Forget about him forcing her to switch seats in the afternoon—since she hadn't seen it—but Xiao Yu changed partners every four or five days. It had only been a little over a month since school started, and he had already gone through how many? She couldn't pretend not to see that, right?
Upright? Upright, my ass.
At that moment, at the table in the lower right corner.
Ye Qingli's coughing was quite loud. Several boys looked over upon hearing it.
Xu Qingsong stretched his neck long, not at all shy about watching the fun. He turned around and smiled: "Which school are these girls from? They're all pretty good-looking."
"All from Normal University."
Xiao Yu tipped his head back and downed the tea in his cup in one go. The person next to him refilled it.
Xu Qingsong was stunned: "How do you know?"
"I hugged someone's thigh and begged them for it," he sneered at him.
"... Can you even talk normally?"
Xu Qingsong rolled his eyes. Not only did Xiao Yu have a bad temper, but he also didn't speak properly—flippant, unreliable, and cheating.
Actually, when they were waiting for Xu Qingsong on the playground, they were all on their phones, not letting go. Xiao Yu wanted to play too, but when he opened his phone and saw the messages from those girls, he lost all interest.
He put his phone in his pocket and looked up. That was when he saw Ye Qingli.
"Well, well, it's rare for you to remember a girl's face."
Someone at the table said. Xiao Yu smiled, but he didn't actually agree. If Ye Qingli hadn't been wearing the same clothes she had on the train, he probably wouldn't have recognized her.
After a while, the waiter came over with a large iron tray piled with porcelain plates of various sizes. It matched the restaurant's decor.
The only downside of this place was that the tables were small.
Ye Qingli was sitting on the outside. She took the plates and poured the contents into the pot, then placed the empty plates back, making a little more room on the table so everyone could spread out a bit.
But Xiao Yu's table was too crowded. They had ordered a lot of food, and with so many people squeezed together, the plates didn't fit. They had to stack them on top of each other.
"Can they eat that much?"
Xu Yan happened to be sitting in a good direction and could observe what they ordered from all angles. She squinted and saw that most of it was meat, with only one plate of vegetables.
Ye Qingli also looked over. Indeed, they had ordered a lot.
"Look at how many people they have, and they're all men. Of course they can finish it. Besides, someone else might come later."
Just as Jiang Mo finished speaking, they saw a girl come in through the door.
She was heavily made up, with long eyeliner and signature bright red lips. She wore a fitted bodycon dress that accentuated her curves, making her figure look extremely good.
She strode in confidently and finally stopped at their table.
No need to guess—she was looking for Xiao Yu.
"Sister Zhou is here! Sit down, sit down."
A sharp-eyed boy immediately stood up and gave her the seat next to Xiao Yu, then moved to the empty seat on the other side.
"Thanks, but..." Zhou Nannan tossed her wavy hair over her shoulder. The scent of her perfume was pungent. She sat down: "If you call me 'sister,' I'm not that old."
'Sister Zhou' sounded like she was in her forties.
She was only a junior.
"Right, right, why did I call you that? I made you sound old, beautiful."
The boy nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, I spoke too quickly this time. I'll definitely correct it next time."
"Okay."
They chatted, but Xiao Yu, sitting beside them, just kept eating without even lifting his eyes.
Their voices were not too loud or too soft, just enough for Ye Qingli's table to hear. Xu Yan rubbed her chin and speculated: "So Xiao Yu likes this type."
"Didn't you see he didn't even look up? I don't think so," Ye Qingli said after swallowing a mouthful.
Soon, things developed in the direction Ye Qingli had indicated.
Zhou Nannan first took some selfies with her phone, puckering her lips and tossing her hair. Each shot was different, but the constant was that she angled the phone to capture Xiao Yu beside her. After who knows how long, she seemed satisfied. Then she picked up her chopsticks to pick up some meat for Xiao Yu. But he suddenly moved his bowl away, causing her to fail.
This embarrassed her in front of everyone.
Zhou Nannan forced a stiff smile and tugged at Xiao Yu's sleeve: "A Yu, what are you doing? Don't you like lamb?"
"Mm." His expression was indifferent.
"Then let me pick you some beef."
Zhou Nannan again reached into the pot with her chopsticks and offered it to Xiao Yu. But this time, he dodged again.
Her expression turned ugly: "You don't like beef either? I just saw you eating some."
Xiao Yu didn't respond. She became even more embarrassed. Seeing this, someone explained: "Nannan, A Yu has a bit of a cleanliness thing. We usually..."
"You? What are you compared to me?" Zhou Nannan crossed her arms, her eyes full of sarcasm: "He's your brother, so of course he's disgusted. But I'm not. I'm his girl—"
"Not anymore." This was the first sentence Xiao Yu had spoken since she arrived.
Zhou Nannan was taken aback: "What?"