Can I buy you a meal?

Returning to the dormitory, it was rare for the three of them to be gathered together.

"Xiao Zi, where the hell did you go? I've been looking for you for ages and couldn't find you. Weren't you in the venue?" Liu Xin asked.

Chen Xiao said, "I wasn't. I was sitting in the first row."

"Damn, I wasted all that time looking for you." Liu Xin automatically ignored the first row.

After a moment, he shouted, "What? You were in the first row?"

"Yeah, that's right."

"Oh, no wonder. I didn't see you while I was singing on stage. It was right under my nose," Liu Xin said.

Chen Xiao was speechless; no one believed him when he told the truth. "You're amazing. You're tone-deaf as hell—didn't you get beaten to death for going up there?"

"Alright, stop bullshitting. Want to watch a movie?" Ji said.

Chen Xiao tossed him a cigarette. "You guys watch it, but keep it down. I'm going to sleep."

"Damn, you're living an old man's life early."

As Chen Xiao climbed into bed, he said, "Can't help it. I still need this body to enjoy the vast world, so I have to cherish it."

Liu Xin: "Don't pay him any mind. Let's watch it, just the two of us."

The next day, Chen Xiao went for his usual run, ate breakfast accompanied by Xia Yudie, and then went to class.

Final exams were next week, so the necessary arrangements needed to be made in advance.

Su Tang had already been arranged to handle the gifts for the major course professors.

He didn't need to worry about his major course grades; the only things to worry about were the general and elective courses.

Chen Xiao planned to arrange things with his classmates before the exams, greasing the wheels in advance to make things easier later.

He checked the stock price of Lan Cheng Group, and as expected, it had hit the daily limit.

And starting from today, it would continue to hit the daily limit until the end of the month.

This meant he could make huge profits every day without doing anything at all.

The whole morning was spent shooting the breeze. Just as class ended, Chen Xiao saw Tan Cheng waiting at the door.

The eyes of all the students were focused on Chen Xiao.

"Holy crap! Brother Xiao is awesome..."

"Damn, what actually happened yesterday?"

"Did Brother Xiao bag the goddess?"

Chen Xiao was speechless. "Ahem, don't talk nonsense. You're sullying my innocence. I'm going out to see."

Everyone: "..."

"Pah, shameless. You and your 'innocence'—you're dying to be sullied."

"This son of a bitch, he's got it good and is still feigning ignorance."

Chen Xiao walked out of the classroom and asked, "Looking for me?"

Tan Cheng nodded. "Yeah, can I treat you to a meal at noon?"

"Treat me? Why?"

Tan Cheng smiled. "No reason, I just... want to treat you to a meal."

"Alright, let's go then."

"Yeah."

As the two turned and left the classroom doorway, a chorus of catcalls erupted behind them.

Tan Cheng was a bit shy, walking forward silently with her head down.

Seeing his boss finish class, Shan Mao immediately followed from a distance.

"What shall we go eat?" Chen Xiao asked.

"Hmm... there's a Western restaurant on the commercial street. Let's go there."

Chen Xiao was more accustomed to Chinese food, but since it was Tan Cheng's first time treating him, it wouldn't be right to be too picky.

"Alright, I'll listen to you."

Second floor of the Western restaurant on the commercial street.

Very few people dined here; apart from some students from the International Exchange College, there were only a few scattered tables of guests.

Chen Xiao and Tan Cheng found a secluded corner and sat down.

They ordered some food and chatted while they ate.

"Chen Xiao, last night you..."

Tan Cheng had wanted to ask if he had asked his friends to help her out of the predicament.

Chen Xiao pretended not to know anything. "Oh, last night? I had a few friends come to watch the concert, and I was accompanying them."

"Oh." Tan Cheng asked again, "Do you have a lot of friends?"

Chen Xiao nodded. "Yeah, some bosses I met while working during the holidays. They wanted to come visit the school, so they asked me to accompany them."

Tan Cheng was stunned. "Oh, is that so..."

"Yeah, is there a problem?"

"Oh, no, no problem. Let's eat."

Chen Xiao didn't stand on ceremony and immediately started digging in.

He didn't know where this Western restaurant in the school got its ingredients, but it was different from what Chen Xiao ate outside.

But he got into character quickly; since he was a student, he wasn't that picky and ate with gusto.

"Tan Cheng? Why are you here?"

Liu Xing appeared from nowhere and directly demanded an answer.

Then he turned to look at Chen Xiao. "Who told you you could eat with her?"

"If you keep pestering Tan Cheng, believe it or not, I'll smack you?"

Chen Xiao sat up straight unhurriedly, took a napkin to wipe his mouth, and glanced at Shan Mao in the distance. He immediately understood.

Liu Xing slapped his hand on Chen Xiao's shoulder. "Didn't I tell you I wasn't talking to you? Are you fucking deaf?"

"Hey, buddy." Shan Mao came up to them and said.

Liu Xing was stunned. "Who's your buddy? Who are you?"

Shan Mao was expressionless. "Come outside with me for a moment."

Liu Xing let go of Chen Xiao and looked at Shan Mao arrogantly. "Who the fuck do you think you are... Ah, ah, ah, it hurts..."

Just as he was about to curse, his shoulder blade was tightly gripped by Shan Mao's fingers.

"I said come outside with me. Did you understand?"

"Okay, okay, okay, let go first."

Shan Mao couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense and dragged Liu Xing away, still gripping his shoulder blade.

Tan Cheng slowly stood up, looking worried. "Who, who is he? Is Liu Xing okay?"

Chen Xiao continued eating. "I don't know. Who knows who he offended."

"Oh my, you're all classmates, how can you still eat?"

Chen Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Why shouldn't I be able to eat? I'm eating quite happily."

"You..."

Tan Cheng stamped her foot and chased after them herself.

Chen Xiao didn't care and continued eating his food.

Downstairs at the Western restaurant, Tan Cheng, who had rushed out, ran into the battered and bruised Liu Xing and asked hurriedly, "Liu Xing, are you okay?"

Liu Xing had just been beaten up and was full of anger with nowhere to vent, so he roared.

"Who told you to eat with him? It's all because of you!"

Tan Cheng felt a bit aggrieved. "I, I just..."

She had originally thought Chen Xiao had some connections, but she didn't expect to get the answer that he was just an attendant to bosses. At this moment, the scales in her heart began to slowly tip back toward Liu Xing's side.

Liu Xing suppressed his anger and tried his best to feign an indifferent attitude.

"Alright, I took a lot of punches, but the other guy didn't fare much better. I suspect he's in cahoots with Chen Xiao."

"Huh? Really?" Tan Cheng said.

"Hmph, whether it's true or not, I've remembered the name Chen Xiao. Don't worry, he won't pass a single one of his general courses!"

Tan Cheng was stunned. Liu Xing's background in the school made her feel he was incredibly powerful.

By comparison, Chen Xiao, who only knew some bosses from working, was a little weaker.

"There's, there's no need for that, right?"

"Hmph!"

Liu Xing snorted coldly and turned to leave.

He felt that if he didn't go to the hospital, he might end up disfigured.

Tan Cheng sighed and returned to the second floor. Chen Xiao had already finished eating and was sitting in his seat drinking juice.

Seeing her return, Chen Xiao said, "I'm finished. Are you still going to eat?"

Tan Cheng said angrily, "I'm not eating."

Chen Xiao nodded. "Oh, then go pay the bill. Didn't you say you were treating me to a meal?"

Tan Cheng: "..."

She got up angrily and walked straight to the bar.