Chapter 463: Chapter 463

Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi exchanged greetings with Yan Siyuan then headed down to the first floor ahead of everyone else.

At the first floor, they found the most expansive reading spot available and sat down.

Across from them, positioned diagonally, Ye Qingcao soon took her seat with a cup of milk tea in hand. Her line of sight perfectly aligned with Pu Sangzhi’s in a diagonal line.

From a distance, Ye Qingcao waved at Pu Sangzhi, revealing a mouthful of braces with a smile.

Pu Sangzhi returned a warm smile and waved back at Ye Qingcao.

"She actually has milk tea to drink?!"

Huo Feng raised his eyebrows and said to the side, "I’m going to ask her where she bought that milk tea!"

With those words, Huo Feng prepared to stand up and approach Ye Qingcao.

However, before he could take a step, Pu Sangzhi grabbed him. Holding onto the sleeve of his tracksuit, she said, "Don’t go looking for Xiaocao. What if Yan Siyuan sees you?"

Huo Feng arched an eyebrow, "Yan Ji and his lady are picking books upstairs—they won’t come down so soon. I’m just going to ask Xiaocao where she got her milk tea; I’ll buy you a cup too!"

Pu Sangzhi shook her head, still blocking Huo Feng, "Xiaocao went to great lengths to hide it; don’t blow her cover. Just ask her on WeChat. Message her, and she’ll reply to you right away."

Given that Pu Sangzhi had said so, Huo Feng had no choice but to be obedient.

He immediately took out his phone and sent a WeChat voice message to Ye Qingcao.

On the other end, Ye Qingcao, who was drinking her milk tea and engrossed in reading a book, answered instantly, "Hello, Brother Feng?"

Huo Feng immediately asked, "Where did you get that milk tea?"

Ye Qingcao casually pointed behind her, "There’s a café over there. You can only bring in items from there—outside food isn’t allowed."

Huo Feng’s gaze followed the direction Ye Qingcao pointed to and said, "Got it. Also to let you know, that girl’s name is Bai Xiaojie, and she doesn’t have a boyfriend. She’s quite attractive and is interested in Yan Ji. Whether Yan Ji is interested in her, I can’t tell. The guy is a poker face, hard to read."

Ye Qingcao exclaimed "Ah" and her little face instantly fell.

Huo Feng started laughing, "I’ll ask in detail later. Gotta go buy milk tea for Sangzhi now! Milk tea matches my Sangzhi perfectly!"

Ye Qingcao pouted, her mood no longer so cheerful, "Oh..."

Soon, Huo Feng found the café Ye Qingcao had mentioned, ordered 4 cups of milk and bought 4 doughnuts, and brought them back to Pu Sangzhi.

When he returned, Yan Siyuan and Bai Xiaojie had already taken their seats opposite Pu Sangzhi.

Huo Feng immediately took his seat, and as soon as he put down the milk, started endlessly teasing Yan Siyuan, "Yan Ji, what books did you pick just to show off?"

"Books you couldn’t pull off if you tried."

Yan Siyuan gave him a sidelong glance and, without any reservation, divided Huo Feng’s 4 cups of milk into four portions for everyone and took off with two cups, helping himself to the treats Huo Feng had brought.

Seeing him help himself, Huo Feng couldn’t help but click his tongue, "How can you be so shameless, not even asking first?"

Yan Siyuan casually shot back, "I’m helping myself to your two cups of milk."

Huo Feng: "..." Talk about closing the barn door after the horse has bolted!

Afterward, the four of them harmoniously began reading their respective books quietly.

Huo Feng had picked out 6 romance novels for Pu Sangzhi. A thick stack beside her, he arranged them in order, "This one is the best, this one is the second best, this one is good too, but not as good as the first two, this one, this one, this one... just follow this order, you’ll enjoy reading them one by one."

Listening to his recommendation, Pu Sangzhi picked up the novel he described as the best and began to read.

Across from them, Yan Siyuan and Bai Xiaojie each had a book on piano, quietly flipping through the pages.

Initially, the atmosphere was replete with studious concentration, and the scene of the four together was quite harmonious.

Sitting in another corner, Ye Qingcao saw their harmonious side and lowered her head to sip her milk tea while reading the novel she had borrowed.

The novel Ye Qingcao was engrossed in was a campus story titled "The Years I Chased the Top Student," a recent publication. The plot also featured a girl pursuing a boy, but the female protagonist was extremely shameless!

Her thick skin sparked such envy in Ye Qingcao that it seemed unrivaled!

Because Ye Qingcao couldn’t do it herself...

Ye Qingcao had liked Yan Siyuan for so many years, bottling it up without saying a word, always hiding in the corners or interacting with him through the internet.

After lurking secretly for so long, her fondness for Yan Siyuan grew stronger, and her resolve to chase him became increasingly firm...

While reading the novel, Ye Qingcao often thought to herself that once she got her braces off and got a makeover, confident and beautiful, she would pursue Yan Siyuan just like the protagonist—shamelessly! She was determined to win Yan Siyuan over! She was destined to be Yan Siyuan’s future wife!

Speaking of which, Yan Siyuan being single to this day had something to do with Ye Qingcao.

That’s because the ’fictitious boy’ QQ account Ye Qingcao used online had become quite close to Yan Siyuan. She had been brainwashing Yan Siyuan with her ’alternate male persona,’ insisting that one should not date during middle school, nor during high school—college was the appropriate age for romance...

After much brainwashing, Yan Siyuan came around to her way of thinking. He made it clear that he would not date in high school, opting instead to improve his skills, and would consider dating in college.

It was precisely because Yan Siyuan had assured her that Ye Qingcao still felt quite at ease. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝓷𝓮𝓽

Even if she repeatedly saw Yan Siyuan making individual appointments with other girls...

At this moment, Ye Qingcao would always look down at her novel for a while, then lift her head to observe the four people in the distance. When bored, she casually picked up a small mirror, bared her teeth, and examined her mouth full of metal braces.

Having had four teeth extracted, she was currently in the phase of aligning her teeth.

Therefore, her teeth were still protruding, and the gaps from the four missing teeth were quite large. The slight buck teeth she had naturally, combined with the braces, made her mouth appear especially prominent, keeping her looks on the lower end.

However, Ye Qingcao believed that she would gradually become more attractive.

After all, getting braces is a lengthy process, and once her teeth were aligned and the gaps started to close, her teeth would gradually become neat and retract!

By then, with no protruding teeth, no bulging mouth, and a more pronounced chin, she was sure to move up a class in beauty.

Ye Qingcao was waiting for that moment!

Right now, no matter how she looked, she was just plain ugly...

Ye Qingcao exhaled, tucked away the small mirror, and continued flipping through the book to see how other female protagonists managed to woo the top-student male leads. Although she hadn’t become prettier yet, learning a few tricks in advance was never a bad idea!

About 20 minutes of quiet later, the idle and restless Huo Feng finally couldn’t resist breaking the heavy study atmosphere with his voice.

"Sangzhi, aren’t you going to eat a donut?" Huo Feng flipped open the dessert box and brought it over to Pu Sangzhi, asking her.

Pu Sangzhi glanced at the exquisitely appealing donut, did not refuse, and took one.

Seeing this, Huo Feng pulled out a tissue and diligently offered it, "Here, take this to wipe."

Pu Sangzhi took the tissue, spread it on her palm, held the donut in her other hand, and bit into it.

Huo Feng, who was propping his chin with one hand, watched Pu Sangzhi’s profile as she calmly ate the donut with an infatuated look...

Ah, how he wished to be that donut in her hand...

As he watched, Huo Feng’s mouth curved upwards, his phoenix eyes narrowing into slits, his face expressing ’so beautiful, so cute, I really want her to bite me’...

As Pu Sangzhi took a bite, she suddenly felt one side of her face warming up under someone’s fervent gaze and couldn’t help but turn around, frowning back at Huo Feng.

"Even the way you eat is so beautiful, sigh, it’s criminally tempting," Huo Feng blurted out shamelessly.

Immediately, Pu Sangzhi forgot about the act of chewing the donut, disgusted.

Immediately, Yan Siyuan and Bai Xiaojie across from them were also disgusted to the point of breaking out in a sweat!

Yan Siyuan couldn’t help but speak up to him, "Hormones going to your head?"

Huo Feng, feeling hit by Yan Siyuan’s remark, quickly denied with some irritation, "Nonsense! It’s purely an appreciation of beauty! You’re too dirty! Dead Yan Ji! Been watching too many films, huh?"

Yan Siyuan’s lips quirked up, "Looks like you’re the one with a film-watching face."

Huo Feng clicked his tongue and pointed a finger at Yan Siyuan, "Yan Ji, you’re so disgusting! Such an old driver at such a young age! I’m a steel-hearted, pure young man; we have no common language!"

Despising the pretense of innocence from the mad dog!

No idea which dog pinned someone in the corner and forcefully kissed them on the ride back to Rui’an last time.

"Stop talking about such topics."

Pu Sangzhi couldn’t help but interrupt them, "Haven’t you noticed there are two girls here?"

Bai Xiaojie was taken aback for a moment but hastily spoke up, "It’s okay, you guys chat, I don’t mind."

Huo Feng sneakily glanced at Bai Xiaojie, "You’re okay with such topics? Are you and Yan Ji that open-minded?"

Yan Siyuan: "Mad dog."

Huo Feng: "What’s up, Yan Ji?"

Yan Siyuan: "Come with me to the bathroom."

This serious call to the bathroom... Is he angry?