Chapter 268

Under the envious gazes of the other girls, Su Yan and a girl wearing glasses got into Qin Tian's car. "You guys go directly to the station; the boys from our class are already waiting there. Be safe on the road, we'll go ahead."

Qin Tian instructed the girls, then restarted the car.

Hearing this, the girls' eyes became even more envious, regretting not having gotten closer to Su Yan.

"This is Zhuang Zhe, a buddy from my dormitory."

While turning the car, Qin Tian introduced Zhuang Zhe beside him.

Zhuang Zhe turned his head to look at the two girls and greeted them with a shy smile.

"Hello!"

Su Yan nodded with a smile, then introduced the girl beside her.

The girl's name was Tian Jing, and her name suited her; her temperament was also very quiet.

Coincidentally, she had the same surname as Tian Jiajia. I don't know if Su Yan and her being best friends had anything to do with that.

Tian Jing and Zhuang Zhe smiled at each other, which counted as a greeting; both were clearly not the type who liked to talk much.

"Is Nuan Nuan not coming?"

Su Yan asked with some surprise.

In her eyes, Xia Nuannuan and Qin Tian always seemed inseparable.

This mixer, although it was an activity for the boys of Economics Class 1 and the girls of their class, it was impossible for Xia Nuannuan not to want to go.

"Didn't she tell you? She invited the girls in her class to eat a seafood feast at her dad's place."

Qin Tian answered with a smile.

"I see!"

Su Yan nodded in realization and added, "She's really generous. She must be the center of the girls in your class now, right?"

Qin Tian smiled proudly and nodded, "At first, she was just a temporary class monitor appointed by the counselor, but over the past half month, she's actually done quite well."

"That's for sure, her personality is so good, and she's so generous; who wouldn't like such a class monitor!"

Su Yan smiled amusedly.

Beside her, Tian Jing had a restrained smile on her face, listening quietly to the two chatting, her eyes showing a hint of envy.

Due to her personality, plus having buried herself in studies before, she didn't have many friends, and she couldn't find any friends she could confide in.

Therefore, when Su Yan asked her to come along in the car, she was stunned for quite a while.

The friendship between the two was actually just having gone to the library twice to read books and exchanging thoughts on the literary classics and authors they liked.

When Su Yan first spoke to her, she was quite flattered.

At this moment, what Tian Jing envied was not only the friendship between the three of them but also the sincere love between Qin Tian and that girl.

The song-pulling activity between the two classes on the first night of military training made that girl the object of envy for almost all the girls in their class.

After the military training performance yesterday, all the freshman girls in the school started to envy and be jealous of that girl.

And now, even though that girl wasn't here, Qin Tian's words were full of doting and love for her.

Such a romantic and affectionate, near-perfect boyfriend was something almost all girls had fantasized about.

"Have you been in touch with Tian Jiajia lately?"

After a moment of silence in the car, Qin Tian brought up a topic.

Hearing this name, Tian Jing looked at Su Yan beside her with surprise.

"We've been in touch by phone all along. Their school is still in military training, and everything is fine. With her personality, she doesn't have to worry about not having anyone to play with wherever she is."

"That's true!"

Qin Tian nodded with a chuckle and added, "Zhang Peng also sends me messages often. This guy is really too slow!"

Su Yan of course knew what he was referring to, and said with a smile, "Jiajia is also a rough-edged person; they still haven't understood their true feelings!"

"It seems we have to help out and give them a push from behind, otherwise they might not contact each other this semester, and as time goes on, the feeling might really fade."

"You guys figure it out, I'm not good at this!"

"Is there anything you're not good at?"

Qin Tian pretended to be surprised and looked at the rearview mirror in the car.

Su Yan rolled her eyes and said irritably, "I'm a single dog, how could I be good at matchmaking others? Can I compare to you?"

"Look at what you're saying, as if I'm some kind of love saint. I'm not good at it either, okay!"

Qin Tian said seriously.

"When you say that, have you asked all the freshmen at Jiang University?"

Su Yan curled her lips playfully.

The smile on Tian Jing's face beside her deepened; she didn't expect Su Yan to have such an interesting side.

"That's for Nuan Nuan, it's different!"

Qin Tian said with a serious expression.

"Eww... I can't stand you. Please, Nuan Nuan isn't here, can you put away your divine arts? I'm tired of eating your dog food."

Su Yan complained with a look of disgust.

"Cough, cough... sorry, I'm used to it, used to it."

Qin Tian apologized with a dry laugh.

The three of them couldn't help but roll their eyes.

"A-Zhe, you guys should say something, we can't be the only ones talking, right?"

After another silence, Qin Tian looked at Zhuang Zhe beside him and said.

"Ah?"

Zhuang Zhe was stunned, his expression awkward as he said, "Say what?"

"Say anything! With two great beauties sitting in the back, can't you stop acting like you're meditating? Otherwise, I'm really going to suspect that you're not normal!"

Qin Tian said speechlessly.

Hearing this, Su Yan and the other girl couldn't help but bloom with smiles.

"Um..."

Zhuang Zhe bit the bullet, turned his head to look at Tian Jing in the back, and after stammering for a long time, suddenly blurted out: "You don't like talking either?"

Tian Jing: "..."

Qin Tian raised a hand to cover his forehead, the corners of his mouth twitching hard.

Su Yan, on the other hand, laughed even more happily, looking at Tian Jing beside her with great interest.

"Uh!"

Tian Jing responded with a dry laugh.

"Me too, I feel like communicating with people is too difficult; I'd rather read more books."

Zhuang Zhe said with a bitter face.

Tian Jing smiled faintly and asked, "Then... why did you come to participate in this mixer?"

"I could just read books before, but now that I'm in college, I've half-stepped out of the school gate; I can't just be a bookworm forever. I just want to learn how to communicate with people, especially girls."

Zhuang Zhe answered honestly.

Tian Jing's eyes brightened slightly, and she nodded in agreement, "Right, I think so too."

As their eyes met, it was as if they had found the tacit understanding of being kindred spirits.

Seeing this, Qin Tian and Su Yan both flashed a look of surprise in their eyes.

These two... wouldn't they just happen to hit it off like this?

"What kind of books do you like to read?"

"Me? I prefer traditional classic novels. Dream of the Red Chamber is my favorite; I've read it many times. It's a pity I don't know if it wasn't finished or if the later content was lost."

"Right, right, I also like Dream of the Red Chamber very much, but I also like some foreign novels."

"I've read few foreign classics; mainly because I was studying before and didn't have time."

"There's plenty of time in college, I'll recommend a few to you when I have the chance."

"Okay!"

Believe it or not, a silent mopey guy and a quiet, introverted girl actually hit it off.