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Chapter 517 She"s Bad Translated by newbienoona
Edited by anks
Taoqiu looks at Meng Xiaonan. She stares at her strangely, slightly clenching her jaw.
Meng Xiaonan has been so out of it, it took her a while to realize Taoqiu followed her. Xiaonan turns to her side and sees Taoqiu in front of her.
“What are you doing?” Meng Xiaonan asks loudly. “It"s almost time for cla.s.s. What are you still doing here?”
“I was just leaving,” Taoqiu says before leaving.
Xiaonan sleeps all day. Since the teachers changed, she hides herself behind books so the teacher can"t find her.
“Meng Xiaonan, you"re still asleep? Let"s go eat!”
The noon bell rings and the students rush out of the cla.s.sroom. Those who knew she was sleeping greeted her before leaving.
She"s known as the “conscious master” in cla.s.s, so her lethargy is nothing new.
Liu Dongyu waits until the cla.s.sroom was empty. For the longest time, he waited for Xiaonan to appear by the steps. When he didn"t see her shadow, he peeped into her cla.s.s to see if she was around. He didn"t expect her to be asleep!
“Meng Xiaonan!” Liu Dongyu walks over to tap her on the shoulder when he pauses right before he touches her.
She has a boyfriend; why doesn"t he wait for her to have lunch?
His long eyelashes spread as his eyes narrowing her. His face, distressed. In all honesty, he"s been walking around for a while now, and overheard that she doesn"t usually eat lunch with Xiao Mingluo. This is what sparked the idea to have lunch with her!
What was he thinking?
While Liu Dongyu tries to sort his feelings, Meng Xiaonan sits up.
“You"re awake?” He coughs to hide his embarra.s.sment. “You"ve been asleep for so long, I wondered whether I should wake you up for lunch.”
He snorts, knowing he said a mouthful. Meng Xiaonan remains mum; her eyes still hazy from sleep.
However, Liu Dongyu"s shoulders sag, taking her silence as rejection. The expression on his face sags. “What time is it? I can"t believe I"ve slept this long in school.”
Liu Dongyu shoots her an exasperated look.
“Oh, it"s noon… .” She looks at the clock over the blackboard. “What are you doing here? Have you eaten?”
She didn"t hear what he said earlier.
“Let"s go to lunch together,” he says, his eyes handsomely smile at her.
“Okay,” she agrees without thinking about it.
There were only a few people left in the cafeteria when they got there to eat. However, their presence still caused a commotion. Meng Xiaonan actually pushed aside Xiao Mingluo for the new G.o.d, Liu Dongyu! The news is like a huge bomb. Many of the students who ate outside ran back to the cafeteria to witness this couple.
“They… why are they watching us eat?” Liu Dongyu is definitely a newcomer. He"s unaware that the aristocratic students of Stein College are bigger gossips than gossip journalists.
Meng Xiaonan shrugs, shoving a piece of braised pork in her mouth, indistinctly saying, “These people are just like this. You"ll get used to it. Ignore them.”
“Well… .” Liu Dongyu obeys her and dismisses them. Like Xiaonan, he treats everyone like air.
But Liu Dongyu is more concerned that he and Meng Xiaonan would be photographed together and posted on blackboard. Although he doesn"t want to be part of anything, he doesn"t want Meng Xiaonan to get in trouble because of him.
Meng Xiaonan has her own agenda. She hasn"t seen Xiao Mingluo since early this morning. In fact, she"s downright angry! If the gossip reaches Mingluo"s ears, will he be upset?
As she thought about this, she realizes how vicious she is, using Liu Dongyu like a tool.
She"s starting to feel guilty for what she"s doing to him. She picks up a piece of braised meat with her chopsticks and extends it toward him. “Here, eat more.”
“Oh, Meng Xiaonan, what are you doing here?” Taoqiu appears and puts her arm around Dongyu"s neck. “What are you doing with my man?”
She pretends to be calm, but she was blushing.
Everyone around them is stunned, including Xiaonan. But Liu Dongyu seems very calm. In his former third-rate school, the girls in his school were less innocent. They took the initiative to do more than just hook their arms around boys" necks. He witnessed it.
“Sorry, I"m still eating.” Liu Dongyu pulls his head away and takes a bite off the pork on the end of Xiaonan"s extended chopsticks. It"s so sweet… how does the cafeteria make it so tasty?
“Don"t get us wrong, we"re just friends,” Xiaonan says, hitting a nerve that embarra.s.ses Taoqiu from within. She, then, responds with a smile. “Friend zhangfu (husband), doesn"t need to bully. I know the truth.”
She leaves with a smile on her face, but Liu Dongyu"s face suddenly tightens.
“Speaking of which, you don"t usually eat in the cafeteria, right, Dongyu?” Meng Xiaonan looks at him. Did Taoqiu really come over because she fancied Dongyu?
Now that Liu Dongyu"s new look has become clean and stylish, the school population has taken an interest in him.
And despite the fact that he isn"t truly steward Han"s biological son, he acts so much like him. He is him, yet not exactly so.
“I almost forgot why I came here in the first place,” Taoqiu comes back, tapping her head as she approaches them again. She wasn"t just there to eye her “male G.o.d”. Mo Xinwei asked her to ask Meng Xiaonan to take her to visit An Chuxia in the hospital.
“Why didn"t you say that in the first place? Get walking!” Meng Xiaonan puts down her chopsticks after Taoqiu stated her business.
Taoqiu looks at Liu Dongyu and says, “He"s not done eating!”
“He"s a boy. He"ll take his good old time. What can you do? Let"s go.” Meng Xiaonan pulls her away from him.
As soon as they left, a horde of girls carrying trays shamelessly approach him. “Can we sit here and have lunch with you?” After the small commotion, how could he continue eating? He nods, then a second later, drops his chopsticks.
“I"m done. It"s a public s.p.a.ce, so you can sit anywhere.” He stands up and leaves after making his statement.
Mo Xinwei is able to visit An Chuxia because the Mo"s are influential in A City. When she spoke with Jiang Yuan over the phone, she stated she was An Chuxia"s friend. Jiang Yuan knew An Chuxia is depressed being in the hospital, so she agreed to Xinwei"s request to visit.
It takes a lot of effort for the three of them to get in the hospital since it"s overcrowded with reporters. Not to mention the effort it takes to get past the bodyguards. Some of them look ragged in their clothes.
“Are those reporters crazy? They removed my customized headband!” Mo Xinwei says, distressed.
By contrast, Ming Xiaonan is calm. “Did the Han put pressure on the news agencies? Who dares crowd the hospital for gossip?”
The bodyguards reply, “Some of those in the crowd aren"t reporters.”
So they must be… Xiaonan speculates.
Meng Xiaonan doesn"t care anymore. She marches to An Chuxia"s ward. The only way she can tell it was hers was by the six security guards standing by the door.
They were probably told they were coming since they didn"t stop her at the door and they let her in quickly.
“Chuxia!” Meng Xiaonan calls out as she sees the nurse change the medicine being administered to Chuxia. She couldn"t help her eyes from reddening.
If it weren"t for her, An Chuxia wouldn"t have been hurt like this!
“Jiangnan, you"re here! Didn"t you go to school? Are you skipping cla.s.s again?” Aside from the embarra.s.sed look on An Chuxia"s face, she seemed normal, and not sad at all.
After all, almost everyone rea.s.sures her that Han Qilu will surely wake up soon. If Han Qilu is okay, she"ll be relieved.
Jiang Yuan knows An Chuxia won"t rest until she knows Han Qilu is okay, so she moves her to his ward. Separated only by a curtain, An Chuxia"s peace of mind is better.
“Chuxia!” Meng Xiaonan calls out again before hugging her friend.
Xiaonan"s action scares the nurse. “Be careful! We just administered medication!”
At that time, Taoqiu and Xinwei pull the door open and enter.
“Can I go visit Qilu?” Mo Xinwei asks Chuxia. She may have asked, but she was already halfway there.