Chapter 153 What exactly does "like" mean?
"Your childhood sweetheart hasn't been bothering you as much lately, has he?"
"Yes, that's right." Shu Qingqing nervously tucked a stray hair behind her ear, assuming that Zuo Chenxing was just concerned about her situation.
Just as I was about to thank him for his concern, he continued, "So, how about we just end this 'renting a boyfriend' thing?"
"Okay, you..." Shu Qingqing subconsciously agreed before belatedly realizing what Zuo Chenxing had just said.
"What? Senior Zuo, you want to end our 'rent-a-boyfriend' relationship?"
Zuo Chenxing nodded, her eyes clear and unwavering, showing no trace of the affection she had imagined: "Yes, I've already confirmed that I have someone I like. I'm afraid she might misunderstand if she finds out, so I'm sorry."
"Oh, okay, okay. I'll settle the rental fee I owe you from before right now!"
Shu Qingqing smiled indifferently and readily agreed.
This relieved Zuo Chenxing, who had been worried that she wouldn't cooperate, and she waved her hand to indicate that this wasn't necessary.
"We're friends now. Between friends, why make such a distinction?"
Shu Qingqing insisted on paying the bill, and then continued eating lunch with Zuo Chenxing with a bright smile on her face.
Only after the two separated did Shu Qingqing's forced smile suddenly drop, her nose tingled, her eyes welled up with tears, and her vision became somewhat blurred.
Her first reaction was to call Qiao Mei on her personal computer, while secretly wiping away her tears of grievance as she walked out of the cafeteria.
Unfortunately, as soon as she stepped out of the college cafeteria, she bumped into someone she didn't want to see.
He seemed to have dropped something and came back to look for it. After picking it up on a gravel road and standing up, his round eyes, with more black in them, met Shu Qingqing's gaze.
His cold, handsome face softened, and he quickly walked towards where she was.
Seeing this, Shu Qingqing quickened her pace, wiped away her tears again, and strode off in another direction.
But Si Ming was a man, taller and with longer legs than her. He caught up with her in just a few steps and grabbed her wrist.
"Qingqing, what's wrong? Did someone bully you?"
At this moment, Shu Qingqing's voice call to Qiao Mei via her personal terminal also went through.
Frustrated, Shu Qingqing broke free from Si Ming's large hand and yelled at him fiercely, "What the hell is it to you? Don't fucking touch me!!"
When Qiao Mei heard Shu Qingqing's unusual nasal tone on the other end of the voice communication device, she thought she had been bullied by someone and asked Shu Qingqing where she was.
"The cafeteria! I just came out of the cafeteria. Come and pick me up."
When she said these words, Shu Qingqing's voice carried a rare hint of coquetry and pitifulness, which was very unlike her usual self.
This made Qiao Mei's heart skip a beat, sensing that something bad must have happened. She rushed to the destination ten minutes later.
When they arrived, Shu Qingqing was arguing with Si Ming, her eyes and nose were a little red. When Qiao Mei saw this, she immediately gathered her lightning companions in her right hand and struck Si Ming.
The academy has clear rules prohibiting the use of family members' superpowers to fight on academy grounds.
But now that the matter involves her good friend Shu Qingqing, and it seems that Shu Qingqing has been bullied to tears by him, she can't care about that for the time being.
Si Ming reacted fairly quickly, but a strand of her hair was still singed by the electric shock. She frowned and looked at the person who had come.
"What are you doing to her?!" This was the first time Qiao Mei had been angry for Shu Qingqing. Seeing that Qiao Mei was about to continue using her lightning companions, Shu Qingqing quickly stopped her.
"No, Qiaoqiao, don't be impulsive. He didn't actually do anything particularly outrageous!"
Shu Qingqing pulled Qiao Mei back, glanced around, and breathed a sigh of relief when she realized that no one was paying attention to them.
Qiao Mei didn't believe it: "Why are you crying if he didn't do anything? Qingqing, you can tell me directly if you've been bullied. You don't need to hide it from me."
"It really wasn't him. I'll tell you more about it later. Let's go now."
Just as she was about to leave with Qiao Mei, Si Ming stopped Shu Qingqing and dropped a bombshell: "Qingqing, I'm about to break off my engagement with her. If you want, I can..."
"You can what? You can come with me, is that it?" Shu Qingqing laughed angrily, her eyes filled with a sarcasm and disappointment that Si Ming was completely unfamiliar with. "Si Ming, what do you think I, Shu Qingqing, am? A dog that you can call on and dismiss at will? You flatter me when you're happy, and I'll fawn over you; when you're unhappy, you just kick me aside?"
"I'm not..."
"It doesn't matter anymore." Shu Qingqing interrupted him with a cold laugh, her tone icy. "I'll say it one last time: there will be no more, and I don't want any more, involvement between you and me. If you keep pestering me like this next time, don't blame me for calling the police!"
"Qiaoqiao, let's go!!"
Qiao Mei looked completely bewildered throughout.
After Shu Qingqing pulled her a little further away and Si Ming's figure was out of sight, she asked with mixed feelings, "Qingqing, between you and your childhood sweetheart, have you already revealed that ambiguous relationship before?"
"Pah, don't even mention it, it's such bad luck, does he even deserve it?"
After scolding Si Ming, Shu Qingqing remembered the important matter she wanted to discuss with Qiao Mei, and her mood instantly plummeted, her eyes welling up with tears again: "Let's talk about what I wanted to tell you, Qiao Qiao. My plan to slowly but surely bring Chenchen to his senses has fallen through. He said he has someone he likes and doesn't want to be my rental boyfriend anymore."
"Huh? When did this happen? Today?"
Qiao Mei was a little surprised. She wondered why Shu Qingqing had finished lunch with Zuo Chenxing so late. It turned out it was because of this.
"Yeah, sigh, even though I knew this day would come sooner or later, I'm still so sad when it finally arrives. My beautiful dream was so short-lived..."
Qiao Mei had never comforted anyone much before. After removing the Ao Cang hairpin from around her neck, she gave Shu Qingqing a loving hug.
He said a lot of things, albeit somewhat awkwardly, but you could tell he was trying to comfort her.
Shu Qingqing was initially very sad, but Qiao Mei's amusing appearance quickly made her laugh through her tears. After taking a deep breath and composing herself, she said that she would take a break when she got home today, and she would be back to her best tomorrow!
Qiao Mei was eager for her to cheer up. After finishing her afternoon classes, when she returned to her dormitory in the evening to wash up and prepare to go to the Star Monster's battlefield to gather materials, Ao Cang poked her arm with his dragon claw and whispered to her, "Don't you know who Zuo Chenxing and Shu Qingqing are talking about liking?"
"Who is it?" Qiao Mei stopped putting on the connector and looked at Ao Cang curiously.
"It must be you."
"But An'an, what exactly does 'like' mean?"
Ao Cang: I saw it very clearly!
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