Chapter Thirty-Three: The Courage of Confession

  "What I like is tension," Xia Meng's words were like a heavy hammer, heavily pounding Li Han's heart into a meatball.

  Li Han shook Xia Meng's shoulder, anxiously asking her: "Tell me, what do I need to do for you to like me?" Li Han's words were filled with pleading and longing. Although he firmly believed that Xia Meng would eventually be his, he hadn't expected the process to be so heart-wrenching and helpless - she currently had feelings for someone else!

  "Don't go disturbing Zhang Li, this math competition is very important for him." Xia Meng said loudly.

  Li Han angrily let go of Xia Meng: "If Zhang Li wasn't my good friend, I'd beat him up!"

  "Xia Meng shouted loudly: 'You can't touch him!' Xia Meng had personally witnessed Li Han's enormous destructive power in a fight, and the elegant Zhang Li was no match for him."

  "Are you worried about Zhang Li? Worried that I'll hurt Zhang Li?" Li Han shouted through gritted teeth, "You don't care if he wins first place in this competition or not! I'll let you take a good look at who's the real number one!"

  "Last year, you were lucky enough to get second place. This year, don't even dream about it! Zhang Li won't lose to you!" Xia Meng said coldly.

  Li Han was furious, opening the door and taking a few deep breaths of the cool air to calm himself down. Originally, he had wanted to learn from the movies and kiss Xia Meng under the bridge, declaring his dominance. He had even planned out the poses for hugging and kissing, and how he would react if Xia Meng resisted fiercely. But what he hadn't expected was that Xia Meng's deep feelings for Zhang Li would make him so angry and crazy. To him, friends could share and exchange everything, but not the woman he deeply loved.

  "There's nothing else, I'm leaving." Xia Meng ran off quickly and disappeared at the end of the corridor.

  "Hey, don't ignore my call, remember your promise!" Li Han hastily shouted from behind Xia Meng.

  This time, he absolutely cannot lose to Zhang Li! For the first time ever, he dug out his math competition training materials and studied them carefully.

  Over the weekend, the national math competition A city preliminary round was held at A Middle School. Li Han saw Zhang Li from afar standing next to a flowerbed in front of the teaching building, looking at his phone's text messages with a smile on his face. Xia Meng was also not far away, holding her phone and wearing a shy smile. This scene was like a sharp knife stabbing into Li Han's heart.

  "Zhang Li, what's going on?" Li Han ran to Zhang Li's front and snatched the phone away, "Who sent you a text message? Let me take a look too!"

  "Brother, stop joking!" Zhang Li's face wore a faint smile, he was always so calm and composed.

  "What's going on? Hurry up and get into the exam room!" The math teacher urged from behind, "Zhang Li, Li Han, come on!" After that, the math teacher walked towards the exam room.

  Xia Meng walked past Li Han's side, gave him a fierce glance, and whispered in his ear: "Return the phone to Zhang Li, I've already agreed to your terms, don't be too excessive!"

  Li Han looked at Xia Meng and said with his head down: "What if I recite the message?"

  Zhang Li walked over and said to Li Han: "Brother, you want to recite it? Haha, okay, that's a big help for me."

  "What's going on? Li Han, why are you holding Zhang Li's phone?" Huang Yi Qi jumped out from behind Li Han and snatched the phone away. "Zhang Li gege, hold onto your phone, you have to do well today!"

  Li Han took a deep look at Xia Meng, then turned and walked towards the examination room. Xia Meng quickly caught up with him, pulling Li Han under the tree, "I've already promised you, I'll go to your house after school, don't provoke Zhang Li again!"

  "Didn't you also agree to break up with Zhang Li?" Li Han asked in a low voice.

  "I'm just telling you, keep a distance from Zhang Li! The distance between us is already far enough. Today, Zhang Li will defeat you on the field! Just wait and see!"

  "I'll let you see who's the real winner!" Li Han growled.

  The test was much simpler than Li Han had imagined, he quickly finished the questions and turned around to see Zhang Li fully focused on calculating.

  It is undeniable that Zhang Li is very dedicated to his work, and his seriousness commands respect. Li Han has always admired Zhang Li, thinking that he is a true friend who can communicate with him on a spiritual level. No matter what they discuss, Zhang Li can understand and appreciate it, and even offer his own unique and insightful opinions. Zhang Li is not only his confidant but also a mirror to himself, reflecting many of his shortcomings. If only Zhang Li's affections were not directed towards Xia Meng, how much better that would be!

  Li Han turned his head to look at Xia Meng again, and she was slightly frowning, her face slightly flushed, and the bangs on her forehead were already wet with sweat. Math wasn't her strong suit, but she was stubborn and refused to show weakness, so she spent the most time and energy on math. At this moment, she probably encountered a difficult problem and was anxious inside. Li Han had been with her for over 10 years, and every subtle movement of hers represented a change in her heart that couldn't escape his eyes. She really liked Zhang Li now, and if he let things develop further, the consequences would be unbearable to think about.

  Although, Zhang Li's first glance at Xia Meng's eyes made Li Han feel uneasy. But Li Han was very clear that Zhang Li had many concerns and would not dare to have a romantic relationship in high school. However, during one summer vacation, something happened to Zhang Li outside of school. What exactly happened to him that led to such a huge change, making him abandon his worries and bravely express his feelings? Li Han couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he thought.

  Li Han did not expect that the one who encouraged Zhang Lie to express his true feelings was actually Zhang Lie's sister, Zhang Shanshan.

  Zhang Shanshan is two grades higher than Zhang Li, and she's taking the college entrance exam this year. She has had a crush on someone for many years, her classmate Xia QingSong. Xia QingSong is tall, handsome, and excellent in his studies, outstanding in all aspects.

  Zhang Shanshan must be fully committed to her studies, because her mother is the head of the school's discipline committee who cracks down on students' puppy love. Although Zhang Shanshan has never directly expressed her feelings to Xia QingSong, she knows that he definitely understands. And Zhang Shanshan always feels that as long as two people truly love each other, even if they don't see each other every day, if it's meant to be hers, she won't let go; if not, she'll try to make him stay.

  On the eve of the college entrance examination, Zhang Shanshan asked Xia QingSong which university to apply for. Xia QingSong turned around and asked her where she was going. Zhang Shanshan said she wanted to apply for F University in S city, and Xia QingSong replied that he would also go to F University.

  When the admission notice was issued, Zhang Shanshan was shocked to learn that Xia QingSong had gone to P University! What made Zhang Shanshan even more unacceptable was that Lu XiaoHui, another pursuer of Xia QingSong, also went to P University with Xia QingSong. Lu XiaoHui and Zhang Shanshan not only competed fiercely in their studies but also in the student union, and even in life, they were competing for the same boy, Xia QingSong. On the surface, the two girls were laughing and chatting, but behind each other's backs, they were secretly trying to outdo each other.

  It is said that a classmate saw Lu Xiaoxia and Xia QingSong appearing together in the hotel next to the school on the eve of the college entrance examination. And Zhang Shanshan personally saw Xia QingSong's college entrance examination application form, which indeed filled out F University later, after submitting the application form.

  After Xia Qing-song submitted his college entrance examination application, Lu Xiao-xia invited him to a hotel outside the school for another long talk. Then, accompanied by Lu Xiao-hui, Xia Qing-song found their class teacher and changed his college entrance examination application to P University.