Chapter 106. Roundabout Tactic
Arc 4 : Realistc World Movie Nightmare.
The days in high school were monotonous and regular. However, just a few months after Du Yan and Zhang Jing reconciled, Shi An got into trouble again.
Shi An became close to a girl from the next class. He began to miss all the activities of the trio, and except for class time, he was almost inseparable from the girl named Jian Sisi.
Du Yan was initially concerned about Shi An’s situation, but he found it a little strange because in the movie, Shi An was a born homosexual. From the very beginning, when he began to feel amorous, he had no interest in the opposite sex. Even before he realized that he had strange feelings for his best friend, the person in Shi An’s spring dream was of the same sex.
Du Yan was thinking, even if Shi An no longer had a strong dependence on Zhang Jing because of his intervention, why would his sexual orientation change?
Du Yan thought about it over and over again, but he still couldn’t figure out the answer. His absent-mindedness was soon discovered by Zhang Jing, who was tutoring him on the test.
Du Yan only felt a slight pain on his forehead. He subconsciously covered his forehead and looked up: “Zhang Jing, what are you doing!”
Zhang Jing glanced at him with a very dissatisfied look on his face: “You are distracted. The second year of high school will be divided into classes. Look at your own progress.”
“If you fail to get into the top 100 in your grade this time, you will have to leave the main class in the second year of high school….”
Du Yan begged for mercy: “I was wrong, I was wrong, I will change my mind immediately.”
Under Zhang Jing’s strict supervision, Du Yan could only sit there and do his homework. He could only think about other things after completing today’s task.
“Zhang Jing, you keep such a close eye on me, why don’t you care about Shi An? Look at him, he hasn’t been in the dormitory lately.” Du Yan lay on the table, feeling exhausted.
Zhang Jing didn’t really care whether Shi An could be assigned to the same class as him. In his opinion, although Shi An was introverted, he was a thoughtful person who could take responsibility for his own life.
But he certainly wouldn’t answer like that: “Shi An is much more self-aware than you are. There’s no need for me to worry so much.”
Du Yan was not convinced and stood up straight: “He is self-aware. He is self-aware and can still fall in puppy love!”
Zhang Jing stopped cleaning the table and said: “Do you care about his love life? In my opinion, his love life has not had much impact on his studies. There hasn’t been any setbacks in the past few monthly exams, so there’s nothing to worry about.”
Du Yan sighed: “I don’t know, I just feel weird. Maybe it’s a kind of melancholy feeling that friends have finally grown up and will go their separate ways…”
Zhang Jing finally couldn’t help laughing out loud. He rubbed Du Yan’s hair and said: “It’s rare that a heartless little devil can be so sentimental.”
Seeing Zhang Jing’s mocking tone, Du Yan jumped up from his chair and started to quarrel with Zhang Jing.
After a moment of chaos, Zhang Jing was pinned to the ground by Du Yan, who pinched his shoulders and tickled them. Zhang Jing usually looked serious and indifferent, but he was actually very afraid of tickling. Du Yan knew this weakness of his and often tortured him like this.
At this moment, the dormitory door was opened. Du Yan turned around and saw Shi An standing at the door with a strange expression on his face.
“What are you guys doing?”
Du Yan subconsciously looked down when he heard Shi An say this and found it a little strange. He was just riding on Zhang Jing to tickle him. Why did Shi An look as if he had seen a ghost?
“Tickling him.” Du Yan replied, then stood up: “Yo, finally done with your girlfriend.”
“Yeah.” Shi An responded and walked to his cabinet to put his things.
Du Yan recalled the conversation he had just had with Zhang Jing and asked again: “Shi An, have you decided whether to choose arts or science when you are assigned to a class?”
Shi An stopped what he was doing, was silent for a moment, and said: “Liberal Arts.”
“Ah?” Du Yan was very surprised: “Didn’t you say last time that you were inclined towards science? Why did you suddenly change your mind? This means we can’t be in the same class anymore.”
Shi An closed the cabinet and turned around. He was not annoyed by Du Yan’s barrage of questions. He smiled and said: “Actually, my grades in arts and science are similar, but…”
He paused for a moment before making up his mind and speaking: “Sisi said she would choose liberal arts.”
Du Yan’s eyes widened, and he found it unbelievable: “Just because your girlfriend chose liberal arts, you just abandoned me and Zhang Jing and turned to liberal arts?”
“Um.”
After turning off the lights, Du Yan lay on the bed, tossing and turning for the first time. In this dream, due to his character setting, his rationality was almost at its lowest level, and he acted according to his emotions and personality from beginning to end.
But because of the perfect setting before entering the dream, the direction of things did not deviate too much. However, what happened to Shi An now forced Du Yan to pick up the rationality that he had abandoned for a long time and start thinking.
Xiao Ba suddenly spoke up: “Isn’t it a good thing that Shi An likes a girl in this dream? After all, in this world view, society’s acceptance of homosexuality is too low, and some people even think it is a mental illness…”
Du Yan sighed: “If he really likes a girl, it’s a good thing, but I always feel something is wrong.”
The next day, an accident allowed Du Yan to find out that there was something wrong with Shi An’s puppy love.
This high school had a long history. In one corner, there were even several decades-old camphor trees. Du Yan was now sitting on a tree. The branch was very thick and it was an almost natural seat.
Du Yan actually didn’t have any special hobbies like climbing trees, and he was just hiding from Zhang Jing by staying on the tree. It was lunchtime, but the schedule Zhang Jing had set for him was probably for doing his homework.
However, Du Yan wanted to take a break, so he hid in this secluded place. He was leaning against a tree branch in a daze. It was quiet all around, and the sunlight leaked through the gaps between the branches, making Du Yan a little drowsy.
Just when he was about to fall asleep, a sound broke the silence.
Two girls sat on a bench not far from the tree and seemed to be planning to have a long conversation. Du Yan didn’t intend to be forced to eavesdrop on the girls’ gossip here, but just as he was about to jump, he heard a sentence from the other side.
“Sisi, why are you dating Shi An? Don’t you like Zhang Jing?”
“?” Du Yan heard the names of two of his good friends in a row and immediately stopped the action he was about to take. He leaned to the side to hide himself better.
Jian Sisi spoke up: “You know that Zhang Jing is very cold and indifferent. He ignores everyone. Only Du Yan and Shi An can talk to him. Isn’t this a roundabout tactic?”
Another girl spoke up again: “Then why did you choose Shi An? Du Yan and Zhang Jing seem to have a better relationship, right?”
Jian Sisi said: “That, I have to find an opportunity too. Du Yan and Zhang Jing are almost inseparable. Besides, considering how much Zhang Jing values Du Yan, if I become Du Yan’s girlfriend, then there will be no hope at all.”
The two girls sat under the tree and chatted for a while, and then talked about some things related to Shi An.
“Actually, I think Shi An is pretty good-looking. Why do you only like Zhang Jing?”
“Shi An is very nice, very gentle to me, and always means what he says.” Jian Sisi paused: “But, I just can’t treat him as a boyfriend. It’s still the type of Zhang Jing that makes my heart beat faster…”
“If you don’t like Shi An, can you accept hugging and kissing him? I can’t accept doing these intimate actions with someone I don’t like.”
Jian Sisi said: “Shi An is quite a gentleman. We have only held hands once or twice so far, and that was only at the beginning. Maybe he saw that I was not happy, so he never did anything intimate afterward.”
“Then what are you going to do? It’s not a good idea to continue to date Shi An like this?”
Jian Sisi’s tone was a little excited as she said: “I’ve already figured out what type of people Zhang Jing likes, and I also know his hobbies. I’m going to sneak a gift into his desk tomorrow.”
“I don’t think Zhang Jing will accept it. I heard that he usually puts the gifts he receives directly into the public locker at the back of the classroom, meaning that the person who gave the gift can take it back themselves.”
“There will be absolutely no problem this time. I heard that he has been looking for this thing for a long time. Now, it is out of print and very hard to find.” Jian Sisi’s voice sounded confident: “I got a list from Shi An. They are all the things Zhang Jing has been looking for. I will give them to him one by one, and then tell him that it was me who gave them to him. He will definitely be touched.”
About half an hour later, the two girls seemed to have finally finished their chit-chat and left together.
Du Yan was still immersed in the surprise of discovering Jian Sisi’s secret. He was so angry that he couldn’t figure out what to do for a while.
Jian Sisi is actually using Shi An to get close to Zhang Jing. Last night, Shi An was even thinking about studying liberal arts for Jian Sisi. This is really too much!
As Du Yan climbed down, he became angrier and angrier. He was so angry that he couldn’t help but stomped hard on the branch below. Unexpectedly, the branch was not very thick and had some cracks, so it broke directly when Du Yan stepped on it.
Du Yan was distracted by Shi An’s affairs and didn’t react at all. He fell straight down.
In a split second, the only thought in Du Yan’s mind was, forget it, it’s not too high anyway, it shouldn’t hurt.
Just as Du Yan was about to accept the pain of landing, he found himself crashing into someone’s arms. The person who caught him from behind took two steps back and stabilized his body.
“Fortunately, I was able to catch you this time.” A familiar voice sounded behind Du Yan.
Du Yan trembled slightly, and the other party let go of his hand. He looked back and saw Zhang Jing’s somewhat frightened eyes.
“Ah, why are you here?” Du Yan asked.
Zhang Jing frowned: “How dare you ask? Not only did you hide from me because you didn’t want to do the questions, but you also hid in the tree. Are you a monkey?”
“Hehe.” Du Yan felt a little guilty and could only fake a smile for business purposes.
“If you want to hide in the tree, then hide in the tree. Why are you doing something weird when you come down? If I hadn’t happened to come over, would you have fallen flat on your face?”
Du Yan walked over with a smile: “Didn’t you arrive in time to save me from the dire situation? From today on, you, Zhang Jing, are my savior. Is it enough to pledge my life to you?”
Du Yan thought Zhang Jing would not reply to his nonsense, but he did not expect Zhang Jing to say something after being silent for a moment.
“Remember this sentence.”
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