Cāi Cāi

Chapter 62: Act VIII: The Cat Who Wants to Become Human (6)

Xiang Cai repeatedly seek clarification: "Did you read that right? This sentence really means 'I like you'?"

The girl kept nodding: "This is my mother tongue, how can I be wrong?"

"..."

The schoolgirl's attitude was so determined that it led to a mess of confusion in Xiang Cai's mind.

He didn't give up, hesitating slightly before asking, "Could it be that I wrote a stroke wrong, so that this sentence changed from 'friends forever' to 'I like you'?"

The girl did not speak, but looked at him with a pitying, regretful, and somewhat emotional gaze.

They both knew that Xiang Cai's repeated questioning was nothing but self-deception.

He stared at the signature paper in his hand. Those words seemed to have grown wings moving closer to him and changing by itself, and finally forming a girl's round, smiling face.

He remembered stepping into the classroom for the first time five years ago, when Qi Ji handed him the dried fish; he thought of how she had brought himself into the world of online dubbing; he thought of them secretly chatting during their morning exercises.

Those clues that had been ignored by him suddenly became so evidently clear.

When she had her lipstick confiscated; her hug downstairs in the bedroom; the day she transferred schools, when she laughed and said they would be lifelong friends...

The confession, which was five years late, was finally received by Xiang Cai today.

Xiang Cai had also experienced the hopeless of unrequited love, so he knew how difficult it was to have an unrequited love.

Many thoughts lingered in his heart, like ... it was like a seemingly neat bundle of yarn. It was not until he took it apart that he found that it was a complete tangled mess.

Xiang Cai didn't know how to deal with the shocking news of 'his best female friend actually secretly had a crush on himself'. He wanted to talk to someone, but looked around at a loss, not knowing who to talk to.

Xiang Cai tried to discuss with Cen Manchuan.

"Well ... have you ever encountered this kind of thing?" Xiang Cai asked, "When you have a very good female friend, and they suddenly say they like you?"

Unexpectedly, Cen Manchuan tilted his head and said in amazement: "I don't know any female friends who don't think of me that way...All the girls who appear within three meters of me will confess to me at some point."

Xiang Cai: "..."

Cen Manchuan asked: "Are you investigating my relationships? Don't worry, I haven't contacted them since I broke up with them!"

Until today, Xiang Cai had no idea that, Cen Manchuan was originally chased by girls. It was only Xiang Cai that he was in love with at first sight and took the initiative to pursue.

Xiang Cai didn't feel jealous, just a little curious: "Then why did you break up with them?"

"I don't know," Cen Manchuan said doubtfully. "Every time, they inexplicably break up with me. I asked them if we could continue to be friends after breaking up, but they all blocked me without exception."

"..."

Hearing this, Xiang Cai felt very distressed for those girls.

...

In the evening, after Xiang Cai returned to his bedroom, he couldn't help but open Chen Ziran's WeChat.

In high school, the three of them were the closest. Chen Ziran was a 'fine person'. Xiang Cai suddenly wondered, at that time, would Chen Ziran have known Qi Ji's thoughts?