Chapter 225
Ye Liangchen suddenly furrowed his brows, staring at the figure of a person in the distance, and couldn’t help but stop in his tracks.
Shen Mengjie noticed Ye Liangchen’s sudden halt and, curious, followed his gaze. “Do you know him?”
Ye Liangchen nodded slightly. “Xue Shaohua?”
Hearing his name called, Xue Shaohua turned around abruptly and spotted Ye Liangchen, who was slicking back his hair and holding a rose.
It was indeed Xue Shaohua. Ye Liangchen took a couple of steps forward. “What are you doing here?”
Xue Shaohua couldn’t exactly tell Ye Liangchen that he was here to eavesdrop on Long Aotian and Hu Yuying, so he countered, “What about you?”
At this, Ye Liangchen flashed a confident smile, tossing his hair back. “Didn’t you see that beautiful girl? I’m just here to chat her up…”
Following Ye Liangchen’s gaze, Xue Shaohua’s eyes lit up.
The image of a sexy, confident woman struck right at his soul.
Noticing Xue Shaohua’s gaze, Shen Mengjie frowned slightly, categorizing him alongside Ye Liangchen.
Seeing Xue Shaohua mesmerized, Ye Liangchen couldn’t help but smirk, waving his hand in front of Xue Shaohua’s eyes. “You still haven’t told me what you’re doing here.”
Snapping back to reality, Xue Shaohua gestured for Ye Liangchen to look ahead...
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When Ye Liangchen saw the three girls joyfully playing together, the rose in his hand fell to the ground.
The happiness radiating from their faces pierced his heart like a dagger.
That smile should have belonged to him, but now it was all taken away by that fool Long Aotian.
The resentment and the grievances in his heart were known only to him...
Slowly closing his eyes, a tear of regret slipped down his cheek, as if mourning a lost love...
Shen Mengjie followed Ye Liangchen’s gaze and spotted Hu Yuying, Li Qingxue, and Lin Wanning.
She had seen Lin Wanning before, at the entrance of the music academy, when Long Aotian had dropped her off.
Putting together Ye Liangchen’s current expression and the words he had said to her earlier, she asked with interest, “Could they be the treasure girls you mentioned before, your white moonlight and childhood sweetheart?”
Ye Liangchen’s lips trembled slightly, allowing the tear of regret to fall without wiping it away, everything unspoken.
Xue Shaohua, hearing Shen Mengjie’s words, couldn’t help but glance at her.
Looking at her alluring curves and the confident charm radiating from her delicate face, he tossed his hair back and said softly, “Hi, I’m Xue Shaohua.”
Upon hearing Xue Shaohua’s self-introduction, Ye Liangchen immediately reacted, frowning tightly and subtly positioning himself in front of Shen Mengjie.
He almost couldn’t resist the urge to slap Xue Shaohua across the face.
How dare he covet his girl? Did he really think Ye Liangchen couldn’t see through his little schemes?
With a slow gaze downward, he suddenly looked up at a forty-five-degree angle, exuding an air of superiority to suppress Xue Shaohua.
Seeing this, Xue Shaohua took a step back, elegantly bowing to Shen Mengjie in a gentlemanly manner, then confidently tossed his hair again.
Attracting a girl’s attention required elegance, something Xue Shaohua had learned from Ye Liangchen.
Ye Liangchen watched Xue Shaohua’s actions and couldn’t help but snicker, then confidently tossed his hair back and slowly opened his arms to the sky.
Taking a deep breath, a look of ecstasy crossed his face as he broke into a confident smile, slowly making a gesture as if to embrace himself.
He couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly, “You’re nowhere near as elegant as I am!”
Sure enough, as Ye Liangchen made this move, Xue Shaohua’s expression suddenly soured.
Shen Mengjie looked at the two with disdain, feeling a moment where she really didn’t want to pretend anymore. She wanted to point at their noses and tell them to take a good look at themselves.
One was more pretentious than the other!
Unbelievable.
Ye Liangchen noticed Xue Shaohua’s face gradually turning ugly.
He snorted coldly.
He didn’t know whether to laugh at Xue Shaohua’s cleverness or to call him foolish for using his own tactics against him.
Though his hair was styled with gel, it still felt lacking without a good toss.
After finishing his dramatic gestures, Ye Liangchen turned back to Shen Mengjie, his expression suddenly turning sorrowful.
He nodded heavily. “Originally, as a knight, I was filled with righteousness, but because of Long Aotian’s persecution, they’ve misunderstood me.”
At this point, he let out a self-deprecating smile, his gaze lingering on Hu Yuying and the others.
Shen Mengjie nodded gently, her alluring eyes turning toward Hu Yuying and the others, a strong interest rising within her.
At the same time, a strange thought crossed her mind: would these three really like someone like Ye Liangchen?
The answer was all too obvious.
Seeing the unwillingness in Ye Liangchen’s eyes, she couldn’t help but find it amusing.
This guy was definitely after their beauty.
Just like when he first met her, with that pig-like demeanor.
Thinking of this, Shen Mengjie’s lips curled into a slight smile as she looked at Xue Shaohua with flirtatious eyes. “Shaohua…”
Xue Shaohua, noticing the flirtatious glint in Shen Mengjie’s eyes, swallowed hard and quickly added, “Shaohua, Xue Shaohua.”
Shen Mengjie covered her mouth and chuckled lightly, giving a heavy “mm” before softly saying, “Shaohua.”
The emotional value shot up, making Xue Shaohua’s heart flutter for a moment.
Ye Liangchen watched Shen Mengjie’s blush as she looked at Xue Shaohua.
He immediately stepped in front of Shen Mengjie, frowning at Xue Shaohua. “Don’t you have something to do?”
He was desperately signaling Xue Shaohua, but Xue Shaohua instinctively ignored Ye Liangchen’s cues.
His gaze remained fixed on Shen Mengjie as he confidently tossed his hair back. “Nice to meet you.”
Ye Liangchen’s expression darkened immediately. How dare he ignore him?
In Ye Liangchen’s mind, Xue Shaohua was merely his tool, but now this tool was trying to steal the girl he had his eye on. How could he feel good about that?
Seeing that Xue Shaohua wanted to say something else, Ye Liangchen stepped forward and grabbed Xue Shaohua’s arm, turning back to Shen Mengjie with a smile. “Mengjie, I need to talk to him about something.”
Shen Mengjie shrugged, then turned her head, her gaze passing over Ye Liangchen to Xue Shaohua, breaking into a smile...
Ye Liangchen tightened his grip on Xue Shaohua’s arm.
“Why are you pulling me?”
Pulling Xue Shaohua aside, Ye Liangchen released his arm with irritation. “What do you mean by that?”
“What do you mean?” Xue Shaohua feigned ignorance, his gaze instinctively drifting back toward Shen Mengjie.
Ye Liangchen blocked his view, his voice low. “Shen Mengjie is the one I noticed first.”
Xue Shaohua smiled confidently, tossing his hair back. “But it seems she’s more interested in me.”
Ye Liangchen laughed, and this time it was a genuine laugh.
“If it weren’t for me, would she even know you?”
“And besides, how confident are you about stealing a girl from me?”
As he said this, Ye Liangchen’s demeanor shifted, his gaze fixed intently on Xue Shaohua.
“You’ve got it wrong. I’m not stealing from you. If I’m not mistaken, you two are just ordinary friends, right? If she were interested in me, there wouldn’t be any stealing involved,” Xue Shaohua shot back defiantly, pointing his newly pierced ear stud at Ye Liangchen!
Seeing Xue Shaohua’s ear stud, Ye Liangchen narrowed his eyes...
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Watching Ye Liangchen and Xue Shaohua start to bicker over her words, Shen Mengjie chuckled softly, thinking they were both incredibly foolish.
She really couldn’t understand how these idiots dared to scheme against Long Aotian; they must be overly confident.
Time to send these two fools on their way.
Shen Mengjie lifted her gaze to Hu Yuying and the others.
The three of them seemed to be chatting about something as they walked toward the entrance of T University.
Watching their retreating figures, Shen Mengjie hesitated for a moment before slowly following them...
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“Do you think if we take a picture for our brother, he could find us based on the buildings in the photo?” Once inside T University, Lin Wanning joked with a smile.
“I think it’s worth a try,” Li Qingxue said, clearly intrigued by Lin Wanning’s suggestion.
She was about to pull Hu Yuying into the idea.
Hu Yuying felt a flicker of anticipation too. Would Long Aotian be a little happy if he saw her coming to find him?
“Hold the phone lower and shoot from below; it’ll show off our figures better.”
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