Chapter 23.1: “What the f*ck! This is my future boyfriend ah!”

Yan Ziyun was flustered.

Lu Xu Nan’s pupils were very dark and when he was staring fixedly at someone, it made them feel like he was entirely focused.

Looking at him, Yan Ziyun seemed to be able to see her reflection in his ink-like eyes, giving her the illusion that the other person only had her in his eyes.

This caused her breath to involuntarily catch, her heartbeat also accelerated.

Yan Ziyun’s lips unconsciously moved, but didn’t produce any sound.

In the very beginning, when Duan Beilei said she was Number 1 God in the group, her first reaction was to deny it.

Deny that she was Y_N0.1, but was instead Y_No.1.

There was only a difference of one character in the two people’s usernames and, at first glance, practically no difference could be seen, so Duan Beilei saw and misunderstood.

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Qayewyzzu, vblal olal rlsrzl vbyv blzrle bla lmrzykd lhld kq pbl blaplzq eked’v nsxl swv yde alprsde–

Yan Ziyun’s last name is Yan which corresponds with the first letter Y in Number 1 God’s username. Her grades have always ranked among the best at school, Y_No.1 means Yan Ziyun Number 1!

As for why she didn’t beat Mu Wanqing in last term’s finals but still suddenly left people staring at her back as she left them in the dust over one summer vacation? It’s because she went to participate in an incredibly famous Olympic competition training camp ah!

Furthermore, when Number 1 God first displayed their talent and consecutively broke records at the very beginning, it was on the afternoon of a work day. At that time, everyone was in class! Yan Ziyun was the only one, because she was hospitalized for recovery because of surgery, who had the time to fly through questions ah!

The timing matches up!

Thus, more and more people became absolutely certain about her being Number 1 God. Every day, there were many many people adding her as a friend through all kinds of channels.  People from her school, even from other schools, and even people directly or indirectly confessing to her…

Looking at those flattering messages, sometimes even she dazedly thought she was Number 1 God.

She knew in her heart that paper couldn’t contain fire, but what if?

It had been so long and no one had found out, plus how long would this app remain popular? It’ll just be like many other phone games, everyone will play for a while and naturally tire of it.

Perhaps after some time, that Number 1 God will feel it was meaningless and no longer play, then at that time, who else would know or care that she wasn’t that person?

Carrying this kind of wishful thinking, she always shamefully maintained her silence in facing other people’s questions.

But now, the person that was asking was Lu Xu Nan.

She liked Lu Xu Nan. She had liked him since junior high.

This unyielding, brash, and handsome youth, let her know the taste of the first awakening of love.

She hoped Lu Xu Nan’s line of sight could stop on her a little longer, and a little longer, and not be related to Ning Yi every time.

Obviously, when compared to Ning Yi, aside from her family background not being as good, she wasn’t worse than her in any aspect. Her grades, in particular, could trash Ning Yi.

But just because the Ning and Lu family had a close relationship, Ning Yi had countless more opportunities than she did.

 Yan Ziyun looked at the boy standing in front of her. Thinking back on those many interactions in the past, had Lu Xu Nan ever seriously paid attention to her?

The answer was no.

Every time they had some interaction, it was all because of Ning Yi.

–Yan Ziyun, where is Ning Yiyi?

–Hey! Pass this on to Ning Yiyi, her brother told me to bring it to her.

–Yan Ziyun, is Ning Yiyi on duty with you today?

…

Lu Xu Nan’s focus had always been on Ning Yi.

Except for this one time.

He asked: “That Number 1 God on Quiz King, is it you?”

No Ning Yi. Nothing to do with Ning Yi. Only concerning her.

Yan Ziyun felt like her heart was beating very, very fast.  

Tell him, tell him.

She heard the nasty person at the bottom of her heart shouting this.

“You, why are you suddenly concerned about this?” Ning Yi suddenly reached out and lightly pushed Lu Xu Nan, nervously looking at him as she asked.

Didn’t you agree not to tell other people? Untrustworthy scoundrel!

Lu Xu Nan glanced at her and then his gaze rested on Yan Ziyun again, casually going “oh”, and he said, “I’m curious ah, the students in our class are all saying that a really awesome problem-solving king appeared in our class, but I remember that Yan Ziyun seems to have never admitted it? So I’m asking to be clear on whether or not she is.”

Ning Yi glared at him and still wanted to speak, but Yan Ziyun opened her mouth a step ahead of her.

“Yes ah, it’s me.”

Yan Ziyun felt she was probably possessed. She uncontrollably voiced her reply, her voice even faintly trembling, “When I was in the hospital, I was bored, so I randomly went online and worked through some questions.”

Lu Xu Nan’s eyes swiftly narrowed, his face darkened slightly. His tone seemed to carry a threat, “It’s you? You’re su…”

“Nan gege!” Ning Yi suddenly loudly cut off Lu Xu Nan’s words, “I remembered that my brother just told me to tell you something! An urgent matter! You come with me!”

After speaking, without waiting for him to react, she just dragged him by his wrist and left.

Lu Xu Nan walked forward with her, neither hurried nor slow. He lowered his eyes and looked at the hair whorl at the top of her head, then looked at his hand that was being pulled. His mouth twitched in dislike. In the end, he still decided to comply with her and no longer insisted.

Ning Yi dragged him with quick steps all the way to a small flower bed. Seeing that Yan Ziyun and the others were already out of sight, she then let go. Rather obviously reproaching, she opened her mouth, “Nan gege, didn’t you say you wouldn’t say it?”

Lu Xu Nan grasped his own wrist, unconsciously rubbing it a few times. “I wasn’t planning on exposing you, I just wanted to expose that she, Yan Ziyun, wasn’t Number 1 God. She’s been posing as you all along, and you’re not mad?”

Ning Yi shook her head, “No need, I don’t care about that.”

This isn’t important at all right now, okay? When the opportunity comes, I can prove myself anytime.

Hearing this, Lu Xu Nan really wanted to grab this girl’s head and give it a shake and ask her, “How is this not important? Can’t this brain of yours think a little more for yourself?!”

But he knew that it was real that she didn’t care. If she had cared even a little eensy bit, she wouldn’t have pretended to be last and rank at the bottom.

Thinking about it, Lu Xu Nan suddenly got a little mad.

And didn’t know whether he was angry at Ning Yi or angry at himself.

Consequently, Ning Yi only saw Lu Xu Nan’s face blacken, then he  left with a “whatever” in angry large strides.

Looking at his back, Ning Yi shrugged, thinking in her heart: What kind of dog temper is this?!

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Lu Xu Nan left Ning Yi behind and arrived in the classroom first. The anger in his heart still hadn’t been settled. He anxiously stuffed his backpack into the desk. After suffocating in anger for a while, he frowned and pulled out the math book and started to look through it.

Ning Yiyi didn’t care, but he, Lu Xu Nan, didn’t need her to purposely act as a foil either! Wasn’t it just studying? He was just too lazy to make an effort before!

The textbook flipped furiously.

“Classmate Lu.”

A delicate feeble voice interrupted.

Lu Xu Nan impatiently looked over. It was the most troublesome Mu Wanqing again. This time, he didn’t even want to ask and directly used an impatient look in his eyes to tell her to leave.

However, Mu Wanqing was someone who couldn’t understand eye signals. She cowered a little, but nevertheless, gathered her courage and sent out the humble gift bag in her hand. “This is a gift for you, thank you for helping me solve the forum matter. Even though this isn’t anything expensive, I specially went to Yunfu Temple for it this weekend and personally tied the red string. This safety knot¹平安结: knot tied with a red string in a specific pattern that is believed to bring safety and peace can be hung on the backpack or at home…”

Lu Xu Nan became more and more upset. He wondered, was it because he didn’t immediately reject borrowing her workbook last time, so it made her think that he wouldn’t be opposed to her giving other things? Did he look like he would accept just any trash? He might not even accept what Ning Yiyi gave.

Just as he wanted to open his mouth and tell her to take her thing and leave, Lu Xu Nan suddenly heard Mu Wanqing continue to speak long-windedly: “This safety knot, I made a pair. You and Classmate Ning each have one. I hope they can bless you guys with peace and for everything to go smoothly and a happy life.”

A pair? He and Ning Yiyi each have one?

Lu Xu Nan suddenly hesitated. Once he hesitated, the expression on his face seemed a lot more gentle.

Mu Wanqing took a look and cautiously placed the present on his desk. Seeing that he didn’t say anything to reject it, she was then relieved and left.

Lu Xu Nan’s gaze stayed on the gift bag for a while. In the end, he still chose to grab it and stuff it into his desk…

Yan Ziyun who stood at the back entrance watched this scene with cold eyes, her nails digging into the flesh of her palm.

Duan Beilei waved her arm, asking, “What is it, Ziyun? You’re not going in?”

Yan Ziyun then snapped out of it.

“Let’s go in through the front!” She pulled Duan Beilei forward while pretending to inadvertently ask, “When was Mu Wanqing that close with Lu Xu Nan? Actually even giving presents.”

Duan Beilei went “oh”, then said, “I don’t know. Anyway, I even saw Ning Yi get jealous and confront her last week. It seems like Mu Wanqing let Lu Xu Nan copy homework. I heard it was also God Lu who stepped up to look for the school to take care of those posts about Mu Wanqing on the school forum. Some people say she’s a modern Cinderella, she might be a sparrow that turns into a phoenix!”

Hearing this, Yan Ziyun suddenly gave a light laugh and said, “Cinderella is a duke’s daughter, what can she, Mu Wanqing, be regarded as?”

Ning Yi ran into Ju Meng on the way, the latter had woken up late and hadn’t eaten breakfast, so dragged her to take a trip to the school’s small convenience store together.

Following this, the two people walked into the classroom just on time.

Mu Wanqing, whose seat was in the back, stuffed the pink gift bag into her desk, a little regretful.

The next class was math. There was a math quiz, she had to go to the teacher’s office to get the test papers.

Then she’ll just look for Ning Yi when the second class ends.

But when the period between classes arrived, just as she was about to act, she was called by Yang Zhenzhen.

“School committee member, Teacher Liu said there’s an experiment for the next class, I can’t carry so many laboratory instruments by myself, can you help me get them together?”

Yang Zhenzhen was the Chemistry class representative.

Naturally, it wasn’t good for Mu Wanqing to refuse, she could only put the gift bag away again, get up, and leave with her…

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[1] 平安结: knot tied with a red string in a specific pattern that is believed to bring safety and peace