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Chapter 35: Jiang Yubing’s Strange Behavior

After leaving the school, Shen Qingxuan soon spotted Jiang Zhiyan standing on the roadside.

Shen Qingxuan walked quickly over.

He had just come in front of Jiang Zhiyan when he heard her voice.

“Junior, thank you.”

Jiang Zhiyan’s face wore a smile as she handed the cola in her hand to him.

“Hey, what’s to thank? It was just a small favor.”

Shen Qingxuan did not stand on ceremony and reached out to take it.

The moment his fingers touched the cola, a wave of coolness spread from his fingertips.

Hmm, it was still cold.

Nice!

His fingers skillfully hooked the pull tab and he gave a strong tug.

With a hiss, the cola opened.

Lifting his head, he gulped down two big mouthfuls.

He said with satisfaction, “Ah! That’s refreshing.”

Jiang Zhiyan couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh as she watched his actions.

“Let’s go, junior.”

Shen Qingxuan naturally understood what she meant.

Just then, his phone notification suddenly chimed.

Shen Qingxuan curiously took out his phone to check—it was a message from Jiang Yubing: “Where are you?”

He quickly replied, “At the school gate, but I’ll be leaving in a bit.”

Right after, Jiang Yubing sent an angry emoji.

Shen Qingxuan stared at the screen for quite a while but did not get a new message.

He scrolled through their chat repeatedly, Feeling confused and completely in the dark.

He did not think further.

He finished the rest of the cola in a few gulps

Then left with Jiang Zhiyan.

All along the way, neither of them brought up what had happened earlier.

……

On the sixth floor of the apartment complex, With a “ding”—the elevator doors slowly opened.

Shen Qingxuan and Jiang Zhiyan walked out.

“Junior, I truly have to thank you for today.”

Jiang Zhiyan stood at her room door, expressing her gratitude again.

“It was nothing, don’t worry about it.”

Shen Qingxuan casually waved his hand and entered his own room.

He closed the door.

The moment he turned around, he saw Jiang Yubing staring at him with a face full of grievance.

“Oh! Junior, you finally decided to come back?”

Her tone was dripping with sarcasm.

Shen Qingxuan’s heart skipped a beat.

He thought silently: Something was wrong, really wrong.

When did Jiang Yubing start talking like this?

He could not figure it out, so he simply asked:

“What’s up with you?”

Jiang Yubing just turned her head away in a huff, clearly not wanting to pay attention to him.

Seeing this, Shen Qingxuan had no trouble realizing she was angry.

But he had done nothing at all, So where did he offend this big miss?

All he could say was, everyone today acted strangely.

He walked to the sofa, As soon as he sat down, Jiang Yubing scooted away.

Shen Qingxuan’s mouth twitched slightly.

He wondered in his heart: Could she be hungry?

So he tried asking, “Want to eat something? I’ll cook for you.”

“You’re full and satisfied, why care about me?” Jiang Yubing snapped back.

Whoa!

She was like she swallowed a stick of dynamite today, So much anger!

Where in the world did he offend this big miss?

Shen Qingxuan racked his brain thinking.

They went their separate ways after waking up this morning and hadn’t spoken again.

Except…

Shen Qingxuan suddenly remembered Jiang Yubing inexplicably asking him where he was earlier—could it be because of that?

But he hadn’t lied!

Shen Qingxuan’s head felt like it was about to explode with all the thinking. He could not help but sigh:

A woman’s heart was truly like a needle at the bottom of the sea!

In the end, he gave up guessing, Looking completely at a loss.

Shen Qingxuan let out a helpless sigh, He decided to let Jiang Yubing cool off for a while and ask her properly after her mood improved.

He stood up and went into the kitchen, planning to make a simple meal, Maybe some delicious food could put Jiang Yubing in a better mood.

From the kitchen came the sounds of pots and pans clanking together, Before long, A simple meal of two dishes and a soup went onto the table.

Shen Qingxuan walked over to the sofa, He said gently to Jiang Yubing, “Let’s eat first. Don’t go hungry.”

Jiang Yubing still turned her head away and wouldn’t look at him, But her stomach grumbled in protest.

Shen Qingxuan couldn’t help but laugh.

“See, even your stomach’s complaining.

Let’s eat first. Whatever it is, we can talk after.”

Maybe she was really hungry, Or maybe Shen Qingxuan’s soft coaxing wore her down, Jiang Yubing finally took her seat at the table.

While they ate, Neither spoke, and the atmosphere felt a little heavy.

Shen Qingxuan was already stuffed from eating hotpot with Jiang Zhiyan earlier.

So he spent the whole meal watching Jiang Yubing eat.

Once Jiang Yubing finished her meal, Shen Qingxuan got up to clear the dishes.

After he finished these chores and returned to the living room, He found Jiang Yubing sitting dazed on the sofa.

He sat beside Jiang Yubing, This time, Jiang Yubing did not move away.

Shen Qingxuan asked cautiously, “I really don’t know what I did wrong, so please don’t be angry.”

Jiang Yubing stayed silent for a while, Then said just three words: “Jiang Zhiyan.”

Now Shen Qingxuan finally understood.

But more questions surfaced in his mind:

How did she know the two of them were together?

Could it be…

Shen Qingxuan blurted out, “Were you following me?”

When Jiang Yubing heard that, She rolled her eyes speechlessly

And snapped, “Do I look that bored to you?”

Shen Qingxuan thought about it and figured that what Jiang Yubing said was reasonable.

She was a pampered miss after all, How could she possibly stalk a poor loser like him?

There was no way she suddenly liked him—

That was too ridiculous.

But Jiang Yubing truly did seem rather idle.

After thinking for a moment.

Shen Qingxuan still voiced his doubts: “Then how did you know I was with Jiang Zhiyan?”

Jiang Yubing continued giving him the cold shoulder and retorted, “You don’t know?”

“Huh? Know what?”

Shen Qingxuan looked completely lost, unable to figure it out.

Jiang Yubing impatiently said, “Check the school forum yourself.”

Shen Qingxuan quickly did as she said, Opening up the school forum.

Sure enough, A post popped right up in his face, The post’s videos recorded in detail everything that had happened between him and Jiang Zhiyan at the school gate that afternoon.

Shen Qingxuan’s eyes slowly moved down, As he read the comments below, his face grew uglier and uglier.

The words there could not have been nastier, Some said he was a third wheel, breaking up others on purpose;

Others mocked his proper appearance, saying he was secretly scheming…

After reading all of it, Shen Qingxuan had just one thought left in his heart: Good grief, He was being cyberbullied?

Sigh!

Shen Qingxuan let out a long sigh.

What kind of mess was this?

Just as Shen Qingxuan was feeling stifled and depressed, Jiang Yubing suddenly asked, “Do you like her?”

“How is that possible!”

Shen Qingxuan’s voice involuntarily rose as he hurriedly retorted.

Jiang Yubing raised her eyebrows slightly, a barely noticeable probing in her tone: “Really?”

Shen Qingxuan grew so anxious his face turned red, and he quickly said, “If I lied to you, I’d be a puppy. If I even harbored a single improper thought about her, let lightning strike me from above!”

He looked just short of swearing an oath to heaven.

Hearing this, Jiang Yubing quietly felt relieved.

“All right, all right, no need to be so loud!”

Shen Qingxuan: “……”

If I am guilty, let the law judge me.

The judgment should not be like this!

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Over ten minutes later.

Jiang Yubing pursed her lips lightly and suddenly thought of something, “By the way, there’s a holiday tomorrow, come home with me.”

Shen Qingxuan paused for a split second, He had been so upset by all the strange things today, That he forgot tomorrow was the National Day holiday.

But why go home!

He had planned to spend the break relaxing and having fun.

He grew up all this time, And never went sightseeing anywhere.

Shen Qingxuan unconsciously scratched his head, A bit of embarrassment on his face: “Go home… I’d actually planned to go sightseeing, been planning for a long time.”

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