Chapter 10 : I Choose Chen Fan
Chapter 10: I Choose Chen Fan
Hmm?
Chen Fan was feeling gloomy when he suddenly noticed the notebook in front of him.
"What are you doing?"
Chen Fan was startled and quickly looked up.
He found that Su Ruochu was staring at the podium with a "serious expression," but her expression seemed a bit nervous.
Is she... actively passing me a note?
Chen Fan suddenly became excited.
The gloominess from earlier vanished in an instant.
His mood also immediately brightened.
Ruochu initiated a conversation with me.
Ruochu cares about me.
Chen Fan smiled foolishly and quickly wrote a sentence on the notebook, pushing it towards her.
"There's a rumor going around the class that I like you. Let me clarify, it's not a rumor."
Su Ruochu looked down and saw it, her pretty face immediately turning red.
She glanced lightly at Chen Fan, with a slightly coquettish yet helpless feeling.
That's the expression.
Chen Fan felt as if he had been struck by an electric current, immediately feeling a bit light-headed.
In their previous life when the two were dating, whenever he did something that left Su Ruochu speechless, she would look at him with this expression.
Coquettish and charming, with a hint of "can't be bothered to call you out" helplessness.
Although Su Ruochu's action lacked the charm and gentleness from a few years in the future, it was adorably cute in its own way.
Chen Fan's heart was about to melt.
He quickly wrote with his pen again: "Okay, to answer seriously. Actually, I'm working towards our future."
Su Ruochu rolled her eyes, automatically ignoring this guy's nonsense.
After thinking for a moment, she eventually wrote another sentence.
"Pay attention in class, the college entrance exam is coming up soon."
Upon seeing this, Chen Fan's lips curved into a slight smile.
"I'll listen to you, for this lifetime I'll only obey you."
Su Ruochu seemed to have been defeated by Chen Fan.
With a red face, she put away the notebook, tore off this page and put it in her pocket, too lazy to bother with this shameless guy.
However, for the rest of the time, Chen Fan indeed did not get distracted but focused on listening to the lecture.
This performance left Su Ruochu with an indescribable feeling.
Chen Fan followed her words so obediently, at least making her heart feel joyful.
Moreover, this deskmate of hers.
These days, it seems like some strange change has indeed occurred.
Before, Chen Fan had never been so "smooth-talking," nor had he ever said such mushy words to her.
"Could it really be because of the upcoming college entrance exam?"
Su Ruochu attributed all of this to the imminent college entrance exam.
As soon as the school bell rang in the afternoon, Guo Shuai from the back row excitedly rushed over.
"Hey, didn't you say earlier that you need a computer? I thought about it, and coincidentally, my family has one. Why don't you come to my place?"
Chen Fan shook his head.
"Forget it. Your dad cherishes that computer like it's a treasure, not even letting you touch it. Besides, I can't go to your place every day..."
"What's the problem? Who cares, we're brothers."
"Good brothers, in our hearts."
"Forget it. I appreciate the thought. I'll figure out another way."
Su Ruochu, who was standing next to them, glanced at Chen Fan, silently shouldered her bag, and walked out of the classroom.
Guo Fan winked at Chen Fan.
"What do you say? Not going to chase after her? Ready to give up?"
Chen Fan laughed and scolded him.
"You don't understand a thing. Picking up girls is hard work. I need to take a break, so that next time I can strike decisively and conquer her directly."
"Yeah right, I don't think you two have a chance."
"Enough talk, don't forget the oath you made that day. You'd better get your feces ready in advance. I'll personally feed it to you."
"Screw you!"
The two joked around as they walked out of the classroom towards the bicycle shed.
But unexpectedly, they ran into the class monitor Huang Hu here.
This guy was blocking Su Ruochu's path, seemingly saying something to her.
Seeing this, Chen Fan hurried over.
"Su Ruochu, we're heading the same way home, why don't we walk together?"
Huang Hu smiled and said, "It just so happens that I didn't quite understand a few of the questions the teacher lectured on today, and I was about to ask you to explain them to me."
As Su Ruochu was about to speak, her gaze caught Chen Fan, and her expression flickered slightly.
Chen Fan quickly walked over and stood directly in front of Su Ruochu.
"You go on ahead!"
Huang Hu frowned.
"Chen Fan, what do you mean?"
"Nothing much."
Chen Fan sneered coldly: "Big Class Monitor, don't think I don't know your intentions."
"You can try to pick up girls, but I'm warning you, stay away from Su Ruochu."
"You..."
Having been exposed by Chen Fan on the spot, Huang Hu's face flushed with anger as he glared furiously at Chen Fan.
"Who do you think you are?"
"What right do you have to interfere between me and Su Ruochu?"
Chen Fan smiled faintly.
"I may not be important, but I can tell you, she's my woman."
This sentence made Su Ruochu, who was standing behind, tremble, and her pretty face instantly turned red.
However, she did not open her mouth to refute it.
Huang Hu sneered.
"I think you've been daydreaming too much."
"Su Ruochu would like a person like you?"
"Ruochu, he says you're his girlfriend? Is that true?"
Su Ruochu was expressionless as she pushed her bicycle, about to leave.
"I don't want to answer such a boring question."
"Don't go."
Huang Hu hurriedly stepped forward to block her.
"Ruochu, since we've said this much, I might as well tell you directly."
"I like you."
"Originally, I planned to confess to you after the college entrance exam."
"Would you be willing to be my girlfriend?"
"I don't want to."
Su Ruochu refused him without hesitation.
"Why?"
Huang Hu stared wide-eyed, looking somewhat hurt.
It seemed he had never imagined that he would be rejected.
"Could it be that you really like Chen Fan?"
Su Ruochu glanced at Chen Fan, saying indifferently,
"It's none of your business."
It seemed that Su Ruochu's attitude had provoked and hurt Huang Hu's proud self-esteem.
For a moment, he found it difficult to accept.
"Why?"
"Why are you rejecting me?"
"Am I not outstanding enough?"
"In this school, only I am worthy of you, and during the last math olympiad, my stomach hurt, and you even took the initiative to buy me water and medicine, and you cared about me..."
Su Ruochu was speechless.
"Huang Hu, you're overthinking it."
"I only have friendly feelings towards you as a classmate, not what you're thinking."
"At that time, I would have done the same for any other classmate."
"Impossible! I don't believe it!"
Huang Hu shouted somewhat excitedly: "You must like me too, right?"
"Is it because they're here that you're too embarrassed to admit it?"
Seeing this guy break down like a child,
Chen Fan could hardly resist laughing.
What talent.
A person could actually be this narcissistic.
It's clear he has no dating experience and doesn't understand Su Ruochu at all.
If Huang Hu keeps this up, he'll only make Su Ruochu dislike him more.
Sure enough, Su Ruochu's brows furrowed.
Yet Huang Hu continued shouting excitedly.
"Fine. I'll ask you one last time."
"If you had to choose between me and Chen Fan to walk with, who would you choose?"
"You'd better think carefully..."
"I choose Chen Fan!"
Huang Hu's words stopped abruptly as he stared at Su Ruochu in shock.
"I choose Chen Fan!"
Su Ruochu repeated once more.
"Huang Hu, the college entrance exam is coming up soon, you should spend this time studying instead."
With that, she pushed her bicycle towards the school gate.
Chen Fan hurriedly followed with his bicycle.
Not forgetting to turn back and smile at Huang Hu.
"Thanks, man!"
He was truly grateful to this guy.
If it weren't for Huang Hu, how could he have gotten the chance to walk home with Su Ruochu.
Behind them, Guo Shuai grinned exaggeratedly at the stunned Huang Hu and waved his hand dramatically.
"Strange, I smell a foul odor like from a toilet. Don't tell me someone fell in?"
Upon hearing this, Huang Hu shuddered in fright and lowered his head to look at his hands.
Only after seeing his hands were completely clean did he finally realize and looked up sharply towards Guo Shuai, who had already cycled away.
"Bastard!"
"So it was you guys who did that thing at the internet cafe last time!"
Huang Hu's gaze turned vicious and resentful.
"Chen Fan, we'll see about this!"