"You, you’re really that freak who got a perfect score? Oh my God! And you’re this handso, too?"
As soon as Li Qiuzhe finished speaking, the two girls with Jiang Yino finally snapped back to their senses and exclaid in surprise.
"Of course he is! How could that be fake? Ladies, don’t just stare at Fourth Bro. Co on, look over here! You know what they say, fate brings soulmates together, no matter the distance. How about we have a al and get to know each other?" Hearing the girls’ exclamations, Li Qiuzhe imdiately leaned in with a lecherous grin.
"Sure!" the two girls agreed without hesitation.
It was broad daylight on campus, so they had nothing to fear. The main reason was the guy opposite them. Despite seeming sowhat aloof, he was the unbelievable prodigy who had aced the college entrance exam. It was a rare opportunity to et soone like him, and they really wanted to understand how he had pulled it off.
Just as Qin Fan was about to walk away, he overheard this and stopped, a wry smile on his face. At this point, it felt inappropriate to just leave.
He looked at Jiang Yino and asked with a gentle smile, "Yinuo, what do you think?"
"Is this... is this appropriate?" Jiang Yino asked, biting her lip.
"It is, it definitely is!" Li Qiuzhe and the two girls said in unison.
"Alright then." Jiang Yino nodded, eting Qin Fan’s gaze, which felt sowhat strange to her.
Truthfully, she was quite puzzled. Why were Qin Fan’s eyes always filled with such overwhelming tenderness? She had only just t this incredible prodigy, right? So why did she feel as though he had known her for a very long ti?
"Since everyone’s on board, let’s go. To the campus restaurant!" Qin Fan announced with a wave of his hand.
But as the group started to move, Xu Jiayi froze in place. She felt a wave of apprehension and didn’t dare to follow.
"Jiayi, what’s wrong? Let’s go! Weren’t you and the prodigy high school classmates? You should know him better than us, so how can you stay behind?" Jiang Yino called out, turning back when she noticed Xu Jiayi hadn’t followed.
"I—!" Xu Jiayi opened her mouth, but the words wouldn’t co out.
"If she’s busy, just let her be. Don’t force her," Qin Fan said with a faint smile, not wanting to show any negative emotions in front of Jiang Yino.
He was sure Xu Jiayi would take the hint.
But he was wrong.
Biting her lip and inwardly cursing her own weakness, Xu Jiayi suddenly fird her resolve. "Yinuo, since you’re all going, it would look weird if I didn’t. Besides, I’d just be bored by myself, so I might as well freeload a al off you!"
With that, the panic in Xu Jiayi’s eyes vanished, and she caught up with the group.
Upon hearing her words, however, a flicker of gloom flashed through Qin Fan’s eyes, gone in an instant. He didn’t say anything more. A aningful smile touched his lips as he stuffed his hands in his pockets and led the way.
Amid laughter and conversation, the group entered a private room in the campus restaurant.
"Hello, everyone. What would you like to eat? Here’s our nu. Please take a look," a waiter said politely, walking over and placing a nu on the table.
"One sweet and sour pork ribs, one braised carp, one mapo tofu, one stir-fried beef with green peppers, one hand-shredded cabbage, and one fish head tofu soup! Add so pepper to the soup, please."
The mont the waiter finished speaking, Qin Fan rattled off the order as if by reflex, without even glancing at the nu.
As his words fell, Jiang Yino felt as if she’d been struck by lightning.
Those... those were all her favorite dishes! And the fish head tofu soup... she always loved it with a dash of pepper! But now, Qin Fan had ordered it all in a flash without even looking at the nu? Was this a coincidence? Yes, it had to be a coincidence. She was from Jiangzhou and he was from Shanghai, separated by thousands of kiloters. They’d never had any contact before this, so how could he possibly know what she liked to eat?
"Prodigy, how did you know to order all my favorite foods?" she blurted out with a giggle. "Don’t tell you’re a mind reader or sothing."
"And if I said yes, would you believe ? Haha," Qin Fan replied with a laugh, his eyes fixed on her delicate and pretty face.
"Hey, you’re being mischievous now! If you keep talking like that, you’ll seriously give the creeps! Haha, it’s a good thing Jiangzhou is thousands of kiloters from Shanghai. Otherwise, I might actually think you’ve been secretly admiring for a long ti, haha!" Occasionally being so frank was part of Jiang Yino’s personality. She playfully wagged a finger at him from across the table and laughed.
"Alright, alright, I’ll stop. Guys, girls, your turn. See what else you want and add a few more dishes. There are eight of us, so this won’t be enough," Qin Fan said, changing the subject.
However, sitting on the other side, Xu Jiayi’s solemn expression twitched almost imperceptibly.
A coincidence? Could this possibly be a coincidence? As soone who knew Qin Fan relatively well, she knew he had been acting abnormally ever since he chose Jinling University. Choosing Jinling, acting like brothers with these losers, all his bizarre words and actions toward Jiang Yino, and now ordering the exact dishes she loved—was any of this normal? No, it was absolutely, unbelievably abnormal! This was a complete departure from the Qin Fan who made countless people in Jiangzhou shrink back in fear. If it weren’t for the icy glare he’d aid at her, Xu Jiayi might have doubted if this was even the sa person. It was simply incredible!
By extension, she couldn’t help but feel an intense curiosity toward Jiang Yino. She could clearly sense Qin Fan’s strange behavior around her, and the idea that they had just t didn’t hold water at all. In terms of looks, family background, or sophisticated bearing, weren’t she, Xu Jiayi, and Ji Yuchen leagues ahead of Jiang Yino? And yet, Qin Fan was displaying all this abnormal behavior for a girl who wasn’t particularly outstanding. Xu Jiayi herself refused to believe there wasn’t sothing more going on.
In an instant, her thoughts were in turmoil, and her heart was in even greater chaos. She had chosen Jinling University for Qin Fan! She would not allow any accidents to derail her pursuit of him! Absolutely not!
"Jiayi, see what you like! Order whatever you want, don’t try to save our big shot any money. I heard the school gave him a million-yuan scholarship. Since he’s the one who invited us, we might as well fleece him!" Jiang Yino said with a smile, handing a nu to Xu Jiayi.
"Hmm, I’ll have the baked cheese pasta then," Xu Jiayi said after glancing at the nu.
"Top student, can I order crab?" another girl asked slyly once Xu Jiayi had spoken.
"Don’t call him a top student, call him a legend! Our legendary scholar’s million-yuan scholarship is public knowledge. He can definitely afford this al!" the other girl chid in teasingly.
In such a congenial atmosphere, no one would have guessed they had all just t.
"Haha, that’s right, I’m not short on cash! Order whatever you like!" Qin Fan laughed magnanimously.
BANG!
But the words had barely left his lips when the door to the private room was suddenly thrown open.
Five or six young n imdiately burst in.
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