Chapter 1584: Zihan Pursues Tian Yuanyuan

Fast Chinese.

Each person ordered a signature bowl of noodles, a serving of spicy stir-fried chicken racks, and a serving of shredded potato salad, for a total cost of thirty-two yuan.

Zirui said, "It's not easy to get a treat out of you, and you even brought me to our eldest brother's shop."

Zihan was unconvinced: "What's wrong with coming to our eldest brother's shop? I'm paying the bill all the same; I'm not going to skip out on it."

Zirui said, "I'm not afraid of you skipping out on the bill, but you want to ask about Tian Yuanyuan, yet you only treat me to ten-yuan noodles. The price is a bit too low, so I'll only tell you ten yuan's worth."

Zihan:...

Since Zirui had already seen right through him, he couldn't be bothered to pretend and asked directly, "What's Tian Yuanyuan's WeChat?"

"You know her QQ, right?"

"And her TikTok, Weibo, Bilibili, Zhihu accounts..."

Zirui was caught between laughter and tears: "Do you think everyone is like you? Playing with everything? I don't have any of these things you mentioned."

Zihan didn't believe it: "Are you trying to fool a ghost? You're classmates; you don't even have her WeChat?"

Zirui retorted: "You're her classmate too, you were desk-mates for three years in high school. Don't you have her WeChat?"

"No, I blocked her," Zihan said.

He used to have it, but Tian Yuanyuan was too controlling; not only did she watch him in real life, but she also bossed him around online. Zihan found it troublesome, so he blocked all her contact methods.

Now that he wanted to contact her, he could only add her again!

Zirui pushed Tian Yuanyuan's contact card over, and Zihan sent a friend request, only to be rejected immediately!

"What is this? That's too much. She actually won't add me?"

"Give me her phone number, hurry up!"

When rejected, Zihan wouldn't be like those thin-skinned classmates who would give up or look for other ways.

He would only charge head-on into the difficulty and solve the problem!

Zirui said, "Let's make a bet. Even if you call her, she won't pick up."

"Why?"

"Because there's a boy in the class pursuing her. She won't be like she was before toward you."

"Is that guy blind? Pursuing her? Who is that guy?"

Zirui:...

"Since you aren't interested in Tian Yuanyuan, why do you care who is pursuing her?"

Zihan said, "We're old classmates. I have to be responsible for her and help her vet him so she doesn't get cheated. There are too many scumbags in society nowadays."

Zirui almost burst out laughing: "Hahahaha..."

"You don't understand yourself at all. With you standing in front, who would even have the nerve to be called a scumbag? Don't worry, that guy isn't as scummy as you!"

Zihan:...

He switched to repeat-mode: "Tell me, hurry up and tell me who that person is..."

Zirui didn't want to say at first, but after being pestered, he had no choice and told him it was a boy in the class.

His name was Yan Zhiqiao, his grades were good, and he wore glasses and looked refined.

"Do you have a photo?"

"What are you doing? I'm warning you, don't do anything reckless."

"I'm not the type to do anything reckless. Why don't you even trust your own brother?"

"It's precisely because you're my brother that I don't trust you."

Zihan threatened: "If you don't give me a photo, I'll go find out myself. I'll definitely find this person."

"I really admire you. If only you used this kind of investigative spirit on proper business."

Zirui pulled up his phone gallery, which had photos from a class activity a few days ago, and Yan Zhiqiao was in them.

Taking the photo out, it was true; at a glance, he looked like a student with good grades, with a very scholarly air.

"Bookworm, a toad lusting after swan meat," Zihan spat, not saying a single nice word.

"Why are you insulting people?"

"I'm not insulting anyone; this is an objective evaluation!"

Zihan even "objectively" added: "Look at this Yan guy, he doesn't even look people in the eye when he smiles. He looks like he has ulterior motives. If Tian Yuanyuan likes him, she'll be miserable for the rest of her life... No, I have to save her!"

"We're old classmates; I can't watch her jump into a pit of fire and not save her. Zirui, you don't need to tell Tian Yuanyuan. I'm a good person; I don't leave my name after doing a good deed!"

Zirui:...

This guy's intentions were written all over his face.

Being jealous is just being jealous; wouldn't it be better to be open and honest about it?

He had to come up with high-sounding excuses and then interfere using less-than-honorable methods.

Zihan's method to "save" Tian Yuanyuan was to ask his own female classmates to get close to Yan Zhiqiao!

The girls from the Film Academy had their ways, and within a few days, they had Yan Zhiqiao spinning in circles, ignoring Tian Yuanyuan completely.

Tian Yuanyuan was "heartbroken," and Sheng Zihan appeared.

"Yuanyuan, let me treat you to a meal."

"You, treating me?"

Tian Yuanyuan sized him up suspiciously: "You're showing courtesy for no reason; it's definitely not for anything good. What do you want?"

"I don't want anything. I just want to reminisce with you. We were together for three years in high school, childhood sweethearts..."

Tian Yuanyuan interrupted him: "Wait a second, can you stop talking nonsense? Who were childhood sweethearts with you? I'm not close to you, and I don't need you to treat me to a meal. I have a big appetite."

"Move aside, a good dog doesn't block the path."

She tried to walk past, but Zihan wouldn't let her.

He continued to pester her: "Don't be like that, even if we weren't childhood sweethearts, we were desk-mates for three years, right? How can you say we aren't close? We're very close. I have to thank you for how you treated me back then; if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have scored so high..."

"Just give me a chance to treat you to a meal, okay? You know I'm the stingiest person; I never treat anyone. Spending money makes my heart ache—don't you want to see me sad?"

No one could withstand Sheng Zihan's pestering skills, and Tian Yuanyuan was no exception; she finally agreed to eat with Zihan.

Zihan was truly prepared to break the bank, so he found a high-end Western restaurant.

But Tian Yuanyuan wouldn't go; she led Zihan to Chenxin Snack and said, "Let's just eat here. Their seafood noodles have plenty of ingredients and are cheap, and they're delicious."

Zihan was happy inside, but he still politely said, "Isn't this a bit inappropriate? You helped me so much, and I'm only treating you to a bowl of noodles..."

Halfway through his sentence, he reacted quickly and immediately changed his tone: "A bowl of noodles is definitely not enough, so I'll just treat you a few more times. You must not stand on ceremony with me."

"Hmph! Don't worry, I won't stand on ceremony with you, just don't go crying in secret if I eat you into poverty."

The two walked into the noodle shop, and there happened to be two empty seats.

Zihan ordered two bowls of seafood noodles, a serving of spicy stir-fried chicken racks, a serving of smoked duck racks, a serving of shredded kelp with minced garlic, and a cold cucumber salad.

Tian Yuanyuan looked at him with surprise.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Is it because I'm handsome?" Zihan made a cool expression.

"No, I'm just surprised that you actually ordered shredded kelp with minced garlic. Don't you hate the smell of garlic the most?"

Back when they were in high school, she once ate garlic-sautéed choy sum at noon—the garlic was even cooked—and Zihan insisted that she smelled entirely of garlic, strongly demanding to change seats!

Of course, the request to change seats was suppressed, but ever since then, she had never eaten garlic again!

As soon as she said this, Zihan also remembered that incident.

He looked guilty and said, "It was all my fault back then. Actually, you didn't smell like garlic at all; I was just deliberately picking a fight because I wanted to change seats..."

"Since there was no garlic smell, how did you know I ate garlic that day?"

"I saw it when you were ordering at the Cafeteria..."