I rejected your confession, but you took my best friend home?

Chapter 81 Is it still considered lewd if both parties are willing?

"Dude, are you... are you out of your mind? Confessing like this is a guaranteed failure. Are you sure you don't want to plan something? First, increase your presence in her mind, then increase her affection for you, and finally confess."

Tong Yining was so surprised she couldn't close her mouth. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought the person in front of her wasn't her age.

Don't you think before you speak? You barely know her, and you're going to confess your feelings the moment you meet her? Nobody's going to say yes...

However, Tong Yining's well-intentioned advice did not seem to have won Liao Haomiao's approval.

He shook his head and said:

"It's my business if I like her, and it's her business if she doesn't like me. She wasn't a choice I made after weighing the pros and cons, but rather a firm decision I made even though I knew it was impossible after my heart was moved. Confessing my feelings directly is my greatest sincerity."

After Liao Haomiao finished speaking, he resolutely turned and left. You could tell how determined he was from his back; it seemed that nothing could change his mind.

Tong Yining was completely stunned, frozen in place, as if she had just heard something incredible.

She's even starting to wonder if she's dreaming, if it's all just a dream.

"It's really ghostly at night..."

Tong Yining didn't pay any attention to this person. She had initially thought he might be of some use, but it seemed he was just there for laughs.

By the time she went to school the next day, she had already forgotten about it.

Zhou Heng arrived at school early and sat down in his seat. Ever since he made up his mind to get into a good university, his mind had been solely focused on studying.

As for the purpose, it must be to have more fun. He thinks it's reasonable to study in order to have fun.

During morning self-study, Zhou Heng was working on his problems, completely absorbed.

Tang Zhi asked from the side:

"What do you and Yin Mengran do when you get home at night? Is she the only one who tutors you?"

"Ok?"

Zhou Heng looked up, glanced at Tang Zhi with a puzzled expression, then nodded and said:

"Well, I go to the gym occasionally, about once every two or three days. The rest of the time, I'm almost always studying."

Zhou Heng recalled that they had also studied late into the night last night. He felt that his study speed was already quite fast, and if he were to take a test immediately, his ranking would definitely rise even further.

After all, with such an excellent student as Yin Mengran as the teacher, and her teaching skills being so good, it's no wonder that my studies will be twice as effective.

"You're really bored. There's a pretty girl living in your house, are you really not interested?"

Tang Zhi's words made Zhou Heng stop writing and look up in Yin Mengran's direction.

He knew Yin Mengran was indeed very beautiful. While the rest of the school might not know it, she was definitely the class beauty, especially with her great personality and temperament. Almost half the boys in the class liked her, but they just didn't dare to say it.

Because of Lu Yunshuo's presence, he stepped forward first, deterring others. His advantage was that he helped Yin Mengran fend off many suitors.

Zhou Heng withdrew his gaze, glanced at Tang Zhi, and said:

"What else do you want? To take advantage of someone in distress? They're just staying here temporarily, and I don't want to go from doing a good deed to being a scoundrel."

"How do you know she's unwilling? If both parties are willing, would it still be considered indecent behavior?"

"..."

Zhou Heng frowned, slowly put down his pen, and looked at Tang Zhi with a deep gaze.

"What do you mean? Are you going to ask me next whether I like Yin Mengran or not?"

"See? Aren't you very clever?"

"Because you two seemed to talk a lot about relationship topics yesterday, I was wondering why you two would be interested in such topics? Turns out you were setting a trap for me."

Tang Zhi shrugged, a sly smile playing on her lips, and continued, "So, what's your answer?"

This sentence seemed to have sealed Zhou Heng's fate.

He fell completely silent, not uttering a word, his pupils occasionally twitching, as if he were deep in thought.

Tang Zhi didn't urge him; she simply waited quietly for his answer.

After a long silence, Zhou Heng took a deep breath and said:

"My feelings for her are more of sympathy. Her experiences and her situation evoke my sympathy. If I can do more for her, that would be the best."

Zhou Heng watched Yin Mengran's retreating figure. In his mind, the scene of the day he brought Yin Mengran home flashed before his eyes, along with every single event that occurred afterward. He remembered it all clearly.

The clearest memory should be the night before last, the day my mother accepted Yin Mengran as her goddaughter.

This showed him how insecure Yin Mengran was and how much she longed to feel the warmth of family again.

He made a bold decision: he pretended to be asleep that night, then turned around and gently hugged her.

He felt that Yin Mengran needed this, at least it would make her feel that someone was with her and that she didn't need to worry about being alone again.

Tang Zhi tilted her head, looking at Zhou Heng with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

"Like or dislike, can't you choose one?"

She didn't understand what Zhou Heng's words had to do with her question. She had asked him if he liked Yin Mengran, and he told her it was out of pity.

Zhou Heng suddenly looked at Tang Zhi, his brows furrowed, his gaze intense and deep.

Do you know why I pursued Tong Yining for two years?

"Ah... why?"

"It's because I have absolutely no idea what liking someone is, what it feels like to like someone. I can't access that aspect of it; it's been my blind spot, which limits my imagination. I can't imagine what it would be like if I actually won her over. It's like a poor person imagining an emperor, who is nothing more than someone hoeing the ground with a golden hoe. As for me, I might just be with Tong Yining and be able to play games with her."

"Playing games?"

Tang Zhi blinked, looking completely bewildered.

In her imagination, wouldn't a couple have plenty of things to do together? Always being lovey-dovey and inseparable...

But how could Zhou Heng be thinking about playing games with the other person? Didn't he have any other thoughts besides that?

"So... you still don't understand?"

Zhou Heng shook his head and replied:

"I don't understand. Does saying I want to play games with Yin Mengran mean I like her? What kind of feelings can prove that I like her? I don't even know this, so how can I tell you whether I like Yin Mengran or not?"

"Um..."

Tang Zhi leaned back in her chair, crossed her legs, covered her mouth with her hand, and frowned deeply, seemingly pondering a complex problem.

After a while, she looked at Zhou Heng, gasped, and said:

"Well... if that's what you're saying... then you actually... never liked Tong Yining at all from the very beginning!"