Chapter 157 A New High in Value

Since then, Chen Yuan felt that his relationship with Tang Siwen was getting closer and closer, not just through the numbers. Just by looking at her expression, he could see her double standard towards him compared to others.

The numbers were even more obvious.

Tang Siwen's emotional value towards other classmates in the class, excluding those very low ones, was basically between 80 and 85. Only he, even in a normal state, reached as high as 91.

What does this mean?

It means I am Tang Siwen's 91 Mr. Chen.

Clapping is appreciated.

*Clap clap clap clap* (applause).

Without a doubt, he was already Tang Siwen's best friend.

This process didn't involve any thrilling, youthful campus idol drama-like plots, just a simple approach and then familiarity.

Relying on this superpower.

But Chen Yuan kept thinking.

What is the purpose, the intention, of becoming friends with her?

He couldn't understand his own heart.

Because after the two became friends, it didn't seem like much had changed, unlike his relationship with Zhou Yu and He Sijiao.

But his relationship with Zhou Yu and He Sijiao was a bond formed due to geographical proximity…

So, did I become friends with Tang Siwen because I like making friends with her?

But even as friends, other people's emotional values toward him remain stable. Why does Tang Siwen's gradually increase?

What is she thinking?

………

There was still more than a month until the New Year's Eve party, but submissions for performances had already begun.

The first-year students, who were more enthusiastic about this kind of thing, naturally threw themselves into this event to express their youth.

Many people were discussing what performances to prepare.

Of course, most people were just going through the motions.

So, during a class period that the school had intentionally freed up, many people took the opportunity to move freely under the guise of rehearsing and discussing.

For example, the kickball enthusiasts in the class went directly to the playground with their balls.

Some who were not interested in performing and didn't want to play ball were studying in the classroom.

Like Tang Siwen.

She was calmly working on math problems.

"Isn't the request for a beauty? Doesn't our class have the most suitable candidate…"

While discussing a role, a girl suddenly thought of something. So, she pointed to Tang Siwen, who was near the classroom door.

Then, a girl next to her also felt it was quite appropriate: "Isn't that just a cold and beautiful face? Sounds good."

"Okay, then you go invite her."

"Why don't you go?"

"I, I don't dare."

"Do you think I dare?"

"What are you two whispering about?" He Sijiao, seeing the classmates seemed to be muttering something behind their backs, asked in confusion.

"Jiaojiao." Seeing He Sijiao, the two felt like a savior had arrived, so one of them quickly grabbed her arm, "Jiaojiao, help me with something."

"Huh?"

After He Sijiao showed a puzzled expression, the two earnestly explained the situation to her.

"So, you want to perform a modified version of the prince saving the princess with the seniors, and now you need a sleeping princess. But the role of the princess hasn't been decided yet?"

"That's right, that's right."

The two nodded vigorously.

"So, you want me to go and ask?" He Sijiao asked, puzzled.

"Please, we're too shy."

"What are you saying? You think I'm thick-skinned?" He Sijiao was annoyed.

But facing the pleading eyes of her classmates, she couldn't do anything about it.

So, she had to take the two of them to Tang Siwen's front.

"…" Feeling the sudden dimming in front of her, Tang Siwen slowly raised her head, saw three girls surrounding her, and her calm expression suddenly became tense.

Bullying?

"It's like this." He Sijiao quickly said with a smile, "The drama club is putting on a show and thinks you'd be perfect for the role of the princess, so they want to invite you."

"Yes, yes."

The two girls behind her nodded quickly.

"…" Tang Siwen was stunned for a moment, then said, "But, I can't act."

"It's very simple, just sleep. Maybe at the end, there will be a little bit of dialogue, but it's very simple," the girl said.

The girl next to her also quickly praised: "The seniors said they need a great beauty, and then we thought of it, our class has one."

"Where?"

Tang Siwen heard this and showed a puzzled expression.

"…It's you." He Sijiao said awkwardly.

This girl is quite pretentious.

She clearly knows they're talking about her, and she's still asking where?

"…Oh, thank you."

Realizing what they meant, Tang Siwen felt a little lost. Looking at these people who had high expectations of her, she seriously considered it and still shook her head: "I'm sorry, this isn't something I'm good at… You should find someone else."

After being rejected like this, the three could only give up.

To be precise, He Sijiao gave up and didn't want to get involved anymore.

But the other two didn't give up.

They were among the few serious participants in the club.

If they brought the class beauty to act in the play, the seniors would definitely be impressed—you were able to invite such a beautiful woman, how awesome.

A rather subtle sense of vanity.

"In that case, why don't you go find Chen Yuan?"

He Sijiao suggested when she saw that they were so persistent.

"Chen Yuan playing the princess?" The girl asked in surprise.

"Is your brain… oh, Tang Jian's deskmate, then never mind."

After He Sijiao convinced herself, she continued: "What I mean is, let Chen Yuan persuade Tang Siwen."

"Oh, I see…" A girl realized, "They are indeed quite close."

"Do you think there's really something going on between them?" Another girl said.

The two looked at He Sijiao with gossipy eyes.

And she, with a smile on her lips, said, "Want to know? Just try it out."

………

Chen Yuan was about to go upstairs after playing ball when he was suddenly stopped by two girls in his class.

One of the girls even handed him a bottle of water: "Chen Yuan."

84.

The emotional value of giving water is only this much.

So, this isn't giving water to a boy she likes.

Li Youyou casually hits 90 with ease.

"Asking me for a favor?" Chen Yuan asked suspiciously before taking the water.

"Why don't you think I have a crush on you?" The girl covering her mouth, laughing, said.

"I'm afraid you'll think I'm a confident and ordinary guy and post it on Xiaohongshu."

"…Hey, you." The girl couldn't laugh, pursed her lips. Then, she explained, "Indeed, I want to ask you for something."

"Tell me." Chen Yuan still didn't take the water.

So, the two girls explained the situation to him.

"Why don't you go ask yourselves?" Chen Yuan asked.

"We asked, and she rejected us."

"Then I'll be able to do it?"

"You have a better relationship with her, maybe it'll work."

"Hmm…" Chen Yuan thought for a while, then took the water and said, "But this is just to help you ask, it doesn't mean it'll work."

"Such a cautious man." The girl exclaimed and agreed, "Okay, thank you."

Just like that, Chen Yuan agreed to this errand.

However, after returning to the classroom, he didn't have time to talk to Tang Siwen alone, which made the two girls anxious, constantly winking at Chen Yuan, reminding him to hurry.

And so, it continued until the last class in the afternoon was over, during the long break when everyone went to eat.

Although Chen Yuan was already good friends with her, Tang Siwen basically went to the cafeteria to get her food or buns and brought them to the classroom to eat. Chen Yuan had Zhou Yu and others as his meal buddies, so there wasn't any cafeteria bond with Tang Siwen yet.

At this time, everyone went to eat. And Chen Yuan, under the urging of the two girls, went to Tang Siwen and stopped her: "Wait, I want to talk to you about something."

"…" Tang Siwen, who had stood up, looked at the students rushing to the cafeteria like a flock of sheep migrating, then looked at Chen Yuan, "Is it, is it urgent?"

"Is your eating urgent…"

"…" Tang Siwen froze, shook her head, "The main thing is that the line gets long later."

"What do you want to eat? We'll bring it for you."

At this time, the two girls came over and quickly said.

Chen Yuan, why is he in contact with them…

Tang Siwen was very puzzled.

After having the two girls bring food, Tang Siwen asked Chen Yuan, "What is it?"

Seeing that there was no one in the class, Chen Yuan said, "It's like this, they mentioned before that they wanted you to help play a role."

"Yes."

"Then, they wanted me to invite you," Chen Yuan said.

"…" Tang Siwen was stunned, and said, not quite understanding, "Why, let you invite me?"

"Because she thinks we're friends," Chen Yuan said as naturally as possible.

"I understand." Tang Siwen understood, then lowered her head and began to hesitate.

"You don't have to force yourself, it's okay if you don't want to," Chen Yuan said with a smile, "I'm just passing on a message."

"Then I…"

Tang Siwen felt that she wasn't good at this kind of thing, had no acting experience at all, and might mess it up, so she should rightfully refuse. However, after being asked by Chen Yuan, she hesitated.

"Don't really overthink it, respect your heart. Follow your heart."

"Heart."

"…Follow your passion, that's what I meant." After being stubborn, Chen Yuan continued, "Don't worry about my face."

"Face? Why would it involve face?" Tang Siwen asked, puzzled.

"Ah? Because…" Chen Yuan didn't expect her to not even understand this, so he paused, then explained, "It generally doesn't affect face. But maybe they think my suggestion is more useful to you compared to theirs."

"…I see." Tang Siwen suddenly understood.

"But you really don't have to feel burdened, don't be morally blackmailed…"

"I'm not unwilling." Tang Siwen raised her head, looked at Chen Yuan, and said, "I'm just worried that I won't act well."

"That's not a problem, I heard them talk about the script, there aren't many lines. And, you're mainly responsible for posing, just sleeping there."

"Then won't I not look like a princess?"

"They said you're quite suitable, appearance, temperament, and stuff like that."

Although Chen Yuan said so, Tang Siwen still couldn't quite understand.

What kind of temperament does she have…

But she didn't ask in detail.

"Almost, it's already seventy percent," Tang Siwen said.

"What seventy percent?" Chen Yuan asked, puzzled, "Are you updating?"

"I'm not opposed to acting in a play," Tang Siwen explained, "When they asked me and said it wasn't difficult to act, my idea was fifty percent."

"Oh, half and half, right." Chen Yuan asked curiously, "Then how did it increase by twenty percent?"

"Your face," Tang Siwen said.

After she finished speaking, Chen Yuan paused for a moment.

So he really does have face with Tang Siwen.

"I'm already very close to agreeing," Tang Siwen said somewhat frankly, recalling the past, "But I still have to think about it some more, after all, I've never participated in such activities…"

"I want to see you go."

After Chen Yuan said this somewhat seriously, he quickly added with a smile, "I feel like it'll be interesting."

95.

Chen Yuan chickened out as soon as Tang Siwen's value reached this point.

So, he added a saving grace.

Then, it dropped back to 93.

But with that momentary operation…

He realized that he was someone who could affect Tang Siwen's mood.

But he didn't know what was stopping him from unscrupulously raising that value.

I'm just so-so.

"Okay, good." Tang Siwen nodded and accepted it quite happily, "Then I'll go."

The matter was settled just like that.

But the fleeting increase just now made Chen Yuan feel a little uneasy.

"Then how much does my wanting you to go account for?"

After saying this, Chen Yuan blushed.

His gaze slightly averted.

Tang Siwen also slowly raised her head, looking at this boy with a somewhat nervous expression. After a long while, she whispered, "It should account for…"

"How's the chatting going?"

Just then, the two girls with buns returned.

"Okay, you guys talk to her in detail." Chen Yuan took out the money, handed it to the classmate, and took his bun before returning to his seat.

"O, okay." Tang Siwen said to the two girls.

"Great, then let's chat while we eat."

"Hmm…"

And Chen Yuan, held the bun, as he ate it, while looking over there.

97.

A new all-time high.

Why has it reached this number?

We haven't even done anything, and it's already up to 97?

Chen Yuan felt it was outrageous.

He hadn't even felt Tang Siwen's emotions fluctuating that much.

No.

In her heart, there should already be a thousand troops and ten thousand horses.

Because Chen Yuan compared it to himself.

Just now, he was in an unprecedented emotional state…

And that sentence of his seemed "transparent" beyond "transparent."

"Hehe." After entering the classroom and seeing the three of them already chatting about the play, He Sijiao understood everything. Sitting next to Chen Yuan, eating while whispering, she said, "I knew it, it would be fine if you said it."

"Why?" Chen Yuan asked He Sijiao.

He Sijiao smiled, then covered her mouth and whispered, "Why? She likes you, duh."

Chen Yuan couldn't determine the truth of He Sijiao's words.

But there was one thing he knew.

I, should like her…