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  Chapter 143: Jiang Qin is a Vilin

  TL: Etude

  On a te autumn afternoon, the sun hung high in the sky.

  Although the campus of Lin Uy was desote, with even the air carrying a hint of dry ess, the sunlight was exceptionally brilliant ale, warming everything it touched.

  The walkways on both sides of the road were no longer visible uhe red bricks, pletely covered by a carpet of golden yellow leaves. Occasionally, students would burst out of the grees, pyfully tumbling over the soft foliage.

  Jiang Qin wore a bck coat, his figure lean a, walking with a touch of rebellious nonce.

  Feng Nanshu, oher hand, donned a white coat, revealing a small patch of her delicate colrbone. Her tall figure atuated her mature, dy-like charm, remi of the elegant heiresses in Korean dramas.

  The two strolled hand in hand on the leaf-strewn pathway, their shoulders toug. The differen their heights only added to the romantic, campus love story atmosphere.

  “You’re the owner of Xi Tian, so you ’t just go to other people’s milk tea shops. People might think our milk tea isn’t good,” Jiang Qin said, moving a wandering student out of the way, instinctively tightening his grip on Feng Nanshu’s delicate hand.

  “Their cups have your name on them, ours don’t,” Feng Nanshu replied, lifting her soft, delicate face. Her skin was fair and smooth, her eyes blinkily, her eyeshes trembling slightly.

  “Our cups have it too, but it’s not necessary. Who else, besides you, would buy milk tea for my name?” Jiang Qin paused, slightly startled.

  What ‘our’? He almost got carried away there! He turo see Feng Nanshu’s rea, w if she had do on purpose.

  But the little rich dy’s profile was so stunningly beautiful – her fair, captivating skin as smooth as a peeled boiled egg – that he couldn’t take his eyes off her, fetting his inal iion, mesmerized by her beauty.

  “…”

  “Don’t look at me like that, I’m feeling shy now,” Feng Nanshu warned him early.

  Jiang Qin held his breath, “What’s there to be shy about? I’m just your best friend.”

  “I don’t know.”

  “You don’t have any inappropriate thoughts about me, do you?”

  Feng Nanshu pursed her rosy lips, “No, my mind is pletely bnk.”

  Jiang Qin fell silent for a moment, a faint frown creasing his forehead, feeling a vague sense of restlessness.

  She wasn’t shy when they went to the hot springs during the summer holiday, nor wheouched her foot. Why was she suddenly shy now?

  Jiang Qin didn’t dare to pooo deeply, as overthinking ofteo fusion.

  So, they tinued walking, the atmosphere slightly tense, making Jiang Qin feel somewhat uneasy, as if he cared about something.

  After hesitating, he picked up a beautiful fallen leaf, waving it in front of Feng Nanshu, “Isn’t it pretty? I’ll give it to you as a gift.”

  “But I don’t have a free hand, you hold it for me?” Feng Nanshu really wa, but she didn’t want to let go of either the cup with her name or Jiang Qin’s hand.

  Jiang Qin uzzled, “What about your other hand?”

  Feng Nanshu: ?

  Jiang Qin suddenly realized the delicate, soft hand he was holding, slightly cool ae. He quietly lifted it to look, his eyes widening in surprise, “Feng Nanshu, when did you slip your hand into mine?”

  “At the supermarket.”

  “What a sly pickpocket! I didn’t even notice, and I’ve been holding it all this time?” Jiang Qin was astonished.

  Feng Nanshu pursed her rosy lips, “Actually, my ‘sleight of hand’ was the one being stolen.”

  “?”

  Jiang Qin thought for a moment, intending to let go, but the soft and fragrant touch made him involuntarily squeeze her hand agaihought to himself, having already touched her foot, why fear holding hands? It wasn’t like their fingers were interlocked, so it wasn’t a big deal.

  “Today, I’m in a good mood, so I’ll let us be bold this once. But we ’t do this agaiime. Stealing a boy’s hand is hooligan behavior, but I won’t bme you this time.”

  Feng Nanshu looked at him expressionlessly, “Jiang Qin, you’re a big bad guy.”

  “Tsk, tsk, tsk, a bad guy, huh? Dam…”

  Gao Wenhui couldn’t help but ent, snapping several photos with her phone, feeling that eae looked good enough to be aper material.

  Fan Shuling was also following them, though not as closely as Gao Wenhui. She also thought Jiang Qin and Feng Nanshu were a good match. Despite their intimacy, they cked the greasiness of new couples in love. Even their hand-holding seemed pure, like a cat’s paw scratg at one’s heart, itg and igniting a sudden desire to be in love.

  “We should have a target for dinner, right? What do you guys want to eat?”

  “Hotpot, this weather is perfect for hotpot.”

  The te autumn in Lin was already very cold, especially as evening approached, with the north wind blowing sharply, making the chill very apparent.

  In such cold weather, Feng Nanshu, Gao Wenhui, and Fan Shuling unanimously suggested hotpot. Jiang Qin nodded and drove them to a hotpot restaurant iy ter.

  Perhaps everyo it was a good day for hotpot, so the restaurant was bustling with people.

  The four of them ordered a ‘yuan-yang’ (mixed) pot and filled the table with meat.

  Halfway through the meal, half of the dishes were eaten. The little rich dy’s lips were red from the spice, but the joy in her eyes was unmistakable.

  …

  After di the hotpot restaurant, Jiang Qin drove back to Lin Uy, dropping the three girls off at their dormitory.

  The sky was turning dark, and a stern chill enveloped the campus, deterring the couples oreets.

  Jiang Qin nning to go to the bathhouse for a shower but suddenly received a call from Lu Guangrong.

  Lu first feigned , asking about his ret business and if he needed any help, generously stating that the college would assist if needed.

  As a selor who was usually elusive, his sudden call of immediately put Jiang Qin o.

  Sure enough, Lu’s tone ged in the sed, saying that some leaders were pnning to visit Room 208 and would arrive in an hour. He instructed Jiang Qin to tidy up and prepare to wele the iion with the best spirit.

  “Teacher Lu, who are the leaders ing?”

  “They’re leaders from our school, one is President Zhang, in charge of school affairs, and the other is Directu from the Publicity Department.”

  “Okay, I got it.”

  Jiang Qin hung up and pocketed his phone.

  His entrepreneurship application was affiliated with the Finance Department, so it was normal for Lu to know about this first.

  Moreover, he khat a visit to 208 was iable.

  After all, a startup by a freshman that made it to the neers would certainly draw the school leadership’s attention.

  He pondered while holding his bath basket, w whether to shower or not. Taking a shower would dey him by twenty mi most, which wouldn’t be too te for weling the leaders.

  But thehought it might not be appropriate.

  What if the leaders arrived early?

  What if only Su Nai was in the office?

  What if…

  Damn, this could be serious.

  Even if Su Nai wasn’t in the office, if Dong Wenhao and his guys were caught pying cards by the leaders, it wouldn’t look good.

  So, Jiang Qin turned back halfway from the bathhouse and headed to Room 208 first.

  Su Nai wasn’t indulging in any peculiar hobbies; instead, she sat quietly at her workstatioing a website, appearing like an ordinary girl with ne is.

  But Dong Wenhao was indeed leading a card game. Judging by the numerous paper notes on Lu Feiyu’s face, they seemed to be in the middle of aing game.

  “Enough, enough. Stop pying a up. up your mess.”

  Dong eeled off the note in front of his eyes, “Boss, didn’t you say we’ve worked hard at the Uy of Sd Teology for so long? These two days we could rex, py, and enjoy.”

  “Today’s a special case. Leaders from the school are ing for an iion.” Jiang Qin kicked Lu Feiyu’s backside, “Hurry up and wash your face. You’ve got so many notes on it; you look like a door curtain.”

  “Boss, a gentleman uses his mouth, not his hands!”

  “Stop spouting clever sayings. They’re almost here, get moving!”

  Under Jiang Qin’s repeated urging, everyone in Room 208 sprang into a. They ed up the poker cards, stashing them in a et, and tidied up their workstations, rest the office to its proper look.

  “Is this okay, boss?” Dong proached and asked.

  “It’s still g.”

  “What’s missing? I’ll get it dht away.”

  Jiang Qin squinted, surveying the room: “We need a few more puters, some heaters, printers, aer chairs.”

  Dong Wenhao was baffled.

  “Here’s what we’ll do: move everyone’s ptops to Room 207 and hide them there. Leave only three here. Move our heaters there too, along with the printers, the water dispenser, and my boss chair. Move those new chairs as well and lock them up.”

  “Boss, are we moving?”

  Jiang Qin lowered his voice, “Important school leaders are ing for an iion. It’s time to py poor. The child who cries gets the milk!”

  Dong Wenhao instantly uood and started direg everyoo move things to Room 207.

  “Lu Feiyu, you ged the light bulbs st time, right? Take down two of them.”

  “Boss, are we really going to skimp on a few light bulbs?” Lu Feiyu looked shocked.

  Jiang Qin g him, “It’s about creating the right atmosphere. When the leaders see a dimly lit room with few valuable items, they’ll surely allocate us something.”

  Lu Feiyu found the logic reasonable, so he id a couple of neers oable and unscrewed two light bulbs.

  In this way, a perfectly fine office was transformed into a pce that looked both shabby and dim, exuding an atmosphere ality and hardship.

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