Chapter 16

[I just got my food, but I didn’t see you.]

[I heard that your colleague came over today and you took a last-minute leave. Are you feeling unwell? Or is there something else?]

[Do you need my help?]

After Shen Yanqing sent the messages, he began to wait.

He did not even look at the food Assistant Yuan brought in. He had no appetite at all.

During this period of time, he was used to meeting Nan Ge on time at noon every day. He was also used to the two of them sitting down together for lunch.

Time passed minute by minute. Even when the food in front of him turned cold, Shen Yanqing still did not receive a reply from Nan Ge.

He moved his stiff body and turned to look at the gloomy weather outside the window. His black eyes under the glasses dimmed for a moment.

——

On the other side, at the third canteen at Huai University.

Su Hui came out of the bathroom and walked to the door to take her textbook from Nan Ge. “Let’s go somewhere else.”

The two of them planned to revise in the library until nighttime.

On the way, Su Hui’s boyfriend called. The two of them had just gotten together and were still at the most passionate stage of their relationship. Their phone conversation naturally sounded mushy.

Nan Ge did not want to listen to their conversation. She changed hands holding the book and took out her phone to see if there was anything new on social media.

Unexpectedly, when she turned on her phone, she saw something annoying.

Yu: [ *Picture* *Picture*]

[I modified it a little. Isn’t it hot?]

[Hehehe. Aren’t you envious? I know you must have seen the message!]

[If you don’t reply to me, that means you’re jealous! Hahahaha. Don’t worry. When you come back for winter break, I don’t mind taking you for a ride.]

[The pushback feeling is simply sensational. Tsk tsk tsk. Your tractor probably doesn’t have this effect anymore, right?]

Seeing that he was showing off his new car again, Nan Ge silently rolled her eyes and sent a string of ellipses.

[Get lost!]

Hmph. When I get a new car, I’ll definitely even take pictures of the rims of the wheels and throw them in Yu’s face!

After replying to Yu’s message, Nan Ge saw a number on Shen Yanqing’s dialog box.

The message was sent half an hour ago.

Suddenly, her breathing was disrupted. She seemed to have thought of something and hurriedly clicked on it to check.

After browsing through the messages a few seconds later, she could not help knocking her head using the phone.

“I’m done for.” She felt like she had forgotten something while eating!

She could not put her finger on it earlier. Now, she finally did.

The sweet and sour pork ribs in the third canteen were simply too tantalizing!

Nan Ge slowed down and apologized seriously: [I’m sorry, I’m sorry! QAQ!]

[I have to study recently. I can’t go over this week.]

[I wanted to tell you, but I don’t think my brain is very good… I accidentally forgot…]

[*Sorry.jpg*]

A few seconds later, her phone vibrated.

Shen: [It’s okay. I’m just worried that you’ve encountered some trouble.]

[Study hard. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can look for me anytime.]

[I probably haven’t forgotten what I’ve learned at school, so I should be able to help you a little.]

Nan Ge was still a little slow to react when she saw his messages.

Shen Yanqing seemed to reply to her messages immediately every time they chatted.

Nan Ge was confused. Wasn’t this person busy? Was he always looking at his phone?

How intriguing.

“Who are you chatting with?” After Su Hui finished the call, she realized that Nan Ge was staring blankly at her phone.

Seeing her approach, Nan Ge subconsciously pressed the phone screen.

“Hey!” Su Hui noticed it immediately and grabbed her. “I don’t usually see you like this. Could it be that you’re chatting with a cute boy? Huh?”

“…” Nan Ge was speechless.

Seeing that she was silent, Su Hui thought that she had guessed correctly. Her expression gradually became naughty as she raised her hand and poked Nan Ge’s shoulder.

“Do I know him? Which faculty is he from? Is he a senior or a junior? Quickly call him over!”

Nan Ge took two steps back. “It’s not like you don’t know! The number of contacts belonging to the male species on my WeChat can’t even compare to the number of aunties in the canteen! It was Shen Yanqing.”

“Huh?” Hearing this name again, Su Hui could not help but frown. The name had popped up in conversation one too many times recently.

“Why are you talking to him more and more often?”

“Not really, right?”

It seemed like the two of them would only send a few messages at noon.

Basically, Shen Yanqing reminded her to be careful after she left Huasheng Group and asked her to reply when she arrived at school.

There was nothing else and they never crossed the line.

Nan Ge explained what had just happened to her earlier. “That’s all. He simply asked me why I didn’t go today.”

At the side, Su Hui nodded and rubbed her chin in silence.

Taking advantage of Su Hui’s silence, Nan Ge quickly turned on her phone and replied to Shen Yanqing’s message.

Just as she put her phone back in her pocket, she heard Su Hui talk to her in an especially serious tone.

“Nan Ge.”

“Yes?” She looked up.

“Why do I feel that something is wrong?”

“Where?” Nan Ge blinked in confusion.

Su Hui went forward and hooked her arm around Nan Ge’s shoulder. She pulled Nan Ge into her arms and asked seriously, “Is there a possibility that Shen Yanqing likes you?”

“…”

Nan Ge’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly hugged the book in her arms tightly as her breathing quickened.

“W-What kind of joke is this?”

“But don’t you think it’s strange?”

Nan Ge was silent for a moment. “Such as?”

“Why is he so good to you? He gave you big orders and cared about you. Don’t you think something’s wrong?”

Su Hui did not think that a big shot like Shen Yanqing would have so much free time to care about a mere delivery staff.

Following Su Hui’s words, Nan Ge pondered.

Two minutes later, she said, “No, I don’t think so.”

The corners of Su Hui’s mouth twitched.

Sure enough, she could not place too much hope on the way Nan Ge processed things.

“I’ve helped him before, so he probably has some impression of me. Anyway, it probably doesn’t matter where the food comes from, so he ordered at the restaurant.”

“As for chatting… it’s just a few polite words. I think he’s a good person. He’s nice to everyone.”

Nan Ge enthusiastically called Shen Yanqing a nice guy again.

“You think so?”

Nan Ge nodded hard. “Didn’t you realize that I rarely scolded him during the past two days of revision?”

Su Hui, “…” Well, that was true.

——

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed. Nan Ge was either in class or in the library. As for Shen Yanqing… she had long forgotten about him.

After taking a shower that night, Nan Ge lay flat on the bed. It felt as though she had lost something when she stopped going to work.

Unexpectedly, the manager called. “Nan Ge, can you help me now? It’s urgent!”

Nan Ge’s expression was listless. “I don’t think so.”

“I don’t need you to deliver food tonight. You can help me take orders. The commission is very high!”

Nan Ge chuckled, unmoved.

“I have princples. You can’t use dirty things like money to test me again and again…”

“Fifty percent.”

“Roger that!”