Straight Corporate Slave Accidentally Stumbles into the School's F4 - Chapter 6

Chapter 6

“It’s just that I have someone I want to pursue.”

Seeing these three suggestions, Qiao Nai felt his vision go dark again and again.

Putting aside the empty theories for a moment, what on earth was all this?

Frowning, Qiao Nai continued to search, trying to find an example that fit the current situation. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t know where to start.

In his twenty-six years of life, Qiao Nai had never had any experience chasing someone. He had thought he wouldn’t have to worry about this area, but in the end, it was unavoidable.

Question: How do you make a man who is currently playing American football have a good impression of you? Please provide examples.

Soon, the unreliable search engine provided a new answer.

You can hand him a bottle of soda water during his mid-game break and say in an encouraging tone, “Hard work, keep it up!”

Hard work, keep it up.

Hard work, keep it…

There was no way he could say that! No matter how he said it, it felt awkward. Just thinking about it gave Qiao Nai goosebumps.

No, next one, next one.

Qiao Nai quickly clicked out and continued looking for the next plan.

But the search results were not reliable at all. Qiao Nai searched a few more, each one more ridiculous than the last—things like winking or smiling; none of it seemed reliable.

“Hey, Qiao An? Are you going?”

“Huh?”

Hearing someone call his name, Qiao Nai hurriedly closed his phone, slipped it into his pocket, and turned his head. “Going where?”

“You really weren’t listening to us.” Yun Cheng tapped the armrest of the seat. “Qiao An, are you hiding something from us?”

Qiao Nai pinched his fingertips and had no choice but to temporarily admit it. “I have indeed run into a bit of a situation.”

“I told you something was up, but Kablai didn’t believe me.” Yun Cheng slapped his thigh and looked at Kablai. “See? Now do you believe me?”

Kablai pushed Yun Cheng away with one hand and leaned over. “Qiao An, what happened? Is it serious? If possible, we can help.”

“Actually, it’s… sigh, it’s a bit hard to explain.” Qiao Nai looked toward the field. In the distance, the match had already begun. Qiao Nai’s gaze automatically locked on, and after a moment, he found the ‘original uke’: “It’s just…”

He had already made up one excuse in the car earlier, and now Qiao Nai really couldn’t think of any more novel reasons.

“It’s just what?” Yun Cheng was so anxious he started drumming on Qiao Nai’s leg. He looked like a slender young master, but his drumming actually hurt quite a bit.

“It’s just that I have someone I want to pursue.”

Qiao Nai’s attention was entirely focused on protecting his leg, so he didn’t notice what kind of lie he had just casually blurted out.

The moment the words left his mouth, Qiao Nai saw the faces of the two men instantly go blank.

“What did you say? Did I hear that right?”

Qiao Nai frowned as he recalled his own sentence, wishing he could slap himself twice. Of all the excuses to make up, why did he have to choose the fakest one!

But what’s said is said.

Qiao Nai had no choice but to continue rounding out the lie. “Don’t misunderstand, I’m not talking about right now. I mean in the future. Just in case I have someone I want to pursue later, I should figure out what to do—planning ahead.”

“You scared me to death.” Yun Cheng patted his chest and let out a breath of relief. “I thought you actually had someone you were preparing to chase!”

“That’s impossible,” Qiao Nai chimed in. “It’s impossible for me to have someone I like right now. Exams are coming up soon, and the scholarship is the most important thing.”

“Then we’ll talk about future things in the future!” Yun Cheng said. “When you really have someone you want to pursue, you must come to me first, Qiao An.”

“Yeah.”

At that moment, a team happened to score, and the applause and cheers erupted instantly, making Qiao Nai’s ears ring.

While Qiao Nai reached up to cover his ears, Kablai’s gaze finally shifted away from him.

This ball game was a varsity match between the top two local universities. Normally, Ferrio wouldn’t attend such games, and no one would blame him; after all, he had to represent the school in even larger tournaments. However, since the school was celebrating a major anniversary and the opposing school was currently thriving in football, the school had specifically dragged Ferrio out to secure a lucky win.

The match was divided into two halves, forty minutes each, with a break of about ten minutes in between.

During the break of the first half, Yun Cheng and Kablai both stood up.

“Let’s go,” Yun Cheng said.

“Go where?” Qiao Nai was dazed.

“To deliver water.” Kablai shook the bottle of electrolyte water in his hand.

“Do I have to go too?” Qiao Nai stood up reluctantly from the sofa in the VIP box. Looking up, he found the two of them staring at him with wide eyes. “Wh… what is it?”

“Didn’t you always take the lead in delivering water before?” Yun Cheng narrowed his eyes. “If we didn’t go, you’d even drag the two of us along.”

Qiao Nai opened his mouth, a bit incredulous.

Wait.

Was the original Qiao An actually that bold?

Then why hadn’t he managed to win over the ‘original uke’ yet?

“Oh, right.” The brim of his hat was a bit low, so Qiao Nai pressed back his baseball cap to make his vision clearer. “Let’s go, the second half is about to start.”

The three of them had been watching the game from a VIP box, which was some distance from the field.

From listening to Yun Cheng and Kablai chat earlier, it seemed they usually watched games from the box, meaning Qiao An would specifically leave the box every time just to deliver a bottle of water.

It seemed Qiao An was working very hard at his pursuit.

Now that Qiao An was gone, he couldn’t mess things up no matter what. After all, looking at Qiao An’s experience, he was a pitiful person. When he eventually left, he couldn’t leave a mess behind for the original Qiao An.

That wouldn’t be right.

However, there was one thing Qiao Nai truly didn’t understand. Even if the ‘original uke’ was picky about water brands, a big game like this would surely have all kinds of water prepared. Why did Qiao An have to deliver it every single time?

Could it be that they thought Qiao An was an easy target?

“Lio, you played so fiercely in the first half, that was awesome!” a teammate said happily. “Even if we just play casually in the second half, we’ll still win!”

“Yeah.”

As usual, Ferrio chose a spot with few people and sat down. The physical exertion in the first half was immense, and he was very thirsty now. Although there was water at the halftime rest area, he was picky about the brand and would rather stay thirsty than drink the water provided here.

He instinctively glanced toward the distant VIP boxes and, as expected, saw Qiao An rushing over along with the other two.

“Impressive, Lio, you were incredibly cool today. You’re definitely going to receive more confession letters from fangirls when we get back.” Yun Cheng snapped his fingers and thoughtfully unscrewed a cap, handing the bottle over. “Quick, drink up! Replenish your fluids.”

Ferrio stared at the bottle with the opened cap for two seconds but did not take it.

“I didn’t drink from it, it’s freshly opened!” Yun Cheng said.

At this moment, Qiao Nai suddenly remembered the second reply provided by the search engine.

Create opportunities for interaction. As the saying goes, opportunity favors the prepared mind. If you want to make a man have a good impression of you, first you must take the initiative to create opportunities.

Right! Create interaction opportunities!

Now was the perfect time!

“Drink mine, mine isn’t opened.” Fortunately, Qiao Nai had grabbed a bottle on his way here, otherwise, this great opportunity would have been wasted.

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