CHAPTER 456: CHAPTER 286: THIS DAMN SIDE EFFECT, YOU AND I CANNOT COEXIST!_3

Even if they like each other, isn’t it nice to prolong the ambiguity a bit, knowing but holding back, making every move and conversation interesting, almost impossible to stop..."

Lin Li, who was analyzing, suddenly realized he was off track, halted his arguments on ambiguity, and continued to give advice:

"Anyway, just hold your ground for these two days and see if she plans to ask you out for another meal. If she does, congratulations, it’s definitely going steady.

If not, that’s normal too. As long as she doesn’t suddenly go cold in chats, you can say it’s your turn to treat her to a meal in a couple of days, and if she doesn’t refuse, congratulations, it’s still steady.

If her chatting desire drops and she dodges meal plans, congratulations, it’s steady, Bao Wei will transform into the perfect wife and greet you at your dorm with nothing but an apron and a genuine smile, saying, ’Welcome back, single dog.’"

Wang Ze adjusted his school trousers: "Damn, that last line really hit me."

Zhou Baowei: "?"

Bai Bufan, who was drinking water, almost spat it out in laughter at the move.

"You ass, Wang Ze, you’re really consistently performing well." Bai Bufan landed a punch on Wang Ze’s butt at the table.

"But it does make sense. It’s my first time being pursued, and I’m feeling somewhat anxious. Lin Li, your advice is reliable and makes sense." Wang Ze nodded but then inquired:

"But, Lin Li, how should guys and girls chat with each other? During lunch today, there were so many awkward moments."

"We hardly know each other, and many times the awkward chats couldn’t continue, ending with ’um, ha-ha,’ followed by an almost suffocating silence. I was brainstorming for new topics; it made my brain want to die."

Wang Ze expressed his true feelings.

"Talk about shared topics, right? Isn’t that obvious?" Bai Bufan, standing around and giving advice without any pain to himself.

"The problem is here: she is more of an indoor person and likes watching dramas, variety shows, and novels, while I play games and basketball; there’s no matching topic." Wang Ze shrugged helplessly.

"Don’t you also read novels?"

"Completely different channels, can’t talk about them. She reads either BL or palace intrigue novels, which I can’t get into, and I read explicit ones, which she doesn’t." Wang Ze shrugged again.

Bai Bufan pondered, his eyes lighting up: "No, no, at the core it’s the same, Wang Ze. I’ve got a move, maybe it can show off your masculine charm."

"Tell me?" Wang Ze frowned.

Bai Bufan stood up, since Wang Ze was sitting on the table, making him appear taller, and Bai Bufan moved forward, pinched Wang Ze’s chin, lifted it for eye contact, smirked mischievously, and spoke with a magnetic voice:

"Oh, naughty senior, the next time you read novels and come across words you don’t know, ask me."

Wang Ze: "?"

Isn’t this ’at the core’ a bit too ’at the core’?

But Bai Bufan thought his suggestion was sheer genius.

"Look, Wang Ze, this showcases your dominant charisma while highlighting your intelligence. If the senior is sapiosexual, she would probably faint from excitement!"

"Here, I need to correct a misunderstanding."

Lin Li finally couldn’t take it anymore, having frowned all along, he stepped in to set things right:

"Many girls like domineering presidents, but remember, they like the ’president’ part, not the ’domineering’ part.

For instance, no one likes a ’domineering beggar’."

To demonstrate, Lin Li kicked Bai Bufan aside, took his place, pinched Wang Ze’s chin, smirked mischievously, and spoke with a magnetic voice:

"Oi, naughty senior, this weekend come beg with me at the school gate, your bowl has already been prepared by the butler. Shh—don’t speak, don’t refuse, this isn’t a consultation, it’s notification."

"How about that? Would you like such a domineering beggar?"

With his mouth covered, Wang Ze: "(;☉_☉)?"

Wants to kick these two to death.

"Got it? So teaching senior to recognize words is logically fine, but don’t use the tone of a domineering president, because Wang Ze isn’t a president, so discuss it."

Lin Li looked at Bai Bufan and gave a conclusion.

"I see, I’m still thinking too narrowly." Bai Bufan nodded.

Watching the animated conversation between the two, Wang Ze: "..."

"Seriously, I know Bufan spews nonsense; he’s just a coward afraid of girls. Prime Minister, you can’t be like this, give me something real! How should I chat in this situation?"

Tugging Lin Li’s hand away, Wang Ze looked at Lin Li with grievance.

Yet Lin Li just shrugged: "I don’t know either."

"Eh?"

"No, Wang Ze, you actually see me as a love guru? My romantic experience is akin to Shang Yang’s limbs — zero. Until this year, the times people asked for my contact info are as numerous as the times Bai Bufan’s butt has been entered — once.

What I told you before was just some emotional intelligence stuff; I don’t have experience in the other aspects.

Without common topics, chatting is just improvisation, winging it."

Lin Li spoke honestly.

Can’t have Wang Ze treat the senior like a buddy, right?

Bai Bufan is a cautionary tale.

However, if the senior likes BL, then Wang Ze joking about testosterone might actually work wonders.

"But Prime Minister, how do you always have endless talk with the class rep? Do you chat about subjects and studies? But I see you smiling so lewdly, it doesn’t seem like it."

Wang Ze contemplated for a long time, failed, and still asked with a headache.

"Just chat casually, talk about whatever comes to mind, my situation is different from yours." Lin Li spread his hands open.

"Give me an example, maybe it’ll be the same. What was the last topic you chatted about?" Wang Ze was relentless.

Lin Li thought for a bit.

"At noon, I wanted to touch the class rep’s leg, but she wouldn’t let me."

Wang Ze, Bai Bufan, Zhou Baowei: "?"

Bai Bufan’s mouth twitched, his expression eased as he looked at Wang Ze: "Wang Ze, still want to learn?"

Wang Ze mechanically shook his head.

How the hell do I learn this?

Discussing a poem during the first chat and talking about touching legs the second meeting?

Then the confession wall, "Head of the Boys in Class 4, Senior Year Wang Ze," might make a grand comeback.