Guys, who gets it? I just ran into a total buzzkill.
The most annoying things a woman can do, ranked: number one, be a woman.
Whatever, I can let Yu Songsong and Xiao Yilin slide, but what are you, Zhang Juntang, jumping into the fray for?
How many times have we even met?
What, you did it too?
Jiang Linyuan stared hard at Zhang Juntang. When nobody said anything, she tentatively raised her eyes.
Then she met Jiang Linyuan's gaze and panicked, ducking her head in a flash.
What is this, cosplaying Xingtian? Even if you're a coward, you should at least keep your head up!
"Haha, Senior, should we keep going?"
Yu Songsong was the first to regain her composure and casually moved on from the topic.
"Yeah, yeah, let's keep going,"
Lin Yilin hurriedly chimed in, not daring to look Jiang Linyuan in the eye the entire time.
Such a timid virgin!
Jiang Linyuan didn't press the subject any further, of course. There was no need to take these suggestive comments beyond a hint.
They played a few more rounds. This time, they didn't delve into questions about their love lives like before, keeping things light instead.
Before long, dish after dish was brought out, so they stopped playing and dug in!
They hadn't been eating for long when a heavily made-up young woman walked over and smiled at Jiang Linyuan.
"Hey, handsome. A friend of mine wants to meet you, but she's a little shy. Could I add you on WeChat?"
As she spoke, she pointed to a table where several women were chattering away.
Where'd this attention-seeker come from?
Honestly, Jiang Linyuan had seen enough clowns lately. He didn't feel like watching a female clown's act, either.
Someone take her away, pronto!
"Sorry, miss, my phone's out of battery. You can add my friend, and she can pass my contact along to you later."
Jiang Linyuan smiled.
Lin Yilin, who'd been sneaking glances at him, immediately relaxed and hurriedly pulled out her phone.
"I... I'll add you!"
The woman sized Lin Yilin up. Her youthful face had a delicate charm, and even without makeup, she was a pretty girl.
So he was already taken.
"Sure."
The woman sighed, added Lin Yilin on WeChat, then went back to her table.
"Senior, you're quite the charmer. Does everyone fall for you?"
Yu Songsong chuckled softly, having witnessed the whole thing.
No wonder Lin Yilin had a problem with me. She was into Senior Jiang!
"Does that include you, junior?"
Jiang Linyuan turned to look at Yu Songsong.
She covered her mouth and laughed.
"Senior, you can take a guess."
Lin Yilin had just blocked the woman. Hearing their conversation, she felt down again.
Right, Senior had already said he wanted to pursue Yu Songsong. I knew that ages ago.
But...
She pressed her lips together, watching the two of them chat and laugh. An odd, uncomfortable feeling stirred in her heart.
"Songsong, you're impressive. You've barely been at university and you've already got yourself a boyfriend?"
Suddenly, another woman came over with a smile.
Jiang Linyuan looked at her. She was at the same table as the woman who'd asked for his WeChat earlier.
"I thought it might be you when I saw you from a distance, but I wasn't sure. Now that I'm closer, I can see it really is you."
The woman sat down beside Jiang Linyuan without so much as asking.
"Handsome, scoot over? Or should we squeeze together?"
Where'd this idiot come from?
Who said you could join us?
Jiang Linyuan glanced at her, then gave her an Iron Mountain Lean and shoved her away.
The woman landed hard on her backside, dazed. Her expression shifted from surprise to anger, and she scrambled back to her feet.
"You..."
"Heh, Zhou Yulan, have you really sunk so low that you have to beg for scraps now?"
Seeing this, Yu Songsong stepped past Jiang Linyuan and stood in front of him, glaring coldly at the woman.
Zhou Yulan struggled to keep her anger in check and forced a smile.
"Songsong, your boyfriend sure isn't very nice to people."
"Are you even a person? Why should I be nice to you?"
Jiang Linyuan tilted his head at her and asked, genuinely puzzled.
We're all enjoying our meal, and you just barge in uninvited. What for?
Do you think I'm the Mona Lisa, with all my emotions painted on the wall instead of showing on my face?
No guy had ever treated Zhou Yulan like this before. She felt strange, and as she looked at Jiang Linyuan's face, she was angry—but also somehow thought he was kind of handsome.
Was this what people online called the "suspension bridge effect"?
"What do you want? Did you come here just to make a joke of us?"
Yu Songsong looked at her and asked irritably.
Zhou Yulan quickly came to her senses and said,
"A friend of mine came over just now to ask for your WeChat, but it seems she's been blocked..."
Jiang Linyuan looked at Lin Yilin. She guiltily raised her eyes to the sky, pretending she knew nothing, and made excuses to herself.
That woman was so forward. She couldn't be a good person. I'm just protecting Senior.
"I also saw you here, Songsong, and thought I might be able to introduce you to this handsome guy."
Zhou Yulan smiled.
Yu Songsong laughed and spat out two words.
"You mean you want me to give my boyfriend's WeChat to another woman?"
At the word "boyfriend," Lin Yilin froze. Jiang Linyuan glanced sideways at Yu Songsong.
"I just thought they could be friends, nothing else."
Zhou Yulan looked a little embarrassed.
"We were roommates in high school, after all. Do me a favor?"
"Roommates?"
Yu Songsong laughed at that.
"Where was that roommate talk when you and the other bitches gave me the silent treatment back then? Especially you. Do you want me to list every disgusting thing you did?!"
Juicy drama!
Jiang Linyuan's eyes lit up as he watched the two of them.
Zhou Yulan's face darkened at her words, and she snapped,
"Do you think you're any better? You cheated on exams to get good grades and strutted around like you were better than everyone!"
Yu Songsong didn't seem bothered. She didn't try to explain herself in front of Jiang Linyuan and the others, but admitted it outright.
"Yes, I cheated. At least I don't pretend to be some paragon of virtue like you, a bitch who falsely accused someone and forced them to drop out."
Jiang Linyuan was shocked to hear that.
Holy crap!
The real alchemist was right here?!
No wonder they'd been in the same dorm. Two Supreme Beings under one roof!
Let's check her level.
[Target: Zhou Yulan, bad woman level: C]
C? Seriously, that's kind of pathetic, sis.
When Zhou Yulan heard Yu Songsong bring that up, she was clearly in the wrong and couldn't answer. Changing the subject, she turned to Jiang Linyuan.
"Handsome, you didn't know, did you? She cheated her way to good grades all through high school. That should tell you what kind of person she is."
"I own up to what I've done. I don't put on a show of being virtuous, unlike you, a hypocritical bitch!"
Yu Songsong snapped.
Their argument drew plenty of onlookers. Zhou Yulan was beginning to lose face.
"Want to talk in the bathroom?"
"Sure."
Yu Songsong agreed at once, looking utterly unimpressed.
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