When Will My Childhood Sweetheart Marry Me?-Chapter 22 - 0: No Dating Allowed at an Early Age
Tang Xing, already jittery, was utterly confounded after witnessing the school bully’s aggressive moves.
Her eyes instinctively glanced at the photo on Pei Yan’s phone and she gasped, "Isn’t this just Lu—"
"Xing Xing," Jiang Shuyao softly interrupted her deskmate.
It was the first time she had addressed Xing Xing by name, her voice sweet and a tad urgent, not overtly so, but sadly, it was heard by a certain someone.
The girl’s reaction painted a sneer of mockery at the bottom of Pei Yan’s icy eyes as he looked at Tang Xing, who was trying to keep quiet, and asked with interest, "Are you afraid of her or me?"
Tang Xing’s face turned pale in an instant, and she looked desperately at the person next to her.
Despite not understanding what the plot was at the moment, for some reason, she firmly believed Yaoyao would protect her.
Being gazed at by her deskmate with those doe-like eyes, Jiang Shuyao felt nothing but helplessness and apology inside.
That guy had not only failed to learn his lesson but had started threatening others.
Poor Xing Xing, what on earth had she done wrong?
With that thought, she raised her head to glare at someone, then turned to her deskmate and said, "Xing Xing, go wait for me at the front for a while."
Huh?
Although she had her doubts, intimidated by the menacing presence of the school bully, Tang Xing could only timidly nod her head.
After her deskmate had left, Jiang Shuyao took a breath of relief and calmly looked up at Pei Yan, "Have you been very bored lately?"
Bored enough to follow and sneak pictures of her.
If it had been anyone else, she wouldn’t have been so composed but would have gone straight to the school office.
With a cool breeze blowing, the two of them alone together, the boy’s expression didn’t seem as frightening as before.
He popped open his bottle of sparkling water and lazily handed it to her with one hand, chuckling, "Don’t rush, let’s continue where we left off."
"..."
Class was about to end, she didn’t have the leisure time he did.
Jiang Shuyao didn’t reach for the water, stared at Pei Yan for a moment, intended to turn around and leave, but he caught her wrist in a single movement.
Just like that, he immediately let go.
"Who sent the love letter, tell me," Pei Yan said in a low, slightly irritated voice.
The love letter again.
Jiang Shuyao really couldn’t fathom what nonsense this bastard had in his mind all day.
Not wanting to keep Tang Xing waiting too long, she had to patiently explain, "I asked a classmate for a small favor earlier and gave them a piece of calligraphy as a thank-you gift. Today, that classmate gave it back to me to sign my name. It’s as simple as that."
Lu Chen had suggested signing the calligraphy out of respect for her, which was a proper gesture.
Of course, she wouldn’t easily mention Lu Chen’s name, to avoid causing unnecessary trouble for him.
With frustration heating her face, the girl’s cheeks tinged a slight red, her clear, luminous eyes reflecting in Pei Yan’s dark pupils—innocent and focused.
He could tell she wasn’t lying, her thoughts were as pure as distilled water.
And Pei Yan just looked down at her, eyes crinkling with a slight smile, his mood undergoing a drastic change in just a few seconds.
His reputation was completely ruined.
Huh, Chen Jin that guy really asked for it.
He took a swig of water, using it as a cover for the embarrassment caused by the jealousy that had clouded his judgment.
Then, slowly uttering, "Did I scare you just now?"
Seeing that certain someone’s expression, Jiang Shuyao figured he had come to understand, she didn’t plan to linger, pulled out a knowing but insincere smile, and turned to leave without saying a word.
"Yaoyao," he called after her.
Jiang Shuyao furrowed her brows and was about to speak when Pei Yan’s cool, low voice came from behind her.
"Study hard, no premature dating, I’ll be watching you."
"..."
Jiang Shuyao suddenly felt the urge to laugh.
Who would have thought that the rebellious troublemaker behind her would one day tell her that he would monitor her?
Hmm, that meant he was still redeemable.
Turning around, she raised a faint dimpled smile, "There are only a little over two hundred days left until the college entrance examination, you should work hard too."
"..."
Pei Yan was suddenly at a loss for words.
Looking up at the sky, that familiar sense of despair once again surged in his heart.
