"I," Li Qiang was so flustered by Su Qing that he didn't know what to say for a moment.
However, Su Qing didn't care what Li Qiang said at all, and naturally turned back to ask Chang Hao, "Where's Zhou Yuwen?"
"Huh?" Chang Hao was also confused by the question, mainly because from Chang Hao's perspective, he didn't know Su Qing at all, yet she asked very naturally.
Chang Hao was bewildered for a moment, but upon seeing Su Qing's bright eyes and white teeth, a pretty little school beauty, he thought to himself, "Damn, what's the story with this Zhou Yuwen, how does he know such a beautiful girl!"
Dammit, knowing such a beautiful girl, why doesn't he come to play cards!?
"He, he said he had something to do, and didn't come." Suddenly questioned by Su Qing, Chang Hao was somewhat stammering.
"What's wrong? Su Qing, your boyfriend didn't come?" Zheng Yanyan asked.
Boyfriend!?
Chang Hao and Li Qiang were both stunned.
Dammit! This Zhou Yuwen, he's eating so well?
"He's not my boyfriend yet." It was at this moment that Su Qing realized she had been somewhat improper, but she couldn't help it, initially overjoyed at the thought of meeting Zhou Yuwen.
However, finding out that Zhou Yuwen hadn't come, and the development didn't match her memory.
Su Qing inevitably panicked.
Could the rebirth have gone wrong somewhere?
Is it possible Zhou Yuwen didn't come to this school at all?
Relieved to learn that Zhou Yuwen was still around, Su Qing breathed a sigh of relief, although she wondered why Zhou Yuwen didn't come to play cards, she wasn't as instantly flustered as before.
"Giggle! He's not your boyfriend yet, so he's going to be, right?" Zheng Yanyan giggled and said.
"Stop it!" Su Qing gave Zheng Yanyan a little glare.
Chang Hao also caught on and said with a smile, "Oh, you know Old Zhou! You should have said earlier, I've been calling him for a long time and he hasn't come over, if I had known you knew him, I would have let you call him! With a beauty calling him, he'd definitely come!"
Calling him?
This is a good idea!
Spurred by the thought, Su Qing promptly went to make the call.
The result was a disconnected number.
Now, that was awkward.
Chang Hao and Zheng Yanyan's first thought was that Zhou Yuwen had rejected the call.
Did the two have a fight?
Looking at Su Qing's distracted appearance.
No way, Su Qing is so beautiful, how dare Zhou Yuwen make her angry? What was he thinking?
Chang Hao glanced at Zheng Yanyan.
Zheng Yanyan was also baffled, seeing Su Qing for the first time and thinking her looks were not inferior to her own, what kind of man would make Su Qing so enraptured?
Zhou Yuwen?
Zheng Yanyan became somewhat interested in this guy.
"Didn't I say I'm not here to play cards? Are we playing or not?" Li Qiang said with dissatisfaction, obviously in a bad mood, talking about introducing a beauty to him?
She clearly came for Zhou Yuwen!
Dammit, what kind of dumb luck does this Zhou Yuwen have, he doesn't seem handsomer than me, how does he have such a beautiful girlfriend?
"Yes, of course we're playing! Hey, beauty, Zhou Yuwen must be sleeping, let's play some cards first, maybe he'll wake up later."
Su Qing definitely knew that Zhou Yuwen probably hadn't registered his phone yet.
She was feeling somewhat uneasy.
Especially since, according to her past life, Zhou Yuwen should have met her in the cafeteria.
Why hasn't Zhou Yuwen come?
Could it be the butterfly effect?
Su Qing couldn't figure it out, but being a rebirth, she supposedly had the necessary composure, so when Chang Hao called everyone to play cards, Su Qing sat down, thinking she'd try calling him again later.
To tell the truth, although Su Qing was a girl who had been reborn, her emotional age wasn't much higher than that of these youngsters. Yet, she particularly liked to act mature, thinking to herself, how could an adult like her be playing cards with these kids? So boring.
Truth be told, her card skills were terribly bad.
Why did she fall for Zhou Yuwen in her past life? Because Zhou Yuwen wasn't good in studies from a young age but was excellent at playing cards; he could play on par with his elders in middle school and was playing cards daily behind the teacher's back in high school.
And on the very first day of university, he played cards.
This was also the first meeting between Chang Hao and Zheng Yanyan.
Chang Hao was love at first sight for Zheng Yanyan, after all, finding a girlfriend is the first thing most boys do upon entering university.
During a high school graduation party, Chang Hao was once ridiculed by some buddies, saying, "Ah Hao is off to the countryside, he'll probably have to find a village girl as a girlfriend."
This was something the face-valuing Chang Hao couldn't tolerate, just so happened to meet Zheng Yanyan, also from the Capital city, headed to Jinling for studies in the newcomer's group.
Without thinking, Chang Hao started sweet-talking her, albeit cautiously.
Fearful that Zheng Yanyan's photos on social media were photoshopped.
Fearful that Zheng Yanyan wasn't pretty.
But upon meeting her in person, Chang Hao had no more concerns!
Such a fair-skinned, beautiful-legged belle from the Capital city!
If he could make her his girlfriend, wouldn't that make his mates green with envy?
Thus, at that moment, Chang Hao's sycophantic nature was fully exposed. During the card game, he kept feeding cards to Zheng Yanyan, completely ignoring his teammates' fortunes.
And Zheng Yanyan was that type of playful girl, looking at Chang Hao behaving like this, naturally had the intention to tease Chang Hao by saying, "Hey, you said before that your standards for a girlfriend are quite high. Do I meet your criteria or not?"
"Yes, definitely!"
Ever since he met Zheng Yanyan, Chang Hao felt as if he had become a different person.
In his past life during a card game, Su Qing made a mistake, and Zheng Yanyan thought Su Qing was stupid, so she laughed coquettishly, and Chang Hao shamelessly laughed along with Zheng Yanyan.
For Su Qing, this was a very humiliating experience.
Luckily, Zhou Yuwen was there at the time, and he kept feeding cards to Su Qing, which prevented her from losing too embarrassingly.
At the same time, this also made Su Qing develop a fondness for Zhou Yuwen.
But this time without Zhou Yuwen, Su Qing suddenly found herself struggling greatly.
A person who doesn't know how to play cards, no matter how many times they are reborn, still won't know how to play cards.
Moreover, Su Qing's mind wasn't on the card game at all, and she made several mistakes in a row.
Zheng Yanyan was quite in sync with Chang Hao, and after the card game, seeing Zheng Yanyan happy made Chang Hao happy as well.
Su Qing, not focusing on the card game, didn't mind much.
The most frustrated one had to be Li Qiang, who was first hurt by a comment "why is it you?" and then dragged down by Su Qing in the card game.
After several rounds, Li Qiang couldn't take it anymore, "No! They only have one card left, how can you still play a single card!"
"I wasn't paying attention," Su Qing replied.
"What do you mean you weren't paying attention!" Just when Li Qiang was about to lose his temper.
"Hey, Qiang!" Chang Hao stopped him, saying, "We play cards among friends just for fun, why take it so seriously? Su Qing doesn't know how to play, you should just teach her more."
"Hmph! I can't teach her!" Li Qiang said coldly, thinking to himself that obviously she and Zhou Yuwen are boyfriend and girlfriend. What's there for me to teach?
This attitude from Li Qiang also upset Su Qing, who simply said, "I'm not very good at this game. You guys play. I'm going back to the dorm."
"Don't go! We're just playing casually!" Chang Hao immediately panicked, for he still wanted to further his relationship with Zheng Yanyan.
But Su Qing really didn't want to hang out with these kids.
To think a child is a child, getting upset over a card game.
Forget about Li Qiang.
Chang Hao didn't sit well with Su Qing either.
So childish, just grinning and teasing Zheng Yanyan, laughing together at her expense.
No wonder Zheng Yanyan doesn't like him!
She didn't like him herself either!
Thinking this, Su Qing remembered her own Zhou Yuwen.
Revisiting the old capital, playing cards together once again, Su Qing couldn't help remembering the beautiful memories with Zhou Yuwen, when she had a great time playing with him.
A few times she had even won.
Now thinking about it, it seemed like Zhou Yuwen had always been letting her win.
What a wonderful husband.
How could she have been so foolish to divorce such a good husband?
Thinking this, Su Qing felt a sourness in her heart, really wanting to tell Zhou Yuwen, "Husband, I miss you."
So after a few rounds of cards, Su Qing couldn't contain her longing for Zhou Yuwen anymore: "You guys play, I'm going to make a phone call."
Saying this, she went aside to make a call.
Everyone knew without guessing that she was calling Zhou Yuwen.
Zheng Yanyan acted pretentious, "Ah, I'm a bit thirsty."
"Thirsty? Qiangzi, let's go buy some drinks. Yanyan, do you want Coke or milk tea?" Chang Hao asked, grinning without hesitation.
"Um, milk tea, and remember to get one for Qingqing as well."
"Alright! Let's go, Qiangzi!"
"You go. I don't drink it."
Chang Hao looked at Li Qiang in disbelief, "Come on, it's not like you have to pay, I'm treating!"
"Ah! You're paying! If you're paying, then I'll go!" Li Qiang, who had been gloomy, immediately smiled brightly.
Having walked a distance, Su Qing, making a call by the cafeteria's wall, felt uneasy. She was afraid that because of her rebirth a butterfly effect had occurred, and Zhou Yuwen might no longer use this phone number.
But in her heart, Su Qing harbored immense hope.
Thus, she hesitantly dialed Zhou Yuwen's number.
'Dial…'
Connected?
"Hello?"
Zhou Yuwen's voice was as pleasant as ever, slightly deep, a voice that momentarily made Su Qing's nose feel sour. She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say.
Until the other side said:
"Who is it?"
"If you don't speak, I'll hang up."
"Zhou Yuwen!" Su Qing, hearing the other side about to hang up, blurted out Zhou Yuwen's name in panic.
"?" Zhou Yuwen was baffled at that moment.
"You need to...."