Chapter 115: Surely It Can't Fall, Right?

In Jiang Mengyuan's heart, kissing was already a very intimate act, so after hesitating, she decisively stated that she and Xu Heng had kissed, asserting her claim.

Yet this played right into Ying Ziyun's hands, because while Jiang Mengyuan was asserting her claim, she also exposed the progress of their relationship.

Only at kissing... Ying Ziyun glanced at Xu Heng with quite a bit of surprise.

Logically speaking, for a young girl as simple-minded and easily deceived as Jiang Mengyuan, if it were someone else, they would have gone all the way within a week; Xu Heng's progress was unexpectedly slow.

Jiang Mengyuan did not yet understand the meaning in Ying Ziyun's eyes, but Xu Heng understood; he spread his hands and said, "I value things coming naturally in a relationship; don't look at me as some lecher who only likes the physical."

"Oh." Ying Ziyun nodded, then turned to look at Jiang Mengyuan, "Did you know I've slept with him?"

"!"

Jiang Mengyuan's face turned bright red in an instant: "You... you... how can you say such... such shameless things in public!"

"No, I just wanted to tell you that kissing between couples is nothing rare," Ying Ziyun smiled slightly.

Once she said this, the sense of frustration in Jiang Mengyuan's heart surged forth continuously.

She felt that if she were Xu Heng, by comparison, she would definitely choose Ying Ziyun instead of herself.

After all, Ying Ziyun was prettier, knew more things, was better at talking than her, and her Everest was higher than hers; facing Ying Ziyun, she seemed to have no advantages at all.

Thinking of this, the little girl became even more nervous.

Having finally started a relationship, seeing that it hadn't even had time to become passionate before being snatched back by an ex-girlfriend—anyone would be nervous.

Seeing the subtle atmosphere, Xu Heng stood up and said, "We're finished eating; you take your time, I'll take Yuanyuan back to her Dormitory first."

The freshman female dormitory and the senior female dormitory were not in the same place, and Xu Heng didn't politely wait for Ying Ziyun to finish eating to take them both back.

As for Jiang Mengyuan, she was eager to leave immediately; chatting with Ying Ziyun was truly too much pressure for her.

Ying Ziyun ate silently, and after the two had walked far away, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly, revealing a smile imperceptible to outsiders.

On the way back to the Dormitory, Jiang Mengyuan just kept her head down and walked forward, not saying a word.

Xu Heng teased her from the side: "Are you angry?"

"No."

She spoke as if she had a steamed bun in her mouth, slurring her words; Xu Heng couldn't help but laugh—the little girl had that typical little-girl temper and stubborn mouth.

"Shall I treat you to milk tea?"

"No."

"Shall I treat you to potato chips?"

"No."

"Shall I take you to the internet cafe to play?"

"No..." Jiang Mengyuan regretted it right after refusing; after struggling for a few seconds, she changed her mind, "Okay."

Then Xu Heng took the little girl to slaughter for two hours at the internet cafe, and only stopped after he had driven everyone playing CS inside the internet cafe to play other games.

Jiang Mengyuan didn't seem to have had enough of the slaughter, and said with lingering interest: "Why is the local area network empty?"

"Because you helped them break their addiction to shooting games," Xu Heng laughed.

Jiang Mengyuan had killed so many people that everyone in this local area network knew the name JMY; as soon as others entered and saw JMY in the room, they immediately ran out to open a new room.

When Jiang Mengyuan couldn't wait for anyone, she would take the initiative to enter their rooms to play, and as soon as she entered the room, the people would run away.

Although there weren't many games in this era, it wasn't just CS; others thought, if I can't afford to offend you, can't I hide from you? They all fled into other games.

This eventually led to the entire CS local area network in the internet cafe being empty, completely deserted.

Seeing this, Xu Heng smiled and said: "Playing against bots is no fun, let's go back."

At this moment, Jiang Mengyuan's mood had improved quite a bit; she was no longer sulking and nodded obediently.

Walking to the entrance of the freshman dormitory, Xu Heng waved his hand, preparing to say goodbye to her.

But Jiang Mengyuan uncharacteristically grabbed his arm, her voice as thin as a mosquito's: "How about we break up."

Xu Heng was stunned for a moment, frowning: "What do you mean by this? We haven't even been dating for a month."

Jiang Mengyuan said aggrievedly: "Your ex-girlfriend is better than me in every aspect; I don't have the confidence to compete with her. I... I'm afraid that when the time comes and you get snatched away by her and ask to break up with me, it would be better for me to take the initiative now and save myself some sadness."

Hearing such a simple reason, Xu Heng couldn't help but say helplessly: "Then why do you think I would accept Ying Ziyun? It's true she is my ex-girlfriend, but who I like should depend on my own choice, right?"

"Will you choose me?" Jiang Mengyuan asked in a low voice.

"You should have more confidence in yourself." Xu Heng touched her head and pulled her into his arms, "Silly girl, no matter who I liked in the past or who I might like in the future, the one I like now is you. Even if you ask to break up, I won't agree."

"But I'm not as big as her."

"It doesn't matter, small is also cute."

Jiang Mengyuan giggled, blushing as she said: "You only know how to tease me."

"Teasing one's own girlfriend is only natural," Xu Heng laughed.

Jiang Mengyuan suddenly raised her head to look at his face; Xu Heng met her gaze, understood her meaning in a second, and pecked her lips lightly.

"Alright, go back first; if we get any more intimate, the auntie will be unable to watch."

Jiang Mengyuan froze for a second, then looked toward the entrance of the female dormitory; the dormitory manager auntie was sitting in the security room cracking melon seeds, her eyes filled with smiles.

"It's all your fault, I've become a laughingstock to others again."

Jiang Mengyuan pushed Xu Heng away with a coquettish pout and trotted into the female dormitory, her ponytail swinging.

Xu Heng watched her leave before turning to walk toward his own Dormitory.

Jiang Mengyuan was easier to coax than most girls, and getting along with her wasn't tiring at all.

To make him give up such a girl to go back and be with Ying Ziyun—that would truly be the death of Xu Heng.

November 3rd, Saturday, weather overcast.

Today, the atmosphere in the 525 Dormitory was somewhat gloomy; Zhao Gaoyang told Xu Heng with an ugly expression that the stock he was holding had fallen.

It had fallen a lot; yesterday alone, it had shrunk by several percentage points.

The few thousand yuan he had earned had evaporated into thin air by two or three hundred.

Since the stock market was closed today, he didn't know what direction his stocks would take, so he wanted to ask Xu Heng for some advice.

Xu Heng's opinion remained the same: he told him to sell all his stocks and that it would be better to take the money he had earned and get out of the stock market early.

"Old Xu, why do you always tell me not to trade stocks? You made so much money trading stocks back then; can't you give your brother a pointer now so he can have a taste of the soup?" Zhao Gaoyang complained mournfully.

Xu Heng shook his head and said that the market trend he saw was that it would fall, asking if he believed it would continue to fall after the market opened on Monday.

Zhao Gaoyang was unconvinced; he believed his stock trading skills were no longer inferior to Xu Heng's, and that at most, he just lacked his experience.

Since Xu Heng wouldn't give him any advice, he would just tinker with it himself.

So, Zhao Gaoyang sat hunched in front of the computer with a gloomy face, watching the stock market trends.

The stock he currently held, which Xu Heng had recommended back then, was definitely a lost cause; the momentum was clearly on the decline, so Zhao Gaoyang prepared to switch to other stocks that were slightly more popular.

For example, China Shipbuilding, which had just broken records not long ago.

A stock this impressive surely couldn't fall, right?