4-21: Breakup

When Huaiyan left the classroom, she wandered around the door of the classroom next door for a while.

I didn't see Jin Xiuchen.

Do men walk this fast after class?

In the previous class, there were so many questions that Jin Xiuchen stayed behind to answer them.

Why did they disappear as soon as get out of class ended this time?

Huai Yan sighed. He was just about to find another classroom to continue the lesson.

But after taking only a few steps, he slowly came to a stop.

Jiang Feng actually came to the school.

The moment Huai Yan's eyes met Jiang Feng's, she turned and left.

The boy took very long strides, almost like a race walker, almost making sparks fly from the soles of his shoes.

Heaven knows, Jiang Feng ignored Lin Mu and actually came knocking on our door like this.

But class had just ended, and there were many people in the corridor, so Huaiyan couldn't speed up her pace any further.

He could only struggle to move through the crowd, a thin layer of sweat appearing on his forehead.

Not long after, Huaiyan heard hurried footsteps behind her.

It's probably Jiang Feng.

The thought had just arisen in Huai Yan's mind.

The next second, a familiar voice came from behind.

"Yan Yan!"

Jiang Feng seemed to have run, his chest was still panting heavily, and his breathing was unsteady.

Perhaps by then, the people around them had finally realized what was happening.

They all stopped and turned their gazes toward them.

This gave Jiang Feng the opportunity to move freely through the crowd.

Huai Yan didn't want to give Jiang Feng time to apologize.

He ignored the whispers around him, only hoping to get down this floor as quickly as possible.

However, things did not go as planned.

The crowd of spectators made way for a path that was neither too big nor too small.

Jiang Feng walked smoothly through the classroom and placed his hand directly on Huai Yan's shoulder.

"Baby..." Jiang Feng's voice was hoarse, "Please don't be angry, okay...?"

Huaiyan paused, her shoulder gripped tightly, and she turned around with a hint of disgust.

He stared blankly at Jiang Feng, tears welling in his eyes, threatening to fall.

The boy's narrow eyes still had a touch of bright red at the corners, as if he had been crying.

"Don't call me baby." The boy's voice choked, but his expression didn't soften in the slightest. "Jiang Feng, I don't need to hear your apology."

Jiang Feng was startled.

He felt his blood rushing backward and his breath becoming cold.

Only then did Jiang Feng feel a sense of disorientation.

Only after Huai Yan said those words with an expressionless and calm demeanor did he suddenly realize what was happening.

Yes, before falling in love, Huaiyan always had a calm and composed demeanor.

Only during the honeymoon phase will the boy rely on him, and even look at him with adoring eyes.

Now, after catching her boyfriend and younger brother in an ambiguous relationship.

The boy's lingering gaze vanished completely.

"No, baby, you've misunderstood." Jiang Feng said hurriedly, his voice flustered. "I have nothing to do with Lin Mu, I only like you..."

Huaiyan didn't speak, but just looked at him quietly.

Watching this farce unfold.

The crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger.

Even more so, some people were already standing a few meters behind Jiang Feng, and could clearly hear their conversation.

After all, Huaiyan was a popular figure on the campus forum and the school's most popular and influential campus heartthrob.

There are very few people who are unfamiliar with Huai inkstones.

Now that the two are suspected of arguing and breaking up, naturally many people are eager to see what happens.

"What's going on? It looks like Huai Shen has been crying..."

"How could that be? Are you blind? When has Huai Shen ever cried?"

"It seems like Jiang Feng is cheating on his wife? Who is Lin Mu?"

"When I was browsing the campus forum, I felt that Jiang Feng's appearance didn't look like that of a good person."

"That's right, what kind of people doesn't Huai Shen have around him?"

The conversation among the crowd wasn't loud, but Huaiyan could hear every word clearly.

He admitted that there was an element of gambling involved, but at this moment, his plan was finally complete.

As for Jiang Feng's fate, he could already foresee it.

Then the boy raised his rippling eyes and said coldly and resolutely, "Jiang Feng, it's over between us."

The crowd suddenly fell silent.

Jiang Feng's throat tightened, and he looked at Huai Yan in disbelief.

Impossible. Huaiyan would never have said anything like that to him before, something that sounded like breaking up.

Can't!

He can't break up with Huaiyan!

Jiang Feng panicked and tried to use the same trick as before, grabbing Huai Yan's shoulder.

Because the boy usually liked to have physical contact with him, Jiang Feng also believed that he understood Huai Yan.

But the boy's words were enough to reach the ears of everyone around him.

Half a minute later, the crowd seemed to suddenly realize what was happening.

Someone started drumming, whistling, and cheering.

No one cared about Jiang Feng's reaction.

A crowd gathered around and led Huaiyan out of the teaching building.

They didn't give Jiang Feng any time to get close to Huai Yan, not even for a second.

Even if Jiang Feng wanted to say something to Huai Yan, he was blocked by the crowd and could not go forward.

Huaiyan seems to have become that unattainable, lofty flower in the hearts of all the students.

He became that Beijing socialite, someone Jiang Feng could never get close to or climb up to.

Jiang Feng suddenly felt a sense of defeat.

He stared at the backs of the crowd, but after realizing he couldn't see Huaiyan, he realized he couldn't see her at all.

He clenched his fist and slammed it angrily against the wall.

-

Lan Chu let out a lazy burp, propped his legs up on the desk, and said loudly, "Are you really not going to have a piece of fried chicken?"

Jin Xiuchen remained silent, typing away at the paper, line after line.

Lan Chu immediately lost interest and withdrew his gaze.

His childhood friend is great in every way, except he's a bit too self-disciplined.

Back in the day, when they were almost shot to death by snipers in the North American independence movement and were fleeing in the deep mountains and forests, they even ate tree bark.

How come you can't even eat a fried chicken now?

Lan Chu tilted his head back, took a sip of cola, and opened the campus forum.

When he has free time, he browses the forum, where the student activity is quite impressive.

Lan Chu sometimes spends the whole day browsing forums while sitting in his office.

In public, he is a gentle and abstinent professor, but in private, he indulges in both smoking and drinking.

However, after browsing for more than ten minutes, Lan Chu shut down the computer.

"Are we going or not?" he said. "I suddenly remembered that I have to go to the lab today."

Jin Xiuchen had just finished typing the last line of his thesis.

Upon hearing this, he closed his laptop and said calmly, "Let's go."

As soon as the two left the office, Lan Chu immediately perked up his ears and turned his gaze downstairs.

"Achen," Lan Chu called out, pointing downstairs, "look who's there?"

Jin Xiuchen looked at him indifferently, then glanced downstairs in the direction the other was pointing.

The man paused slightly after just one glance.

“I just saw it on the forum,” Lan Chu said. “Your little boyfriend is still here.”

Recalling the satisfying comments on the forum, Lan Chu continued, "They must have had a fight. Do you want to go check on them?"

However, after finishing his sentence, Lan Chu paused tactically.

The boy is currently surrounded by a crowd and is probably too busy to attend to everything.

Lan Chu turned his head to the side and glanced at his childhood friend for no apparent reason.

But they found that the other person's gaze was still fixed on the boy.

Lan Chu sighed and exclaimed loudly, "Damn it, even Ghost Kings can fall in love these days!"

-

Surrounded by a group of people, Huai Yan felt a chill run down her spine as she stood downstairs.

But when he turned around to look back, all he saw was a crowded mass of people.

He found nothing.

strangeness.

"Huai Shen!" A girl mustered up her courage and approached him, asking, "Are you single now?"

Huai Yan smiled, a rare occurrence, and nodded.

The girls around cheered again.

It's been almost half a month since they learned that Huaiyan and Jiang Feng were together.

I just didn't expect Huaiyan's breakup to come so quickly.

“Goddess Huai,” the girl persisted, “can I ask you a question?”

Huai Yan narrowed his eyes.

He thought the other person wanted to know the reason for the breakup, or whether he would date again after the breakup.

So he quickly organized his thoughts, trying to find a way to politely refuse her.

"Go ahead," the boy said in a clear and pleasant voice.

The girl's eyes lit up, and she asked with a hint of excitement, "Now that you've broken up, would you still consider being with Professor Jin?!"

Huai Yan: "………?!"

Huai Yan paused, feeling that she must have misheard something.

What normal person would be asked if they want to date a professor?

Without uttering a word, Huai Yan strode out of the crowd.

The boy's ears were slightly red, which was especially noticeable against the white snowscape.

When Huaiyan walked into the teaching building, she was all alone.

The crowd is mostly just there to watch the spectacle; the chances of a girl actually taking the opportunity to pursue her are actually very small.

When the original owner was at school, he always had a cold expression.

Even if she occasionally stops to look at a suitor, she will at most glance at him and then walk around him as if it were none of her business.

The way Huai Yan walked away without answering the question was more in line with the original owner's character.

However, while I was waiting for the bus at the school gate, it started snowing again.

The weather in City A is always unpredictable, and the snow on both sides of the road never completely melts.

Every time the snow is cleared, new snow always covers it again.

The cycle repeats itself.

Huaiyan's nose was red from the cold, and even when he breathed, white mist would appear.

He was wearing a dark coat as usual today, and he was feeling a bit cold, his breathing was trembling.

Because she left in a hurry, Huaiyan didn't even have time to put on a scarf.

The clothes he was wearing now looked frighteningly thin.

Not long after.

A taxi then came to a steady stop in front of Huaiyan.

The boy looked up, about to bend down to get on the bus, but suddenly stopped.

He stared intently at the street ahead, and without realizing it, he gradually softened his breathing.

Actually, he came to the school today to see Jin Xiuchen.

For some reason, he always felt an involuntary urge to get closer to men.

While being attracted, one can also feel a sense of peace.

And right now, there's the person he came all this way to see, the one he desperately wanted to see no matter what.

She stood not far away, quietly gazing at him.