Chapter 114 The filter disappears, and the psychology of comparison

Chapter 114 The filter disappears, and the psychology of comparison

Chu Xiyan was determined to get Cheng Ye back, but Cheng Ye was often absent from school except for necessary exams...

After Cheng Fenghao got over his anger, he focused on improving his academic performance. It was unlikely that he would be the first in the school, but he had to catch up with the second place. In this way, at least his personal image in the eyes of Cheng and Chu's families would improve a lot.

In the meantime, do more things to please them.

Thinking of this, Cheng Fenghao looked at Chu Xiyan who was in a heavy mood.

He walked over and took out a luxury jewelry box that he had prepared in advance from his pocket. "Xiyan, I was wrong before. I was not considerate enough and did something that made you misunderstand. This is a gift from me to you. I hope you can accept it."

Chu Xiyan pulled herself out of her thoughts and tilted her head with mixed feelings. There was a luxury brand logo engraved on the surface of this jewelry box. It was very expensive. Even if one was rich, one would have to spend some time and connections to buy it.

Out of politeness, Chu Xiyan took the jewelry box and asked with a questioning tone, "The recording is not synthesized. How do you explain it?"

Cheng Fenghao's face darkened slightly. Xiyan was certain that the recorded evidence of his indecision was not synthesized by Cheng Ye using AI, and in fact it was not.

Therefore, his further explanation could only be based on this premise.

"Xi Yan, you really misunderstood me. I really don't have any feelings for Jiang Mian. The person I love from beginning to end is you."

Cheng Fenghao spoke sincerely, and he quickly thought of a suitable excuse, "I, I was just disappointed and helpless that my brother always bullied and beat me. So I acted impulsively and pretended to like Jiang Mian, wanting my brother to feel unhappy."

"I admit that my behavior was a little inappropriate, but everyone has a temper."

Cheng Fenghao burst into tears, and his eyes suddenly turned red. "I was too impulsive. I, I shouldn't have lost my temper and tried to make my brother feel uncomfortable by doing this."

"It's my problem. If I hadn't done that, you wouldn't have misunderstood me, and our relationship wouldn't have drifted apart."

Cheng Fenghao became more and more sad as he spoke, and he once again admired his superb acting skills and ability to handle problems flexibly.

Chu Xiyan pursed her lips and frowned as she observed Cheng Fenghao's facial expression. He looked aggrieved and pitiful, and didn't look like he was lying.

But she also wondered if Cheng Fenghao was pretending.

The two possibilities swirled in Chu Xiyan's mind. She suddenly felt mentally exhausted and simply stopped thinking about it.

"Feng Hao, class is about to start, let's go back to the classroom first." Chu Xiyan said.

Cheng Fenghao wiped away his grief-stricken tears and said, "Whether you believe me or not, what I just said was from the bottom of my heart."

Chu Xiyan stared at his tear marks. She hadn’t noticed it before, but now she found that Cheng Fenghao seemed to shed too many tears.

There are always endless tears.

Chu Xiyan felt an inexplicable resistance in her heart.

In the past, she would feel distressed when she saw Feng Hao crying, but why did she feel a little upset when she saw him crying now?

Trying hard to suppress the strangeness in her heart, Chu Xiyan went to the senior high school teaching building first.

Cheng Fenghao was not sure whether Chu Xiyan believed the lie he had made up.

He quickly followed and asked the other party: "Xiyan, have you forgiven me?"

Chu Xiyan didn’t know whether she had forgiven Cheng Fenghao yet.

She still had doubts about what Cheng Fenghao said.

Chu Xiyan felt extremely uncomfortable when she heard Cheng Fenghao questioning her. "Let's see how you perform first."

Cheng Fenghao watched Chu Xiyan walking in front of him, staring at her back, feeling a strong sense of frustration in his heart.

Speechless.

It doesn’t matter. In order to smoothly inherit the identity of the Cheng family in the future, in order to obtain all the resources and connections of the Chu family in the future, and for him to have a bright future.

He had to bear the humiliation.

Thinking of this, Cheng Fenghao hurriedly showed a smile that he thought was quite handsome, "Xiyan, I will behave well. I believe that one day, you will forgive me."

Chu Xiyan felt a little annoyed after hearing this.

Why didn't she notice it before? Cheng Fenghao talks so much nonsense?! He talks too much?!

Did she no longer have a filter for Cheng Fenghao? !

With strange thoughts in mind, Chu Xiyan walked into the classroom.

The number of people in the classroom gradually increased.

The students who were checking their test results on the bulletin board downstairs also returned to the classroom one after another.

After sitting down, Chu Xiyan looked up at the empty seat next to Cheng Ye and felt particularly lost.

She looked around the classroom again and found that Jiang Mian was not there at all.

Chu Xiyan immediately stood up, walked to the corridor outside, and looked down at the bulletin board. She glanced for a long time but did not see any trace of Jiang Mian.

Even when the bell rang, Chu Xiyan still didn't see Jiang Mian come to the classroom for class.

She was very uncomfortable.

Jiang Mian didn't come to class, most likely because he was with Cheng Ye. It was understandable that Cheng Ye didn't come to school, after all, his academic performance was there.

But how could Jiang Mian not come to school? !

She was the second best student in the school and attended classes in a disciplined manner. Why could Jiang Mian ask for leave whenever she wanted? !

Chu Xiyan really didn’t understand her head teacher.

She was not in the mood to listen to the teacher's lectures at the podium, nor did she have the heart to listen to the occasional words of concern from Cheng Fenghao beside her.

Chu Xiyan felt that she really needed to do something.

Otherwise, if she lets Cheng Ye and Jiang Mian continue like this, what should she do? !

Thinking of this, Chu Xiyan couldn't help but turn her head and look at Cheng Fenghao next to her.

At the beginning, she regarded Cheng Fenghao as her future partner, so when he wrote her a love letter, she gladly accepted his confession.

But now it’s completely different.

Chu Xiyan is an intellectualist and likes boys with good grades and high IQ. She likes whoever has a high IQ more.

She has no resistance to boys with high IQ.

Obviously, Cheng Ye's IQ is much higher than Cheng Fenghao's.

As for appearance, Chu Xiyan doesn't have high requirements. As long as she's presentable and at least not shabby-looking, that's fine.

It’s okay that Cheng Ye is just outstanding in appearance.

Although Cheng Fenghao’s appearance was not considered handsome, he was still good-looking, at least he had a pleasing face.

However, Cheng Fenghao now has countless scars on his face, and quite a few of them are permanent and cannot be removed.

His appearance was not outstanding to begin with, with average looks. Against the backdrop of the hideous and ugly scar, Chu Xiyan felt that Cheng Fenghao's appearance had dropped more than a little.

The appearance that was rated 75 points before, now can only barely get 60 points!!

"Xi Yan, what are you looking at me for?" Cheng Fenghao said in a gentle voice, with a smile that he thought was impeccable.

He is quite confident about his appearance.

Chu Xiyan said in a complicated tone: "Feng Hao, is it true that the scar on your face cannot be completely cured?"

Cheng Fenghao did not realize Chu Xiyan’s true thoughts, nor did he realize the importance of appearance.

Hearing this, Cheng Fenghao spoke aggrievedly, "Xiyan, the doctor told me that some of the scars can only be lightened at best, but it is unlikely to be completely eliminated."

"It's all my brother's fault for being too harsh. These irreversible injuries are not what I want." Cheng Fenghao tried to play the victim again to gain sympathy.

But what he didn't know was that if the same trick was used too many times, it might not have the same effect.

What's more, Chu Xiyan no longer has any filter for Cheng Fenghao.

In the past, when Chu Xiyan heard Cheng Fenghao's words, she would instinctively protect Cheng Fenghao and felt sorry for Cheng Fenghao being bullied by Cheng Ye all the time.

However, now, her mind was filled with images of Cheng Ye being very good at fighting.

Being with Cheng Ye, I feel especially safe.

Cheng Ye can protect herself. Although she is the eldest daughter of the Chu family and has a cold, arrogant and strong personality, sometimes she prefers her partner to be able to protect herself rather than always protecting the other person's life.

Every time Cheng Fenghao was bullied by Cheng Ye, he always hid behind him. In contrast, Jiang Mian always hid behind Cheng Ye.

Chu Xiyan was so absorbed in her thoughts that she even forgot to reply to Cheng Fenghao.

Cheng Fenghao waited for a long time, but he didn't hear Chu Xiyan blaming Cheng Ye or comforting himself not to be sad or anything like that.

He felt embarrassed and a little annoyed.

Patiently, Cheng Fenghao called Chu Xiyan aggrievedly, "Xiyan, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have lied to my brother that I cared about Jiang Mian just to get angry with him."

Chu Xiyan gathered her thoughts and sighed, "Feng Hao, you don't have to tell me the same thing over and over again. You've already said something similar outside the classroom."

So long-winded.

Cheng Fenghao cried and complained, "I was afraid that you wouldn't believe me, Xiyan, I really didn't lie to you. You are the only one I love. I have liked you for so many years. Almost since I can remember, you and I have grown up together as childhood sweethearts. How could I possibly fall in love with someone else?"

Chu Xiyan gradually lost her patience. She felt very tired talking to Feng Hao.

Crying here again.

Why can't these tears stop flowing?!

Suddenly I remembered that during the physical education class in the morning, Cheng Fenghao, as a boy, only did seven push-ups and couldn't do any more.

If it were Cheng Ye, he would have made dozens of them.

I don’t know why, but Chu Xiyan particularly likes to compare the two of them in all aspects.

It would be fine if she didn't compare, but once she did, she really felt that Cheng Fenghao was inferior to Cheng Ye in every way.

Once this comparative mentality begins, it's hard to stop.

Chu Xiyan regretted it very much. Cheng Ye was so outstanding, why did she have to make their relationship so awkward? !

Why do you have to mindlessly defend Cheng Fenghao? !

Why do you have to indiscriminately put unwarranted charges on Cheng Ye? !

why? !

What stupid things had she done before?!

"Xi Yan, can you please forgive me? I really know I was wrong!" Cheng Fenghao saw that Chu Xiyan's eyes were focused on him, and thought that Xiyan was deeply moved by his words.

So, he took advantage of the situation and said, "Xi Yan, there is a French restaurant opening today. It is said that the restaurant environment is romantic and warm. I will invite you to have dinner there tonight. Do you think it's okay?"

Chu Xiyan withdrew her thoughts. She was in no mood to answer Cheng Fenghao's question. She directly skipped to Cheng Fenghao's question and said without any context, "Fenghao, I think you need to exercise more."

Cheng Fenghao was stunned for a moment, "Xiyan, why are you suddenly talking about exercising?"

Chu Xiyan pursed her lips. She knew it was not a good thing, but she really couldn't control it. After hesitating for a moment, she pointed at Cheng Fenghao's arm and said, "You don't have biceps." But Cheng Ye did.

She didn't say the rest, giving Cheng Fenghao enough face.

Cheng Fenghao is sensitive by nature, especially when facing Chu Xiyan, whom he wants to conquer, he becomes even more sensitive.

Cheng Ye surpasses him in every aspect, and his most sensitive point is to become Cheng Ye's control group.

In fact, his physical fitness is not bad, otherwise his basketball skills would not be second only to Cheng Ye in the class.

These manifestations of his weak constitution were all feigned in order to disguise himself as a weak person and win the love and sympathy of the Cheng and Chu families.

Before Cheng Ye severed his relationship with the Cheng family, he framed Cheng Ye many times by pretending to be a weak person.

Every time Cheng Ye was framed, he would try hard to prove his innocence and explain to the Cheng family that nothing had happened.

No one in the Cheng family believed in Cheng Ye, so he could gain a lot of pleasure from Cheng Ye's depressed mood.

Moreover, apart from explaining the reasons, Cheng Ye would never hit or beat him, because Cheng Ye knew that the Cheng family did not want to see Cheng Ye's rebellious character, did not want Cheng Ye to hit others, and did not want to see Cheng Ye bullying their favorite Cheng Fenghao.

Cheng Ye cares about the feelings of the Cheng family, so Cheng Ye has been tolerating them.

But since Cheng Ye left the Cheng family, everything has changed dramatically.

Cheng Ye no longer spoiled the Cheng family, and he was always beaten mercilessly by Cheng Ye unilaterally.

Thinking of this, Cheng Fenghao's face turned ugly. He was just pretending to be weak, but he was beaten by Cheng Ye again and again.

As a result, his body is becoming increasingly weaker.

"Xiyan, I will work hard to train my biceps." Cheng Fenghao believed that as long as he made various changes for Xiyan, Xiyan would see his hard work and would be deeply moved.

Chu Xiyan didn't have the energy to figure out Cheng Fenghao's inner thoughts. She just casually responded, "Okay."

Cheng Fenghao noticed that Chu Xiyan was lacking interest, and he felt it necessary to make Xiyan feel a sense of crisis.

"Xiyan, I received a lot of love letters from girls this afternoon, but don't worry, although I have many suitors, I will give you enough sense of security."

Cheng Fenghao said proudly: "I have never opened these love letters."

As he spoke, Cheng Fenghao took out various styles of love letters in pink or red from the desk drawer.

He thought proudly that he had so many suitors, and if Xiyan didn't seize the opportunity well, he would easily be snatched away by other girls.

Chu Xiyan looked at the thick pile of love letters in Cheng Fenghao's hands with a strange expression, "Did you accept them all?"

Cheng Fenghao suddenly felt that he was very masculine. "Yes, I can't bear to reject them. After all, rejection is too cruel for them."

Chu Xiyan frowned, "Is this what you call a sense of security?"

Cheng Fenghao smiled and said, "Yes, I have never opened these love letters. Xiyan, I will always treat you well and only love you."

Chu Xiyan suddenly felt that he was talking in a greasy way, and her pretty eyebrows furrowed even more. "Feng Hao, what kind of sense of security is this? Have you ever seen Cheng Ye receive a love letter?"

Cheng Fenghao's face froze for a moment. "He, he doesn't have many suitors. Isn't it normal that he didn't receive any love letters?"

Chu Xiyan shook her head. She had to admit that she started to compare Cheng Ye again. "Cheng Ye is a person who doesn't like strangers. Those girls don't dare to hand Cheng Ye a love letter in person."

"I happened to see outside the classroom that the girls personally handed the love letters to Jiang Mian, hoping that Jiang Mian would pass them to Cheng Ye."

"Do you know how Cheng Ye handled it?" Chu Xiyan's comparison became more and more intense. "He asked Jiang Mian to throw the love letter into the trash can without even touching it. This is the sense of security I want."

Cheng Fenghao's expression almost cracked, it was Cheng Ye again!!

Cheng Fenghao felt extremely depressed the entire afternoon.

Night self-study.

"Classmates, I have prepared a small gift for each of you, some snacks or something." Si Jin's voice was gentle and his behavior was elegant and noble.

Chu Xiyan went up to help Si Jin distribute dozens of bags of the best snacks.

When Cheng Fenghao heard Si Jin's voice, he suddenly remembered that he still had to find a way to break up Cheng Ye and Jiang Mian.

First of all, he must want to conquer Chu Xiyan.

Secondly, letting Jiang Mian mistakenly believe that Cheng Ye has feelings for Chu Xiyan does not mean that he wants to promote the relationship between Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan.

There is no conflict between the two.

If he wanted Jiang Mian to misunderstand, he had to create some situations that would cause Jiang Mian to misunderstand. But he couldn't promote Cheng Ye and Chu Xiyan. Chu Xiyan was the target of his conquest, so how could he let Cheng Ye get away with it? !

Cheng Fenghao’s head was about to explode from thinking so much.

Is this a task that a human can accomplish?!

How about he ask Si Jin in private? !