Chapter 35

It was Friday afternoon, and there was no class. The dormitory's study atmosphere was too dull, so Zhen Bao went to the library alone to return some books for Jia Xiao Yu.

The veterinary books were all in the southeast area on the second floor. Zhen Bao picked out two and sat down by a window to read.

"Is this seat taken?"

A shadow suddenly appeared in her periphery, pointing to the seat next to her and asking. Zhen Bao shook her head, "No..."

When she looked up, she saw a familiar face.

Meng Ji Ning smiled at her, his handsome face illuminated by the sunlight, looking very dashing.

Zhen Bao opened her mouth in surprise, not expecting such a coincidence.

Meng Ji Ning didn't bring a bag. He put a thick academic journal on the table, and flipped through the cover of Zhen Bao's book, speaking to her in a low voice, "You're just a freshman, isn't it too early to read stuff like this?"

Zhen Bao smiled and lowered her head, "I'm just casually looking."

She continued reading, a serious expression on her face. The library was very quiet, although some people whispered, Zhen Bao didn't like that.

Seeing that she didn't seem interested in chatting, Meng Ji Ning also lowered his head to read his journal. But every time he turned the page to the left, he would take the opportunity to sneak peeks at Zhen Bao. He seldom came to the library, and happened to run into her today - was this fate?

After about ten minutes, Meng Ji Ning slid his phone towards Zhen Bao and asked her to help keep an eye on it while he stepped away.

Zhen Bao thought he was going to the bathroom, but after a while, Meng Ji Ning returned with two bottles of drinks and sat back down, placing a bottle of jasmine tea in front of her. Zhen Bao shook her head, but Meng Ji Ning opened the cap for her and said in a low voice, "Drink it, don't waste it."

Zhen Bao had no choice but to thank him and take a sip.

After drinking, she went back to reading her book. She got sleepy midway and took a nap on the table. When she woke up, Meng Ji Ning was still there.

At 4:30pm, Jia Xiao Yu texted asking when she'd be back to get dinner at the cafeteria. Zhen Bao said in a low voice to Meng Ji Ning, "I'm going first."

"Let's go together," Meng Ji Ning checked his watch and stood up too.

The two walked down the stairs side by side. Zhen Bao went to check out her books while Meng Ji Ning followed her the whole time. Out of the library, Zhen Bao went to get her bike and Meng Ji Ning still trailed after her. Since he was acting this way, Zhen Bao felt too awkward to leave first, so she slowly pushed her bike as they walked together towards the girls' dorm building, since the cafeteria was also in that direction.

When they reached the dorm building, knowing that she was going to eat with her roommates, Meng Ji Ning finally left first.

Zhen Bao went upstairs to put down her books. As soon as she opened the door, Jia Xiao Yu rushed over and closed the door to interrogate her, "Who's the handsome guy who walked here with you? Zhen Bao, I'm telling you, you already have a handsome boyfriend, you can't play both sides. If you take them both, what about the rest of us?"

"What are you talking about? That was just Meng Ji Ning, we went to the same high school. He was also at the library this afternoon so we walked back together." Zhen Bao explained with a smile. Because Feng Yue often mentioned Meng Ji Ning in their dorm, her roommates were already familiar with him.

"You two were in the library together for a whole afternoon?" Qian LeLe poked her head out from her bed, joining the interrogation squad.

Zhen Bao admitted it openly, putting down her books before going to the bathroom first.

Jia Xiao Yu couldn't resist following her to the bathroom door and asking suspiciously, "Does that Meng Ji Ning know you have a boyfriend?"

"Mm," Zhen Bao murmured.

Jia Xiao Yu nodded at Qian LeLe, but still reminded Zhen Bao, "Zhen Bao, be careful. A beauty like you is hard to find even in our college, not to mention our whole university. Watch out for people trying to steal Fu Ming Shi from you."

Zhen Bao knew what "stealing a wall" meant, but she didn't think Meng Ji Ning would have any such intentions. They rarely spoke in high school, and only got familiar at university because they were both in the veterinary club. Besides, Meng Ji Ning had even met Fu Ming Shi before, how could he still like her when he knew she had a boyfriend?

Zhen Bao didn't think she had that much charm anyway.

"Let's go, time to eat." Zhen Bao was hungry and dried her hands to go get her meal card.

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That evening, Zhen Bao concentrated on previewing the next day's lessons while Jia Xiao Yu and Qian LeLe sat together watching the hottest Korean drama. It had been quiet, with only the occasional Korean dialogue drifting over. Suddenly both women shrieked and Jia Xiao Yu even ran over to pull Zhen Bao to watch.

Qian LeLe rewound it and Zhen Bao stood behind her to watch.

On the screen, the handsome male lead and female lead were walking on campus. As they walked, the male lead suddenly pointed ahead and asked the female lead to look. The female lead turned her head but didn't see anything strange, so she turned back to the male lead, only to find he had already bent down waiting for her, and pulled her into a kiss.

Romantic background music played, with soft lighting and the beautiful couple - watching made even Zhen Bao's heart stir.

Once her heart was stirred, she couldn't help but think of Fu Ming Shi's sneak attack that day.

They were in the dark bicycle shed, with no lights or music, yet her heart had beat even faster than now.

"Ooh, Zhen Bao's blushing! Were you thinking about your Fu Ming Shi?" Jia Xiao Yu hugged her shoulders and teased her with a grin.

"Stop fooling around..." Of course Zhen Bao wouldn't admit it. She turned and went back to her own seat, pretending to read her book, but her heart fluttered anxiously when she thought of Fu Ming Shi coming this weekend.

Just as Jia Xiao Yu was about to continue her questioning, Fan Xuan, who had gone home that afternoon, suddenly pushed the door open and loudly announced, "I'm back!"