32 Song Xuantin (II )

"Come on, choose! I watched all of it already! It's your turn," Song Xuantin said while shaking Xiong Zhi's arm.

Xiong Zhi massaged her temple. Again, she doubted for the nth time why she agreed to be this girl's best friend in name.

Yesterday, after she said those words, Song Xuantin not only became glued to her but also pestered her non-stop about Gu Zhen. The girl asked what she talked about with Gu Zhen last time. When Xiong Zhi answered, she was bombarded again with another set of questions. 

What did he say after that?

When did he say when you asked this? 

Really, she was thankful when she saw her driver. She admitted that she felt slightly terrified when Song Xuantin wanted to ride with her. She rejected her, did not wait for an answer, and closed the door as quickly as she could.

The next day, the moment she came into the room, she almost wanted to run back outside to the car and not attend school for the whole year. Why? 

Because the first thing she saw was Song Xuantin's big smile on her face, sitting beside her chair, waving at her.

But she needed to endure. 

She will endure! No matter what! For her and Linfeng's happiness!

So after stepping back, she paused, took a deep breath, stepped into the classroom, walked to her chair, sat woodenly, and let every single word coming from Song Xuantin's mouth flow into her left ear and then out of her right ear. When break came, Song Xuantin insisted that they should sit together with Gu Zhen, but Xiong Zhi declined, telling her that she did not have any business to discuss with Gu Zhen this day. 

She also took the chance to tell her that Gu Zhen was actually not her friend. Song Xuantin tried to persuade her more but shut up soon when Gu Zhen walked past them. Like a frozen rabbit, she quietly ate with Xiong Zhi, her cheeks flushing, as she looked elsewhere from time to time.

After class, Song Xuantin invited Xiong Zhi to come to her home.

"No."

"Don't refuse so fast! Aren't we the same kind with unrequited love?"

"Mine is not unrequited."

"Did he know then?"

"..."

"That's why, come to my house!"

"No. And it doesn't have anything to do with going to your house."

"It does! I have made preparations yesterday for the sake of your love life, you know!"

Xiong Zhi heard this and paused. "Alright then," she immediately agreed. No way, why else would she endure such a noisy torture if not for this?

And that was why they were here now, choosing a romantic movie for them to watch. The reason?

"You need to choose carefully, I suggest you choose this. The female lead was like you, cold and also have a stone face—"

Xiong Zhi quietly touched her face.

'Stone face?'

"—but she still managed to get the attention of the male lead. You need to learn from her."

All Xiong Zhi heard was the phrase 'managed to get the attention of the male lead'.

She nodded blankly.

After watching....

"Huhu...whuhuhu....whoooozz!" Song Xuantin blew her nose with a tissue. She then threw it into the trash bin like a three-point shooter, and got another one to wipe her tears away.

Xiong Zhi, on the other side, just looked at Song Xuantin with a blank face.

'Why is she crying? It's a happy ending...'

Song Xuantin also looked at her.

"Why are you not crying?! How can you make Linfeng fall in love with you with that kind of monk-like face?!"

The blank-faced girl thought, 'What's wrong with my face?'

"Am I not pretty?" Xiong Zhi doubted her appearance for the first time. In the past life, when she was eighteen and attended his grandfather's funeral, showing her face very rarely in front of many people, everyone who saw her whispered at how beautiful she was.

"That's not what I mean. You're definitely the prettiest girl I have seen in the class," Song Xuantin said with a rolling eyes, pouting. Her eyes were still red due to crying.

Xiong Zhi nodded. That was more like it.

"Then what's wrong with my face?"

"Ah, you really don't know?! Seriously?"

Xiong glared at the disbelieving face of girl.

"You need to make your expressions livelier, you know~"

And here she thought it was something bad. It was just this. She casted her a dismissive glance. There was another thing she felt more curious about.

"Why did you cry? Didn't they end up together?" Xiong Zhi was clueless about it. Was there something more in the movie that she did not notice? There did not seem to be a hidden disease mentioned...

"That's why I cried. They are tears of joy!"

'...' Xiong Zhi looked at the sea of crumpled tissues around them. So many tears of joy.

"Okay, what have you learned from the movie?" Song Xuantin propped herself up and asked.

"Hmmm." Xiong Zhi thought carefully. The two leads met each other and they fell in love at first sight. That's all.

How did they end up together? Confessed while crying.

Her eyes flashed as she reached a certain conclusion.

"I need to confess as soon as possible," Xiong Zhi said confidently with a determined face.

"No! You will scare him!" Song Xuantin quickly dismissed the idea. She then sighed and said in rather profound tone.

"Circumstances made them end up together. You need to create an event where the two of you will end up alone, by yourselves. Did you not watch the part where the girl had an unintentional date with the male lead? That's when the male lead started to have some 'feels' for the girl."

"...Oh..." Xiong Zhi nodded, her eyes slightly widening. Yes, she indeed watched that part. But she did not think too deeply about it.

She glanced at the girl who was currently sweeping down the tissues from the table to the floor haphazardly. This girl did not seem too useless after all.

Sing Xuantin then stood up, went to her room, and got something inside. When she came back, she was holding on two rolled medium-sized posters.

She handed one to Xiong Zhi.

"I made this yesterday evening. It's our planner."

Xiong Zhi accepted the poster and unrolled it. Her eyes widened as she read it.

"Operation: Seducing Linfeng?"