Chapter 35.1: Favour

In the dormitory building in the afternoon, students trickled into school with luggage from home one after another.

Yan Xingzhi stood at the gate of the dormitory building, standing tall and straight. When he turned his head and looked past, it was like a fleeting glimpse.

Cen Ning rushed downstairs in a hurry, and at a glance she saw Yan Xingzhi standing under the tree’s shadows. He had a suitcase on each side of him,  and on top of one of the suitcases was a backpack, all of which belonged to her.

Cen Ning stepped forward and was discovered by him before she even opened her mouth to call him. He smiled lightly and said, “There is quite a lot of luggage.”

Cen Ning was a little embarrassed: “Actually, most of the items in the suitcase are photography equipment…”

Speaking of this, she suddenly remembered something, and asked nervously, “Did you ever open it, did my mother move the contents?”

Yan Xingzhi shook his head: “It’s quite heavy, it should all be there.”

“Well, I’ll take it up and take a look.” After speaking, Cen Ning walked over to pull the suitcase, but she was stopped by Yan Xingzhi as soon as she moved.

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“…”

Yan Xingzhi pulled two suitcases, walked into the dormitory building, and said something to the dormitory aunt at the front desk.

Cen Ning stood far away, unable to hear clearly, but after a few moments, he walked back: “Let’s go upstairs.”

Cen Ning glanced at the dormitory aunt, who smiled and looked at Yan Xingzhi very kindly.

Cen Ning: “The Auntie agreed so quickly, what did you tell Auntie?”

Yan Xingzhi took the suitcase and walked forward. Then he heard her and then glanced at her.

Cen Ning: “Hm?”

Yan Xingzhi answered plainly: “I didn’t say anything, just said that I was your brother and helped bring you your luggage.”

“Oh…” Cen Ning nodded, then smiled again, “Auntie also believes it, you don’t look like me at all.”

“What’s there not to believe, does my face look like a liar?”

Cen Ning pursed her lips and snickered: “That’s right, how could the PLA uncle lie.”

The person in front of her suddenly stopped, and when Cen Ning looked up, she saw Yan Xingzhi who turned to stare at her.

She blinked innocently: “I said it right, didn’t I?”

Yan Xingzhi glanced at her: “Uncle? Am I that old?”

Cen Ning: “…No.”

“…”

The two stared at each other quietly for a few seconds, and after a strange moment, they suddenly laughed again.

The breeze was light, and the aisles were noisy.

For a moment, Cen Ning’s mind popped up with literary and artistic sentences similar to glorious days.

When they walked to the stairs, Yan Xingzhi picked up the suitcases, one on each hand, and walked up.

Cen Ning followed behind him and felt in a good mood. She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she felt that the relationship between her and Yan Xingzhi was getting closer and closer. And… she didn’t seem to be so afraid of him anymore.

When they walked to the door of the dormitory, Yan Xingzhi stopped. The students who passed by turned their heads to glance at him a few more times. Yan Xingzhi didn’t care, but Cen Ning was a little embarrassed.

“I’ll take it in.”

Yan Xingzhi let go: “If any contents of the box are missing, call me.”

“Mhm.” Cen Ning pulled the suitcase, but when she was about to push it, someone suddenly grabbed her.

Cen Ning was startled, only to find that it was her roommate Chen Miao when she turned around.

“You……”

“Cen Ning!”

“What?”

“Your boyfriend!” Chen Miao said to her, but her eyes stared straight at Yan Xingzhi.

Cen Ning was stunned, and looked at Yan Xingzhi in a panic: “No, don’t talk such nonsense.”

“Then who is it?” Chen Miao grabbed her hand hard, and her voice also attracted the other two roommates in the dormitory to come out to watch. At first glance, both pairs of eyes were shining, full of gossip.

Cen Ning: “…”

“Hello.” Yan Xingzhi acted as if he didn’t notice anything, he calmly directed to her roommates, “please take care of Cen Ning at school.”

Chen Miao took a deep breath: “Yes, yes, everyone is good schoolmates.”

“That’s right.”

Yan Xingzhi smiled, then looked at Cen Ning: “I’ll go first.”

Cen Ning: “…Okay.”

**

After Yan Xingzhi left, Cen Ning was dragged back to the bedroom by her three roommates excitedly. As soon as the door was closed, there was a burst of inquiries.

“Who is he? He’s so handsome!”

“F*ck, my little heart, it almost stopped beating.”

“You said you don’t know any boys, eh??”

“Is he really not your boyfriend? His voice…I like it.”

…

Cen Ning laughed and stopped everyone: “You guys stop…”

“Oh come on, tell us now.”

Cen Ning whispered, “He’s not my boyfriend, he’s… a neighbor.”

“Neighbor?” Chen Miao had an expression that basically said ‘what the f*ck,’ “Childhood sweetheart!”

Another roommate added: “Wow, so good, Ningning, you two have a good relationship. He even sent you luggage, eh, does he like you?”

Cen Ning paused.

Chen Miao: “Then it’s you who likes him?”

Cen Ning froze, showing a very exposed expression: “Don’t gossip, he is just a neighbor, an older brother, and he dropped off my luggage for me.”

“Hey, then introduce us, he’s high quality!”

Cen Ning immediately responded without thinking, “No.”

“Eh?”

Facing the suspicious look of her roommates, Cen Ning also realized that she was too emotional, so she explained, “He is often in the army, so I can’t tell him this.”

“Whoa f*ck… a soldier, powerful.”

**

Cen Ning hasn’t gone back ever since she left the Yan house. She and Wei Pinfang seemed to be caught in a cold war. No one was willing to compromise, no one was willing to give in.

As for the camera being repaired, because of its long history, one of the damaged parts needed to be couriered from elsewhere. Thus it had not been repaired and brought back yet.

For this reason, Cen Ning hasn’t gone to the photography club since school started.

One day after class, a senior sister of the photography club called her and asked her to go to the club to help with some materials. Because many freshmen were willing to join, there was a large number of resumes and works to be screened.

“Cen Ning, you’re here.” The senior sister was delighted when she saw her coming in, “Quick, quick, help me to have a look and see which ones are good.”

Cen Ning sat down beside her: “So much.”

“Yeah, there are quite a few freshmen who like photography this year.”

Cen Ning picked up some and looked at them: “These two are good.”

“I’ll take a look, mhm… they’re good.” The senior sister took out the resumes of the two and said, “Hey, has your camera been repaired? You haven’t been to the photography club recently.”

When she mentioned the camera, Cen Ning was also a little melancholy: “No, it may take a few days.”

“You’re really careless, such a precious thing could be smashed.”

Cen Ning smiled and said nothing.

“Fortunately, our club has not been out for work recently. It doesn’t matter if the camera is not repaired for a while.”

“That said, but recently because of the camera, I can’t go to the photography club. It’s been delayed for a long time, and I don’t know when the camera will be repaired.”