“Who?” Chen Meng’er didn’t know which of her good friends would come to look for her at this time.
“One is called Qiu Jing, and the other is called Xu Lele.” Not everyone could be a guard of the Green Gang. One had to have good eyesight and be efficient in doing things. Before reporting to Chen Meng’er, he had already asked everything he wanted to know.
“Let them in.” Chen Meng’er did not expect Qiu Jing and Xu Lele to come looking for her at this time.
“Yes.”
* * *
“Meng’er, Meng’er, why haven’t you been coming to school recently?” From afar, Chen Meng’er heard Qiu Jing’s voice.
“Qiu Jing, what you’re asking is unnecessary. Meng’er is usually very busy. Moreover, based on the knowledge taught in school, she has long learned it.” Xu Lele admired Chen Meng’er very much. Ever since Sun Miaomiao’s birthday party, Xu Lele had run to the Green Gang whenever she had nothing to do. Because of this, she had even become good friends with Qiu Jing.
“I know that, but I haven’t seen Meng’er for many days. I miss her.” Whenever Qiu Jing and Xu Lele met each other, the two of them would chatter endlessly. Normally, they were quite noisy, but today, Chen Meng’er listened to them and it was pleasing to the ear.
“Heh, don’t think that I don’t know your little thoughts. You said you miss Meng’er, but in fact, you miss Meng’er’s second brother, right?” Xu Lele very bluntly exposed Qiu Jing’s thoughts.
“Lele, did I hear wrong just now? Are you saying that Qiu Jing likes my second brother?” This was the first time Chen Meng’er heard this information.
“Ah, Meng’er, don’t listen to Xu Lele’s blabbering. It’s not true.” Qiu Jing did not have time to cover Xu Lele’s mouth. At this moment, she anxiously waved her hand at Chen Meng’er and denied it.
“Hmph, Qiu Jing, don’t you usually look brave? Why are you so petty? If you like him, you like him. What’s there to deny?” Xu Lele looked at Qiu Jing with disdain.
“Xu Lele, don’t talk like you don’t like him. Don’t think I don’t know that you like Chen Haoguo.” No one knew where Qiu Jing got the news from.
Qiu Jing was defeated by Xu Lele, but she soon felt relieved. Anyway, no one here knew Chen Haoguo. She straightened her neck and said, “Yes, so what? I like him. Unlike someone who doesn’t dare admit it.”
Chen Meng’er was drinking water. She was shocked by Qiu Jing and Xu Lele’s words and choked on the water. “Ahem, ahem.”
“Meng’er, what’s wrong?”
“Why are you so careless when drinking water?” With Chen Meng’er coughing, Qiu Jing and Xu Lele didn’t have time to argue. The two of them came over and handed Chen Meng’er a tissue and patted her back.
After Chen Meng’er calmed down, she asked, “Um, were you joking just now?”
“What?” Qiu Jing and Xu Lele didn’t have time to react.
“I mean, you said that Qiu Jing likes my second brother, Chen Haoxuan, and Lele, you like Chen Haoguo.” Chen Meng’er raised her head and looked at the two of them seriously.
Qiu Jing and Xu Lele were playing around and talking about the topic of who they liked. They didn’t think much of it. Now, Chen Meng’er suddenly asked them so seriously, it made the two of them shy.
“Ah, Meng’er, don’t look at us so seriously and ask us such a question.” Qiu Jing became shy.
“This is a very serious question to begin with.” This was related to her brother. “Oh right, Lele, do you think the Chen Haoguo you like is a cadet in the military academy?”
“How do you know?” Xu Lele originally acted as if it was none of her business, because she thought that Chen Meng’er would be more concerned about Qiu Jing’s matters, because Qiu Jing liked Chen Meng’er’s second brother. However, she did not expect that Chen Meng’er would turn her attention to her in the next second. Xu Lele widened her eyes and looked at Chen Meng’er in surprise.
“That should be it.” Chen Meng’er did not even need Xu Lele to answer. As long as she saw Xu Lele’s expression, she knew that this Chen Haoguo should be her eldest brother, Chen Haoguo. Chen Meng’er didn’t expect that after going around in circles, her friends and her family had intertwined fates.
“What is going on?” Qiu Jing asked.
“The Chen Haoguo that Lele likes, if I’m not wrong, should be my big brother, Chen Haoguo,” Chen Meng’er said with a serious face.
“Huh? No way. What a coincidence,” Xu Lele said in surprise.
“No wonder. I thought Chen Haoguo and Chen Haoxuan were so similar. I wanted to say that Lele and I are fated to be together. The boys we like all have the same surnames,” Qiu Jing said, then she realized what she had just said.
She immediately covered her mouth. She wished she could bite her tongue now.
However, it was too late. Every word she said entered Chen Meng’er’s ears. “You and Lele are fated to be together. Actually, all three of us are destined to be friends forever. I didn’t expect that my two friends would actually like my brothers. Fortunately, the two of you didn’t like the same one.” At this time, Chen Meng’er was actually in the mood to joke.
“Ah, Meng’er, you’ve become a meanie. You actually made fun of us,” Qiu Jing said as she pretended to come over to tickle Chen Meng’er.
Ever since Qiu Jing accidentally bumped into Chen Meng’er once and found that Chen Meng’er was especially afraid of tickling, every time she couldn’t win against Chen Meng’er, she would use this method to deal with Chen Meng’er. But every time, Qiu Jing couldn’t even touch Chen Meng’er’s body.
Chen Meng’er was in a much better mood after playing around with Qiu Jing and Xu Lele.
“Meng’er, you mustn’t tell your brothers and the others.” Xu Lele was still in the stage having a secret crush.
“Okay,” Chen Meng’er agreed.
“Hey, by the way, Meng’er, do you have someone you like?” Qiu Jing, who was in love for the first time, couldn’t help but want to find out about her good friend’s secret after she shared her own secret with her good friend.
“I think so.”
