Chapter Seventy-two: Branching Out

  The entire playground was filled with a lively atmosphere, everyone was loudly discussing, Li Jia stood in the middle of the crowd, looking very excited. Today he had prepared for a long time, he didn't believe that Shui Mengyao could still refuse him in this situation.

  Scientists conducted a study to test the excitement level of women when given various gifts, and they concluded that women have an innate strong attraction to flowers. Flowers have the greatest appeal to them. Moreover, girls' emotional control is not as good as boys', they can't help but be overwhelmed by their emotions, once excited, they fall into love.

  "How blissful! If I were her, I'd agree at once." a female student said with envy.

  "You're such a romantic fool, Prince Charming will fall for you," a woman beside her joked.

  "Don't mention me, what about you? You were calling someone else's name in your dreams last night, Jia Gege, Jia Gege, how shameless. The young girl just now immediately shot back with a retort."

  "Hmph, he's just trying to show off in front of the crowd. If his family didn't have a few, where would he get so much money?" said a young man wearing glasses with a tone of disdain.

  "You're not convinced, this is capital, if you have the ability, go chase Water Dream Jade too! A girl heard a boy say his ideal white knight, she was furious. You can insult my parents, but you can't insult him! If it weren't for the girl being too embarrassed to hit someone casually, I reckon she would have punched that four-eyed boy hard."

  "Can money buy love? How trite," argued the bespectacled man.

  "But you don't have any money, who would want to be with you? A girl chuckled and said, 'Do you expect someone to follow you around every day just to drink the northwest wind? I know your family is not well off, but that's no reason to look down on others!"

  "You, what do you understand? They have a few who are sincere, all are hypocritical, you are just blinded by money and material things," the girl said excitedly, seemingly stimulating his self-esteem.

  Instead, he was met with a few contemptuous laughs. The man was about to say something when his shoulder was lightly patted, and upon turning around, he saw a strange man who asked him, "Who are you?"

  "Everyone has their own way of life and their own choices, you and I are not qualified to interfere," Guo Ming said softly.

  That person may have realized that his words had no power, originally he was arguing just to find an excuse to back down. Now that Guo Ming has spoken up, he naturally knew what's good for him, nodded and said loudly, "You're right, they're all mediocre, we don't need to bother with them."

  Guo Ming's face changed color, he never expected that the child would push himself into the fire pit when he was about to leave.

  "What did you say?" Several girls around her shouted in shrill voices.

  That four-eyed wolf, Guo Ming was secretly calling him that in his heart. He quickly ran to the side and looked at this side with a pleased expression.

  He didn't believe that Guo Ming would allow those few girls to mock him, as long as he resisted, those women would lose face, of course Guo Ming would be even more humiliated, but this was not within his consideration.

  "I didn't say anything, I just advised you guys not to quarrel anymore," said Guo Ming with a faint smile.

  "Hmph, you must apologize to us in public today, otherwise don't think about leaving this place," a relatively good-looking woman said angrily.

  "So how should I apologize?" Guo Ming smiled and said, "If it's about saving face in front of everyone and saying a simple 'sorry', I can do that right now."

  "You think you can get beauty that easily? A slightly chubby girl next to her said disagreeably."

  Several girls were originally sharp-tongued, and since Guo Ming had become the leader, they were ready to make him lose face badly. However, they never expected Guo Ming to be so easy-going. They exchanged a glance, and it was still the relatively good-looking girl who pointed quietly and said, "It's very simple, we three want the largest rose among them. It should be your honor to pick flowers for beauties, right?"

  Guo Ming heard this and coldly laughed without speaking. These girls really knew how to scheme. What kind of person was Li Jia? If he himself had gone forward and said he wanted to pick the three largest roses, it would have been clear that he was looking for trouble with him. He would inevitably clash with them. Under normal circumstances, he would definitely be beaten up. In fact, it wasn't just Li Jia, but also himself. He had spent a lot of effort, and as soon as someone went to cause trouble, who wouldn't get angry?

  Moreover, they think their appearance is ordinary, and being able to catch up with any of them is a great honor, so they can speak out without hesitation.

  The people around looked at Guo Ming with sympathetic eyes. These three girls were standard little princesses, don't look at them as females, they could also fight with skill. This wasn't the most important thing, it's said that they also had connections with some of the small-time hooligans in society. So generally speaking, these well-behaved students wouldn't take the initiative to provoke them.

  Moreover, some people shouted loudly, and the three women's courage grew even stronger, staring at Guo Ming with a provocative gaze.

  Guo Ming was just in a corner and had no impact on the progress of the protagonist.

  At this time, someone shouted loudly: "Li Jia, if you are a man, speak out your mind loudly."

  Li Jia wasn't afraid of these people, and the other person's words were in line with his intentions. He took a step forward and said loudly, "What are you not daring to do? Since everyone is here, let them be my witnesses."

  The sound of the tide quickly dissipated, and almost everyone looked at the focus of the scene, Li Jia. At this time, Guo Ming had to admit that Li Jia indeed had a certain ability, otherwise he would not have such strong control over the scene. Being able to mobilize people's passion with every word and action is not something an ordinary person can do.

  Shuǐ Mèng Yáo's head hung even lower, her delicate and charming face made Li Jiā Huòr's hormones surge faster, he excitedly took a step forward and grasped Shuǐ Mèng Yáo's hand.

  Those soul-stirring jade hands were finally grasped in his palm, and he felt a slight resistance from her. Li Jia gently squeezed them, and only then did Shui Mengyao relax.

  Every girl has a dream in her heart, and the promise of love exists, but that doesn't belong to ordinary people's emotions. The illusion of everything is far less than the comfort of holding hands tightly in front of one's eyes. Li Jia had been pursuing her for a year, and Shui Mengyao was not heartless, she saw every bit of effort he put in for her, and today, in front of everyone, even if she didn't want to agree to be his girlfriend, she couldn't bluntly refuse, or else she would ruin the friendship between the two and a boy's entire dignity.

  Guo Ming saw all of this before his eyes, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes, and his body trembled slightly.

  "I, Li Jia, swear today that I will love Meng Yao for all eternity, Li Jia declared loudly."

  Then he looked at Shui Mengyao sincerely and said softly: "Mengyao, are you willing to be my girlfriend?"

  Shui Mengyao lowered her head, blushing and not daring to respond.

  The scene was initially quiet, followed by a thunderous roar from the entire audience like a tidal wave.

  "Agree with him."

  "Agree with him."

  ……

  ……

  Under everyone's eager anticipation, Shui Mengyao finally looked at Li Jia in front of her, and what she saw was a sincere and gentle expression.

  Just as she was about to nod, a loud and clear voice suddenly came, "Meng Yao, you agreed a bit too hastily, didn't you?"

  His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached every person's ears, and the whole scene fell into a dead silence. Everyone looked towards the source of the sound.

  Li Jia's eyes were about to spew fire, and as long as Shui Mengyao nodded, he believed that he could thoroughly capture Shui Mengyao's heart. Shui Mengyao was a traditional girl, which he had known for a long time. But the arrival of this person would make all his efforts today go to waste.

  Shui Mengyao also withdrew her jade hand and gazed at the newcomer with beautiful eyes.