Chapter 313: Steam Engine

Inside the teaching building of Hangzhou University.

It was currently the break between classes, and the classroom was noisy and bustling, just like a wet market; students were either laughing and joking or gathered in twos and threes, chatting away.

Looking at the empty seat in the back row, Luo Qiqi scratched her head and asked in confusion, "Youwei, didn't Shen Yan just return from outside? How come he's gone again today?"

Yu Youwei's expression was slightly surprised: "Why are you suddenly concerned about him?"

Luo Qiqi said she was just asking casually.

The next moment, she noticed Tang Song and Zhu Baoping appearing together at the empty seats behind her, and asked curiously, "What are you two doing here?"

"Sister Luo, we wanted to ask for your advice on how to set up a small shop," Zhu Baoping said, squeezing a fawning smile onto his face.

"Oh!" Luo Qiqi suddenly realized, her eyes darting around like a cunning fox: "You want to open a small shop? That's simple, as long as... why don't you just go ask Shen Yan? He's the one who taught me how to operate it."

The road is wide, each walks on their own side.

She didn't mind having competitors join in.

After all, one was in the girls' dormitory, and the other was in the boys' dormitory.

Uh...

Upon hearing this, Zhu Baoping and Tang Song were both stunned, not expecting that Shen Yan was involved in this too.

Yu Youwei's expression became increasingly strange, wondering when Luo Qiqi had gotten involved with Shen Yan.

Do the two of them have private contact?

Zhu Baoping's gaze swept over the empty seat in the back row, and he suddenly felt a headache: "This old Shen doesn't know where he's gone to have fun again. By the way, Chen Shanni didn't come today either; could it be that the two of them are off on a date?"

As soon as the words fell, a cold gaze shot over from the front, piercing into Zhu Baoping's body like a knife, making him shiver uncontrollably.

Looking up, he saw Yu Youwei staring at him fiercely. Feeling a bit guilty under her gaze, Zhu Baoping touched his nose awkwardly and explained with a dry laugh: "I was just making a joke, don't take it seriously."

"Ah! Haha!"

Yu Youwei then let it go, her mind filled with many thoughts.

After the two left, she looked at Luo Qiqi beside her and asked, "Qiqi, when did you get in touch with Shen Yan?"

Looking at that scrutinizing gaze, Luo Qiqi felt ten thousand words of speechlessness in her heart. What is this all about? We aren't coveting your sweetheart, is there a need to be so sensitive?

Luo Qiqi replied: "Just during the Manyuefu gathering last time, we chatted a bit on the way back."

Yu Youwei nodded in realization. It wasn't her fault for being so sensitive and suspicious; it was truly because Shen Yan's charm was too great, and he had stolen the heart of the "Most Beautiful School Beauty" Wu Yueer without anyone noticing.

It wasn't impossible for Luo Qiqi to fall for him too.

Once bitten by a snake, one is afraid of a well rope for ten years.

Guard against fire, theft, and best friends; Yu Youwei did not want even her last good friend to betray her.

As passengers boarded the plane one after another, the cabin gradually became lively. Shen Yan did not buy first-class tickets for this trip and sat in economy class with Chen Shanni.

There were three seats on each side of the aisle.

Chen Shanni sat by the window on the left side of the aisle, followed by Shen Yan, with the seat next to Shen Yan temporarily vacant.

Hearing Shen Yan say that a noble person would help at the appropriate time, Chen Shanni sighed inwardly.

No matter how she listened to this rhetoric, it sounded like he was just fooling people.

Sure enough, Shen Yan was just comforting her.

Chen Shanni had no intention of exposing him and said with a gentle smile, "If only that were true."

For some reason, even though today was neither a holiday nor a weekend, the flight occupancy rate was surprisingly high, and it was packed with people.

Before long, the empty seat next to Shen Yan was occupied by a three or four-year-old little girl. The little girl was carved from pink jade, her hair tied into two small buns, and her big eyes blinked and blinked; she belonged to the type that was cute enough to melt anyone's heart.

The little girl's mother sat on the right side of the aisle.

Just by looking at her, one could tell that the little girl had perfectly inherited all of her mother's advantages.

As soon as the little girl sat down, she stared blankly at Shen Yan. That expression... how should one put it? It was exactly the same as a lovesick girl.

Shen Yan looked helpless, while Chen Shanni covered her mouth and giggled on the side.

"Vroom vroom!"

The roar of the engines sounded, and the plane entered the taxiway.

Shen Yan, who was in a mysterious staring contest with the little girl, suddenly felt his arm tighten.

Turning his head, he discovered that Chen Shanni was clutching his clothes, her face slightly pale.

So he asked: "Are you afraid of flying?"

Chen Shanni nodded embarrassedly, and Shen Yan looked surprised: "No way, I saw you having a blast on the Pirate Ship and roller coasters before."

Chen Shanni said that was different; for amusement park rides, one could observe the surroundings at any time, but sitting in a plane, one was completely in the dark, and that feeling of weightlessness made her feel very uneasy.

Shen Yan couldn't understand that feeling, so he held her hand to comfort her: "It's okay, it will be fine soon."

In an instant, Chen Shanni's pretty face turned crimson, spreading to her neck and the roots of her ears. She hurriedly pretended not to care and looked out the window, but her mind had drifted to the nine heavens.

This was the first time the two of them had held hands.

That palm was so big! So warm!

Seeing this, Shen Yan couldn't help but find it funny, and the scene of Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga interacting in "Naruto" appeared in his mind.

Hinata Hyuga was just like this; every time she had close contact with Naruto, her face would turn as red as a monkey's butt, and steam would hiss out of her head.

Hence, she was jokingly called a "Steam Engine" by netizens.

Thinking about it carefully, Chen Shanni was cut from the same cloth as Hinata—shy and gentle in personality, yet hiding an unknown strength deep in her bones.

"Shame, shame, shame!"

Seeing this scene, the little girl next to them immediately made a little milky sound.

The little girl's mother was there with a motherly smile, sighing that it was good to be young.

Chen Shanni couldn't take it anymore, hurriedly pulled her hand away, and pretended not to care as she brushed the hair from her forehead. Shen Yan touched his nose and took a lollipop out of his pocket.

After tearing open the packaging, he handed it to Chen Shanni.

"Want one? It'll help ease the tension."

"Thank you!" Chen Shanni said, then took the lollipop and put it in her mouth.

It was sweet!

She really didn't feel as nervous anymore.

"Big brother! I want one too." The little girl looked at Shen Yan full of longing, her large eyes blinking.

That adorable appearance could simply melt anyone's heart.

At this moment, Shen Yan made up his mind that in the future, he must have a baby just like this.

Shen Yan took another lollipop out of his pocket and asked the little girl's mother, "Can your child have a lollipop?"

The little girl's mother smiled and said it was fine, and expressed her thanks to Shen Yan.

Watching the little girl's eager expression, the corners of Shen Yan's mouth lifted involuntarily; he didn't hand over the lollipop right away, but instead teased her, "If you call me big brother a few more times, I'll give you the lollipop."

"Big brother!"

"Big brother!"

"Big brother!"

"Hey!"