Ye Zhanyan originally thought that Luo Zhi would give up after hearing Sheng Huainan's debate and stop liking him, but she didn't expect to learn from Zheng Wenrui that Luo Zhi already had a new boyfriend, and someone who was no less attractive than Sheng Huainan.

This gave Ye Zhanyan a sense of defeat. She had stolen Luo Zhi's first love, and while she was still feeling uneasy, Luo Zhi had found happiness again. Why?
Ye Zhanyan was somewhat unconvinced. She didn't think she was any worse than Luo Zhi. In fact, she had done a lot to keep Sheng Huainan away from Luo Zhi, but now she was being told that all her efforts had been in vain.

Thinking back to when Qi Ming mistook her for Luo Zhi outside the classroom, Ye Zhanyan suddenly knew how to defeat Luo Zhi.

Luo Zhi had no idea that Ye Zhanyan was still thinking about her; she just wanted to get away from the Great Hall as soon as possible to avoid the suffocating atmosphere from before.

Seeing Luo Zhi let out a sigh of relief, Zhao Shucheng asked curiously, "Luo Zhi, are you alright?"

"Oh, I'm fine. Why do you ask that?"

"I was just curious because you seemed to be avoiding me like the plague."

"I just feel like I'm wasting too much time inside, so I want to hurry back and study."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "It's good that you're alright. By the way, Xiangxiang and I have already rented a place and are planning a housewarming party this weekend, so we'd like to invite you to come along. Do you have time?"

Luo Zhi hesitated for a moment and said, "No problem, but I have to tutor on the weekend, so it might be a little late."

"It's alright, you're fine with me. I'm leaving!"

Luo Zhi looked at Zhao Shucheng's back and suddenly smiled before walking towards the library.

When Luo Zhi returned to her dormitory from the library, she saw her best friend Jiang Baili crying again because of the Gobi Desert.

This time, she wasn't doing it because Gobi was flirting with other girls, but because she knew Gobi was going to contact Chen Mohan, the girl Gobi had always kept in his heart.

Although Jiang Baili was prepared for this, when the moment actually arrived, how could her feelings not be stirred, and how could she easily let go? However, despite Gobi's various sweet words and attempts to win her over, Jiang Baili was still dumped by Gobi.

Looking at Jiang Baili like this, Luo Zhi felt as if she were seeing herself. If she were with Sheng Huainan, although Sheng Huainan wouldn't be a womanizer like Gobi, he still wouldn't be able to resist the girls' affections and their endless pursuit.

Besides, Sheng Huainan has a first love, Ye Zhanyan, who already harbors considerable hostility towards me. She will definitely come looking for Sheng Huainan, and wouldn't I be left with nothing but tears?
"Stop crying, it's been more than ten minutes. Who said women should be gentle, strong, know when to stop, and not do things that will make them look bad?"

"I'm feeling unwell, I request an extension."

Luo Zhi said, "I'm not stopping you from crying, I just don't want you to regret it later."

Jiang Baili looked at Luo Zhi and said, "Luo Zhi, do you still like Sheng Huainan? I'm already suffering so much being with the person I like; wouldn't it be even more painful for you to have a crush on someone without any hope of reconciliation?"

Luo Zhi shook her head and said, "I'm not sure if I still like Sheng Huainan. Ever since he followed Qi Ming last time, I've realized that I've never really understood him."

"Maybe he likes you too, which is why he's been following Qi Ming, just to prevent you from being deceived?"

"But this is not the Sheng Huainan I imagined. He should be a person of integrity and upright character, not the kind of person who would do things like stalking and taking photos without my knowledge."

Luo Zhi spoke with a somewhat wistful expression, then continued, "Bai Li, I suddenly realized that the Sheng Huainan I've always liked is more of a figment of my imagination than the real Sheng Huainan."

"then you……"

Luo Zhi shook her head, somewhat bewildered, and said, "I don't know either, but I think I won't have any further contact with Sheng Huainan until I've sorted everything out. Our current classmate relationship is just right."

Jiang Baili looked at Luo Zhi with some admiration and said, "Luo Zhi, sometimes I really envy you. You can keep your feelings to yourself and be rational about everything, unlike me. I love but can't have the one I want, and people don't even consider me Gobi's girlfriend."

Luo Zhi smiled but did not answer. After all, if she were truly rational, she might have chosen to back off as soon as she learned that Sheng Huainan and Ye Zhanyan were together, instead of being left hanging in mid-air like this.

"By the way, Belle, Qi Ming and Gu Senxiang are moving this weekend, do you want to go?"

"Moving? Are they no longer living on campus?"

Luo Zhi thought for a moment and said, "No, it's just that Qi Ming is preparing to start a business, so he rented an apartment near the school as an office. He and Gu Senxiang occasionally stay there, so it's kind of like moving."

"Do you think they're living together?"

"It shouldn't count, right?"

Jiang Baili wiped away her tears and said, "How can you not count it? After all, we don't know what they do when they're alone. But I didn't expect their relationship to progress so quickly, to the point where they're going to live together."

"Actually, it's alright. After all, Gu Senxiang and Qi Ming were high school classmates for three years, and now that they're officially together, their relationship is naturally much stronger."

Jiang Baili said, "Sigh, another day of envying Gu Senxiang. Her boyfriend doesn't attract any attention or make her sad. Unlike us, the people we like don't like us. Even if we're together, we'll still get dumped."

"Alright, what's past is past. As the saying goes, out with the old, in with the new. You could try liking someone else; who knows, a guy even better than Gobi might appear in your life?"

Hearing Luo Zhi say this, Jiang Baili sighed. How easy is it to give up? Besides, the only guys around her better than Ge Bi are Sheng Huainan and Zhao Shucheng. But one is Luo Zhi's crush of many years, and the other is already taken. Neither of them are people she can even think about.

Over the next few days, Luo Zhi attended classes as usual, but noticed that Sheng Huainan was acting strangely.

Sheng Huainan didn't know why, but he would uncontrollably care about where Luo Zhi's figure was. Occasional chance encounters would also make Sheng Huainan unconsciously follow Luo Zhi. Sometimes, if Luo Zhi wrote something on the glass, he would deliberately breathe out mist, wanting to see what Luo Zhi had written.

During the legal guidance class, Sheng Huainan even took the seat that originally belonged to Zhang Mingrui, just to be closer to Luo Zhi.

Luo Zhi didn't feel that she could get so close to Sheng Huainan right now, so when Zhang Mingrui arrived late, Luo Zhi subconsciously offered him her seat so that she could keep a certain distance from Sheng Huainan.

Upon seeing this, Sheng Huainan instinctively wanted to stop it, but he couldn't bring himself to say anything. After all, what could he say?

Luo Zhi didn't understand what Sheng Huainan wanted to do. To avoid him from continuing to pester her, she took advantage of class time to send a message to Gu Senxiang, asking her to find Zhao Shucheng to save the day.

At that moment, Zhao Shucheng was paying attention to stock market trends. When he saw the message from Gu Senxiang, he was stunned for a moment before agreeing to pick up Luo Zhi after class.

"Okay, I understand. But Xiangxiang, aren't you worried at all about letting your boyfriend pick up your best friend?" "Worried about what?"

Zhao Shucheng: "Of course you're worried that I'm getting too close to Luo Zhi and might develop other ideas. They say you have to be careful of your best friend, but are you too confident in my self-control, or too trusting of Luo Zhi?"

After seeing the message from Zhao Shucheng, Gu Senxiang couldn't help but smile and replied:

"Of course I believe you. Besides, if it were Luo Zhi, I could barely accept it."

Gu Senxiang wasn't completely indifferent, but she felt Luo Zhi wouldn't do something like stealing her boyfriend. Besides, Zhao Shucheng already had many admirers; not to mention the girls who had crushes on him in college, Tang Xiaomi and Yi Yao from high school were still eyeing him covetously.

As far as she knew, many of her classmates at university were in contact with Yi Yao and Tang Xiaomi, and would often tell them news about Zhao Shucheng.

It was his younger brother, Gu Senxi, who specifically told him to keep a close eye on Zhao Shucheng and prevent his home from being raided.

Gu Senxiang can now be described as someone who's not afraid of getting itchy from having too many lice, and doesn't worry about having too much debt. Compared to the somewhat extreme Tang Xiaomi and Yi Yao, she prefers girls who are quiet and unassuming like Luo Zhi to be around Zhao Shucheng.

As Luo Zhi was packing up to leave the classroom after class, she heard Zhang Mingrui invite her to lunch, while Sheng Huainan looked at her expectantly.

If it were before, Luo Zhi might have secretly agreed with delight, but now, she suddenly felt a bit of averse to being with Sheng Huainan.

"No need, my boyfriend is coming to pick me up in a bit."

Zhao Shucheng appeared in the legal education classroom at that moment: "Luo Zhi, let's go, let's go eat!"

Luo Zhi readily agreed, "Okay, right away!"

The students around them looked at Zhao Shucheng and Luo Zhi with curiosity, wondering what their relationship was.

Sheng Huainan was surprised that Luo Zhi was still with Zhao Shucheng, and even took the initiative to link arms with Zhao Shucheng, seemingly unconcerned about the time he had photographed Zhao Shucheng being intimate with other girls.

"Mingrui, do you think girls all like bad boys?"

"No, why do you ask that?"

"Then why does Luo Zhiming turn a blind eye to Qi Ming's ambiguous relationship with Gu Senxiang? Gobi has a girlfriend, but many girls still can't help but like him."

Zhang Mingrui looked at Sheng Huainan and said, "Old Sheng, something's wrong with you, very wrong. You can't just look at others; don't you have a lot of girls who like you too?"

"That's different!"

Sheng Huainan never believed that those people liked him out of genuine affection, but rather because of his status or ulterior motives. Zhao Shucheng and Gobi, however, were different. They had no special family background or status, yet girls liked them—that was pure affection, wasn't it?

"To me, there's no difference, but Lao Sheng, what are you really thinking? If you like Luo Zhi, you should make it clear, instead of playing the 'secret crush' game here. This isn't like you."

"But I rejected Luo Zhi when she confessed to me before. Why could she fall for someone else so quickly?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Mingrui couldn't help but sigh, realizing that even top students have their troubles and can experience the bitterness of love.

However, he felt that Sheng Huainan had brought this upon himself. He clearly liked Luo Zhi, but he rejected her. Now he wanted to be with her again. Wasn't he just making things more difficult for himself?
As for Sheng Huainan's claim that Luo Zhi had fallen for someone else, he didn't find anything wrong with it. He could only say that Zhao Shucheng's timing was perfect; he appeared precisely when Luo Zhi's confession had failed, allowing him to take advantage of the situation.

"Old Sheng, if you like her, you can pursue Luo Zhi. I don't think her relationship with Qi Ming is true love. You still have a chance."

“Is there really still a chance?”

When Ye Zhanyan came to find Sheng Huainan again, she naturally saw Luo Zhi and Zhao Shucheng laughing and talking as they left, and even heard the conversation between Sheng Huainan and Zhang Mingrui.

At that moment, she suddenly felt that Sheng Huainan was no longer aloof and superior, but rather just an ordinary person. The love she had obtained through theft had become something Luo Zhi disdained.

Ye Zhanyan couldn't accept this outcome. After all, she had been living in constant fear, worried that Sheng Huainan would find out the truth, that the person he had been chatting with back to back in high school wasn't her, and that one day she would be exposed and broken up with.

Now she doesn't have to worry about being exposed, but she still hasn't been able to stop Sheng Huainan from paying attention to Luo Zhi. Luo Zhi has already discarded Sheng Huainan like trash, and she feels like she's picking up something that Luo Zhi doesn't want.

When Sheng Huainan saw Ye Zhanyan, he assumed she was there to pester him to get back together, so he said bluntly, "Ye Zhanyan, I think I made it very clear before that since we've broken up, let's just wish each other well."

Ye Zhanyan suddenly smiled and said, "Sheng Huainan, don't worry, I won't bother you anymore."

After saying that, Ye Zhanyan left without looking back, making Sheng Huainan feel that Ye Zhanyan was somewhat unfamiliar, and also making Zhang Mingrui curious about what had happened.

Zhao Shucheng had no idea what happened after they left. After walking out of the teaching building where the Legal Guidance class was located, Zhao Shucheng saw Gu Senxiang waiting not far away. There was a boy next to her, excitedly talking about something.

"Xiangxiang, have you been waiting long?"

Zhao Shucheng walked over, grabbed Gu Senxiang's hand, glanced at the boy, and asked, "Xiangxiang, who is he? What's the conflict between you two?"

When the other party saw Zhao Shucheng arrive and appear very intimate with Gu Senxiang, their expression immediately turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Gu, who is he?"

"He is my boyfriend, and we were high school classmates, so thank you for your feelings, but I'm sorry."

After Gu Senxiang finished speaking, she took Zhao Shucheng's hand and said, "Qi Ming, don't misunderstand. I didn't know him before. He confessed to me while I was waiting for you just now, and I have already clearly rejected him."

Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Okay, I know. After all, with such a perfect boyfriend like me, I can't possibly be interested in any other ugly ducklings. Let's go, it's getting late. If we don't eat soon, the cafeteria will run out of food."

Seeing Zhao Shucheng's indifferent attitude, the other person wanted to say something, but when they saw Luo Zhi following behind them, their eyes lit up, and they stepped forward and said:

"Hello, classmate, would you like to get to know me? My name is..." (End of Chapter)

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