73: Xiaoqiang

"Is this what you're eating tonight?"

"What else? No one's cooking for me. (Sad face)"

"Where are you right now?"

"At your house, can't you tell? I got the instant noodles and marinated eggs from the storage cabinet."

Chen Su was a bit puzzled; shouldn't Li Chuxia be at her home on a blind date tonight?

Why was she eating instant noodles at his house?

Could the information from the system be wrong?

"Didn't you go out tonight?"

"I did, I just got back from my grandmother's house."

Li Chuxia didn't say why she had returned from her grandmother's house without eating.

Chen Su didn't ask either.

The two maintained a tacit understanding and moved to the next topic... "Chen Su, smiling like that, are you chatting with your girlfriend?" A voice pulled Chen Su's thoughts back.

"No, where would I get a girlfriend?" Chen Su smiled.

"Didn't I hear Aunt Zhang from the village entrance say you're planning to go to the girl's house to propose at the end of the year?" Zhang Zhong, who was at the same table, said casually.

"Huh? What kind of proposal am I going to make?" Chen Su was completely confused.

Before he broke up with Xu Jing, his parents knew about her existence, but Chen Su had never brought her home.

It wasn't that he didn't want to bring her, but Xu Jing had previously felt it wasn't good to meet the parents too soon.

Chen Su had no choice but to let it go.

Looking back now, Xu Jing had never intended to marry him at all.

Whether she married him or not didn't matter anymore... But how did Aunt Zhang from the village entrance know?

It must have been his mother accidentally letting it slip while chatting with them, letting everyone know he had a girlfriend.

As the rumors spread, it became a story about him going to the girl's house to propose at the end of the year.

He indeed had the idea of proposing at the end of the year before, but he had never mentioned it to anyone.

That was close. If they knew he had that idea and had now been dumped...

There's no telling how they would gossip about him... After the banquet ended, Chen Su didn't linger and said goodbye to several classmates.

After returning home, he called Feng Wenjun.

"Suer, what's up?"

"Stir-fry some beef with green peppers, steamed pork with rice flour, and some poached tiger prawns. Pack a portion of rice and have a delivery runner bring it to my place."

"Aren't you back in your hometown? Who are you cooking for?" Feng Wenjun asked in confusion.

"Don't worry about that, just leave it at my door when it arrives."

"Fine, anything else? Say it all at once, or I'm hanging up. I'm very busy."

"That's enough, that's enough. These will do."

...In less than half an hour, Feng Wenjun finished the dishes.

He didn't call a delivery runner but drove there himself... Room 1203, Building 13, Crystal Lake Mirror.

Feng Wenjun rang the doorbell of Chen Su's house.

"Coming, just a moment." A sweet female voice came from inside.

Feng Wenjun: ???

*Creeeak~*

The door opened in response.

What met Feng Wenjun's eyes was Li Chuxia.

"The boss of Wei Jie Mi Jing Restaurant?" Li Chuxia recognized Feng Wenjun at a glance.

"Chen Su isn't here; he went back to his hometown."

Feng Wenjun had originally rung the doorbell with the attitude of seeing if anyone was there.

He didn't expect someone to actually be in Chen Su's house.

This kid is hiding a beauty in his golden house without saying a word!

Although ten thousand "grass mud horses" were racing through his mind...

In front of outsiders, Feng Wenjun still knew how to save his brother's face.

"Oh, I know he went back. He was worried you'd be hungry, so he asked me to stir-fry a few dishes and bring them to you."

He spoke very smoothly and pleasantly.

"Really?" Li Chuxia looked delighted.

"Yes, I still have things to do at my shop, so I have to head back. Eat while it's hot." After handing the dishes to Li Chuxia, Feng Wenjun turned and left.

By the time Li Chuxia snapped out of her delight, Feng Wenjun had already entered the elevator and gone downstairs... "Honestly, I forgot to invite him in for tea." She was a bit speechless at her own foolishness... "The boss of Wei Jie Mi Jing Restaurant just came to your house." Li Chuxia sent a message to Chen Su.

"Ah! What did he come to my house for?"

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...Seeing the pictures, Chen Su realized Feng Wenjun had delivered them personally.

Why go through all that trouble when he could have just called a delivery runner?

He must have sniffed out the scent of gossip and followed it here.

Wanting to find out the truth... "Then hurry up and eat while it's hot. Once you're done, go to bed early," Chen Su urged.

Li Chuxia felt a slight warmth in her heart.

The gloom that had accumulated all evening dissipated... The mindset of looking for gossip is completely different from having gossip in hand.

Feng Wenjun, holding a huge piece of gossip, felt restless if he didn't cut it open and share it.

Chen Su's dormitory group chat.

[Feng Wenjun: Extra, extra! I've discovered a shocking secret. A stunningly beautiful woman is living in Suer's house.]

[Ye Sheng: What's the big deal? A genius like me noticed something was up the first time I was at Suer's place.]

Chen Su, who was already lying in bed, felt a bit helpless seeing the dormitory group chat starting to explode.

[Chen Su: She's a neighbor, we're not living together. (Shrugs)]

[Understood! (Smirks)]

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... "If you still don't have food tomorrow, I'll have Feng Wenjun send some over again."

Just as Chen Su sent the message, Li Chuxia's call came through.

"Chuxia, is something wrong?"

He found it a bit strange; weren't the two of them just chatting on WeChat?

Why did she suddenly call?

"Chen Su~"

"Yeah?"

"When are you coming back?"

Li Chuxia's voice sounded a bit tired and slightly aggrieved.

Chen Su's heart tightened. "Chuxia, did something happen?"

"No, I just felt that Feng Wenjun's dishes tonight were a bit too spicy. I started tearing up while eating." Her voice was a bit choked up.

"Too spicy? Then eat less. Next time I'll tell him not to put any spice at all."

"Okay!"

...Time went back to six o'clock tonight.

Villa No. 3, Rongqiao Villa Area.

At the dining table.

"Chuxia, I heard from Little An that you two were alumni when you were studying abroad," Grandpa Li said from the side.

"I don't know him," Li Chuxia said coldly.

An Sihua, sitting opposite Li Chuxia, stiffened.

He still forced out a smile. "There are too many international students at Yale. It's normal for Chuxia to have forgotten."

When Li Chuxia was studying abroad, her grades in all subjects were excellent, and combined with her outstanding looks...

Naturally, there were countless suitors.

Except in front of Chen Su and her grandparents...

Li Chuxia's face was permanently covered in frost.

One could feel the icy chill that kept people at a distance from far away.

Among Li Chuxia's many suitors, An Sihua's looks and family background were considered top-tier.

Yet, so what?

Li Chuxia still couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.

During her years of studying abroad, except for the very first international student gathering where they greeted each other...

Li Chuxia hadn't spoken a single word to him.

Compared to other suitors, An Sihua was the most persistent one.

Others would hit a wall once or twice and then give up with some self-awareness.

He, on the other hand, was like an unkillable cockroach.

The more he was rebuffed, the more determined he became..."}],