Chapter 28
Another night of tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
The next day, Ren Qiao'an went out wearing the same glasses as the national treasure, listless and listless, like a walking corpse. Even in class, after a sleepless night, Ren Qiao'an still didn't want to sleep. The teacher was talking about his own things, and Ren Qiao'an was thinking about his own things.
Today's lunch time was also unusually quiet. Yan Yiyi and Wu Nianzhi were still sulking and not talking to each other. Ren Qiao'an looked exhausted, and only Qian Baoer was in normal condition.
"An'an, you look so bad. Didn't you sleep well?" Qian Baoer asked.
"Hmm..." In fact, Ren Qiao'an didn't sleep much the whole night.
"Young man, stay up late less or be careful of sudden death." Wu Nianzhi joked.
"Heh, you still have the nerve to criticize others." Yan Yiyi would not miss any opportunity to criticize Wu Nianzhi.
"Heh." Wu Nianzhi sneered.
"Hmph." Yan Yiyi was unwilling to fall behind.
"..." Qian Baoer had given up trying to persuade the two. They would eventually make peace. Her focus was still on Ren Qiao'an. "Yan'an, look at your dark circles. They're horrible."
“…”
Ren Qiao'an raised her head, which had been wandering, and said listlessly, "It's okay, I'll be fine after a good night's sleep." When she got tired of thinking, she'd want to sleep. However, perhaps even heaven was playing a joke on Ren Qiao'an, as she looked up, her eyes vacant, she saw something that instantly perked her up.
Wasn't that pretty face not far away the culprit that had been keeping her tossing and turning? Jin Xi! And with a handsome, tall boy! Ren Qiao'an remembered him; he was the captain of the badminton team. The two of them standing together were a perfect match, a perfect match!
What made Ren Qiaoyuan most unhappy was Jin Xi's smiling face. It was very beautiful and dazzling. The most important thing was that this happy smile was obviously sincere, not just a false smile at the dinner table.
"Ren Qiao'an, what are you doing? You're about to tear the rice to pieces." The sound of Ren Qiao'an poking the noodles in the bowl with an iron spoon irritated Yan Yiyi's eardrums.
Ren Qiao'an remained silent. She was irritated, deeply irritated. Why were the two of them standing so close to each other? And with two golf bags slung over the boy's shoulders, it was obvious they'd just come back from training together, or were planning to go out together. Damn! Could their relationship be that good? Was it necessary for them to train together? And eat together?
Qian Baoer noticed something was wrong and followed Ren Qiao'an's gaze. "Is Ren Qiao'an looking at Jin Xi?"
Jinxi? Hearing the key words piqued Wu Nianzhi's interest, she turned and saw a familiar figure and another handsome boy. They walked side by side through the cafeteria's food section. After a quick glance, they headed for the door, apparently unsatisfied with the food. She glanced at her roommate, who looked cynical. "Tsk... Ren Qiao'an, what happened between you and Jinxi?" Wu Nianzhi didn't recognize the boy next to Jinxi, but she seemed to smell the sweet aroma of gossip.
"Nothing." Ren Qiao'an said gritting his teeth. The two people had already left the cafeteria, and Ren Qiao'an's gaze returned to the dining table.
"Tsk, you don't look like nothing happened. Leniency will be given to those who confess, severity will be given to those who resist." Wu Nianzhi would never give up such a good opportunity. It was Ren Qiao'an's fault for tricking her yesterday. She was avoiding the topic. Things have changed.
"No." Ren Qiao'an took a scoop of white rice and swallowed it. She refused to admit that there was nothing between them.
Yan Yiyi glanced at Ren Qiao'an suspiciously. Speaking of which, it was the same topic yesterday, also about Jin Xi. "Hey, Ren Qiao'an, you've been really weird lately!"
"Hmm... I feel like it's all related to Jinxi." Qian Baoer also noticed that it was she who helped him secretly look at Jinxi last night.
Wu Nianzhi had successfully drawn everyone's attention to Ren Qiao'an. Mission accomplished! She slurped down a mouthful of noodles, feeling a sense of revenge. "Tsk tsk, online friends in front, campus belle behind. Amazing!"
"?" Yan Yiyi was even more confused. "Netizens? Jinxi? What's the relationship between them?" Why link netizens and Jinxi together? Is there any connection between the two?
"Hmm..." Qian Baoer suddenly came up with a strange guess, "Could it be... that the legendary netizen is Jin Xi?" Although it is a bit unbelievable, it does not seem impossible, right?
"..." Shit! Ren Qiao'an's eyes almost popped out of his head in shock. How could he guess so accurately? What a lie!
"No way." Wu Nianzhi was also stunned by Qian Bao'er's shocking words. She swallowed the noodles in her mouth and looked at Ren Qiao'an again, her thin lips pursed tightly, her brows slightly furrowed, but she didn't say anything to refute. Could it be that Bao'er was right? "Okay, Ren Qiao'an, you're online dating with the girl next door?" That would be really interesting!
"..." Ren Qiao'an's face darkened and he retorted seriously: "First of all, I didn't fall in love with my netizen online, and secondly, my netizen may not be Jin Xi." Even if Ren Qiao'an was ninety-nine percent sure in her heart, as long as there was a one in ten thousand chance, she would still struggle.
"An'an, what is your netizen's online name?" Qian Baoer thought of something, maybe she could confirm it further.
“…Let’s go home.” Ren Qiao’an said truthfully. She didn’t think that any of her roommates would have Jinxi’s Penguin account.
Qian Baoer took out her phone, opened the app, and began searching carefully. Yan Yiyi was still full of questions, "What is Baoer looking for?" "Is Jinxi related to Ren Qiao'an's online friend? What are you talking about?" "What happened between Jinxi and Ren Qiao'an?"
"Okay, let me look for it." Qian Baoer flipped through the history records, recalled the approximate time, and began a precise search. "I found it, Jinxi's Tieba name!"
Three little heads gathered in front of the small screen and saw the tiny words on it.
"Return home..."
"Oh! Exactly the same, it's fate." Wu Nianzhi ate the melon happily, not minding that the melon was big and sweet.
“…” How should Ren Qiao’an refute?
"But Jinxi likes boys, right?" Yan Yiyi frowned and finally realized that something was wrong. They suspected that Jinxi was Ren Qiao'an's new online friend?
"Maybe she's popular with both men and women." Wu Nianzhi felt that even Ren Qiao'an had encountered such a low-probability event, so it was not impossible that Jin Xi was bisexual.
"An'an, does Jinxi know your true identity?" Qian Baoer asked.
"I probably don't know." Ren Qiao'an answered subconsciously.
"Oh~" Wu Nianzhi said in a sarcastic tone with a long ending sound. Ren Qiao'an is okay.
"!!!" Ren Qiao'an suddenly realized, damn, she had fallen into a trap, inadvertently admitting that Jin Xi was Gui Qu Lai Xi... What the hell! One misstep would lead to eternal regret!
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"Wu Nianzhi!" Enough! Ren Qiao'an really can't stand Wu Nianzhi anymore. She keeps trying to get her to talk! From morning till night, she won't let go. Ren Qiao'an is already annoyed, and now there's someone who keeps talking about Jinxi, Jinxi, Jinxi. How can she not be annoyed?
"Okay, okay, I won't say anything." Wu Nianzhi made a gesture to shut up, but she was really interested. Wu Nianzhi was not a gossipy person, but the matter of Ren Qiao'an was too dramatic, even more exciting than a novel.
"Haha." Ren Qiao'an sneered. Wu Nianzhi's image as a cool, sharp-tongued academic was undeniable. Behind the scenes, she was a bald-headed girl obsessed with novels. Who knew what she was reading while stuck in bed all day? "Why didn't I realize you were such a gossipmonger before?"
"Hey, Ren Qiao'an, you heartless person. What does other people's gossip have to do with me? I'm just concerned about you." If this happened to someone else, Wu Nianzhi would not be interested at all.
Damn! Caring about her means constantly asking her questions, and then watching the fun without getting in the way! Ren Qiaoan doesn't believe you, "Thank you, but you'd better stop caring about me and let me fend for myself."
"Oh, your wings have grown strong and you want to fly freely, right?" Wu Nianzhi sacrificed her precious time for reading novels to gossip about Jin Xi and Ren Qiao'an. Do the other two people care about their roommate's "lifelong event" as much as she does?
Ren Qiaoan rolled her eyes, ignoring Wu Nianzhi's words. She just wanted Wu Nianzhi to shut up and forget about Jinxi. However, she noticed Yan Yiyi changing her pants and trying to leave the dormitory. "Yiyi, where are you going?"
"Running." Yan Yiyi stretched her arms. Summer is here, and in order to wear beautiful skirts and shorts, night running is Yan Yiyi's latest plan.
"I'll go with you." Ren Qiao'an also wanted to temporarily leave this small space that made her upset. It was not only Wu Nianzhi's overly enthusiastic gossip, but more importantly, her own tangled emotions. At this time, sweating profusely should be a good choice.
"Ren Qiao'an..." The two walked in silence for a while, and Yan Yiyi suddenly spoke.
"Yeah." Ren Qiao'an, feeling the evening breeze, was congratulating himself on his correct decision to go out for a run. "What's wrong?"
“…” Looking at Ren Qiao’an’s smiling face, Yan Yiyi didn’t know how to start for a moment.
"???" Why did Yan Yiyi look so bitter and resentful, staring at her with such sorrow? Ren Qiao'an was filled with confusion. Are people so weird these days?
“…You and Jinxi.” Yan Yiyi finally expressed the doubts in her heart. With her personality, she would not keep things to herself until the next morning.
"..." Are they so interested in each one of them! There's nothing going on between her and Jin Xi, okay? Ren Qiao'an was so tired, "Alas... there's nothing between us."
"Really?" Yan Yiyi expressed sincere doubts. It was true that Ren Qiao'an cared about that netizen, but what if the netizen was really Jin Xile? "Your netizen is..."
"Internet users are Internet users, and Jinxi is Jinxi." Ren Qiao'an interrupted Yan Yiyi's words, "Internet users are unreal, and there's nothing going on between Jinxi and me."
Seeing that Ren Qiao'an was speaking sincerely, Yan Yiyi hooked her arm around his shoulder and said, "Well, that's good. Don't listen to Wu Nianzhi's nonsense. Although that guy means well, I'm saying that you and Jinxi are not compatible at all. It's best if we don't mess with her."
Ren Qiao'an, who was surrounded by Yan Yiyi, smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, I know." Of course she knew that she and Jin Xi were from two different worlds, and she would not take the initiative to provoke Jin Xi.
Ren Qiao'an suddenly had an idea that maybe it would be best to know nothing.
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