112 Alliance Agreement
Han Yixuan and Pei Ningle each held a cup of milk tea and sat by the window. Their gazes passed through the glass, staring intently at the coffee shop diagonally opposite.
Han Yixuan took a sip but forgot to chew, swallowing the milk tea and sago whole. She asked in a low voice, “Little Le, what do you think?”
Pei Ningle bit on the straw and said, “This girl definitely likes him.”
Han Yixuan nodded. “Of course. Even a fool could see that.”
Pei Ningle was stunned for a moment, let go of the straw in her mouth, turned her head, and stared at her. “What did you say?”
Han Yixuan said calmly, “I just said, anyone can see that the girl definitely likes him.”
Seeing Little Xuan staring intently in the direction of the coffee shop, Pei Ningle couldn’t help but wonder if she had been a little too sensitive just now.
The girl looked at the coffee shop, watching the interaction between Wang Heng and the strange girl, and suddenly said, “We both guessed wrong. This competitor isn’t a rich older sister, but a little sister younger than us.”
Han Yixuan glanced at her. “Are you sure she’s younger than you?”
Pei Ningle patted her chest. “Don’t look at me like this, I’m already 18!”
Han Yixuan mused, “Indeed, looking at Wang Heng, he seems to be tutoring that girl, so she must be a high school student. So, does Wang Heng prefer the little sister type?”
Pei Ningle said proudly, “Then taking a little sister card wasn’t the wrong path for me.”
Han Yixuan: “You’re happy too early. He didn’t say he could only have one sister. Anyway, since they’re god-sisters without blood relation, he can have as many as he wants.”
Pei Ningle said somewhat unconvinced, “But he’s also my manager!”
Han Yixuan waved her hand, indicating that she wasn’t interested in arguing with her. The most important issue at the moment was undoubtedly what was happening in that coffee shop.
Fortunately, after some careful observation, Han Yixuan could finally make a clear judgment: “That girl likes Wang Heng, but Wang Heng is still keeping his distance from her.”
Pei Ningle couldn’t help but wonder, “I feel that girl is quite pretty. Why doesn’t Wang Heng like her?”
Han Yixuan sneered. “Pretty? Heh, is she better than us in any way?”
Pei Ningle: “Younger than us?”
“…Besides that?” Han Yixuan slapped the table. “Don’t belittle yourself. Is there anything about us that’s inferior to her? No matter how you look at it, she’s at most a tie with you. And the current situation is, she’s alone, and we are two.”
Pei Ningle sensed something strange in these words. “Wait, when did we become a faction?”
Han Yixuan said seriously, “I think we can put aside our disputes for a moment. Eliminate other competitors first, and then we’ll have our decisive battle. What do you think?”
“Put aside disputes?”
“Yes. I think as long as we join forces, we will definitely win!”
Hearing her say this, Pei Ningle was a little moved. Compared to that strange girl, this Little Xuan, who already had some friendship with her, was obviously more intimate. And the strategy of eliminating other competitors first seemed correct.
“If we join forces…”
Han Yixuan put on a very sincere expression. “Among the girls around Wang Heng now, I don’t know anyone else, only you. And I feel that even if I lose to you in the future, I won’t be too sad. A kind and cute girl like you will definitely make Wang Heng very happy in the future, right?”
Pei Ningle was instantly a little moved. “Little Xuan, I…”
Han Yixuan took her hand and said softly, “No need to say anything. You understand what I mean, and I understand you.”
Pei Ningle nodded heavily. “Okay, let’s solve the external enemy first, and then have a fair and square showdown!”
“Okay!”
Han Yixuan managed to suppress the corners of her mouth that wanted to curl up, so as not to reveal a smile of a successful conspiracy—as long as she could eliminate other competitors, how could a mere Little Le be her opponent? By then, it would be a sure-win situation.
**
In Wang Heng’s view, the tutoring session this afternoon went smoothly as usual.
Ye Xun’s talent was not in mathematics. Mathematical logic, spatial imagination, and sensitivity to numbers were not her strengths. In comparison, she was better at memorizing words, understanding grammar, and pondering sentences. Or in other words, she was a typical liberal arts talent.
But even so, as long as she studied seriously, she could always gain something. After two hours of tutoring, Wang Heng was very gratified by the girl’s seriousness and hard work.
After looking at the problems Ye Xun had just finished, he predicted, “Maintaining this state, by the time you start your third year of high school, math shouldn’t be a weakness anymore.”
But Ye Xun was still a little uneasy. “But we have a monthly exam next week…”
Wang Heng: “Then there’s no way. The effect of short-term rescue is limited.”
Ye Xun: “Is there really no way?”
“Without cheating, no,” Wang Heng shrugged. “With cheating, not recommended.”
Ye Xun didn’t want to cheat either, but thinking about the impression she had left on her classmates during this time, if a math score far below the passing line appeared in the monthly exam, her image as a fake top student would be ruined.
The girl was a little disappointed. “Then I can only hurry up and grind problems during this time…”
Wang Heng suddenly asked again, “By the way, is your father’s situation okay?”
The topic jumping in this direction made Ye Xun instantly a little flustered. She thought for a moment and replied, “I don’t know either, because he never tells me specific things. Actually, I only found out a few months ago that our family’s business situation was getting worse and starting to lose money.”
Wang Heng nodded, lost in thought.
The decline of Ye Xun’s family was a predetermined event, something that had happened in the first timeline and couldn’t be changed. It was just unclear to what extent it would fall. If it were like the first timeline, where Ye Xun couldn’t even go to university and had to work right after graduating from high school, Wang Heng felt that it wouldn’t be right for him to stand by and watch.
But if he wanted to intervene, it seemed difficult… Of course, he could support her financially, but in that case, would the risk of yandere be a bit too high?
Ye Xun stared at him for a while and couldn’t help but ask, “Senior, what are you thinking about?”
“Nothing.” Wang Heng shook his head.
As long as he seized the opportunity of rebirth and filled his bank account, he should have more choices no matter what trouble he encountered in the future, right?
He put away his phone, stood up, and said, “Let’s stop here for today. I’ll take you to the subway station now. Go home and rest well.”
Ye Xun looked up at him with her small face and asked softly, “Do you want to go have dinner together?”
“Dinner?”
“Yes, my treat!”
Wang Heng teased, “It’s not good for you to be so extravagant now.”
Ye Xun shook her head gently. “We won’t eat anything too expensive. I recently found a small shop that serves porridge. The taste is relatively light and quite nice.”
Should I accept this invitation? Wang Heng hesitated slightly.
