Chapter 469

After the beginning of spring, the temperature began to turn warmer.

After entering mid-March, some of the cherry blossom trees on the Jiangcheng University campus began to bloom one after another.

The older students in the higher grades were naturally already used to it, but for many freshmen seeing such beautiful campus scenery for the first time, it still felt very fresh.

Therefore, when they had free time in the afternoon with no classes, many students would call three or five friends, buy some snacks and drinks, and make an appointment to go to the best scenic spots in the school, lay out a picnic blanket, enjoy the flowers, and chat.

This day happened to be Lu Lei's birthday, and there was only one major class in the afternoon.

And so, the sisters in Xia Nuannuan's dormitory put their heads together and invited the guys from Qin Tian's dormitory to go to the Cherry Garden for a picnic and celebrate Lu Lei's birthday at the same time.

The four guys from Dormitory 208, including Qin Tian, naturally agreed happily.

After class ended at 3:30 PM, everyone from the two dormitories returned to their dorms first to bring the things they had already prepared and headed to the Cherry Garden to meet up.

The snacks and pastries were all prepared by Xia Nuannuan and her dorm mates.

As for Qin Tian's group of four, they were responsible for ordering a cake for Lu Lei and buying some heavier drinks.

Qin Tian had already driven to the cake shop to pick up the cake at noon, and at this moment, he handed it to Chen Zhuang to hold.

Qin Tian and the other two carried some drinks and fruit and made their way to the Cherry Garden.

After waiting for a while, they saw the four of them, Xia Nuannuan included, walking over with laughter and chatter.

Lv Yanran had already moved out of their dorm; no sooner had she left than Cheng Meng moved in, and the dorm still had four people, with an atmosphere clearly more harmonious than before.

The four beauties walking together with smiles and laughter, coupled with the blooming cherry blossom trees in the background, were undoubtedly a beautiful landscape, attracting gazes of attention from all around.

Upon seeing Qin Tian, the smile on Xia Nuannuan's face became even brighter, and she subconsciously quickened her pace.

Shen Siqi, Cheng Meng, and Lu Lei looked at each other with helpless smiles and also quickened their pace to follow.

"Brother, what kind of cake did you order? Where did you order it?"

After Xia Nuannuan walked closer, her curious gaze turned to the cake box placed on the ground.

"Just near our complex, the shop where you said their egg tarts were delicious; I ordered a fruit cake, ten inches."

Qin Tian answered with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan's beautiful eyes lit up, and she nodded excitedly, "That's great, the cakes in that shop look delicious too."

"No need to worry about gaining weight today?"

Qin Tian teased with amusement.

During this period, every time they entered this shop, Xia Nuannuan would eye the various small cakes in the display case with envy, but due to the weight crisis after the New Year, she hadn't dared to buy any, only buying two egg tarts to share with him.

Xia Nuannuan rolled her eyes at him and said with a sweet smile, "Haven't you heard that there's a cheat day for dieting? Today is Sister Lei's birthday, I definitely have to eat some of this cake!"

"Nuan Nuan, please, your weight has come down recently, you're lighter than me, and you're still dieting?"

Shen Siqi said with a beaming smile.

Chen Zhuang leaned over with a big smile and, very obsequiously, took the bag full of snacks from her hand.

"Siqi, you guys bought so much food!"

"With a big eater like you, how could we not buy a little more?"

Shen Siqi rolled her eyes and said.

"Hehe... I just eat a lot at meals, I don't really like snacks that much."

Chen Zhuang defended himself with a silly laugh.

"Brother Zhuang, don't talk nonsense, our dorm often can't find food when we're hungry at night, who do you think it all ended up in the stomach of?"

Cao Mingliang complained with annoyance.

"Cao Zei, nobody will think you're a mute if you don't talk!"

Chen Zhuang glared at him angrily.

"Hahaha..."

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help but laugh.

"It's getting late, everyone, let's get moving!"

Qin Tian called out.

Everyone nodded in agreement and then got busy.

They spread out two picnic blankets one after another, laid them side by side on the ground, then placed the cake in the very center, and arranged the various snacks, fruits, and drinks around the cake one by one.

Chen Zhuang opened a bottle of fruit juice first and filled eight disposable paper cups.

Subsequently, the eight people from the two dorms took off their shoes, stepped onto the picnic blankets, and sat in a circle.

"Come, come, come, let's have a toast first, wishing our great beauty Lu Lei a happy birthday."

Cheng Meng began to liven up the atmosphere, raising her cup with a brilliant smile and shouting.

"Sister Lei, happy birthday!"

"Lu Lei, happy birthday."

"Cheers, cheers..."

Everyone raised their cups one after another, sending their blessings to Lu Lei.

"Thank you everyone, thank you!"

Lu Lei thanked them, moved, the smile blooming on her gentle and beautiful face even more beautiful than the blooming cherry blossoms around them.

After sharing a drink, Xia Nuannuan opened the cake box and lit the candles.

Led by Shen Siqi, everyone sang a birthday song, and then let Lu Lei blow out the candles and make a wish.

"I hope that no matter how many years pass in the future, we can all be best friends."

Lu Lei held her hands together and made her birthday wish.

Upon hearing this, everyone showed sincere smiles; this was also everyone's shared wish.

"Alright, let's eat cake!"

After Lu Lei blew out the candles, she said with a smile.

"I'll cut it, I'll cut it."

Cheng Meng volunteered and picked up the plastic knife to start cutting the cake.

"Come, the first and best piece for the birthday girl."

"Thank you."

Lu Lei accepted happily and took the first piece of cake Cheng Meng handed her with both hands.

"The cake was ordered by Qin Tian, so the second piece is for you."

Cheng Meng handed a piece of cake to Qin Tian.

Qin Tian reached out to take it and handed it to Xia Nuannuan beside him, smiling, "Nuan Nuan, you eat first." "Hey, hey, hey, you two aren't the main characters today, no showing off allowed!"

Cheng Meng said with a straight face.

"That's right, Brother Tian, there are several single dogs here, give us a break today!"

Cao Mingliang immediately chimed in.

"You went shopping with a girl yesterday, what single dog are you talking about!"

Qin Tian glanced at him and looked at Xia Nuannuan, saying, "Don't mind him, eat quickly!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded, blushing, and forked a small piece of cake, but she held it to his mouth first.

Qin Tian smiled, opened his mouth to eat it, and nodded in approval with a look of surprise.

"It really is quite delicious, you should taste it quickly!"

"Mmm!"

"Fine, pretend I didn't say anything."

Cheng Meng rolled her eyes helplessly and went back to cutting the cake.

"You just moved over, you haven't participated in many gatherings between our two dorms, look at me, I'm already used to it, I can't be bothered to say anything."

Shen Siqi pointed to herself and said with a giggle.

Lu Lei beside her also had a smile in her eyes, eating the cake in small bites.

"Sigh, spring is here, the cherry blossoms are blooming, why is there no one pursuing me? Let me escape from the sea of suffering sooner!"

Cheng Meng sighed.

Hearing this, everyone was amused again.

After Chen Zhuang received his piece of cake, he looked at Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan feeding each other across from him, followed suit, got a small piece, and held it to Shen Siqi's mouth.

Shen Siqi was stunned, and under the keen gaze of everyone, she glared at Chen Zhuang in shy annoyance.

"Chen Zhuang, what are you doing, isn't it awkward?"

"I..."

Chen Zhuang was a bit confused.

"Don't learn everything from them, okay? This isn't your style at all!"

Shen Siqi said with a speechless expression.