Chapter 22: New Love and Old Love

Jiang Muye was rather puzzled.

Someone was looking for him outside?

Who?

Jiang Muye subconsciously headed outside.

As a result, he found the beautiful Leng Ruoli standing at the door, with bright eyes and white teeth, her lips especially tender and red. When she saw him, her originally calm and rippleless face bloomed into a smile.

"Jiang Muye, you're here!"

Her voice was sweet too.

"Why are you here?" Jiang Muye was rather puzzled.

"Did you forget? We're supposed to have lunch together."

Only then did everything click for Jiang Muye.

He had almost forgotten about this.

Leng Ruoli really had taken it seriously, coming over first thing in the morning.

"Alright, let's go." Leng Ruoli subconsciously smiled as she said to Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye nodded, then went into the classroom to call over Little White Dove and the others.

The group headed off to the cafeteria in a mighty procession.

Leng Ruoli was clearly much more enthusiastic than usual.

She asked with a beaming smile, "Whatever you guys like to eat, just order it. Today it's my treat."

"That's so embarrassing," Little White Dove said, though she showed no mercy at all, subconsciously saying to the auntie, "Auntie, I want braised spare ribs, with extra meat sauce, and don't you dare shake the ladle!"

Jiang Muye was depressed.

Look at Little White Dove, so easily satisfied.

"I'll just pay for it." Jiang Muye couldn't possibly let a girl pay.

"No way. I'm already so happy that you were willing to come eat with me today. How could I let you treat?"

Leng Ruoli subconsciously began saying to the cafeteria auntie, "Give me one salt-and-pepper chicken, plus one stone-pot tofu, one pork with preserved mustard greens, one three-delicacy meatball soup, one steamed fish fillet, one stir-fried seasonal vegetables, and one meatball, thank you."

Soon after Leng Ruoli ordered the dishes, she directly handed them to Jiang Muye, saying with a smile, "For you."

Jiang Muye was rather surprised. "Didn't you order those for yourself?"

"Of course not, I ordered them for you. Aren't these your favorites?"

Hearing Leng Ruoli's certain tone, Jiang Muye was astonished.

"How do you know these are my favorites?"

He didn't think he'd ever eaten with Leng Ruoli before.

As a result, Leng Ruoli grew somewhat uneasy, her little face flushing red.

"I… I guessed. After all, these are all popular dishes. But don't you like them?"

Leng Ruoli's lovely eyes were fixed firmly on Jiang Muye, a bit nervous.

"No, I love them. I love them a lot."

These were all Jiang Muye's favorites.

It was as if she had his preferences completely figured out.

"That's good then." Leng Ruoli breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

She had been observing Jiang Muye while he ate all along.

Whatever he liked, she memorized by heart. How could she not know?

After Jiang Muye set the plates on the table, he began helping Leng Ruoli carry her plates too. After all, those plates were too hot, and it wouldn't be good to burn a girl's hands.

Faced with Jiang Muye's very gentlemanly behavior, Leng Ruoli's little face heated up, and her infatuation with Jiang Muye deepened even more.

Jiang Muye really was so good.

Xia Xiran really didn't know how to cherish him.

If Jiang Muye would agree to be her boyfriend, she would absolutely treat him doubly well—no, a thousand times better!

Leng Ruoli sat down across from Jiang Muye full of happiness. Even though this time it wasn't just the two of them eating alone, the face-to-face distance already set Leng Ruoli's heart surging.

Jiang Muye was her favorite person, and being able to watch the person she liked while eating together was a very happy thing.

Just as Leng Ruoli was shyly feeling her heart flutter like a little deer, a shadow fell over her.

"The cafeteria is so crowded. Can I sit here?"

Leng Ruoli suddenly raised her head and followed the voice to see the beautiful Xia Xiran before her.

Her little face suddenly turned pale.

Her bright red lips bit down on her chopsticks, clearly unwilling to let Xia Xiran intrude.

The spectating students grew even more excited.

Now the Cold Campus Belle and Campus Belle Xia were actually facing off head-on, and with Jiang Muye no less?

This was the new love and the old love.

Everyone wanted to know who would come out on top, and they all began chattering and discussing.

"Wow, Jiang Muye is way too lucky. If it were me, I'd just have one on each arm!"

"Who was it that said Campus Belle Xia couldn't care less about Jiang Muye, that Jiang Muye's love was one-sided, that he was just a simp? Don't you see Campus Belle Xia cozying up to him now? She clearly cares!"

"Exactly. Campus Belle Xia is Jiang Muye's fiancée after all. Are two great campus belles really competing over one man now? So exciting. If only it were me they were fighting over!"

When Jiang Muye saw Xia Xiran appear, a hint of surprise appeared on his face as well.

Trying the table-sharing trick again?

His eyes turned cold, and he said decisively, "There aren't many seats nearby. There's no need to insist on sitting here, is there? I don't want to eat with strangers."

This time Jiang Muye wouldn't give another chance, and even more so didn't want to have too much to do with Xia Xiran.

What Jiang Muye hated most was messy, tangled feelings. Cutting things off cleanly was not his style—leaving things half-done was not his style.

Leng Ruoli, whose eyes had been dim, immediately lit up.

Seeing the resolute Jiang Muye, the corners of her mouth curved upward.

The other students found it unbelievable.

Shocking! Jiang Muye was rejecting Campus Belle Xia's invitation?

And calling Campus Belle Xia a stranger?

Impossible, right? Jiang Muye had liked Campus Belle Xia so much before!

Xia Xiran's eyes instantly grew wet. She had never imagined Jiang Muye would be so heartless, embarrassing her like this in public.

She had set aside her dignity, only to receive his cold rejection?

No, she wouldn't accept it.

But she didn't have the backbone to force herself to sit down either.

Seeing the mocking looks from the others not far away, and then seeing such a perfect rival like Leng Ruoli sitting right there, watching all of this, Xia Xiran's heart shattered.

Xia Xiran immediately ran off.

Little White Dove and the others were filled with admiration.

Jiang Muye really had backbone, unmoved even with a beauty before him—he could even reject Campus Belle Xia's olive branch.

Jiang Muye really did men proud.

Campus Belle Xia was talented and rather proud and arrogant, and Jiang Muye had suffered quite a bit pursuing her before.

Truly, the Heavenly Dao cycles well, and heaven spares no one.

Campus Belle Xia from the past probably never imagined she'd have a day of eating humble pie too.

After this meal, Jiang Muye left under everyone's envious gazes.

When he got back to the dorm, Jiang Muye was surrounded by a group of guys.

Clearly, Jiang Muye's glorious battle record had already spread among the group.

They all began chattering and questioning Jiang Muye, their words full of envy.

"How did you and the Cold Campus Belle meet? Is it true or fake that she's chasing you?"

"Jiang Muye, you're way too amazing. The department heartthrob next door chased the Cold Campus Belle for so long and she wasn't interested at all, but she's head over heels for you!"

"I admit I was blind before, thinking you were a simp. Turns out you were holding back! Now the Cold Campus Belle and Campus Belle Xia are both fighting over you out of jealousy. You've really won us men some face!"

"When are you going to write a book, properly explaining how you seduced two great goddesses? Which goddess are you more interested in?"

"There's a girl I really like. Please, help me come up with some moves so I can win her over!"