In class on Monday, everyone's focus shifted to Nathan Zhou and Aiden Pei. But Ethan Chen's classmates were more concerned about him and would come over to talk to him whenever they had free time.
"Listen, don't pay attention to what is said on the Internet."
"Yeah, listen to it. Who knows what they are up to? We just know you are doing well."
"But how does Lily Su and Nathan Zhou's affairs involve you? Do you know them?"
Ethan Chen listened to them patiently and smiled bitterly: "Actually, I'm still confused."
Everyone felt distressed and tried to comfort him.
This class happened to be a big class, and people from several departments gathered in the classroom. Of course, Ethan Chen's actions could not be hidden from others. Moreover, Ethan Chen was one of the protagonists of gossip. No matter how popular Aiden Pei was, he was not here. So since he walked into the classroom, he was constantly being looked at by people from all sides.
Ethan Chen insisted on the image of the innocent little white rabbit, but only Ryan Yang knew that this little white rabbit might be black when cut open.
In this way, Ethan Chen spent the whole morning peacefully, ignoring all the winds blowing from all directions.
In the afternoon, there were all professional classes. Ryan Yang and the girls in his class talked about the weekend dance, and asked Ethan Chen: "This time it happens to be the first dance after the freshmen's military training. It's very lively. Do you want to go?"
The weekend dance is a special event of N University. People from all grades and departments can participate. The first dance held in the first month after military training every year is the most grand.
Ethan Chen also attended the dance last year, but only once, and never went again. He felt that the dance was not very friendly to people like him with short legs.
"I won't go." Ethan Chen refused as usual.
"Aiden Pei will definitely go this time! This is a tradition, so let's go and have a look. There are so many people anyway, so dancing is not necessary." Ryan Yang really wanted to go with Ethan Chen. Ethan Chen's life seemed too boring to him. At such a young age, he was either studying hard or killing himself in games while drinking wolfberry tea.
It's the 21st century, and there are people who don't even play with their cell phones during Marxism-Leninism classes.
"Let's think about what to perform for the film and television oral English class on Wednesday. Hasn't it been decided yet?" Ethan Chen quickly changed the subject. Compared to social activities like dances, he felt that performing in class was more stressful.
The teachers in the English Department especially like to let students roleplay in class. Sometimes they are divided into groups freely, sometimes by drawing lots, but most of the time they are divided according to dormitories.
There were three male students in their class 423. If they were divided into dormitories, they would definitely form a large army of bachelors. So sometimes, one of them had to play the role of a girl.
The girls in the class particularly like this division and call it ---Three men in one drama.
Ethan Chen has played Hamlet and Alice, and even read sonnets to male classmates from other classes.
If Ethan Chen were given another chance, he would choose to follow in his father's footsteps and study at the Agricultural University instead of coming to this crappy English department.
Ryan Yang, on the other hand, was the opposite of Ethan Chen. He was a performer and was very good at this small assignment. He immediately cleared his throat and said, "I'm going to play Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice."
Wu Yingwen, the last boy in the class, immediately came over and said, "I'll play Mr. Bingley."
Ethan Chen: "I play the heroine's father."
"No, dear, there is no rivalry between the three of them, so you can play Elizabeth. Or the Bennet family has several daughters, you can pick any one from them." Class monitor Lin Juan, also known as Brother Juan, said.
Chen refused to listen, so after a heated discussion, the three decided to play Daughter No. 1, Daughter No. 2 and Daughter No. 3.
This is the precious spirit that is circulated among the majority of male compatriots - if we die, we die together.
Since the content of the performance was decided, the three boys had to find a chance to rehearse. As soon as Ethan Chen was busy with schoolwork, he naturally put the rumors behind him, and the rumors soon abandoned him because Aiden Pei and Nathan Zhou were too famous.
Ethan Chen was happy and relaxed, but he felt a little troubled when looking at the blue sportswear.
When he came back from Pei's house that day, Aunt Ruan gave him Aiden Pei's number and asked him to return the clothes to Aiden Pei directly. But if Ethan Chen went to find Aiden Pei at this time, he would undoubtedly get himself involved in the rumors again.
Go secretly?
But why does this seem like an underground relationship?
At night, Ethan Chen lay in bed thinking about sending a text message to Aiden Pei. He wrote and deleted it, deleted and wrote again, hesitating.
At around ten o'clock, the two roommates who were top students finally came back. One after the other, they sighed and said, "The waves behind push the waves in front, and the waves in front die on the beach..."
Ethan Chen and Ryan Yang poked their heads out from the beds on either side, leaned over the railing, and asked in unison: "What happened again?"
A top student has his own difficulties, because the giant of physics can never be defeated. Unlike English, Ethan Chen can always come up with a bunch of "language sense supremacy theory".
"What else can we expect? On the path of science, the most terrifying thing is not the unknown of the universe, not the brevity of life, but the brilliance of genius!"
The man wearing thick round-framed glasses is called Owen Bai. From his dress to his catchphrases, he looks like a mad scientist.
The other one is called Jiang Hai, who is more suitable for Shakespeare than Ethan Chen. He stood on the chair with one foot and said excitedly: "Please remember his name from today on. His name is Aiden Pei!"
Ethan Chen and Ryan Yang looked at each other. They didn't expect to hear Aiden Pei's name from these two roommates who were oblivious to the world outside.
Ryan Yang couldn't help asking, "Do you know any freshmen?"
"I saw it at the professor's place." Owen Bai rolled his glasses and asked suspiciously, "Is Aiden Pei famous?"
"Didn't you see his face?"
"No, our eyes are for discovering the truth!"
Jiang Hai spoke righteously, and his eyes were so upright that Ryan Yang was embarrassed to say the widely accepted theory of "appearance is justice", which was definitely poisoning to his academic roommate.
After a long while, Owen Bai and Jiang Hai finally stopped denouncing Aiden Pei and went to bed. Ethan Chen was still looking at the text message that had not been sent, and finally chose to delete it.
Just wait till next weekend.
The next day's performance was successfully completed by the trio of the Stooges. Over the past year, Ethan Chen has become familiar with the accents of various French ladies and British girls, and can face the laughter of the audience with ease.
As for the weekend dance, Ethan Chen originally didn't plan to go, but the student union department responsible for setting up the venue happened to be short of staff, so they called Ethan Chen over to help.
Ethan Chen was in the publicity department of the student union when he was a freshman. There was a rule in the union that those who were promoted to sophomore year could choose to stay or leave. Those who wanted to move up could stay, and those who didn't want to stay could quit the union and give their positions to freshmen.
A lazy homebody like Ethan Chen would of course choose to retire after his success. He had signed up just to join in the fun, but in the end, the few people who went with him didn't get in, but he did.
The Minister of the Propaganda Department is a junior this year and has always taken good care of Ethan Chen, so it is natural for him to go and help.
On the day of the dance, Ethan Chen arrived at the venue early in the morning to register. Minister Cai Duo was already inside. Seeing Ethan Chen, he greeted him happily: "You are here. I haven't seen you this semester except for the opening party."
Chen smiled sheepishly, glanced at the empty venue, and asked, "Why are you the only one here, Minister?"
Cai Duo shrugged: "I came early, and the others haven't arrived yet."
Ethan Chen didn't care, so he and Cai Duo started working. Cai Duo was still very caring towards him, probably because he was small, so he didn't let him do anything else but play with balloons.
Ethan Chen spent most of the day playing with balloons until he felt like he had no desire to live anymore. He took a break to check his Moments and saw Ryan Yang happily going out to get his hair permed.
YSL: This is what I look like today [Picture]
Ethan Chen gave him a thumbs up against his will, and then continued to play balloons while watching the people around him busying about. The people around him were also looking at him. After all, a person who could concentrate on playing balloons for most of the day without moving was also a strange person.
"That's Ethan Chen?"
"Yes, that's him. I was right, wasn't I? He looks so cute in real life!"
"Ahhh, look at that little curly hair and that pouty face!"
"Take pictures, take pictures, take pictures quickly..."
Ethan Chen ignored the whispers of the people around him, but when he saw the person walking towards him, he couldn't ignore him, because the other person was obviously looking for him.
"I have something to tell you." The visitor came straight to the point.
The discussion started again:
"Why is Nathan Zhou here? Isn't he from the study department?"
"Nonsense, come and listen to Chen! When rivals meet, they are extremely jealous!"
"Fcuk, that's not big news!"
"I thought it was just a rumor before. Did Lily Su really confess her love to Ethan Chen?!"
...
"Senior, do you have something to say?" Ethan Chen seemed to be unaware of Nathan Zhou's purpose. He looked up at him in confusion, still punching balloons in his hands without stopping.
Nathan Zhou frowned: "It's not convenient to talk here."
Ethan Chen looked around and said, "I don't think it's inconvenient."
Nathan Zhou was not sure whether Ethan Chen knew the truth but was pretending to be ignorant. Perhaps it was because his eyes were too clear and innocent, and he looked too likable, so he did not think that the news was spread by Ethan Chen at first.
But Lily Su had already denied it categorically, so she wouldn't lie.
Thinking of this, Nathan Zhou lowered his voice and asked: "Did you spread the news that day? Why did you do that?"
"Bang!" As soon as he finished speaking, the balloon that Ethan Chen was blowing suddenly exploded, scaring Nathan Zhou. He immediately looked at Ethan Chen, wondering if he did it on purpose, but Ethan Chen's apologetic smile made him hesitate again.
"Sorry, Senior, I was distracted just now."
"Please answer my question."
"not me."
Ethan Chen picked up a new balloon and continued hitting it.
"Is it really not you?" Nathan Zhou asked.
"Did I get any benefit?" Ethan Chen couldn't hold back the wild horse in his heart, and looked up at Nathan Zhou seriously. The rumors had faded away, and most people tended to think that the matter between him and Lily Su was just a misunderstanding, but Nathan Zhou did this again, which confirmed the rumors.
Nathan Zhou paused, as if he had an answer in his mind, but he didn't say it. He just warned with a bad face: "This matter ends here. I don't want to pursue anything. I just want to make it clear to you and don't mention it again in the future."
Ethan Chen: "Pardon?"
Nathan Zhou took a deep breath: "I mean..."
Ethan Chen: "Talk about your sister."
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