Free Web NovelChapter 466: Chapter 466: "Invited
Liu Aihui is straightforward and easy to manipulate. Shao Meijuan has always thought she could control Liu Aihui for a lifetime, given her own wit and cleverness, Liu Aihui is no match for her at all.
However, after the autumn outing, Shao Meijuan felt things began to change. Liu Aihui dared to confront her directly, even though not clarifying the relationship between Li Yuntao and herself was intentional on her part.
"It’s Mr. Li himself who likes me; I don’t feel that way about him at all..."
"If you have no interest in him, then why spend his money." Liu Aihui cut off Shao Meijuan’s words, looking at her with an unfamiliar gaze.
"I borrowed it from him, my family member is sick. I urgently needed money, all the money I earned over the summer I sent back home, but it still wasn’t enough." Shao Meijuan, being quick-witted, lied effortlessly without blinking an eye.
"Your family urgently needed money yet a few days back you bought Baique Ling, and I remember your lipstick was out, the one you wore today is new?" Liu Aihui, although straightforward, naive, and gullible, is no fool; otherwise, how could she have been admitted to the Foreign Language University?
Shao Meijuan was rendered speechless by Liu Aihui’s words. She couldn’t say that someone bought them for her because her relationship with Li Yuntao was already ambiguous. If Liu Aihui heard her explanation and turned around and told Li Yuntao, she would lose Li Yuntao as her support. Although he didn’t earn much, he still gives her ten yuan every month.
"I bought defective ones, that’s why they were cheap. I think you have been brainwashed by Yi Roujing; otherwise, wouldn’t our long acquaintance outweigh your two-day friendship with her?" Shao Meijuan turned tearfully, looking pained, and ran out of the dorm.
Liu Aihui was a bit dumbfounded as she watched Shao Meijuan’s back. Had their relationship become this good? They had only known each other for half a year, and the way Shao Meijuan acted towards her was almost like with a lover—ugh, Liu Aihui shivered with goosebumps, feeling really grossed out.
"Aihui, what’s going on with you and Meijuan? She seems upset, why don’t you go comfort her?" a roommate in the dorm noticed and asked with concern.
"She’s upset for what? I didn’t say anything." Liu Aihui really hadn’t realized this, thinking Shao Meijuan was being unreasonable.
"What happened, and who is this Mr. Li you’re talking about? Does he also like Meijuan? Meijuan really is popular, a lot of people seem to like her."
"Exactly, the boys in our class are fine, but boys from the next class often try to flatter Meijuan, and I’ve seen quite a few."
"You’ve seen it too, so have I. I even saw someone give gifts to Meijuan. I thought it was from her boyfriend, but when I asked, found out it was from someone chasing her, and those things weren’t gifts; it seemed Meijuan paid for them."
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Right now, Liu Aihui isn’t interested in Shao Meijuan’s affairs. She’s interested in the food Li Hongying cooks. She wants to eat, thinking about how to go to Beiluo Lane again.
After running out of the dorm, Shao Meijuan kept looking back, waiting outside for half an hour, but didn’t see Liu Aihui coming after her, making her so angry that her chest heaved, she almost couldn’t resist going back in to shout.
The students of the Foreign Language University were not much on Yi Roujing’s mind. She just didn’t expect to run into them so often lately.
October 22nd, a week had passed since the autumn outing. This Sunday, Yi Roujing returned to Baiqian Village. Today was a barbecue day. She went out to buy sesame oil and got herself a cream popsicle. Summer had passed, and popsicles were almost gone. Today she happened to find one. Unable to resist, she sneaked a taste.
Afraid of being seen and nagged, Yi Roujing found a corner outside the gates of Baiqian Village to ’destroy the evidence,’ only to run into Xing Yazhong.
Xing Yazhong wasn’t alone. Several young men and women were with him. Yi Roujing recognized a few faces: two boys from the autumn outing, Xing Yazhong, Yu Jianfeng, another boy she didn’t know, and three girls: she only knew Shao Meijuan, didn’t know the other two.
"Roujing," Xing Yazhong was surprised to see Yi Roujing but still greeted her with a smile. Yu Jianfeng did the same since he was courting Wang Ruohua; having a good relationship with her roommate was crucial.
"Roujing." Yu Jianfeng didn’t forget to introduce his sister, "This is my sister, Yu Jianya, and this is Yazhong’s sister, Xing Yaqin; they’re still high school students."
Yu Jianfeng didn’t introduce Shao Meijuan or the other boy.
"Yazhong, you have such a beautiful classmate and didn’t introduce her to us. That’s not very nice." A young man, half a head shorter than Yu Jianfeng and Xing Yazhong, with a side-parted hairstyle and squinty eyes, stared directly at Yi Roujing, elbowing Xing Yazhong’s arm.
"Roujing isn’t from our school; she is from Jing University." Xing Yazhong frowned.
"Didn’t expect such a talented and beautiful student, my apologies, I’m Zheng Zhongyi." Squinty-eyed man introduced himself.
Zheng Zhongyi, Zheng Zhongyong, Zheng Zhongping—could they be brothers? Guessing the names of the three officials from the Zheng Family flashed through Yi Roujing’s mind.
"I don’t want to get to know you." Yi Roujing didn’t intend to give face, speaking lightly, thinking he was insincere—a bad sort.
Zheng Zhongyi was a bit taken aback, "Does this classmate not know me?"
"Yi Roujing, how come you’re here, eating popsicles here. You are something else, isn’t your home in Beiluo Lane," Shao Meijuan couldn’t help speaking. She had managed to cozy up to Zheng Zhongyi with great difficulty, and now Zheng Zhongyi’s attention was drawn to Yi Roujing; how could she tolerate that?
"Meijuan, do you also know this classmate?" Zheng Zhongyi reached out to hold Shao Meijuan’s waist and gave it a squeeze, behaving frivolously as if treating her like a woman of ill repute. Yi Roujing averted her gaze, feeling her eyes hurt.
Shao Meijuan’s face turned pale; Zheng Zhongyi treated her so casually, not valuing her at all, especially in front of so many people. She found it hard to maintain her composure, but she couldn’t afford to offend Zheng Zhongyi.
"Our two schools went for an autumn outing last week, we met then." Shao Meijuan answered softly.
"Zhongyi, let’s go in; we shouldn’t keep Xiuqi waiting," Xing Yazhong said.
"We came early; Xiuqi hasn’t come out to welcome us yet." Zheng Zhongyi didn’t dare offend Chang Xiuqi, after all, the Zheng Family needed something from the Chang Family now. But Xiuqi hadn’t arrived yet, and he knew the rules at Baiqian Village. Besides familiar faces, new faces needed familiar ones to bring them in.
"Would you like to join us, today we’re having a barbecue," Zheng Zhongyi looked at Yi Roujing, intending to drag her along.
