48. How can that Stinky Rival in Love have no shame and cling to me?
Lin Yibai was at the front.
Xia Changyu followed behind.
The former had a worried expression, looking very troubled, while the latter had an indescribable smile on his face, like someone who had just made his girlfriend angry.
But it was because of the Stinky Rival in Love.
Lin Yibai only had one grain pancake for dinner and was indeed hungry.
The two of them arrived at the night snack stall together. Lin Yibai specifically instructed, “Let me say this first! After we finish the night snack, we’ll go our separate ways—you go your narrow path, and I’ll take my sunny road, okay?”
Xia Changyu said, “Let’s eat first!”
If it were in the past, Xia Changyu thought he would have agreed!
But now, he didn’t know what was happening.
He suddenly wanted to thicken his skin.
They were having seafood noodles, and Lin Yibai instructed, “Hey, hey, hey… can you not order too much? One squid is enough! It’s expensive!”
“Haha.” Xia Changyu couldn’t help but chuckle.
Lin Yibai’s bowl looked quite economical, costing only about seventeen or eighteen yuan.
Xia Changyu casually added a few items and it came to twenty-seven or twenty-eight.
But soon he realized why Lin Yibai was being so frugal with that little amount of money and feeling distressed.
He saw that the girl, feeling distressed, took out her phone and was preparing to pay.
This surprised Xia Changyu.
“Wait a minute.” He quickly came in front of Lin Yibai, confused, and asked, “What are you doing?”
Lin Yibai replied, “Paying!”
Xia Changyu shook his head and asked again, “Are you saying you want to treat me, and pay for my part too?”
Lin Yibai clicked her tongue and said, “What you’re saying is a bit strange. Am I treating… and then you pay? This isn’t elementary school, what a joke?”
Lin Yibai rolled her eyes and didn’t want to talk to him anymore, damn it… things by the seaside are just expensive, and the Stinky Rival in Love ordered too much. With that money, he could already order five or six servings of dumplings in the school canteen with his good brothers from the dormitory, and they would be the large portions at that.
But he hadn’t seen it yet.
Xia Changyu hadn’t reacted from the shock.
Because of his girlfriend, Xia Changyu paused and said, “When did it become a normal thing for Gu Xiaoxue to treat but for me to pay?”
This was too scary.
He almost got tamed by such a girlfriend!
And this just further proved how unusual his girlfriend Gu Xiaoxue was, strengthening his resolve to break up when he went back.
After the seafood noodles were served.
Lin Yibai quietly ate, wanting to finish quickly and part ways with the Stinky Rival in Love.
Unknowingly, she seemed to have done nothing, but silently gained a lot from the Stinky Rival in Love Xia Changyu, who now didn’t want to part ways so soon.
“I need to find an excuse to stay longer.”
“Even if it means sacrificing this old face, I have to think of a way to stay with her a bit longer.”
“…”
He opened his dormitory group chat.
He found that some brothers hadn’t gone to sleep yet.
Even though he was in a relationship and was about to break up, Xia Changyu felt like a rookie and asked in the group, “@All members, brothers, it’s already past one in the morning, what can I do to keep a girl here with me? Urgently waiting online!”
It was the May Day holiday, and Xia Changyu’s roommates weren’t going to sleep that early.
Seeing his message, everyone chimed in:
“@Xia Changyu, are you crazy, or am I crazy? It’s already past one in the morning, and you don’t let the girl go back to rest?”
“@Xia Changyu, is that Gu Xiaoxue really that good?”
After a moment of contemplation, Xia Changyu explained, “@Yang Zhangwang, it’s not Gu Xiaoxue!”
“Holy shit, holy shit!?”
“Changyu, you’re in love with someone else! I thought a person like you shouldn’t be like that!”
“I can’t understand this!”
Can’t understand? Xia Changyu told his good brothers what happened today.
Before long, the group was buzzing with excitement.
To be honest, as long as you’re not a turtle guy, normal guys wouldn’t find a girl like Gu Xiaoxue likable, right?
They even immediately started exposing dirt:
“@Xia Changyu, thankfully you woke up early. I’ve felt that girls like Gu Xiaoxue are simply brain-dead, I just didn’t want to say it out loud for your sake.”
“@Xia Changyu, don’t mention it; since you started dating, the brothers only see you treating her to big meals every day, but haven’t seen her even bring you a bowl of five-yuan sliced meat at the school gate!”
“@Xia Changyu, do you remember last time? You were so busy that you almost stayed up all night and didn’t sleep, yet Gu Xiaoxue not only didn’t understand but also got angry with you. I felt she was brain-dead then.”
“@Xia Changyu, especially her roommates, are really bizarre. Last time I met them at the school gate, they even asked me to treat them, reasoning that I was your roommate, and asked me to help them move things. I didn’t want to bother with them at all.”
“…”
Xia Changyu was completely stunned.
He didn’t expect his brothers to have such strong opinions about Gu Xiaoxue’s entire dormitory?
These were brothers who had lived together for three years.
Xia Changyu understood their character; they would never unjustly accuse someone or stir up trouble without reason.
This might just be the so-called “everyone pushes the wall that has fallen!”
They didn’t have any major issues, and if it weren’t for something that made everyone resentful, who would want to say these things?
In reality,
Lin Yibai had already picked up her noodle soup and started drinking.
Xia Changyu became increasingly anxious and quickly asked, “Brothers, stop that for now. That girl who saved my life today is drinking soup; she’ll leave soon. Help me think of a way!”
“@Xia Changyu, follow her.”
“@Xia Changyu, go for it!”
“@Xia Changyu, Yu Ge, go for it!”
“Where’s the plan?” Not knowing if it was the heat at the seaside or if Xia Changyu was really anxious, he urged, “Give me the details quickly; when I get back, I’ll thank your ancestors for eight generations.”
“Yu Ge, if all else fails, you should at least send her back to the inn!”
“Send her back? That’s foolish!”
“If you don’t send her back, then what can you do?”
“Anyway, it’s best if you don’t send her back. As for the specific plan, Xiao Yu, you figure it out!”
“Brothers can only help you to this point.”
“Going to sleep (¦3[▓▓] good night.”
Hey hey hey, brothers, are you going to sleep just like that?
Xia Changyu stared at the messages in his phone, unable to help but widen his eyes, and Lin Yibai had already taken out a tissue to wipe her mouth and was about to leave.
“Leaving!”
Lin Yibai waved her hand.
Today was truly a loss, but thankfully, she could finally break free from that Stinky Rival in Love who had just cost her twenty-seven or eight yuan for a night snack.
But then something unfortunate happened.
That Stinky Rival in Love wouldn’t give up.
How did he cling to me again?
