Chapter 156: Who Do You Support More
After a lot of effort (cute acting + playing innocent + being stubborn), Lin Muqing finally proved that she was perfectly healthy. As a result, after dinner, she was allowed to have a popsicle given by her good buddy. So satisfying.
Although a lot had happened at school, Lin Muqing didn’t really care about any of it, so her days were pretty relaxed. There were many people talking about the relationship between Lin Muqing and Ye Ziming, and the topic was quite popular.
But since no one dared to bring it up in front of Ye Ziming, no one said anything to Lin Muqing either, especially because the two of them were practically glued together 24/7.
It wasn’t until Thursday morning, when Lin Muqing went to fetch some water alone, that she accidentally found out about the whole thing.
“Huh? What are you talking about? I’m straight, okay?”
Looking at Lin Wenbin, who was also getting water, Lin Muqing rolled her eyes and said with clear annoyance. She thought to herself, ‘No wonder I kept feeling like people were whispering about me lately, and everyone’s been giving me weird looks.’
Then, from Lin Wenbin, she also learned that someone recently started a “stock market” game, comparing the “Number One School Beauty” and Lin Muqing as two stocks.
“For now, your popularity is higher,” Lin Wenbin said with a sly smile while standing next to the water dispenser. “Mainly because none of us have actually seen that school beauty in person.”
Unfortunately, after he said this, he didn’t see any happiness on Lin Muqing’s face, only another eye roll. At this point, he started to believe her words a bit more. But the rumor had already spread. Even if they explained things now, not many people would listen. After all, most people were just here for gossip, who really cared about the truth? They just wanted juicy drama.
There was one more thing he didn’t say, their “Knights Club” actually hoped Lin Muqing would win, because that would mean the Number One School Beauty would become single. Wow~ just thinking about it is kind of awesome. Some of them even wanted to help her secretly.
“Heh… Boring.”
After giving a wry smile, Lin Muqing picked up two full cups of water, left behind that sentence, and turned to walk back to the classroom. After going through the whole “school beauty drama” earlier, her mental strength had grown a lot.
So now, when she heard rumors like this, she didn’t really feel much. She just thought these people must be really bored. Still, Lin Muqing didn’t completely hate the rumor, so she didn’t bother clearing it up. She just let it spread naturally.
Back in the classroom, she casually told her good buddy about it, how someone was spreading rumors that the two of them were gay. But then, she was the one who got surprised, because after hearing it, Ye Ziming wasn’t upset at all. Instead, he smiled and asked:
“Who do you support more?”
Uh… what?!
How was she supposed to answer that? Was she supposed to tell him that she supported herself, and believed she’d end up with him in the end? That’d be way too embarrassing!
Thursday passed quickly, and soon it was Friday.
According to Ye Ziming’s plan, they would head home after school on Friday afternoon—which meant meeting his parents. So at noon that day, Lin Muqing packed several sets of clothes to get ready for the stay.
Thinking about meeting her good buddy’s parents soon, Lin Muqing started to feel a bit nervous, but she couldn’t figure out why.
After all, they were just pretending to be a couple, and the whole point of going was to help him deal with his parents. So technically, there’s no reason to be nervous… right?
Still, she couldn’t help but worry. She even started wondering if she should bring gifts for the first meeting to make a good impression.
“Not necessary,” Ye Ziming said with a calm shake of his head after seeing her concern, giving her a reassuring look.
What he really wanted to say was, as long as Lin Muqing is willing to go home with him, that’s already the best gift he could ask for.
After the video call that night, Ye’s mom tried to find out more about Lin Muqing every day. She would either ask him directly or talk to Ye Mengze. During this time, Ye Ziming did a little trick, he didn’t let anyone else know about the jade pendant.
So the version of the story that Ye’s mom got was this. Lin Muqing is a strong and independent girl. Even though she lost both of her parents, she still works hard at school and supports herself. After hearing this, Ye’s mom was already very impressed, she couldn’t think more highly of Lin Muqing.
At that time, Ye’s mom said directly, “Hurry up and bring that girl home, so I can take good care of her.”
Ye Ziming had already packed his bag and brought all the homework he needed for the holiday. He was ready to leave school at any moment. It was already after school, and the campus was full of noise and excitement because the long National Day holiday had just begun.
“Emmm, alright then.”
After getting a reply from her good buddy, Lin Muqing quietly thought things over while packing her own holiday homework. Because she completely trusted her good buddy, she quickly relaxed and stopped overthinking.
When the two of them finished packing and were walking out of the school, they happened to see Fei Xun standing by the gate, waiting for them.
“Hi, Lin Muqing.”
Seeing the two walking side by side, Fei Xun raised her hand and greeted Lin Muqing. But at the same time, she secretly looked at Ye Ziming. Even though she pretended well, almost no one in the school could tell what she was really thinking.
But Ye Ziming was very sharp and noticed it, so he didn’t like her much and completely ignored her.
“Uh, hi.”
Seeing how friendly Fei Xun was, Lin Muqing didn’t want to be rude, so she politely raised her hand and greeted her back.
That day, even though Lin Muqing had rejected Fei Xun many times, Fei Xun didn’t give up. Every few days, she would come by their class just to say hi.
“I’m heading home too. Let’s walk together.”
Fei Xun smiled sweetly, did a little cute shake, and winked at Lin Muqing.
Because of all this, the boys who were still in the classroom felt something in their hearts. Many of them even wished they could walk home with the pretty girl from the next class. But unfortunately for her, she had run into the two people who were completely uninterested. No matter what she did, it had no effect on them at all.
Even a scraping therapist would say she had no strength.
“Uh, actually…”
Before Lin Muqing could reply, she suddenly felt someone gently push her from behind. From the feel of it, she knew it was her good buddy’s hand. With that little push, she was taken past Fei Xun and led toward the stairs.
This was actually pretty good, because Lin Muqing didn’t know how to turn Fei Xun down. But if she was pulled away like this, then Fei Xun couldn’t blame her, right?
“Lin Muqing, do you hate me that much?”
Before they even took two steps, Fei Xun’s voice suddenly came from behind. It was quite loud and sounded like she was about to cry. Right now, she didn’t just look upset—she really was upset inside.
Thinking back from elementary school until now, she had always been treated like a school beauty. Not only boys, even girls would try to be close to her. There had never been a time when she got rejected over and over just for trying to talk to someone like Lin Muqing.
She just wanted to get to know Lin Muqing and Ye Ziming and have a friendly chat, but they both acted cold. These two are just too much!