion; it’s a mental disorder that is more serious than a convulsion.

She didn’t believe at all that Shen Siyan would like her.

Why would someone who had never shown any affection in the previous life like her in this life? Xu Zhilu racked her brains but could not come up with an answer. In the end, she could only think of the worst: that is, the bad of a mental disorder.

Either Shen Siyan was really joking, or… there was a possibility that he was mentally ill.

Xu Zhilu comforted herself.

Seeing her silence, Xin An’an pulled at her clothes and said, “Zhilu, did you hear me?”

“Yes.”

Xu Zhilu lowered her eyes. “But you’re overthinking it. He was just joking.”

Xin An’an choked and looked at her in disbelief. “Are you kidding?”

“Yeah,” Xu Zhilu said seriously. “Think about it. Someone who didn’t like me at all before suddenly says he likes me. What else could it be if not a joke?”

After these words, Xin An’an also fell silent. To be honest, she also found it strange. But she didn’t think Shen Siyan was joking.

However, after a while, she couldn’t find a suitable reason to prove that Shen Siyan was not joking. She was not the person involved, so she couldn’t be 100% sure.

The two looked at each other in silence.

Xu Zhilu suddenly smiled. “Look, you’re surprised too.”

Xin An’an’s lips moved, and she stared at her sideways. “Then… have you ever been happy in your heart?”

Xu Zhilu was silent.

Xin An’an quickly said, “Ah, I was just talking nonsense. Don’t take it seriously, Zhilu.”

She said in panic, “We don’t like him anymore!”

Hearing this, Xu Zhilu was amused.

She silently curled her lips, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said softly, “Well, you’re right.”

Xin An’an stared at her for a while and whispered, “Then… tell Shen Siyan not to make such jokes in the future.”

Xu Zhilu smiled. “Okay.”

Seeing that she didn’t want to say more, Xin An’an stopped talking about it.

She quickly changed the subject and started talking about something interesting.

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During evening study, Shen Siyan sat next to Xu Zhilu as usual.

He had been called out to play ball in the afternoon. After playing, he must have hurriedly taken a shower, and there was a faint smell of shower gel on him.

When he sat down, a gust of wind brought the smell to Xu Zhilu.

She glanced sideways.

Facing her gaze, Shen Siyan paused. “Did I disturb you?”

Xu Zhilu shook her head and just looked at him steadily.

“Shen Siyan.”

Shen Siyan nodded. “What’s wrong?”

Xu Zhilu pursed her lips. “Don’t make jokes like that in the future.”

She took a deep breath. “I won’t be angry this time. But if you make such a joke again in the future…”

“No.”

Before she could finish, Shen Siyan interrupted her. He looked at Xu Zhilu with burning eyes and was amused by her. “Do you think I’m kidding?”

Xu Zhilu looked at him frankly. “What do you think?”

Shen Siyan opened his mouth. “I’m not kidding.”

Fearing that it would affect other students’ studies, he lowered his voice and whispered to Xu Zhilu, “What I said at noon was not a joke.”

Xu Zhilu was stunned.

After a few seconds, she reacted and looked at him with a frown. “You—”

“Me what?”

Shen Siyan was frank and direct. “I like you. But I can’t like you?”

Xu Zhilu was speechless.

She didn’t know why, but after he said that, she felt as if it was her problem.

Wrong.

Xu Zhilu quickly reacted and realized how this could be her problem!

She stared at Shen Siyan with wide eyes. “You—”

“Me what?”

Shen Siyan replied calmly. “I’m serious.”

He opened the textbook in front of him and said, “I know that high school students can’t fall in love. It’s okay, we can talk after graduation.”

Xu Zhilu choked. Without thinking, she angrily retorted, “Who wants to date you?”

As soon as the words fell, the students in the evening self-study class turned their heads to look at the two of them.

Facing the gossiping eyes of her classmates, Xu Zhilu held back her anger and said, “Don’t talk to me tonight.”

Shen Siyan was so angry that he laughed.

He curled the corners of his lips and nodded. “Okay.”

He said, “I understand what you’re saying.”

Xu Zhilu was so angry that she glanced at the person next to her, gritted her teeth, and forced herself to ignore him.

This person is really abnormal.

In the next few days, Shen Siyan seemed to want to talk about the matter of love, but Xu Zhilu completely refused.

She was unmoved. Whenever Shen Siyan brought up the topic, Xu Zhilu would either remain silent or just turn around and leave.

At this stage, she didn’t know what to think about the matter and just wanted to escape.

Xu Zhilu knew she had a bad personality, but there were some things she couldn’t control.

She couldn’t change her original personality at all.

In the blink of an eye, it was the Lunar New Year.

Xu Zhilu’s relationship with her relatives was very ordinary, just normal communication.

She had always had good grades, and no one cared about this.

Xu Zhilu followed the relatives for two days and then stayed at home to read.

There were still more than three months left, so she needed to hurry up.