An Xi, who had just eaten an ice cream with Yan Qing, licked hers slowly. She felt that the muttering student seemed completely relaxed while eating, and much easier to talk to.
“By the way, I haven’t introduced myself. I’m An Xi, first-year animation major.”
An Xi chatted unconsciously with the muttering student while searching for Yan Qing’s figure in the crowd. Unaware that Yan Qing was standing diagonally behind her, looking at her with a heavy gaze.
“I’m Lu Shuang. My parents hoped I’d be cheerful, but… I seem completely unable to do that.”
The muttering student, no, Lu Shuang said this, lowering his head somewhat dejectedly, “… Then, I’m a second-year finance major.”
Pfft…” Seeing Lu Shuang’s ashen face, An Qi couldn’t help but laugh, tugging on Yan Qing’s sleeve, “Senior Yan Qing, let’s… go first!”
“Mm! You’re right,” Yan Qing nodded, decisively turning around, “I just picked up some medals along the way that we can exchange for prizes.”
“Oh?! Great! Let’s go!” An Qi happily followed Yan Qing, leaving behind Lu Shuang, who was reaching out but being ignored, being dragged away by Yu Man…
Medal Prize Exchange Area.
The entire classroom was filled with various gifts, with different medal quantities allowing exchange for different prizes.
“The student council really went all out this time! All these gifts in one classroom…” An Qi clicked her tongue in admiration, pulling out the five medals she and Yan Qing won at the first venue… well, probably enough for a keychain or something…
Suddenly, a teddy bear caught An Qi’s attention… but it required thirty-six medals to exchange, and clearly, only the last one was left.
Yan Qing’s keen eyes followed An Qi’s gaze to the teddy bear, and he immediately walked over.
“Ah? Senior Yan Qing, wait for me.”
An Qi was stunned for a moment and followed.
Guarding the teddy bear was a boy in a white shirt, head down, focused on reading a book titled “Illustrated Guide to Monsters Ancient and Modern”.
“Yue Zijun,” Yan Qing spoke, pulling out a handful of medals from his pocket and throwing them on the table. An Qi was a bit dumbfounded – when did Yan Qing collect so many medals?!
“Oh! If it isn’t Yan Qingqing!”
The boy raised a mischievous smile, carefully counting the medals in his hand, then shook his head, “Short by six.”
“Oh… I have some too!”
An Qi quickly added her medals to the table, but the boy still shook his head, “Tsk, too bad, still short by one.”
“Yue Zijun…”
Yan Qing frowned, calling his name again with a hint of threat.
“Ooh, how dare you threaten the student council president… you’re in trouble now!”
It turned out this Yue Zijun was indeed the student council president, speaking with a roguish tone that seemed at odds with his position and image.
“…Stop joking.”
“We want this doll!”
From behind, Mu Rou shouted loudly, pulling Chen Yi along as she ran over. She raised her chin and humphed at An Qi, then pulled out some medals from her bag.
Yue Zijun didn’t even look at Yan Qing, swaying as he counted Mu Rou’s medals.
Mu Rou looked proud, but heard Yue Zijun say, “Stop messing around, you’re still short three!”
“What? So many?!” Mu Rou’s eyes widened. She immediately grabbed a random male student nearby, instantly changing her tone, “Excuse me~ Do you have any extra medals? Could you give me some?”
Mu Rou’s sudden flirtatious approach made Chen Yi’s face darken; he frowned, clearly disliking her behavior.
Yan Qing just swept her gaze across Chen Yan’s face, saying coldly.
“That’s true…” Yue Zijun pondered, stroking his chin.
“However… this is your matter now, you handle it.”
After Yan Qing finished speaking, she took the teddy bear and left. An Xi looked back at Mu Rou, meeting her fierce gaze. An Xi immediately glared back and quickly followed Yan Qing.
☆, Chapter Eight
Yan Qing wasn’t walking very fast, so An Xi quickly caught up.
An Xi secretly glanced at Yan Qing beside her, that “cold-faced iceberg” appearance was definitely not an illusion…
“Senior Yan Qing?”
An Xi thought that in this situation, she could only get through it by “playing dumb”… After all, she wasn’t even sure why Senior Yan Qing was angry.
“…Mm.”
This muffled voice definitely didn’t sound happy.
“Senior Yan Qing… that… teddy bear… doll…”
An Xi reached out to grab it, but Yan Qing was determined not to let her catch it easily. She had to retreat and say: “Uh… Senior Yan Qing, it turns out this teddy bear doll isn’t for me…”
Directly saying it won’t work, so let’s go around in circles… Yan Qing surely won’t righteously nod and say the teddy bear is for someone else, right?
“…”
Yan Qing stopped walking, deeply looking at An Xi, and stuffed the teddy bear into her arms. “It was originally for you, as a thank you for the ice cream… But it seems there’s more than just me wanting to thank you, so you shouldn’t mind, right?”
Wait a minute… wait a minute…
Ice cream… besides eating with Yan Qing, she also ate with Lu Shuang…
Looking at Yan Qing’s slightly darkened face, An Xi suddenly wanted to laugh…
Her Senior Yan Qing, is he jealous? In his previous life, he always stood silently behind her. This change this time is truly surprising!
“Thank you, Senior Yan Qing, for giving me the little bear! I will treasure it very, very, very much!”
Ignoring his previous words, An Xi said loudly and emphatically, her tone like a small soldier reporting to a superior, just short of saluting.
“…”
Yan Qing didn’t look at An Xi, rubbing his nose with the back of his hand, his gaze already wandering elsewhere.
“Hehe…”
An Xi knew her face must have a silly smile right now, bouncing and following Yan Qing’s steps, but she didn’t care.
Last life I didn’t look at the right person, this life I hope to cherish the person who cherishes me… Senior Yan Qing.
