After Becoming Financially Free, They Offered Their Loyalty - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Favorability 72

TL: YYang

Huang Haibao was a little unhappy. Of all the people in the class, the three of them were the closest. It was one thing for Old Cao to be thoughtless, but Old Third was laughing at him?

“No, Old Huang, they just went to see a movie. Is it really that big of a deal?”

“You don’t understand.”

Huang Haibao sighed deeply. “Since Fang Minhui agreed to see a movie, she must be willing to accept Li Zhanpeng’s feelings. I’m completely out of the picture.”

“You were never in the picture to begin with. If it wasn’t this Li Zhanpeng, it would be some other Liu Zhanpeng. If you ask me, you’re just being sentimental.”

Cao Shunjin dealt another harsh blow.

But speaking of Li Zhanpeng, Shen Yuan had never liked him either. This guy was always flashy in his words and actions, and he was two-faced.

On the first day of school, Li Zhanpeng drove a second-hand Accord to register, trying to show off.

But unexpectedly, he was overshadowed by Shen Yuan’s BMW 4 Series.

It was already impressive for a college student to drive a private car to school, but Shen Yuan’s 4 Series made his Accord look like a clown.

At that time, he had been sarcastic behind his back.

“People like Shen Yuan are just relying on their family’s money. Could he drive a 4 Series on his own?”

“Unlike me, my parents were going to buy me a BBA, but I refused. A second-hand Accord is fine, just for getting around.”

Later, when Li Zhanpeng heard that Shen Yuan’s family had gone bankrupt, he couldn’t wait to jump out and offer his opinion.

“I told you, the tourism business isn’t sustainable. You have to be in manufacturing.”

“Only when the tide goes out do you know who’s swimming naked. Some people, after their family goes bankrupt, can’t help at all. That’s true failure.”

Of course, Li Zhanpeng didn’t dare to say these things to Shen Yuan’s face.

Shen Yuan was 182 cm tall and had a certain flippant and wild air about him. The most he would do was talk behind his back.

Huang Haibao and Cao Shunjin were also very annoyed with Li Zhanpeng’s act, so they were the ones who told Shen Yuan these things.

At that time, Shen Yuan had cursed a few times but didn’t take it to heart.

When someone dislikes you, they’ll find fault with everything you do.

Later, Li Zhanpeng found out that Huang Haibao and Cao Shunjin from his dorm were close to Shen Yuan, so he and another boy applied to move to another dorm.

Then, Shen Yuan’s family sold their house and rented the current two-bedroom apartment, and he moved from home to dorm 503.

This was why there were only the three of them in dorm 503.

“You son of a bitch!”

Huang Haibao spat at Cao Shunjin. “I treated you to that fried rice just now, and you ate my portion too. Spit it out!”

“I won this, what do you mean you treated me?”

Old Cao let out a loud burp. “It’s not a big deal. Old Third broke up today too, and he’s fine.”

“Damn, you all know?”

What happened at the school gate that afternoon had already spread, Shen Yuan hadn’t expected.

“Old Third is different.”

Huang Haibao looked up at Shen Yuan. With his well-proportioned body and firm abs, it was normal for girls to like him. But when he looked down at his own scrawny body, Old Huang felt even more dejected. “He at least slept with the senior. But what about me?”

As Old Huang said this, the previously cheerful Cao Shunjin also fell silent. Three years of college, especially in a school like Foreign Economics full of beautiful women, not having been in a relationship, not having slept with a woman, was quite embarrassing to admit.

Seeing them so dejected, Shen Yuan didn’t have the heart to hit them again. He had been about to say that back at the beginning of the school year, besides Zhou Wanting, Fang Minhui had also expressed interest in him.

Shen Yuan still remembered that during the military training breaks, Fang Minhui would bring him water. When eating in the cafeteria, she would take the initiative to sit at the table next to him, and at night, she would message him on WeChat.

On one hand, Shen Yuan’s looks and height were indeed a killer combination in college. More importantly, he had the power of money back then.

But later, Zhou Wanting quickly nipped that in the bud. She would come to his class to find Shen Yuan every few days, acting particularly intimate.

It was as if she was declaring to everyone that this was her sugar daddy, and no one else should even think about it!

So, at that time, everyone thought they were a couple.

Shen Yuan was thus tied to Zhou Wanting. For three years of college, due to her deliberate high-profile behavior, no other girls dared to approach him.

“Thinking back now, Zhou Wanting was really clever. I was completely played by her back then.”

Shen Yuan complained inwardly. At this moment, Huang Haibao, seeing that everyone had fallen silent, couldn’t hold back anymore. “Today is a day to be remembered. Old Third and I both broke up. I suggest we go to a food stall and drink until we drop. My treat!” “Damn it!”

Cao Shunjin stood up and cursed, “I just finished two portions of fried rice. Why didn’t you say so earlier!”

“Who told you to eat my portion?”

Huang Haibao retorted.

Cao Shunjin cursed, “You son of a bitch, Huang Haibao, I seriously suspect you deliberately let me eat those two portions of fried rice. You’re not trying to save money like this, are you!”

“I’m really not that kind of person,” Old Huang still argued.

Old Huang and Old Cao were also a pair of bickering friends. Shen Yuan was helpless with them and tried to mediate, “Alright, alright, let’s go early and come back early, or the dorm will be locked.”

The passion of restless college students came and went quickly. After a few bottles of beer, Huang Haibao was back to his lively self.

On the way back to the dorm, he was still drunkenly shouting, “Women are like clothes, brothers are like limbs. I can live without women in this life! But I can’t live without my brothers!”

There were still many students from the college on the road, and they looked at Huang Haibao as if he were an idiot. Even Shen Yuan and Cao Shunjin felt embarrassed standing next to him.

The next day, at the crack of dawn, Cao Shunjin dragged the still-sleepy Shen Yuan and Huang Haibao out of bed, saying they should go for breakfast together, under the pretext that a dorm should be neat and tidy.

This damn guy from Liaobei drank beer like water. The three of them had drunk two cases last night, and he had finished one case by himself.

Huang Haibao and Shen Yuan got up, cursing and swearing, greeting Cao Shunjin’s family all the way.

The breakfast at the first cafeteria of the college was very rich. Besides the basics like soy milk, fried dough sticks, and buns, there were also cakes, noodle soups, savory pancakes, and even rice noodle rolls from eastern Guangdong. “Hey, look.”

The three of them each ordered a bowl of noodle soup and sat in a corner of the cafeteria. But after just a couple of bites, Cao Shunjin’s eyes widened like saucers.

Shen Yuan and Huang Haibao subconsciously followed Old Cao’s gaze and, to their surprise, saw Fang Minhui and another girl from their class, Chen Ling, buying breakfast.

Fang Minhui was tall, at least 168 cm, with fair skin. Today, she wore a pair of green hot pants, revealing her long, straight legs.

On top, she wore a white off-the-shoulder crop top that hugged her full bust.

Her abdomen was flat and firm, and her waist was slender, clearly a result of regular exercise.

Fortunately, she wore an oversized light-colored shirt over it, covering some of her fair skin. Otherwise, the eyes of all the men in the cafeteria would have been on her.

The girl next to her, Chen Ling, was clearly just a foil. She wore a pair of overalls and had her hair in a bun, barely qualifying as cute.

“Old Huang, good news,” Shen Yuan said, retracting his gaze.

“What?”

Seeing Fang Minhui again, Huang Haibao wasn’t very enthusiastic and was even a bit dejected.

“Although Fang Minhui went to see a movie with Li Zhanpeng yesterday, they didn’t get a room.”

“How can you tell?”

“If they had gotten a room, they wouldn’t be back so early, and they wouldn’t be eating breakfast in the cafeteria. Even if they were eating breakfast in the cafeteria, she should be with Li Zhanpeng, not Chen Ling.”

“That’s a pretty good analysis, Old Third.”

Huang Haibao’s heart stirred. The small flame that had been extinguished seemed to have a chance of reigniting.

“What kind of good news is that?”

Cao Shunjin said resentfully, “The way they’re developing, it’s only a matter of time before they sleep together.”

“Damn it, can’t you just shut up for a minute?!”

“…”

Shen Yuan was also helpless with these two. He couldn’t help but roll his eyes and continue to scan the beauties in the cafeteria.

At this moment, after Fang Minhui and Chen Ling bought their soy milk and buns and sat down, they also noticed Shen Yuan and his friends.

Shen Yuan’s eyes wandered around and unconsciously returned to Fang Minhui. Coincidentally, Fang Minhui was also looking at Shen Yuan at that moment.

The moment their eyes met, Shen Yuan clearly saw the favorability value displayed above Fang Minhui’s head.

[Favorability towards host: 72]