Turning Back

First Cafeteria was not large, only a third the size of Third Cafeteria. Aside from being cheap, it had no advantages whatsoever. The food was awful.

Moreover, eighty percent of the people eating there were boys. Only a few scattered girls sat in the corners, chatting as they ate.

There were quite a few people having breakfast, and nearly every table was occupied.

Luo Ye bought two meat buns, a cup of soy milk, an egg, and a corn pancake, then casually found a seat.

There was another boy eating at the table, but it did not matter. The table seated six people, and they sat diagonally across from each other, far apart.

Suddenly.

More than half the boys in the cafeteria turned to look toward the entrance.

A tall, mature older sister type dressed entirely in black walked in. Her appearance was impossibly alluring, making the previously terrible food seem like an exquisite feast.

One boy immediately stuffed two buns into his mouth at once.

Wasn't that Jiang University Campus Belle Su Baizhou? Why had she come to First Cafeteria?

Luo Ye had not noticed the strange reactions around him. He took a sip of soy milk and found it somewhat salty.

Why was there salty soy milk in the south? He wanted sweet soy milk! Sweet!

Su Baizhou casually bought some breakfast, then looked back and found every table occupied.

Although there were still a few empty seats, that would mean sitting with boys.

Soon, she spotted Luo Ye's table. Stretching out her long legs, she walked straight toward him.

Wherever Su Baizhou passed, even the air seemed to become sweet and fragrant.

She was not wearing makeup today, yet her cold, peerless beauty still moved everyone who saw her, drawing them in completely.

Luo Ye froze when he noticed someone sitting across from him.

He looked up in confusion, only to find that it was Fairy Senior Sister.

What kind of blissful scene was this?

Luo Ye's expression was still caught between his disgust at the salty soy milk and his surprise at seeing Su Baizhou. His face twitched as joy and revulsion alternated across it.

In the end, joy won.

Everyone in the cafeteria wore stunned expressions.

Fuck!

Why?!

They were all men, all Campus Heartthrob-level gods, all occupying tables with empty seats beside them. Why was this brat so lucky?

Soon, a boy awkwardly sat down beside Su Baizhou.

Seeing this, Su Baizhou frowned but said nothing.

Luo Ye did not know what to say either.

The atmosphere around them became somewhat awkward. Su Baizhou's Iceberg Goddess aura radiated outward, making the boy beside her feel an oppressive pressure that left him unable to sit still.

Even Luo Ye lowered his head, not daring to look at Su Baizhou at that moment.

Before long, the boy hurriedly finished eating and left.

He had originally wanted to try his luck and see whether he could sit beside the Campus Belle. But he had not expected that not just anyone could sit beside an iceberg beauty.

Luo Ye finally understood why Fairy Senior Sister had earned the nickname Iceberg Goddess.

After that boy left, Luo Ye let out a breath of relief.

That pressure suddenly vanished.

Unfortunately, he had already finished eating.

He wiped his mouth and cautiously said, "Senior Sister... I'll be going first."

"No."

Su Baizhou said coldly, "Wait until I'm done eating."

If Luo Ye left now, would she not have to eat alone in First Cafeteria?

The food here was so awful. How was she supposed to eat it...

Luo Ye gave an awkward smile and remained in his seat, waiting for his senior sister to finish.

A few minutes later, Su Baizhou wiped her mouth, glanced at Luo Ye, and left without saying anything.

This was Fairy Senior Sister's original personality.

Luo Ye stared unblinkingly at her retreating figure.

It seemed as though he had often watched people's backs like this.

During his three years of Secret Crush in high school, he had watched the girl he liked this way too—watching her back, chasing after her figure, yet never daring to get even a little closer. He could only watch silently.

Even with Fairy Senior Sister, it was the same. When they first met, he watched her back as she left.

During the dorm's first group dinner, he happened to run into her and watched Fairy Senior Sister's back.

After their first date, when he walked her to the parking lot of the Teacher's Apartment, he watched her back as well, all the way until now.

He... could only watch her silently, protect her silently, unable to do anything else. He did not know what he was lacking, only that something felt wrong, that there was an indescribable feeling in his heart.

Until...

Just before Su Baizhou walked out of the cafeteria, she suddenly stopped.

She turned her head slightly and looked in Luo Ye's direction.

Seeing his dazed expression, the corners of her lips lifted faintly, as if she had smiled, before she finally left.

That smile made every boy in the cafeteria burst with joy.

"The Iceberg Goddess smiled at me!!"

"She was obviously smiling at me!"

"Cut the bullshit. Take a piss and look at what you look like first."

"What did you say? I'm Jiangcheng's Peng Yuyan."

"I'm Jiangcheng's Daniel Wu."

"Shut up, all of you. Jiangcheng's number one devoted lover has something to say."

The people around them began arguing, but only Luo Ye could feel that Fairy Senior Sister's smile had been meant for him.

He finally understood what feeling he had been missing all along.

It was turning back.

It was having the person he had been chasing finally turn around on that path, seeing that someone had always been there behind her.