37: Chapter 37 A Scheming Man? And a Game of Playing Hard to Get?

"Yo, isn't this Qin Feng, who just came out of The Little Black Room?" Wei Kai's sarcastic voice rang out.

He deliberately raised his volume, attracting the attention of everyone around.

He walked over to the side of the queue and started echoing Shi Lei, as if they were performing a crosstalk act.

"What's this? You just showed off your medical skills this afternoon, and now you have a female student following behind your ass at night? You don't have an ounce of gentlemanly manners, do you?"

Shi Lei immediately chimed in: "Exactly! Brother Kai is right! Qin Feng, are you even a man? Letting Li Qingxue, a girl, come to the New Recruit Training Camp for the first time, and you won't even get her a meal? That's just too unreasonable!"

Qin Feng didn't even lift his eyelids and continued to move forward. He couldn't be bothered to respond.

Arguing with a mad dog would only lower his own standards. Besides, if he lost his temper and got locked in The Little Black Room again, it wouldn't be worth it.

Seeing that Qin Feng ignored him, Wei Kai became even more energized. He turned directly to Li Qingxue, flashing a smile he thought was very handsome.

"Classmate Qingxue, don't be fooled by him! Let me tell you, I've seen plenty of people like this!" He pointed at Qin Feng's back, spitting as he spoke.

"He's just a simp! I heard he repeated a grade for two years just to chase a girl!"

"The way he's acting toward you now is definitely intentional."

"He's playing the 'hard to get' game, specifically to trick pure girls like you!"

"Right, right, right!" Shi Lei hurriedly chimed in.

"He's a scheming man trying to get your attention this way!"

"Classmate Qingxue, you must not fall for it! He's a scumbag!"

Wei Kai puffed out his chest and volunteered: "Classmate Qingxue, ignore him. What do you want to eat? I'll get it for you! How about braised pork? Or sweet and sour pork tenderloin? I promise to get you the fattest pieces of meat!"

At first, Li Qingxue just frowned, not wanting to make a scene out of politeness. But the two of them kept going, becoming increasingly excessive, belittling Qin Feng to the point of being worthless.

Calling him a "pathetic scheming man reborn," "PUA master," "scumbag," and throwing all sorts of labels at him.

To Qin Feng, these two were just flies, but Li Qingxue couldn't listen anymore. She had specifically asked Zhou Haifeng to arrange this for Qin Feng's sake. How did Qin Feng turn into a scheming man in their mouths?

Playing hard to get? Had they watched too many short dramas? This was a complete insult to her, Li Qingxue's, intelligence!

"Are you finished?" Li Qingxue's icy voice rang out, devoid of any warmth.

Wei Kai and Shi Lei were stunned. Thinking their "hero saving the beauty" act had worked, they hurriedly nodded: "Finished, we're finished! Classmate Qingxue, we're only doing this for your own good!"

"For my own good?" Li Qingxue sneered.

"For my own good, you're buzzing around like two flies, ruining my mood for dinner?"

"I..." Wei Kai's smile froze on his face.

"And another thing..." Li Qingxue's gaze swept over the two.

"Whether he's a scheming man or a scumbag, I know better than you do. You two don't need to be busybodies sticking your noses where they don't belong."

"Now, can you get lost?"

The merciless rebuke made Wei Kai and Shi Lei's faces instantly turn pale.

The whole place fell into an eerie silence again; everyone was stunned by Li Qingxue's domineering retort.

However, the most shocking part was yet to come. Under the dumbfounded gaze of everyone, Li Qingxue suddenly stepped forward, and before Qin Feng could react, she reached out her slender, fair hand and directly linked her arm with his!

The movement was natural, intimate, and carried a hint of unquestionable declaration.

Boom! The Canteen exploded with noise again!

"Holy crap! Holy crap! She linked arms! She actually linked arms!"

"Oh my god! The goddess took the initiative to link arms! What kind of god-tier plot is this? Am I dreaming?"

"It's confirmed now! This move by Wei Kai and Shi Lei was basically delivering assists from a thousand miles away; they have no shame left!"

"Brother Feng! The eternal god! I give this move full marks! No, 120 points! I'm not afraid of you getting cocky with the extra 20 points!"

Li Lang, Zhao Hu, and Liu Wei were so excited they almost dropped their trays. They frantically gave Qin Feng a thumbs-up, silently shouting: "Awesome!"

Qin Feng also froze completely. He could feel the soft, warm touch on his arm, and a faint, pleasant fragrance drifted into his nostrils.

Looking down, he met Li Qingxue's eyes, which held a hint of provocation and triumph.

Wei Kai and Shi Lei looked as if they had been struck by lightning. Stunned! Petrified! Suffocated!

The face-slapping just now was loud and clear! Louder than the firecrackers set off during the New Year!

Wei Kai and Shi Lei felt their cheeks burning, as if they had been mercilessly slapped dozens of times.

"Cl... Classmate Qingxue, wh... what are you doing?" Wei Kai's voice was trembling, half from anger, half from jealousy.

"A person like him isn't worth this from you! You must have been deceived by him!" Shi Lei was also anxious, following behind like a broken record.

"Right! You just arrived, you don't know the situation! This guy Qin Feng has tons of dirt on him!" He racked his brain, starting to list Qin Feng's "crimes."

"He has no discipline; he dared to talk back to the instructor on the first day!"

"He has a withdrawn personality; he must have psychological issues!"

"He even hits people! Someone with violent tendencies like him, you should stay far away from him!"

The two of them went back and forth, spitting as they spoke, trying to make a final struggle. Li Qingxue, holding Qin Feng's arm, didn't even twitch an eyebrow.

She even tilted her head with interest, looking at Shi Lei. "Hitting people? Are you talking about what happened on the sparring field yesterday?"

"Right! That's... " Shi Lei hadn't finished speaking when he realized that the person who had been sparring yesterday was himself. He wanted to shut his mouth, but it was already too late.

Li Qingxue interrupted him lightly. "Oh, I remember now."

"Aren't you the person who was knocked down by Qin Feng in one move and lay on the ground for a long time without getting up?"

"Seems like your name is Shi Lei, right."

"Not bad, not bad, it seems you haven't forgotten about it yourself."

"Pfft—" In the surrounding crowd, someone couldn't hold it in and burst out laughing.

That was brutal! This move by the goddess was truly heart-piercing!

Shi Lei's face went "whoosh." It turned from liver-colored to deep purple, and then from deep purple to pale white. He opened his mouth, unable to squeeze out a single word for a long time.

He only felt a surge of blood in his chest, almost dropping dead on the spot.

Wei Kai was also dumbfounded. This... how could he continue? If he kept talking, wouldn't that be admitting that he was a loser to Qin Feng?

Qin Feng finally lost his patience. He gently pulled his arm back, breaking free from Li Qingxue's hand. The disappearance of that warm, gentle touch inexplicably made him heave a sigh of relief.

"Are you done yet? You're blocking the Earth from spinning."

He dropped this line, not even bothering to look at these two clowns again, and walked straight toward the food serving window. If he didn't eat soon, the food would get cold.

Wei Kai and Shi Lei were left standing there, in a dilemma. Their faces flickered between green and white, even more colorful than a traffic light.

Li Qingxue watched Qin Feng's back, the corners of her mouth curling up slightly, and followed him with an excited expression.