Chapter 142: Let Me Try the Blade
“Master, how did it go?”
After school, Xie Mu waited until Yu Wanwan and the other two had left before sheepishly coming over to Pu Tong and asking how things had gone.
He had also noticed that Pu Tong and Yu Wanwan had gone out together during the extracurricular activity, so naturally he knew they had gone to discuss his matter.
“Well, I told Yu Wanwan. She didn't laugh at you, and said she'd help you think it over later.”
Hearing this, Xie Mu immediately breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought she would look down on him.
“But don't get your hopes up too high either.” Pu Tong immediately began lowering his expectations. “We're both high school students, so we can't possibly know that much. In the end, you'll still have to rely on yourself!”
“Mm!” Xie Mu nodded and left with his schoolbag. As he walked, he pondered it, always feeling that something was off.
Wait a minute! At the beginning, hadn't they said that with the two of them helping him, he would be unstoppable, so why had they started saying “don't get your hopes up too high” as soon as he'd gotten on the pirate ship?
He suspected he'd been PUAed……
First they drew him a huge pie, then they poured cold water on him afterward, what a capitalist.
Pu Tong was helpless too. He and Yu Wanwan were both half-baked at this, so they couldn't exactly give him terrible advice.
This kind of thing was hard to say. What if they taught someone else how to date while he and Yu Wanwan were still going back and forth, and the other two actually got together successfully? Wouldn't that make them clowns?
“Forget it, we'll take it one step at a time.” Pu Tong sighed and went home to start writing lyrics.
There would be rehearsal time for the graduation gala, so he didn't need to rush. Even if they only had the lyrics, they should be able to learn the song after listening to him sing it a few more times by then.
Even the Japanese girl could learn it, so they couldn't possibly be dumber than the Japanese girl, right?
Buzz buzz.
Pu Tong glanced at the phone beside him, which had lit up with a message notification. When he saw it was from Yu Wanwan, he stopped what he was doing and picked up the phone to look.
Only Yu Wanwan's messages would he check immediately. Of course, this wasn't favoritism. Mainly, Yu Wanwan was too sensible; she wouldn't take the initiative to chat with him unless there was something important, so whenever she messaged him, it definitely meant it was serious business.
Yu Wanwan: [I think, as outsiders, we shouldn't interfere too much in their business.]
She was naturally talking about Xie Mu's situation. Although they claimed they were helping Xie Mu think things through, other people's private affairs were not something outsiders should say too much about……not only could they easily offend someone, but if they made the wrong decision on someone else's behalf and delayed things for them, they would feel guilty for the rest of their lives.
Pu Tong: [So?]
Yu Wanwan: [So, we can't take the initiative to get involved. We can only assist from the sidelines.]
Yu Wanwan: [For example, we could look into that online friend's identity or something.]
Not interfering with the current situation between Xie Mu and Ling Ling, but opening up another line instead?
Pu Tong: [You can't just use your resources to investigate her real information, right? That won't do.]
There was no doubt that with the capital behind Yu Wanwan, if she really wanted to find out someone's real identity from the internet, it definitely wouldn't be difficult……
But the problem was that investigating someone like this would undoubtedly violate their privacy. That would be going too far. Even if they really found out, Xie Mu would definitely have a hard time accepting what they had done.
Yu Wanwan: [How could I? She doesn't have any grudge against me. I mean, investigate what kind of person that online friend is or something.]
Pu Tong: [?]
Yu Wanwan: [I mean, go interact with her and see whether she chats with other boys the same way she treats Xie Mu. If she's like that with everyone, wouldn't that mean she's a player keeping a bunch of fish in her pond?]
What kind of idea was this……get close to Ling Ling and help Xie Mu test her?
If that Ling Ling really was equally gentle with every boy, then she really would be stringing people along.
From this angle, testing what kind of person Ling Ling was didn't seem like a bad idea.
Pu Tong: [Could it be that you want me to……]
Going behind his buddy's back to approach his online friend, even if it was just to test her, why did it sound so awkward?
Yu Wanwan: [No, you can't go!]
She rejected it without even thinking. There was no way she could let Pu Tong chat with another girl, and she couldn't bear to either.
Besides, if things were exposed later, the whole “brother and sister-in-law” thing would sound bad if it got out.
Pu Tong: [So……]
Yu Wanwan: [That's right, I'll go!]
It was just an internet account, after all. She could pretend to be a guy too. Since both sides were girls anyway, even if it was exposed later, there wouldn't be any misunderstanding.
She had seriously thought it through. First, Pu Tong had to study, so his time wasn't very plentiful, while she had much more free time; second, as a girl, she would definitely understand girls better, and she might even be able to draw more conclusions directly through chatting.
Pu Tong: [Your idea is pretty outrageous, but it sounds like it actually has something to it.]
Not to mention that the school Yu Wanwan had previously attended was the same as Ling Ling's school, so there would be even more things she could discover.
Yu Wanwan: [There's a blade above the character for lust!]
Yu Wanwan: [Let me try the blade!]
Although he didn't know what was going on, the conclusion now was that Yu Wanwan planned to pretend to be a boy and test Xie Mu's female online friend.
Of course, Xie Mu had already confirmed the other person's gender long ago. Ling Ling was female, and there was no dispute about that.
Pu Tong: [So, we're not telling Xie Mu for now, right.]
Yu Wanwan: [Of course. I'm just making a friend and testing her, it doesn't involve him, and it's completely unrelated to the line on his side.]
She really had so many schemes……
Pu Tong couldn't help sighing. If it had been up to him, he wouldn't have been able to come up with such a bizarre idea.
If it worked, then telling Yu Wanwan about this really had been the right decision.
The screenshot of the study app that Xie Mu had sent him was still there. Yu Wanwan followed the same method, registered an account, and went in to send Ling Ling a private message.
“I feel so guilty……”
Pu Tong didn't need to keep waiting either, so he started studying on his own. As for Yu Wanwan's side, he was still confident in her.
However, the two's plan didn't seem to be going very smoothly. Until bedtime, he still hadn't received any messages.
The next day, the two who had arrived early began a new discussion.
“I sent her a private message, but she didn't respond.” Yu Wanwan sighed. She had found Ling Ling's account last night and, following the same approach, sent her a private message asking a question, but hadn't received any reply.
“Her life has probably already been filled up by Xie Mu, so she won't be so bored anymore.”
Yu Wanwan shrugged, not knowing what else to say.
Before long, Lin Yuxi and Yi Zhi Xuenai arrived at their respective seats, so the two could only end their discussion about Xie Mu.
Pu Tong was just about to memorize his material when he noticed the homeroom teacher entering the classroom, his gaze landing precisely on their area.
“You group, come out for a moment.” Zhang Binyan pointed at their celebrity student group and directly called all eight of them out.
It looked like it should be about the graduation gala. That was the only matter that had anything to do with him and these people.
The group followed Zhang Binyan to the office and watched him take a form out of his drawer.
“I don't want to affect the other students. This is the registration form for the graduation gala, so fill it out yourselves!”
He glanced at Pu Tong again, somewhat helpless. If he could, he didn't want to affect Pu Tong either, but this guy was simply too special.
The others had already decided on their own performances and stepped forward one after another to fill out the forms. Only Xie Mu and Yu Wanwan stood there dumbfounded, looking at Pu Tong in confusion.
They didn't even know the song title, so how could they fill it out……
“Ahaha, Teacher, Xie Mu and I will sing a song together. That counts as participating in the graduation gala too, right?”
“Sure!” A flicker passed through Zhang Binyan's eyes. This kid was pretty clever, actually thinking of a way to reduce his impact.
Pu Tong stepped forward and wrote down a song.
A duet, so it must be a song written by Pu Tong, right?
Gan Hengxu had also heard about it from Xie Mu, and could only look at the two of them enviously.
But Tang Luocheng and Chen Siqing were completely dumbfounded. Xie Mu and Pu Tong were actually this close? He could actually get Pu Tong to write a song for him.
This was exactly what they dreamed about day and night. They had even made so much effort for it, only for Xie Mu to get it so easily.
Jealousy, jealousy had completely distorted their faces.
Tang Luocheng was furious and really wanted to go chop people up in the canyon. She glanced at Chen Siqing, expressing her desire to log on together that night.
Chen Siqing's face immediately fell. How did this girl have an even stronger gaming addiction than he did? She called him to stay up late playing games every day, and he was really exhausted.
Looking at Tang Luocheng's obedient eyes, he really couldn't bear to refuse her, so he could only smile bitterly and nod.
She was going to drain him dry again……
“Wanwan, hurry up and write down your performance!” Zhang Binyan smiled gently, wearing a completely different expression from the one he used with everyone else.
That's how a dad fan was.
Yu Wanwan smiled without saying anything and didn't move. Pu Tong chuckled, walked over, and wrote down another performance.
(End of Chapter)
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