Chapter 227: The Transfer Student and the Flower Thief
"Brother Ye and his girlfriend are so lovey-dovey, aren’t you feeling nervous at all?"
Seeing Lin Muqing’s reaction, Lin Wenbin was already grinning like a fool.
In his eyes, Lin Muqing was clearly affected by what he said. If he just added a little more fuel to the fire, maybe he could watch an epic drama unfold, two people fighting over Ye Ziming. Just thinking about it made him feel thrilled.
"You’re overthinking it."
Putting away her shocked expression, Lin Muqing rolled her eyes at Lin Wenbin and didn’t want to talk to him anymore.
This was honestly too much. No wonder she kept feeling like people were looking at her strangely, turns out they were all looking at her like she was gay. She had every reason to believe that what her "bro" said that day had already been exaggerated and spread all over the school.
"...What’s wrong?"
Ye Ziming, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly spoke up again.
Looking at Lin Muqing holding her head in both hands, he pretended to be confused and asked what was going on. Even though Lin Wenbin had kept his voice down, Ye Ziming still heard most of the conversation, he had just acted like he didn’t.
"You—"
Turning to look at her "bro's" innocent face, Lin Muqing suddenly felt very annoyed, but she couldn’t lash out at him. It was frustrating. At this point, even if she blamed him, it wouldn’t change how people saw them.
"We’re being mistaken for a gay couple now. Don’t you have anything to say?"
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm herself, Lin Muqing looked at him with frustration.
"Hmm, I think it’s fine."
Raising his eyebrows slightly and smiling calmly, Ye Ziming replied like that.
In his mind, since Lin Muqing didn’t want to tell anyone her real gender, he’d just announce in a different way that she was his...
Lin Muqing was speechless. Her head started to hurt.
She had fully given up, when things get too bad to fix, might as well just let them get worse. That’s exactly how Lin Muqing felt now.
In the classroom, Ye Ziming looked very pleased, while Lin Muqing felt super complicated inside. The two of them sat together quietly, waiting for the class bell to ring. While waiting, neither of them noticed something important.
Before the holiday, Lin Wenbin’s deskmate had moved away. That meant his seat was empty, and he had been using the space to pile up his things. But after the holiday, the homeroom teacher suddenly told him that someone was transferring into their class, so he had to clean up that spot.
Right now, although no one was sitting there yet, a full set of textbooks had already been placed on the desk by the class monitor earlier.
Ding-ling-ling—
The class bell rang. All the students quickly got back to their seats and waited for the teacher. But what surprised everyone was that, even though this wasn’t the homeroom teacher’s subject, he still came in and walked up to the podium.
"Class, today we have a new transfer student. Please come in and introduce yourself."
After the usual introduction, the teacher waved to the door to let the transfer student come in. And in the very next moment, Lin Muqing’s jaw almost hit the floor.
Because the person who walked onto the stage to introduce himself… was that flower thief!
Ye Ziming was also surprised, though not as much as Lin Muqing. He already knew Meng Wenwu would transfer over, but he didn’t know they’d end up in the same class.
Compared to Lin Muqing, his reaction was much calmer, just quietly surprised inside.
"Hello everyone, my name is Meng Wenwu."
Standing at the front, Meng Wenwu made eye contact with the teacher, then turned to face the class and introduced himself. As a good-looking guy, his appearance quickly caught the attention of many girls. But it was only attention.
Because in this class, there was someone even more attractive, Ye Ziming. So the girls here were already somewhat used to handsome faces.
"...Big Bro, what now? This flower thief doesn’t seem like he’s into guys."
When the “Flower Thief” was introducing himself, Lin Muqing was in a full panic. She quickly whispered to her close friend for help.
“Don’t worry. He’s smart. Even if he recognizes you, he won’t say anything,” Ye Ziming whispered back softly, lowering his head slightly.
Since he had already expected something like this to happen, Ye Ziming had made preparations in advance. If Meng Wenwu discovered anything, he had ways to handle it.
“What if he comes to talk to me?” Lin Muqing asked nervously.
“Leave it to me.”
Seeing her so anxious, Ye Ziming gave her a reassuring smile. “Don’t panic. Everything is under control.”
“Oh, okay…”
After talking with him, Lin Muqing finally let out a breath of relief. Since her best bro said he would handle it, it must be fine. She really trusted him.
“Alright, now that we’ve welcomed the new student, let’s continue with the class.”
Meanwhile, Meng Wenwu finished his self-introduction. The homeroom teacher said a few words and then left as the subject teacher stepped up to start the lesson.
Coincidentally, Meng Wenwu’s seat was right next to Lin Wenbin.
The Lin and Meng families were close, so the two had known each other since they were kids. As soon as they sat down, they exchanged a smile, clearly very familiar with each other.
During the introduction, Meng Wenwu quickly spotted “Brother Ye”, and then he noticed the person sitting next to him. He felt that person looked a bit familiar.
For the entire class, Meng Wenwu kept thinking about why that person looked so familiar. Had they met somewhere before?
Even by the time class ended, he still hadn’t figured out when or where he had seen that boy, or why he remembered him so clearly.
“Brother Ye, want me to go fill your bottle?”
When class ended, Lin Muqing took out her water bottle, stood up, and like usual, reached out her hand to ask her good buddy if she could get his water too.
“Mm.”
Ye Ziming nodded gently and naturally handed over his bottle to her.
They had done this so many times that the entire class was used to it. Everyone was also used to the way Lin Muqing called him “Brother Ye.”
With both bottles in hand, Lin Muqing turned and walked out of the classroom. On the way, she secretly glanced at Lin Wenbin and Meng Wenwu.
“That guy sitting next to Brother Ye… they seem pretty close, huh?”
Meng Wenwu raised his eyebrows in surprise. He asked about the guy casually, but in truth, he was trying to find out more about Brother Ye’s deskmate.
“You mean Lin Muqing? They’re not just close, everyone says they’re a couple.”
Lin Wenbin looked surprised by the question at first, but then smiled in a goofy way as he explained how everyone in class saw them as a couple.
But Lin Wenbin didn’t notice, when he said the name “Lin Muqing,” Meng Wenwu’s expression had already changed to one of surprise.
That name was exactly the same as his little aunt’s. And when he looked at the person again, he noticed the face actually did look a lot like her.
Was this just a coincidence?
Meng Wenwu found it hard to believe. But he also couldn’t understand why his little aunt… was now appearing as a boy.
He was full of question marks.