Chapter 345: First Impression Is Very Important

Jin Xueli’s heart was full of anticipation. Just moments ago, looking at the meal in front of her, she hadn’t had much of an appetite.

But now that she thought about how she had already integrated into Su Li’s circle, she felt that no matter how unpalatable the meal was, it had become appetizing.

Jin Xueli could eat her meal very, very slowly, all for the sake of staying by Su Li’s side, to accompany her for a little longer.

The dining table was very quiet. No one was speaking.

Jin Xueli naturally didn’t speak either.

She felt that this might be a characteristic of Su Li’s little circle— enjoying this kind of quiet dining atmosphere.

It wasn’t until everyone had finished eating that Jin Xueli still had more than half of her meal left in front of her.

She felt a bit flustered inside. She still couldn’t quite adapt to everyone’s pace.

But that was fine. There would be plenty of time in the future to slowly adjust to Su Li’s rhythm.

“Everyone doesn’t need to wait for me, it’s fine. Once I finish eating, I can just leave on my own.”

A smile curled at the corners of Jin Xueli’s lips, but she felt a little disappointed inside.

She still wanted to stay by Su Li’s side for a while longer.

Su Li naturally had no intention of wasting more time with Jin Xueli.

She still needed to send Cat to the campus gate, then watch Cat get in the car and go home.

It was just that Chi Qingya was currently using the bento box that Cat had prepared—the one Cat had made.

If Chi Qingya didn’t finish her meal, Cat had no way to collect the bento box.

Tidy it up and take it home.

As if she had already realized this, Chi Qingya quickly sped up and started shoveling food into her mouth.

Being able to stay by Su Li’s side right now was already one of the few opportunities her younger sister had helped her secure.

She couldn’t waste this opportunity.

She still wanted to ease the relationship between herself and Su Li, to become good friends again like before.

“Don’t rush. Just eat slowly.”

Seeing Chi Qingya eating in such a flustered manner, Cat said in a soft voice.

Recently, she had been watching videos and had accidentally come across one about someone who prepared a meal for others, but the person eating it had a problem afterward, and the cook ended up paying a lot of money.

She felt that there was nothing wrong with her cooking, but if the other person ate too fast and choked to death—

Cat didn’t know if the blame would be placed on her.

After all, she had recently seen many stray cats that, because they had been hungry for a long time, ate very quickly when they got food.

She had seen messages about them dying before they even had a chance to enjoy a full meal.

Seeing someone eating just as slowly as she was, Jin Xueli relaxed quite a bit.

But she still kept speeding up.

However, as she ate, Jin Xueli suddenly realized that in the past, when she couldn’t finish her meal, she could just dump it out. What was the problem?

But then she thought—this wasn’t like before. This was eating with Su Li now.

First Impression Is Very Important.

No one wanted to watch someone else waste the carefully prepared effort they had poured their heart into.

If she wasted the meal carefully prepared by Su Li’s “girlfriend,” it would probably be very difficult for her to continue being good friends with Su Li.

And if she dumped out the meal she was eating now, in the future, she would dump out the meals carefully prepared by Su Li’s “girlfriend.”

Especially since she currently held no weight in Su Li’s heart.

If she had the chance to build a good relationship with Su Li in the future, then even if she did such a trivial, insignificant thing, Su Li definitely wouldn’t care.

Doing this now was completely unnecessary.

Jin Xueli felt that even if she did something like this later, it would come across as very fake.

It would definitely provoke Su Li’s disgust.

Although she didn’t have the same ability as her elder sister to earn big money—

What actions would be liked by others, and what actions would be hated by others, Jin Xueli understood very clearly.

It was precisely because of this that, in the Jin family, everyone preferred her more.

And didn’t like Jin Ke’er.

She would use fair means to earn Su Li’s affection, letting Su Li choose her in the end.

As for this current matter of tempering herself, it was merely a bit of wind and frost.

She believed that one day, Su Li would fall at her feet.

After Chi Qingya finished eating, Cat collected her bento box, glanced at Jin Xueli, and said somewhat apologetically:

“Bye.”

Su Li and Chi Qingya simply looked at Jin Xueli and nodded in acknowledgment.

Chi Qingya silently followed behind Su Li and left the dining hall.

She watched the two of them walking toward the campus gate but didn’t follow.

The rest of the journey, she would have to walk alone.

In the past, she could walk together with Su Li, afraid of running into classmates who might think there was something between the two of them.

Now, however, she didn’t even have that chance anymore.

She could only watch from afar as Su Li passed by with other girls.

Even her younger sister couldn’t resist Su Li’s charm, wanting to become very good friends with Su Li.

Only she had been excluded from Su Li’s circle, unable to stay with Su Li.

In the past, she and Su Li had both been day students and never went back to the dormitory to rest.

Chi Qingya arrived at the classroom for the afternoon’s lessons and pushed open the classroom door.

The empty classroom and the scorching sunlight shone down upon her.

She felt like she had gone back to her high school days.

Alone.

The noise outside the window suddenly seemed very far away.

She lowered her head and stared at the unanswered friend request on her phone, feeling a little sad.

Su Li still hadn’t accepted her friend request.

Maybe she had forgotten.

But she didn’t even have the courage to bring it up.

Being able to stay by Su Li’s side and eat together was already a very happy thing.

As for anything more, Chi Qingya felt she couldn’t ask for too much.

Now, the only thing she could look forward to was the time she spent eating lunch with Su Li every noon.

Just being able to catch a distant glimpse of Su Li was enough to make Chi Qingya’s heart content.

As for anything more, she no longer dared to hope for it.

Chi Qingya’s face didn’t show much of a smile.

Su Li didn’t understand, but Chi Qingya could see it very clearly.

That blonde girl from today’s lunch was after Su Li.

She had no way to stop Su Li from meeting other people now.

She also had no standing to stop Su Li from meeting others.

She could only hold a faint hope in her heart.

Hoping that Su Li would appear in front of her.

After all, if it were like before, Su Li wouldn’t go home to rest at noon either.

She would casually find a classroom.

Could the fate between the two of them allow them to be in the same classroom?

Chi Qingya felt a faint glimmer of hope in her heart.

But after a long while……

She never saw Su Li’s figure.