Chapter 34.2: Favour

She was very fair, from the calf to the instep. Her skin was like alabaster and glowing.

“How come you always don’t wear your shoes?”

Cen Ning followed his line of sight and looked at the insteps of her feet: “Ah… Isn’t there a carpet here?”

Yan Xingzhi pursed his lips, looked away from her legs, and suddenly got up and said, “Go in and sleep. I’m leaving.”

Cen Ning: “Aren’t you going to sleep?”

“Me?” Yan Xingzhi looked at her with a strange expression, “There is only one bed, where will I sleep?”

Cen Ning: “…”

She had asked this question for nothing. She saw he had just fallen asleep on the sofa, so she asked casually. But now that Yan Xingzhi suddenly said this, whatever answer she gave would be wrong.

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Everyone in the dormitory had already arrived today, and they hadn’t seen each other throughout all summer break. At this time, they were chatting excitedly together.

When Cen Ning came in, her roommate Chen Miao beckoned to her: “Cen Ning, you are finally here! These are the specialties I brought back from home, come and taste.”

Cen Ning smiled at her, walked over and picked up some of the snacks on Chen Miao’s table. “You are all so early.”

“It’s not early. It’s already noon.” Chen Miao glanced at her strangely, “Hey, why didn’t you bring luggage?”

Cen Ning came empty-handed, and she couldn’t explain what happened yesterday, so she could only say, “There was a lot of luggage, and my family hasn’t delivered them yet.”

“Oh~ Eh, I say that being a local is good, so close, family members can help with luggage.”

Another roommate also added enviously. “Yes, you can also go home on weekends, unlike me, who can only go back twice a year.”

Chen Miao: “Haha, then you should marry a Beijinger. Then will you have a home here and go as you choose?”

“Hmph- are Beijing locals that easy to marry? Let’s just say in our class, there are only two or three local Beijing boys.”

“Don’t. There will always be someone once you get to know more people. Hey Cen Ning, you are born and raised here. You must know many local Beijing boys.”

Born and raised here… No, she only came here when she was thirteen.

As for local boys, there were indeed quite a few in the compound.

“Know, but not familiar.”

“Hey, why aren’t you familiar with them?” Chen Miao sighed, “But it makes sense. You won’t take the initiative to flirt with boys.”

Cen Ning: “…”

“Cen Ning, if I were to have your appearance, I would probably have a whole line of ex-boyfriends. By the way, why haven’t you dated yet?”

Cen Ning shook her head and said with a smile, “How did this conversation become about me?”

“I heard that there is a senior brother who is pursuing you. He’s… from the photography club, right?”

Chen Miao: “Really, which one?”

“It’s the handsome one. I forgot what he was called.”

After saying that, the group of girls looked at Cen Ning in unison.

Cen Ning: “… I’m going to go buy a bottle of water to drink.”

Cen Ning really wasn’t used to talking about these kinds of feelings with her roommates. She had to find a chance to slip away.

Fortunately, her roommates were also forgetful. When she came back, they didn’t continue asking about Cen Ning’s pursuer and chatted happily about celebrity gossip instead.

“Did you see that Meng Peiyan’s studio issued an announcement stating that Meng Peiyan and Jiang Yu’s relationship is fake?”

“Oh, I already predicted it was fake. I guess it’s just to stir up scandals.”

“Hey, wasn’t there an interview last week? Did you see Meng Peiyan’s ideal type? She said that she likes men who are responsible, and she also gave an example of soldiers. I didn’t expect that she would like military brothers.”

“It’s a coincidence that I like them too, haha.”

“But don’t you think it’s strange? Why is it so specific? Someone on the Internet said that Meng Peiyan had a boyfriend. It was the mysterious man who was photographed before, the one with the back figure, remember?”

“Ah, I remember!”

…

Cen Ning was cleaning up the things on her desk. After the summer break, the desk cabinets were all covered in a layer of dust.

When she heard her roommate talk about Meng Peiyan and her rumoured boyfriend, she paused for a moment. A soldier with a sense of responsibility… She specified it in detail. No wonder it aroused everyone’s curiosity.

After wiping the table, Cen Ning took the towel and went into the restroom to wash it.

Just then, her phone rang.

Cen Ning dried her hands and came out to answer. “Hello.”

“You’re at school, right?”

“I’m already in the dormitory.”

“Well, the luggage has been brought to you in the dormitory downstairs.”

Cen Ning paused. “Did you bring it for me?”

Yan Xingzhi: “I originally asked Uncle Zhong to send it to you, but I happened to have time in the afternoon, so I brought it to you.”

Cen Ning was both surprised and delighted: “Oh, then hold on! I’ll come down immediately.”

“Okay.”