Chapter 7: The Bet

  Su Xiao was excited for a moment, then suddenly remembered that he was with Gu Mo Ning now, and immediately felt very annoyed. He held the phone with a puzzled expression, lost in thought, until Shen Rui spoke up again "Do you have time?" Su Xiao only came back to his senses, hesitated for a while before solemnly saying, I have time. "I'll wait for you at Wu Cha Dao." Shen Rui said and immediately hung up the phone. Su Xiao kept saying okay okay okay into the phone, his eyes curved like crescent moons. He quickly turned on the light, got out of bed, splashed some cold water on his face, carefully put on makeup, and only felt joyful that Shen Rui had asked him out.

  "Mo Ning, you go back first, I'll talk to her properly, trust me." Shen Rui put down the phone and let out a sigh of relief, telling Gu Mo Ning to head back. Gu Mo Ning furrowed his brow in thought for a moment, feeling that he wasn't needed here anyway, so he nodded, "I'm going first, you have to talk to her properly, don't make her too sad." Seeing Shen Rui nod, Gu Mo Ning slowly walked towards the school.

  She walked a few steps back, turned around and found Shen Rui still standing in the same place waving at her. Gu Mengning suddenly felt warmth in her heart and waved back at Shen Rui before happily running off quickly.

  Su Xiao arrived at the dance tea house very late, and the luxurious store inside had crystal lamps emitting colorful lights, which was romantic and enchanting. Su Xiao stood at the door and saw Shen Rui sitting in a position against the wall with one glance. She clenched her fists tightly, took a deep breath, and walked towards Shen Rui with a sweet smile. "Hey~" Shen Rui elegantly put down the coffee cup in his hand, raised his head, and smiled at Su Xiao, "Want to drink something? Just order whatever you like." "No need, no need, did you find me for something?" Su Xiao pulled out a chair across from Shen Rui and quickly sat down, smiling at him with a bit of shyness but also being bold. Her whole body was trembling, that was the factor of love and excitement screaming nonstop.

  "I've come to talk to you about Gu Murning." Shen Rui carefully observed Su Xiao's expression, noticing the fleeting jealousy. Before Su Xiao could speak, Shen Rui asked again, "Do you like me?" Su Xiao smiled bitterly and raised her chin proudly at Shen Rui, "What if I do?" "I'll consider making you my girlfriend, but first, you have to let me date Gu Murning for a month without objecting. And when she wants to break up with me, you have to persuade her not to." Su Xiao looked at Shen Rui in surprise, seeing him leaning lazily against the back of his chair, eyes narrowed as if discussing something that had nothing to do with him.

  "You don't like Meng Ning, why do you have to be like this?" Su Xiao looked at Shen Rui with confusion, hoping he could give a reasonable explanation. But Shen Rui just said indifferently, "I have so many girlfriends, if I had to like them all, that would be exhausting." Su Xiao suddenly remembered that the person in front of her was their school's most popular guy, Shen Rui, who changed girlfriends as often as he changed clothes. She smiled bitterly and asked Shen Rui another question, "I understand. But why did you have to find Meng Ning and insist on dating for a month?" "Heh heh, just a bet," Shen Rui said calmly, his expression unchanged. Su Xiao felt angry, happy, and surprised all at once, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

  "So you're saying that you just made a bet with someone else, that you can chase after Manning and date for a month without breaking up?" Shen Rui playfully glanced at Su Xiao, raising an eyebrow, "Looks like you're pretty clever."

  Su Xiao was stunned, staring at Shen Rui in disbelief. Shen Rui smiled condescendingly and said, "I know you like me. I can try to be with you, but that's a month later. As long as you help me win this bet. How about it?" Su Xiao took a deep breath, hesitating.

  "Are you really willing to be with someone who is better than you in every way, and also be with the person you like?" Shen Rui said with a smile. Su Xiao's expression changed immediately, looking at Shen Rui excitedly, "You're just trying to stir up trouble." "I can tell you're jealous of her, don't try to deny it, are you going to agree or not?" Shen Rui said impatiently, worried that if this person didn't agree and told Gu Mengning about the bet, he would be in big trouble. What Shen Rui didn't expect was that Su Xiao immediately agreed, "Okay."

  Shen Rui smiled and raised an eyebrow, "Then you go back and figure out how to talk to Guo Mengning." "Mm-hmm." Su Xiao couldn't sit still anymore, grabbed her bag and ran away in a hurry. Shen Rui continued to elegantly sip his coffee, watching Su Xiao's retreating back, and smiled mockingly.

  The stars in the sky were sparse and pitiful, Su Xiao was melancholy and counting the stars, feeling very confused. She had impulsively agreed to Shen Rui's proposal, how would she face Mo Ning afterwards?

  Su Xiao looked down at her own shadow, pointing to it and asked bitterly "Tell me, what should I do?" The people passing by on the street occasionally turned their heads to look at this strange girl whispering to herself. Su Xiao shook her head and dragged her heavy footsteps aimlessly forward.

  Blue Sky Bar

  Su Xiao stood at the entrance of the bar, somewhat astonished that she had unknowingly walked to this place. She had only been here once before, when Gu Mengning brought her here on her birthday not long ago. Today, she had somehow ended up here alone and unnoticed. Su Xiao stood at the entrance of the bar, lost in thought, when suddenly a few boys approached, startling her into hastily clutching her bag, ready to fight or flee at any moment.

  "Hey, beautiful, why don't you go in? Are you afraid because you've never been here before?" One of the red-haired boys had his hands in his pockets and was casually checking out Su Xiao, teasing her. Su Xiao glared at him with a bad attitude, "Mind your own business!" and then walked away with a swagger, leaving behind a cool back view for the few boys behind her.

  Far away from the bar, Su Xiao finally took a deep breath and let go of the hand she had been holding all along, only to find that her palm was already covered in cold sweat. She leaned against a nearby lamppost, taking a few deep breaths before deciding to head back to her dormitory.

  "Xiao Xiao." Gu Mò Nìng looked at Su Xiao with concern, who had been staring blankly for an hour after returning. Originally, when he saw her come back, Gu Mò Nìng wanted to talk to Su Xiao, but found that she was a bit dazed and forcibly held back. Now it's almost an hour, Gu Mò Nìng couldn't help but worry that Su Xiao had suffered some serious blow, and could only carefully ask her. "Are you okay?" Su Xiao's thoughts were pulled back, and she raised a big smile towards Gu Mò Nìng. "I'm fine, don't worry." "Xiao Xiao, you forgive me, you're willing to talk to me, and you're even smiling at me!" Gu Mò Nìng excitedly hugged Su Xiao, laughing happily like a child who had received candy.

  Su Xiao suddenly pushed her away and said seriously to Gu Mò Ning, "Mò Ning, listen to me. I don't oppose you being with Shen Rui, but you can't like him too much. He changes girlfriends very quickly, you can't trust him too much, or else you'll definitely get hurt."

  Gu Mò Ning looked at Su Xiao in confusion, blinking her eyes uncomprehendingly, "Xiao Xiao, I don't quite understand what you're saying."

  Su Xiao said impatiently, "Anyway, just don't like him too much, or else you'll be the one to get hurt. Got it? Don't like him too much."

  Su Xiao kicked the stool in annoyance and walked straight into the bathroom without even looking at Gu Mò Ning. Gu Mò Ning looked at Su Xiao in confusion, but still decided to wait for her to come out and have a good talk with her.