As she took a bite of the burger, she noticed that the people who entered the café would look at them before going inside.
She glanced at Jun Zixuan. Dressed in the black hoodie and blue jeans, his ash-blonde hair was lying messily on his forehead as it framed the upper half of his face but he looked hot from head to toe.
He was a sight that made the women 'stop and stare'.
She then looked at herself. She looked like a dumpling in his clothes. The jeans were loose and he had to fold them near the ankles. The hoodie was so oversized that it reached below her thighs and she had the hood on her head. Sitting beside this male god, she looked rather weird.
"Sir, here is your other order," A waitress came to their table, placing a cup on it.
Jun Zixuan placed some dollar bills beneath the menu before he stood up.
He glanced at her meaningfully as extended his elbow towards her.
She hooked her right hand around his elbow as she stood up.
"Take that," He said.
"Hot chocolate?" Her eyes sparkled and she picked it up from the table with her left hand.
She took a bite of her burger from her other hand as they walked out of the Café, "This is much better," she said after eating it, "They were all idolizing you there."
He chuckled as they walked on an empty road with trees on both sides.
Yu Mei noticed some high school students were passing from beside them.
"First, we did not have an outfit ready so I got this for you," He said, "Secondly, you are too eye-catching without this disguise and we don't want anyone to recognize you, do we?"
She shook her head, "You are right," The public won't recognize him given his current appearance because they have only seen his blurred and angled pictures and very few people have seen him up so close to be able to recognize him when he looked like a university student.
She, on the other hand, was very eye-catching because of her numerous interaction with media on several occasions.
"I have never worn your clothes before like this in public."
He nodded, "You look good," She was adorable in this loose outfit.
Only he would find her adorable in this when others were looking at her like she had escaped from the zoo. She sipped her hot chocolate. "Have you been to this place before?" She asked him.
"Yes, I used to study here."
"In this school?" Her eyes widened. This was one of the prestigious elite schools of Beijing from what she knew. Given that he had no backing of Jun Family at that time, it must have been difficult to get admission here.
But then she remembered that Jun Zixuan was already creating Eminence in his teenage years. So, it would be the school's honor to accept such a brilliant student.
''Yes, my grandfather was a teacher here,'' He replied.
Yu Mei nodded. So, that's how it is. Of course, she understood that from grandfather, he meant Mother's father.
He removed the hood from her head.
''What are you doing? Someone will recognize...'' He pulled her into his arms before she could finish her words.
''No one will,'' The campus was empty at this time and there were a few people on the place they were walking.
''Were you a naughty kid, Zixuan?" Yu Mei asked as she took another sip from her hot chocolate.
''Naughty kid?'' He raised an eyebrow at her.
''As in....'' She took a bite of her burger before continuing to ask, ''What kind of student were you? Obedient, disobedient, backbencher, naughty, troublesome, or the teacher's pet?"
Jun Zixuan ate his burger as he contemplated about it. He responded after some time, ''I was a first bencher all the time.''
She nodded in understanding. He has always been a genius. How could that little genius Zixuan from the past be a backbencher?
''As for obedient or disobedient, I am not sure about that,'' He paused and walked towards the dustbin before discarding the wax paper of the burger in it.
Yu Mei took the last bite of her burger in her mouth before discarding hers, her cheek was bulged because of the huge bite.
''You truly resemble a panda,'' He quickly snapped a picture of her before putting his phone in his pocket even before she could react.
Yu Mei glared at him.
He took out a few tissues from his pocket before cleaning her mouth as she gulped the food before pinching his face, ''I hate you.''
''Did I say I love you?" He rolled his eyes at her before pulling her into his arms, ''I hate you more.''
She punched him, ''What do you mean by you don't know whether you were obedient or disobedient?" She sipped her hot chocolate.
''What I mean is... I usually slept in the class so I don't know how the teachers perceived me as but since I scored decently, they did not say anything most of the time.''
She almost choked on it, ''Take my bow, will you? Who dares to sleep in the first bench?" Moreover what decent...? His decent marks mean a perfect score in all subjects.
''Well...'' Jun Zixuan rubbed the nape of his neck a bit awkwardly, ''I usually worked in the night and Boyan was very young at that time. I needed to take care of Mom and so all of it came to me in the morning and I ended up sleeping in the classroom.''
She felt like her heart was pricked by something even though he said it so casually. After her parents passed away, Shen Lihua was in depression and Jun Zixuan had to shoulder all those responsibilities.
She sighed, ''Sometimes I really feel like it would have been better if I was your girlfriend at that time. I could have backed you up, helped you with things and we could have gone on a date.''
He poked her bubbling excitement, ''I was around 11 or 12. What date are you talking about?"
She chuckled, ''A lollipop date.''
''I don't like those,'' he shook his head before asking her, ''What kind of student were you?"
''I was....'' She thought about the time when she had thrown the chewing gum in the teacher's hair who punished her unreasonably.