After school that afternoon, Xue Yuantong lay on her desk as usual, playing on her phone.
As for dinner, Jiang Ning would take care of it.
Yang Sheng came over to find Bai Yuxia and Chen Siyu.
"Going for noodles?"
Bai Yuxia nodded.
Chen Siyu said, "I can't go. My sister asked me to join her and her classmates today."
The two sisters usually ate with Bai Yuxia. Only occasionally would Chen Siyu go hang out with her sister's friends.
"Alright. Jiang Ning, want to come with us?" Yang Sheng asked.
Bai Yuxia looked at Jiang Ning.
"Sure."
Going out was going out, either way.
On the way to eat, Bai Yuxia and Yang Sheng walked close together. As for Jiang Ning, he kept some distance from them, like an outsider.
Honestly speaking, at school, the girl Jiang Ning was closest to was definitely Xue Yuantong, followed by Geng Lu and the Chemistry Teacher, Guo Ran.
Whenever Guo Ran invited Jiang Ning out for a meal, she would always take him to a restaurant. Considering that she was a new teacher with a modest salary, Jiang Ning had paid the bill on his own initiative once, only to be lectured by Guo Ran for quite a while afterward.
Other than those few, Jiang Ning's relationships with other girls were fairly ordinary—probably no more than regular classmates.
Yang Sheng was carefree by nature. The moment she entered the shop, she called out to the shop owner, "One bowl of Three Delicacies Noodles."
"I'll have Chicken Leg Noodles, extra spicy," Bai Yuxia said.
Jiang Ning said, "Noodles with soybean paste."
Only after they had ordered did Yang Sheng notice that there was not a single customer at any of the tables. The atmosphere was bleak.
The shop owner forced a smile. "Alright,