Chapter 159: Chapter 158: For Anita Qing - Fairy Fate + Update 6
After the monthly test results came out, all the students immediately threw themselves back into the tense atmosphere of preparing for the final exams.
Zhao Meimei didn’t bring lunch in the morning, so Shi Yang’s mother’s century egg porridge, left until noon, became mushy. At lunchtime, she and Wang Jiayue linked arms and went to the school’s grocery store, intending to buy a bread and sausage to make do.
The grocery store was absolutely packed with people at noon. Zhao Meimei wandered around, picked out the things she wanted, and lined up with Wang Jiayue to bring the items to the checkout counter.
Zhao Meimei bought two extra bottles of yogurt and said, "This is for you and Xu Xu, don’t compete with me to pay."
Zhao Meimei was very clear about this aspect; she would never let Wang Jiayue pay just because she had more pocket money. It was not just for Wang Jiayue; no matter what she received from others, she would return something of equal value afterward.
Wang Jiayue whispered, "Thank you."
Zhao Meimei laughed and put her arm around her shoulder: "Why are you being polite with me?"
After paying, the two walked out hand in hand. Just as they stepped out of the grocery store, they heard someone quietly talking behind them, mocking in a schadenfreude way when someone else makes a fool of themselves.
Zhao Meimei and Wang Jiayue turned around in response, only to find many people staring at Wang Jiayue’s back with obvious expressions of amusement.
Wang Jiayue looked down in confusion, exclaimed, and then quickly turned around, trying to use her hands to cover her pants from behind.
Seeing that the person involved had turned around and noticed, the whispering got louder, and a few boys standing at the grocery store door chuckled twice.
Zhao Meimei turned her head and gave them a cold stare.
Zhao Meimei asked, "What’s wrong with you?"
Wang Jiayue’s face turned red with embarrassment. She was already introverted by nature, and now she was humiliated in front of so many people at the grocery store entrance, she was immediately so ashamed she was about to cry.
She whispered in panic and helplessness, "Meimei, my period came."
Zhao Meimei immediately understood, her brows furrowed as she glared angrily at the onlookers: "Got nothing better to do, huh? What’s so funny about this! What’s wrong with you people!"
The other students were just whispering, and now they were scolded on the spot, rolled their eyes, and then turned away to do whatever they were doing.
Wang Jiayue was extremely embarrassed and didn’t know what to do.
Without a word, Zhao Meimei took off her school uniform jacket. She was wearing only a white short-sleeved T-shirt, with hand-stitched sequins on the chest, dazzling brilliantly in the sun.
She handed her school uniform jacket to Wang Jiayue: "Tie this around your waist. Did you bring anything? I’ll go with you to the restroom."
Wang Jiayue hurriedly tied the school uniform around her waist and followed Zhao Meimei back to the teaching building. All the way back, Zhao Meimei held her hand tightly, while Wang Jiayue walked with her face flushed, head down, and shoulders hunched. As they walked, she couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Zhao Meimei’s profile, feeling very grateful and moved in her heart.
Also watching Zhao Meimei from behind was Zhang Zhao, who lazily held a cup of instant noodles as he came out of the grocery store. He looked at Zhao Meimei’s short-sleeved back as she held Wang Jiayue’s hand, raised his eyebrows, and thought, no wonder she’s so popular; it indeed makes sense.
Since that day, the friendship between Zhao Meimei and Wang Jiayue underwent a qualitative leap; Wang Jiayue became closer and closer with Zhao Meimei, and their interactions became increasingly intimate, sharing everything with each other.
Taking advantage of Xu Xu’s absence, Wang Jiayue would squeeze next to Zhao Meimei with a girlish blush, sharing her inner thoughts.
In Wang Jiayue’s descriptions, Xu Xu’s image became more and more tall and handsome each time. If it weren’t that she was in the same class with Xu Xu, seeing each other every day, Zhao Meimei would have suspected that this outrageously handsome Xu Xu described by Wang Jiayue was a character from a TV drama.
After Wang Jiayue finished sharing her thoughts, she couldn’t help but gossip about Zhao Meimei’s love life.
She hugged Zhao Meimei’s arm and asked, "Hey, Meimei, I think Zhang Zhao is quite nice."
Zhao Meimei glanced at her, "Haha."
Unhappy with her attitude, Wang Jiayue nudged her shoulder with her chin, "What are you laughing at! I’m serious! He actually likes you, doesn’t he? During the break in the first period, I even saw him buying you a pack of preserved plums!"
Zhao Meimei rolled her eyes speechlessly, "I’ve said it a million times, Zhang Zhao and I are just buddies! Besides, didn’t he share the plums with you?"
With a plum in her mouth, Wang Jiayue chuckled twice at this, asking, "Do you really not like Zhang Zhao?"
Zhao Meimei said nothing but took the empty candy wrapper from Wang Jiayue on the table, fiddled with it in her hand, and slowly a beautiful smile appeared on her lips.
Those who speak little are better at discerning people’s thoughts because they spend all their attention, usually given to talking, observing other people’s every move.
Since becoming truly close with Zhao Meimei, Wang Jiayue talked more, but only in front of her, remaining introverted and not good with words with others.
Every time she spoke, she habitually watched the expressions of the people around her, instinctively paying attention to their reactions.
Wang Jiayue studied Zhao Meimei’s face and tentatively asked, "Meimei, when you said you had someone you liked, that was actually true, wasn’t it?"
Zhao Meimei’s lips twitched, and she looked down with an embarrassed smile.
That smile rarely revealed a hint of a girl’s shyness when in love. It was a facial expression hardly imaginable on Zhao Meimei’s face.
Zhao Meimei didn’t deny it. She never felt that loving Shi Yang was something that couldn’t be shared. The reason she kept it bottled up was simply because she was still a bit young, and both her family and school forbade early romantic relationships, which is why she restrained herself from talking about it.
But when someone around her was excitedly sharing their secret crush with her, how could she really resist the urge to boast, to share with others?
After all, her relationship with Shi Yang was mutually affectionate, significantly better than a one-sided crush. Besides, her Brother Yangyang was so outstanding and handsome, from every angle, her vanity urged her to share, to boast about it.
Zhao Meimei said seriously, "I do have someone I like in my heart."
"He’s not in our class, nor is he from our school."
Although Zhao Meimei only made a vague confession, in Wang Jiayue’s view, it counted as a complete exchange of little secrets between them.
Once girls share little secrets, their relationship grows closer daily. Gradually, Xu Xu realized unconsciously that he seemed to be inadvertently isolated by Zhao Meimei and Wang Jiayue.