He Already Has a Girlfriend

Wang Huiru was someone with a strong sense of time. Otherwise, she would not have served as the math class representative for three consecutive years. So she arrived at Longwei early—earlier even than Qin Ziang, the one treating everyone.

But instead of heading straight to the hotel, she took a stroll around the area.

That was when she saw Jiang Qin.

At the time, Jiang Qin was standing outside a snack shop, a black backpack in one hand while the other teased a tanuki cat sprawled atop a freezer.

Wang Huiru had assumed he was there for the gathering too, so she went over to greet him and ask when he had arrived.

But after chatting for a while, Jiang Qin said he did not plan to attend the gathering.

Wang Huiru was the sort of well-behaved student teachers valued highly. She had solid values and a strong sense of responsibility. She felt that everyone in the class was about to go their separate ways, and there would not be many chances to gather like this again, so she decided to persuade him to come along.

"You're already here, so why not join us for a meal?"

"Forget it. You guys go ahead. I'm not really into crowds." Jiang Qin teased the tanuki cat's little paws with his fingers.

Wang Huiru suddenly remembered what had happened a few days ago. "Are you embarrassed because your confession failed? Are you worried everyone will laugh at you? They won't. Our class gets along pretty well, and you've always been popular too."

"We've already graduated. In the future, none of us will have anything to do with each other anyway. Let them laugh if they want. Who the fuck hasn't had a confession fail? I don't care about that, but that really isn't why I'm not going."

"Then why?"

Wang Huiru refused to give up and continued questioning him, but before Jiang Qin could answer, a voice suddenly came from inside the snack shop.

"Jiang Qin, I want to eat these colorful Crystal Beads."

Crystal Beads? Jiang Qin was momentarily stunned, and an image involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

What fucking Crystal Beads? Those were soaked soybeans! "You can't eat that! Young Miss, not everything in a snack shop is edible!"

Jiang Qin rushed inside in a flurry, shouting as he went.

Wang Huiru could tell it was a girl's voice, so she entered out of curiosity. Then she saw a girl in a Floral Dress, her long hair falling to her waist. Her waist was slender, her figure graceful and curvaceous, and she stood poised and elegant, more dazzling than a pearl. What was more, Wang Huiru happened to know her.

Feng Nanshu.

The genius girl who had ranked first in the entire school for three straight years, the quiet young heiress, a girl beautiful enough to shine.

Wang Huiru's eyes widened in shock as she watched Jiang Qin snatch a box from Feng Nanshu's hand, then pinch her rosy little mouth open and peer inside nervously for quite a while.

What was going on? Was Jiang Qin dating Feng Nanshu?

Was that why they had no time for the gathering—because they were going on a date?

Whenever Wang Huiru thought back to what she had just seen, her shock refused to fade. Meanwhile, their classmates were still laughing at Jiang Qin without a care, completely unaware that he had already won over Chengnan High School's true White Moonlight.

She truly did not know what to say.

"Has Jiang Qin contacted you recently?" Wang Huiru came back to her senses and looked at Chu Siqi.

"Why would he contact me? Even if he did, I definitely wouldn't respond to him." Chu Siqi answered with a frown creasing her pretty brows.

"Then do you know what he's been doing lately?"

"I just heard Guo Zihang mention it. He should still be selling boxed meals."

Wang Huiru fell silent. Her best friend knew absolutely nothing about Jiang Qin. "Siqi, are you still waiting for Jiang Qin to apologize to you?"

Chu Siqi could not help gritting her teeth. "Yes. I've waited for a long time, but that guy is really good at holding back. He hasn't even sent me a single message on QQ."

"You think he's holding back?"

"What else could it be? He used to chat with me every day. Sometimes, when I was in a bad mood, I'd just tell him he was annoying, but he never got tired of it. Now he's acting all cold and aloof. Isn't that just him holding back?"

Wang Huiru was conflicted to death, unsure whether she should tell her what she had just seen. "Siqi, let me seriously ask you this—do you like Jiang Qin?"

Chu Siqi looked at her expressionlessly. "He's making me so mad right now. How could I possibly like him?"

"But from where I stand, Jiang Qin no longer has you on his mind, while your mind is full of him."

"That's because he went too far and left me stewing over it. I won't forgive him unless he apologizes to me a hundred times!"

In a voice only the two of them could hear, Wang Huiru asked, "Then would you be sad if Jiang Qin got together with someone else?"

Chu Siqi gave a cold laugh. "What does it have to do with me if he gets together with someone else? Though I guess that makes sense. He couldn't win me over, so sooner or later he'd lose heart. Settling for second best would be a good option too."

"..."

"What?"

"Nothing. Nothing at all. Let's eat."

After hearing her best friend, Chu Siqi picked up her chopsticks and poked at the food on her plate twice, but she found that she had no appetite at all.

Because she was genuinely annoyed.

She could not understand why Jiang Qin did not understand her good intentions. What girl in the world could be won over the moment someone pursued her? It was not as if she had not given him chances. She had even made it clear that if he kept at it, there would be hope. Was that not enough? She really wanted to see Jiang Qin filled with regret, but she never got her wish. That was probably why she was so upset.

In the blink of an eye, the gathering was nearing its end. Since Chu Siqi had been talking with Wang Huiru the whole time before later putting on an unapproachable expression, Qin Ziang never found a chance to speak with her. He could only suggest taking a walk around nearby, hoping to find another opportunity to get close to her.

Wang Huiru was actually rather nervous. She was truly afraid that Chu Siqi would run into Jiang Qin and Feng Nanshu.

She knew her best friend's personality better than anyone: spoiled and prideful, needing everyone in the world to cater to her.

If she saw Jiang Qin with Feng Nanshu, Wang Huiru truly had no idea what might happen.

Fortunately, her worries proved somewhat unnecessary. Jiang Qin and Feng Nanshu never entered their sight. It was just that Qin Ziang kept hovering around them, which annoyed her quite a bit.

Meanwhile, on the Snack Street not far from City Within a City.

Feng Nanshu hugged a giant Xi Zhi Lang. After taking two bites, she looked up at Jiang Qin. "Do you like looking at breasts?"

"?????"

"You looked at my breasts fifteen... no, sixteen times today."

Jiang Qin's mouth twitched. She might be an airhead, but this kind of bluntness really catches people off guard. "I was merely appreciating them."

Feng Nanshu raised a hand and pointed at a shop across the street. "Jiang Qin, what are adult products?"

"Those are things only adults are allowed to know about!"

"My birthday is February 3rd. Legally speaking, I'm already an adult."

"You call that an adult? No, your understanding of the world isn't even at the level of an eight-year-old."

Feng Nanshu staggered slightly, her eyes turning utterly lifeless. "You really know how to hurt people with your words."

Jiang Qin laughed. "It's fine. Summer Vacation is still a long way from over. Learn slowly."

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