Cāi Cāi

Chapter 63: Act VIII: The Cat Who Wants to Become Human (7)

Fortunately, Xiang Cai was not as 'cruel' as Tan Yiming expected.

— "Female classmate?" Tan Yiming couldn't help but raised his voice two decibels. "The relationship issue you wanted me to help analyze for you is that a female classmate likes you, and you don't know how to respond?"

"Not an ordinary 'female classmate!'" On the other end of the phone, the boy's voice became more genuine. "It's a 'female classmate' who had a very good relationship with me!"

Tan Yiming laughed: "Child, have you never been confessed to by a girl?"

"Yes, yes, but that's not the same. Qi Ji is the first friend I've met after transferring to that school. She is different to me." Xiang Cai said distressedly, "If I can, I want to be friends with her for a lifetime."

"But you know, the moment she chooses to write down her mind, you can't be friends." Tan Yiming was far more mature than Xiang Cai, and had seen more emotions from the sidelines than Xiang Cai.

Every hopeless unrequited love turned into a desperate confession. The phrase 'I like you' broke the delicate balance between the two, and in the end, the friendship became impossible.

Xiang Cai sighed leisurely.

He grew tired of holding the phone, so he simply put it on the ground and turned on hands-free mode.

He leaned into the corner of the wall, hugged his legs, and stared at his mobile phone, murmuring, "Is there no other solution?"

"Yes." The man's voice came out of the speaker, echoing into the weak morning sunlight, "If you like her, you can respond to her feelings. But if she has already moved on and likes another person, you can still be friends."

Xiang Cai said, "But I can't like her, first of all ... first of all, she's not the right gender."

Tan Yiming laughed: "What if she is the right gender?"

"The gender is not right." Xiang Cai said firmly, "I have a boyfriend now."

"What if you were single now?"

"So I...then I..." The boy suddenly became stuck.

If he hadn't met Cen Manchuan three months ago, who would be standing next to him today?

The thought was like a match that was lit in the dark. Although the flame was weak, it was so conspicuous that he couldn't ignore it.

Xiang Cai tried his best to control himself, to not let any memories that could fuel the flame approach the little fire.

It was not until this second that he was shocked to realize who he was talking to —he must have damaged his head when he had turned over. Why was he calling his crush from five years ago? And the discussion was even about such a sensitive 'secret crush' issue?

He had obviously decided to forget. He had obviously decided to welcome summer. He had obviously decided to draw a line...

The 17-year-old boy hid in the depths of his memories again, leaving only the 23-year-old Xiang Cai staring at the phone in front of him, as if it would blow through the ground at any time.

During those few seconds of psychological activity, Tan Yiming across the ocean was not aware of it.

Tan Yiming was still helping him analyze the problem: "You treated that girl as a good friend. When you found that she liked you, you were surprised and guilty first. This proves that you value your friendship very much. My suggestion is that you have a clear chat with that girl. If at the end of the conversation, you find that you really can't continue to be friends, directly say goodbye."