Chapter 20 – A Morning Full of PDA?!

The moment Ye Fei finished speaking, his roommates all turned their heads in the same direction.

“Who? Who is it? Who’s here?!”

“Whoa! Isn’t that Senior Zheng Wanqing?!”

“Ye Fei is going public for real?!”

“Dang it, is this how my heart’s gonna get crushed before breakfast?!”

“Come on! I haven’t even eaten yet—I don’t want to be force-fed dog food on an empty stomach!”

Their expressions were a picture of despair.

Ye Fei walked over and whispered in Wanqing’s ear, “Wife, did anything go wrong with the household register last night?”

“Nope. Do I look like someone that careless?”

“Also, your friends are watching. Don’t call me wife. Use something else.”

They still had to hide their secret marriage.

Too much PDA would be suspicious!

After all, their relationship had only just been exposed.

Doing something so bold now?

“Then how about ‘cutie pie’?” Ye Fei suggested.

“That’s worse!” Wanqing replied.

“Try again.”

“Alright then, wife it is.”

“Ugh, might as well stick with the first one,” she rolled her eyes.

Hand in hand, the two of them walked toward the dumbfounded roommates.

“Yo! Look!Ye Fei’s holding hands with Wanqing! Look at that!”

“Dude, we’re like five meters away. We’re not blind.”

“You’re not the only one seeing this. Chill.”

Ye Fei stepped up.

“Brothers, allow me to introduce—Zheng Wanqing, my… old… girlfriend.”

He nearly said ‘wife,’ swerved mid-sentence, and ended up with ‘old girlfriend.’

Smooth, Ye Fei. Real smooth.

“Ye Fei, even if she’s a year older, calling her ‘old girlfriend’ is savage.”

“So Ye Fei’s got real pull at home, huh! Respect!”

“I wish. If I called my girl that, I’d get chopped up!”

“Bro, you don’t even have a girlfriend.”

“Ten-fingered goddess, right?”

“Get lost!”

Wanqing obviously realized what happened.

Ye Fei had nearly called her ‘wife’ and messed up.

But she wasn’t mad.

She just smiled sweetly and said, “Hi everyone, I’m Zheng Wanqing, your senior in fourth year!”

“Let’s not block the entrance. Let’s head in.”

Hand in hand, they walked into Qingteng University.

Roommates followed behind, human lightbulbs.

But they didn’t care.

These guys had skin thicker than walls.

Ye Fei had known them for three years.

He knew the drill.

As long as I’m not embarrassed, the ones who are… are you!*³

Just look! Isn’t that Senior Zheng Wanqing?

And the handsome guy beside her—isn’t that Ye Fei from junior year finance?!

Are they going public now?!

Ugh! Morning PDA is brutal!

The universe hates us single dogs! ¹

Zheng Wanqing… my goddess… my dream…

Shattered! Just like that!

But to be fair, Ye Fei is hot.

I heard girls from both sophomore and senior years were crushing on him.

Never thought he was already secretly dating Wanqing all along!

Morning PDA shockwave: unleashed.

As the campus it-girl, study queen, and goddess, Zheng Wanqing was every guy’s dream.

Nine out of ten male students were simping for her.

Ye Fei? Academically average. Poor background.

But good looks? Top tier!

In college, good looks meant freedom.

Rich, beautiful senior girls might just sponsor you.

They didn’t need money.

They needed a handsome boyfriend!

And Ye Fei? Dream boyfriend status: achieved.

Now the two of them were public?

Hearts shattered. Left and right.

After breakfast in the cafeteria, Wanqing still needed to write a paper at the library.

But she didn’t want to be apart from Ye Fei.

So she asked sweetly, “Hubby, come with me to the library?”

“I’ll give you a big kiss as a reward!”

Ye Fei was free, so he nodded.

But nearby roommates heard— “Hubby?!”

“Dude! Ye Fei, what’s going on?!”

Uh-oh

Wanqing had slipped up.

She called him hubby.

Busted

Footnotes:

1. 1. 狗粮 (gǒu liáng)– gǒu liáng, literally “dog food,” is Chinese internet slang for public displays of affection that single people are forced to witness.

1. 1. 只要我不尴尬，那么尴尬的就是你们 (zhǐ yào wǒ bù gān gà, nà me gān gà de jiù shì nǐ men)– “As long as I’m not embarrassed, the awkward ones are you!” A humorous meme about shameless confidence.

1. 1. 白月光 (bái yuè guāng)– Literally “white moonlight,” this term refers to an idealized, unattainable love or crush.