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Chapter 91: Was This Worth Eating?

The tiered lecture hall.

Shen Qingxuan carried Jiang Yubing into the classroom and was spotted at once by a sharp-eyed student.

“Look, look, isn’t that Campus Belle Jiang?”

“Exactly.”

“But didn’t people say she is unattainable? How is she being carried by Campus Hunk Shen today?”

“She usually looks cool and aloof, hard to approach, yet I never expect her to play around like this.”

“Appearances really are deceiving!”

“Sigh! It is bad enough when the idol you like collapses, and now even the white moonlight collapses.”

“Am I the only one who thinks they actually look perfect together?”

The crowd chattered, and the discussion ebbed and flowed.

More and more students were drawn in, and their eyes focused on them.

Some even whipped out their phones and snapped photos with sharp clicks.

After all, who did not want a taste of such fresh gossip?

Maybe posting it on the school forum would whip up a wave of attention.

Shen Qingxuan strode to the back row with Jiang Yubing on his back and set her down gently.

Hearing the whispers around him, he clenched his fists and wished he could teach those gossipers a lesson.

Just as he prepared to speak up, the course teacher walked into the classroom.

In an instant, the chatter in the room stopped cold.

Shen Qingxuan could only close his mouth helplessly.

He glanced around the classroom but saw no sign of Zhang Yunhao.

He wondered where the guy went.

Shen Qingxuan sat beside Jiang Yubing, turned his head, and whispered, “Wife, are you all right?”

“I’m fine!”

Jiang Yubing grasped Shen Qingxuan’s offered hand and looked indifferent.

She grew up like this.

She did not know how many rumors like this she heard.

She already got used to it.

An uneasy silence lingered.

Noon arrived.

When the students gradually filed out of the classroom, Shen Qingxuan looked at Jiang Yubing again.

“Wife, do you still want me to carry you?”

“No need.”

Jiang Yubing waved her hands quickly in refusal.

She was not really hurt in the first place.

Now they were at school.

Being watched by so many people felt embarrassing.

“Then let’s go eat.”

Shen Qingxuan did not insist; he held Jiang Yubing’s hand, and the two walked toward the cafeteria.

They entered the third cafeteria.

After queuing for food, they saw Zhao Ran and Bai Youwei sitting in the back row of the hall.

“What are they…”

Shen Qingxuan noticed several empty seats between them and asked in confusion.

“They probably quarreled again.”

Jiang Yubing smiled.

She was long accustomed to their bickering style.

When Bai Youwei saw Jiang Yubing approaching, she called out, “Bingbing, come here, I need to ask you something.”

She truly had something to consult Bingbing about.

Jiang Yubing nodded to her at those words.

Then she gently pinched Shen Qingxuan’s hand.

“Husband, I will go over there for a moment.”

“All right.”

Shen Qingxuan smiled and nodded.

Then he walked toward Zhao Ran.

Only then did Bai Youwei notice that Jiang Yubing walked a little awkwardly.

She looked puzzled.

She wondered why Bingbing limped like her.

She assumed that Bingbing knew she was injured.

It proved yet again that Bingbing was her best friend.

Since Bingbing knew she was injured, she even “got injured” in sympathy.

That was true solidarity through thick and thin.

When Jiang Yubing sat down, Bai Youwei quickly asked, “Bingbing, what happened to your foot?”

That question made images of last night flash through Jiang Yubing’s mind.

The more she thought, the redder her little face became.

“Bingbing, why is your face so red?”

“I… I…”

Jiang Yubing stammered, completely unsure how to answer such an embarrassing question.

Just then, Bai Youwei spoke again, “Bingbing, did the little brother tell you that my leg is injured?”

“Ah?”

Jiang Yubing looked blank.

She wondered when Weiwei’s leg got injured.

Besides, how would her idiot husband know about that?

He did not even have Weiwei’s contact information.

She doubted that Zhao Ran would be the one to tell him.

Then it occurred to her that this was probably the case.

After all, the two boys were buddies from childhood.

Realizing this, Jiang Yubing hurriedly agreed.

“Yes.”

Upon hearing that, Bai Youwei pouted at once.

“Hmph!”

She believed that damned Zhao Ran harbored designs on her.

He even told others about this.

It seemed he really cared.

Remembering her purpose, Bai Youwei leaned closer and whispered, “Bingbing, how did you get the little brother to behave so obediently?”

“Can you teach me?”

“Eh?”

Jiang Yubing looked utterly baffled.

Did she even control Shen Qingxuan?

After thinking it over, she felt that apart from the living expenses, there was nothing else.

The idiot husband was already very obedient.

But why did Weiwei suddenly ask that?

Could it be because of Zhao Ran…

Yet she kept saying every day that even dogs would not date.

At that thought, Jiang Yubing felt a stir and asked tentatively, “Weiwei, don’t tell me you like Zhao Ran.”

“How could I possibly like him?”

Upon hearing that, Bai Youwei retorted at once.

“That damned Zhao Ran may be a little handsome, but his temper is awful, and he fights me every day.”

“I might like anyone, but definitely not him.”

Seeing her exaggerated reaction, Jiang Yubing became even surer of her guess.

If she mentioned Zhao Ran every few sentences, what else could it be but love?

This little best friend of hers was in love without realizing it.

It seemed she needed to find a chance to match them up.

Meanwhile, at another table.

“Not bad!”

Shen Qingxuan had just sat down and eaten a few bites when he heard Zhao Ran’s teasing question.

“What?”

Shen Qingxuan looked puzzled, his mouth still full of rice.

“So you finally got to eat, huh?”

Zhao Ran looked up at him with a half-smile.

When they arrived earlier, he caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of his eye.

He noticed Jiang Yubing’s unusual gait.

Shen Qingxuan almost choked on those words.

They were buddies for many years.

Zhao Ran always loved to joke.

Shen Qingxuan understood exactly what he meant.

But how did he notice; could it be because of Bingbing…

Was it that obvious?

Shen Qingxuan swallowed his food quickly.

He casually made up an excuse.

“Cough, cough…”

“Yesterday, when we went out, Bingbing accidentally fell.”

When Zhao Ran heard that, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

However, he did not expose Shen Qingxuan’s lie.

Instead, he mused silently.

His good buddy was impressive to claim Jiang Yubing so quickly.

She was the campus belle, after all.

That was far better than that loser Zhang Yunhao.

By the time Shen Qingxuan’s kid ran errands for soy sauce, Zhang Yunhao would probably still be fumbling.

As for himself, he felt in no hurry at all.

Matters of the heart should follow their own course.

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