My Best Friend is Actually a Cat-eared Maid at a Cafe! – Chapter 45

Chapter 45: Chapter Forty-Four: I Refuse
“You and Ye-ge have such a good relationship, asking for this little thing shouldn’t be difficult.”
After speaking, Lin Wenbin nodded to himself, resting his chin with one hand. He felt there was nothing wrong with this statement.
Then he looked at Xiaomuqing again, a confident smile on his face. In his opinion, this was a sure thing.
“You’re not talking, so I’ll assume you agree.”
Xiaomuqing, who was before him, lowered her head. Lin Wenbin couldn’t see her expression and didn’t know how shocked she was.
All he knew was that Xiaomuqing didn’t speak and had previously shown great interest in the limited edition figurine, so he assumed she had agreed.
However, what he didn’t expect was that Xiaomuqing remained silent with her head down for a moment before suddenly looking up at him with wide eyes.
Her expression was one of extreme surprise, so much so that it could be described as seeing a ghost.
“Sorry, I refuse.”
She looked at Lin Wenbin expressionlessly, dropped this sentence, and decisively turned to walk back into the classroom.
Without any hesitation, she didn’t look back.
“Huh? Did she change her gender?”
Lin Wenbin stood at the classroom door, completely bewildered. He raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, unable to understand the situation.
He had gone to great lengths this time, even pulling out a limited edition Eromanga Sensei figurine.
But Xiaomuqing had decisively rejected him. This was something he had never expected and couldn’t comprehend.
After much thought, he could only conclude that Xiaomuqing and Ye Ziming had a very strong relationship, and she was unwilling to “betray” her friend.
That must be it.
On Xiaomuqing’s side, after returning to her seat, she felt completely off.
Looking at her empty desk and her two hands resting on it, Xiaomuqing unknowingly zoned out.
“What’s wrong?”
With just one glance, Ye Ziming noticed Xiaomuqing’s anomaly. He immediately stopped his pre-class preparations.
He turned to look at Xiaomuqing and asked with confusion.
“Ah!”
Hearing her good brother’s voice, Xiaomuqing’s eyes snapped back into focus. She took a deep breath and turned to look at him.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered that at noon, her good brother had told her he would help her resolve those two matters.
She had almost forgotten about it, making her ponder on her own what to do.
“Lin Wenbin came to find me just now… and then…”
Thinking of this, Xiaomuqing’s spirits instantly lifted, and she recounted everything that had just happened.
Including that limited edition figurine, she had to admit she really wanted it; just thinking about it made her covetous.
“Mm, leave it to me.”
After listening, Ye Ziming nodded, giving Xiaomuqing a reassuring look, and patted her shoulder.
Then he glanced at Lin Wenbin, who was entering the classroom and preparing to return to his seat. A hint of undetectable danger flashed in his eyes.
“Mm-hmm.”
After explaining the situation, Xiaomuqing heard the preparatory bell ring outside and began her pre-class preparations.
Sigh~ Who could help it? She didn’t have that kind of luck, Xiaomuqing sighed helplessly in her heart.
However, thinking about the figurine she had already “tricked” out of Lin Wenbin, she didn’t feel so regretful. Besides, there was another one next week.
A figurine from her good brother, she could look forward to that.
With this thought, a smile reappeared on her face, and she prepared to start the class.
She didn’t know that when she spoke about the figurine, Ye Ziming noticed her subtle change in expression.
Limited edition figurine? Ye Ziming thought to himself.
The class continued. Xiaomuqing felt that the matter had passed, especially with her good brother helping her.
But she didn’t expect that after the first class, her good brother would be called to the office by the dean.
“It’s nothing, he won’t do anything to me.”
As he said this, Ye Ziming’s expression was extremely confident, not even batting an eye.
What’s the worst-case scenario?
It’s just calling parents, right? His parents not only knew about his relationship but were also very supportive. He didn’t even know how this could be an issue.
The most awkward part was that the academic affairs office didn’t know who Ye Ziming’s girlfriend was, so they couldn’t find Xiaomuqing at all. It was truly helpless.
Finally, Ye Ziming used a bit of his connections to resolve the matter in a few words, without causing even a ripple.
“Uh… okay then.”
Listening to her good brother’s explanation, Xiaomuqing, no matter how worried she was, had to feel reassured.
She thought, as expected of her good brother, his methods were indeed impressive. If she were a girl, she would want to marry him.
Then came the second class.
By this time, Xiaomuqing still hadn’t realized how widely the news of Ye Ziming dating a student from the same school had spread.
To the point that after the second class, she was called to the hallway by a group of girls and asked repeatedly about who Ye Ziming’s girlfriend was, while she was still bewildered.
“Sisters, I really don’t know about this.”
Feeling very helpless, she had already said similar things many times, but these gossipy girls just didn’t believe her.
This wasn’t even the most fuckable part. The most fuckable part was that they were planning to team up to find out who Ye Ziming’s girlfriend was.
“I… I’m in a bit of a hurry, I need to go to the restroom. Goodbye.”
Finally, she used the “bird shield” to escape the encirclement of these girls and then ran towards the restroom as if she had seen a ghost.
This life was simply unbearable!
If nothing had happened, she wouldn’t have known that her good brother was so famous, apparently the recognized campus heartthrob of the school.
PS: Previously, it was only heard that Xiaomuqing didn’t like gossip and preferred playing games.
“Um, boss, how do you plan to handle this matter?”
The dismissal bell rang. Xiaomuqing slouched powerlessly on her desk, tilting her head to look at her deskmate, her good brother, and asked in a muffled voice.
The escalation of this matter had far exceeded Xiaomuqing’s imagination; it had become a hot topic.
“It’s fine, they won’t suspect it’s you.”
Looking at Xiaomuqing’s troubled expression, Ye Ziming felt quite good instead, a faint smile on his face.
While tidying his desk and packing some books into his backpack, he interacted with Xiaomuqing.
“Emmm, okay then.”
Thinking about it, it made sense. The photo was so blurry, and she was now a handsome guy.
How could she be recognized?
After speaking, she also started tidying up her things, checking which homework needed to be done.
As soon as the dismissal bell rang, to avoid the rush, Ye Ziming chose to leave a bit later, just like at noon.
When he felt it was about time, Ye Ziming patted Xiaomuqing’s shoulder and walked out of the classroom with her.
After they left, the class president Zhang Xiaoling was chatting with her deskmate Wang Wenxin.
“You know, could the person in this photo be Lin Muqing?”
She looked at the photo on her phone, then at Xiaomuqing, who was leaving the classroom with Ye Ziming.
Suddenly, she felt that their figures were somewhat similar, and they were wearing the same school uniform.
This was her hunch, a woman’s intuition.
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