The cafeteria's braised noodles with green beans were delicious.
Guo Yunye was digging into his noodles when someone nudged his elbow.
"Hey, look."
It was Zhang Xiaoyi.
Guo Yunye raised his head and looked out through the cafeteria window.
Shen Ye was crossing the square toward the school gates.
"What are you looking at? Why didn't you invite Brother Ye to eat with us? Forget it, I'll call him-"
Guo Yunye set down his bowl and chopsticks and stood to run outside, but Zhang Xiaoyi caught him.
"Why would you call him? I just saw Xiao Mengyu go looking for him!"
Zhang Xiaoyi leaned close to his ear to explain.
"...I don't see Xiao Mengyu," Guo Yunye said.
"Maybe they had a fight," Zhang Xiaoyi judged.
Guo Yunye was stunned. "What? You mean those two-" he whispered.
"Shh!"
They lowered their voices and were about to discuss it further when another person appeared in the square.
A beautiful girl hurried after Shen Ye, caught up in a few strides, and grabbed his hand.
Shen Ye looked surprised too. He turned and said a few words.
Then they walked out through the school gates together.
Zhang Xiaoyi and Guo Yunye watched silently until Shen Ye and the girl disappeared from view.
"That wasn't Xiao Mengyu."
Guo Yunye murmured.
"Of course not. That was 'Heavenly King' Song Yinchen, the current head of the Jiangnan Song Family. She's exceptionally powerful, and her reputation's been growing lately," Zhang Xiaoyi said quickly.
The two fell silent.
Judging by what they had just seen, Song Yinchen seemed to have taken the initiative to catch up with Shen Ye, talk to him, and leave with him.
"Do girls really take the initiative like that?" Zhang Xiaoyi muttered doubtfully.
"Of course. When a girl takes the initiative, most