Volume 1 Chapter 51: Impulse Overwhelms Reason
"My roommates went to the cafeteria to reserve seats, so we walked over."
Xu Jingmo opened the door and got out of the car, opened the trunk, took out the lunch box, and then rummaged around for something.
Du Ruo got out of the car right after him, having already taken his things.
The two of them walked side by side towards the cafeteria, looking like the vast majority of ordinary students walking in pairs on campus.
But each of their faces looked more unusual than the other.
Forum and tabloid reporters once again followed up with real-time coverage.
When Du Ruo and Xu Jingmo walked into the cafeteria, Shi Rui and the other three were sitting in their seats, watching the live broadcast on their phones.
Shi Rui smiled and showed Du Ruo the interface of his mobile phone. He said, "Sister, look, every time you come to our school, our school forum is full of living people, like a corpse."
Du Ruo said helplessly: "The students in your school are so gossipy."
Shi Rui laughed and said, "This is not gossip, this is finding some fun in your boring campus life."
Du Ruo was puzzled and could only get used to it and pretend that they had never seen the 'giant panda'.
Several people opened their lunch boxes and laid out the dishes.
Chu Cong looked at the table full of rich dishes and couldn't help but say, "Second brother, why didn't you use this privilege earlier? You were often hungry last semester."
Xu Jingmo said nonchalantly: "I could make do with it before, but now I don't want to make do with it."
Du Ruo was puzzled: "What are you hungry for?"
Shi Rui explained: "He didn't want to go to the crowded public canteen, and he thought the food in other canteens was not good, so he would rather go hungry than eat at noon."
Du Ruo turned her head to look at Xu Jingmo. Just as she was about to ask something, Xu Jingmo interrupted her and asked, "Did you bring your thermos? Take your medicine before dinner."
"Oh, I brought it." Du Ruo took out a 200ml mini thermos from his bag.
Yesterday at the mall, Xu Jingmo specially picked out three mini thermoses so that she could take her medicine on time for her three meals no matter where she was and they were convenient to carry with her.
Du Ruo opened the lid of the cup, and a strong smell of traditional Chinese medicine hit her nose, and her brows wrinkled unconsciously.
In the morning she could still force herself to drink it with her nose blocked, but now she felt embarrassed to do it in public with so many people watching.
Just as she was holding the cup with a look of embarrassment on her face, a gentle voice suddenly rang in her ears, "Open your mouth."
"Ah?" Du Ruo turned her head in confusion, only to see Xu Jingmo mysteriously stuffing something into her mouth through the wrapping paper.
Du Ruo closed her mouth and held it for a moment, a sweet aroma of plum preserves spread in her mouth.
Xu Jingmo said: "Drink it now, there's more after you finish it, this can suppress the taste."
Du Ruo's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she asked vaguely with the candied fruit in her mouth, "Where are you from?"
Xu Jingmo smiled, "I know magic, I made it happen."
Du Ruo remembered the large bags of gift boxes containing the Book of Rites that the driver had just taken out.
Are those... all the preserves I bought for her?
Was he afraid that she would suffer from taking medicine at noon, so he deliberately asked her to come and have lunch with him?
To feed her candied fruit?
Du Ruo thought of many possibilities in an instant.
Xu Jingmo, is he being too nice to her?
Even better than she treats herself.
At this moment, Du Ruo couldn't tell whether the tip of her tongue or her heart was sweeter.
Looking into Xu Jingmo's deep eyes, she felt as if she was seduced by him. Her impulses completely overwhelmed her rationality, and she had only one thought -
She wants to fall in love with Xu Jingmo.
She glanced at his sharp eyebrows and slightly pursed lips.
The impulse of her body was calling out, she wanted to hug him and kiss him.
If you like someone, you like him. Once you like him, you can no longer treat him as a friend.
Du Ruo quickly lowered her eyes, swallowed the bitter Chinese medicine in one gulp, and forced herself to swallow it. Before she could feel nausea coming back, Xu Jingmo immediately handed her another candied fruit.
Du Ruo opened her mouth, lightly hooked the tip of her tongue, and held the candied fruit. The bitterness and discomfort of the Chinese medicine disappeared instantly, replaced by the sweetness of the candied fruit.
Xu Jingmo asked with a concerned look: "Is it still bitter?"
"Sweet." Du Ruo curled her lips.
Xu Jingmo relaxed. "That's good. It seems the old man didn't lie."
Before he went back to school in the morning, he went over to him and tried to get him to change the prescription. It was simply not something for human consumption.
The stinky old man had no choice but to say that he could eat candied fruit to reduce the discomfort. However, this thing was too sweet and it was not recommended to eat it all the time.
He didn't care about that. It was better to have something sweet than something bitter. He would only have to take the medicine for a short period of time anyway.
Shi Rui muttered quietly across from him, "I feel like I'm being fed dog food even though these two aren't in a relationship. If they were, they'd be so disgusted."
Meng Senyang gave him a chicken leg and whispered, "Even eating can't stop your mouth."
Shi Rui turned his grief and anger into appetite and took a big bite of the chicken leg. Damn, he also wanted to be single.
After taking the medicine, Du Ruo started to eat normally.
Shi Rui invited her, "Sister, tomorrow is Saturday and the school is closed. Let's go out and play together."
Du Ruo looked at Xu Jingmo nonchalantly and asked, "Is this the "number" for Saturday?"
Xu Jingmo nodded, "Well, I have agreed for you."
Du Ruo asked: "What are we going to play?"
Shi Rui introduced excitedly: "Escape Room! It is said to be the most luxurious escape room in Jeonbuk City. There are five of us, so we can form a team."
Du Ruo asked curiously, "What is the escape room game about?"
Shi Rui explained: "There is a theme, usually a horror theme, and then we are locked in a secret room. We have to decipher the secrets based on the plot and clues, and finally escape from the secret room."
Horror and mystery - these two elements were enough to arouse Du Ruo's interest. She readily agreed, "Okay."
After dinner, they chatted for a while in the cafeteria. Xu Jingmo and his friends were preparing to go to class, while Du Ruo was also preparing to go to the mall to meet Wen Fei.
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