Chapter 337 The Background Fiancée in Campus Novel (40)

Chapter 337: The Background Character Fiancée in a Campus Story (40)

Due to Cen Yinghuai's sudden appearance, Shen Shu's discreet WeChat message suddenly felt downright sneaky.

The young master was still grinning and saying hi to Tang Qing, completely unaware that the top student had already slid into his ex-fiancée’s DMs behind his back...

The seaside at night appeared even more tranquil, without the daytime noise. The cool sea breeze made Tang Qing let out a sneeze involuntarily.

Noticing this, Shen Shu took off his jacket, hesitated for a moment, and then handed it to her. "Take it."

"Put it on."

"Hm?" Tang Qing was slightly taken aback but still said, "Thank you."

With his jacket draped over her, Tang Qing looked like a child secretly wearing an adult's clothes, looking kinda cute.

Their size difference was so obvious—yet he had never noticed it before...

At this thought, Shen Shu was caught off guard, and a small smile still tugged at his lips.

"What are you smiling about?"

Tang Qing suddenly spoke up. "Shen Shu, you don’t smile much, huh?"

As if discovering some rare discovery, Tang Qing even leaned in closer to the top student, studying him closely before concluding:

"Shen Shu, looking at you like this, you’re not so bad after all."

Most of the time, Shen Shu was like an unreadable brick wall—calm, composed, cold, and distant.

But Tang Qing's presence had clearly thrown him off his usual cool. His gaze would involuntarily follow her, and he would even feel happy or bummed because of a single action or word from her...

Thinking of this, Shen Shu couldn't help but lower his eyes and look at Tang Qing again.

"Last time..."

"You went to the Song family with Song Yijin."

Tang Qing was stunned. "You knew?"

He originally had no way of knowing, but Song Yijin had deliberately hinted at it.

Shen Shu pursed his lips, still curious about the reason for the visit. "Why did you go to see the old man?"

Judging by his tone, the top student was still hung up on it...

Tang Qing's bright, cat-like eyes darted before she replied, "Girlfriend."

Those three words hung in the air, Shen Shu’s gentle smile froze in an instant!

Realizing what Tang Qing had said, Shen Shu immediately blurted out, "You and Song Yijin are together?"

"Since when?"

"Did the Tang and Song families arrange another marriage?"

He fired off three questions in a row, and Tang Qing clearly saw the panic in Shen Shu's eyes.

The once usually unflappable "Ice Prince" actually had such a total meltdown now...

Eager to gauge Shen Shu's reaction, Tang Qing teased him with deliberate pauses before finally saying, "Just temporary."

"Dr. Song asked me to help him out—just to keep his grandfather off his back for now."

"The 'girlfriend' gig? Dr. Song hasn’t paid the next installment yet."

At this, Shen Shu’s earlier tension melted away like a weight lifted...

She was always like this—just an offhand comment could completely hook him.

A sea breeze swept by, and Shen Shu clearly saw the look in Tang Qing's eyes at that moment.

Just as he remembered, her eyes were always that piercingly clear. When she looked at you, he couldn’t help... craving just one more glance from her, wanting to forever hold onto her attention...

Thinking back to Tang Qing's earlier words... the ever-composed top student felt that familiar tingling in his fingertips again.

After wrestling with himself for a long while, Shen Shu finally couldn't take it anymore. He closed his eyes briefly, like a man surrendering to fate, and spoke, "How do I extend the subscription?"

Tang Qing blinked, sure she’d misheard. "You want to renew it?" she asked.

What did that mean?

"It’s what you think." Standing opposite Tang Qing, Shen Shu's gaze was steady and his tone serious. "If possible... I want to renew it."

"Tang Qing, I don’t have any family to appease. I just... want you to be my girlfriend."

"So... can I renew it?"

As soon as he finished speaking, fireworks lit up the sky on the other side of the shore.

Fireworks bloomed one after another across the sky, their reflections shimmering on the sea, blending the horizon and the scene before them into a dazzling spectacle. The boy before her had never seemed so vulnerable, so painfully earnest.

System Notification: "Detected increase in Shen Shu's affection value. Current affection value: 81 points."

"Whoa—he went for it!"

"Ugh, Tang Qing, you ice queen! How could you reject the top student?"

Shen Shu's confession today was indeed unexpected, but even more surprising was Tang Qing's outright refusal.

Remembering how Top Student Shen’s eyes had dimmed instantly, the system was still throwing a fit in Tang Qing's mind...

Their ship had just capsized!

The system was in denial!

"Chill. You said yourself his affection’s at 81," Tang Qing replied, eerily unshaken compared to the system's shrieking.

"Don’t forget why we're here..."

The system paused for a moment before screeching again!

"Girl, you’re heartless!"

Tang Qing: "I do..."

"A heart for the grind."

Back in her room, she shrugged off her jacket...

At that moment, there was suddenly a noise from the balcony!

Who's there?

Through the rustling noises, Tang Qing abruptly opened the balcony window!

Right before her, was Cen Yinghuai's face!

What the hell was this guy doing on her balcony in the middle of the night?

"Hi! Fancy meeting you here!"

Busted while scaling the wall, Cen eldest young master's embarrassment lasted only a moment before he broke into a huge grin!

Holding up the takeout bag in his hand, he beamed and asked, "Want some seafood porridge?"

"So... you came to deliver food?"

Cen Yinghuai said with mock seriousness, "No... strictly speaking, I'm delivering warmth!"

"Porridge at midnight beats booze at dawn."

What kind of line is that?

"Why not use the front door?"

"Well..." The young master scratched his head awkwardly, mumbled awkwardly, "I did knock, but it seemed like you and Shen Shu weren't around..."

"So I thought I'd take a look."

It was a lame excuse, but it somehow worked out—turns out his childhood friend was busy trying to steal someone else's girl at the time.

Glancing at the seafood porridge in Cen Yinghuai's hand, Tang Qing got an idea. With a devilish grin, she slowly said, "You said you came just now... to deliver warmth?"

Cen Yinghuai paused, then nodded. "Yeah."

"I think..." Tang Qing's tone took on a sly tone as she continued, "Shen Shu (her childhood friend) could really use some of that warmth right about now."

Huh?

Like Shen Shu needed midnight snacks?