Chapter 449: How are you so good at this?

After meeting up with Xia Nuannuan downstairs at the girls' dormitory, the two of them went to the school canteen for a meal, something they hadn't done in a long time.

There were quite a few people in the canteen; many students had already returned to school.

Just as they found a seat and sat down, two girls carrying their dinner walked past them and greeted them with bright smiles.

"Hello, Happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year!"

"You too, Happy New Year!"

After a slight pause, Xia Nuannuan responded with a sweet smile.

"Can we sit here?"

One of the girls pointed to the empty table next to them and asked with a smile.

"Of course, please, sit."

Xia Nuannuan nodded hurriedly.

After thanking them, the two girls sat down facing each other at the adjacent table.

Afterwards, the three girls chatted idly while eating.

These two girls were sophomores in the School of Literature; the one with short, spirited hair was named Ding Xuan, and the other, who was quieter and more reserved, was named Fu Yan.

Qin Tian ate on his own, occasionally picking up food for Xia Nuannuan's bowl.

"Xia Nuannuan, there's something we'd like to ask your advice on."

Ding Xuan suddenly said with a smile.

"Sure, what is it?"

Xia Nuannuan looked up at her, asking with a puzzled expression.

"It's like this: she also has a boyfriend, and like you two, they were high school classmates."

Ding Xuan gestured with her chopsticks toward her best friend sitting opposite her and spoke slowly.

"Really?"

Xia Nuannuan looked at Fu Yan with a surprised expression.

Fu Yan nodded, blushing slightly.

"Her boyfriend isn't at our school, but he's at another university in Jiangcheng, not too far away."

Ding Xuan continued.

Xia Nuannuan nodded, signaling for her to continue.

Qin Tian was also a bit curious, eating his beef noodles while watching the two of them.

"Her boyfriend is quite handsome too—though, of course, not as handsome as Qin Tian. He used to be very devoted and good to her, but lately, how should I put it, he's started to become a bit of a flirt."

As Ding Xuan said this, a hint of indignation appeared on her face.

Fu Yan didn't say anything, her expression looking slightly dejected and sad.

"Why do you think he's being a flirt?"

Xia Nuannuan asked again.

"There are more girls at her boyfriend's school, about a seven-to-three ratio. Especially in his major, there are hardly any boys, and even fewer who are handsome, so he might be popular with the opposite sex at school. Since starting university, he's clearly become more and more dismissive of her."

Ding Xuan explained.

Xia Nuannuan looked at the dejected Fu Yan and asked, "So... what was the thing you wanted to ask my advice on?"

Ding Xuan smiled and gestured toward Qin Tian, replying, "Qin Tian should be even more popular with the opposite sex, right? For example, we heard before that a beauty drove a sports car to pursue him, but he didn't even give her a second glance, and he's still so devoted and good to you. So, I'm asking on her behalf: how can one make a boyfriend love only oneself?"

Fu Yan looked up, her eyes full of anticipation as she looked at Xia Nuannuan.

"This..."

Xia Nuannuan looked troubled, glancing at Qin Tian, feeling a bit at a loss.

Qin Tian chuckled and shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to help.

Xia Nuannuan tilted her head to look at the two girls, organized her thoughts, and said, "I really don't know how to answer that. I trust Qin Tian completely; I know he won't be unfaithful and will only be good to me. So, I haven't actually done anything; I just treat him well in return, that's all."

Qin Tian nodded with a smile, thinking she had said it very well.

The two girls watched this scene quietly, their faces full of envy.

"I've tried to trust him too, and I've been very good to him, but I feel like he values me less and less."

Fu Yan suddenly spoke up.

After a moment of hesitation, Xia Nuannuan asked directly, "Do you think... he still likes you?"

Upon hearing this, Fu Yan was stunned; she shook her head dejectedly and said, "I don't know."

"That guy's heart is no longer with her. I've tried to persuade her to break up several times, but she can't bear to."

Ding Xuan sighed.

"We've been together since the second year of high school; it's not that easy to just break up. He wasn't like this before, and I want him to go back to how he was."

Fu Yan murmured, her head hanging low.

Xia Nuannuan didn't know what to say. She glanced at Qin Tian, trying to imagine a scenario where Qin Tian became a flirt and stopped being so good to her.

However, she truly couldn't imagine what she would do if all that really happened.

Perhaps she would be just like this senior, unable to accept it but also unable to break away.

"Which school is your boyfriend at?"

Qin Tian asked out of the blue.

The three girls looked at him with surprised expressions, and Fu Yan hurriedly answered his question.

Qin Tian had heard of this college; it was a third-rate undergraduate institution not far from Jiangcheng University, famous for having many beautiful women, and also a well-known hunting ground for wealthy men looking for targets.

"Her boyfriend's grades aren't very good, and now he only knows how to live in the moment, without any thought for the future. I don't think he's good enough for Yanzi."

Ding Xuan curled her lip.

"To sum it up in one sentence: after starting university, he's surrounded by pretty girls, he's been put on a pedestal, he's forgotten who he is, and he's started to think he's very outstanding and that he won't lack for girlfriends."

Qin Tian said slowly.

"Yes, yes, that's exactly what her boyfriend is like!"

Ding Xuan's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly in agreement.

Xia Nuannuan and Fu Yan also looked at him with surprised expressions.

"Then give him a bit of a blow to make him feel a sense of urgency."

Qin Tian looked at Fu Yan calmly and said, "Just endure it and don't contact him. If he's cold to you, you be even colder to him. You're a talented girl from Jiang University, and you're quite pretty, so why should you be fawning over him, worrying that he'll leave you? Be more confident and just focus on doing your own thing. If he really leaves you because of that, it only proves he wasn't worth your affection."

Upon hearing this, the look in the three girls' eyes as they gazed at Qin Tian changed immediately, filled with admiration and reverence.

After Fu Yan came back to her senses, her expression and gaze changed as well.

"Brother is right, we girls need to be more confident."

Xia Nuannuan nodded in earnest agreement.

Fu Yan and Ding Xuan exchanged glances, both nodding in deep agreement.

"I know what to do now. Xia Nuannuan, Qin Tian, thank you both."

Fu Yan thanked them with a grateful expression.

"Don't thank me, I didn't really help with anything."

Xia Nuannuan said with a sheepish smile.

Fu Yan shook her head.

Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan finished eating first and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Ding Xuan took out her phone and added her on QQ.

After tidying up their tableware, the two left the canteen.

"Brother, how are you so good at this?"

Xia Nuannuan reached out to hook her arm into Qin Tian's, asking with a smile.

"Good at what?"

Qin Tian looked at her, puzzled.

"What you just taught Fu Yan. It was so well said."

"It's nothing, men just understand men best, that's all."

"Then you won't become a flirt in the future, will you?"

"How could that be? Who could be prettier or have a better figure than you? My aesthetic standards have been raised too much; it's hard for other girls to catch my eye."

"Hee hee... I knew you'd say such sweet things." ===== CHAPTER 450 =====