Shaxian Battle

Shen Qingling showing up in Shaxian County with Ruan Mingyi was far too eye-catching. Before long, people on Chance Encounter were discussing it.

And the topic of discussion was actually...

Stingy! Shen Qingling was so broke he brought the young lady to eat at Shaxian!

The original poster had meant to see Shen Qingling get torn apart, but the thread went so off course it was unbearable to look at.

Hardly any of the comments below were criticizing Shen Qingling. The highly upvoted ones were all cursing out the poster.

I don't even need to think about what kind of person made this post. Hehe, if you're jealous of our male god, just say so.

No, what's wrong with eating at Shaxian? What did Shaxian ever do to you?

So being handsome means he should be stripped of his right to eat at Shaxian? Interesting. Then with looks like mine, wouldn't I not even be allowed in the cafeteria?

No, the young lady was willing to come eat at Shaxian with Shen Qingling. What are you going to do about it? Go tell her not to go in?

Who would care what they were eating if they got to eat with Shen Qingling? I'd even eat shit.

I'd rather eat shit with Shen Qingling than have a meal with a jealous maniac.

I'd rather eat shit with Shen Qingling than have a meal with a jealous maniac.

I'd rather eat Shen Qingling's shit than have a meal with a jealous maniac.

I'd rather eat Shen Qingling's shit than have a meal with a jealous maniac.

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Song Zhining sent the post to Shen Qingling. He was eating, and when he saw the comments below, he couldn't help coughing.

Ruan Mingyi was drinking soup. To be honest, this black-boned chicken soup wasn't bad.

"What's wrong? Choked?"

"No. Zhining sent me a post from Chance Encounter."

"Oh~ So I'm Miss Ruan, but she's Zhining. The difference is pretty obvious, huh?"

"You're older than me. Calling you by your name directly wouldn't be appropriate, would it?"

"Then you can call me big sister."

Ruan Mingyi's eyes lit up. She really wanted to hear Shen Qingling call her big sister.

"I refuse."

"...Stingy."

"You've got the nerve to say that. People in the post said I was too cheap to bring you to Shaxian. Look, you got me misunderstood again."

"Haha, really? Let me see."

Ruan Mingyi took Shen Qingling's phone and burst out laughing when she saw the discussion inside.

"You really are popular, aren't you? You've got quite a few fans, Mr. Campus Heartthrob."

"I'm not a campus heartthrob."

"With this kind of popularity, you're no different from one."

"I don't want everyone paying too much attention to me."

"If anyone else said that, I'd call them a pretentious bastard. But not you. Maybe this is the sorrow of handsome men? Ordinary people can't understand it."

Ruan Mingyi was still perfectly happy eating Shaxian with Shen Qingling, without the slightest reluctance.

Judging by the situation, Ruan Mingyi seemed to be the more proactive one. Shen Qingling only responded now and then.

Ruan Mingyi rarely used Chance Encounter before, but when she saw Shen Qingling getting insulted, she went in and made a post herself.

I'm Ruan Mingyi, the one eating Shaxian with Shen Qingling. Come argue with me if you dare.

Replying to the poster of @Stingy! Shen Qingling was so broke he brought the young lady to eat at Shaxian!:

Did you know your existence is an apology letter from condom companies?

Sometimes I feel like certain people make posts just so they can turn on vibration afterward, shove their phone down their pants, and comfort themselves. Like you.

Bro thinks he's some mighty beast of a man who conquered everything, but really he's holding his phone in one hand while frantically doing needlework with the other, dripping a few thin drops of water, howling like he's been run over by a car, his whole body shaking.

You're as sensitive as a galgame. Pick the wrong option, and the next day they find you hanging in your bedroom. Just kidding—you're not as gentle and pretty as the protagonist. Actually, you look like a slab of cured meat hanging from the ceiling, the kind that's nothing but fat.

I can understand why you made this post, actually. You seem like the type who gets sick of scrolling videos, exits to clear the background apps, swipes across the home screen a couple times and finds no messages, then instinctively opens them again.

You painstakingly manage your Weibo and see zero notifications. You painstakingly manage your Twi and see zero notifications. You painstakingly manage your WeChat and see zero likes. No one cares about you.

You realize you're living a life worse than a cockroach's. At least cockroaches have girls screaming over them, but you don't. How pitiful.

Forget it. You're already amazing. If ordinary people ended up like you, they'd have jumped off a building long ago.

After Ruan Mingyi made her post, it quickly rose to the top of Chance Encounter's trending posts. Plenty of bystanders gathered below to watch the drama unfold.

Hahaha, the young lady is so good at cursing people. Her attack power is completely maxed out.

Oh, what an unparalleled thrill!!! The feeling of being seen through so completely is like a meteor suddenly tearing through the pitch-black night sky—it has me utterly obsessed, unable to pull myself free! That soul-crushing feeling of being hit right on the mark makes me like the Titanic struck open by an iceberg, sinking into the darkness of the deep sea, yet feeling so damn good! Give me more, let me keep bathing in this ecstasy of being illuminated by the light of truth!!! Amazing—like a rat hiding in a dark underground passage, suddenly exposed by a searchlight with nowhere to hide. So good, so good!

Can the young lady be my S? I think you have great potential!

That poster deleted their post, hahaha, I'm dying.

No, bro, of all people, why did you provoke Shen Qingling? Don't you know she has so many fangirls they wouldn't fit in a classroom?

More like he shouldn't have provoked Ruan Mingyi. Ruan Mingyi is famous in our circle for her venomous tongue. Bro kicked an iron plate.

Ruan Mingyi became famous in one battle on Chance Encounter. Some people even made posts begging her to curse them out, and Ruan Mingyi simply called them psychos.

At last, she understood how Shen Qingling felt when faced with her harassment.

Shen Qingling saw her constantly tapping at her phone and asked curiously, "What are you doing? Are you busy?"

Ruan Mingyi smiled. "Nothing. Just vented some anger for you."

Shen Qingling opened Chance Encounter and found the whole screen filled with people begging to be cursed.

When he scrolled to Ruan Mingyi's post insulting people, he couldn't help laughing too.

"Doesn't the young lady need to care about her image?"

"They don't know whether I'm really Ruan Mingyi or not. As long as I could vent some anger for you, that's enough. Where did he get the nerve to discuss this old lady's private affairs?"

"Not bad. Your strengths have found a place to shine."

"I think you're no less impressive in that department."

"Likewise."

After one meal at Shaxian, Ruan Mingyi suddenly felt as though she and Shen Qingling had grown a little closer.

Apparently, romance wasn't something that could only happen in a Western restaurant. Shaxian had its own charms.

That evening, Ruan Mingyi insisted on taking Shen Qingling home. Shen Qingling only let her drive him to the mouth of the alley and refused to let her follow any farther. Ruan Mingyi had wanted to see where Shen Qingling lived, but unfortunately, Shen Qingling didn't give her the chance.

"I'll pick you up tomorrow afternoon. We'll get styled up. Rest well today—the banquet tomorrow will be exhausting."

"Got it. See you tomorrow, Miss Ruan."

"Can you call me something else? For the sake of my Shaxian Battle for you."

When he heard the words "Shaxian Battle," Shen Qingling nearly lost his composure.

He lowered his eyes and said softly, "Goodbye, Mingyi."

Ruan Mingyi practically melted.

Why was heaven so biased toward Shen Qingling? He was handsome, a top student, and even his voice was so pleasant.

"If you don't say anything, I'm leaving."

"Hey, hey, I was savoring the way you said Mingyi just now. See you tomorrow, Qingling."

Shen Qingling coughed awkwardly, then turned and walked into the alley.

Ruan Mingyi rested an arm against the car window, gazing at Shen Qingling's retreating figure with infatuated eyes.

Seriously, even his back was so captivating.

Sigh, she was beyond saving...