Tianmiao and Xi Linghe grabbed a nutritious meal, sat in a corner, and quietly ate.
Wei Ling was across from them, sneaking glances.
"I just found out today what truly delightful means," Wei Ling said while shoveling food into his mouth, and then quickly texted his girlfriend a message: Let’s break up. Then he immediately blocked her.
"You’re breaking your tradition of switching every month," Li Yingjun said with a sly grin. "If you have the guts, go chat her up. Aren’t you capable?"
"No, no, I can’t do it this time. This is my real goddess. How can I be so frivolous? This time I want to truly display myself in front of her, make her notice my strengths, make her pay attention to me," Wei Ling continued eating, his tone firm.
"Sheesh! I think you’re overthinking it a bit," Li Yingjun said sarcastically. "I bet you’re gonna crash and burn this time."
"Don’t speak too soon," Wei Ling protested, then suddenly said, "Hey, your fiancée is coming."
Li Yingjun followed Wei Ling’s gaze and saw Zhang Shuixuan and Dai Shiqi walking over.
"What fiancée? It’s just that the families have that intention; nothing is settled. If you keep talking nonsense, I’ll stuff this braised pork into your nostril," Li Yingjun said irritably.
"Alright, alright, I won’t say it again."
Zhang Shuixuan and Dai Shiqi came over with their trays. Dai Shiqi’s family wasn’t well-off, so Zhang Shuixuan always considered her feelings and didn’t go to the second floor to order. They always had their nutritious lunches on the first floor. Seeing Li Yingjun there, Zhang Shuixuan thought she’d come over to say hi.
"Yingjun, why are you eating here today?" Zhang Shuixuan greeted, sitting across from them.
"It’s Wei Ling, wanted to be closer to his goddess," Li Yingjun chuckled.
"Goddess?" Zhang Shuixuan hesitated, then followed Wei Ling’s gaze and spotted Tianmiao and Xi Linghe. "Tianmiao? The transfer student?"
"Yes." Li Yingjun laughed, "But she truly deserves the title of ’goddess’, really beautiful, has an aura."
Zhang Shuixuan’s face stiffened slightly, but quickly returned to normal, suppressing the slight discomfort in her heart.
Dai Shiqi didn’t speak, just sat down quietly and ate her meal.
Wu Yihan stood at the second-floor staircase, looked over at Gu Nanyu, then at Tianmiao.
"Yihan?" Lu Renyi wondered why Wu Yihan wasn’t moving.
Wu Yihan didn’t respond, withdrew her gaze, and headed upstairs.
After sitting down upstairs, Wu Yihan asked Lu Runjia and Lu Renyi, "Do you guys know what Tianmiao’s family does?"
"No idea, I’ll ask," Lu Runjia shook her head.
Lu Renyi also shook her head, "Never heard of this person. I’ll ask around when I get back."
Wu Yihan picked up the menu, absent-mindedly ordered a few dishes. Tianmiao, is there anyone with the surname Tian?
In the afternoon during break, Wei Ling finally couldn’t hold back and ran forward to strike up a conversation.
"Hey, if there’s anything you don’t understand, you can ask me. You’re new here, must be a lot you’re not familiar with, feel free to ask," Wei Ling sat in front of Tianmiao, putting on a smile he thought was charming, "I’m Wei Ling."
"I can ask you anything I don’t understand?" Tianmiao gave a slight grin.
"Yes, yes." Wei Ling, seeing Tianmiao’s smile, felt elated, nodding frantically.
"Can you solve this question?" Tianmiao turned a workbook in her hand and handed it to Wei Ling.
"Of course..." Wei Ling initially beamed, but upon seeing the question in the workbook, his smile froze, his mouth twitched, and he swallowed back what he was about to say, managing to squeeze out two words with difficulty, "I can’t..."