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"It's almost eight-thirty..." Yu Feiyao put down her phone and anxiously looked at the bustling crowd in the square in front of the cafeteria. Compared to six o'clock, there were far fewer people on the street, but Yu Feiyao still couldn't find Ming Juan anywhere.
After twelve minutes, Yu Feiyao couldn't hold back any longer and sent a question mark to Ming Juan. "I hope she hasn't been caught up by some paparazzi." Tired of standing, Yu Feiyao decided to sit down on a long wooden bench.
"Hey!" A playful greeting was followed by a sudden hand on her shoulder, startling Yu Feiyao so much that she jumped, her legs lifting off the ground. The girl, wrapped up tightly, slowly sat down next to Yu Feiyao, elegantly crossing her legs. After brushing aside her brown curls, she rested her hands on her long thighs. Although Yu Feiyao couldn't see the girl's face, just her figure and demeanor exuded charm, with a unique fragrance enhancing her graceful posture—she was every boy's dream girl.
Ming Juan had practiced this pose countless times for social occasions. "Ah!" Yu Feiyao exclaimed excitedly, throwing her arms around Ming Juan. "You scared me! After not replying for so long, someone like you... um, um!"
Ming Juan knew Yu Feiyao too well; she anticipated that this girl would babble when excited and quickly covered Yu Feiyao's mouth with her palm.
"Um?" Yu Feiyao could only make muffled sounds while pointing behind Ming Juan. Following her finger, Ming Juan turned around to see a strange man pushing her electric bike. The boy stood there quietly, watching the two friends.
Ming Juan removed her hand from Yu Feiyao's mouth, and Yu Feiyao took a deep breath and asked, "Is he your boyfriend? He looks all muscle!"
"Shh—" Ming Juan shot a glare at Yu Feiyao and then signaled for her to follow as they walked toward Miao Chengmin, who had twisted his ankle.
"Just so you know, he's not my boyfriend," Ming Juan immediately cut off Yu Feiyao's fantasy. "I just owe him something, got it?"
"But didn't you say before... ugh— you said it yourself?" Yu Feiyao followed behind Ming Juan in small steps, spreading her hands in confusion as she became more puzzled.
"Ugh." Ming Juan crossed her arms and tilted her head back slightly as they reached Miao Chengmin. He immediately understood and pushed the electric bike toward Yu Feiyao.
"This is yours..."
"Best friend." "Boyfriend?!"
As expected of good friends, they spoke in sync with perfect timing. Ming Juan and Yu Feiyao stared at each other wide-eyed before looking at the shocked Miao Chengmin—flustered Ming Juan and expectant Yu Feiyao made Miao Chengmin feel that something was off.
"You... boy... friend?" Miao Chengmin couldn't help but glance at Yu Feiyao, his finger trembling as he pointed at her.
"No, no!" Yu Feiyao seemed a bit excited again. "Why are you here? Senior, weren't you the one who picked us up back then?"
"Uh... yeah." Miao Chengmin didn't understand what she meant by "why are you here."
"Oh no, this is bad." Ming Juan nearly lost her breath and leaned against Yu Feiyao, linking arms with her and resting her head on her shoulder.
"My boyfriend, what's wrong with that?" Ming Juan said while looking up into the speechless eyes of Yu Feiyao.
With this move from Ming Juan, Yu Feiyao's expression completely froze.
"Ahaha, it's nothing." Miao Chengmin recalled when Ming Juan mentioned feeling too lonely, and he could understand that sentiment.
"Sure enough, the rich kids know how to have fun," Miao Chengmin thought to himself, feeling a bit anxious.
"Anyway, thank you, senior," Ming Juan said as she released Yu Feiyao and bowed to Miao Chengmin as usual.
"I'm glad to meet you," Ming Juan said, but she couldn't keep up the act any longer. She quickly waved her hand and then yanked Yu Feiyao hard, and the two hurriedly dragged their electric scooter away.
"Can you control your mouth?" Ming Juan, despite her good temper, had her limits. She pinched Yu Feiyao's cheek and walked away while grumbling. Yu Feiyao had no choice but to let the young lady boss her around and kept apologizing.
After confirming that the two had disappeared, Miao Chengmin turned and walked toward the nearby male dormitory area.
However, he felt something was off; there was an unsettling sensation crawling over him, like ants marching on his skin.
Alert, Miao Chengmin immediately looked back, but there were only a few scattered students coming out of the cafeteria. After all, it wasn't mealtime anymore, so there weren't many people around the cafeteria. Those who were just coming out were likely those who had been too busy to eat earlier and were treating themselves to a late-night snack.
Miao Chengmin's gaze lingered on each person for a moment, and he even glanced inside the cafeteria. As he walked further away, he had to turn his head back.
Inside the cafeteria, a few people were hiding behind an upright advertisement board; after putting their phones into their pockets, they headed toward the back door of the cafeteria, which led directly to the guesthouse route.
Stumbling back into Room 305, Miao Chengmin was immediately bombarded with concern from his roommates, making him feel like a celebrity as they lined up to ask him questions.
Although he wasn't used to it, Miao Chengmin thought that having this group of brothers accompany him through his four years of college would surely be something he would cherish in the future.
"Come on, brothers, let's log in!" The Dormitory Leader commanded, and all the dorm members returned to their places, picking up their phones.
"You guys play!" Li Tao said. "I'm going to the infirmary to get some ice for Chengmin."
"Hey!" Everyone wanted to stop Li Tao, but he dashed out faster than a rabbit and disappeared through the door.
"This guy..." Miao Chengmin chuckled. "He must be too bad at the game to want to play."
"Exactly! Last time I duo-queued with him, Li Tao got so beaten that he just logged off!" The chubby guy complained.
Miao Chengmin smiled politely at the chubby guy; he was just joking anyway—if Li Tao really went to get ice for him, he would be grateful rather than upset.
But Li Tao wasn't doing it for that reason.
Running down the stairs of the dormitory building in a hurry, Li Tao quickly took out his phone that had been vibrating for a minute.
"Hello?" Li Tao asked.
"Li Xuezhang, there's an urgent matter!" Yu Feiyao stood on the balcony; she pretended to bend down to wash her underwear but had her phone wedged between her shoulder and ear.
Ming Juan's contact request had been ignored by Yu Feiyao just like all other requests from Ming Juan's friends. However, Yu Feiyao was different; no matter how one looked at it, Li Tao was a relatively outstanding athlete with a notable physique and a clean appearance—getting a regular girl's contact information was easy for him.
As for Yu Feiyao, she indeed needed a man in her life and was quite active herself; she tended to prefer sporty guys among males. Since they had met once before, they naturally became familiar with each other without Miao Chengmin or Ming Juan noticing.
"What’s wrong? Go ahead," Li Tao asked quietly while walking toward the infirmary.
"Um, you know Miao Chengmin from your dorm? Someone filmed us meeting in the square! And they even captured footage of Miao Chengmin walking with Ming Juan!" Yu Feiyao exclaimed.
"Pfft." Li Tao shrugged nonchalantly. "So what? Miss Ming is so famous; it's normal for some paparazzi to follow her."
"No!" Upon hearing this, Yu Feiyao anxiously tossed her foam-covered underwear into the basin with a splash of water.
"You need to check Weibo! Go look! The confession wall doesn't allow defamatory posts, so that scum Wang Ruihu posted everything on Weibo! Do you know what that means?!"
Li Tao suddenly trembled all over, stunned.
No matter how influential the confession wall was, it only circulated within the campus. However, that was a Weibo post directed at the entire society. The current public opinion was putting immense pressure on the Ming Family, with voices of criticism and anger rising like a chorus, almost as if everyone was shouting to punish them.
Ming Juan, who had always appeared in front of everyone with a kind and gentle image, was the most favored and respected person in the Ming Family. Yet, due to this incident, her image had reached a point where it could collapse with just a slight push. If Wang Ruihu spread more rumors, Ming Juan's life would likely take a nosedive.
"Wang Ruihu must be thinking: since I can't have you, then you shouldn't expect to have it easy either! Do you know?" Yu Feiyao said with her hands on her hips. In truth, she didn't know what to do and could only feel anxious.
"Ugh—" Li Tao frowned. "I'll go take a look, but I won't tell Chengmin for now. It's his birthday today; I don't want to ruin the atmosphere in our dorm."
"Okay." Yu Feiyao hung up the phone, and on her screen appeared a long string of text from Weibo where Wang Ruihu pretended to cry out his grievances, along with a video and images.
He filled the screen with declarations of how much he loved Miss Ming, yet claimed that Ming Juan was acting like a spoiled princess and ignoring him while flirting with other boys. He went on about how "the family is corrupt like this; this woman can't be any good; I must have been blind," rambling on and on.
"Go to hell!" Yu Feiyao shouted at the screen. "What a scumbag!"
Ming Juan silently listened to Yu Feiyao's curses. After blinking a few times, she quietly closed the webpage.
This time, Wang Ruihu didn't mention Miao Chengmin at all; his sharp words were aimed directly at Ming Juan and her family. Clearly, he was taking advantage of the current public sentiment. Now he could freely criticize the Ming Family without fear of backlash; instead, it would earn him more supporters.
There was no escaping this calamity.
Ming Juan leaned back in her chair and looked up at the ceiling. The saddest thing was that a good person was wrongfully accused of being bad.
Some people spent their entire lives supporting the nation but were criticized for touching luxury cars; some shouted for help when falling from the fourth floor but instead yelled for others to get out of the way; some caused everyone on a bus to miss their stop because they missed theirs; some were born into wealthy families yet remained grateful and harmonious with others, only to be dragged into judgment alongside them.
"Juan'er..." Yu Feiyao cautiously opened the glass door and probed inside.
"I'm fine." Ming Juan turned to smile at her. "Don't worry about him; we should live our lives as we always have."
"If it weren't for that Miao Chengmin... sigh..." Yu Feiyao didn't know what else to say; she felt that everyone now was just a bad influence on Ming Juan.
"He's good." Ming Juan firmly denied it.
"Huh?" Yu Feiyao asked in confusion.
"Actually, I trust him very much." Ming Juan gazed at the ceiling and finally revealed her true feelings to her best friend. "Why? Because of my Soul-Gazing Eye."
Ming Juan tapped her forehead. She had told Yu Feiyao about this before, but Yu Feiyao didn't believe her.
"For many people's souls, or rather for most people, my Soul-Gazing Eye can see a black sphere inside their transparent shells. But you two are the purest I've ever seen—almost none at all. Fei, although you're quite fierce, you dare to speak and act against evil. Maybe you don't realize it yourself, but I see it clearly. That Miao Chengmin is also like that; his heart is as pure as a ball of cotton. Among so many men in this world, how many can be as perfect as he is?"
Ming Juan's eyes suddenly sparkled with enchantment as if mentioning Miao Chengmin brought forth a galaxy before her.
"If it weren't for this turmoil, I would be very willing to be his other half. But right now, I really don't want him to get involved."
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