"It's not... it was just so sudden. I didn't know... didn't know what to say."
Li Haoyang scratched the back of his head, instantly slipping into an honest, bumbling state.
"It's been so long since we last met. How are you still like this?"
Xu Xiaojia leaned against the bench with one leg crossed over the other, her arms folded over her chest. If not for her petite frame, her outfit and demeanor could genuinely be called dashing.
But because she was so small, no matter what she did, people only found her cute.
Yet who would have known that this tiny girl had found herself a boyfriend covered in muscles?
"You... why did you come?" Li Haoyang asked.
"You idiot. The Graduate School Entrance Exam is coming up, so of course I came to keep you company."
Xu Xiaojia changed positions again, folding her forearms atop the table like a student attentively listening in class. Looking at Li Haoyang, she asked, "Old Li, are you confident?"
"I wasn't before..."
Li Haoyang stared blankly at his girlfriend and said, "But now that you're here, suddenly I am."
"Not bad. Your emotional intelligence has improved."
Xu Xiaojia gave him an approving look.
The two chatted in the private room for a while. After enjoying some time alone together, they returned to the bookstore's first floor and sat on the tall stools in front of the counter.
"Brother Luo Ye, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Xu Xiaojia said she wanted to surprise you. Touched?"
"Touched..."
Not far away, Xing Zhen noticed that Luo Ye was actually chatting and laughing with someone, and his face filled with utter shock.
Wait... wasn't this guy supposed to be really aloof?
How could he talk to people like that?
In Xing Zhen's eyes, Luo Ye