I Heard You Only See Me as a Friend - Chapter 15 

Sports events had never been Ji Wan’s forte. Coupled with his physical condition, he was quite open-minded about it; he simply did his best within the limits of what his body allowed, keeping a level head without chasing a ranking.

Feng Jin’s focus had been fixed on Ji Wan’s shoes. It wasn’t until Ji Wan finished his jump and Kong Liyan gave him a gentle nudge that Feng Jin snapped back to reality as if waking from a dream.

“Brother Feng, look, there are so many Betas over there staring at Wan-wan.” Kong Liyan whispered some gossip, wearing a look of brotherly affection. “They’re definitely going to go give Wan-wan water in a moment. Do you think Wan-wan will strike up a spark with any of them?”

Strike up a spark?

Feng Jin instinctively furrowed his brow, shifting his focus from Ji Wan’s shoes to the surrounding crowd.

He wouldn’t have known without looking, but upon observing, Feng Jin discovered that a fair number of Betas had indeed gathered nearby. These Betas, both male and female, appeared to be minding their own business, yet their covert gazes were all concentrated on Ji Wan alone.

Seeing that Ji Wan had finished his jump, patted the sand off his body, and was walking out of the sandpit, those spectating Betas began to stir restlessly.

Feng Jin pursed his lips.

The agreement Ji Wan had made with him was for him to help drive away the Alphas who interfered with his studies. These people weren’t Alphas; logically speaking, he shouldn’t interfere.

“Look, look, someone’s going over as expected,” Kong Liyan said excitedly. “Ah, it’s even a cute female Beta. I wonder if Wan-wan likes this type.”

Cute?

Feng Jin’s brow furrowed even deeper. He watched as the petite female Beta, face flushed, handed Ji Wan a cup of milk tea, and Ji Wan gave her a gentle smile.

“If he dates, his grades will be left behind by me,” Feng Jin heard himself say.

Kong Liyan: “…”

That’s a real mood killer, brother. As expected of you; your strength in being single for over a decade is truly profound.

“Not everyone is like your family, with such high demands for their children. Having a sweet relationship while staying ranked second in the grade isn’t bad either,” Kong Liyan argued on Ji Wan’s behalf, doing his best to defend Ji Wan’s freedom to date.

“You don’t understand,” Feng Jin said, while simultaneously clearing his mind.

That was it. When Ji Wan discussed the terms with him, the reason he wanted the Alphas stopped was because they interfered too much with his studies. Now that they were replaced by Betas did Betas not interfere with studies? Were they not essentially the same as those Alphas?

Getting hung up on the details and limiting the targets to Alphas was simply being too inflexible.

The class sports representative and the life representative were currently distributing water to the classmates. They happened to walk past Feng Jin. After giving water to Feng Jin and Kong Liyan, they were about to head toward Ji Wan but were intercepted by Feng Jin.

“Give it to me,” Feng Jin said. “I’ll take it to him.”

“…Huh?” The sports representative and the life representative both froze, thinking they had misheard. It wasn’t until they saw Feng Jin’s extended hand that they realized they weren’t hallucinating.

“Ah, right, okay. Sorry to trouble you.” The life representative, still not quite reacting, shoved a bottle of water into Feng Jin’s hand and watched his retreating back with wide eyes.

And at Feng Jin’s destination was Ji Wan, who was speaking with a smile.

It was as if a string had been plucked in the life representative’s mind. She gave a start, quickly whipped out her phone, and captured the scene.

Over there, Feng Jin approached. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Ji Wan suddenly point at him and say to the petite Beta with a smile: “My friend has come to bring me water. If I don’t drink the water he brought, he’ll be unhappy. Thank you, but I won’t take your milk tea.”

The female Beta looked a bit dejected, murmuring softly: “How can there be such a domineering friend… if you don’t want to accept it, I can actually understand, you don’t need to use a friend as an excu— ugh.”

The female Beta’s words were instantly cut off when she turned her head and saw Feng Jin with a dark, handsome face.

The rumors about this school bully were countless and covered every category. There had never been a story about Feng Jin delivering water in the “underground legends.” If Ji Wan didn’t drink that entire bottle of water on the spot, she suspected Feng Jin might use Ji Wan as a soccer ball.

Yet Ji Wan took the water from Feng Jin, took a shallow sip, and capped it again. No terrifying incident occurred; the two simply walked away side by side.

Looking at this beautiful sight, the female Beta instinctively poked her straw into the milk tea and took a blissful sip.

Ah, so sweet!

Ji Wan expressed his gratitude for Feng Jin’s help in extricating him, and Feng Jin expressed satisfaction at not losing Ji Wan as a rival. Everything was perfectly harmonious.

The first day of the Sports Meet drew to a successful close. Before dismissal, the entire class assembled. The homeroom teacher returned to his old habit, instructing once more: “Play hard and exercise hard. But don’t forget the essay for this time the most memorable incident. Remember to observe closely these two days and collect material!”

The whole class agreed impatiently. As soon as the homeroom teacher gave the order and announced dismissal, they immediately swarmed out and ran off.

Ji Wan and his two roommates had a casual dinner and returned to the dorm.

Ji Wan went to shower first, while Feng Jin and Kong Liyan sat in the dorm.

“‘The Most Memorable Incident at the Sports Meet’,” Kong Liyan pulled out his composition book, muttering as he wrote down the title. After finishing, he scratched his head. “How do I write this? Brother Feng, have you written yours? Let me reference it.”

“No,” Feng Jin said. “No rush.”

“True, it’s not due for a few days, no need to hurry.” Kong Liyan asked again, “What do you plan to write? Your glorious thoughts after winning the 5,000 meters?”

Feng Jin remained silent.

Winning first place wasn’t a “memorable incident” for him. From childhood to now, he had achieved first place countless times; it was like a meteor in his heart, flashing brilliantly for only a brief moment. Once it passed, it passed, leaving no trace in his heart.

For this kind of essay topic, Feng Jin usually just wrote something randomly. After all, generally speaking, he didn’t have any “memorable incidents.”

However, recalling this Sports Meet, Feng Jin discovered that a few things actually forced their way into his mind.

Ji Wan being held by Kong Liyan, his body radiating someone else’s pheromones.

And under the scorching sun, the… pair of white, straight legs revealed by Ji Wan while wearing shorts.

But what was so “memorable” about that?

Feng Jin felt a bit irritable. Frowning, he pulled out his phone and tapped into the school forum, which he hadn’t looked at in a long time.

The forum was already flooded with posts about this Sports Meet. Feng Jin casually clicked into the top trending thread titled: 【Shock! Come in and see these legendary legs】. As a result, he saw a familiar photo on the very first floor.

The owner of the photo was wearing black athletic shorts. At the moment of the jump, the leg muscles were taut, forming a beautiful curve.

Those were Ji Wan’s legs.

The comments below were a sea of 【Lick lick lick】, 【Husband, why didn’t you tell me you were coming out for the long jump, I would have given you a leg massage! 】, 【Don’t call him husband, because he had to coax me for two hours because of that sentence! 】

The more Feng Jin read, the darker his face became. Finally, with a cold face, he entered the reporting system.

Those people posted the photo on the forum without obtaining Ji Wan’s consent at all how could they just put it on display like that?

And those foul comments below if Ji Wan himself saw them, he would definitely feel uncomfortable.

Upon refreshing again, the post had been deleted. Feng Jin was somewhat satisfied, ignoring the wailing of Kong Liyan beside him: “Which bored person reported and deleted the post? They didn’t even show a face, I only just clicked in to take a look!”

Kong Liyan was still filled with righteous indignation: “It must be a pervert with a secret crush on Ji Wan! They secretly saved the picture for themselves and then reported it to delete the thread! There’s no other explanation!”

Kong Liyan wanted to curse a few more times, but he heard someone he absolutely didn’t expect speak up.

“It’s not.”

Kong Liyan’s hand shook, nearly dropping his phone: “Wha—what?”

Feng Jin frowned: “It wasn’t a secret crush, just simply finding it an eyesore.”

Kong Liyan: “Ah… haha.”

Kong Liyan gave a forced laugh. He never imagined the culprit he was cursing was actually Feng Jin; for a moment, he didn’t know how to respond. Fortunately, a new message popped up in the group chat with his childhood friends, saving him from the fire.

“Those bastards from the other school are also having their Sports Meet. They snuck out early and are coming over to find us for hot pot! Let’s go, let’s go!”

Feng Jin wasn’t in a great mood either, so he agreed, treating it as a way to clear his head.

Feng Jin recalled the words Kong Liyan had said again.

Secret crush… how could it be a secret crush. He didn’t have a single thought in that direction.

He had merely minded someone else’s business once; it was as simple as that.