Chapter 10: I'm dating him, and if you don't like it, you can call the police

Jiang Cheng didn't realize that his single "good" word would cause such a fervent impact on a woman in such an ordinary late night.

Meeting Jiang Cheng was something Li Qinqin had long looked forward to; she had millions of reasons to see Jiang Cheng, but they all culminated in one: getting closer.

The night passed without a word.

The next morning Jiang Cheng got up early, finished washing up, and went downstairs.

Just two minutes after Jiang Cheng got up and left, Su Peng woke up groggily, rushed to the washroom to clean up, then hurried downstairs.

He wanted to get to his sister's dormitory early, go downstairs to intercept her, and find out exactly what was going on!

Jiang Cheng came downstairs this early to deliver Su Manyao's car keys and, as agreed, buy her breakfast.

Without leaving the main gate, he arrived at the school cafeteria.

This was Jiang Cheng's first time entering the cafeteria, and he felt oddly uneasy.

It felt as if everyone along the way was staring at him, though Jiang Cheng himself knew it was just psychological.

Yet when ordering a bowl of porridge and buying a few buns, Jiang Cheng's speed remained lightning‑quick, and his eyes unconsciously darted left and right.

Delivering breakfast to a girl is so embarrassing.

If word got out, he'd be mortified to death!

Jiang Cheng thought to himself.

But seeing the aunt ladle the porridge, Jiang Cheng couldn't help saying, "Make it thinner; for her morning meal, keep it light."

Pfui! What does it matter to me whether it's light or not!

Jiang Cheng grabbed the porridge and buns and ran!

After walking some distance from the cafeteria, Jiang Cheng finally felt a bit accustomed—just buying a bun and a porridge, what's the big deal?

Yujie had become a hot topic on the campus forum yesterday, yet said nothing; how could he back down? Jiang Cheng, holding the buns and drinking porridge, headed toward the staff dormitory.

On the way he had to pass a flower bed; the path winding around it was where some people chose to do long runs, then sit by the edge to rest.

Thus Jiang Cheng walked on, hearing several groups discussing yesterday's hot topic on the forum.

"I think the person who went to the movies with Professor Su is probably a student from our school; from his clothing style, he must be young, not old‑fashioned."

"Well, of course he's young; maybe we usually think the prettier a girl is, the easier it is for her to snag an older, wealthy man, so we assumed Su Manyao's man might be older—but Su Manyao, our goddess, would never settle; she'd definitely pick someone she likes."

"You say, did Su Manyao and her man do something embarrassing in that room yesterday?"

"What nonsense! If you go to that room and aren't embarrassed, why go? Talking about it would be shameful!"

Jiang Cheng: "Sorry, brothers, I've embarrassed you…"

He quickened his pace to the staff dormitory building, where downstairs he saw many people either squatting or standing, each holding breakfast; the spacing between them showed they weren't together.

Jiang Chen, holding breakfast, walked over warily and saw a guy with dark circles under his eyes, holding breakfast while squatting on the ground, with a foam board in front reading: "Manyao, I've brought you breakfast!"

Holy shit?

Yujie didn't have just me buy breakfast, did she? No way.

Jiang Cheng shifted his breakfast back a bit, but his presence drew many glances; still, they just glanced at him once and then looked away, unfazed.

Jiang Cheng saw someone nearby also holding breakfast, pursed his lips, approached, and asked:

"Brother, are you also bringing breakfast to your girlfriend?"

The man glanced at Jiang Cheng: "What girlfriend? Brother, you're giving me too much credit."

"I bring breakfast when I see my goddess Professor Su."

"You haven't noticed everyone's doing it—don't say you're not here to bring breakfast to Su Manyao."

The man said that, glancing around at the others holding breakfast.

Jiang Cheng, holding breakfast, stared at him, momentarily speechless, because the guy really was there to bring breakfast to Su Manyao.

"Jiang Cheng, how did you get here?" Jiang Cheng turned his head and saw Su Peng calling him.

"What are you doing here?" Jiang Cheng felt his scalp tingle.

I came to bring breakfast to Su Manyao, but downstairs there were at least seven or eight people also bringing breakfast.

Never mind that—Su Peng is here too; what are we supposed to do?

Then, on the way here, he had already sent a message to Su Manyao.

"Is it not normal for me to be here?" Su Peng said: "I'm here to block my sister; I need to find out exactly what's going on!"

"Look here—these are all people bringing breakfast to my sister."

Jiang Cheng followed Su Peng's gaze toward the surrounding people, some of whom looked at the two with provocation.

They must know Su Peng is Su Manyao's brother; their gaze seemed to say, "Just wait till you call him brother‑in‑law!"

Seeing this, Jiang Cheng suddenly found it quite interesting.

It's like an extremely clean road—people pass back and forth, and nobody would feel okay throwing even a speck of trash on the ground.

But if that clean road gets its first piece of litter, soon a second, third will appear, until the whole street is littered.

Just as before yesterday, nobody had heard of anyone on campus wildly pursuing Su Manyao—either they didn't dare, or they felt unworthy.

But after the photo of Su Manyao watching a movie with a man appeared on the forum yesterday, today this scene unfolded.

The aloof, distant Yujie from afar had been touched, and they thought anyone could do the same.

If they really had that nerve, why wait until Su Manyao became a hot topic on the school forum before coming to bring breakfast?

These bastards, chasing gains and cutting losses, deserve to never eat four dishes!

"Hey, what are you thinking about?" Su Peng's voice interrupted his train of thought.

"I'm thinking these bastards aren't even worthy to compete with me." Jiang Cheng said without hesitation.

Su Peng:??? Su Peng widened his eyes, looking at Jiang Cheng as if he didn't know him; then his gaze shifted to the breakfast Jiang Cheng was holding.

This was already obvious! "Old… Old Jiang, honestly, what are you doing here?" Su Peng grabbed Jiang Cheng's hand, and if Jiang Cheng's answer didn't satisfy him, the next second he'd break it.

Jiang Cheng also knew he had let the slip.

But coincidentally, at this moment a woman walked out of the stairwell exit of the vocational training dormitory.

The woman wore a loose long dress, had slippers on her feet, and her exposed skin was as white as her feet.

She looked like she had just woken up, not fixing her appearance, but the charm of her sleepy eyes lessened her aloof, icy beauty that kept people at a distance, adding more feminine allure.

However, Jiang Cheng knew that the woman's aloofness was innate or due to her job, not pretentious; actually, upon reflection, the sister is quite down-to-earth.

Then look at those who came here early to bring Su Manyao breakfast, those pesky kids.

At this moment, they looked at each other, at a loss, and no one dared to step forward.

Jiang Cheng had just been anxious about how to explain to Su Peng.

At this moment, seeing Su Manyao, he quickly thought of an idea, fiddled with the car key in his hand, and handed it over to the approaching Su Manyao.

He said to Su Peng: "I came to deliver the car key."

Su Peng looked at the car key in Jiang Cheng's hand, then at Su Manyao walking over and reaching out to take the key.

"Impossible, are you dating my sister, you brat!" Su Peng shouted.

From Jiang Cheng to Old Jiang, then to you kid, that's the change!

Without waiting for Jiang Cheng to speak, Su Manyao stepped closer and naturally linked her arm with his.

On her flawless, makeup-free face, the cool beauty of a proud queen said, "Yes, if you don't like it, you can call the police."

(End of chapter)