The Crisscross of Life

After replying to the message, Jiang Qin stretched, only to find his roommates staring intently out the window.

Curious, he followed their gaze and saw the girls from Financial Class 3 buying things at the stalls outside. Song Qingqing and Jiang Tian were among them, their smiles as radiant as flowers.

"Old Jiang, don't bother looking. She's not yours anyway."

Jiang Qin snapped back, feeling utterly speechless. "I was just curious what you guys were looking at!"

Zhou Chao couldn't help but nudge Cao Guangyu. "He can't even get close to her. Can't you let Jiang Qin feast his eyes?"

Although Cao Guangyu didn't agree that Song Qingqing was the best, he agreed with the first half of Zhou Chao's statement. "Old Jiang, find a new target. I think Pan Xiu is pretty good. Although she can't compare to Song Qingqing and Jiang Tian, she's still a beauty among ordinary girls!"

Ren Ziqiang, who hadn't spoken, suddenly looked up. "Pan Xiu is off-limits. I just added her QQ number. Old Jiang, don't you dare compete with me. If it's you, I might actually lose!"

Zhou Chao and Cao Guangyu's eyes widened instantly. "Damn, you made your move so fast?"

"You've got a problem if you're not proactive in picking up girls!"

Jiang Qin couldn't help but spit, his expression full of disdain. If I really wanted to find a girlfriend, would I need you three cowards to come up with ideas? Which one of you saw that I was interested in Song Qingqing?

Mmp, these guys are so dramatic.

Seeing Jiang Qin's disdainful expression, Cao Guangyu, Ren Ziqiang, and Zhou Chao couldn't help but exchange glances.

"Old Jiang, are you unconvinced? You're a little handsome, but you don't have much of a chance with a beauty like Song Qingqing, especially since you have no experience in dating."

"I agree with that. If you don't believe us, you can go out and try. You'll definitely be rejected so hard you won't know which way is north."

Jiang Qin shook his head. "Too low of a level, not interested."

Zhou Chao pouted. "Yeah right, I believe you!"

Jiang Qin glanced at him, wondering where he could find someone with strong urine to wake them up. No diabetics, though, lest they get a taste of sweetness.

Cao Guangyu looked at Jiang Qin and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Old Jiang is just a pervert. He's clearly staring with his eyes wide open, but he insists he's not interested. He probably wants to secretly pursue her, but it's really hard to pursue a beauty of that level. Even a rich second-generation like me isn't confident, let alone Old Jiang.

But after Jiang Qin fails, I can launch a lightning strike and take down Song Qingqing.

At that time, Jiang Qin definitely won't be so calm and collected. He might even admit defeat and be my little brother from now on.

The more Cao Guangyu thought about it, the happier he became.

He always felt that he couldn't outdo Jiang Qin in showing off, but he could definitely get revenge in dating.

"Damn, look, a beauty!"

Just as the few of them were lost in their own thoughts, Zhou Chao's voice instantly pulled them back to reality.

Cao Guangyu and Ren Ziqiang followed the direction of his finger, and their eyes immediately froze.

In the aisle between the tables, a girl with a Lychee Pattern Light Gray Small Leather Bag was walking gracefully.

She was wearing washed denim shorts, revealing her fair, slender, and delicate legs, and outlining her slender waist. Her upper body was a black letter T-shirt, which, although not tight, gave the effect of being tight because of her good figure.

Looking closer, it was clear that she was a standard oval-faced beauty, with rosy lips, captivating eyes, and silver clover-shaped earrings on her jade-like earlobes.

In this hasty glimpse, the amazing feeling that Song Qingqing had created for them instantly disappeared without a trace.

What Song Qingqing being the best, Jiang Tian being the best, faded, all faded.

But soon, this amazing feeling turned into panic.

Because they found that the girl was coming straight towards them, with a slightly shy smile on her delicate face.

These few cowards didn't even dare to look up when they saw Song Qingqing, and now they were extremely nervous. Each of them pretended to look elsewhere and subconsciously began to fix their hair and smooth out their clothes.

But what they didn't expect was that this girl actually sat down in front of them, flicked her scattered hair, and then looked at Jiang Qin.

"I'm here."

Jiang Qin raised an eyebrow. "You're just in time. These guys can finally be woken up."

Hong Yan blinked her beautiful eyes, a hint of confusion in her eyes. "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing, I'm just very happy to see you."

"Thank you, but you guys are having a group gathering. Wouldn't it be a bit of an intrusion if I came to freeload?"

Jiang Qin immediately shook his head, "Just sit down and relax. They deserve to be disturbed."

Hong Yan chuckled, a bit puzzled, and then looked at the empty table, "Haven't you ordered yet? How about I treat?"

"We already ordered, but the customer traffic is too high during the start of the semester, and the chefs in the back kitchen are too busy to keep up. The dishes are a bit slow to come out. How about having a cup of tea first?"

"Okay."

Jiang Qin handed over his set of already rinsed tableware and casually picked up the kettle to pour Hong Yan a cup of tea.

Hong Yan softly said thank you, her eyes smiling, and placed her Lychee Pattern Light Gray Small Leather Bag on the adjacent chair.

Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao were dumbfounded, looking at Hong Yan and then at Jiang Qin, the words 'holy shit' almost escaping their mouths.

"Lao... Lao Jiang, who is this?"

"A freshman in the same year as us, Hong Yan from the Department of Law."

Jiang Qin then turned to Hong Yan, "Let me introduce you. These three are my roommates, Zhou Chao, Ren Ziqiang, and Cao Guangyu."

Ren Ziqiang stared blankly at Jiang Qin, "You actually managed to get such a beautiful girl to have dinner with you?"

Hong Yan suddenly coughed, "You've misunderstood. Actually, I was the one who asked Jiang Qin out."

"?????"

Hong Yan smiled a little embarrassedly, "I even took the initiative to add his QQ..."

Jiang Qin quickly waved his hand, "Actually, you said it too fast, not giving me a chance to say it first at all."

"But what I said is also the truth."

Hong Yan blinked her eyes lightly, not feeling that it was shameful for a girl to take the initiative at all.

In fact, she came to see Jiang Qin with a sense of anticipation that was hard to explain.

Because from the very first time she met him, she found that she had a rare fondness and curiosity towards Jiang Qin, always feeling that he was both unconventional and surprisingly steady. He would avoid dominating others' gatherings and wouldn't play by the rules when it came to paying the bill.

Simply put, Hong Yan felt that he had the flamboyance of a young man, but without the annoying arrogance, and he was completely different from those loud and immature boys.

And seeing him again this time, she found that her expectations had not been disappointed.

He didn't feel that being approached by her was something to be proud of, didn't use it to gain admiration from the people around him, and instead, was very considerate of her feelings.

He was really good, and that was enough.

At the same time, Ren Ziqiang and Zhou Chao's scalps were tingling.

They were just arguing about whether Song Qingqing or Jiang Tian was prettier, and even thought that Jiang Qin wanted to pursue Song Qingqing. Now it seemed like what a joke, it was simply laughable. Lao Jiang was not even on the same level as them.

Being proactively added on QQ and asked out to dinner by a goddess, they hadn't even entered society yet, but at this moment, they prematurely felt the disparity in life.

Were they even attending the same university? Holy shit!

"Lao Cao, did you hear that? This is just outrageous!"

"Yeah..."

The corners of Cao Guangyu's mouth twitched, as if he had something to say, but after pondering for a long time, he swallowed it back down.

In fact, he knew Hong Yan, because Hong Yan was the school beauty of their high school, and also the white moonlight of his high school days, but looking at her attitude, she probably didn't remember him at all.