"Ji Kexin, where do you think we should go for dinner?" Jiang Hua asked affectionately, holding Ji Kexin's hand. "Hmm, you can choose the place yourself. I'll pay the bill. I'll take care of everything!" Jiang Hua looked up, smiled confidently, and then patted her chest to assure her.

"Um, well... I feel much better now, so you don't need to take me out to eat, right?" Ji Kexin scratched her head even more embarrassedly after hearing what Jiang Hua said. She was the one who got injured first, which delayed Jiang Hua's gaming time, which made the group of people in the game even more unrestrained in their cursing. Even she, as an observer, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Alright, alright. I know you're worried about the price." Jiang Hua playfully stuck out her tongue and said, "Come on, I'll take you to a nice place!"

Jiang Hua, holding Ji Kexin's hand, arrived at the noodle shop. Looking up, she saw several large, powerful, golden characters on the sign, but the name was familiar...

"Jiang Hua, you didn't bring me here..." Ji Kexin asked, her brows furrowed, but a smile still crept onto her face.

Jiang Hua smiled mysteriously and said, "Yes, yes, I just wanted you to try this noodle shop near the school gate and see just how delicious it is. Come on in."

Jiang Hua seemed to have transformed into the proprietress of the shop, warmly inviting Ji Kexin to come in and sit down.

Indeed, it's not surprising that Jianghua has such appeal and charm.

"Boss, two bowls of plain noodles!" Jiang Hua's voice was loud yet firm, and it felt incredibly comforting to hear.

"Okay!" the boss replied enthusiastically.

After Jiang Hua and Ji Kexin chose their seats and sat down, Ji Kexin quietly peeked in front of Jiang Hua and whispered, "Tell me, what was that person who insulted you in the game thinking? How could they be so good at slandering others? That kind of person must be brainless!" Ji Kexin was very indignant on behalf of her friend.

“Those people,” Jiang Hua’s beautiful eyes curved slightly, as if she had never been bothered by this matter, and she said, “They can say whatever they want, I’ll do what I want, what does it have to do with them?”

Jiang Hua's nonchalant and magnanimous demeanor really won over Ji Kexin.

"I think they're just making trouble out of nothing. They even said you're neglecting Gu Yiming, what nonsense! They're clearly just trying to sow discord. Don't be fooled by them, and don't get angry with anyone, okay?" Ji Kexin said cautiously.

Although Jiang Hua appeared indifferent on the surface, it was hard to say that she was still somewhat concerned about the matter, so Ji Kexin reminded her again.

"Although I feel that none of this has anything to do with me, if I hadn't been injured, you wouldn't have been unable to play the game or fight the boss, and there wouldn't have been those slanderous and attacking comments about you. I'm sorry..." Ji Kexin saw that Jiang Hua was just sitting there smiling slightly, and thought that she was putting on a brave face. Remembering that she was the culprit, she blamed herself.

Jiang Hua twitched the corners of her mouth, and her smile gradually broadened. She rested one hand on the wooden table and the other on her head, saying, "Hey Ji Kexin, when did you become so fussy? If you apologize to me again, I'm really not playing with you anymore."

Ji Kexin's face lit up with a bright, childlike smile, and she chuckled foolishly.

Jiang Hua tapped Ji Kexin's forehead and said, "Do you know that your own safety is not comparable to a game? Your own body is always more important than a game, you know that? Even if I love games, I won't feel guilty like you do."

Ji Kexin nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

“Of course I know those people have no good intentions,” Jiang Hua said with a helpless smile. “Of course I know the instigator was the losing gang, just a weakling. There’s no need for them to do this. Tsk tsk, I can tell what they’re talking about with my eyes closed.”

"How can you still tolerate this? They've provoked you like this, just wanting to sit back and watch a good show between you and Gu Yiming! Yes, we absolutely can't let them succeed!" Ji Kexin's righteous spirit erupted again. She clenched her little fists and said with great momentum.

"Quiet down, quiet down!" Jiang Hua saw that Ji Kexin was getting agitated again, so she quickly made a silencing gesture and pointed to the people next to her, reminding them, "We are in a noodle shop, not at home, so we must speak softly."

Ji Kexin nodded and gave Jiang Hua a silent look.

So what are your thoughts?

Jiang Hua, true to her name, immediately understood the meaning in Ji Kexin's eyes. She smiled, revealing two dimples, and said, "Actually, I can't be bothered with them. They're weaker than me and only know how to provoke me online. They'll only ever be keyboard warriors, forever trampled underfoot. Isn't this the kind of ending that best punishes them? Getting angry? They have no reason to be angry."

A wicked glint appeared in Jiang Hua's eyes as she laughed, "However, I'm deliberately ignoring Gu Yiming! Hahaha, what can those people do to me?"

Ji Kexin broke out in a cold sweat. It seemed that no matter what others said, Jiang Hua was always in the most advantageous position for her. Ji Kexin was truly grateful that Jiang Hua hadn't become her enemy, but rather her friend.

"Your noodles!" The proprietress warmly served two bowls of noodles, wiped her wet hands with her apron, and left their sight after Jiang Hua nodded.

"The service here is really..." Jiang Hua was about to praise the noodle shop, which she hadn't visited for several months, for its excellent service, when she was gently patted on the back.

Jiang Hua turned around and saw it was her classmate, Xu Lili!

"What a coincidence, you're eating noodles here too?" Jiang Hua didn't usually know Xu Lili very well, but she was very kind and friendly to her classmates, giving people a sense of approachability.

"Mmm, yeah." Xu Lili slurped up a big mouthful of noodles, then asked indistinctly, "Jiang Hua, I think I just heard you say 'disregard someone'?"

Xu Lili's eyes shone brightly.

Ji Kexin twitched the corners of her mouth and said in a low voice, "I think I smell gossip."

"Haha, well, nothing like that. Ji Kexin and I were just talking about our studies. As for what you heard, haha, it couldn't have been me. There's a couple showing off their love right next to you, maybe you misheard?" Jiang Hua laughed it off, trying to brush it off. She didn't want many people to know about it.