ushernet Chapter 19 - Qi Lin! I’ll Hate You Forever
Chapter 19 - Qi Lin! I’ll Hate You Forever
Chapter 19: Qi Lin! I’ll Hate You Forever
“Alright, alright. Don’t act like I desperately want that kiss from you. I was just playing around for fun,” Qi Lin said with a dismissive look.
Seeing his expression, Lan Yuxi suddenly found it funny.
“Who was the one just now saying I’m beautiful and wanting to take advantage of me? You’re such a hypocrite...”
But midway through her sentence, Lan Yuxi realized her tone sounded wrong.
Why did it sound like she was chatting casually with a friend?@@@@
Who’s friends with this jerk?!
He’d threatened her and bullied her. Lan Yuxi quickly withdrew her smile and resumed her cold, ice-queen demeanor.
“Come here and tilt your face.”
She spoke icily.
Qi Lin lowered his head, leaning his face towards Lan Yuxi’s lips to make it easier for her to kiss him. This was the first time Lan Yuxi had looked at a boy this closely. Her cheeks turned slightly red—not because she liked Qi Lin. On the contrary, she hated him. Her blush was simply a natural reaction of shyness.
Lan Yuxi didn’t want to overthink it. She just wanted to finish the kiss quickly and leave. However, as she leaned in, she noticed Qi Lin’s eyes were watching her intently, full of amusement.
Lan Yuxi’s face turned even redder. With Qi Lin staring at her like that, it felt as though their gazes were locked. Already embarrassed, this made it impossible for her to proceed.
“Stop looking at me, or I won’t kiss you,” Lan Yuxi snapped. She assumed Qi Lin, like Wang Cheng, would do as she said.
“Then forget it. I’ve changed my mind anyway. Now I’m really curious to see the model student class president’s perfect image crumble when you make a public apology to the whole school.”
Qi Lin smirked and stood as if to leave.
Tears filled Lan Yuxi’s eyes, her cheeks streaked with them. Her first kiss had been stolen by the person she hated most. She felt both furious and wronged.
“Whatever,” Qi Lin shrugged, his face showing indifference.
As he’d said before, making a girl remember you—whether through good or bad impressions—meant she wouldn’t forget you.
“Let go of me!”
Lan Yuxi pushed Qi Lin away, but her legs were weak from her first kiss—and a French one at that. She almost fell but managed to steady herself against the wall.
“Give me the cheat sheet!”
Lan Yuxi’s voice cracked as she extended her hand towards Qi Lin. To his credit, Qi Lin kept his word. He placed the cheat sheet into her palm.
Finally holding the paper she had desperately wanted back, Lan Yuxi regained a bit of confidence. But having lost her first kiss, she now hated Qi Lin with a passion.
“Qi Lin, you’re shameless! You tricked me and stole my first kiss! I swear I’ll be your enemy for life.”
“Now get out! I never want to see you again.”
Pointing to the restroom door, Lan Yuxi yelled at Qi Lin, her face a mixture of anger and shame. Qi Lin, however, remained unbothered. Slowly, he raised his left hand. It was then that Lan Yuxi noticed Qi Lin was holding a phone.
In 2002, smartphones were still far from common. Feature phones ruled the market, dominated by Nokia. Even an ordinary phone cost at least 6,000-7,000 yuan, far beyond the reach of most people—especially high school students.
There were only a handful of phones in the entire school. As luck would have it, Qi Lin had been reborn into 2002 instead of 2001.
In 2000, the Japanese company Sharp had invented the first camera phone, the J-SH04. But due to Japan’s closed market, the phone was only sold domestically.
In 2002, Nokia released its first camera phone, the 7650, sparking a global trend. Shortly after its launch, Qi Lin had persuaded his father to buy him one.
And just moments ago, during their kiss, this camera phone had come in handy.