CHAPTER 287: CHAPTER 286: IN PAIRS AND COUPLES

"Ugh! Not this one! This one, also no good..." Zhen Yu picked and chose, feeling dissatisfied with everything. A woman’s desire to shop truly arises out of nowhere, and once the idea pops up, it must be put into action!

Suddenly, she turned around to Han Mingyue and said, "Let’s go out and buy some books!! I can also help you pick out some English DVDs, and you can watch them on your computer at home!"

"Ah?" Han Mingyue had not expected such an abrupt twist in the situation and stood there dumbfounded.

"Come on, let’s go!" Zhen Yu grabbed Han Mingyue and started to leave but quickly let go of him when she realized her mother was downstairs.

"Mom! We’re going out to buy some stuff." Zhen Yu shouted toward her mother at the first-floor staircase and then led Han Mingyue straight towards the front door.

Mrs. Zhen looked up on hearing the sound and saw only her daughter and the eldest from the Han Family. She stared at Han Mingyue for a moment but didn’t think too much of it, though she couldn’t help but mutter, "In the middle of the hot day! What is so pressing that you have to buy now! All day long, nothing but idle poor!"

Zhen Cool-Zhen led Han Mingyue around shopping for a while, and after they had bought everything, she intended to head back home the way they came.

However, Han Mingyue stopped her in front of a cold drink shop, "It’s so hot, let’s go eat something!"

Zhen Yu didn’t think too much and casually replied, "Alright!"

It wasn’t until they were sitting in the store, with Han Mingyue holding the menu and asking her what she wanted, that she realized she was still on her period!

She hesitated only for a brief moment over whether to eat or not and then ordered a triangular ice pop.

In her past life, when she was on her period, she still ate ice cream! Drank ice-cold Coke? This was already the third day; just a small ice pop, it should be fine!

Just as she finished comforting herself, the food arrived.

Han Mingyue ordered a two-scoops mixed ice fruit bowl, first gently stirring the scoops with a small spoon to break them apart, and then scooping a spoonful to Zhen Yu’s lips with an incredibly natural motion.

Zhen Yu, with her lips pursed, was busy dealing with the hard triangular ice pop, cutting off a corner, when she saw a hand extend in front of her.

With so many people in the shop, Zhen Yu didn’t want to snub him.

Unable to decline the gesture, she had no choice but to open her mouth wide and ’chomp’—swallowed it all in one gulp.

"Hehe, heh..." Han Mingyue was sweetened by his own act and amused by her cute behavior, laughing with trembling shoulders.

What’s so funny? Totally baffling... Zhen Yu gave him a sideways glance, not quite understanding Han Mingyue’s mood at the moment.

Although she didn’t really agree with such public feeding behavior, she had eaten a spoonful from him, so she somewhat reluctantly decided to wrap things up and return the favor.

Just one spoonful! No more, Zhen Yu felt she couldn’t go on!

She picked up the cut corner of the ice pop with the fork and instinctively accompanied it with a sound, "Ah..."

Watching Zhen Yu make such an expressionless and adorably silly gesture, Han Mingyue felt his heart was about to melt! His mind was spinning, leaving only one thought, "So cute..."

Zhen Cute-Yu felt like she was acting like an idiot right now!

Her fork had been extended for several seconds, but Han Mingyue just sat there grinning foolishly without opening his mouth!

Grinning about what! Just open your mouth already!

"Are you going to eat it or not?!" Zhen Yu’s tone carried a tinge of annoyance, instantly snapping the starry-eyed Han Mingyue back to reality.

"Ah? Yes..." He quickly ate the ice pop on Zhen Yu’s fork, then cautiously looked at Zhen Yu.

There’s a step down right there. Zhen Yu wasn’t really that petty, to actually get upset with Han Mingyue over such a trivial matter.

Feeling his gaze upon her, she glanced back at him and urged, "What are you looking at me for? I’m not angry. The fried ice is melting, hurry up and eat!"

"Oh." Han Mingyue, hearing her say she wasn’t angry, instantly felt relieved and quickly picked up the bowl of fried ice.

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"This is the place! Gu Qing! The fried ice at Wenqing Cold Drink is really tasty!" A girl’s cheerful voice came from the entrance.

At the same time, a somewhat familiar name reached Zhen Yu and Han Mingyue’s ears. Han Mingyue didn’t show much reaction, but Zhen Yu immediately turned her head to look towards the entrance!

"Really? My family just moved around here... Eh? It’s you guys!" Gu Qing, while talking to a classmate, looked into the shop and met eyes with Zhen Yu.

"Who?" Gu Qing’s classmate followed her gaze and locked eyes on Zhen Yu’s table, "Do you know them?"

"Uh, not exactly..." Gu Qing hesitated.

"Sit here!" Zhen Yu nodded to Gu Qing and stood up saying, "We were just about to leave."

Her words had barely dropped when Han Mingyue stood up and went to the counter to settle the bill with the shop owner.

They did indeed need to leave, and it was pretty nice to be able to offer a seat when the place was full.

"Thank you!" Gu Qing politely expressed her thanks, and her classmate also nodded to Zhen Yu as a gesture of gratitude.

"You’re welcome." Zhen Yu said indifferently.

After saying that, she walked past the pair towards Han Mingyue, and the two left the cold drink shop together.

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"Gu Qing! Do you really not know those two people just now?"

Gu Qing honestly replied, "I only know that the girl is my next-door neighbor."

Her classmate immediately asked eagerly, "Then do you know what that guy’s name is? He’s so charismatic!"

"I don’t know." Gu Qing shook her head and advised, "They’re already a couple, why are you still hung up on him?!"

"Hey! Be reasonable! You’re the school beauty of Affiliated School, all the handsome guys hover around you! I finally see a handsome guy outside of school, and I can’t even be a Flower Fanatic?"

"Being a Flower Fanatic is fine, but that handsome guy you saw just now is already taken! If you want to be infatuated, aim for the single handsome guys in Affiliated School!"

"No way!" Her classmate firmly rejected the idea, "Aside from Lu Huai, they’re all your Flower Fanatics; what’s the point for me? To join them in being obsessed with you?"

"Haha... If you want to be a Flower Fanatic with me, I wouldn’t refuse!" On the surface, Gu Qing was laughing with her classmate, but inwardly ripples of bitterness surfaced on her heart.

The people who liked her, she didn’t like; the person she liked, didn’t like her. Even though no one knew, it was still a sad story...

Her classmate completely missed the change in Gu Qing’s emotions, laughing carefree, "Get out of here! I only like boys! Senior!"

"Alright alright! Handsome guy... how many scoops do you want? Let me treat you today, to comfort your heartbroken soul."

"Two, no! Three! Sigh... No matter how much I eat, it won’t console me..."