“It really is the senior.”
Xia Nuannuan looked at Qin Tian with a helpless expression.
Xiao Yue had directly replied to confirm, and also apologized.
She just thought it was fun and wanted to find some sisters in the forum to ship together. She didn't expect the post to go viral so quickly.
Xia Nuannuan naturally didn't mind either. Since she had posted about it, she wasn't afraid of others being envious. Otherwise, she would have set it to private.
“Senior, it’s okay. I just guessed it might be you, so I asked.”
Xia Nuannuan typed her reply, then looked at Qin Tian again and asked, “How about we invite Senior Xiao Yue and Senior Ning Ru to dinner tonight too?”
“Sure!”
Qin Tian smiled and agreed.
So, Xia Nuannuan typed again and sent another message inviting them.
“But I didn’t prepare a gift!”
Xiao Yue quickly replied, clearly wanting to go.
“It’s okay. We’re just having dinner together. No gifts are needed.”
“Alright then, Ning Ru and I will go together.”
“Okay, okay. I’ll message you again once we decide where to eat.”
“Okay, okay.”
As Xia Nuannuan was inviting Xiao Yue and Ning Ru to dinner, the students from the two classes attending this lesson also started to arrive one by one.
In the somewhat noisy classroom, many students were discussing Xia Nuannuan’s post and the trending topic on the campus forum.
Those who hadn't known about the matter were now also fed a generous dose of public affection.
“I saw that post yesterday too! I was wondering who it was, but it turns out to be them again!”
“Besides them, I don’t think anyone else can be this flashy.”
“What a divine boyfriend Qin Tian is!”
“Why didn’t I hear about this in the morning? Don’t I have Xia Nuannuan’s QQ?”
“Most of the girls in Class One probably do. I heard them talking about it this morning.”
“…”
Students from both classes were discussing animatedly, their envious gazes occasionally falling on Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan.
Qin Tian didn’t seem to mind, calmly and composedly reading the book he borrowed from the library.
Xia Nuannuan felt a little shy and pretended not to hear the discussions, instead discussing where to eat with Shen Siqi and Lu Lei, who had sat down on the other side of the corridor.
Cao Mingliang and Lü Yanran also returned and sat in the row behind Shen Siqi and Lu Lei.
Since Chen Zhuang and the other two didn't have Xia Nuannuan’s QQ, they were only finding out about it now.
“Good heavens, eighteen birthday gifts! Brother Tian is really something. Yanran, why didn’t you mention this in the morning?”
Cao Mingliang asked Lü Yanran beside him.
“Oh, I just didn’t think to mention it. There’s nothing much to say. Qin Tian has always been this good to her!”
Lü Yanran propped her chin with one hand, displaying an indifferent expression.
Cao Mingliang frowned, clearly not believing her.
He suddenly remembered that after class, Lü Yanran insisted on taking him out, treating him to good food, and dragging him shopping to buy him a few small gifts.
Now, it seemed, she had been influenced by this matter.
“Yanran, our two dorms have such a good relationship. You should try to get along well with Xia Nuannuan and the others too. We’re all in the same year, don’t be so unsociable.”
Cao Mingliang suddenly said in a low voice.
Lü Yanran froze at his words. A hint of displeasure flashed in her eyes, and she replied in a tone laced with a touch of grievance and helplessness, “I’m not unsociable. It’s just that they don’t include me in anything they do. Of course, I don’t really care, as long as I have you, it’s enough.”
Hearing this, Cao Mingliang felt inexplicably annoyed.
“Yanran!!”
He suddenly raised his voice.
“Oh, I know, I know!”
Lü Yanran put on a flattering smile and lowered her voice, saying, “Why are you still angry? Alright, I’ll listen to you. I’ll try my best to get along with them from now on, okay?”
“Yes, you promised!”
Cao Mingliang nodded in satisfaction.
Lü Yanran smiled and agreed.
Cao Mingliang didn’t say anything more and turned to chat with Chen Zhuang on the side.
However, he didn’t see that when Lü Yanran turned her head back, her smile quickly disappeared, and her eyes revealed a hint of disgust and impatience.
She liked Cao Mingliang’s generosity, which satisfied her vanity and material needs, but she didn’t like being controlled like this.
Due to her parents’ early divorce, she had matured early and planned her future long ago.
She didn't want to become the kind of mother who settled for mediocrity and was eventually abandoned.
Therefore, she learned to dress herself meticulously from a young age. She also studied hard in high school. With the help of some minor tricks during the college entrance examination, she managed to get boys sitting in front of her in the key high schools to let her copy many answers, thus successfully getting into Jiang University.
This also made her personality even prouder. After all, in her high school, the university she got into was the best.
In her opinion, her future was bright.
With the identity of a top student from Jiang University, combined with her charm and a few subtle schemes, she felt she could be worthy of any outstanding man.
Similar to Feng Jun and Zhou Yiming, who had some conflicts with Qin Tian before, she had expected to be the most noticed girl in the class after entering university.
However, reality was far from her imagination.
As for her three roommates, Xia Nuannuan and Lu Lei were out of the question. Both in terms of looks and temperament, she was merely a supporting character when standing next to them.
Although Shen Siqi wasn’t as striking as the other two, her plain appearance was no less than hers, and Shen Siqi was unwilling to associate with her at all.
This was why she was unsociable.
It was simply because she was unwilling to be a green leaf to set off others.
After starting to date Cao Mingliang, the material comfort and the sense of satisfaction from designer handbags restored much of her confidence.
She enjoyed the envious and jealous glances cast at her by the girls in the class.
But soon she realized that Xia Nuannuan was the one who attracted the most envy and jealousy. No matter how much she was unwilling to admit it, she couldn't help but feel jealous.
Subconsciously, she began to compare Cao Mingliang with Qin Tian.
Compared to Cao Mingliang, who had his family’s wealth, Qin Tian’s ability to easily earn millions in the stock market was undoubtedly superior.
He could earn so much money now, what about the future?
Furthermore, in terms of looks and talent, Cao Mingliang was far behind.
Moreover, Qin Tian was so good to Xia Nuannuan, while she could feel that Cao Mingliang lacked genuine affection for her and was even a bit chauvinistic.
She increasingly felt that besides being a rich second generation, Cao Mingliang was utterly useless.
Therefore, she had started to regret whether she had made her decision too early.
Even though Qin Tian had almost no hope, this was Jiang University, and there were many other more outstanding guys in the school!
Lü Yanran glanced at Xia Nuannuan, who was chatting with Shen Siqi over there, her heart filled with growing jealousy and indignation.
Why was heaven so biased, as if giving everything to Xia Nuannuan?
Family background, looks, figure, a nearly perfect boyfriend…
And these were all things she yearned for but could not obtain.