“So why is Luo Xiaoxiao here in the cafeteria with you?” Lin Qingqian couldn’t make sense of it. What was that young lady doing here of all places?

Of course, she knew about the relationship between Luo Xiaoxiao and Shen Guang. But she remembered that Luo Xiaoxiao hadn’t liked Shen Guang before. She’d even been reluctant to let him get close to her.

But if Shen Guang wasn’t the reason she’d transferred, Lin Qingqian would stake her head on it!

Her thoughts slipped into confusion for a moment, and Lin Qingqian abruptly looked at Shen Guang.

That’s right. This guy wasn’t the real Shen Guang anymore. So was this man really that charming?

It wasn’t just Luo Xiaoxiao. Even Yan Qingxue had stopped keeping her distance from him.

For a moment, Lin Qingqian felt something she couldn’t quite put into words.

She stared intently at Shen Guang, giving him goosebumps. Sure, she was a beautiful girl, but did she have to stare at him like that? Of course, he wouldn’t mind at all if she came a little closer.

“Were you some kind of player before?” Lin Qingqian asked, puzzled.

Shen Guang rolled his eyes and set the book in his hand on the table. Then he turned to Lin Qingqian and asked her in return:

“Let me ask you a few quick questions. First, are you ugly?”

“Do you think I’d be modest about something like that? ‘Beauty’ is right there in my title.”

“Now that’s confidence,” Shen Guang couldn’t help remarking.

“Second question: do you think I could make your heart skip a beat?”

“If you mean your heart stopping completely and you dying, then yeah, I think that’s possible.” Lin Qingqian gave off an aura that made her hard to approach, but Shen Guang could handle her with ease.

“Third question: do I have your contact info?”

That last question really caught Lin Qingqian off guard.

That’s right! Shen Guang had deleted all her contact information before, so the man sitting in front of her still didn’t have any way to contact her.

Shen Guang folded his arms and watched Lin Qingqian with amused interest. Then he teased her:

“See? You’re pretty, and we’re close. If I really were a player, I’d have asked for your contact info ages ago so I could flirt with you. Instead, I spend every day holed up in the library, making it my secret base.”

“So you’re saying you don’t like me?” Lin Qingqian raised an eyebrow, as if scrutinizing him. But then Shen Guang leaned toward her.

His face was very close to Lin Qingqian’s. That handsome, familiar face made her heart skip a beat, and for an instant, she could hardly breathe.

“I never said I didn’t like you. If anything, you’re exactly the kind of girl I’d want to marry.”

A love confession, delivered straight as an arrow!

Shen Guang and Lin Qingqian were so close that they could’ve touched each other’s hair with a single reach.

Shen Guang’s words made Lin Qingqian tense up, too.

What was this man even saying?! She’d only asked offhandedly. Why was he suddenly being so serious?

“W-what are you saying? Did you hit your head or something?”

“I’m just telling the truth.” Shen Guang leaned back, putting some distance between himself and Lin Qingqian. He sat down again and toyed with the pages of his book as he continued, “Honestly, I didn’t expect to wake up and find a girl taking care of me. She worries about my health, and her cooking’s really good. Most importantly, she’s beautiful.”

“That last part’s what you really mean, isn’t it?” Lin Qingqian had finally calmed down.

She could more or less tell that the man was just making an observation, and didn’t mean anything by it. Still, after what he’d just done, she had to admit she’d been startled. For a split second, she’d even felt her heart flutter.

No, she hadn’t! She’d only been startled, that was all.

Lin Qingqian suppressed the flutter in her heart and fixed Shen Guang with a cool stare.

Meanwhile, Shen Guang seemed lost in his own world, talking to himself.

“Honestly, I’m kind of jealous of Shen Guang. He may not be the brightest, but people still take care of him and worry about him.” Shen Guang closed his book and stood up.

The corners of his mouth lifted into a smile as he looked at Lin Qingqian.

“All right, I’m just venting. Don’t take it to heart. It’s time to go. I’m heading back to class.”

Shen Guang turned and left, leaving Lin Qingqian alone to watch him go.

The old man at the front desk had been watching the two of them the whole time.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. Had this young couple had a fight? But he’d clearly seen that the boy had been about to kiss her just a moment ago.

The second class ends, I’m making a run for it!

Shen Guang was thinking about the sale at the supermarket, his legs fidgeting under the desk.

He’d already packed his schoolbag, ready to grab it and bolt as soon as class ended.

While the teacher wrote formulas on the blackboard, Luo Xiaoxiao took the chance to turn around and drop a note onto Shen Guang’s desk.

Shen Guang was at a loss.

He opened it and found that Luo Xiaoxiao was inviting him to dinner!

If this had happened before, Shen Guang would’ve said yes without a second thought!

But now he had money! He could eat whatever he wanted. Going out with a girl meant worrying about what she liked, watching out for all her dietary restrictions, and looking after her feelings.

Damn, dating was harder than taking care of your own parents!

Fortunately, he was a single dog. He’d been one before, and he still was now.

Shen Guang was trying to figure out how to turn her down when Luo Xiaoxiao tossed over another note.

【You have to come~ Otherwise, I’ll stand outside your apartment and shout that you won’t take responsibility for me.】

Shen Guang read it and had to admire her. Was throwing yourself into the deal really the trend these days?

Well, even if he wanted to refuse now, he couldn’t. If word got out, Luo Xiaoxiao’s fans might kill him. He could even get cyberbullied!

Though he knew she was only joking...

When the bell rang, Shen Guang propped his cheek up with one hand and looked at the girl in front of him.

Luo Xiaoxiao turned around, looking excited.

“Shen Guang, what do you want to eat later? It’s my treat!”

“I could eat you alive!” Ah, but the supermarket sale! Couldn’t they go a little later?

“Huh? You want to eat me? That’s not allowed. Isn’t it a little too soon?” Luo Xiaoxiao pretended to blush, making the boys in class even more furious!

Just what had Shen Guang done to make Luo Xiaoxiao give him that look?!

The girls all agreed on one thing: Shen Guang was a player.

How long had he been pursuing Yan Qingxue? And he’d already moved on?

Shen Guang had no idea his classmates had already stuck so many labels on him.

He checked the time. If they were just going to eat, he might still make it. The real worry was that this woman would pull some kind of stunt!

Shen Guang drifted back into his own world.

When Luo Xiaoxiao saw that Shen Guang wasn’t paying attention to her, she felt a little dejected. At the same time, it confirmed something for her: Shen Guang really had changed.

She’d started thinking that when she saw Lin Qingqian show up today.

She just hadn’t expected that the woman she’d once thought so unremarkable would turn out to be such a beauty. Even Luo Xiaoxiao couldn’t help feeling jealous when she saw her.

She also knew that Lin Qingqian had always been by Shen Guang’s side.

Given Lin Qingqian and Shen Guang’s relationship, it wouldn’t be strange if they got together!

The thought of that possibility made Luo Xiaoxiao feel a little annoyed.

“Shen Guang, d-do you have a girlfriend?”

“I’ve got tons of waifus on my computer. Which one do you mean?” Shen Guang snapped back to attention and answered without thinking.