The next morning, as expected, Teacher Zhao walked into the classroom with someone during morning reading.
“This is our new transfer student, Jiang Jingshuo,” Teacher Zhao introduced.
The class monitor led the applause as a gesture of welcome.
Teacher Zhao glanced around and seated Jiang Jingshuo in the second-to-last row against the wall.
Upon hearing the name Jiang Jingshuo, Lin Fei looked up briefly and saw someone tall and handsome. When Teacher Zhao mentioned the seating arrangement to him, Jiang Jingshuo politely replied, “Thank you, teacher.”
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Lin Fei lowered his head again and continued reading his book.
In the rows ahead, Song Qiang, who was sitting in front of Lin Fei, glanced over in surprise at Jiang Jingshuo and then discreetly looked back at Lin Fei.
When she had first transferred to the class, Song Qiang hadn’t seen Jiang Jingshuo around and had wondered if he really existed in this world.
She had even worried about it for a while.
Fortunately, Jiang Jingshuo had finally shown up.
Song Qiang sighed in relief and discreetly averted her gaze.
She now almost understood that there were some subtle deviations between this life of hers and the previous one.
These discrepancies were not very obvious in her own life, but they were particularly pronounced in Lin Fei’s and Ji Leyu’s lives.
For example, Ji Leyu’s uncle, Ji Yuxiao, did not die.
And for example, Lin Fei’s uncle, Lin Luoqing, unexpectedly became a movie star and married Ji Yuxiao.
Lin Fei actually has an uncle?
Song Qiang was very surprised. She distinctly remembered that in her previous life’s world, there was no famous star named Lin Luoqing, but now there was one. So the relationship between Lin Fei and Ji Leyu was also explained.
—Their guardians are together, so naturally, they grew up as childhood friends with a close relationship.
But even so, now Lin Fei can be considered a rich second generation. Will he still start his own business?
Song Qiang was unsure.
But even if they don’t start a business together, Jiang Jingshuo’s appearance is still very beneficial for Lin Fei as a good friend.
After all, Ji Leyu is so eccentric and quirky. Lin Fei shouldn’t have only him as a friend. There should be some other normal friends around him.
Especially Jiang Jingshuo, who has been Lin Fei’s friend since their high school days, through college, and starting a business together.
Song Qiang didn’t want Lin Fei to lose this kind of friendship.
Although she didn’t know how Lin Fei and Jiang Jingshuo became friends in their past lives, in this life, since they had already met, she believed they should still become friends.
Thinking like this, Song Qiang smiled gently.
Meanwhile, Lin Fei and Jiang Jingshuo, whom she was concerned about, were busy—one reading a book, the other secretly discussing transferring schools with a fellow bookworm while the teacher wasn’t paying attention.
When morning reading ended, Lin Fei took out his phone, opened the reading app, and saw several unread messages in the notification bar.
He opened them one by one, and unsurprisingly, aside from system messages, the rest were all from Zhong Kou Shuo Jin.
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin: [I’m in the new class now.]
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin: [What the heck, I’m not the most handsome guy in our class! This isn’t scientific—someone is actually more handsome than me!!]
Lin Fei: …
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin: [Goodness, how did you finish already?! Your speed is too fast! Do you not sleep? Do you have 48 hours in a day? I’m several books behind you now! You know you’ll choke if you swallow whole like that, right?!]
Lin Fei: [ … ]
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin immediately replied: [Just wait, today or at the latest tomorrow, I’ll catch up.]
Lin Fei looked up at Jiang Jingshuo and indeed saw him with his head down, holding his phone.
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin: [I’ve already found out that the most handsome guy in our class is also the top student. Apparently, he’s been first in the grade for years. His grades are so good it doesn’t even seem real. The most outrageous part is that my deskmate told me he’s been first since elementary school and has never ranked lower than first. That’s too fake, right? No way, no way, who would believe that?]
Real Lin Fei, who didn’t know what second place was: …
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin: [And he’s also the school heartthrob. It’s said that the number of girls who have a crush on him could circle the track several times each month. Tsk, it’s envy-inducing.]
Envy-inducing Lin Fei: …
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin: [The worst part is, he looks like such a show-off. I hate show-offs the most.]
Show-off Lin Fei: …
Zhong Kou Shuo Jin: [Why aren’t you saying anything?]
Lin Fei: …
Lin Fei calmly raised his finger and typed: [Hello, I’m Lin Fei.]
With a “bang,” Lin Fei heard the sound of a chair falling over.
Jiang Jingshuo’s deskmate asked with concern, “What’s wrong?”
“N-nothing,” Jiang Jingshuo stammered.
He supported himself on the chair as he stood up, looking in disbelief at the person not far away. The person he had just been complaining about was calmly reading a book, with his phone placed next to it.
Jiang Jingshuo: …The earth is no longer suitable for me. Is it too late to run away now?
Jiang Jingshuo hesitated for a long time before finally walking cautiously and nervously towards Lin Fei.
“Dragon?” he approached Lin Fei and softly probed.
Lin Fei looked up at him, “Hmm.”
Jiang Jingshuo: …
Jiang Jingshuo: QAQ
“You’re just too handsome. If I had your looks, I’d definitely meet people face-to-face every day, wanting the whole world to know me.” Jiang Jingshuo said flatteringly.
Lin Fei replied indifferently, “Of course, I’m a show-off, after all.”
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“Hahaha, I love show-offs the most. My life’s dream is to become a show-off king.”
Lin Fei raised an eyebrow, “Oh?”
“Really,” Jiang Jingshuo said without hesitation, sitting down on the chair next to Lin Fei. “You have no idea, after hearing Guan Song’s introduction about you, I was in complete awe.”
Lin Fei looked down at his book, his tone calm, “No way, no way, who would actually believe that?”
Jiang Jingshuo: … Ying Ying.[4] Crying jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_3574286_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_3574286_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });
“My bad.”
“You’re jealous.”
“I’m jealous,” Jiang Jingshuo admitted, bowing his head. “I’ll never be jealous again.”
“Oh,” Lin Fei replied.
“But you really are good at hiding things. You knew I was coming here, and you didn’t say a word.”
Lin Fei slowly turned a page, “Otherwise, how could I hear your sincere comments?”
Jiang Jingshuo: … QAQ
Great, he thought, he could never be able to stand tall in front of Lin Fei in this lifetime!
Author’s note:
Jiang Jingshuo: Big brother, I was wrong. Big brother, I won’t dare again. Please, let me off this time, QAQ.
Meanwhile, Xiaoyu is on his way, wielding a knife…
Don’t worry about Jiang Jingshuo, he’s a good guy.
Jiang Jingshuo: That’s right! I’m just an innocent friend witnessing their beautiful love, that’s all!
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