Chapter 60: Slightly Chubby Is the Absolute Best

"Of course. There's no need for me to lie to you. I don't like lying." Jiang Muye nodded.

Leng Ruoli's bright eyes were skilled at flirting and conveying feelings, and her petal-like beautiful cheeks were already flushed red. She said shyly, "Even so, you should put me down first."

"Alright." She wanted to get down, so down she would get. Jiang Muye did as she wanted.

But before Jiang Muye had even thought about putting her down, Leng Ruoli wasn't prepared, and her pretty, exquisite little face suddenly pressed against Jiang Muye's face.

Jiang Muye felt as if his heart had been violently struck by something.

Her red lips parted slightly, and it was just a tiny bit more before her lips would press against Jiang Muye's face.

Jiang Muye's breathing hitched along with it, and all he could see before his eyes was her gorgeous, beautiful face.

Bright eyes, a high nose bridge, full red lips.

In an instant, the image of her kissing his cheek spun through his mind.

Fuck, so hot.

It made Jiang Muye's whole body heat up.

Jiang Muye quickly began to put Leng Ruoli down, releasing her waist.

There was nothing Jiang Muye could do to suppress the fire.

He turned his face away and tried to blow at the cold wind to calm down.

As a result, Leng Ruoli's pleasant voice came from beside his ear: "Let's continue training."

"Yeah, yeah." Jiang Muye feigned composure, trying hard to direct his gaze onto Leng Ruoli.

Leng Ruoli's little face was bright red as she held the ball and continued her three-step layup.

Of course, her form was excellent.

It still didn't go in—

Leng Ruoli turned back, so ashamed that she stuck out her pink little tongue and shrugged her shoulders: "I seem to be really clumsy~"

Jiang Muye consoled her: "Who says so? Everyone has their strengths. You're just not very good at this particular thing, but your progress is lightning fast. You're already amazing."

Getting a girl to do three-step layups in the first place was just insane. Who knew who came up with such a rotten idea.

Leng Ruoli's eyes rippled with blue waves, and she smiled very innocently. When Jiang Muye picked up the basketball and handed it to her, she smiled and nodded. "I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to teach me again tomorrow."

"No problem." Jiang Muye agreed.

He had nothing else to do anyway.

Leng Ruoli immediately gave a sweet smile and continued her difficult tug-of-war with three-step layups.

Jiang Muye checked the time and saw it was just about time. He said, "We've practiced for several hours. It's time to eat."

"Really." Leng Ruoli felt a bit disappointed.

Actually, she had a selfish motive — she just wanted to spend more time with Jiang Muye.

"We still have to eat. I won't allow you to go hungry. Alright, let's go." Jiang Muye shot her a look.

"G-go?" Leng Ruoli hesitated.

"Yeah, aren't you going to eat with me?" Jiang Muye asked.

"Okay!" Leng Ruoli's eyes suddenly lit up.

So Jiang Muye wanted her to eat together with him. That was naturally the best outcome.

After arriving at the cafeteria, they looked around and decided to eat malatang.

How many people were stunned when they saw Jiang Muye show up with Leng Ruoli.

This time it was actually just the two of them alone! Wasn't that basically a date!

It seemed the rumors were true. The Cold Campus Belle's favorite was still Jiang Muye. The two of them were definitely going to end up together — they were even almost together now!

"Boohoo, I'm about to get my heart broken. Jiang Muye, you bastard, you actually ran off with my Goddess Leng!"

"I got my heart broken too, okay? How could my little fairy be taken by another man? But if she's really going to be with Jiang Muye, then I'll bless them. After all, looking at the whole school, it seems like other than Jiang Muye being a bit more outstanding, the other guys are all pretty mediocre."

That statement was actually the truth. There weren't many high-quality males in the school to begin with.

Jiang Muye counted as one of them. It was just that before, Jiang Muye had been too infatuated, his attention all on Campus Belle Xia. Only now did he truly seem to have come to his senses.

Compared to the other boys who were both envious and dejected, Jiang Muye was full of enthusiasm as he picked out his food.

This malatang place in the cafeteria tasted pretty good. Normally there were lots of people, but they'd come early today, so there wasn't much of a line.

When eating malatang, you definitely had to eat meat. Not eating meat would be a waste of heaven's gifts.

Jiang Muye wasn't short on money. Even eating the cafeteria into bankruptcy wouldn't matter. He'd put a breath of relief into his card — five thousand yuan — enough to eat until the end of time.

The basket was basically full of meatballs and meat skewers. After Jiang Muye swiped his card, he directly handed the basket to the auntie to cook, saying, "Don't overcook the meat — keep it tender. I want clear broth, and add two instant noodles!"

The auntie said warmly, "Young man, seeing how handsome you are, I'll give you an extra sausage."

"Thank you, auntie." Jiang Muye smiled in thanks.

Then Jiang Muye noticed Leng Ruoli was still hesitating, so he asked, "What's wrong? Is there nothing you like?"

"No, it's just that I've never eaten this before. I don't know which ones taste good."

Leng Ruoli wasn't lying. She really had never eaten malatang. It was mainly because since childhood she'd been fed the idea that malatang wasn't very clean and wasn't very healthy, so she'd never gone to eat it.

On top of that, the food made at home was always high-end, top-tier cuisine, and the school had a private restaurant preparing dishes for her. Leng Ruoli rarely came to the cafeteria to eat.

She'd only come a few times, and that was for Jiang Muye's sake.

Jiang Muye began recommending things to Leng Ruoli, saying, "These chicken meatballs are a specialty — you have to order them. The crystal balls and juice-filled balls are super fragrant, the gluten is really tasty — try it. Also, you must order the lettuce, potato, and vermicelli. The fried dough sticks can soak up the broth — slurp it into your mouth and the flavor is fantastic.

"Add some tomato to make the broth, and later add a spoonful of Lao Gan Ma chili oil on top — it smells so good you can't stand it. Oh right, and crispy pork! A perfect match!"

Jiang Muye was getting excited just talking about it himself.

"Lao Gan Ma?" Leng Ruoli asked.

"You don't know it? It's super fragrant! Goes amazingly with rice — it can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. Even eaten alone with plain white rice it's unbeatable!" Jiang Muye recommended strongly.

"Okay~ You seem to have done a lot of research on food." Leng Ruoli smiled.

"Of course. I'm a super foodie." Jiang Muye raised an eyebrow, proud of himself.

In the past he'd been afraid of getting fat, so Jiang Muye had held back. Now that he could eat a lot without getting fat, he was going to go all out, eating to his heart's content and not stopping until he was satisfied — at worst he'd go for a run afterward to burn it off.

Jiang Muye waited with Leng Ruoli holding their number tag for a while, and soon their names were called.

Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli hurried forward.

"What seasoning should I add?" Leng Ruoli looked at the seasoning area, a bit torn.

"Can you eat spicy?" Jiang Muye asked.

Leng Ruoli nodded: "I can eat mildly spicy."

"What about vinegar?"

"I'm not picky."

"Good, then I'll just mix something up for you." After getting Leng Ruoli's consent, Jiang Muye began to freely improvise. Soon he'd picked out the seasonings and poured them on.

Leng Ruoli smelled the aroma and was instantly craving it: "It looks so delicious."

"Of course. This is my Jiang-family malatang secret recipe — not to be shared with outsiders." Jiang Muye gloated.

After he and Leng Ruoli carried their malatang back to their seats—

"Here." Leng Ruoli put the tomato and fried dough sticks and such into Jiang Muye's bowl.

"Why are you giving it all to me?"

"I can't finish it all. To avoid waste." Leng Ruoli smiled.

Actually, she just wanted to share the tasty food with Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye pushed his bowl forward and asked, "Is there anything in mine you want to try? Take some — no need to be polite with me."

"Then give me a shiitake mushroom." Leng Ruoli said shyly.

"Alright, here you go." Jiang Muye generously picked one out for Leng Ruoli to eat.

Leng Ruoli's heart fluttered.

Before, she'd fantasized about being able to exchange food with a boy she liked.

Now it had finally come true.

Leng Ruoli lowered her head, face red, and took a bite of malatang.

Jiang Muye was full of anticipation: "How is it? Is it good?"

Leng Ruoli brimmed with a brilliant smile, her eyes curving, and directly gave Jiang Muye a thumbs-up: "So great, so delicious! You're so amazing — you can do anything."

Jiang Muye was so embarrassed by the praise that he scratched the back of his head and said with a smile, "It's not that amazing. Even these seasonings can't taste bad. I just put them together."

"No way. Even good seasonings taste bad if you don't mix them well. There's skill involved." Leng Ruoli looked at Jiang Muye with her pure eyes, sparing no praise.

People naturally liked being praised, especially by such a super beauty. Jiang Muye's heart was completely swaying.

"Alright, hurry up and eat, or it'll get cold." Jiang Muye urged, then buried his head and slurped his noodles.

He was inhaling it like a storm, while Leng Ruoli across from him ate like a proper lady, taking small bites, looking absolutely pleasing to the eye.

It made Jiang Muye feel a bit embarrassed.

So he slowed down his eating.

Who would have thought Leng Ruoli noticed and asked, "What's wrong? Weren't you eating happily just now."