Chapter 88: Chapter 84 Only a pervert would have an appetite for a piece of cloth!
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After a month apart, An Nuannuan seemed to be in a slightly better state of mind.
A delicate and pretty face was propped against the car window as she eagerly looked up at the candied haw that Xu Musen held in his hand.
The close-up view of her exquisite cheeks, her big eyes fluttering like a little cat waiting to be fed.
"Nuannuan, have you lost weight?"
Xu Musen looked at her fair little face, remembering it was a bit plump when he saw her a month ago, but now there was no hint of baby fat left.
She had lost some cuteness, but had gained a young college girl's sense of youthful delicacy.
"Aunt Xiang and Grandma wouldn't let me eat, so I got hungry and lost weight,"
An Nuannuan said, sounding pitiful.
The Aunt Xiang sitting in the front couldn't help but laugh and cry, "Nuannuan, what the family didn't let you eat were all those greasy foods; it sounds like we're abusing you when you say it like that."
Xu Musen couldn't help but laugh as well.
No wonder she wanted him to buy her a candied haw; she probably craved it badly during the last month in the hospital.
"Aunt Xiang, how about we treat this candied haw as a reward for Nuannuan starting school?"
Xu Musen pleaded on her behalf.
Aunt Xiang smiled helplessly. No wonder these two got along so well.
One willing to eat, the other glad to feed.
"Nuannuan's leg is much better now; her diet doesn't have to be so restricted anymore, but still, we can't let her eat too much."
As Aunt Xiang spoke, she turned to address Nuannuan, who had already started licking the rock candy haw: "You too should learn to get along with friends properly in college and not always trouble others, got it?"
An Nuannuan paused her licking and looked up at Xu Musen, nodding seriously, "Mm-hmm, don't worry, I'll only trouble Xu Musen."
"..."
Was Xu Musen supposed to be happy with this comment, or feel like he'd signed up to be a sucker?
Aunt Xiang pursed her lips with a slight smile and then said to Xu Musen, "Then I'll trouble you to accompany Nuannuan to registration, while I talk to the school leaders about some matters."
"No problem."
Xu Musen nodded.
Aunt Xiang took the wheelchair out of the car. Although An Nuannuan could already stand and walk a few steps with difficulty,
recovery always required time to rest, so for now, a wheelchair was necessary.
After helping Nuannuan into the wheelchair, Aunt Xiang patted her head: "Now that you're in university, you're an adult. You must learn to get on well with your roommates, understand?"
The family had originally considered buying a house near the school for An Nuannuan, with someone to take care of her.
But the old lady thought that Nuannuan had to learn to be independent at some point.
The university is a microcosm of society, and dorm life is the NPC "starting village" where you learn to manage interpersonal relationships.
Plus, her leg was slowly getting better.
So they arranged for An Nuannuan to stay in the school dormitory.
"Mm-hmm," An Nuannuan nodded obediently.
Aunt Xiang turned to Xu Musen: "I'm troubling you with this."
"It's only right."
Xu Musen pushed Nuannuan along with a smile, heading towards the school entrance.
Aunt Xiang stood at the school gate, watching their retreating figures, Xu Musen feeding her with a smile, Nuannuan happily licking her rock candy haw.
An Nuannuan, due to various reasons, was somewhat out of sync with the usual thinking and living of normal people. The family had always tried to help her gradually adapt to the lifestyle of the ordinary people.
But Nuannuan had never really had any girl friends; on the contrary, she got along particularly well with this young boy.
Aunt Xiang watched the two, one willing to spoil as if a person drenched by rain always wishes to provide an umbrella for others.
The other, very much enjoying the feeling of being close and cozy with someone.
She's been worried whether this boy might harbor some odd thoughts towards Nuannuan.
But observing him for quite some time, this young man seemed a bit daring in his ways, but not excessively so.
And he was still essentially kind-hearted, initially thinking that Nuannuan's family was in trouble, he even considered finding her a part-time job.
It's clear he truly cares a lot about Nuannuan.
And Nuannuan? Before, there was no lack of boys wanting to get close to her, but An Nuannuan had always treated them as if they were air.
After a few days, those boys would leave, no longer willing to be ignored.
Only this boy named Xu Musen, it seemed Nuannuan had never resisted him from the start, but rather, paid him special attention.
"Xu Musen..."
Aunt Xiang muttered the name, suddenly feeling a familiarity that felt very ancient, yet she couldn't recall where it was from.
No matter, having a boy as a friend is good, so that she learns to manage relationships between the sexes correctly. Hopefully, Nuannuan will make more friends in university.
At this moment, Xu Musen, pushing Nuannuan, had entered the school gate.
"Xu Musen, you should eat some too,"
An Nuannuan offered the candied haw to Xu Musen.
"You licked off all the candy shell upfront; you just don't want to eat the hawthorn, right?" Xu Musen exposed her little motive directly.
"That's not true..."
An Nuannuan shyly diverted her eyes: "Xu Musen, you're really good to me."
"Praising me won't work; Aunt Xiang said, it's about balanced nutrition,"
"Oh..."
An Nuannuan felt a bit disappointed but bit into the hawthorn anyway and began eating. This time, the hawthorn wasn't so sour, and having not eaten these things for a long time, she began eating with bright eyes.
At this moment, the boy holding roses was staring at them, agape, especially at the delighted Nuannuan eating her candied haw.
How could a girl be so beautiful?
And to top it off, a rich girl who attends school in a Rolls-Royce!
That's a Rolls-Royce!
Although Hu Hai is no stranger to wealthy people, how many can ride in a Rolls-Royce?
His gaze shifted to Xu Musen, and his mouth dried up.
"My person has arrived, and I wish you success with your confession."
Xu Musen patted his shoulder with a beaming smile, "Go for it, I'm rooting for you!"
After saying that, Xu Musen pushed An Nuannuan away first.
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Man, relying on the aura of a wealthy woman to show off really feels quite exhilarating.
And this guy's face turns fiery hot, just when he himself was blabbering to others about how to do things.
A skewer of candied haws was all it took to abduct the young heiress sitting in a Rolls-Royce.
He looked down at the flowers and various gifts he had meticulously prepared, feeling an unbearable sourness in his heart.
At that moment, another girl walked over, and the boy immediately perked up, holding the roses as he approached her.
"Chen Yanran, long time no see."
The boy tried to mimic Musen's tone just now, and suddenly he felt an immense depth of sentiment.
But when the girl looked at the roses in his hands, she just rolled her eyes, "Are you being old-fashioned or what? It's this day and age, and you're still using flowers for a confession? My bestie's boyfriend made her a bouquet of roses out of banknotes when he confessed to her."
The boy's face stiffened, but then he spoke up again, "Actually, there's also a gift I prepared for you inside…"
"Oh, really?"
The girl finally showed interest, took out the gift box from among the roses, but her face fell again after opening it, "I've already told you, I only use YSL for lipstick and sunscreen. What is up with this cheap stuff, do you want me to break out again?"
Nonchalantly, the girl tossed the items back to him, missing her aim and dropping them onto the ground. Her picky tone drew the attention of those around them, and the boy felt his face burning.
Looking at the girl in front of him, he suddenly felt a sense of unfamiliarity after a month of not seeing her, and this face, compared to that girl who just got out of the Rolls-Royce, it was miles apart.
His own sense of injustice started to bubble up inside, "These were also carefully prepared by me, how can you be like this…"
"What did I say that's incorrect? My bestie's boyfriend even gave her a Chanel bag as a back-to-school gift. My bestie said, a guy who's willing to buy you a bag is not necessarily a good man, but a guy who's reluctant even to get you a bag is definitely not a good man. And she's not even as pretty as me, so why should I accept you?"
This girl was indeed very materialistic, and the burning stares from around them made the boy lose face even more.
He was reminded once again of the girl who had descended from the Rolls-Royce.
If we're really talking about looks, isn't she ten thousand times prettier than you?
And she was overjoyed with just a candied haw, isn't she ten thousand times wealthier than you?
Looking at the girl before him, he suddenly felt a mix of strangeness and coldness, and increasingly aggrieved!
"What do you mean? Will you only be happy if I buy you a bag?"
"What I care about isn't the bag, but your attitude. Oh right, Chanel recently released a new lambskin design. Just buy that for me, and I'll…"
"I should've bought you a damn mirror earlier!"
The boy then threw the roses directly into the trash can, seeing clearly the person in front of him, "Talking about lambskin, I think you're the lambskin. Take it or leave it, I'm not serving you anymore!"
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The lively noise made Musen and Nuannuan, who hadn't gone far, couldn't help but turn back for a look.
Musen shook his head, see, a bootlicker in the end is left with nothing. But at least he cut his losses in time.
Nuannuan, on the other hand, silently watched for a while, then turned to look at Musen, "He's kind of like you were before."
"..."
Musen nearly lost his composure.
Back when he was in the thick of it himself, he never found such situations to be this socially mortifying. Now, as an observer, it felt embarrassingly cringeworthy.
"Nuannuan, let's forget about this incident in the future."
"Oh…"
Musen then led Nuannuan to the registration area to sign in.
"Ah, so you're Nuannuan."
A female student in charge of welcoming the newbies at the signing area looked at Nuannuan in surprise.
"Do you know each other?"
Musen looked at Nuannuan's dumbfounded expression.
"Nuannuan and I are in the same dorm, we were just saying that she hasn't shown up for registration yet."
The girl talked with a smile, her gaze shifting between Nuannuan and Musen, curiously asking, "You guys are?"
"Friends, the very best kind," Nuannuan blurted out.
Instantly, the girl put on a knowing look.
She had just noticed that Nuannuan was in a wheelchair.
Then she took another look at Musen trailing behind her.
So tall, so handsome! And his smile so warm.
With a meaningful smile, she said, "I see, this is the key to our dorm room, let's talk more when we meet back at the dorm tonight!"
The girl was rather enthusiastic, taking out the dorm key and handing it to Nuannuan.
Their dorm was quite unique.
The dorms for art students had better conditions, after all, their tuition is much more expensive than the average major.
Musen pushed Nuannuan to the dorm building of the art department.
Seeing the girls coming and going, he was reminded that this building also housed students learning music and dance.
The girls studying these subjects, whether in terms of figure or temperament, were not to be outdone.
And they dressed rather boldly, each one in black, white, or fishnet stockings, along with various mini-skirts and denim shorts.
The sight of their fair, dazzling thighs was mesmerizing, and outside the dorm windows, all sorts of astonishing little pieces of fabric fluttered in the wind.
They were like banners that young men in their puberty could hardly resist.
Now, since it's still during the start of the semester, parents were allowed into the girls' dormitories.
"Nuannuan, should I take you into the dorm to have a look first?"
Aunt Xiang probably won't be back for a while, and it's so hot outside.
How could Musen bear to let Nuannuan keep roasting outside?
Definitely not because he wanted to check out the girls' dorm, absolutely not!
Nuannuan blinked her eyes and turned to gaze at Musen's cheeks.
"Musen."
"Hmm?"
"Did you see something delicious? You're practically drooling."
"..."
Musen's gaze silently withdrew.
Only a pervert would crave those pieces of fabric, right!