Moving On from the Tsundere, I Choose the Perfect Sweetheart

Chapter 195: Chapter 195: Five-Kernel Mooncake Stir-fried with Chili Peppers vs. Freshman Campus Belle Ranking

The days of military training were always so tedious and boring.

Every day was an endless repetition of the same movements.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, a week went by.

Gu Yifan and Su Qinghe gradually adapted to life at Jinling University.

Every day, the two of them followed the routine of attending military training, then returned to their small courtyard in the evening to cook dinner.

Their days were quite pleasant and leisurely.

It didn’t feel like university life at all; it was more like the married life of a newlywed couple.

One thing worth mentioning was that after about a week of military training, basically everyone had gotten a shade darker—with the exception of Gu Yifan and Su Qinghe.

Their appearances hadn’t changed at all; they were still at their peak.

Gu Yifan couldn’t help but feel thankful for his insistence on buying sunscreen for Su Qinghe. ’Otherwise, my fair and delicate Qinghe would probably have become a tanned Qinghe!’

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「August 30th, 12:30 PM.」

Su Qinghe had been dragged out by Bao Baijie and the others to eat some duck blood vermicelli soup off-campus.

Gu Yifan didn’t have any objections. In fact, he thought it was a good thing, since Su Qinghe also needed her own friends.

This way, at least she wouldn’t be all alone like before.

Even though he was with her every day, he was her boyfriend. A boyfriend’s company was different from a friend’s.

Without Su Qinghe around, Gu Yifan naturally had lunch with the three perpetual bachelors: Peng Shaoqiang, Wang Shouyi, and He Dongdong.

In the school cafeteria, Gu Yifan grimaced as he forced down the indescribable ”dark cuisine,” which tasted like wax.

’When it comes to dark cuisine, nothing beats a university cafeteria!’

’Fuck!’

’Orange stir-fried with pork belly? What in God’s name is this supposed to be?!’

’Could a human being even come up with this?!’

’The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up. Are they going to serve bizarre concoctions like stir-fried five-nut mooncakes with chili peppers, just like in my past life?!’

Gu Yifan complained silently as he ate.

”Holy shit!!”

The sudden shout made Gu Yifan jump!

He turned his head and saw Peng Shaoqiang suddenly shoot up from his seat, clutching his phone.

Wang Shouyi, He Dongdong, and the other people eating nearby were all startled!

”Er...”

Just then, Peng Shaoqiang snapped out of it.

Seeing countless pairs of eyes staring at him, even someone as thick-skinned as him couldn’t help but blush. He quickly said in embarrassment, ”Sorry, sorry. I got a little excited. Please, carry on, keep eating, hehehe...”

Gu Yifan and the others were left speechless by his outburst.

Seeing this, the people around them all looked away and went back to their meals.

”Yo, Peng Sao, what’s all the ruckus? Your cat give birth or something?”

Wang Shouyi glanced at him, a look of disdain on his face.

”Yeah, Brother Peng, what happened to ’staying calm and kissing hard’?”

He Dongdong, who was beside them, pushed up the black-framed glasses on his nose and said calmly.

”Er...”

Getting mocked by both He Dongdong and Wang Shouyi, Peng Shaoqiang couldn’t help but roll his eyes and retort indignantly, ”Bros, just log into the school forum and take a look!”

”If you can still be this calm after seeing it, I’ll admit defeat, okay?!” Peng Shaoqiang said, a mysterious look on his face.

”The school forum?”

”What’s the big deal? Acting all mysterious,” Wang Shouyi said dismissively.

”With all this fuss he’s making, I’ve got to see what could shock our Young Master Peng so much!”

He Dongdong chimed in.

As they spoke, the two of them pulled out their phones and logged into the Jinling University school forum.

Meanwhile, Gu Yifan remained calm, continuing to eat his meal nonchalantly and occasionally replying to Su Qinghe’s messages.

”HOLY SHIT!!!”

Less than a minute later, Gu Yifan heard both ”Young Master Bi” Wang Shouyi and He Dongdong shout in unison.

”Tch~”

”You were just calling me out for making a big deal out of nothing, and now you two are no better!”

Peng Shaoqiang glanced at the two of them, his face full of disdain.

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He Dongdong and Wang Shouyi looked at each other, their faces turning slightly red, their eyes filled with embarrassment.

Gu Yifan, however, looked at the three of them with a confused expression.

”Seriously!”

”What earth-shattering news has got all three of you so worked up?”

He frowned, feeling rather speechless.

”Er...”

The three of them exchanged an awkward glance, and Peng Shaoqiang began to explain, ”Old Fan, someone posted a ranking of the freshman campus belles of Jinling University on the forum! Damn it, those bastards are really fast!”

”Yeah, Brother Fan, come take a look!”

”I think I saw Sister-in-law Qinghe on the list!!”

Wang Shouyi suddenly shouted.

”Hm?”

Hearing this, Gu Yifan froze for a second, his brow furrowing even tighter.

”Let me see.”

He thought for a moment before speaking, reaching out to take the phone Wang Shouyi handed him.

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Freshman Campus Belle Ranking!

Tenth Place: School of Physics — Chen Churan.

[Chen Churan: A Jinling local, former school belle of Jinling No. 18 Middle School.

Attractiveness: 88 points.

Personality: Proud and aloof, dislikes communicating with others, a logical beauty...

Notable facts: Had countless pursuers at Jinling No. 18 Middle School, but not a single one could win Chen Churan’s heart!

A rich second-generation kid once bought 999,999 roses for Chen Churan and confessed his love to her in front of the whole class. Just as everyone was overcome with envy, she told the rich kid to study more math in his free time, saying she had just counted and the number of roses was wrong, and that he had been scammed...]

Ninth Place: School of Law — Bai Lu.

[Bai Lu: From the Capital City, former class belle of Class One, Grade Three at Beijing Experimental Middle School. Her family owns two siheyuan courtyard houses, making her a bona fide rich girl...

Personality: Strong-willed, loves to reason with people, an intellectual beauty...

Notable facts: In high school, when a female classmate was suffering from long-term domestic violence, she fought for justice for her friend and, with the classmate’s cooperation, successfully sent the girl’s parents to prison...]

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Gu Yifan gave it a quick scan; the rest of the entries were more or less the same.

He was left speechless.

’This stupid freshman campus belle ranking... not only did it have their names and attractiveness scores, it even dug up their backgrounds and personal stories...’

It even had a photo attached for every girl. Gu Yifan took a look and figured they were probably their student ID photos from registration.

’I wonder who leaked them,’ Gu Yifan thought.

”Tsk, tsk, tsk, gotta say, the girls on this campus belle list are seriously not bad looking!”

”Totally!”

”Just their ID photos make them look like fairies. Imagine how much more stunning they must be in person!”

”Gotta say, the guy who made this campus belle ranking has some seriously sharp eyes!”

”But!”

”If we’re talking impressive, Sister-in-law Qinghe is the most impressive!”

”Number one on the Jinling University Freshman Campus Belle Ranking! Brother Fan, you really hit the jackpot!”

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