Push Me Away When I Come, Don't Hold Me Back When I Leave - Chapter 128

Chapter 128: Crystal Palace? A Love Pentagon!

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Before Jiang Ruhua could answer her own doubts, she saw Xu Fengwu also walking in with her bag. Seeing that Jiang Ruhua had no intention of moving to make room, Xu Fengwu naturally sat down beside her.

Jiang Ruhua: “…”

For a moment, Jiang Ruhua felt like she was the one who didn’t belong.

She had already investigated and knew that Xu Fengwu was someone Xia Ruoming had secretly loved for a long time, while Chu Suhe was reportedly Xia Ruoming’s real “girlfriend,” and this Luo Qingxuan had appeared out of nowhere as a childhood friend who had publicly confessed to Xia Ruoming! Among all of them, she was the only one without any real connection.

After quietly downloading the Raspberry App, Jiang Ruhua felt even more frustrated because the first recommendation on her homepage was Ye Han. After clicking on that verified account, she discovered that Ye Han’s space was full of short videos about Xia Ruoming, and even had some photos together with Xia Ruoming that Xia Ruoming herself didn’t know when they were taken.

“Ruoming, I brought you breakfast, please eat some.” Xu Fengwu said while placing a plastic bag in front of Xia Ruoming. “I heard Ruoming has been training at the boxing gym in the mornings lately, so I specially made avocado beef sandwiches and chicken breast patties for Ruoming. I hope you’ll like them.”

Something felt off to Xia Ruoming no matter how she thought about it. Her past white moonlight had specially made breakfast for her, and not just something casual, she should have been very happy, but why did it feel strange?

She hadn’t told anyone that she was training at the boxing gym in the mornings. Even with Xiao Qinghan, she had only mentioned going out to exercise. How did Xu Fengwu know about this?

At that moment, Xia Ruoming felt a chill down her spine. Could Xu Fengwu be a yandere?

When opening the bag, Xia Ruoming discovered there were more foods inside besides what Xu Fengwu had mentioned, including whole wheat bread and French toast.

“Susu, I’m full, you should eat some too.” After simply eating a sandwich, Xia Ruoming directly passed the bag to Chu Suhe. She did this partly because she was always thinking of Chu Suhe, and partly because she didn’t want her relationship with Xu Fengwu to progress too far one-sidedly.

Xia Ruoming had originally planned to say ‘Don’t refuse, I know you only ate a little this morning,’ but she found that Chu Suhe actually obediently took the bag, picked up the whole wheat bread and milk inside and started eating, even saying “Thank you, classmate Xu”, completely different from the scene she had imagined.

Seeing the somewhat confused Xia Ruoming, Xu Fengwu turned away to secretly smile. She knew that to win back Xia Ruoming, she absolutely couldn’t let her relationship with Chu Suhe become strained. Moreover, after their previous interactions, she had actually begun to feel sorry for this frail girl. So during their week of interaction, she had also figured out Chu Suhe’s personality, that she would accept very inexpensive things. Therefore, she deliberately bought several boxes of that 24-yuan-per-large-box rye bread, casually mentioning how cheap the bread was, and giving it to Chu Suhe every day with whole milk.

Not to mention those daily necessities that were said to be “borrowed” by Chu Suhe, Xu Fengwu always emphasized that these were just loans that could be repaid after finding work.

Under this subtle care, Chu Suhe had actually developed quite a good impression of Xu Fengwu. Whenever someone came to harass Xu Fengwu, the extremely introverted Chu Suhe would always stand up for her.

When bringing breakfast for Xia Ruoming, she already knew that Xia Ruoming might choose to eat some but definitely wouldn’t eat it all, and that she would certainly “take care of” that girl Chu Suhe whom she liked, so Xu Fengwu had specially put Chu Suhe’s breakfast in Xia Ruoming’s bag.

It wasn’t that she was naturally so calculating, she just happened to have a good mother.

While eating, Chu Suhe chatted with Xia Ruoming, constantly bringing up how nice Xu Fengwu had been to her, making Xia Ruoming’s impression of Xu Fengwu improve somewhat. At the same time, Xia Ruoming also began to suspect, the past Xu Fengwu was never this kind of person. Could Xu Fengwu also be a reincarnator? Just with a different starting point than herself?

Thinking carefully, that didn’t seem right either… If Xu Fengwu really was a reincarnator, knowing how good Ye Han would be to her in the future, and how down and out she herself would become, how could she possibly try to win her back? It seems she had really become paranoid even after reincarnating.

Luo Qingxuan stared at Jiang Ruhua, while Jiang Ruhua would occasionally glance at Chu Suhe eating her bread. Everyone had their own thoughts, and the inexplicable hostility intertwined in the air, filled with a gunpowder-like atmosphere as time slowly passed.

Feeling the awkward atmosphere, Xia Ruoming’s heart began to beat faster. Why did it feel like… there was a sense of a love pentagon? Shouldn’t this kind of plot be a harmonious crystal palace in novels?

Soon after, a man in his 30s also walked into the classroom.

“Ahem… quiet please.” The man cleared his throat lightly, and the previously noisy classroom instantly fell silent. “Hello everyone, I am Chen Minghua, your counselor for your upcoming university life. We don’t need to be too formal with how we address each other, you can just call me by my name. If you feel I deserve your respect, calling me Teacher Chen would also be a good choice.”

“First, on behalf of Jiangzhe University and the Business Administration major, I welcome all new students. I hope I can spend a meaningful four years with all of you, and I hope each of you can freely pursue your dreams in the future.”

“Next, I will take attendance. When your name is called, please stand up so I can familiarize myself with your appearance. As for self-introductions, I think we can skip those, if you don’t want to speak, those below won’t want to listen either, am I right? Of course, if your desire to perform is too strong, you can also introduce yourself to your classmates, that’s no problem either.”

Chen Minghua’s words drew quite a few laughs from the students below, and the atmosphere instantly became more relaxed.

“Liu Qiang!” Chen Minghua’s voice rang out at the right moment.

“Present!” A 1.9-meter tall skinny male student stood up, but he clearly had no intention of introducing himself. As Chen Minghua had said, many people don’t like to introduce themselves, and many don’t like to listen to others’ self-introductions. Obviously, Liu Qiang was not the type to make things awkward for himself.

“Yang Yurong!”

“Present!” The called-upon female student also had no intention of going up to introduce herself, just responding from her seat.

“Xia Ruoming!”

“Present!”

When this name was called, everyone’s eyes turned toward the source of the voice. Many people were curious whether she was really this year’s top scorer in the college entrance examination, while another portion who had seen Xia Ruoming during the welcoming ceremony were amazed that she was in their class.

Under Chen Minghua’s admiring gaze, Xia Ruoming made her way through the path cleared by Xu Fengwu and Jiang Ruhua, walking toward the podium.