Chapter 28 Let's Still Be Friends

  As he walked out of the restaurant, a gentle breeze with a hint of chill blew softly, and Chen Chufan felt a wave of relaxation wash over him. It seemed that after what had happened in the restaurant, he had truly cast aside all his past worries and could now start anew, as if reborn.

  Entering the campus, Chen Chufan was going to send two girls back to their dormitory. Fortunately, to get to the music department's female dormitory, they had to pass by Chen Chufan and his male dormitory first. So when they arrived at the dormitory building, Yang Tao and Meng Wei tactfully said goodbye and went upstairs on their own, leaving only Chen Chufan to escort the two beauties for the next part of the journey.

  All the way, Han Xiaoxi kept talking about her feelings in the restaurant just now. Chen Chufan smiled and occasionally answered one or two of Han Xiaoxi's questions. Ye Siying walked quietly beside them, listening, rarely interrupting, unless she was asked by Han Xiaoxi, then she would comment on one or two sentences.

  The school lights out at eleven o'clock, and around ten o'clock, the dormitory area downstairs is just lively. Although she had just entered the school gate, Han Xiaohui withdrew her small hand that was wrapped around Chen Chufan's arm, but the shadows of two campus flowers following Chen Chufan still attracted many people's attention. Especially as they approached the music department's dormitory, more and more people recognized Ye Siying and Han Xiaohui, and occasionally there were accidental encounters with male and female classmates who greeted the two beauties beside Chen Chufan, looking at him with eyes of doubt, admiration, or jealousy.

  Of course, most of the suspicious eyes are girls', while the envious and jealous eyes are mostly boys'.

  If it were in the past, Chen Chufan would probably feel unnatural and even awkward under various gazes. However, today Chen Chufan remained expressionless, calm and composed, answering Han Xiaoxi's occasional strange questions with a peaceful tone.

  Finally arrived at the bottom of the music department girls' dormitory, after saying goodbye to the two people, Chen Chufan was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Ye Siying's words.

  "Chen Chufan, wait here for a moment, I'll go up and get some books you want, and come down right away to give them to you!" After finishing speaking, Ye Siying followed Han Xiaoxi into the girls' dormitory door and disappeared from Chen Chufan's sight.

  The girls' dormitory of the music department is not a separate building, but a courtyard with two buildings inside, facing each other. Of course, it's not just the girls from the music department who live here, all the girls from the entire Music and Dance Academy live here.

  Generally, boys are not allowed to enter the courtyard and can only wait outside. However, the outside of the courtyard is a major road within the school, bustling with people coming and going. It's unclear whether the school did this on purpose, but right in front of the gate, they erected a streetlight that shines brightly on the entrance of the girls' dormitory, making it impossible to hide.

  At this time, however, it just so happened that there were no boys waiting under the girls' dormitory building, so Chen Chufan's figure standing at the gate of the courtyard was a bit eye-catching. Just as Chen Chufan realized this and was about to walk to the back of the tree a little further away from the gate to wait for Ye Siyu, a boy also came to the gate of the girls' dormitory and stopped in his tracks, obviously also waiting for someone.

  "Hey, are you waiting for someone too?" This guy was quite forward and started chatting with Chen Chufan as soon as he saw him standing alone at the gate.

  Perhaps it was because he was used to being with Yang Tao, Chen Chufan didn't mind someone striking up a conversation and instead felt an inexplicable sense of closeness, so he smiled and nodded, also stopping the footsteps that were about to turn around and walk behind the tree.

  "Ugh, girls who study art are always a hassle, they never show up on time." The newcomer complained as he saw Chen Chufan waiting for someone here too. Looks like he's also a frequent waiter.

  "Then you can come later! You won't have to wait that long!" Chen Chufan helped him come up with a plan.

  "You think it's that simple? If you came late, she would have arrived on time. Then you'd be in trouble! What do you mean you don't care about her?! What kind of date can be late and still expect to get away with it?! You're already here, so let me teach you a lesson. You can't even talk back, if you retort a few times, she might not speak to you for days, and then you'll have to apologize and coax her again. What's the point of that? So, all you can do is wait and don't complain. When girls are late, it's called elegance and reserve, but when boys are late, it's a heinous crime." The boy began to lecture Chen Chufan with an air of experience.

  "Which department is your brother in?" The boy asked again.

  "I'm from the History Department!" Chen Chufan replied honestly.

  "What about your girlfriend? Is she studying music or dance?" the boy asked.

  "Music Department!" Chen Chufan simply replied.

  "Haha, history and music majors are a perfect match! Put them together and you get classical music!" The boy chuckled and teased.

  Chen Chufan couldn't help but admire the boy's imagination, so he added: "Actually, if you put it that way, history and dance majors are quite a match too. Isn't classical dance also about ancient times? Looks like choosing to study history wasn't wrong after all!"

  "Haha, didn't expect you to be so funny too! By the way, my girlfriend is also from the music department, what year is your girlfriend in?" The boy saw that Chen Chufan was quite cooperative and unknowingly became enthusiastic, and continued to ask.

  "Second grade!" The boy's words made Chen Chufan laugh and cry at the same time.

  "Haha, brother, I've got some good news for you, you're finally part of the crew! My girlfriend is also a sophomore in the music department. By the way, I'm basically familiar with all the sophomore girls in the music department. You might not know this, but there are two campus beauties in the sophomore class, one named Ye Siying and the other Han Xiaoxi, and I'm pretty close to both of them! They even call me 'Xiao Ge' when they see me!" The guy who called himself Xiao Ge said with a proud face.

  "Huh?" Chen Chufan was at a loss for words, completely unsure of how to respond. Was he supposed to say that the two school flowers were his girlfriends? That would be too high-profile, right?

  "What? You still don't believe me?" Chen Chufan's reaction made Xiao Ge mistakenly think that he didn't trust his words, and he became a bit anxious.

  "I didn't mean to distrust you, I just wanted to say what a coincidence it is that the Ye Siying and Han Xiaoxi you mentioned are also quite familiar to me!" Chen Chufan hastily explained.

  "Brother, it's not good to brag! Look, you've blown the cow into the sky. In the future, the braised beef in the school cafeteria will have to be replaced with pork!" Xiao Ge said with a serious tone, as if being able to recognize the school flower was an honor worth boasting about.

  Chen Chufan couldn't help but laugh and cry, was he just bragging by saying he was familiar with the two of them? Fortunately, he didn't say that he had a date with the two school flowers today, or else he would have been despised to death by Xiao Ge in front of him!

  "I'm not bragging, I really know them!" Chen Chufan could only weakly explain.

  "Then which dormitory are they in?" Xiao Ge immediately asked back.

  "Huh? I haven't even asked that yet! Thanks for reminding me, I'll have to ask later!" Chen Chufan suddenly realized that his boyfriend was indeed quite incompetent, and they had both forgotten to ask which dormitory they were in.

  But Xiao Ge didn't seem surprised at all, and instead looked at Chen Chufan with a sarcastic gaze, "Go ahead, keep bragging, are you going to say that the one you've been waiting for is one of the two school flowers?"

  "What if it's true?" Chen Chufan felt a chill under Xiao Ge Rui Li's gaze.

  "Haha, brother is really quite amusing, if it's true, I'll climb to the top of Minda's octagonal building and jump down, if I'm lucky enough not to die, I'll strongly climb up again and jump once more! Honestly, my girlfriend just happens to be in the same dorm as those two school flowers. Whether they have boyfriends or not, I still don't know? By the way, guys who want to chase after the two school flowers can line up from here all the way to the central square, do you think you'll even get a chance?! Xiao Ge first had a serious face while saying this, but afterwards, his mouth corner revealed a smile, as if exposing Chen Chufan's bragging truth, feeling quite pleased with himself."

  "Octagonal pavilion top ah, you go up and play airplane is okay, jump down is done, that's quite high!" Chen Chufan cried and laughed to intercept a sentence.

  "Wow, Brother's lines are all out. You're still quite trendy! But a real man can't be ambiguous, if you say jump, you must jump." Xiao Ge emphasized again, not catching Chen Chufan's mood.

  Xiao Ge's voice had just fallen when Ye Siying appeared at the gate of the girls' dormitory with several books in her hands.

  "Xiao Ge, where's Xiao Mei?" Ye Siying walked up to the two of them and greeted Xiao Ge.

  "Uh, yeah!" Xiao Ge's voice was a bit dazed and trembling, as if he had really been shaken up.

  "The book you wanted," Ye Siying handed the book in her hand to Chen Chufan and continued, "Accompany me to walk around Nanhu Lake, I have something to say to you!"

  "Alright!" Chen Chufan responded, then looked at Xiao Ge who was staring blankly at the two of them, "Xiao Ge, let's go first. By the way, it's better not to jump from the eighth floor, it's really quite high!"

  "Do you know Xiao Ge?" Ye Siying asked puzzledly as they walked along the road.

  "I didn't know him, I was waiting for you at the door, and he came and dragged me around!" Chen Chufan explained.

  "He's just that kind of person, very enthusiastic and has a good personality! He's the boyfriend of one of our dorm girls!" Ye Siying casually commented, then continued to ask: "What do you mean by telling him not to jump from the eighth floor?"

  "He asked me who I was waiting for, and I said I was waiting for you. He didn't believe it at all, and even said that if the person I was waiting for was really you, he would climb to the top of the octagonal tower and jump down. If he didn't die from the fall, he would climb up again and jump once more. Just as he finished saying this, you came down." Chen Chufan continued to explain, causing Ye Siying to stifle a laugh.

  "By the way, Chen Chufan, there are some things I'd like to tell you first." The girl had already walked onto the small path by the South Lake and stopped in her tracks, turning around to face Chen Chufan. The bright moonlight cast a glow on the girl's delicate face, making her skin look even softer and more captivating, as if time could be frozen in this moment, it would be a picture of a natural and beautiful fairy.

  "Hmm? Go ahead." Chen Chufan quietly looked at the girl in front of him and softly spoke.

  "I think we should just be friends instead, and as for a girlfriend, Han Xiao Xi is more suitable for you!" the girl said softly.

  It's already April and by the South Lake, there are some frogs croaking, accompanied by a girl's soft voice, like a touching light music.