I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 30 They'll be home soon; if we keep going, we'll be walking into their living room

On Saturday afternoon, around 4:30, school was over.

Zhou Heng was worried about being held back by someone again, especially a girl he couldn't fight back against, so he left the classroom immediately after class.

Yin Mengran packed her things and prepared to leave.

She noticed that Tong Yining seemed upset and couldn't offer any comfort. It seemed that what happened at noon had a significant impact on her.

Yin Mengran looked away and saw Tang Zhi packing her things and preparing to leave.

She followed, but didn't rush to her side.

Instead, they waited until they left the teaching building before hurriedly following after them.

"Tang Zhi, thank you for lunch."

Yin Mengran walked to Tang Zhi's side and thanked her softly.

She thought back to noon, and after pondering for a long time, she decided to ask Tang Zhi for help.

Tang Zhi knew she wanted to maintain her friendship with Tong Yining, but she also didn't want... Tong Yining to have contact with Zhou Heng.

So she suggested that she play the bad guy. After all, Tong Yining already saw her as a rival in love, so let her continue to think that way.

Then came the scene at noon, where Tang Zhi came over and pulled Zhou Heng away, just to help Yin Mengran.

"It's nothing. Putting aside the fact that it was to compensate you, given your... um... current situation, it's only right that I help you."

Yin Mengran now truly felt that it didn't matter anymore; at least she and Tang Zhi were friends now.

She no longer cared about those who teased her.

Suddenly remembering something, Yin Mengran asked, "By the way, I'm off tomorrow. Do you need anything?"

"No, if playing video games at home counts as a problem, then yes."

"Um...why don't we come to Zhou Heng's house? Let's play together, it's more fun with more people, right?"

Tang Zhi glanced at Yin Mengran beside her with some curiosity.

That look seemed to question, "Are you telling the truth?"

After all, it's a rare day off, don't you two want to spend time alone at home?

"I don't really care. Isn't Zhou Heng supposed to be studying?"

"I told him yesterday that we need to balance work and rest, and he agreed. After all, we can't study all day long, right?"

Tang Zhi nodded and replied, "Okay, I'll go tomorrow."

"Um, right, and that..."

Something occurred to Yin Mengran, and she took out the phone Zhou Heng had given her from her pocket.

"Could we add each other as friends...?"

"Um, okay."

Tang Zhi also took out her phone and added Yin Mengran as a friend.

After being classmates for over two years, we've finally exchanged contact information.

Making friends with classmates was a very simple and ordinary thing for Yin Mengran.

But now that she's made friends with Tang Zhi, she feels especially happy.

"Yin Mengran and...Tang Zhi are together? What's going on? Why didn't she leave with Tong Yining and the others?"

Behind Yin Mengran and Tang Zhi were two boys, one of whom was Lu Yunshuo.

He felt something was off when he saw Yin Mengran sit in Zhou Heng's seat today.

After school that evening, he followed them out and discovered that Yin Mengran was still leaving school with Tang Zhi.

When did the two of them become so close?

"Is it possible that she is related to Zhou Heng? After all, these days when people talk about Tang Zhi, they immediately think of Zhou Heng."

The boy next to him said something.

Lu Yunshuo glanced at him, shook his head, and retorted:

"Impossible. How could Yin Mengran have anything to do with Zhou Heng? They are completely unrelated. It's absolutely impossible."

"Not necessarily. Listen to my guess: Is it possible that they both like Zhou Heng, and Yin Mengran is negotiating with Tang Zhi to decide who stays by Zhou Heng's side?"

Lu Yunshuo glared at him and said in a deep voice, "Liang Jiaxiang, if you dare to spread rumors about Yin Mengran again, I'll slap you, believe it or not?"

"Believe it or not, maybe Yin Mengran isn't with you yet because you're too violent. Don't you think that's possible?"

"You...tsk! I'm not going to bother with you."

Lu Yunshuo, having been rebuffed, ignored him and continued to follow Yin Mengran and Tang Zhi at a distance.

He was curious to know what the two of them were talking about, but he couldn't get too close, lest he be unable to explain himself.

Being so far away, I can only watch them from a distance. Not only can I not hear them talking, but it's easy to lose them even if they just turn a corner.

Until Yin Mengran and Tang Zhi said goodbye and walked in different directions, they parted ways.

Liang Jiaxiang patted Lu Yunshuo on the shoulder and said, "Alright, let's go home. Are you still going to chase after them? They'll be home soon, and if you keep going, you'll end up in their living room."

"Let's...let's follow her a little longer. I want to know where she lives."

Liang Jiaxiang looked at him incredulously and exclaimed in surprise, "If you do this, I'll call the police! Are you a pervert? Following a female classmate home? What was the point of studying politics then?"

"No... I mainly wanted to give her a gift, but it's not appropriate to give it in class. She definitely wouldn't accept it in front of others, and that would be so embarrassing for me. So I was thinking... leaving it at her doorstep would be better..."

"Wow, that's perverted and disgusting. You don't look like the kind of person who would do something like that. Think about it: you leave for school in the morning, and when you open the door, there's an unknown gift from a classmate. To be honest, if she really likes you, you can barely accept it, but if she's not even close to you, you'll feel a bit disgusted."

Lu Yunshuo rolled his eyes at him and muttered, "You don't know anything."

"You don't understand, you just like understanding this shit and pee stuff..."

At this moment, the two saw Yin Mengran enter a building.

Lu Yunshuo's eyes lit up. Judging from this, this should be Yin Mengran's home!

"Alright, let's go." Liang Jiaxiang grabbed Lu Yunshuo's hand, stopping him from going any further.

Lu Yunshuo shook off his hand and said, "Are you stupid? I need to check which floor it is! Otherwise, where do I put my gift? At the elevator entrance on the first floor? Someone could kick it away without me even knowing it."

"I give up..."

The two entered the building, glanced at the elevator, and saw that the floor number displayed was "6th floor".

"She lives on the 6th floor, okay, I got it. Let's go, come with me to look at gifts! I want to surprise her tomorrow!"

Lu Yunshuo nodded, then pulled Liang Jiaxiang out.

Liang Jiaxiang looked utterly hopeless, and sighed, as if he were at his wit's end.

"Why don't you go by yourself? You ask me when you don't know what to buy, but you don't listen to my advice. If you buy something good, it's because you have good taste; if you buy something bad, it's because I didn't advise you."

"Oh no, that won't happen. People usually have a strategist when they're dating. Can't you give me some advice?"