Chapter 30

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this, imagining if Xia Ruoan accidentally appeared in a man's mobile phone album and was discovered by his partner. That scene would not be resolved by a light rebuke. Being able to avoid a breakup was already a blessing in disguise.

"You are lucky. You just got a lesson and explained it clearly afterwards. Some people ended up breaking up directly because of it." Qiao Xin added with a smile.

"You probably don't know that when Ruo An first entered the campus, she was so beautiful that she won the title of campus beauty with just a photo. Even the literature department, which had been the campus beauty for three consecutive years, was eclipsed by her. Her demeanor is truly unforgettable."

"That's right! We are so proud that our Horticulture Department can produce a school beauty! I still remember that when I was in that class, other departments often laughed at us for being 'country people'! They never thought that without the food grown by us 'country people', where would they get food to eat!"

"Yes, people are always like this. When they have no food to eat, they respectfully call farmers grandpa. When they just have food to eat, they call them uncles. When they have enough food, they become brothers. When they have extra food, they call them migrant workers. When they are full and have nothing to eat, they become country people. They forget who gave them food to eat, and instead look down on farmers."

"That's right. I was born in the countryside. At that time, my skin became very dark because of daily sun exposure. Some people even called me a country girl." Bai Shuang couldn't help but smile bitterly when she heard this.

"Shuang'er, when did this happen? Why didn't you tell me earlier? Do you remember who called you like that? I will definitely help you get revenge when I get back!" Qiao Xin became unhappy immediately after hearing this.

"I don't care anymore. It happened many years ago, when the school started. I wasn't someone to be trifled with. I just cursed back at them, and they left in shame." Bai Shuang said with a smile, but no one knew the bitterness and helplessness deep in her heart.

Although she bravely faced the bullies at that time, the trauma in her heart has been difficult to heal. Now, she chooses to use a smile to cover up the pain of the past, hoping that everyone will not worry about her.

Seeing that they were all looking at her, Bai Shuang turned to look at Xia Ruoan, with a hint of envy on her face: "But Ruoan is so fair and beautiful, I really envy her, she never gets tanned no matter how much she sunbathes."

Qiao Xin agreed after hearing this: "Indeed, I was the assistant coach of An An and his classmates during the military training, and I trained with them. Everyone else was tanned after the military training, and even if they applied thick sunscreen, they would still get several shades darker."

"But An An seems to be an exception. Her skin is still as white as snow, like a peeled egg."

"An An's fair skin is really enviable!" Qiao Xin said, looking at Xia Ruo'an with envy. However, she also understood that some people are born with a physique that cannot get tanned, and An An happened to be such a lucky person.

"Maybe it's due to genetics. My parents have very fair skin, and I have always insisted on eating tomatoes. The water I drank during military training was all made with tomato sauce that I grew myself." Xia Ruoan said after thinking for a while.

She recalled her love for tomatoes, which seemed to have started a long time ago.

“I eat tomatoes every day now,” she added, as if it had become a part of her life.

Xia Ruoan suddenly remembered that she was so keen on growing tomatoes because she heard that eating tomatoes can whiten the skin.

At that time, she was just a little girl, but her pursuit of beauty had already taken root in her heart.

She began to work hard at growing tomatoes, hoping to make herself whiter and more beautiful.

"No wonder you grow tomatoes all year round." Qiao Yu didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this. He couldn't imagine that a person could be so persistent in growing a kind of food just for whitening his skin.

"You're not growing tomatoes just for skin whitening, are you?" he asked with a smile, a hint of curiosity and surprise in his eyes.

Xia Ruoan nodded embarrassedly, with a faint blush on her face.

She knew her behavior was a little strange, but her desire for beauty prevented her from giving up.

"Everyone loves beauty, and tomatoes are indeed delicious," she explained, trying to find some reasonable explanation for her behavior.

Qiao Yu looked at Xia Ruoan and couldn't help but feel admiration in his heart.

Not only does she have a unique hobby, she also has a firm belief and pursuit. Perhaps it is because of this that she likes and is so persistent about tomatoes. And this uniqueness also makes Xia Ruoan more lovely and attractive in his eyes.

"Then your graduation thesis will be about tomatoes." Wen Qing knew very well that Xia Ruoan loved tomatoes. It can be said that it was because his father led Xia Ruoan into the tomato pit that the current situation came about.

Originally, Wen Qing planned to give her another project he was developing as her graduation thesis after he came back, but now that she likes tomatoes so much, let her do what she likes.

"Really?" Xia Ruoan asked in surprise. She had never expected that her supervisor would let her study tomatoes. After all, before this, her supervisor had told her that she would take over a topic from his project, but it definitely had nothing to do with tomatoes.

Wen Qing looked at her excited expression and couldn't help but smiled and shook his head: "How could I lie to you? Everyone heard it!"

Bai Shuang also became interested in tomatoes, "Ruo An, do you have any tomatoes?"

"Senior sister, do you want to eat some? Then you have to wait for me to come back and plant them first. I picked them all yesterday." Xia Ruoan said truthfully.

"I know. Yesterday I heard that Gu Xingchen's pigs ran into your vegetable garden again, so I knew that you would be able to eat your vegetables again." Bai Shuang joked.

"Indeed, as soon as my dishes are edible, those little animals know it before I do." Xia Ruoan did not deny it.

"Okay, when you want to plant tomatoes, let me know and give me some seeds. I'll plant them with you and see if tomatoes can make me whiter." Although Bai Shuang is used to her dark skin, every girl dreams of having white skin.

"Okay, I'll give you the seeds when I get back. Plant them at my place and I'll help you take care of them." Xia Ruoan said happily after hearing this. She was really happy to have someone grow tomatoes with her.

"Okay, I'll trouble you then." Bai Shuang was indeed a little worried that she wouldn't be able to take good care of the child. After all, she also had her own tasks to do.

Qiao Xin also became interested after hearing this. "I'll go and help when the time comes if you order more. I'm not sure if it can whiten your skin, but it's true that it tastes good."

"Okay, I'll plant more then." Xia Ruoan was happy to see that they liked it.

"And us, give us some when the time comes," everyone said in unison.

"If you want to eat the crops you sow, go eat your own crops. Don't just take advantage of Ruo Anhao just because she's talking to you." Qiao Xin said unhappily to the other boys who were making a fuss.