Chapter 335 The Background Fiancée in Campus Novel (38)

Chapter 335: The Background Fiancée in a Campus Story (38)

The revelation was a lot to take in. Cen Yinghuai couldn’t help but glance at Tang Qing again, his mind still reeling when Song Yijin spoke up, "Classmate Cen, we have matters to attend to. We’ll head out first."

Watching as Dr. Song walked away with his ex-fiancée, Cen Yinghuai stood frozen for a long moment. He couldn’t quite put it into words…

Complicated.

All those restless thoughts about his bro suddenly crystallized into one person the moment he saw Tang Qing.

But…

It seemed he had personally pushed that very person away…

The system chimed: "Detected an increase in Cen Yinghuai’s affection value. Current affection value: 76 points."

Cen Yinghuai returned to the dorm and ran straight into Tang Qing, who had just finished showering.

His hair was still wet, droplets falling, dampness evident as he lifted his gaze. Cen Yinghuai was met with those familiar eyes again, leaving Cen Yinghuai gaping.

It really…

Just like before…

"What are you staring at?" Tang Qing waved a hand in front of Cen Yinghuai’s face. "Is there something wrong with my face?"

Everything about it was off.

Staring at Tang Qing’s face, the young master faltered, unable to voice his thoughts.

Meanwhile, Shen Shu, standing by the bathroom doorway, caught on instantly and asked coldly, "Who did you run into downstairs?"

Cen Yinghuai: "Song Yijin."

"And… my ex-fiancée…"

The moment he spoke, Shen Shu’s face went rigid!

He whipped his head toward Tang Qing!

When their eyes met, all Shen Shu saw was that playful, shit-eating grin.

"Do you think… there really could be two people who look so alike?" Cen Yinghuai murmured.

It made no sense—yet somehow it did…

"Tang Qing, are you sure you don’t have any twin siblings?"

Tang Qing grinned, playing dumb. "Nah."

"Cen Yinghuai, what’s wrong with you?"

"You’ve been weird since you got back today…"

Like a cat batting at a mouse, Shen Shu watched as Tang Qing strung the young master along once again.

"Forget it."

"Maybe I... was overthinking it?" Cen Yinghuai murmured softly, his mind completely tangled, failing to notice Tang Qing's persistent smirk.

As he brushed past Shen Shu, the latter rolled his eyes in exasperation: "I've never seen someone this dense."

It was Monday again.

That night’s glimpse of Tang Qing seemed to have stuck in Cen Yinghuai’s mind, replaying over and over. Several times, he looked at his roommate, opening his mouth but never saying anything.

Tang Qing was sitting right in front of him.

Narrowing his eyes, Cen Yinghuai couldn’t help but compare the back in front of him to the one he’d seen that night...

When their bed collapsed last time, he had glimpsed a slender waist—

Pale, and quite slim...

Wasn’t that fiancée from that night pretty slim too?

His mind was racing when, right at that moment, his phone buzzed with a WeChat notification.

Cen Yinghuai shot it an annoyed glance—a stranger’s friend request.

Just as he was about to reject it, they sent another request, this time with a note: "I’m Tang Qing’s best friend."

Was that the short girl from the other day?

Normally, Cen Yinghuai wouldn’t give a second thought to such strangers, but this time...

After a brief hesitation, the young master hit *Accept*.

"You say you know Tang Qing?"

On the other end of the chat, Shang Ya twitched at the sight of the name that had been eating at her. After a moment’s thought, she replied, "Yeah, we’ve been besties since elementary school!"

Cen Yinghuai: "Send me a picture of her."

Why did he still want a photo of Tang Qing?

Wait, didn’t they already break off the engagement?!

She balked, but Shang Ya knew full well that the only reason the young master had accepted her request was likely because of Tang Qing...

Stalling for as long as possible, she finally sent over the most pixelated photo she had.

That’s her!

Cen Yinghuai hastily zoomed in, trying hard to study the face in the photo.

The shape of the face was similar, the nose too...

The young master even blocked Tang Qing’s hair with his thumb in the photo—

Shit, it’s even closer!

Just as he was lost in thought, a sheet of paper suddenly appeared in front of him, perfectly covering the face on the screen.

Blinking, the young master looked up—only to meet the deadpan expression of the *genius* before him.

"What?"

Shen Shu spoke coldly, "Field trip notice."

Still a little out of it, Cen Yinghuai finally snapped back to reality. There had indeed been someone rambling on earlier, but he hadn’t paid any attention to what was said.

Glancing at the notice, Cen Yinghuai saw the destination and said flatly, "The beach?" he muttered.

Shen Shu: "Yeah, staying at a guesthouse."

"Going or not?"

Like that's any fun! he thought.

Just as he was about to refuse, Young Master Cen suddenly heard Xin Ke’s voice, "Wow! St. John's is so generous!"

"Going this far, and all expenses covered!"

"Tang Qing, are you going?"

His ears pricked up, and when he heard Tang Qing say she was going too, Cen Yinghuai’s check mark made a sharp U-turn to the "Participate" option!

"This season, the beach isn’t bad."

Making up an excuse for himself, Cen Yinghuai handed the notice back to Shen Shu, completely forgetting that he had just been about to check out the photo Shang Ya sent…

St. John's autumn outing became the most hype one yet.

As the group piled onto the bus, they were all a bit shocked to see each other. "Cao Zhong? You’re here too?"

"After losing to Cen Yinghuai last time, didn’t you say you hated water more than anything in this life?"

"And yet… you’re going to the beach?"

Cao Zhong, who had hoped to go unnoticed, felt like he'd been shot out of nowhere at his roommate’s words!

Shooting daggers with his eyes, Cao Zhong snapped, "I suddenly felt like going, okay?!"

"Shen Shu’s here, why can’t I be?"

Changing the subject, the topic smoothly shifted to Shen Shu.

Shen Shu showing up shocked everyone too. In two years of being classmates, this seemed to be… his first time joining a group activity?

"Yeah, why are you here?" Young Master Cen also found it odd, elbowing the brainiac. "Don’t you hate dealing with people the most?"

Top Student Shen couldn't be bothered to look up, replying coldly, "I hate dealing with you the most."

Cen Yinghuai suddenly shut his mouth, barely keeping his fist in check.

Tang Qing also boarded the bus. Seeing that face again, Cen Yinghuai instinctively froze for a moment before frantically waving her down!

"Over here!" he blurted.

"Tang Qing, sit with me!"

As he spoke, Cen Yinghuai didn’t forget to shoot Shen Shu a look to beat it. "Hey, since you hate me, go sit over there. It’s empty."

"Let Tang Qing have your seat."

Give it to Tang Qing so the two of you can sit together?

Arms folded, Top Student Shen didn't budge an inch. He drawled, "No."

You kidding me?!

This dude's got no chill!