Chapter 324: The Scent of the Earth

Chapter 324

Returning to the old district, Xiao Qi first went to the canteen.

Although many students were unwilling to go to the canteen and would go to the student street to eat after eating there for a while, since the flavors were more diverse on the student street, Xiao Qi still preferred to go to the canteen.

After all, the quality of the bosses on the student street was uneven, and the climate in the Alliance City was very hot. Some bosses were unwilling to throw away spoiled ingredients and added stuff to make dishes that ordinary people could not taste anything wrong with, which was simply a disaster for Xiao Qi with such an extremely sensitive sense of smell and taste. Eating there once would give her a psychological shadow for a long time.

Although the canteen only had one flavor all the time and the prices were not cheaper than the student street, there basically would not be things like spoiled ingredients happening.

When Xiao Qi arrived at the canteen, there was no braised pork ribs in fermented bean sauce that she liked. Of course - such delicious food would have been bought up by others. Since she came late, there definitely would not be any left.

However, since even the plates for the fermented bean sauce were not there, it should not have been made today. Xiao Qi heard from the uncle at the canteen that the ribs were specially purchased from a meat shop in town, and were not available every day.

Otherwise she could have gotten some sauce to mix with rice, which was also delicious.

She bought two meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, two soups, a bowl of rice, a big steamed bun - enough for three young girls to eat. For Xiao Qi this was just right.

She had to run every day for exercise and consumed a lot of energy. Also, since she was young, her appetite was naturally big.

Coming late, there were not many people left in the canteen. Xiao Qi chose a window seat that had an excellent view of Enhua Lake and a very stylish large bridge spanning across it.

On the other side of the bridge was a stretch of green sports field. On both sides of the sports field there were rows of small red buildings - the male student dormitories.

Enhua University occupied a vast area of land and thus was very open and broad-minded in allocating space. The male and female student dormitories were separated quite far, with a whole lake in between, to prevent any undesirable incidents from happening.

Looking at the male student dormitory, Xiao Qi inevitably thought of her classmate Li Weijin.

Fortunately he did not run into her here today, but she actually felt a little empty when relaxing.

Perhaps women were all hesitant creatures like this.

Oh well, Xiao Qi ate her dishes in big bites without thinking too much.

Today Xiao Qi wore a plaid shirt and khaki pants, with black slippers.

As expected, her legs looked a mile long again. The plaid shirt also made her feel more composed and steady than usual, fair skin setting off the cute schoolgirl. Earnest little schoolgirl, even.

When she entered the elective class, she saw a boy who seemed to glow from head to toe ...wide plaid shirt like hers, probably wearing black pants too.

No need to look up, Su Xiaoqi knew it was him.

His hair was very dark, looked very soft.

He had changed his cologne scent today. Grapefruit-like, with a slightly tart bitter orange note, and a pine tree scent, also faint pepper, barely-there cologne. An ordinary person might not even smell it out, but Xiao Qi not only smelled it but discerned its nuances. Overall it was very refreshing and invigorating, with an open outdoorsy feel, evoking the experience of lying on the grass, inhaling the herbal scents and gazing up at the clouds drifting by in a bright blue sky.

Seeing Xiao Qi come in, he raised his head and revealed a smile.

Xiao Qi: ......

Her footsteps even faltered slightly, her right foot nearly treading upon her left.

Finally realizing why some people seldom smiled: because that smile brought calamity and disaster, making people unable stop themselves from walking right up to pinch his cheeks admiringly. So attractive.

Such white teeth, darling dimple, eyes curving into crescents, stars glittering inside.

Just a slight smile from him, followed by a raised hand in greeting.

Xiao Qi rather awkwardly took a desk not far from his.

She was used to sitting up front, near the center, which allowed better communication with the teacher. Especially for small language classes like this: not listening attentively meant easily falling behind if you missed something.

And Li Weijin sat not far in front.

Xiao Qi took out notebook and textbook, thinking it was fine after all, same class but not sitting together, same as usual classes, or her mind would have kept wandering.

Yet when the Spanish teacher came in, Li Weijin unexpectedly stood up with his bag and casually went over to take the seat beside her.