"Stop talking nonsense. Your boyfriend isn't an octopus."
Shen Lang joked with a playful grin, "I only used my hands, when did I ever use my feet? I'm telling you, that's slander!"
Li Liusi pouted, giving Shen Lang a slightly resentful look as she discreetly rubbed her chest. It seemed she had grown used to her shameless and cheeky boyfriend.
"Alright, off you go to school."
Shen Lang reached out and wiped a small bit of water from the corner of Li Liusi's mouth. "I'll try to come back early tonight so we can have dinner together."
"Mm-hmm."
Li Liusi nodded contentedly, finally getting out of the car with her bag.
As Shen Lang drove by her, Li Liusi raised her hand and waved with a big, happy smile on her face.
Driving past Zhuhai University, the entrance was packed with students and cars haphazardly parked by parents. Several security guards in uniform were trying to maintain order.
Just then, Shen Lang noticed two girls walking side by side on the sidewalk, chatting and laughing. It was Su Lexuan and her best friend, Ye Xinxin!
"Damn, could this timing be any worse?" Shen Lang muttered, feeling a chill as he quickly rolled up the car window.
Unfortunately, his car didn't have tinted windows, so people outside could still see inside.
Shen Lang's car was only about seven or eight meters away from the two girls. The university entrance was crowded with parents' cars parked everywhere, so he couldn't just turn around and leave easily. He had to inch forward slowly.
If Su Lexuan glanced towards the road, she'd definitely recognize Shen Lang's BMW M8.
With Su Lexuan's outgoing personality, she would definitely call out to Shen Lang loudly if she saw him.
If this were anywhere else, Shen Lang wouldn't mind running into Su Lexuan. He might even drive up to her and chat a bit. But this was right in front of her university. If Shen Lang got out and started chatting with Su Lexuan, other students might see them and post about it on the university's online forums, making Shen Lang, the mysterious boyfriend of the campus beauty, a known face.
It's possible that people might even find out that Shen Lang is also a student at Zhuhai University.
And the worst part? Li Liusi doesn't seem to browse university forums, but if she did, and she saw something about Shen Lang and Su Lexuan, it would blow up his double-dealing in no time.
Li Liusi was probably heading to the university entrance too. Even if other students didn't notice, his flashy car would definitely catch her eye. If she spotted his car, she'd surely come over. This would be a disaster.
So, no matter what, Shen Lang couldn't get out of the car.
Just then, Su Lexuan suddenly looked over.
She squinted, trying to make out the figure inside the car, then her face lit up with a big smile. She raised her arm and shouted, "Shen Pig, I'm over here!"
In the driver's seat, Shen Lang shuddered, his mind racing. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Su Lexuan jogging over, determined to have a chat with him.
He quickly grabbed his phone, pretending to answer a call, and started honking the horn like crazy to make some noise, trying to look like he was dealing with something urgent.
The owners of the nearby cars, annoyed by the blaring horn, were about to complain, but when they saw it was a fancy BMW, they quickly moved their cars to clear a path. They had no desire to argue with someone who could afford such a car.
Without hesitation, Shen Lang slammed on the gas and sped past Su Lexuan, narrowly avoiding her.
"Didn't he hear me shouting?" Su Lexuan stood there, a bit flustered, then angrily pulled out her phone to send a message.
Fairy Girl: "Just passed by the university entrance. Didn't hear me calling you?"
"He probably had something urgent to take care of, didn't you notice that?" Ye Xinxin teased with a smile. "And after you tortured him all day yesterday, you're not going to let him off even today when he's at work?"
"No way, you're just making things up!"
Su Lexuan blushed, both embarrassed and angry, as she playfully tugged at her best friend's cheeks, chasing her towards the university gate.
As they got to the entrance, Ye Xinxin suddenly brightened up and tugged on Su Lexuan's arm.
"Lexuan, check out that girl over there, her figure is amazing."
"Yeah, no kidding."
Su Lexuan swallowed nervously. "That's seriously impressive. She's got to be at least a D-cup, right?"
Their conversation was overheard by Li Liusi.
Her face turned red as she instinctively tried to cover herself with her arms and hurried into the campus.
"Wow, that's scary. How do they even do that?"
Su Lexuan glanced down at her own barely-there figure and felt a bit disheartened.
Ye Xinxin immediately noticed what her friend was thinking and teasingly said, "Weren't you the one in high school who said size doesn't matter? Why the long face now?"
"Of course, it doesn't matter! Only people with problems think bigger is better."
Su Lexuan retorted proudly, lifting her head high. "Besides, Shen Lang told me he prefers normal-sized girls like me."
"Yeah, right. You can fool me, but don't fool yourself. What guy doesn't like bigger ones?"
Ye Xinxin laughed, then whispered, "But don't stress about it. You could always ask Shen Lang to help you out. Didn't you see online that a boyfriend can be more effective than a month of eating papayas and drinking milk?"
"Really? Is that true?"
The two were such close friends that they didn't shy away from talking about anything. Su Lexuan, curious, asked seriously, "Shen Lang mentioned that to me yesterday too. I thought he was joking. Is it really effective?"
"Hehe, why don't you give it a try and find out? I wouldn't know—I don't have a boyfriend. Unless you want me to try with Shen Lang and report back?"
"Ye Xinxin!!"
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"Damn... I'm never doing this again."
Having narrowly escaped disaster, Shen Lang let out a sigh of relief. He silently vowed never to personally drop Li Liusi off at school again.
Just then, his phone buzzed with a WeChat message from Su Lexuan.
"Just passed by the university entrance. Didn't hear me calling you! {Pig Pig Angry Pose}"
Shen Lang thought for a moment and decided not to reply right away. He figured he'd wait until noon before responding.
The longer he waited to reply, the more it would seem like he really had been in a rush.
When you're in that kind of situation, you don't have the mental space to pay attention to what's going on around you. Not hearing Su Lexuan's voice would make sense.
If he replied at noon or even later, he could say he was taking time out of a busy schedule just to explain things to her. That might even make Su Lexuan feel like Shen Lang really cared about her.