Hao Ren saw that there was no one around her, and it seemed that she came alone. After a moment of hesitation, he jogged over and asked, "Why … Why are you here?"
"I came to watch you run." Xie Yujia tilted her head and smiled.
Her silky black hair covered her bright forehead, and her back was combed into a long ponytail, which added a sense of freshness to her.
The night breeze blew against her body and brought a fragrance to Hao Ren. Her fair skin, fresh hair, and flowing dress all proved that she had just taken a shower.
Hao Ren had always thought that the Class President Xie Yujia was very beautiful. Not only him, but all the guys in the class also thought so. However, since she rarely showed up in public and participated in school activities, the most beautiful girl in the class had become the private property of Hao Ren's class or their department. She wasn't regarded as the most beautiful girl in the school.
In fact, Hao Ren thought that Xie Yujia was even more beautiful than the most beautiful girl in the school, Lin Li. Her fresh and elegant temperament made people feel comfortable.
"How did you know that I was running here?" Hao Ren continued to ask.
He didn't sweat much when he was running, but now that he was facing Xie Yujia, he started to sweat like raindrops.
"I'm the Class President. What don't I know?" Xie Yujia still looked at Hao Ren with a smile and said confidently, "You have been running here at nine o 'clock every night for the past few days. Am I right?"
Hao Ren knew that the girls were good at communicating with each other, but he didn't expect that Xie Yujia would pay attention to a nobody like him. Didn't the girls always talk about the handsome guys in the school today and the next day?
"You look very handsome when you run," Xie Yujia continued.
Hao Ren lowered his head in embarrassment and said, "It's my honor to receive such a compliment from the beautiful Class President."
Xie Yujia smiled sweetly again and said, "I'm the Class President, and it's my duty to encourage you for the honor of the team."
"So, it's not the truth." Hao Ren pretended to be disappointed.
"It's the truth, and it's the truth. You look very attractive when you run seriously, "Xie Yujia immediately added when she saw Hao Ren's disappointed expression.
Xie Yujia felt that it was inappropriate after she said it. She lowered her head and smiled. When she looked up again, she was back to her confident self as the Class President. "In fact, as long as I try, I'll be happy even if I get the last place."
"Thank you for your encouragement!" Hao Ren took out his cell phone from his pocket and said, "It's 9: 40. The dorm will close if we don't go back now."
"Today is Friday, and it doesn't close until 12 PM," Xie Yujia reminded him.
"Oh, I almost forgot," Hao Ren thought for a moment, "but it's late now, and I'm done with my training. Shall I send you back?"
"Aren't you hungry?" Xie Yujia suddenly asked.
Hao Ren was stunned. "There are instant noodles in the dorm …"
Xie Yujia looked at his blank expression and smiled. "I'll treat you to supper. You've brought honor to the class and trained hard. It's my reward."
"Sure." Hao Ren nodded. He didn't expect Xie Yujia to treat him to supper. In his opinion, Xie Yujia coming to watch him train in the middle of the night was already surprising enough.
"Wait for me!" Hao Ren asked Xie Yujia to stay where she was while he sprinted across half of the sports field. He picked up his jacket that he had left on the grass and sprinted back to Xie Yujia's side.
Dressed in an elegant long dress, Xie Yujia stood on the stairs. She looked even more beautiful in the dark night and the lamplight.
"Let's go!" Hao Ren said to Xie Yujia.
"Ok." Xie Yujia nodded and followed Hao Ren out of the sports field.
Whoosh … The strong night wind blew at them as they walked out of the sports field. Hao Ren didn't think too much and put his jacket on Xie Yujia immediately. Then, he stood in front of her and led her out of the bitter cold.
"How come I didn't think you were a gentleman before?" Xie Yujia returned the jacket to Hao Ren and said as they returned to the quiet campus road.
"Is it because I've been with Zhou Liren for too long that I'm a pervert?" Hao Ren joked.
"Zhao Jiayi and the others are a little too much sometimes. But I feel like you are a little different from them, "Xie Yujia said as they walked.
It was almost midnight on the campus, and it was so quiet that no one could be seen. The street lights on both sides of the road gave off dim yellow light, making the road that was neither too far nor too close feel warm and romantic.
"What's the difference? In fact, I'm not much better," Hao Ren said self-mockingly.
"I feel like you are more serious than them. At least you know how to practice a few days in advance for the competition," Xie Yujia couldn't help but defend Hao Ren.
Hao Ren smiled and said, "I'm shy, and I'm afraid of losing."
Xie Yujia didn't say anything else. She walked shoulder to shoulder with Hao Ren and walked toward the back door of the school. She walked quietly as if she was thinking about something else.
Hao Ren had never thought that he would be able to walk shoulder to shoulder with the most beautiful girl in the class, especially on such a quiet night. If anyone saw them at this moment, they would think that they were a couple.
"What do you want to eat?" Xie Yujia suddenly asked Hao Ren when they reached the back door of the school.
"Um … Spicy Hot Pot?" Hao Ren asked tentatively.
The cheapest thing he could think of was Spicy Hot Pot. After all, he was too embarrassed to ask a girl to buy him a meal.
"Sure!" Xie Yujia agreed without hesitation.
Since the dorms closed at 12 o 'clock on Friday night, many students came out for supper at this time. Hao Ren regretted his decision after he decided to eat Spicy Hot Pot. He was afraid that the guys who were playing cards in the dorm would suddenly come out for supper. If they happened to see him and the news got out, he wouldn't be able to explain himself.
Xie Yujia didn't seem to have such concerns. She walked cheerfully to the Spicy Hot Pot stall on the square and turned around to ask Hao Ren, "What do you want to eat? Help yourself! "
Seeing that she was so straightforward, Hao Ren didn't want to be shy anymore. He picked up a few skewers of meat and vegetables and put them in the basket before handing them to her.
"You must be hungry after running for so long. Give me a few more!" Xie Yujia made the decision on her own and put a few skewers of meatballs in Hao Ren's basket.
Then, she picked some for herself and gave them to the owner to pay the bill.
They sat at the outdoor table and waited for the fragrant Spicy Hot Pot to be scooped up.
"Those guys, please don't show up …" Hao Ren prayed silently as he waited.
"Why do you look so nervous?" Xie Yujia looked at Hao Ren and asked.
"Ah, no." Hao Ren looked at the pretty Class President and said, "It's my first time having supper with you. I'm a little nervous."
"It's your first time having supper with a girl, right?" Xie Yujia stared at Hao Ren with her bright eyes and asked again.
"Who said so … I had a girlfriend in middle school …" Hao Ren defended himself stubbornly.
Xie Yujia giggled at Hao Ren's stiff expression. "I don't believe you."
Hao Ren pouted awkwardly and asked her, "You are so pretty. Did you have a boyfriend before?"
Xie Yujia shook her head, and her ponytail swayed behind her, reflecting the light from the stall.
"Aren't you the same as me?" Hao Ren said casually.
Xie Yujia smiled and didn't deny it. At this moment, Hao Ren suddenly realized that they were not the same. Xie Yujia was so pretty, and she must have had a lot of pursuers in the past. It was just that she was too focused on her studies and didn't pay attention to them. Hao Ren, on the other hand, was so ordinary that no girls would like him.
"Two bowls of Spicy Hot Pot!" The shop owner brought the bowls of Spicy Hot Pot to Hao Ren and Xie Yujia. She couldn't help but stare at Xie Yujia's pretty face.
Not only the shop owner, but the guys around them were also sneaking glances at Xie Yujia when they saw her.
No matter how low-key she was, a pretty girl couldn't escape the guys' attention.
"Go ahead!" Xie Yujia pouted at the Spicy Hot Pot and handed a pair of chopsticks to Hao Ren.
Her casual gesture was interpreted as an intimate gesture by the guys who didn't know her, and they couldn't help but look jealous.
"This guy looks ordinary and doesn't look rich. How could he win the favor of such a pretty girl …" The guys who were drinking Spicy Hot Pot and sneaking glances at Xie Yujia thought to themselves.
"Class President, why didn't you go home this week?" Hao Ren opened the chopsticks and asked her.
"I wanted to watch you run," Xie Yujia answered without thinking. She saw Hao Ren's surprised expression and smiled. "No, the Student Council needed to organize some stuff, so I stayed to help."
"Does treating me to dinner count as part of your plan?" Hao Ren asked.
"Let me think …" Xie Yujia lowered her head and bit into a meatball. "Um … I was just here to watch you run, but I saw how hard you ran, so I wanted to treat you to dinner as a reward."
Hao Ren didn't want to find out if these words were true or not. He just felt that it was not easy for Xie Yujia to come to watch him train in the middle of the night.
"Su Han asked you to go to her office that day. What was that about?" Xie Yujia asked suddenly.
"She saw me talking in class, so she dragged me to her office to teach me a lesson," Hao Ren answered.
Xie Yujia didn't believe him, but she didn't refute him. Instead, she asked, "What about the little girl who came to see you last time?"
"A little girl that I tutor came to make trouble," Hao Ren had already thought of an excuse about this, so he answered without hesitation.
He looked at Xie Yujia and said, "Class President, you seem to be very interested in me recently."
"I can't help but be interested in what happened to you recently," Xie Yujia replied.
Hao Ren smiled and lowered his head to eat the vermicelli in his bowl. The guys who were quietly watching them had the urge to strangle Hao Ren when they saw his rude behavior. "Eating with a beautiful girl without caring about his image? He is just showing off!"
Hao Ren was secretly nervous. He and Xie Yujia had been classmates for more than a year, but they didn't have much contact. The structure of the classes in the university was quite loose. Several classes took the specialized courses together, and the public courses could be taken together with other majors. Besides, there were very few female students in Hao Ren's major, and the few female students were all together. Therefore, Hao Ren didn't have much chance to interact with Xie Yujia.
"Cao Ronghua and the others were joking with me last time, right?" Xie Yujia asked.
"Huh?" Hao Ren raised his head, and his face was already red from eating the Spicy Hotpot.
"They came over and told me that you liked me," Xie Yujia bit her lip and said.
Her big eyes and long eyelashes looked especially beautiful even in the background of the messy night stalls.
Hao Ren's face turned even redder. "No … They were just joking …"
"Oh … I was just asking casually. I have a feeling that the three of them like to joke around. "Xie Yujia smiled brightly as if she didn't care about this matter.
"Those upperclassmen didn't give you any trouble, did they?" Xie Yujia suddenly asked after a while.
"Why do you ask?" Hao Ren suddenly felt a little wary and asked.
"I heard it from the Student Council. Those outstanding upperclassmen were not happy with you showing off your wealth in the past two weeks. They said they wanted to teach you a lesson, "Xie Yujia stared at Hao Ren and said worriedly.
"Humph, it's not a big deal." Hao Ren didn't take it to heart and continued to eat the Spicy Hotpot.
"I know a few of them. Do you want me to talk to them for you and clear up the misunderstanding?" Xie Yujia asked for Hao Ren's opinion.
"It's not a big deal. I don't need you to stand up for me." Hao Ren waved his hand.
He didn't believe that those people could really give him any trouble, and he didn't want a girl like Xie Yujia to help him solve the problem.
"Um, I guess they were just trying to show you who's boss. You should keep a low profile at school, "Xie Yujia advised him kindly.
"It's not my fault," he thought. Hao Ren thought to himself but didn't say it out loud.
It was almost 11 o 'clock when they finished the Spicy Hotpot. The temperature outside was getting lower and lower. Seeing Xie Yujia wearing a thin dress, Hao Ren was worried that she would catch a cold. He suggested going back to the dorm early to rest, and Xie Yujia didn't object.
No matter what, their relationship was still that of classmates. They couldn't be like a real student couple, holding hands and strolling around until midnight.
Hao Ren walked Xie Yujia to the dorm building through the quiet campus.
"Do your best at the Athletic Games!" Xie Yujia said to Hao Ren with a smile as they stood at the door.
"Um, got it. Class President, have a good rest. "Hao Ren waved at her. He didn't know why, but he was more used to calling her Class President instead of her name.
He turned around and walked to his dorm room. Suddenly, he thought, "Is this a date?
If not, why do I feel like we are so much closer than before?
A beauty like the Class President is more like encouraging me at the Athletic Games. "
Hao Ren shook his head to get rid of this weird thought. He went back to his dorm room, took a shower, and went to bed.
Ding, ding, ding …
The next morning, which was Saturday, Hao Ren was woken up by the ringing of his cell phone.
"Ren! What the hell are you doing? " Zhao Jiayi, who was sleeping on the lower bunk, was the first to be woken up. He threw the phone to Hao Ren who was sleeping on the upper bunk.
An unfamiliar phone number appeared on Hao Ren's phone.
"Who is it? Why are you calling me so early in the morning? "Hao Ren picked up the phone unhappily.
"I'm Zhao Guang. Our car is waiting for you downstairs," a calm voice came from the phone.
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