Chapter 300: The Background Fiancée in the Campus Novel (3)

Chapter 300 The Unnoticed Fiancée in the Campus Story (3)

"Tang Qing, I just detected that Cen Yinghuai's Affection Points for you have increased!"

"Currently, Cen Yinghuai's Affection Points for you are at 7." Lying on the bed, the system popped up to update her on the latest progress.

Although Cen Yinghuai had called the strawberry-flavored cookies too girly, he ended up wolfing them down one by one, polishing off the whole bag in two minutes flat.

Those 7 Affection Points were gained that easily.

"According to the plot, today should have been when Xin Ke's blanket accidentally fell on Shen Shu, marking their first interaction..."

It was supposed to be a funny accident that made the cold, detached genius remember Xin Ke's name...

But... now, with Tang Qing's meddling presence, the romantic storyline has gone completely off the rails!

Judging by Xin Ke's behavior, it seems she even likes Tang Qing?

"Hehehe, Tang Qing, your plan's working like a charm!"

Hijack the male lead's storyline! Leave the male leads in the dust!

"The next plot point is when Xin Ke gets injured and meets the gentle school doctor, Song Yijin."

"In the original story, Song Yijin was also the first to discover Xin Ke's disguise as a boy..."

Initially, Song Yijin hadn't paid much attention to Xin Ke, but the poor female lead kept getting bullied repeatedly, making the infirmary her safe haven.

As their interactions grew, Song Yijin noticed Xin Ke's amazing strength... and gradually developed feelings for her.

Hehehe... but now!

Someone else will be the one to comfort our female lead!

The system was daydreaming happily... when suddenly, the bunk above her creaked.

As the top-tier elite academy in the country, Shengda University was known as the cradle of future tycoons.

Its most criticized aspect was the dormitory arrangements.

Some bright idea from someone had insisted on making these rich kids rough it a little—four-person dorms with old-fashioned bunk beds!

You could hear every toss and turn at night!

The person sleeping above Tang Qing was Cen Yinghuai.

The young master hadn't planned to get up, but he was seriously hungry.

Especially after eating a few of his new roommate's strawberry cookies—now he was even hungrier...

After struggling for a while, Cen Yinghuai finally decided to climb down and look for something to eat...

When the young master opened his cabinet, it was completely empty!

Only then did Cen Yinghuai remember—he had only moved into the dorm two days ago, and the family butler hadn't yet delivered the necessary supplies.

"Gurgle, gurgle..." In the dead of night, his stomach loudly protested. Cen Yinghuai's face remained expressionless.

His gaze swept around the room and landed on the bag of cookies on Shen Shu's desk.

"Fair enough, everyone got a welcome gift." Cen Yinghuai muttered, his gaze fixated on that bag of cookies...

Unable to look away...

The new roommate had some skills—Cen Yinghuai had to admit it was the first time he'd eaten something that hit the spot like this.

Right now...

There was another pack of those delicious cookies...

The privileged guy swallowed unnaturally, telling himself, "Shen Shu doesn’t like these either."

In Cen Yinghuai’s eyes, Shen Shu had always been a weirdo, the type who wouldn't touch his own birthday cake.

Homemade cookies like these wouldn’t even register on Shen Shu's radar.

"Just one piece... Shen Shu probably wouldn’t notice."

After talking to himself, Cen Yinghuai tiptoed like a thief, slowly creeping toward Shen Shu’s seat.

He carefully unwrapped the package, trying his best not to make a single sound with the cookies!

First taste—

Coffee flavored?!

Cen Yinghuai had always hated caffeine, instinctively frowning. But the next second, a hint of caramel cut through the bitterness in his mouth.

A few chews later—crunchy, crisp, with a unique roasted aroma. Huh... not bad?

Just a moment ago, he was about to put the cookie back, but now... he was hooked!

"At worst, I’ll compensate Shen Shu tomorrow..."

"One cookie's theft, two cookies are still theft..."

Even as he thought this, his hand kept moving. Just as he was about to take another piece—

A hand suddenly grabbed his wrist!

Busted!

Startled, Cen Yinghuai looked up and met Shen Shu’s stone-cold expression.

At this hour, if not for Shen Shu’s good looks, Cen Yinghuai might’ve thought he’d seen a ghost!

"Shen Shu, you trying to give me a heart attack?! Walking around in the middle of the night without a sound!"

Still shaken, Cen Yinghuai wiped his mouth clean.

"And you? Stealing at midnight?" Shen Shu pointed at the cookies in Cen Yinghuai’s hand, his tone cold. "You’re eating my things."

Shit!

This guy wasn’t even asleep?!

Busted for stealing, Cen Yinghuai awkwardly rubbed the tip of his nose and gave an awkward laugh, "Well, uh..."

"Sleepwalking... buy that?"

Shen Shu: "Do I look stupid to you?"

"Cen Yinghuai, if you just used your brain for once, you could’ve come up with a better excuse."

The conversation reached this point, and the air turned awkwardly silent.

Tang Qing deliberately made a small noise, and both guys immediately looked her way!

He was awake too!

In the dim moonlight, Tang Qing’s face appeared somewhat indistinct, yet the smile on her lips was unexpectedly clear.

In the dead of night, that smile was kinda dazzling.

"If you like them, I can make more for you in a few days," Tang Qing said, her voice still sweet and accommodating.

Such thoughtfulness only made Cen Yinghuai feel even more embarrassed, prompting him to blurt out an excuse: "I didn’t even like them that much..."

"I just happened to be hungry."

Cen Yinghuai desperately willed his stomach to growl once or twice to prove his point, but instead of hunger pangs, what came out was a loud, embarrassing burp—

Damn it!

One bite and he’s already burping?!

The already awkward atmosphere fell dead silent.

Shen Shu muttered coldly: "Idiot."

He should’ve just stayed hungry from the start than suffer this humiliation!

At this moment, Cen Yinghuai wished the floor would swallow him whole!

In the end, it was Tang Qing who cut through the weirdness, saying, "It’s getting late. We should sleep. Tomorrow’s the first day of school."

As she spoke, she started to lie back down.

Suddenly, Cen Yinghuai’s voice drifted down from above her, mumbled quietly: "The schedule has a cooking class on Friday..."

The tall kid just stood awkwardly by Tang Qing’s bed, making no move to climb up, as if casually remarking, "The cooking classroom has plenty of ingredients."

Talk about obvious. Tang Qing had to stifle a laugh before replying, "I should have time to make some for you on Friday."

"Still want strawberry flavor?"

Cen Yinghuai heard that and immediately got defensive: "I never asked you to make any for me."

Tang Qing sat up and looked at him, her expression gentle.

After a long pause, Cen Yinghuai spoke again: "Coffee’s good too."