Chapter 257: Chapter 257: 257: Don't Leave After School (18)

The sky gradually darkened.

The owner of the rural restaurant invited them to eat in the dining room.

Fatty made the excuse that his stomach hurt, and Zhu Zian, whose thoughts were entirely on his secret crush, didn’t pay any attention to Fatty at all.

Fatty slipped out of the restaurant.

Zhu Zian realized that Fatty had not returned after quite a while. At first, he didn’t care, but after they finished eating and sat chatting for half an hour, Fatty still hadn’t come back.

Zhu Zian checked the time, his brow slightly furrowed.

“Did Fatty fall into the toilet?” he asked his brother beside him.

“Fatty said his stomach was hurting.” His brother replied.

“Damn, on such an important night for me, he goes and drops the ball. Is he even my brother?”

“Everybody’s got emergencies, man. I’ll give him a call right now.”

“Hurry up,” Zhu Zian urged.

Just as Zhu Zian was rushing Fatty, a sudden noise came from outside the rural restaurant.

Zhu Zian looked outside in confusion, and the rest of the people quickly squeezed to the window.

On the open ground outside the rural restaurant, it was now full of candles, with a girl standing in the midst of them.

The sound was coming from the guitar in the girl’s hands.

“Oh…”

Teasing whoops immediately erupted inside.

Qin Feng was pushed outside.

Qin Feng scanned the surroundings, didn’t see Chuzheng, felt a bit disappointed, but still smiled and walked down.

Zhu Zian ground his teeth in anger.

What a time Yu Yue had chosen to confess her feelings!

“Are you guys ready yet?” Zhu Zian asked his brothers.

“All set, all set! Brother Zhu, I’m telling you, there’s been a change of plan, let’s go,” his brother said, pulling Zhu Zian out of the crowd.

Zhu Zian was bewildered as he was dragged to the back of the rural restaurant, where a box was placed.

“What are you guys doing? Didn’t we agree…”

“Hey, Brother Zhu, you won’t go wrong following our lead.”

Zhu Zian was stripped of his clothes and fitted into a suit.

Tall, Zhu Zian looked like a different person in the suit.

He was still confused when a bunch of flowers was stuffed into his arms.

A blaze of roses as splendid as the clouds at dawn.

“Fatty, I’m bringing Brother right over.”

Zhu Zian was led all the way, and by the time he realized what was happening, he was already on the beach.

The beach was covered with red roses, forming a large heart shape in the middle, with a space inside where a piano was set up.

Chuzheng was leaning against the piano.

Zhu Zian felt his heart skip a beat.

“What are you all doing?” he asked.

“Can you play the piano?” Chuzheng asked him.

Zhu Zian shook his head blankly, “Would I be like I am now if I could play the piano?”

Chuzheng looked at the others, who shook their heads one after another, indicating they couldn’t play either.

Chuzheng: “…”

Chuzheng sat down, opened the piano lid—pulled out her phone, and searched online for a song suitable for a confession.

“I’ll learn it real quick, you guys wait a sec.”

Everyone: “…”

What the hell is with learning on the spot, junior?!

How can you be so calm and just sit down if you don’t know how to play?!

A group of people roared in their hearts.

Chuzheng could play, but she didn’t know what piece would be suitable for a confession in this world; what if she played the wrong one and embarrassed herself?

She couldn’t afford such a mistake!

“Let’s start,” Chuzheng quickly said to Fatty.

Fatty took a deep breath, trusting in the junior’s reliability!

It’s bound to work!

He patted Zhu Zian on the shoulder: “Brother Zhu, good luck.”

Zhu Zian: “…”

I’m very confused right now!

Fatty scampered off, and Zhu Zian was pulled to stand in the designated spot.

Then, lights from his feet lit up and spread upwards like a rising tide.

Colorful lanterns spread all the way to the exterior of the farmhouse.

Everyone in the courtyard was watching Yu Yue’s confession, and suddenly, with such a, they all looked on with envy.

However, Yu Yue was very confused.

This was not what she had prepared…

Could it be Qin Feng?

Qin Feng had been acting ambiguously with her all this time, but nobody had pointed it out.

She was just hoping that today their relationship could go a step further.

Just as Yu Yue was faintly looking forward to it, a girl was pushed out by the people around her.

The girl was pushed to the front, very nervous: “Why are you pushing me?”

Over at Zhu Zian’s side, where the seniors were, quite a few knew about Zhu Zian’s plan, so they eagerly pushed the girl to the entrance of the lanterns: “Yao Yao, go quickly.”

Yao Fei pointed at herself.

Wasn’t this Yu Yue confessing to Qin Feng?

What did it have to do with her?

Yao Fei was almost surrounded and led onto the beach.

Zhu Zian held the flowers with nervous hands, as if he were a bride about to climb onto the bridal sedan, his nerves a mess.

The soft piano music mixed with the sound of waves stretched out between heaven and earth.

Red roses laid out on the beach.

Colorful lanterns.

A tall and handsome boy.

The girl covered her mouth, shocked by the scene in front of her.

“Zhu Zian…” Yao Fei was extremely embarrassed, “What are you doing?”

Zhu Zian’s palms were all sweaty, but finally steeled his heart. “Yao Fei, since the first time I saw you, I knew that I would never like anyone else.”

“I…”

“Let me finish. I know my grades aren’t good, and in your eyes, I might be a bad student, but I still hope for a chance to tell the girl I love, ‘I like you.’

Yao Fei covered her mouth, not knowing what to say.

“Could you… be my girlfriend?”

Only the gentle piano music and the sound of waves remained on the beach.

After a long while, the girl asked softly, “Can you promise me one condition?”

Zhu Zian’s eyebrows lifted with joy, there was hope!

“Say it. Not just one condition; I’ll agree to a hundred conditions.”

“Attend the same university as me.”

“…”

Zhu Zian thought, perhaps it’s better not to start this romance at all.

In the end, Zhu Zian agreed through gritted teeth, and Fatty and the others thought Zhu Zian was crazy.

Now, only two months remained until the college entrance exams, and with Zhu Zian’s grades, how could he possibly attend the same university!

The girl slowly nodded her head and took the flowers from Zhu Zian’s hand.

The surrounding onlookers immediately began to chant, “Kiss, kiss, kiss!”

Yao Fei buried her face in the flowers, too shy to face anyone.

“Stop jeering.” Zhu Zian, using his status as the class boss, silenced those making a fuss.

Bang——

Fireworks bloomed in the night sky, lighting up the sea.

Chuzheng leaned against the piano, her expression somewhat vacant.

“Thanks, little junior sister!” Zhu Zian popped up from behind the piano, “How much did this cost? I’ll find a way to repay it…”

“I should be thanking you for helping me spend money,” Chuzheng interrupted him.

Zhu Zian: “???”

He had been helping Chuzheng and had taken money without hesitation before.

But this was his confession; how could he let someone else pay for it?

And this expense…

Was probably not small.

Because he had heard someone say that these roses seemed to be from abroad, requiring air freight and whatnot…

“Little junior sister, I will definitely repay you. From now on, your business is my business, don’t be shy!”

Chuzheng’s face was cool: “You should be thinking about how you’re going to get into college.” Money, what money! If you hadn’t mentioned money, I might have given you some advice! Now don’t even think about it, just focus on your exams!

Zhu Zian: “…”

In confessing, he had not only agreed to an impossible condition but also racked up a huge debt.

But Zhu Zian didn’t regret it one bit.