Chapter 69 - Deep Closet (2/2)

The air around them became quiet.

The classmates were stunned. They instantly started imagining all sorts of things and their expressions were a little complicated.

The nature of their conflict this time was obviously different from before. Jiang Yang was faced with both Qin Xu’s accusation and the watchful eyes from the onlooking classmates. He suddenly felt both awkward and ashamed. With a hint of panic, he pressed Qin Xu’s head down to block his line of sight and deliberately said calmly: “It’s nothing. You guys continue with your studies. We won’t disturb you.”

The classmates hesitantly turned back but they were obviously still a little curious, so they would occasionally glance back a few times.

Qin Xu looked back up with look of reluctance. Jiang Yang said to him in a small voice, “Class is starting. Don’t make trouble.”

Qin Xu looked at him with a pair of dark, shiny eyes and insisted: “I’m not.”

He had clearly wanted to deal with this coldly so that his and Qin Xu’s relationship could slowly return back to those of normal classmates but, like this, Jiang Yang was at loss of what to do.

“Since you’re not saying the reason then that means that there’s nothing wrong, so you shouldn’t hide from me.” Qin Xu said this with clear intent to reach some sort of resolution.

Jiang Yang was a little frustrated. He scratched his head and thought about it before opening his mouth: “Do you still remember the system?”

Light flashed through Qin Xu’s eyes as he seemingly thought of something and he felt a little guilty. Jiang Yang however was doing his best to organise his thoughts, so he didn’t notice it. He continued: “It’s original intention was for us to become friends. We are friends. Friends. Understand?”

Qin Xu was stunned for a moment. Hearing him saying something in a not-so straightforward manner, he was in daze for a while before he could finally react. Jiang Yang had deliberately placed an emphasis on the word ‘friend’ and had repeated it twice. Qin Xu fell silent for a while as he seemingly realised something. The light in his eyes gradually dimmed and his face fell.

He looked down and said with his long lashes blocking the emotions in his eyes: “I understand.”

Jiang Yang had originally thought that he would need to explain for a long time, but he saw Qin Xu suddenly quiet down and turn back to work on his homework dejectedly. In any case, he no longer looked over at Jiang Yang anymore.

“…..” Jiang Yang hesitantly reached out and patted his shoulder, “You really understand?”

Qin Xu let out a sound of affirmation. When he saw Jiang Yang still looking over at him, he turned around and said grimly: “If you ask again, I won’t be able to guarantee that I won’t bother you. Didn’t you want me to leave you alone?”

…… That’s true but…..

Being looked at by Qin Xu like that, Jiang Yang felt a little guilty. It was as if he had just done something wrong. As for Qin Xu, he inexplicably looked like a large dog that was abandoned by its owner. With drooping ears and a pitiful whine, he looked very pitiful.

He felt even more guilty seeing this.

Jiang Yang silently retracted his hand. He no longer said anything, and he also proceeded to look down to work on his homework.

And thus, this strange atmosphere was maintained.

When they had lunch, they didn’t sit together like they had usually. When Qin Xu walked over with his plate of food, despite there clearly being a vacant seat next to Jiang Yang, he deliberately acted like he didn’t see it and moved to sit at another seat further down. He started eating without a word with a gloomy expression.

Huang Shao saw this and leaned over to Jiang Yang who sat in front of him. With his hand covering his mouth he whispered: “What’s wrong with Qin Xu these days? Why is his expression so bad? Is he heartbroken?”

Jiang Yang’s hands that held onto his chopsticks stalled for a moment before he continued to pick up a piece of meat to eat with a look of calmness.

Usually, when someone around them isn’t acting right, their friends would start joking around and speak nonsense. They obviously didn’t know that he was heartbroken and was just randomly guessing but sometimes they can accidentally guess the truth.

Huang Shao ate his lunch and couldn’t help but add: “Did you guys have another fight? You should go and talk it out. Xiao Yang Yang, you are too proud. If you continue acting like this, you’ll be disadvantaged. You clearly didn’t mean it that way and you know that you would regret it later so why bother? We’re also about to be in our third year so there’s not much time for us to be together. Make sure you don’t regret it later.”

He persuaded Jiang Yang very sincerely as a friend and Jiang Yang naturally could hear his concern.

It was just that the situation this time was special, and it wasn’t convenient telling Huang Shao. Jiang Yang could only think to himself and process those words himself. He then pulled at the corner of his lips and smiled softly, “It’s not a fight. We’re friends. Don’t worry.”

Jiang Yang who had explained it with this sentence received a WeChat message from Qin Xu the same night. It was just one sentence.

“Who’s your friend. I’m not your friend.”

The author has something to say:Qin Xu little child: So angry. Who’s your friend?! I don’t want it!