Chapter 473

Wang Yan followed his daily routine of waking up early, exercising for a while, and eating breakfast. He then packed a portion to go and went to the washroom to freshen up. After coming out, he glanced at the time; it was already past eight. He went into the bedroom and looked at Ruan Guan, who was lying on the bed.

Although it was the same person, their vastly different personalities gave off a completely different feeling. The Wang Manni of the past, who was vain, greedy for money, and single-mindedly wanted to be the wife of a wealthy family, gave Wang Yan no other impression than that of being overtly flirtatious. But this Ruan Guan now—lying there with the sunlight shining on her face through the thin, sheer curtains—exuded a gentle and graceful beauty; she was a stunner. Her shyness and her inability to resist reciprocating felt very good. Of course, he could no longer remember what Wang Manni felt like, but it was certainly different.

He also finally understood why Zhao Shiyang hadn't been behaving himself in Shanghai; Ruan Guan being a virgin was definitely an incentive. After all, stuck with such a beautiful girlfriend he could look at but not touch—while Zhao Shiyang was a loser, he at least had the equipment, and as a young man in his prime, he would naturally yearn for the pink in the dark forest.

After a small moment of reflection, he leaned over the bed, gently kissed Ruan Guan on the forehead, and propped himself up on the headboard. He reached out to tap the tip of her nose, feeling her somewhat hot cheeks: "Stop pretending. I saw you blink. Your eyelashes are so long, you can't hide it. I bought you breakfast, get up and eat a little."

As he finished speaking, Ruan Guan opened her eyes. She only glanced at Wang Yan once before turning her head to face the window, lying on her side. The quilt slid down, leaving Wang Yan with a view of her smooth, bare back.

It was already November, and the weather was quite chilly. There was also some dampness indoors, making it physically uncomfortable. Wang Yan considerately pulled the quilt up and tucked her in. Then, wrapping her up in the quilt, he pulled her up and held her in his arms.

"You weren't like this yesterday. What's wrong? Do you regret it?"

"Wang Yan!" Ruan Guan shed tears again: "We shouldn't be like this..."

"Zhao Shiyang is no good; he isn't worthy of you." Wang Yan reached directly into the quilt to pinch her pressure point, calming her somewhat furious emotions: "Ruan Guan, every word I said is true. Who are these tears for right now? Do you feel you've betrayed Zhao Shiyang? Are you sorry for the vows of eternal love you once made? It was Zhao Shiyang who betrayed you first. He betrayed you more than once, and he will continue to betray you. Or are you saying you think I'm not good enough? Not good enough?"

Ruan Guan's pretty face flushed, and she let out a soft moan, twisting her body in unbearable discomfort: "It's not that you aren't good; it's that I'm not good. Wang Yan, let's just leave it at this. Let's pretend nothing happened yesterday, okay?"

"Now that it's come to this, you still want to be with Zhao Shiyang?"

Ruan Guan turned her head away, saying nothing.

This was truly foolish. How did that song go? "Only want to be a fool for love, only want a stable home." Clearly, these things were impossible to achieve with Wang Yan. Thinking about it this way, perhaps Ruan Guan didn't necessarily need Zhao Shiyang; she just wanted to put on a wedding dress, get married, and live a plain, stable life.

Ruan Guan was a living, breathing person with her own thoughts, and she wouldn't change just because of Wang Yan's will; that was understandable. But how could Wang Yan let Ruan Guan escape? In fact, Wang Yan also knew she was just at a loss, not knowing what to do. After all, a weak bastard with no sense of responsibility and an excellent bastard with a sense of responsibility—she had encountered both, and perhaps she was even doubting why her own fate was so bad.

If talking nicely didn't work, then he would have to be firm. Her heart was conflicted, unable to decide, so he would help her decide. Immediately, Wang Yan didn't care that Ruan Guan was feeling unwell...

Too fierce—that was Ruan Guan's most direct feeling. She felt like a small sampan drifting in a raging, stormy sea; like a small red flower being ravaged in a violent gale...

After a long while, Ruan Guan let Wang Yan help her wipe her skin and hair, help her put on her clothes, and sit at the dining table, eating her afternoon breakfast in small, listless bites.

"Rest here for one more night today, and go back tomorrow. There's a phone at home; I'll call your instructor in a bit." Wang Yan didn't say anything about taking responsibility, nor did he talk about love or affection, and he certainly didn't mention Zhao Shiyang again, making the decision forcefully.

Ruan Guan didn't speak, eating silently. Seeing her like this, Wang Yan didn't bother with her, busying himself with cleaning up the aftermath of the battle and the mess from yesterday's eating and drinking.

He was busy in the sun-drenched living room, while she sat at the table outside the north-facing kitchen eating. The afternoon sun shone in, making him glow. It was just like that September afternoon a year ago, the figure bathing in sunlight in the library while flipping through books. Unlike the natural, deep scholarly air of that time, the aura he radiated now was full of life. She knew that feeling—it was home.

She watched that figure while eating, her mind wandering. She thought about many things: Zhao Shiyang, her roommates, Shi Jie, the past, and the future. She couldn't think of anything clearly; she was just thinking aimlessly.

"Eat, what are you looking at me for?" Wang Yan waved his hand: "It really is cold and doesn't taste good, just make do for now. I'll go to the market to buy some vegetables in a bit; tonight, let you taste my cooking."

Ruan Guan nodded and hummed, then had nothing more to say.

Very quickly, Wang Yan finished cleaning up the pots and pans. He said a word, left to buy two sets of clothes for Ruan Guan inside and outside the mall, along with some toiletries and such. He returned to the nearby market to buy vegetables and even got an old hen and some medicinal herbs to boil soup, which was to replenish Ruan Guan's vitality.

"Here, your previous clothes were ruined, so I bought you two new sets." Wang Yan waved at Ruan Guan, who was reading on the sofa covered by a blanket: "Don't say anything about not wanting them or them being too expensive. If I bought them for you, you wear them. Do what I tell you to do. The clothes are here; try them on yourself."

After saying this, he didn't care how she reacted. He put the toiletries in the bathroom and then began a clattering, busy session of wielding the ladle to cook.

Ruan Guan looked at the busy figure in the kitchen, let out a long breath, and endured the physical discomfort to get up and open the large bag containing the clothes, looking at what they were like. To be honest, if it weren't for her clothes being ruined, she would have wanted to leave just now; she was currently wearing Wang Yan's clothes.

This man, he's really bad... Thinking this, she rarely revealed a smile. At the doorway, she faced the mirror, holding the clothes in front of her to measure them...

"It's just the two of us eating, no need to make so much, it's too wasteful." At the dining table, looking at the large table full of various dishes, Ruan Guan finally spoke her first sentence since the battle that morning.

"It doesn't matter. It's mainly because I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I made a bit more. I can eat whatever you can't; it won't be wasted, don't worry." Wang Yan ladled a bowl of chicken soup and placed it in front of her: "I specially boiled this for you, added some medicinal herbs to replenish your vitality. Eat quickly, you haven't eaten a proper meal all day. Taste my cooking."

Watching Ruan Guan drink the soup with a small spoon, he fished out the chicken meat that had been boiled tough in the soup and devoured it in large mouthfuls.

"Hmm, the cooking is not bad." Ruan Guan nodded in unexpected approval.

"Then eat more, eat until you're full."

For a time, there was silence, only the sound of bowls and chopsticks clashing and the sound of chewing.

"We really shouldn't be like this..."

"Hmm."

"Wang Yan! I'm not joking with you."

"I know you want a house, two people, three meals, and four seasons, and to have a child. You don't want much turbulence in life, don't need much passion, just a family living plainly and safely." Wang Yan raised his head to look at her, saying sincerely: "I am a bastard; I can't give you that kind of life. I know you aren't a loose woman; all the fault is mine. It's me who is shameless, me who had ulterior motives and was up to no good. But you are already my woman now; this is an established fact, so I won't allow you to leave. Eat!"

Having no ideas and still being stubborn—that was Ruan Guan. Either convince her, or don't listen to what she says and just do it.

Wang Yan's firm attitude still warmed Ruan Guan's heart. It wasn't that she was cheap, but the fact was already so. This man spoke overbearingly, but he truly cared for and protected her, decisively taking responsibility without any deception toward her.

At this point, she also had responsibility. She couldn't say against her conscience that she didn't like Wang Yan, otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed. She believed that if she had firmly opposed it, Wang Yan would absolutely not have touched a hair on her head. Yesterday, Wang Yan had already confessed to her, and regarding what happened afterward, although she pushed back, she wasn't firm, and she even reciprocated...

She didn't know what she should do. Although she said it shouldn't be, if Wang Yan had really agreed to pretend nothing happened these two days, her sadness might have been even greater than it was now.

Thinking of this, she began to eat silently, saying no more, and not wanting to think anymore...

Wang Yan chuckled and picked up food for her. The two of them ate quietly. Ruan Guan sat on the sofa watching TV, while he washed the plates, cleaned the bowls, and tidied up the kitchen scraps. He held Ruan Guan in his arms, watching TV together, occasionally chatting a few words. When the time came, he turned off the lights and slept without doing anything.

Ruan Guan still didn't have many words; her heart was still struggling, just lying in bed in each other's arms, enjoying the beautiful peace that belonged to the two of them, falling asleep without realizing it...

The next day, just like yesterday, Wang Yan got up early to exercise and get breakfast, then packed a portion to bring back for Ruan Guan. After freshening up, Ruan Guan also woke up naturally, blushing as she put on her clothes one by one in front of Wang Yan.

"How do you feel?" Wang Yan asked with concern, looking at the woman sitting opposite him eating breakfast.

"Much better." Ruan Guan frowned and twisted her body: "There's nothing seriously wrong anymore."

"Here, this is the key to this house; the house is a gift for you. In a few days, you'll go with me to handle the transfer, and by the way, move your household registration in, which will save trouble in the future." Wang Yan pushed the key in front of her, waving his hand to interrupt her impending refusal: "Don't tell me it's too expensive. If I give it to you, you keep it. Put it in your pocket, hurry up."

Ruan Guan helplessly took the key and placed it in front of her, hesitating: "Old Wang... can you go back tomorrow or the day after..."

Wang Yan understood. The two of them disappearing for three days and then going back together was very easy for people to speculate about, and the key was that they really couldn't withstand speculation. Moreover, he originally had Shi Jie on that side; Ruan Guan was considering it for both of them.

"I know. It just happens to be the weekend, and there are still some things to do. I'll go back next Zhou Yi, so I won't see you off."

"Hmm. By the way, I'll return this five hundred yuan to you, and the remaining one thousand will wait until..."

"Just take it and spend it. Are you going to haggle over this bit of money with me?" Wang Yan waved his hand directly to interrupt, even taking a stack of money out of his pocket: "Here, this is fifteen hundred. Counting that five hundred, it's two thousand in total. You spend it first; if you run out, tell me again. Don't say anything; there's nothing you can't take. Giving or not is my business; spending or not is yours. I'm not boasting to you, I'm truly a diamond bachelor; don't think about saving money for me. Ruan Guan, remember, money is the problem you should least consider. It's like this now, and it will be even more so in the future. As for that one thousand yuan, that's Zhao Shiyang's business; don't worry about it for him."

Putting on the face of someone who isn't short of money—regardless of whether Ruan Guan likes money or not, having money can always make people feel at ease.

Ruan Guan liked Wang Yan's overbearingness, but she also couldn't quite handle it. So much money? She let out a long breath and obediently put the money and the key together: "I'll save it for you first."

After breakfast, Ruan Guan tidied up and stood there with her bag: "I'm leaving first."

Wang Yan tilted his face, and Ruan Guan couldn't help but blush again, but she still stood on tiptoe and offered a fragrant kiss before opening the door and leaving.

Ruan Guan left, and Wang Yan naturally wouldn't stay in this house for long. After tidying up simply, he set off for the previous house. Tomorrow is Saturday, and Shi Jie is on holiday...

When he left the house, it was already past ten. Ruan Guan didn't walk very fast, and it was almost eleven when she returned to the dormitory. She put down her things and went to find the instructor to cancel her leave. She still had to explain her whereabouts. Not long after returning to the dormitory, Zheng Wei, Li Weijuan, and Zhu Xiao Bei returned to rest after eating lunch.

"Ruan Guan? When did you get back?"

Seeing her roommates again, Ruan Guan felt as if a lifetime had passed. She smiled: "Just now, not long ago."

Li Weijuan said: "You don't know how worried we were these two days. You just told me to help you ask for two days off and didn't say anything else. As a result, you didn't come back yesterday. I wanted to ask the instructor, and if it didn't work, I'd call the police to find you, but the instructor said you asked for another day off, and that's when I realized. No, Ruan Guan, what on earth did you go do these three days? I saw how anxious you were when you left."

"Exactly, because of you, we haven't rested well these two days." Zheng Wei nodded in agreement: "Also, I heard from Old Zhang that you went to borrow money from the one surnamed Wang? What on earth happened?"

Zhu Xiao Bei, who was lagging behind, was drinking water, also with a face full of concern.

Ruan Guan's heart warmed, but she didn't look at Zheng Wei because she was embarrassed: "It's nothing, Zhao Shiyang just caused some trouble and didn't dare tell his family, and I didn't have much money on hand, so that's why I looked for Old Wang. Don't worry, it's all resolved."

"What happened? Did you fight? Did you hurt someone?" Li Weijuan habitually pursued the question. Seeing Ruan Guan smile and nod, she knew she had spoken too much, and turned to say: "Oh, by the way, Ruan Guan, do you know what Old Wang went to do? After you borrowed money from him that day, he also asked for leave and hasn't been seen for several days."

"I don't know." Ruan Guan shook her head directly without thinking: "At that time, I went to the train station after borrowing money from Old Wang. He was always mysterious; who knows what he went to do."

"Hmm, that's true." Li Weijuan had a look of understanding, thinking she had grasped Wang Yan's whereabouts. After all, she knew Wang Yan did business, had a factory, had hundreds of people under him, so it was understandable to go on a business trip if there was business.

Zhu Xiao Bei looked at her like that and suddenly said: "Li Weijuan, don't you know what Old Wang went to do?"

"I've been with you all along, where would I know about him? I just agree with what Ruan Guan said, Old Wang is mysterious. Alright, alright, don't worry about him, let him do whatever he wants."

Zheng Wei rolled her eyes: "Guan Guan, I've discovered that you seem different from before after being out these few days."

"It's only been three days, what could be different."

Li Weijuan nodded and said: "Really, now that Zheng Wei says it, I've discovered it too. What do you think, Xiao Bei?"

Zhu Xiao Bei stared seriously at Ruan Guan for a moment, then hummed: "It is indeed a bit different, but I can't say where. It's just that you look radiant, feeling more... charming than before?"

Ruan Guan shook her head and smiled, saying nothing.

After Li Weijuan stared at Ruan Guan for a while, she said with a teasing look: "I've heard that as long as a woman sleeps with a man and gets nourished, she will have a certain charm. Hey, look at Ruan Guan now, radiant, isn't it a bit like that? Ruan Guan, haven't you been with that Zhao Shiyang these few days... hehe..."

As soon as the words fell, Ruan Guan's face visibly flushed. If it were a normal joke, she might be a bit shy, but not to this extent. But now the situation was different; she really had "hehe-ed."

Zheng Wei pointed at Ruan Guan's burning face: "Hey, look, look, she's blushing, she's embarrassed."

Li Weijuan and Zhu Xiao Bei also laughed, having grabbed Ruan Guan's weak spot.

Ruan Guan waved her hands repeatedly, arguing for herself: "What nonsense are you talking about? I'm just embarrassed by you three female hooligans. Alright, alright, stop gossiping. Go do what you need to do, annoying."

"I believe it."

"I believe it too."

"Then I believe it too."

Li Weijuan, Zheng Wei, and Zhu Xiao Bei still laughed, looking at Ruan Guan mischievously. Seeing that Ruan Guan couldn't take it and was about to get angry, they stopped and went back to their own business.

"Hey, that's not right." After being quiet for a while, Zheng Wei suddenly spoke.

Ruan Guan looked at her helplessly: "What is it now?"

"Starting from the afternoon before yesterday, Zhao Shiyang has already called several times looking for you. We all said you hadn't come back yet, and he told you to call him back when you returned. Did you have some conflict? Zhao Shiyang can't be like that, right? You just... alright, alright, I won't say it, I won't say it. I estimate the time is about right, he'll call you again in a bit, do you want to call him back first?"

Ruan Guan thought for a moment, said thank you, and still went out to the phone at the stairwell to call Zhao Shiyang...

"Hey, did you see? The outfit Ruan Guan is wearing looks like it was just bought, and it doesn't look cheap." Li Weijuan continued gossiping.

"Didn't Ruan Guan say that Zhao Shiyang's family conditions are good? Now that this grandson has succeeded, he must be spending money." Zheng Wei shook her head: "Ruan Guan is too foolish, giving herself away so easily. I think that Zhao Shiyang is no good. Listening to Ruan Guan's meaning, he's like a child who hasn't grown up, and I don't know what's so good about him."

Zhu Xiao Bei said: "That's because Zhao Shiyang is wholeheartedly good to Miss Ruan, otherwise Ruan Guan is so beautiful, what kind of man couldn't she find."

"There's no good man, the richer the man, the worse he is. Anyway, I don't think well of the two of them." Zheng Wei cursed men daily. Of course, the men she referred to were only two: one was Lin Jing, who abandoned her without a word, and the other was Wang Yan, who was brazen enough to want three wives and four concubines and shamelessly stated it openly.

Li Weijuan, whose lines were stolen, smacked her lips, feeling bored. She sighed and lay on the bed, stretching her arms: "Speaking of men, I think it still has to be someone like Old Wang..."

"Li Weijuan, Old Wang, Old Wang, Old Wang, you only know Old Wang all day long. Why don't you go be with him? Would you die if you didn't mention him?"

In front of Zheng Wei, one couldn't mention Wang Yan; she would explode as soon as it was mentioned. Zhu Xiao Bei laughed on the side: "Do you think she doesn't want to?"

"Hey, if Old Wang could take a fancy to me, then I really would be with him."

Hearing such wild words, Zheng Wei loudly scolded Li Weijuan for being shameless, while Zhu Xiao Bei laughed and watched the fun...

"Hello? Guan Guan, is it you, Guan Guan? Hello? Guan Guan, speak, why aren't you speaking?"

In the corridor, Ruan Guan held the phone to her ear. After someone relayed the message, Zhao Shiyang's anxious voice came through the phone not long after. Seeing that Ruan Guan still didn't speak, Zhao Shiyang on the other side started with all kinds of apologies and repentance.

"Alright, Shiyang, don't say anymore." After a long while, Ruan Guan finally said: "Shiyang, I've thought about it carefully these two days. Perhaps there's no need for us to continue."

"Guan Guan, didn't you say not to let it happen again? You have to believe me, really, I didn't lie to you, it was only once..." On the phone, Zhao Shiyang was explaining incoherently, hoping to get Ruan Guan's forgiveness, making all kinds of promises, and bringing up their past vows of eternal love to question her.

"I tried to forgive you, really, Shiyang, I really wanted to forgive you. But some things just can't be forgiven; I can't get past it myself." After all, they had been together for several years, and Ruan Guan couldn't help but shed tears, but her voice was still so gentle: "Zhao Shiyang, can you stop quibbling? Ask your heart, was there really only one Tan Xiaojing? Was it really only once? Am I that easy to fool, that stupid? You remember what you said before at this time? What about before? Did you think about it when you were intimate with others before?"

Zhao Shiyang was silent. He wanted to say more, but didn't know how to quibble. It was very clear now that Ruan Guan didn't trust him at all. After a long while, he asked: "Are you with that wallet man?"

"What wallet man? What nonsense are you talking about? What kind of person do you think I am?" Ruan Guan's voice couldn't help but get louder: "It's you, Zhao Shiyang, it's you who did something to betray the feelings between you and me. And now you want to tangle with me? Zhao Shiyang, grow up. I still can't understand how you thought of coming to me to solve it after doing such a thing, making me beg people to borrow money. I can't understand even more why I helped you, and even wanted to forgive you."

Ruan Guan let out a long breath and continued: "Alright, don't say anymore. Remember what I told you before, spend less money, and quickly pay back the money you owe. Zhao Shiyang, you didn't dare to admit what you did before; now I hope you have some semblance of a man. Since you did it, you have to bear the consequences. Don't call me again and again, continuing to say lies that even you don't believe. Don't make me look down on you even more. That's it."

As she finished speaking, she hung up the phone with some force, wiped her tears, and walked downstairs. She needed to calm down; her eyes were red from crying, and it was always troublesome to explain if it was seen when she went back.

Hugging her arms around the dormitory building, walking in the cold wind of November, she gradually calmed down. She felt she had been a bit reckless. Of course, she didn't regret the choice to break up; that had already been decided in the battle yesterday morning. She felt that even if she didn't say break up, she wouldn't meet Zhao Shiyang, just talk on the phone daily, which could have been used to stall for a while. After all, the most important thing was that the one thousand yuan hadn't been paid back. By comparison, she felt that using pretense for a period of time to get back the one thousand yuan was completely acceptable.

She felt Zhao Shiyang could really do something like not paying back the money. After all, if Zhao Shiyang didn't pay it back, she couldn't do anything to him either. It was truly disappointing...

After being comfortable with Shi Jie for two more days and handling some things at the factory, and by the way, caring about Li Weijuan's old flame Chen Liang, asking if he was adapting, how he was doing, what difficulties he had, and so on, he finally returned to school before the dormitory closed on Zhou Yi night.

Sun Mingbo and the other boys had nothing to say, simply asking where he had gone to have fun these few days, expressing symbolic concern. Now everyone was not on the same track; this grandson was so excellent that it was despairing. They were all in the same dormitory, and their pressure was too great. Of course, it was also because they had ambition, otherwise there wouldn't be any pressure. So these boys were either in the study room or the library every day, and when they came back, they still had to light lamps and burn oil to read in their beds; they were very ambitious.

Wang Yan didn't disturb them either. Taking the clothes and such that had accumulated, he carried his basin and went out to freshen up.

There weren't many people in the water room at this time because it was cold now, and freshening up wasn't comfortable; everyone liked the warm bed. So basically, everyone went to freshen up as soon as they returned, and then burrowed comfortably into their beds.

Finding a spot, under the eyes of others looking at a beast, Wang Yan still poured cold water on himself fiercely, without a sound, not even a shiver.

Just at this time, Zhang Kai and Xu Kaiyang walked in with cigarettes in their mouths. Seeing Wang Yan being so raw, although they had known about it for a long time, they couldn't help but bare their teeth and shiver in empathy.

"Old Wang, when did you get back? What did you go do these few days?"

"Not long ago." Wang Yan poured the last basin of cold water: "Didn't do anything, just had some things outside. What has Young Xu Gong been busy with recently? Feels like I haven't seen you for a long time?"

Their relationship used to be okay, but later, because of Zheng Wei, Xu Kaiyang was narrow-minded and stopped playing with him. Now that there was no hope for Zheng Wei, he felt the benefits of being a playboy again and had a psychological advantage. After all, he didn't have any scandals, nor had he heard of him being intimate with anyone, so the relationship eased again.

Without waiting for Xu Kaiyang, Zhang Kai spoke first: "What can he do? Just being lovey-dovey with his girlfriend."

"Can't say it like that." Xu Kaiyang smiled: "It's urging each other, learning and progressing together."

"Still the previous one?"

"Already changed." Zhang Kai looked at the triumphant Xu Kaiyang: "Just took her down last week. You say, being with such a playboy, for a pure little virgin like me, how much of a blow do I have to endure every day."

"Awesome." Wang Yan offered the words Xu Kaiyang wanted to hear.

With a triumphant smile, Xu Kaiyang began to share his insights and experiences, a bunch of lewd talk.

After saying a few words, Wang Yan sighed: "Old Zhang, is Ruan Guan back?"

"Came back last weekend, said her partner caused trouble at school or something, didn't say anything specific. But I feel like I haven't seen her for a few days, and Ruan Guan seems even better looking. It's a pity, you say how come she has a partner again? That kid really made his move damn early."

Sorry, brother, I live next door. You continue to be a silent supporting role, brother will take a step first... Wang Yan laughed.

Because they had to wash clothes, Zhang Kai and Xu Kaiyang didn't stay long and left after finishing, leaving him alone in the empty water room to scrub clothes.

Not long after, Chen Xiaozheng came. This time was also normal, after all, he was unsociable and liked it when there were few people, without the noise of people he didn't want to see.

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"Oh, long time no see, just got back?" Wang Yan greeted him as usual.

"Hmm."

"Ask you something?"

"Hmm."

Wang Yan smiled: "Always see you with that Zeng Yu, is it called Zeng Yu? Always see you with her, what's the situation with you two?"

"Friends." Chen Xiaozheng shook his head: "You don't look like someone who gossips so much."

"Just now Young Xu Gong shared his insights on picking up girls with me, so I was just curious. You, don't be stubborn either; what Zeng Yu thinks of you, the whole school knows, and you should know it too."

Chen Xiaozheng brushed his teeth blankly, silent for a long while: "We aren't suitable. What about you? With that Zheng Wei?"

"Didn't I ask before? I said maybe I'm different from what she imagined, so she doesn't like me anymore."

"At that time, she went to our dormitory every day to play cards with Old Zhang and the others. I don't believe you don't know; she wanted to attract your attention, anyone with eyes could see it. But ever since... recently, she hasn't come."

"As soon as she comes, your dormitory is full of people, foul with smoke and dust. Now that she doesn't come, isn't it much quieter? You should be happy." Wang Yan lit a cigarette with a smile and blew a smoke ring in his direction: "If you want me to analyze the reason, maybe it's because Young Xu Gong is in a relationship, so she's embarrassed to get too close and cause trouble for Young Xu Gong. Of course, it could also be some other reason, who knows. There's a song you should have heard."

"What?"

"Boy, don't guess a girl's thoughts, you guess and guess and still won't understand, don't know why she sheds tears, don't know why she sheds tears."

Wang Yan was reciting at first, but after a few words, he had the cigarette in his mouth, shaking his head and humming, even singing the backing vocals himself: don't guess, don't guess, don't understand...

"Boring."

Chen Xiaozheng was speechless...