bookbashuk Chapter 287 Are you Cao Cao?
Chapter 287 Are you Cao Cao?
She changed the subject abruptly, remembering the classes she had missed, and quickly asked, "By the way, can I borrow your notes? I need to catch up on the classes I missed."
She'll be entering the lab in her senior year, so she needs to find a good professor and make some good achievements.
The day after Shen Li started attending class, Ming Xiangyang arrived.
Xie Mei's gossip-loving flame, which she had just suppressed, instantly reignited. Her eyes widened as she stared intently at the two of them.
Ming Xiangyang walked past Shen Li's desk, paused, and asked in a low voice, "Have you taken care of everything on your end?"
"Hmm, almost done." Shen Li looked up. "How about your end?"
"I have people watching over me, so I don't need to do everything myself," Ming Xiangyang replied casually. Then, his tone suddenly changed, becoming more serious. "The Feng family has fallen, but even a fallen camel is bigger than a horse. Don't go out alone, and be careful."
"Thank you, I understand." Shen Li felt a warmth in her heart and nodded earnestly.
Xie Mei, standing nearby, was completely bewildered: What were they saying? She couldn't understand a word. Did these talented young people speak like they were exchanging secret codes?
But the more things are like this, the more she ships this couple!
Shen Li comes from a good family, and I've heard that Ming Xiangyang's family is also quite well-off. This is truly a perfect match!
If they don't end up together... Xie Mei, like a true and passionate modern-day CP fan, felt a surge of regret. She rested her chin on her hands and stared intently at the two of them.
After Ming Xiangyang returned to his seat, Shen Li reached out and gently waved her hand in front of Xie Mei's eyes: "Snap out of it!"
Xie Mei snapped back to reality, met Shen Li's teasing gaze, and instantly felt a little embarrassed.
"If you like her, you can go after her yourself. I have faith in you," Shen Li teased her on purpose.
Xie Mei quickly waved her hands, shaking her head like a rattle-drum: "No, no, no! He's the aloof prince of our department, I wouldn't dare touch him. I'm afraid of the cold, I can't stand his chill."
She glanced at Shen Li and added in a low voice, "Unlike you, I don't automatically stop feeling cold when I stand next to him."
Because she had missed so many classes, Shen Li didn't dare to take a nap after returning to her dormitory at noon and instead buried herself in her notes to catch up.
At noon after school, she went to have lunch with Xie Mei, Lan Wei, and Yao Fen, just like always.
The four of them were enjoying their meal when suddenly someone walked towards their table.
Shen Li was so focused on eating that she didn't notice anything amiss.
Yao Fen first saw the boy standing next to Shen Li, her eyes lit up, and she nudged Shen Li's arm.
The young man didn't stand on ceremony and went straight to sit in the empty seat next to Shen Li.
Shen Li then looked up and saw who it was, and was immediately helpless—who else could it be but Lu Zhou?
When Shen Li moved, all the girls in the dormitory had seen Lu Zhou before, so they all knew him.
Yao Fen jokingly said with a smile, "This little brother is really handsome! How come I didn't notice him before?"
Lan Wei laughed along, "Of course, the Lu family's genes are there, how could they be bad?"
Shen Li looked at Lu Zhou and asked in confusion, "Why are you here?"
Lu Zhou raised his chin, his tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible grievance: "I heard you went back to school. I'll come and have lunch with you from now on."
Shen Li: "..."
She glanced at Lu Zhou furtively, her mind racing with doubts.
Lu Zhou felt incredibly wronged: Sister Li ignored him after having Second Brother, how could that be! Now that Second Brother is gone, she's still so cold to him.
He could only see her when he went home on Fridays. If he didn't come to have lunch with her, he wouldn't see her all day.
She definitely didn't want him either... The more Lu Zhou thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt, and his lips almost drooped down.
Shen Li's brows were furrowed into a knot.
In other people's eyes, Lu Zhou is her brother-in-law!
He's her boyfriend's younger brother!
He's sticking to me like this, who knows what Xie Mei and the others will think later.
Although we are good friends, there are some private things that we simply cannot talk about. If we were to explain them, it would be quite horrifying.
At this moment, Xie Mei jokingly said with a smile, "Oh dear, Lili, your brother-in-law really relies on you!"
Shen Li quickly added, "He just arrived at the school and isn't very familiar with the area, so he thought he'd come over and hang out with me."
She herself doesn't believe that, let alone anyone else.
There's no other way but to leave it at that for now.
Seeing Lu Zhou's reluctant expression, Shen Li patiently persuaded him, "You're a college student now. You have roommates in your dorm and classmates in your class. You can make more friends. Look at your sister Lu Nan, she doesn't rely on others as much."
No sooner had she finished speaking than a clear voice interrupted, "Ah... Sister Li! You're back at school? How come I didn't know!"
As Lu Nan spoke, she sat down opposite Lu Zhou like a gust of wind, then turned and glared at her third brother: "Third brother, you've gone too far! Sister Li went back to school, and you actually sneaked over here without even telling me!"
Lu Zhou turned his head, looking at Shen Li with a half-smile: "Sister Li, is there anything else to say now?"
Shen Li rubbed his forehead, utterly speechless: "..."
She looked at Lu Nan and said helplessly, "Are you Cao Cao? Speak of the devil and he appears."
"Huh?" Lu Nan looked blank, not understanding the joke.
Xie Mei, Lan Wei, and Yao Fen, who were standing nearby, burst out laughing: "Hahaha..."
The table that originally seated four people now comfortably seats six.
Lan Wei was the first to stop laughing and said to Lu Nan, "Your sister Li was just talking about your brother, and you came to spoil the fun."
Lu Nan immediately turned and glared at Lu Zhou: "Third Brother, did you make Sister Li angry again? Be careful, or she'll ignore you and make you sleep..."
"Cough cough cough..." Shen Li quickly coughed a few times to interrupt Lu Nan.
No, I have to have a serious talk with these two siblings this afternoon, otherwise they'll be exposed sooner or later, and that would be too embarrassing.
She still has two years of student life left!
She didn't want everyone to see her as a gossip.
Lu Zhou thought Shen Li had choked on her food, so he quickly reached out to pat her back and picked up the soup bowl in front of him, holding it to her lips: "Take a sip of soup to calm your breathing."
Shen Li mumbled a dazed "Okay."
After finishing the soup, Lu Zhou handed over a tissue and asked softly, "Are you feeling better?"
Shen Li took the tissue and wiped her mouth. When she looked up, she met the shocked expressions of Lan Wei and the other two.
"My bestie, you're so lucky!" Lan Wei winked.
Xie Mei exclaimed with admiration, "No wonder he's my idol! He's got the charm to win everyone over!"
Shen Li was completely confused: "What?"
Yao Fen spoke slowly, her tone slightly teasing: "What you just drank was Lu Zhou's soup."
Shen Li followed her gaze and saw that the soup bowl in front of her was still full.
She froze instantly, only one thought in her mind: Are there mouse holes on the ground? She wanted to talk to the mice and ask if she could borrow their burrows to hide in.