Chapter 29 Do you want to date a girl?

Liu Fujiang had never encountered such a situation before.

When he was the subject head before, it was always the class teacher who would worry to death about a certain boy and a certain girl’s relationship in class becoming too intimate, leading them to start a relationship. At times like that, Liu Fujiang would tell him that this matter was normal.

16-17 years old was the age of adolescence. Who else had yet to sprout? He himself recalled how he had a secret crush on his class flower though it never ended up bearing fruit as he was too shy to exchange even three sentences with her all the way until graduation.

However, now that he was class teacher, Liu Fujiang earnestly thought it over and suddenly felt it rational.

It was as if his own child finally found somebody he liked, making him feel gratified yet disappointed and worried. He wavered between putting a stop to it or not and for a moment, this teacher who’d been teaching for 20 years was actually stumped.

He went into a daze for a while, his head lowered as he continued looking at his phone and refreshing, coming across a small video that had just been posted.

He clicked it for a look and the noises from a gym played. From afar, he could see a boy doing push ups on a mat and a girl squatted beside him. The video was taken quite far away from the subjects, the two people’s expressions indiscernible.

Liu Fujiang narrowed his eyes, his head nearly sticking onto his phone and he replayed the video thrice. No matter which way he turned the phone, he couldn’t see any ‘happiness’ wafting off from Shen Juan.

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Shen Juan raised his head and turned the tap off, turning to him, “What’s up?”

He Songnan looked at him intently, “I’m here to see what Boss Shen’s face of happiness looks like,” He measured him up and down and said, “What’s going on? The original poster’s filter is too thick. Why don’t I see any hint of happiness at all?”

Shen Juan didn’t speak, using his eyes to say ‘Are you an idiot?’

“I’m serious, bro. Do you know you and your little desk mate are quite famous right now in our school?” He Songnan said.

“No.” Shen Juan answered accordingly.

He Songnan didn’t seem to be the least affected at all, “Do you know why she’s famous?”

This time, Shen Juan didn’t even pay attention to him, walking in the direction of the kiosk.

Unfazed, He Songnan followed him, “Because of you, bro. Didn’t I tell you? You don’t have to chase after a girl so high-key. Do you think the people in your examination room are just background noise? You two are deskmates right? Aren’t you afraid the teacher will switch your sweats?” He Songnan watched Shen Juan enter the kiosk, “By then, one will be on one end of the classroom and the other will be on the other end, and you’ll end up looking at each other from afar and cry.”

Shen Juan’s movements turned sluggish for a while before he took out a cold coke from the fridge, “I’m not chasing any girls.”

“Not chasing my ass! Do you think everyone in the last examination venue is blind! They merely don’t like to study, they’re not stupid,” He Songnan spat at him. Looking at the coke he was holding, he then couldn’t hold back from scolding, “Drink less of that, coke isn’t good for you. It wasn’t easy for your cold label to be torn off, drinking coke will just make a new problem arise. For your girl’s happiness, can you please be mindful of this?”

Shen Juan expressionlessly turned his head to him and raised his chin, “Turn around.”

“Why? Is there something behind me?” He Songnan said while turning around, his back facing Shen Juan, “I’m not joking with you, my second aunt’s older cousin has been drinking coke for 10 years and now–”

He Songnan roared lowly, “He’s! Impotent!! Can you believe it, Boss Shen–”

Shen Juan kicked him on the butt.

He Songnan staggered, nearly sending his head into the freezer. He barely managed to stabilize himself and held the door for support, “Mother-” He Songnan didn’t even manage to turn around before he was kicked again.

He Songnan was furious. He felt that he had been wronged. He was merely showing concern for his health but had to suffer a beating.

Just as he was about to start a fight with Shen Juan, a second year male student entered the kiosk and was stunned upon seeing Shen Juan. He walked over to them and asked, “Um, Classmate Shen?”

Shen Juan turned to him.

Li Lin cleared his throat. He was one of the few people in class who had exchanged more than five sentences with Shen Juan. This meritorious exploit brought him great courage, and so, he took the initiative to give him a report, “I went to the biology office earlier and heard Class 5’s class teacher and Old Jiang talking about you.”

Shen Juan raised a brow.

“I heard them say that any development between you and Lin Yujing wouldn’t be good so they’re thinking about changing your seats,” Li Lin said in a low voice, “Old Jiang might look for you later.”

Shen Juan stayed silent for a few seconds before uttering thanks.

Feeling as if he had received great favor from a superior, Li Lin hurriedly waved his hand, “It’s nothing. I’m just a righteous comrade who likes serving my classmates.”

Though He Songnan believed this matter was going to happen sooner or later, he didn’t think it would arrive so quickly.

However, when he thought about it, it made sense. The top two students of the year with above 700 marks could be raised to be top scorers if nothing out of the ordinary happened. The school would also never let a problem arise for them.

Even though Shen Juan had just kicked him twice.

It couldn’t be helped. He was just that much of a generous brother.

He Songnan quickly reacted, turning around while pulling on Shen Juan’s wrist. Shen Juan was probably still pondering over the matter Li Lin brought up and was in a bit of a daze, holding only a coke in hand, his body tilting forward. By the time he recovered his senses, he had propped an arm against the freezer to gain balance.

A ‘thud’ rang out.

He Songnan’s back was against the fridge. Shen Juan was slightly taller than him, one hand on the handle with his head lowered, his expression unreadable.

As class was over, there were several students in the kiosk who saw this event unfold.

The entire kiosk was enveloped in still silence.

A f-fridge slam.

The school tyrant sure liked slamming people into walls!

The question was, why was it a guy this time!!

Was his preference not only limited to girls??

Shen Juan had yet to react.

He Songnan wore a look as if he was facing death and spoke in a voice only audible to the both of them, “Brother, I can only help you until here.”

Shen Juan: “….”

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He Songnan ran back to the classroom, feeling as if Shen Juan would give him another beating in the next second.

It wasn’t easy for Shen Juan to like a girl.

Even though He Songnan wasn’t clear whether he really did like her or not and to what degree, at the very least, he treated this Sister Lin differently.

Upon reaching the classroom entrance, he panted heavily with his hands propped on top of his knees, feeling as if he was a secret superhero.

He Songnan leaned against the door for a while, panting as he went back to his seat. He took out his phone and went to the school forum.

As expected, a thread was published fresh out of the oven three minutes ago and it was piping hot.

He Songnan sat in his seat and suddenly lifted his head, laughing like a mad maniac.

Xu Ruyi was handing out homework when she passed by him and was startled by his sudden outburst.

He Songnan was in quite a good mood and turned to greet her, “Little Stutterer, good afternoon.”

Xu Ruyi looked at him, and timidly stepped back.

He Songnan suddenly recalled the time back at the rice noodle store, when he saw Li Shiqi and her clique bullying her and calling her a stutterer, the girl had cried.

He was stunned for a second before quickly apologizing, “Ah, I’m sorry. I didn’t have bad intentions. I wasn’t mocking you. Please don’t get mad.”

Xu Ruyi shook her head.

He Songnan pointed at the homework she was holding, “Should I help you hand them out?”

“No….need.” Xu Ruyi whispered, holding a thick stick of homework. She had just taken two steps when He Songnan called her, “Ah! Little—Ruyi!”

Just when the word ‘stutterer’ was about to slip out of his mouth, he quickly reacted and changed his words.

The few people surrounding them in the classroom turned quiet, their heads whipping in their direction.

Xu Ruyi turned around and looked at him with a red frightened face.

He Songnan didn’t notice it and asked her, “Aren’t you good friends with Lin Yujing?”

When Xu Ruyi heard Lin Yujing’s name, her eyes twinkled and she nodded. She then shook her head and appeared listless, “No, I’m not….f-friends with her. S-She doesn’t think….we’re close.”

He Songnan couldn’t understand how girls think. If they were friends, then they were friends, why did they have to separate who thought who.

He smiled at her, “Do you want to go play with her?”

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Shen Juan had just returned to the classroom and sat down in his seat when he was called to go to the office by Liu Fujiang.

Lin Yujing sat at the side and gave him a look.

Shen Juan’s expression was odd, actually appearing so complicated that for a moment, Lin Yujing couldn’t distinguish what mood he was in.

In reality, Lin Yujing wasn’t trying to provoke Shen Juan’s anger. She was just ashamed and embarrassed and didn’t really want to speak to him, but after today’s incident, she didn’t feel anything anymore.

She suddenly felt that Shen Juan had such a good temper. If anyone were to continue knocking on her head squatting beside her, she reckoned she would’ve just pressed that person’s head down on the ground.

Lin Yujing then began to reflect on whether she had acted way over the line.

She opened her mouth and asked, “Does the area I hit still hurt? Let me just say that I absolutely did not do it deliberately,“ Lin Yujing opened up, “I also didn’t do it just to vent, the P.E teacher just made me do it.”

“En, you didn’t,” Shen Juan looked up at her in amusement, “It doesn’t hurt. It doesn’t feel like anything.”

“Then what happened to you?” Lin Yujing deliberated her words, “You look like someone’s just harassed you.”

“….” Shen Juan leaned back and raised a brow at her, “Little deskmate, you sure are gutsy to dare say those words to this delinquent.”

Lin Yujing puffed up her cheeks and rolled her eyes, not retorting back.

Shen Juan paused as if to ponder over something, “Do you look at…”

“Hm?” Lin Yujing neared him, “Look at what?”

“Nothing,” Shen Juan lazily smiled and stood up, “I’m leaving.”

Because he kept her hanging, Lin Yujing was very miserable. She glared at him, “Finish your words, look at what?”

Shen Juan raised a hand and patted her on the head, “I’ll tell you about it later.”

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Liu Fujiang continued to worry about how to bring up this matter with Shen Juan as he was usually a quiet child. He didn’t know anything about his past and was only able to interact with him as his class teacher.

Will this child be willing to switch seats? To become desk mates with another guy?

Liu Fujiang sighed and continued to ponder over how to bring this up while swiping refresh on the forum.

A fresh new thread popped up on the homepage.

[Highlight] Irrefutable evidence of big boss’s break up, my comradesssss!!!

Liu Fujiang’s hands quivered as he entered the thread. The original poster posted a picture of two youths, one standing at a kiosk holding a coke, the other leaning against the fridge so they were facing each other.

The picture was quite the eye candy for girls.

It was just that the other person was also another guy.

Hm?

It was also a guy?

OP: [Right now, I can’t contain myself. I just went to the kiosk to buy some ice lollies to eat and was picking out a flavor when boss stepped inside the shop with his good gay friend. Usually, you can find the two of them hanging out together in school. I didn’t notice anything out of place and quietly appreciated Classmate Shen’s good looks, not to mention, his friend was also very handsome.

This is not the main point though. The main point was that the two people were conversing when suddenly, the big boss suddenly kicked his gay friend…This is not the main point though, the main point was that after he kicked him, I turned my head back to settle the bill and when I turned my head back again, the boss had done a wall slam to his gay friend…

What’s going on!!! I feel like Classmate Shen’s romance has become impossible to unravel!!!]

Liu Fujiang: “…”

In the beginning, Liu Fujiang didn’t understand the post.

He looked at it thrice before finally feeling his view of the world renewed slightly.

He had never visited the school forum so this was his first look. Liu Fujiang suddenly realized that the books that he read at the start of the semester weren’t comprehensive enough.

The children of today were different from the children of his time.

What happened…to the children of today?

The old Teacher Liu felt that he had received a big shock and before he could process this, Shen Juan knocked on the office door and entered.

Liu Fujiang raised his head, placing his phone on the table, the pictures still on the screen.

Shen Juan walked over. When he lowered his head, he saw the picture of him and He Songnan.

The corner of Shen Juan’s lips twitched and he turned his head to look at Liu Fujiang.

Teacher Liu hadn’t recovered his senses, looking at him somewhat blankly. He felt that he had always been an open-minded teacher, absolutely respecting students’ preferences but for a while, he was still unable to gather his wits.

The two people stared at each other for 3 minutes.

Seeing that class was to start, Shen Juan lowered his head and spoke up, “You were looking for me?”

Liu Fujiang recovered her senses, “Oh, right, right right. I was looking for you, I was looking for you…” Liu Fujiang hesitated. To tell the truth, a lot of matters were groundless accusations, so it was better to ask the person out straight.

But to ask required some skills.

For the first time, Liu Fujiang realized how hard it was being a class teacher.

Shen Juan patiently and calmly waited with an expressionless face on.

Liu Fujiang scratched the back of his head awkwardly, “I just wanted to ask…”

He softly and probingly asked, “Shen Juan ah, do you want to date?”

Shen Juan felt as if He Songnan had won by a surprising move.

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