“Are you okay?”
After watching the three figures quickly flee in embarrassment, Sun Ce turned his head to look at the young girl beside him.
He suddenly noticed that the girl’s mask had nearly fallen off, likely due to the scuffle with the mean girl earlier. Only one strap remained precariously hooked behind her small, fair earlobe.
“Are you… Nanfeng’s… roommate?”
Sun Ce looked at the unfamiliar yet somewhat familiar face. He was blank for a moment, but then a realization struck him, and his expression shifted to one of pure shock.
He still had some impression of Lin Xinyuan.
To his shame, he had mocked her for being a sissy in front of Qin Nanfeng and the others in the past…
After the incident happened, it caused quite a stir on the school forum. He had learned a bit about the situation through the rumors and had even curiously questioned Xiong Wei and the others out of curiosity…
It was hard for Sun Ce not to be curious. He had always disliked effeminate men, believing that a man should act like a man.
He never imagined that the “guy” he once mocked was actually a girl.
What shocked and startled him even more was that a guy like Qin Nanfeng hadn’t even let his own roommate off the hook.
Had he turned her into his girlfriend so soon after she started living as a girl?
Although Sun Ce felt that the young man seemed serious this time, honestly, it felt incredibly strange… and he felt that Qin Nanfeng was a total beast…
At that thought, the look in Sun Ce’s eyes as he watched the girl became quite peculiar.
On the other side, Lin Xinyuan had just raised her head to respond to Sun Ce’s question when she heard his next sentence.
She froze for a moment, realizing she had been recognized.
She instinctively touched her face and realized her mask had slipped.
At the same time, she could feel numerous gazes from nearby—aside from the rugged man in front of her—staring at her with various emotions…
In that moment, Lin Xinyuan felt as if her heart had stopped for several beats. Her small hands trembled as she hurriedly put her mask back on, finally breathing a sigh of relief.
But even so, she still felt extremely embarrassed. Her small face flushed crimson instantly. Terrified, she took several steps back and instinctively denied it. “You… you have the wrong person!”
“I’m not Brother Feng’s roommate. I’m just… I’m just Brother Feng’s girlfriend…”
Saying this, she noticed the man’s gaze becoming even weirder. Feeling even more humiliated, she turned around to run.
But then she remembered something and hurriedly added a thank you. “Thank you… I… I’m leaving now!”
With that, Lin Xinyuan fled without looking back, her slender figure looking incredibly flustered as she disappeared.
“Hey, wait? I…”
Sun Ce watched the departing girl, his words dying in his throat. He felt a bit frustrated.
He had originally wanted to ask Lin Xinyuan a few things… after all, he knew she was currently sharing a dorm with her…
“Eh, forget it…”
Sun Ce eventually just shook his head, thinking he would ask Qin Nanfeng or Xiong Wei for her contact information later.
Despite that thought, Sun Ce didn’t leave immediately.
He hadn’t come here for no reason. He had someone he was waiting for…
Finding a slightly hidden spot that still offered a clear view of the stairs, Sun Ce began to wait. He didn’t even look at his phone, fearing the girl might sneak away while he wasn’t paying attention.
This wouldn’t be the first or second time…
While the rugged man waited quietly for his target to appear, the crowd nearby—those who had seen the girl’s face—erupted into a frenzy!
“Holy crap, who was that girl? How can she be that pretty!” One boy hadn’t fully processed it yet, his face full of wonder. “She feels way better looking than Lin Shiyu…”
“Psh, if she’s so pretty, why didn’t I see you go up to help her?”
the boy’s friend said dismissively, though his eyes were filled with regret. He only hated that he hadn’t stepped up to help. If he had, maybe he could have had a ‘hero saves the beauty’ moment followed by her falling for him?
“Hehe…”
The boy felt a bit dejected, but then he carefully recalled the girl’s elegant and slender figure, nearly losing his soul to the memory.
Seeing this, his friend was about to mock him for looking like a total lecher when a flash of inspiration hit the boy. It was as if he had realized something incredible, and he cried out in shock.
“Her… I think I’ve seen her before!”
The friend was instantly speechless and rolled his eyes. “No kidding! Everyone just saw her!!”
“No! I mean! I think I’ve seen her on the school forum!”
The boy didn’t want to explain further. He pulled out his phone and scrolled through his browsing history, quickly finding a specific post.
He kept comparing the girl’s figure he had just seen with the photos in the post. As it turned out, aside from the different clothes, they were practically identical…
At this point, the boy’s face was a mask of shock. Deep down, he couldn’t tell if he felt disappointed, disgusted, or excited. Then, thinking of something else, he became even more dejected. “She’s… Qin Nanfeng’s current girlfriend…”
As he spoke, he handed the phone over.
“Qin Nanfeng’s girlfriend… so she’s that… cough…” The friend almost blurted out a foul word but managed to stop himself just in time. His expression became very complicated. “Hmm…”
Aside from them, others present had also noticed the clues, and their faces were equally shocked.
Among them were even a few students who had originally been secretly filming the video of Lin Shiyu bullying the girl…
***
“Eh, where did Yuan go?”
Li Tang, who had just arrived at the College of Liberal Arts Teaching Building, was a bit confused. Looking at the empty stone bench in front of her, she was dazed.
The girl had sent her a message not long ago saying she had arrived and had even sent a photo of the location. So why was no one here when she arrived?
Wow! Those two wouldn’t have ditched her because she was slow, right? That’s so cold!
Just as Li Tang was overthinking and getting a bit sulky, she prepared to send a message to ask when her sharp eyes caught sight of a girl coming out of the stairwell.
“Qingyan!”
Li Tang trotted over immediately.
Hearing the call, Liu Qingyan looked over and saw her. She couldn’t help but smile at her friend.
Reaching Liu Qingyan’s side, Li Tang hugged the girl’s arm and grumbled, “I thought you guys ditched me! I didn’t see Yuan when I got here. She clearly said she was here, but now she’s nowhere to be found!”
[Then why don’t you ask her?]
Liu Qingyan made a few gestures. After spending so much time together, Li Tang had learned quite a bit of sign language and could understand her meaning.
Li Tang nodded. “Yeah, let me ask real quick.”
With that, she dialed the girl’s number directly on her phone —
A moment later, Li Tang hung up and curled her lip. “She said she had something to do just now and is waiting for us over at the Large Supermarket! Seriously… that girl…”
[Okay, let’s go.]
Liu Qingyan smiled. Her gaze subconsciously flickered around the area. While she felt apprehensive and resistant, not seeing that specific figure left a trace of disappointment in her heart.
“Mhm, let’s go~ Time for food!”
Behind a nearby pillar, Sun Ce stared silently at the girl’s departing back. He let out a sigh and turned to leave.
He had originally wanted to go up to her, but seeing the happy expression on Liu Qingyan’s face while she was with her friend, he couldn’t bear to let her see him and ruin her mood…
“Qingyan…”
Walking alone on the road, Sun Ce’s expression was lonely. He couldn’t help but think of their conversation that night.
He knew the girl liked him too, but why… why did she suddenly become so resistant to him? He didn’t understand it at all….
‘I hope they can help me…’
Subconsciously thinking of Lin Xinyuan and Li Tang, Sun Ce finally realized that the girl from earlier must have been waiting for those two.
He hadn’t expected to run into that situation; he might have even scared her away.
“I’ll just mention it to Nanfeng…”
The man muttered to himself, his silhouette looking particularly solitary as he walked away.
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