"I don't know him at all!"
"But he does look kind of familiar..."
Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue found this familiar feeling inexplicable until the latter thought for a mont and suspiciously said, "Did you sit next to us when we were eating in Canteen No. 2?"
"Seems like it." Huang Tianxuan herself seed unsure.
Stalker?
Xu Manning widened her eyes and scrutinized Huang Tianxuan with suspicion and caution, "That explains why you looked so familiar."
Earlier, around five o'clock, Huang Tianxuan had coincidentally run into them at the canteen.
At the ti, she was sure Li Peifeng would be giving a lecture at seven, so she wasn't in a rush to et up, just waited for the right ti to go to the location and wait patiently.
Coincidentally, it was alti then, so Huang Tianxuan went to a nearby canteen for a al.
Coincidentally, Huang Tianxuan also ran into the two girls with Li Peifeng's parents at the sa canteen.
As for sitting nearby, that was sothing Huang Tianxuan did deliberately because the four of them together were quite attention-grabbing.
Their good looks aside, Yu Huizhi and Li Qiyuan as a couple were distinctive, especially since, to Huang Tianxuan, their greatest trait was the strong resemblance between their eyes and brows and those of Li Peifeng.
With just one glance among the crowd, Huang Tianxuan could determine this couple was definitely related to Li Peifeng, so she sat near their table.
And from that seat, whether intentionally or not, Huang Tianxuan listened to the entire conversation of the four, gaining a relatively comprehensive understanding of Li Peifeng and the people around him.
At the very least, she learned that Li Peifeng was currently sharing accommodation with two girls...
"Probably another girl Li Peifeng attracted in the past."
Wu Wenyue turned around, reached a conclusion in her heart, and couldn't be bothered to care anymore.
As a good friend of Li Peifeng, Wu Wenyue had witnessed how the other spent his five or six years in university. At Beihua Normal where n were few and won many, Li Peifeng, often likened to Jia Baoyu from the Jia Mansion, was popular.
Surrounded by endless beauty, with enchanting smiles and incomparable allure from various departnt beauties, he basked in the "land of warmth and tenderness."
Li Peifeng saw and encountered too much beauty, dazzled by it all.
From the first day of school, he enjoyed and possessed everything, with countless senior and junior girls flocking to him.
In such an environnt, how could Li Peifeng have been expected to remain earnest? No man could, given his looks and affluence, he was bound to beco frivolous.
His emotional escapades fluctuated, affecting even his physical self. However, after beginning his postgraduate studies, his roguish behavior started to subside, especially after breaking up with Xu Manning, he completely turned over a new leaf.
Wu Wenyue figured he had had enough and was ready to settle down and make a decisive move, but who would've thought Xu Manning would co back suddenly... and it wasn't just Xu Manning!
"1, 2, 3... 18!"
Wu Wenyue scanned the room and found a surprising number of familiar faces from around Li Peifeng, each a beauty from different departnts, and she could even na a few, causing her to feel secretly startled.
"A pack of wolves surrounding, danger lurking everywhere!"
Xu Manning also sensed sothing unusual and turned her head, but then focused on the person who seed to give her the most pressure—Huang Tianxuan: "You're not from the School of Arts and Sciences, right?"
"No."
Huang Tianxuan shook her head lightly, smiling, "I'm a fan of Li Peifeng's books, from Hangzhou. Last ti when he and Professor Zhao were there on a business trip, we t. I even took him out to buy a lot of gifts, not sure if they were for you two sisters?"
"?"
"So it was you!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Manning was enlightened, and Wu Wenyue also turned around with courtesy, "So, Miss Huang, this ti you ca to the Capital because...?"
"You can just call Tianxuan." Huang Tianxuan smiled with her lips closed, "I ca to the Capital for work reasons. I plan to do my PhD while working at Yandu University."
"Oh?" Xu Manning felt a pang in her heart but maintained a calm exterior, even showing a genuine, polite smile, "Peifeng ntioned you before, saying he t a local fan sister in Hangzhou who took great care of him. The two even strolled and shopped hand in hand..."
Hmm? Tell us more about this story!
Concerned about her son's love matters, Yu Huizhi quietly leaned back a bit, while Wu Wenyue carefully observed Huang Tianxuan's facial expression, trying to find a hint of a fling...
"Is that so?"
Huang Tianxuan looked astonished, "I've only known Peifeng for a few days, as friends only. Taking him out shopping is true, but it was just to help him buy local specialties for the people around him."
Averting impending disaster to avoid future heartbreak, knowing and acting cautiously, a virtuous person does not stand under a dangerous wall carelessly.
This sort of petty trickery, Huang Tianxuan saw through imdiately. From eavesdropping in the canteen, she had already judged that the relationship between Xu Manning, Wu Wenyue, and Li Peifeng was not simple, so she naturally wouldn't admit to anything suddenly in front of potential hostility from these two girls.
With the situation still unclear, it was better to fortify, gather information, and use this opportunity to learn more about what kind of person Li Peifeng is before making any judgnt.
Therefore, Huang Tianxuan's response was flawless, neither clearly denying whether the two held hands nor confirming as much intimacy as Xu Manning imagined.
Comrade Yu Huizhi sat up straight in slight disappointnt, while Li Qiyuan furrowed his brows slightly, glanced at Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning beside him, and said nothing.
"I see, I must have rembered wrong. My na is Xu Manning."
Xu Manning's smile widened, reducing her vigilance; out of professional habit, she focused on Huang Tianxuan's attire. On closer inspection, she found the clothing, though simple in style, made of high-grade materials, likely expensive custom-designed fashion, making her a bit startled again.
Li Peifeng was even more astonished, though speaking, his eyes kept darting to this side, observing the dynamics between the three girls and his parents...
How the hell are you all still chatting?!!
"How old are you, Sister Tianxuan? What kind of work do you do?"
Wu Wenyue, straightforward and to the point, asked what she wanted to know, realizing she hadn't introduced herself, and added, "My na is Wu Wenyue, a friend of Li Peifeng's."
"Wu Wenyue!"
"Yes, I an you."
"Could you please pass the microphone to the tall girl in the light blue jacket?"
Just as Huang Tianxuan was about to answer, she heard the sound system inside the classroom raise a few decibels, and other audience mbers turned their gaze this way...
Li Peifeng on the podium, his expression was gentle, "You've read my books, what do you think of my novels?"
In the lecture, a staff mber handed over the microphone, and Wu Wenyue, suddenly being called upon, was a bit at a loss. She took the microphone, stood for a while, and only managed to say two words.
"Not bad."
Wu Wenyue handed back the microphone after speaking, sitting down again; this answer clearly wasn't what she truly felt, but it didn't matter...
"Shall we talk more in a bit?"
Yu Huizhi smiled and whispered, "Everyone else is quiet, but our table is the loudest."
"Mm-hmm."
The three girls also felt a bit embarrassed, nodding repeatedly.
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