My Deskmate's Crush on Me Is Impossible to Hide

Li Shuhe makes it pretty obvious that she likes Zhong Yihe, but Zhong Yihe is incredibly slow on the uptake. They ran into each other at the park before school started. She pretended to read, but watched him from the corner of her eye the whole time. Later, when they became deskmates, she secretly set things in motion: she learned when he zoned out, got stuck on problems, or went to get water, then kept showing up at just the right moment, slipping him candy and notes, and doing the problems in advance so she could casually give him a hint. She left plenty of clues, but Zhong Yihe never caught on. He just thought he had a great deskmate.

Zhong Yihe was so slow it was frustrating. Someone told her, “If you’re chasing him, just be bold. That blockhead will never figure it out if you don’t make it obvious.” She replied, “I’ll do my best,” but he only thought she was scary. When he realized he really did like her, he immediately started denying himself: his grades weren’t as good as hers, he was disorganized, and he didn’t deserve her. The more he liked her, the less he dared to act. She waited, but nothing happened.

In the end, Wang Ruixin and the others couldn’t take it anymore. His older sister, Zhong Suining, dropped a hint: “That deskmate you keep talking about lately...” Wang Ruixin and Li Xinyu, along with You Wangxu, Xu Qingyue, Zhong Suining, and the others, discussed how to get the two of them together for real. Once they had a plan, they arranged for each group to bring the other to the sports field. Wang Ruixin and Li Xinyu pushed him there, while Xu Qingyue, You Wangxu, and Zhong Suining brought Li Shuhe over too.

After a long pause, he said, “I admit I’m slow on the uptake, but liking you isn’t a problem. I’ve spent several nights thinking about it.” She nodded happily and said yes.

When the college entrance exam results came out, his hand trembled as he called her. She read out her scores, and he said they were about the same. They agreed to apply to the same university. When the acceptance letters arrived, he rode his bike to see her. She set their desks side by side. “We’ll have to keep being deskmates from now on.” He smiled. “Don’t get tired of me.” She said she was already used to him.