“Maybe she’s right. But I feel so down. Although, I still have Gu Nanxiang. Gu Nanxiang?! ~~(╯﹏╰)b For a moment, it seemed like I had forgotten about him. Before Xia Wei brought the Coke to me, I put away Cheng Siwei’s painting and pretended that nothing had happened. She glanced at the mineral water on the table that was still steaming, said nothing, and sat down in front of me, gulping down the Coke. ‘Actually, I can understand how you feel,’ she suddenly said out of the blue. ‘What?’ I asked. What the heck, you’re neither a fortune-teller nor a mind-reader, how could you know everything? ‘You don’t want Cheng Siwei to know you like someone else.’ She picked up a book and flipped through it casually. ‘Oh. You know everything, witch.’ ‘I am your shadow, I am your conscience, I am your… other self,’ she said. ‘Hehe.’ I laughed awkwardly.
Xiang Xiaowu and Cheng Siwei:
‘If it were me,’ she put down the book, ‘I would like Gu Nanxiang too. He gets scholarships, is adored by teachers, and liked by countless girls; unlike Cheng Siwei, that guy is like a butterfly, even going after Lin Xiaole. How am I supposed to BS him, OMG, I’m speechless. Do you know what the girls from Cheng’s group say? They say Cheng liking Lin Xiaole is worse than him liking the monkeys in the park.’ ‘Hahaha.’ I laughed. ‘Hahaha.’
‘But…’ I stopped halfway through my sentence and continued copying notes, what I originally wanted to say was: Cheng Siwei doesn’t even like Lin Xiaole, he has a sense of justice, he’s a good person, and he’s my savior. ‘But what?’ ‘Nothing.’ I smiled. Suddenly, I felt an emptiness inside. How strange, why does it feel so uncomfortable to hear Xia Wei say bad things about Cheng Siwei?
At the cafeteria window, the line was long as usual. I ordered sweet and sour pork ribs and vegetables, found a seat, and sat down. Recently, Xia Wei has been trying to lose weight and doesn’t eat lunch, so I always come here alone. I, Xiang Xiaowu, am a carnivore with no intention of dieting. ^_^ And no matter how much I eat, I never gain weight. The heavens have truly favored me. But, eating alone in the cafeteria is really boring; I always dawdle in the classroom, ending up at the back of the line. Anyway, it doesn’t matter as long as there’s food, no need to squeeze in with those monkeys.
After I had sat down with my meal, Cheng Siwei approached. God! Can he not see me? That guy even had the audacity to flash his white teeth in a smile. ‘Why are you so late, Xiang Xiaowu? Look, I’ve got beef for you.’ He placed a small bowl of beef on my tray. ‘I don’t eat beef.’ I won’t accept your kindness. ‘It’s good for your body,’ he said, ‘It tastes pretty good, give it a try.’ ‘Oh.’ I didn’t refuse. Being adored by a handsome guy does feel somewhat cool. O(∩_∩)O~ Not allowed to like two people while eating beef, Xu Yang, that monkey, approached, wearing an expression of surprise from afar. Ugh! I can’t stand his insincere smile. ‘HI! Cheng Siwei, why are you here? Let’s go play some tennis.’ Wow! What does this monkey want now? He’s up to no good for sure. ‘Sure! But I’ll go later.’ Wow! Cheng Siwei actually agreed to go with him. ‘If we’re late, all the courts will be taken,’ Xu Yang said with a smile. Cheng Siwei shrugged, ‘Then we’ll play another day.’ ‘But we agreed this morning, you can’t back out now, I’ve already told people…’ ‘Told what?’ ‘Cough! The girls are waiting in the gym. You won’t disappoint everyone, will you?’ Ha! This monkey really is nosy. I glanced at Xu Yang, frowning, said nothing, and continued to attack my food; perhaps Cheng Siwei noticed my bad mood, shook his head, and turned to Xu Yang, ‘Alright, let’s go then.’ After Cheng Siwei left, I took out a magazine to read while eating. One of my greatest hobbies, Xiang Xiaowu, is multitasking, to avoid those gossipers’ attacks on my personal life.
I felt someone standing in front of me, looked up, and there was Dong Luo with her hands on her hips, looking fierce, with Chen Yanan beside her. Dong Luo’s smile carried a hint of mockery, ‘Hey! Ugly girl.’ You’re the ugliest, you dead monkey. I continued reading the magazine. ‘Hey.’ She tapped the table, ‘Don’t you have any shame, pretending to be deaf and mute is fun, huh? Why do you want to monopolize everyone?’ I turned a page of the magazine. ‘Damn!’ She continued to tap the table, ‘Please stay away from Cheng Siwei, listen carefully, he’s Lin Xiaole’s boyfriend.’ ‘What does it have to do with me?’ ‘Damn! Your little scandal is known all over the school, and you still say it has nothing to do with you. Damn!’ ‘Nonsense.’ I didn’t want to deal with her, Lin Xiaole is Cheng Siwei’s girlfriend, the girls from Cheng’s group, go line up to kill yourselves. ‘Who do you think you are? Don’t you look in the mirror?’ Gu Nanxiang’s love ‘I’ve always been very clear about myself,’ I said, ‘I don’t need you to remind me.’ I put down my chopsticks, got up to leave. Suddenly, I saw Lin Xiaole rushing towards me from the crowd, before I could understand what was happening, a crisp slap landed on my face. She screamed like a madwoman, ‘Xiang Xiaowu, you damn well better get lost!’ The entire cafeteria fell silent in an instant, quiet enough to hear a pin drop. I covered my face, my left cheek burning painfully, probably already swollen. I was stunned by the slap, standing there motionless. Dong Luo and Chen Yanan, perhaps fearing I might retaliate, grabbed my arms from either side, and then a bowl of seaweed egg soup was thrown at me. I was stunned for ten seconds, everyone in the cafeteria turned their gaze towards us, my arms were held tightly, I didn’t bother to struggle, the seaweed egg soup flowed down my cheeks, onto my clothes, into my hair. Very embarrassing, definitely very embarrassing! But oddly calm, calm to the point of surprising myself. I said, ‘Let go of me, let go of me.’ They didn’t move, then I suddenly shouted, ‘Let go of me!’ The two were startled, let go of me, and stood there looking at me blankly. I wiped the seaweed soup from my face, my vision was somewhat blurred, I didn’t know what was happening, everything became blurry. Slowly, I picked up the magazine from the table, when my eyes met the beef, I couldn’t suppress it anymore, really!”
