Xiaoting whispered the matter concerning Ouyang Jing into Jian Danâs ear.
Seeing the two of them whispering, Ouyang Jing knew that the girl must have told Jian Dan about his situation.
After knowing about his situation, there was no one who would want to sit with him, so he very tactfully stood up, ready to leave.
âWhere are you going?â
Xiaotingâs words didnât cause a single change in Jian Danâs expression.
âYou donât expect me to help you finish this meal, do you? I definitely canât eat that much! Hurry up and sit down, finish your food â wasting it is a very shameful thing!â
âYou know about meâ¦â
âWhat do I know? Look at you, a grown man, dragging your feet â hurry up and sit down to eat!â Jian Danâs patience was already running thin.
Ouyang Jing hesitated, picked up his chopsticks, and began eating the meal in front of himâ¦
âYour name is Ouyang Jing?â
âYes!â
âIâm Jian Dan; I just transferred here!â
Just transferred here, no wonder!
âThis is Yang Xiaoting!â
âJian, did you understand what I just told you?â Xiaoting asked for confirmation.
âUnderstood!â
âThen you stillâ¦â
âAre you afraid?â
Yang Xiaoting looked into Jian Danâs eyes and was stunned for a good while before her lips slowly curled into a smile, âAfraid! But willing!â
Xiaotingâs words made a charming smile spread across Jian Danâs face, âYou heard!â
âWhat does that mean?â Ouyang Jing was a bit slow to catch on.
âWere you dumb to death in your last life?
Isnât the meaning obvious?
It means we want to become friends with you!â
âFriends? Are you crazy? You know Iâm Ouyang Jing and you still want to be friends with me?â Ouyang Jing couldnât believe what he was hearing.
Ever since high school, it had been a long time since he felt the taste of having friends.
âThen you can just consider the two of us as crazy,â Jian Dan offered his hand across the table.
Yang Xiaoting smiled and stacked her hand on top of his, and then both turned their gaze to Ouyang Jing, âWilling to be the third crazy one?â
Ouyang Jing looked at the two girls across from him, his hand hesitating beneath the table, rubbing his clothing hem, not daring to put it on top.
If he put his hand there, then from that day forward, these two girls would bear the label of his friends, and those people would certainly not let them off.
But the temptation was just too great.
âCanât you, as a grown man, stop hemming and hawing!â Jian Dan frowned and spoke.
âExactly, we are not worried about the consequences, are you still scared!â added Xiaoting. n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âButâ¦â
âIf you keep hesitating, we might just change our minds!â Jian Dan made a move as if to withdraw his hand.
Ouyang Jing, seeing their hands about to be withdrawn, reacted instinctively. The hand that was just under the table a moment ago was now on top of the two girlsâ hands.
Ouyang Jingâs gesture made Jian Dan and Yang Xiaoting burst into laughter.
Ouyang Jing looked at the girlsâ smiles and, not knowing why, he also felt less afraid; his face too sported a smile he hadnât shown in a long time.
âOuyang Jing, didnât expect youâd look quite handsome when you smile! Make sure to smile more often from now on!â
Almost everyone in the cafeteria cast their eyes toward them.
The combination of Jian Dan and Yang Xiaoting was already enough to keep people at a distance. Now with Ouyang Jing added, what kind of odd group was this?
As the three of them finished eating and were about to leave the cafeteria, Jian Dan subconsciously looked backâ¦
âJian, whatâs the matter?â
âFeels like someone has been staring at me, itâs nothing! Maybe Iâm overthinking it. Letâs go!â
When Jian Danâs gaze disappeared from the cafeteria, Zhang Yangâs gaze finally pulled back.
It was only when he averted his eyes that Zhang Yang realizedâhe had actually been staring at Jian Dan so intentlyâ¦.