Love Me in Another Universe

Chapter 46. Soupy vs. The Basketball King

September 23, 1996, Monday.

After school, Guan Xuchen went to the botanical garden alone, intending to give the love letter mistakenly sent to him back to Qiao Zisheng.

Qiao Zisheng was furious when he saw that the letter written to his crush was actually in Guan Xuchen's hands. He stood up, grabbed Guan Xuchen by the collar, and angrily asked, "How did you get this letter? !"

Guan Xuchen was startled and shouted, "Let go of me, let go of me."

Qiao Zisheng was taken aback by Guan Xuchen's reaction and quickly released his grip. He noticed the other students in the botanical garden were looking in his direction, so he sat back down, put his hand on Guan's shoulder again, and sat him down on the bench. He laughed and said, "Why such a fuss? I was just messing with you."

After the other students' attention had drifted away, Qiao leaned in and whispered menacingly, "Tell me, how did you get this letter."

"It was...apparently...it was you who asked my classmate to give this letter to me," Guan Xuchen stammered.

"Nonsense!" Qiao Zisheng said fiercely, "I gave this letter to the English rep of Class 3, Senior One."

"That would be me," Guan Xuchen replied affirmatively.

"I thought Gao Xinglang called you 'Soupy'. How come your surname is Guan?" Qiao Zisheng was skeptical. "You're not lying to me, are you?"

"Oh. My English name is Tommy, and 'Tom' sounds like 'soup' in Cantonese. That's why he calls me 'Soupy'," Guan Xuchen explained, a sweet smile unconsciously spreading across his face. Then he said to Qiao Zisheng emphatically, "Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, you can ask our head teacher, Lu Xiaofeng."

"Well, then...what about the previous English rep of your class?" Qiao Zisheng pressed on, still uncertain.

Guan Xuchen laughed, "I've been the English rep of our class all along. It's not even been a month since the semester started. Why would we suddenly change the English rep?"

Qiao Zisheng was confused, and muttered to himself, "Then who was the girl I saw the other day?"

Guan Xuchen asked with a smile, "Senior Brother, the girl you're talking about—does she have long hair and big eyes?"

"Yes, yes." Qiao Zisheng grabbed Guan Xuchen's shoulders tightly and asked eagerly, "Do you know her? Which class is she in? What's her name?"

Guan Xuchen gently pushed Qiao Zisheng's hand off his shoulder, rolled his eyes, and said in a leisurely tone, "Actually, I don't know her either. I just happened to find out today that she's the English rep of Class 6, Senior One. As for the name... I'm not sure either. I just heard the students in her class call her Guan..."

"Yes, yes, it's Guan, it's Guan," Qiao Zisheng was full of excitement, but he quickly composed himself, placed his right hand back on Guan Xuchen's shoulder, and whispered sternly, "No one else has read this letter, right?"

"No...no..." Guan Xuchen stuttered in reply.

"Oh. Qiao Zisheng let out a sigh of relief, then raised his left fist and waved it twice in front of Guan Xuchen, saying menacingly, "Remember, you must never tell anyone about this letter, especially not your teacher. And you must not tell Gao Xinglang either. Or you'll regret it!"

Guan Xuchen was really a little scared at this point, thinking, "I should have asked Lang to come with me."

But then he remembered Qiao Zisheng's earlier words, "And you must not tell Gao Xinglang", and thought, "Luckily, Lang isn't here."