Chapter 65: Chapter 64 What Is Considered Adequate Service

    “Relatives! They must be relatives!” Pei Yan began to rationalize in his mind for the goddess.

    Only the kinship that’s thicker than water could produce such effect, even if it were romantic love, it would have seemed somewhat lacking.

    Imagine if you had a girlfriend during your college days, and she waited for you early under your dorm building, with a bottle of mineral water or milk tea prepared for you, and she’s also damn gorgeous, wouldn’t you brag about it in your dorm for a year?

    Wouldn’t your roommates kneel down to you as a master and beg you to teach them the secrets of your charm?

    “He doesn’t look... well, he’s okay,” Pei Yan surreptitiously assessed Cheng Zhu.

    “Height? Not... indeed tall.”

    ...

    “As for temperament... he really doesn’t look like a serious student, not someone our student council would like to recruit,” Pei Yan desperately sought a sense of superiority.

    Cheng Zhu was a bit puzzled at that moment, why is Shen Qingning the one preparing mineral water for me?

    Lin Lu, what is your use to me?

    But he was indeed thirsty, so he just opened it and took a gulp.

    At the same time, he felt it was damn hot by the school gate and leaned towards the sunshade umbrella, saying, “Squeeze a bit, squeeze a bit, it’s too hot today.”

    In college, if a guy held a sunshade umbrella by himself, although it wasn’t anything big, he would still be pointed at and whispered about.

    But if a girl was sharing the sunshade with him, that would make him a campus winner.

    Zhou Xiao of the student council watched from the side and thought this newcomer had a somewhat roguish handsomeness about him, tall and sturdy with broad shoulders and long legs.

    He gave off an indescribable feeling, very at ease, unflustered, unlike some who walk with their heads down and can’t look you in the eye when talking.

    “He’s handsome, indeed!” she sighed to herself.

    At this moment, Pei Yan walked over. Someone who could become the vice president of the student council would certainly be the social type.

    “I was wondering why you two were waiting here all this time, turns out you were waiting for someone,” he said, looking towards Cheng Zhu, “Who is this?”

    Lin Lu replied, “A friend, no, now a junior!”

    She emphasized the word “junior” heavily.

    Pei Yan’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

    —There’s a problem!

    If they were just friends, Shen Qingning wouldn’t act like this towards him. Am I not her friend? I should be, right? Why don’t I get this kind of treatment?

    No, why the hell does he deserve this, dammit!

    “Cheng the junior, right? Hello, my name is Pei Yan, vice president of the student council,” he said to Cheng Zhu.

    “Oh, hello,” Cheng Zhu responded.

    He had attended Technology University in his previous life, so he naturally knew of Pei Yan.

    His most prominent memory of him was when he got beaten up by a hothead senior from the same school outside the campus, and many of the younger students cheered when they knew, thinking the beater must be a hero. They had long been displeased with this ostentatious student council member.

    After that, the whole atmosphere of the student council improved slightly.

    “Which department are you from, junior? Which building is your dorm? Shall I take you there?” Pei Yan offered eagerly.

    “Ah? No need,” Lin Lu interjected immediately: “Then Ningning and I would’ve been waiting here for nothing, right?”

    Saying so, she winked at Shen Qingning like mad, hinting, “Right, Qingning?”

    “Ah? Um,” the aloof young lady replied, then coldly said to Lin Lu, “Get out!”

    “Alright!” Lin Lu obediently left the shelter of Shen Qingning’s sunshade and quickly opened her compact umbrella.

    As Cheng Zhu was wondering, he suddenly felt the world around him grow darker as Shen Qingning’s umbrella tilted over him, blocking the blazing sun.

    “Let’s go,” she said to Cheng Zhu, her tone seemingly calm, but her hand that held the umbrella was slightly stiff.

    Shen Qingning was already regretting it.

    She thought Lin Lu must be out of her mind.

    She’s just screwing with me!

    But Shen Qingning had indeed agreed to Lin Lu’s request.

    You think just because you’re higher ranking you can shut my mouth? That’s something only my future boyfriend is qualified to do!

    Such big gossip not spreading in the girls’ dorm? Impossible! As long as I’m not the first one to talk about it, it’s not considered to have come from me.

    At this point, Cheng Zhu and Shen Qingning under the sunshade have already left the school entrance far behind.

    After their mock of Lin Lu, they hardly talked.

    Shen Qingning just gave a brief introduction to some of the buildings they passed.

    Cheng Zhu deliberately didn’t start a conversation, intentionally keeping it awkward with Shen Qingning.

    The flow of people was still large, and Shen Qingning was too well-known in school, and Cheng Zhu too eye-catching; who wouldn’t take a few looks when passing by?

    Just keep the awkwardness going, and her strange feelings would intensify, the experience growing more profound, and even stronger sentiments emerging.

    It’s like the first time a teenage boy and girl are alone together, when they are giggling, the atmosphere might not be odd, but when sudden silence falls, and you both have nothing to say, that moment of awkwardness is the beginning of everything wonderful.

    Of course, this all depends on whether the girl isn’t adverse to you.

    “How about... we stop using the umbrella?” Shen Qingning suddenly suggested.

    Although she had promised Lin Lu, she would share the sunshade with Cheng Zhu and aimed to provide full service.

    But, a man and a woman sharing an umbrella walking through campus was too weird! Too intimate!

    Many boys looking at Cheng Zhu had eyes full of envy, jealousy, and admiration, making her rather sunburn a little and absorb some UV rays than continue using the sunshade.

    She was ready to kill Lin Lu!

    “I don’t mind, I still have military training,” Cheng Zhu replied.

    Many boys would get a small procedure done before military training to avoid it, so during the summer, many clinics would advertise heavily, encouraging boys to come in pairs, with the slogan “half price for the second one.”

    Shen Qingning immediately closed the umbrella.

    When they arrived at the boys’ dormitory building, Cheng Zhu said to her, “You can go back, no need to wait for me, I’ll take care of the rest on my own.”

    “Is that okay?” Shen Qingning stood there holding the umbrella, speaking blankly.

    Hearing these three words, Cheng Zhu somehow found it slightly cute in contrast.

    He was involuntarily reminded of when she hid in a corner of the arcade, alone, trying to grab keychains.

    “It’s okay.”

    He raised his eyebrows and smirked, “Why, did Lin Lu blackmail you or something?”

    “No!” Shen Qingning retorted.

    “Then get going,” Cheng Zhu took a half-step closer to where she was standing, deliberately reducing their distance, then looked down and teasingly said, “All the guys in the dormitory are watching you.”

    Shen Qingning, already annoyed all the way, finally about to clock out from her shift, couldn’t help but raise her eyes and look around, letting her aura dissipate.

    We’re innocent, why act guilty?

    Many gazes coming her way actually did withdraw, not daring to make eye contact.

    Teenage boys are just damn cowards!

    Before parting, Shen Qingning said, “By the way, Lin Lu says she invites you to dinner at the school cafeteria tonight.”

    “The cafeteria, with all her little riches?” Cheng Zhu was speechless.

    “You can scold her, scold her hard!” Shen Qingning had enough of her for today, dropped this sentence, and quickly left, her legs carrying her gracefully without looking back.

    Cheng Zhu, pulling his suitcase, looked at her beautiful retreating figure from afar, and couldn’t help but marvel again, “She’s like she’s got leg-lengthening special effects, good thing I have a balanced diet, eats all kinds, if I only focused on legs, wouldn’t I be charmed to death by this ‘leg demon’?”

    With that thought, he started to handle some procedures, then turned and went upstairs, not bothering with the admiring, gossiping, or murderous gazes surrounding him.

    What the hell are you looking at? This isn’t even related.

    He even left a dashing image of himself with one hand in his pocket.

    In the future, let them know what’s called: That year, I had a hand in my pocket, who in Technology University could be my match.

    Cheng Zhu’s dormitory was on the third floor, and since he was strong enough and the suitcase wasn’t heavy, he could still play with his cellphone in his free hand.

    He initially wanted to report to his parents, but then he received a new message.

    Cheng Zhu opened WeChat, probably because Shen Qingning and Lin Lu said the mission was accomplished, and this voice acting girl, feeling proud, came to claim credit.

    “How about that? Letting Technology University’s coldest senior sister welcome you as a freshman, the service was top-notch, right?”