15 – I Don’t Like Mild Sweetness, I Only Like You
In the women’s restroom.
“Hey, Xuexuan.”
Her good friend Jiang Yue linked arms with Lin Xuexuan and asked gossipily, “Have you seen the latest post? Since you and Jiang Yubai are both in the student council and so familiar, has he ever hinted whether he likes Jiang Yuxing or dislikes her?”
What a silly question.
Of course he dislikes her!
Lin Xuexuan used the act of washing her hands to conceal the flash of jealousy on her face.
When she turned around, she had returned to her usual friendly self. “Well, I’m not really sure about that.”
“But—”
She changed the subject, “He did tell me what kind of girl he likes.”
Shocking!
So the unattainable beauty really does have a girl he likes!
Hearing this, Jiang Yue widened her eyes and eagerly shook her arm, pressing for more. “What is it, what is it? Hurry up and tell me, don’t keep me in suspense.”
Lin Xuexuan pretended to think seriously for a moment.
She subtly described herself without changing her expression. “Hmm… I remember him telling me that he likes girls who are pretty, have excellent grades, are diligent, and have a kind personality.”
Jiang Yue immediately covered her mouth.
“Excellent grades, diligent and kind?”
As if she had discovered some huge secret, she was extremely excited. “Isn’t that you, Xuexuan? So Jiang Yubai likes you!”
Lin Xuexuan’s face immediately flushed slightly.
She neither confirmed nor denied it, only smiling shyly. “Alright, stop teasing me, it’s so embarrassing.”
“Hah, I knew there was no way Jiang Yubai could like a delinquent girl like Jiang Yuxing.”
Jiang Yue complained while taking out her phone and opening the forum. “It’s ridiculous how those people kept saying in the post that he likes Jiang Yuxing.”
“Huh, why is the post gone? It was just here a moment ago.” She looked surprised as the post suddenly disappeared.
Even Lin Xuexuan beside her was taken aback.
Only members of the student council had the authority to delete posts.
She immediately asked around, but no one knew anything about it.
Since none of them had deleted it, the only person left who could have deleted the post was Jiang Yubai.
After learning the truth, Lin Xuexuan couldn’t help but smile.
See?
She knew there was no way the class representative could like Jiang Yuxing.
These people are really blind.
The orange sunset gradually faded.
Night fell.
The dark sky seemed sprinkled with a whole bottle of stars, lighting up the night.
The bell for the last evening self-study session rang.
As soon as the teacher left, the students below immediately erupted in excitement.
“Let’s go, let’s go to the snack bar, my treat.”
“I’m so hungry, I’m so hungry, I’m going to devour two sticky rice chickens!”
Jiang Yubai was the only day student in the class. After packing up his things on the desk, he picked up his backpack, and his cool, unruffled gaze once again secretly drifted toward Jiang Yuxing’s seat.
The girl who had been dozing off there just moments earlier was already gone.
Who knows which little follower she had dragged off to where again.
Jiang Yubai slowly withdrew his gaze, a wave of melancholy rising in his heart.
It had only been a few minutes.
And he already missed her.
As if he would never be satisfied, he wished he could cling to her like an accessory.
This feeling was too dangerous…
If he didn’t suppress his secret longing for her soon,
once the Little Fox, who only had a passing interest in everything, found out, she would surely grow tired of him quickly.At that point, we might not even be able to remain friends…
Jiang Yubai’s eyes darkened.
He tightened his grip on the strap of his backpack, forcibly averting his gaze, and turned to walk outside.
After school, the entire path leading to the school gate was bustling with noise.
Jiang Yubai walked outside alone in silence, the dim yellow streetlights casting a long, lonely shadow behind him.
Just then.
A slender figure swiftly and agilely appeared behind him.
Pressing her red lips together to stifle a laugh, she raised her hand and gently patted his shoulder.
“Who is it?”
The unsuspecting boy turned around. The moment his eyes met the girl’s bright, clear gaze, his originally distant and indifferent handsome face instantly warmed.
“Jiang Yuxing, why are you again…”
Before he could finish, the girl in front of him reached out and softly covered his lips with her palm. “Shh~”
Jiang Yubai’s eyes suddenly darkened slightly.
Jiang Yuxing, like a wary Little Fox, glanced around cautiously. Seeing that no one had noticed, she let out a sigh of relief.
“Keep your voice down.”
She slowly lowered her hand. “A friend of mine happened to take a leave today, so she didn’t need her day student pass. I borrowed her card to sneak out successfully.”
As the student council president, his first reaction wasn’t to reprimand her for sneaking out without permission.
Instead, he fixated on a certain word, his mind racing with questions.
Which friend?
Did he know her? Had he met her?
Was it a he or a she?
Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Jiang Yubai asked hoarsely, “Why did you come out?”
“I heard from Huo Zeyu that a new milk tea shop opened in the snack street, and it’s supposed to be really good.”
Jiang Yuxing’s smiling eyes curved slightly as she gazed at him with a sparkling, radiant look, her voice light and cheerful. “So I specifically borrowed a friend’s card to sneak out and take you to try some milk tea~”
Jiang Yubai’s eyelashes trembled slightly.
So when she suddenly disappeared from the classroom earlier, she had gone to borrow a day student pass just to take him out for milk tea?
“Isn’t this the week we can go home?”
After a moment, Jiang Yubai said softly, “What I mean is… why go through all this trouble?”
As soon as his words fell, the girl answered without hesitation, “Because the moment I heard about something delicious, I wanted to take you to try it right away!”
Jiang Yubai’s breath hitched, and he abruptly looked up, staring at her.
The girl’s straightforward, bright gaze met his without any concealment.
For a moment, he seemed to forget all words.
Every beat of his heart in his chest thumped fiercely.
Hmm?
Why has the Little study god gone quiet again?
Seeing him suddenly fall silent, Jiang Yuxing thought he was about to enforce the rules and send her back.
“I went through so much trouble to sneak out. The Little study god wouldn’t have the heart to send me back, would he?”
Jiang Yuxing took a bold step closer to him, blinking her beautiful Peach blossom eyes, her sweet tone carrying an irresistible coquettishness. “Surely not, right? Surely not?”
Jiang Yubai let out a soft sigh.
He knew this was wrong, but he simply had no way of dealing with her.
Perhaps, aside from finding it hard to refuse her, there was also the joy in his heart.
Every time the Little Fox came to find him, he was actually overjoyed inside.
“Just this once.”
After a long silence, Jiang Yubai lowered his gaze and whispered, “Don’t let it happen again.”
Hearing this, Jiang Yuxing’s eyes curved into a smile.
She energetically linked her arm with his. “Let’s go, let’s go! Big sister will take you to enjoy some milk tea~”
There was a snack street near the school.As soon as school let out, the area would become lively with activity.
Arriving at the newly opened milk tea shop, there weren’t many people around since they had come early.
Just as Jiang Yuxing was about to start ordering, the cool, clear voice of a young man sounded beside her, “Cheese strawberry milk cap, seventy percent sweetness, with pearls and coconut jelly as toppings.”
Huh?
Jiang Yuxing couldn’t help but stare at him in surprise.
“I ordered it for you,” Jiang Yubai met her astonished gaze. “Isn’t this your usual favorite?”
So he had quietly kept even these little things in mind all along…
Jiang Yuxing blinked thoughtfully.
She picked up the menu and looked at the popular recommendations. “Little study god, what would you like to drink? I’ll order one for you too.”
Jiang Yubai wasn’t particularly interested in these drinks, but he didn’t want to dampen her enthusiasm. “Anything is fine.”
“Well, then let’s get a matcha red bean milk tea, less ice, and as for sweetness…”
Jiang Yuxing turned her gaze to him. “Little study god, do you prefer lightly sweet?”
Jiang Yubai looked at her with deep, intense eyes, his Adam’s apple bobbing slightly.
The restrained crush hidden in his heart had already answered for him.
He didn’t prefer lightly sweet.
He only liked her.