46 This Is All A Ploy (2/2)

”Ah Chang, is something wrong with your eyes? That's obviously a woman!”

Nie Chang lifted his brows and didn't even look over. ”What are you talking about?”

”The person you like. You said it's a man but this is obviously a woman! You've clearly been lying to me! Or do you actually want me to believe that you didn't notice?”

Nie Chang finally took a glance. Indeed. A young woman had entered and she was looking around for a free working station.

Nie Chang turned back to Su Yan. ”What made you think that she's the person I like? I don't even know her.”

”What? But … you … you always looked at the door!”

Nie Chang finally saw the light and a happy smile crept up on his lips. ”So … you were jealous because you thought I had invited the person I liked.” He was laughing inwardly. Su Yan was jealous! That could only mean that he wasn't uninterested. No, he actually reciprocated his feelings. He just didn't know yet. It was still just a subconscious reaction.

”I … You …” Su Yan turned away and ignored him. Instead, he focused on what was happening in the front.

The woman who had just come in had run over to the teacher when she noticed that there wasn't any unoccupied workstation. ”But I really registered for the course!”, she repeated right now.

The teacher shook his head and looked at his list, frowning. Indeed, the woman's name was on there. ”Well, it seems something went wrong … You see, we only have ten workstations. I'll call the office.” He took a look at his watch and frowned even more. There were only two more minutes until the start of the course. He really didn't want to resolve this now.

Just when he took out his phone and wanted to give the office a call, Nie Chang piped up: ”Teacher, the course should be starting soon. How about this? Ah Yan and I came together anyway. We wouldn't mind working together.”

”Ah?” The teacher looked over and lowered his phone. ”That … That won't do. You paid for it, after all. How can I make the two of you work together?” Though, the two really didn't look like they would mind, considering how they were still hugging even now.

”What else can be done? The office could only give us another room. We'd lose time like that and Ah Yan and I have something else to do after this. We can't stay longer. We don't mind anyway. Just go ahead.”

”Oh … Alright. I'll ask the office to give you a discount.”

”Thank you, thank you.” Nie Chang hugged Su Yan closer and lowered his head.

When Su Yan turned around a little, he could actually see a triumphant smile on his lips. He gaped. It couldn't be … his friend had something to do with this? How had he done it? He wanted to ask but he was afraid someone would hear so he kept quiet for now.

His hunch was right, though: Nie Chang had hacked into the website and changed the open spaces for registering to eleven. Thus, there was one person more than the room could accommodate. Naturally, he had planned from the very beginning to use this to work together with Su Yan. He had been lucky, though, that the woman came this late. It made it so much easier to get his desired outcome without having to discuss too much.