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Chapter 797: Chapter 334: Horserace Enclosure_2
Su Huai walked up and, as if by some telepathic connection, she suddenly turned her head.
The moment she saw Gou Dongxi, her face broke into a radiant smile.
"How come you’ve just returned? How did the exam go?"
The first half of the sentence was completely trivial; in fact, the second half was too. When had she ever cared about grades?
Su Huai knew the score and counter-asked, "When are you going back?"
"I haven’t booked a ticket yet. Aren’t I waiting for you?"
Chen Nuanhan’s attitude was extremely natural, and Su Huai could not see the slightest hint of ambiguity in her demeanor and expression.
Okay, playing that game, are we? Then bring it on.
"Don’t wait for me. I’ve got to go on a business trip. We need to pick a location for the new branch, and it must be settled before the New Year so that we can officially open afterwards."
The excuse was crystal clear. Let’s see what trick you have up your sleeve now!
Su Huai felt he had handled it with great tact, but Chen Nuanhan was no longer the naive girl of the past, directly adopting the "you do yours, I’ll do mine" strategy.
"Oh—serious business indeed needs attention. Do you have anything you need me to take back for you? I can deliver it."
"Nothing; I’ll take it back myself when I go. Why would I bother you?"
"It’s no bother at all. Auntie was asking about you, and I promised to visit her when I go back. Isn’t that a convenient thing to do?"
Chen Nuanhan tilted her head, her smile bright as a flower, staring straight at Su Huai without any hint of shyness, striking the confident pose typical of a Northeasterner.
But it stunned Su Huai for a moment.
"You two chat a lot?"
"Well, there’s nothing else to do, is there? Auntie wants to talk to you, but you don’t have the time to bother with her—"
"She spends her days either grabbing eggs at the church or mooching rice off tour guides, living a fulfilling life. She doesn’t take the initiative to send me a message even once a month. What’s there to talk about? But you, what do you guys talk about?"
"Oh, so much."
Chen Nuanhan started counting on her fingers: "A couple of days ago she asked me who Wu Yifan was. In the midst of our conversation, she mentioned she likes Tang Guoqiang. Then another time, she forwarded me a ’couples should tolerate each other’ slogan, complained about Uncle for half an hour, and so on—"
"Stop, stop, stop. Enough!"
Su Huai looked incredulous and fixed her with a stare: "Do you and your mom even chat that lively?"
"Of course we do! We have to chat a bit every day, right? Don’t think I’m deliberately trying to butter up Auntie; it’s your mom who really likes me, get it?!"
Chen Nuanhan proudly raised her chin, looking down her nose at Su Huai, her eyes brimming with triumph.
But Su Huai, unfortunately, had no comeback to that.
Chen Nuanhan was a natural when it came to emotions. Even though she could only utilize a tenth of her real strength through the screen, it was more than enough to pamper Miss Hong Juan.
Sigh!
Su Huai silently sighed. His own mother was a letdown, always dragging him down. Who could he blame for that?
"Got it, got it. You’re my mom’s Little Cotton-padded Jacket, she’s closer to you than me..."
"Hmm-hmm—right!"
Gou Huai suddenly smirked with mischief: "That’s perfect, since I can’t go back for a while, you can accompany her on the egg raids. And by the way, explain to her that her son has latched onto a wealthy woman and is out there striving hard—"
"Dang!"
Before she could finish, Chen Nuanhan was infuriated and kicked out: "Are you a dog?!"
"Hey, you really have no decency now."
Su Huai dusted the dirt off his leg, complaining: "I still think you were cuter when you were carrying the Goddess’s burden. What’s happening now? Can’t get me, so you just let loose?"
This guy was truly cruel, knowing exactly what to say to needle Chen, aiming precisely for her sensitive spot.
"I really don’t want to deal with you!"
Chen Nuanhan turned and walked away, clearly upset, raising her voice—perhaps deliberately, perhaps not: "Being friends with you really is the pits, friendship over!"
Su Huai didn’t go after her. It wasn’t worth it.
A few classmates from the same faculty who passed by gave him a thumbs up: Huai, you’re the man!
A familiar face came up close and quietly asked, "Bro, how did you do it? Even with everything like this, Goddess Nuan Nuan still sticks by you..."
Su Huai glanced at him sideways: "How can you tell she’s not leaving my side?"
"Is that even something you need to see? You can smell it from eight hundred meters away!"
"Then you definitely smelled wrong." Su Huai was sincerely earnest, "We’re really just friends..."
"Ah yes, yes, yes!" The guy snickered sleazily, "You and Goddess Gu, Pei, Senior Sister Hu, Minister Qiu—you’re also just friends with them, huh~~~"
"Damn, I’ve got that many rumors?!"
"What else did you think?"
The guy suddenly got angry, bitterly saying: "If it wasn’t for those dumbasses on BBS not allowing us to talk about it, we would’ve already come up with a ranking for your harem, damn it. Mention it once, delete it once, it’s so infuriating, I’ve thought about taking them down..."
Su Huai internally broke out in a sweat for Sao Ji, then decided to give him a raise next semester.
Without an admin cleaning up behind the scenes, just what would the school’s discussions about the guys turn into?
"Quit bullshitting." Huai addressed the matter seriously, "I’m just friends with them. Career first, what’s the point in pursuing relationships? Think about it, okay? I’m off, see you next year!"
Gou Huai hastened off as fast as he could, and the first thing he did after entering the dorm was to ask Xia Yu, "Son, has Godfather been too high-profile recently?"
Xia Yu was taken aback: "In what way?"
"Women, what’s with all these rumors about me at school?"
Sao Ji suddenly popped his head out from the bed: "That’s not just high-profile; that’s outrageously high-profile! Do you know how many times I have to delete posts about you a day? 800 to 1000!"
Xia Yu finally realized, chuckling: "Bro, you think it’s all calm on the surface, nothing much happening on the forums, but actually, there’s always gossip about you in various groups. The last time, I saw the dance academy discussing whether it was you or the senior who did the seducing..."
