Chapter 34
6:00 AM.
Xiang Wan felt her eyelids twitching from the moment she woke up, but she thought it was because she hadn't slept well the night before, so she didn't pay much attention to it.
She left the apartment and walked directly to the nearby teaching building. She was the first of the four to arrive at the classroom and even saved seats for the other three.
After finishing their major courses, the four of them went to the school cafeteria together.
Beiyi University has three canteens, of which Guihua Garden canteen has the best food.
The four of us had already tried all of these dishes during our freshman year of college, and this time it was purely on a whim to taste them again.
But I never expected to see this melodramatic scene...
As the four of them were carrying their trays and looking for seats, they saw Che Nanbei standing motionless in one spot.
The three of them followed her gaze and saw her crush, who was holding a plate in one hand and had his other arm around another girl's shoulder.
"..."
"..."
"..."
The trio's micro-expressions were all different. Jiang Zhuochun frowned, Shen Feiyang gasped, and Xiang Wan sighed inwardly.
Should we say that reality is more exciting than fiction, or that this is simply the world depicted in the novel?
In this melodramatic 8 PM soap opera, they impulsively went to the cafeteria, and by sheer coincidence, they encountered Che Nanbei's crush cheating on them.
Sensing an impending drama, Xiang Wan placed her plate on the table beforehand, glancing at the eager Jiang Zhuochun and the worried Shen Feiyang, secretly calculating how to control the situation.
A major battle was about to break out, and all four members of the group were on high alert.
As if sensing a chilling gaze, the cheating scumbag turned around and saw Che Nanbei. Several different emotions flashed in his eyes in an instant.
Subconscious fear, bewilderment at being exposed, and then sophistry in weighing the pros and cons.
"Beibei, let me introduce you, this is my junior from the club..."
Before he could finish speaking, Che Nanbei slammed a plate over his head. The gravy from the rice dripped slowly from his hair to the floor.
The change happened so fast that the entire cafeteria floor fell silent. A boy in the crowd blurted out, "It really is a rice bowl..."
Only when he realized that he had spoken his true feelings did he cover his mouth with his hand and look around worriedly.
However, no one cared at all. Everyone was waiting for the male protagonist's reaction. The scumbag was also angered by Che Nanbei's rice bowl. He raised his hand to hit her, but Che Nanbei restrained him with one hand.
These second-generation individuals have all learned some self-defense techniques to varying degrees. Among them, Che Nanbei's judo skills are even slightly better than Xiang Wan's.
Xiang Wan knew that Che Nanbei wouldn't suffer any losses, so she didn't stop her and let her vent her anger to her heart's content.
However, Jiang Zhuochun behind him could no longer hold back and grabbed the scumbag from behind when he raised his hand.
Shen Feiyang also ran up to the scumbag and tried to persuade him to calm down.
"Calm down, you can't beat her."
The scumbag glared at her and said, "Then why didn't you stop her?"
"..." Shen Feiyang thought to himself, 'That doesn't mean you can hit her!'
But she put on an innocent face: "Calm down and talk to me properly."
Che Nanbei grabbed a water glass from the next table and splashed it on his face: "You cheating scumbag!"
When the girl at the next table saw that she had finished splashing water, she very considerately refilled her cup so that she could splash the scumbag again next time.
Like an unspoken understanding between girls, Che Nanbei poured one cup after another, and she poured one cup after another.
"If you like eating at both restaurants so much, then eat your fill." Che Nanbei got even angrier seeing that the scumbag showed no remorse.
The girl at the next table, who had been pouring water, quietly placed her half-eaten meal in a spot where the girl could easily reach it.
Che Nanbei grabbed the plate and dumped the food on him. Instantly, the scumbag's face turned ashen, and he demanded of her, "Are you done yet? We're just flirting, not dating."
"There's no rule that says you can only be ambiguous with one person when you're in a relationship, right? It's not illegal."
Che Nanbei's eyes instantly turned red. She couldn't tell whether it was from sadness or from being angered by his shamelessness.
She placed her plate on the table and whispered "Thank you" to the girl at the next table as she left.
You're welcome, keep it up!
The battle ended quickly, and when they reached the cafeteria entrance, Xiang Wan was waiting for them with four takeout boxes in his hands.
Knowing their fighting ability well, she had taken their food containers to the takeout area to pack them up while everyone else was just watching the show.
"it's over?"
"Um."
The four of them walked along the path towards the school's lawn, intending to have lunch there. However, as they passed through the grove of trees, they heard a voice that sounded familiar.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't date in high school? Then why don't you date in college either?"
"Or is what Li Xinran said true? You really like Shen Feiyang?"
"..."
The boy opposite remained silent, as did the four who had been caught off guard by the gossip.
Once Shen Feiyang's name was mentioned, combined with the familiar voices and figures of the two, it was undoubtedly Gu An'an and Xu Chengran.
Jiang Zhuochun and Che Nanbei were clearly still out of the loop, while Xiang Wan looked utterly dejected.
Although she already knew that this was the world in the novel, was the plot really that fast-paced?
They had just come out of the cafeteria when they bumped into Che Nanbei's crush cheating on her, and now they overheard Gu An'an and Xu Chengran whispering to each other.
One breakup after another? She'd only ever heard of two girls' periods being close together, but she'd never heard of breakups being contagious.
Everyone remained silent, waiting for Xu Chengran's answer, and he did indeed speak.
With his back to them, his voice was flat, as if he were talking about something very ordinary: "I was just playing around with Shen Feiyang."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Feiyang ran away silently, while Che Nanbei rushed towards Xu Chengran.
The three of them quickly started fighting. When Gu An'an saw her hitting Xu Chengran, she rushed over and grabbed her hair to make her let go.
Che Nanbei was already furious because of the scumbag boyfriend. Hearing Xu Chengran's scumbag remarks, his anger reached its peak, and he didn't lose even when facing two opponents.
Jiang Zhuochun still had some sense left. He glanced back at Xiang Wan, and the two exchanged a look.
"One for you, one for me."
"good."
After saying that, the two rushed off in opposite directions. Jiang Zhuochun went to help Che Nanbei beat up the scumbag, while Xiang Wan chased after Shen Feiyang.
When she finally found Shen Feiyang, she was sitting on a bench by the lake, staring blankly at the water.
Seeing this, she quietly sat down beside her, and the two remained silent.
"You..." Xiang Wan was interrupted by Shen Feiyang, who thought she was going to comfort him, before he could finish speaking. "I'm not that sad."
Xiang Wan paused for a few seconds, "I wanted to ask if you're hungry?"
"..." Upon hearing this, Shen Feiyang looked at her in disbelief, opened his lips several times as if to speak but then stopped, and finally said honestly, "A little."
Xiang Wan handed her a packed lunchbox and took one out for herself.
The two were eating quietly in front of the lake when they suddenly burst out laughing after only a few bites.
Xiang Wan felt relieved when she saw her smile.
After finishing their meal, Shen Feiyang took his credit card to the mall for a revenge shopping spree until the two of them couldn't carry any more bags, at which point they finally left.
Shen Feiyang went straight back to the Shen family home, while Xiang Wan returned to her apartment.
Although she occasionally goes shopping, she rarely does such an intense shopping spree as today, and her calves were swollen when she got home.
That night, she fell asleep soon after lying on the mattress, unaware that Che Nanbei was living a life of debauchery on the other side...
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In the bar, Che Nanbei, who never drinks, ordered several bottles of alcohol at once. She passed out on the bar, repeatedly muttering, "Why does he treat me like this?"
The bartender works at the bar and sees countless customers like this every day, so he's not surprised at all.
Che Nanbei was so drunk he was unconscious, and many men were glancing at him in a subtle way.
Worried that something might happen to her at the bar and affect business, the bartender used her finger to unlock her phone and called the first contact in her recent contacts.
The call didn't go through the first time, so the bartender decided to try again later and left the phone on the bar counter.
Just then, a hoodlum who frequented bars came by, always loitering around the area near Che Nanbei when he was drunk. Being a man, the bartender knew exactly what kind of scoundrel he was up to.
He looked at the blond guy: "Hey bro, wanna open a bottle of wine today?"
The bartender knew perfectly well that the blond-haired guy was a freeloader, and his question, though seemingly an inquiry, was actually a way of telling him to get lost.
The blond-haired man said sheepishly, "I'm seeing if this beautiful lady needs any help."
The bartender sneered inwardly. Although he worked there, he had the utmost contempt for people like her: "The watch she's wearing is worth more than 3 million. You've done the wrong thing. Don't mess with someone you shouldn't."
Upon hearing the price, Huang Mao, though still somewhat tempted, abandoned the idea and went to another spot to drink.
After he left, the bartender took Che Nanbei's phone and called the contact person who had been saved as "Jiang Gou". This time, the other party finally answered.
Jiang Zhuochun glanced at the time, then at the number on the screen, confirming that it was Che Nanbei calling.
His voice was still a little groggy from sleep, and he only snapped out of it when he heard the unfamiliar male voice on the other end of the phone.
It wasn't until he heard the bartender introduce himself that he realized Che Nanbei had secretly gone to the bar alone.
He suppressed his anger, grabbed his coat, asked the bartender for the address, said he'd be there soon, and hung up.
When Jiang Zhuochun pushed open the bar door, he saw Che Nanbei, who was completely drunk.
When the bartender saw him, he guessed from the expensive watch on his wrist that he was there to pick someone up.
Jiang Zhuochun grabbed Che Nanbei and was about to leave, but was stopped by the bartender: "Sir, this customer hasn't paid for his drinks yet."
He took out his wallet to swipe his card: "How much did she spend?"
"The total is fifty-one thousand three hundred."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhuochun looked up at the bartender in shock, then glanced at the pile of colorful bottles on the bar.
"..."
He handed his credit card to the bartender, then glanced down at someone through gritted teeth, realizing that thanks to her, he had no money left for living expenses this month.
When Che Nanbei saw someone pulling him, he refused to move no matter what. It was only by force that Jiang Zhuochun managed to get him into the car.
Once he got in the car, fearing the passengers would vomit, he drove very fast.
The Shen family's house is an hour's drive away. He was woken up in the middle of the night, feeling incredibly sleepy. He had to drive an hour to the Shen family's house and then drive back. It was worse than death for him.
Therefore, Jiang Zhuochun took the person directly back to his apartment.
He only stays in this apartment from Monday to Friday; he goes back to the Jiang family home on weekends.
He carried the car north and south to the guest room, covered her with a blanket, and then went back to his bedroom to continue sleeping.
However, Jiang Zhuochun had only been lying down for a short while when he heard a series of wailing and howling coming from next door.
"Jiang Gou, tell me!!! Why did he treat me like this—ugh—"
"I've been so good to him, buying him shoes and giving him gifts... Ugh—ugh—"
"Ugh—ugh—what right does he have! Aa ...
"That scumbag, damn it—ugh—I never want to like him again."
"..."
Jiang Zhuochun lay on the bed, staring at the white ceiling with a look of utter despair. He really wanted to ask Che Nanbei why he was treating him like this!
He covered his ears with a cushion next to him, ignoring Che Nanbei's drunken rampage.
He was so sleepy that his eyelids were drooping, but he quickly fell asleep despite someone making a headache.
In his dream, he was like Sun Wukong, who was pressed down by Buddha's Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years. He felt as if he had a thousand pounds on his body, and he could hardly breathe.
The midday sun shone through the window into the bedroom. Jiang Zhuochun woke up reluctantly and opened his eyes to see a leg pressing down on his chest.
Yesterday's memories gradually surfaced, and he even laughed in exasperation at the thought of someone singing incessantly last night.
And then there was the staggering 50,000 yuan for drinks yesterday. He was just about to settle the score with someone when his gaze shifted to the side, only to see that person's naked body...
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