The cafeteria breakfast was cheap. Shen Jize knew Lin Wei's tastes, but he hadn't observed her roommate's. To be on the safe side, he ordered one of almost everything, which made the already large table full.

Moreover, he was sitting near the door, and Lin Wei wanted to run away immediately after just one glance when she came in.

Unfortunately, Shen Jize saw her.

"Weiwei, come here quickly, I bought a lot."

Lin Wei chuckled twice and immediately went to greet him. She whispered in his ear, "Why did you buy so much? There are only 5 of us, we can't possibly finish it all."

"But if that's not enough, then I'm being impolite. We've just started dating, and I hope we can be more considerate in these little things."

Lin Wei wouldn't ignore Shen Jize's kindness. "Thank you."

Wang Ying was worried that the two of them would quarrel as soon as they got together, so she quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "It's okay if we can't finish it. We'll just pick out the parts that we can't take with us. We'll pack the dry stuff in a bag later. It won't spoil in this weather until noon."

"Yes, Shen meant well, Weiwei, please don't say anything to him."

“I didn’t say anything about him,” Lin Wei retorted.

But no one believed this.

Shen Jize quickly invited, "Come and sit down, it's getting late, we need to eat quickly."

Zhang Yanyan glanced at her watch. "Oh dear, it's getting late."

In a hurry, there was no awkwardness between them as they had when they first met, and they were almost entirely focused on the food.

They didn't even have time to chat. After quickly finishing their food, they packed up what they could and rushed to the classroom.

But next to the seats that were originally meant for four girls, there was an extra boy, who has recently become the focus of attention throughout the school—

In an instant, everyone's minds were all set on something.

The stares were too direct, and Wang Ying, who couldn't hold back her feelings, felt uncomfortable being looked at and immediately said, "Stop looking at me, I feel my posture is getting stiff."

The classmate behind me joked, "Actually, we weren't even looking at you."

"But you were all looking in this direction. It gave me the chills, like a knife was about to be slashed at my neck. That's a scene from those martial arts movies. I used to think it was fake, but now I really feel that way."

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

But—

"We're not really looking at you."

Zhang Yanyan chimed in, "We know, so could we redirect your curious gaze in another direction?"

Shen Jize also lived in the school dormitory. His roommate, who was quite familiar with him, asked first, "Shen, why are you sitting here? You usually sit in the back row."

"Yeah, we heard that someone confessed their love to the girls in the dormitory this morning with roses. Could that be you?"

The gossip had already spread throughout the school, and these people were just asking questions they already knew the answer to.

Shen Jize looked at Lin Wei and asked in a low voice, "Can I say it?"

Dating isn't something to be ashamed of, and Lin Wei naturally prefers the feeling of being in the public eye to hiding it.

"sure."

Upon hearing Lin Wei's answer, Shen Jize then said, "Yes, that's me. Weiwei is my girlfriend now."

I thought everyone would make a fuss or cause a ruckus when they heard the news, but everyone was unusually calm.

"oh."

"I knew it!"

Lin Wei asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why do you all seem to have such an air of... entitlement, as if this is how things should be."

A classmate immediately clarified, "We noticed that Shen had feelings for you last year. He's been pursuing you all along, hasn't he? Unfortunately, he hasn't been able to win you over yet. Now, you should be called... called..."

"After hardship comes happiness."

"That's right."

Lin Wei was speechless, and whispered in Shen Jize's ear, "How come everyone has such a misunderstanding?"

Shen Jize said, "Weiwei, everyone really didn't misunderstand. Apart from your boyfriend, no boy would often wait for someone outside the girls' dormitory. But maybe I was just being subtle, so you didn't notice, which is my fault."

Lin Wei was taken aback.

She genuinely didn't notice.

"I thought people here were conservative when it came to pursuing someone, but I didn't expect people in Hong Kong to be just as conservative."

Shen Jize truly did not expect Lin Wei to give such an answer.

Just then, the professor entered the classroom, and he, who had originally wanted to say something, could only shut his mouth.

-

The second-year courses are still very demanding, especially on Mondays. After a day of classes, I'm so tired that I don't even want to say a word.

The place where Shen Jize asked for the lesson was not far from the school. He already had a car, so he quickly drove them to the entrance after turning a corner.

I thought the breakfast was already quite lavish, but I was surprised to find that the dishes on the table in the private room were incredibly exquisite.

"We've gone to the wrong place. The food has already been served." Wang Ying pushed open the door, not daring to take a single step inside.

"This is it. I've timed it perfectly and had the dishes ordered at the exact time. Let's go in first."

Seeing that everyone was a bit reserved, Lin Wei quickly invited them to sit down, "Please sit down, please sit down. My head is spinning during class, and I can't stand for even a moment."

Anjing pulled out a chair and joked, "It's only been a day, and Weiwei is already acting like the lady of the house, able to take care of us on behalf of Chen."

An Jing's words were meant to tease her, but Lin Wei wasn't fooled and immediately started complaining.

"They said you didn't treat them well."

"Nonsense!" The three of them retorted as soon as they sat down. "Weiwei, listen to yourself, are you even speaking human language?"

Wang Ying was unhappy, "You always say I can't speak well, but you yourself can't speak well either."

Zhang Yanyan laughed and said, "Weiwei is deliberately not speaking human language, but you really can't speak human language. There is a difference between you two."

A few jokes were enough to dispel the awkward atmosphere, and the time flew by as they chatted about schoolwork and gossip.

After the meal, the three thanked the host for the hospitality.

"Thank you, we enjoyed the meal. We're not ungrateful, so we'll be going now. You two can continue chatting, but Weiwei, remember the dorm's lockout time, okay?"

After saying that, the three of them left without looking back.

Only Lin Wei and Shen Jize remained at the scene, and the awkwardness that had just been swept away immediately returned.

"That's just how they talk, don't mind them, they don't mean any harm."

Shen Jize responded, "I can tell from your voices that you have a good relationship, otherwise I wouldn't have let the three of you participate in the project."

Of course, to ensure the project would not go wrong, he had someone investigate the information of these three people and confirmed that there were no problems before he felt comfortable entrusting the entire project to Lin Wei.

However, Lin Wei still had another question in her mind, "Shen Jize, those two rumors about us at school have been resolved, and the people involved have been expelled from school, but I still feel very strange. I don't know them, and I didn't provoke them, so why did they treat me like this?"