Chapter 39: ...Study well, don't lose face for me

"... Study well, don't lose face for me."

He took the milk tea, helped her tear open the straw wrapper, inserted the straw for her, and crumpled the trash into a ball, placing it beside him.

"You bought too big a cup, I can't finish it."

He laughed: "Are you stupid? If you can't finish it, throw it away, I didn't tell you to drink it all."

"Actually, I brought water myself."

Xie Qin took the milk tea from her side, inserted the straw, without touching the straw opening: "I'm saying, you're not very romantic, are you?"

"Write your problems."

Alright.

Shen Li looked at the sticker on the milk tea cup, it cost forty-six yuan.

So expensive.

Xie Qin handed it to her lips, Shen Li took the milk tea, took a sip, it was warm, and her hands, which had been chilled by the air conditioning, started to warm up, and it didn't seem so cold anymore.

"When I have change, I'll pay you back."

Xie Qin looked at her and narrowed his eyes: "Do I lack this bit of money? Shut up, hurry up and write."

So fierce!

Shen Li held the milk tea with both hands and took a few more sips.

He was indeed quite rich, willing to buy a bag worth over thirty thousand yuan for a girlfriend he had dated for three months and met seven times.

Young masters from such wealthy families usually don't have very good tempers.

This milk tea is made with pure milk, and the pearls are handmade from brown sugar; there aren't many additives.

Later, while Shen Li was doing problems, Xie Qin was unexpectedly quiet for once, playing on his phone and gaming on the side, not bothering her again.

By the time Shen Li finished the last passage, the library had just reached closing time.

The sky outside had already turned dark.

At this hour, there were only a few scattered people left in the library; everyone else had already left and returned to their dorms.

Shen Li had also finished the milk tea Xie Qin bought.

Walking out of the library, the breeze that blew by was very gentle, carrying the fragrance of flowers from the roadside.

Their hair was stirred by the breeze, and the two walked together in silence.

Xie Qin was wearing gray trousers with his hands in his pockets, following slightly behind and to the side of Shen Li, his pace not fast, his posture relaxed and at ease.

Two black shadows, elongated by the streetlights, were in front of them, overlapping into one.

Shen Li broke the silence, "Are you going back to the dorm too?"

"Otherwise? Do you want to ask me out, or... should I give you a chance?" Xie Qin looked at her with a languid posture, "After all, I'm so handsome, you wouldn't be at a loss."

He spoke in a provocative way.

However, what he said was indeed the truth; he was indeed quite handsome, and he had a clear sense of his own handsomeness.

He was very narcissistic, but he also had the capital for it.

"Xie Qin..." Shen Li pursed her lips.

"Hmm?"

"Why did you hit someone on the basketball court today? Did Cheng Yanjun provoke you?"

"Tsk." Xie Qin lowered his head and ruffled his hair. He didn't know what he was doing, but there was a sense of guilt, like someone who had done something wrong and felt insecure. "Who hit anyone? We just bumped into each other. Do you think I look like someone who would stir up trouble?"

After a bit more road, they would be at the dorms soon.

"You have a bandage on your hand. I saw it bleeding, and others said so too; I heard them."

"Who? Who said that? Don't listen to their nonsense. He fell by accident."

He still wouldn't admit it?

Shen Li stopped walking, and Xie Qin stopped too, the small step he had taken being pulled back.

Shen Li furrowed her brows, looking up at him slightly, her eyes showing a hint of seriousness, "Don't always bully your classmates."

"Are you worried about him?" Xie Qin met those eyes of hers that usually held no emotion, leaned down, brought his line of sight level with hers, and his gaze darkened.

Shen Li was not short among girls, but in front of Xie Qin, she was very small. His aura encroached upon her, carrying a very strong presence.

"You've grown bold, starting to lecture me, huh?"

"But I'm a rebellious person with a contrary streak; the more others tell me not to do something, the more I want to do it."

"I only listen to my girlfriend."

As Shen Li's gaze shifted, she didn't know how to respond to him for a moment. A person like Xie Qin was arrogant, refused to be disciplined, and only knew how to bully others and look down on people.

"When you have a new girlfriend, I will tell her to keep you in line. Xie Qin... bullying people is wrong. You should restrain your temper and stop hitting people."

However, looking at her expression, Xie Qin seemed to have taken the first two sentences she said seriously, while the last sentence was automatically ignored by her.

Seeing her eyes, which held not a shred of emotion, he felt an inexplicable irritation.

She seemed to be angry.

Shen Li took her wallet out of her shoulder bag, pulled out a hundred-yuan bill, and gave it to Xie Qin. This hundred was her only large bill. "This is for the electricity bill I owed you last time, plus the milk tea money. You don't need to give me the change for the rest."

Seeing the money, Xie Qin laughed, "No! I say, your temper... how is it even bigger than mine?"

He straightened up and reached out to ruffle the top of her head. Shen Li's hair was a bit messy, and a strand of hair stood up on the crown of her head, making the person who was currently cold-faced and expressionless look a bit dazed.

"Then you tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Shen Li said solemnly, "Go and apologize to him."

"Fuck!" Xie Qin laughed out loud. Apologize? What kind of international joke is that? Let alone apologizing, he didn't even know how to write those two characters!

"Shen Li, do you think that just because I'm good to you, you can ride on my head?" Xie Qin glanced at the money she was still holding up. He let out a laugh, looked away in another direction, and then fixed his gaze on her again: "You're quite stubborn."

As he spoke, Xie Qin directly took her money, and her wallet too, but he didn't want them; instead...

He took her wallet, stuffed the money back in, zipped it up, and even took the shoulder bag Shen Li was carrying, stuffing the wallet inside.

"I don't spend a woman's money. If word gets out, don't I need to save face?"

Saying this, Xie Qin slung her bag over his shoulder.

Shen Li was stunned: "What are you doing? Give me back my bag!"

Ignoring her words, he strode off with his long legs, "I'll see you to the bottom of your dorm building."

Shen Li didn't expect him to walk so fast, "You don't need to see me off, I can go back by myself."

Besides, so many people were returning to the dorms now; it wouldn't be good if they were seen.

Seeing her trying to grab it, Xie Qin simply wouldn't give her the bag, "Men and women should not touch when handing over objects. Don't take this opportunity to have ulterior motives and try to touch me."

Who wanted to touch him?

His rogue-like demeanor left one with no way to deal with him. In the end, Shen Li didn't say anything more to him.

The dorms closed at nine-thirty, and it was already past eight; there were many people on the road returning to their dorms.

Many people's gazes all fell upon them.

Walking to the bottom of the boys' dorm building, Shen Li said to him: "We're here, you can give me back my bag now."

Xie Qin lifted his chin, pointing to the girls' dorm less than a hundred meters ahead, "This isn't there yet."

Shen Li: "..."