Chapter 144
Chapter 144
Before he could figure it out, Xia Sheng had already snatched her backpack back, and people around them had started pointing at him and talking.
“Isn’t that Zhou Yichuan from the School of Finance? Why did he come here to confess to Goddess Xia?”
“What confession? That piece of trash was trying to force her to say she likes him! She doesn’t like him, and then he tries to get physical? What a disgusting creep!”
“Exactly. A grown man snatching a girl’s backpack-what the hell kind of fit is he throwing?”
“He was even saying just now that Xia Sheng likes him. That’s ridiculously narcissistic. He’s so ugly too-I seriously don’t know who gave him that kind of confidence.”
Hearing the crowd’s comments, Zhou Yichuan’s face flushed red. He turned around and shouted at the girl who had just called him ugly, “Who the hell are you calling ugly? Why don’t you take a look at what you look like first!
“Even if I am ugly, my monthly allowance is still enough to cover what you’ll earn in your entire life! What are you so smug about?
“I’m telling you all, even if Xia Sheng doesn’t like me right now, sooner or later she’ll still be my woman! If you don’t believe me, just wait and see!”
“Who did you say is your woman?”
The moment Zhou Yichuan finished speaking, a cool, low voice rang out from not far away.
“Of course it’s Xia Sheng…” Zhou Yichuan thought it was just another onlooker talking back to him and instinctively yelled in response.
But when he turned and met Shen Yanchen’s frigid eyes, his whole body stiffened, with all his arrogance draining away in an instant.
“S-Shen Ninth Master?”
Faced with the piercing pressure radiating from Shen Yanchen, Zhou Yichuan felt fear instinctively.
He might have grand ambitions, wanting to surpass the Shen Family and become the richest man in the country.
But with the Shen Family’s current standing, trying to challenge Shen Yanchen now would be like throwing an egg against a rock.
Xia Sheng turned her head as well and saw Shen Yanchen come into view.
He seemed to have just rushed over from the office, dressed in an expensive formal suit.
The sharp tailoring made his already tall, handsome figure look even more striking.
He held a bouquet of jasmine-white roses in his hands. It should have been a noble, elegant pairing, and yet those dark, silent ink-black eyes of his gave off an overwhelming sense of intimidation and pressure, making it impossible for others to look directly at him.
Some of the students recognized Shen Yanchen and let out quiet gasps.
“Isn’t that the Shen Family’s Ninth Master? What’s he doing at our school?”
“I heard his nephew studies here. The new stadium that was built this year was donated by Shen Ninth Master too. He’s probably here to see his nephew, right?”
“Who brings flowers to see their nephew? The way he looks, I think he’s here for Xia Sheng.”
“I think so too. People were already saying in the big campus group that they saw Xia Sheng and Shen Ninth Master walking together. Back then, everyone was guessing whether they had some kind of family relationship. Now it looks like they might actually be a couple.”
“So Zhou Yichuan really picked the wrong person to mess with today, huh? Saying someone else’s girlfriend likes him right in front of Shen Ninth Master? Isn’t that just courting death?”
Zhou Yichuan heard the surrounding discussion too, and after learning that Xia Sheng was Shen Yanchen’s girlfriend, his face instantly turned deathly pale.
Before, he had only thought Xia Sheng had hooked up with Shen Yanchen, but he hadn’t expected her to actually be his official girlfriend.
Thinking back on what he had just said, Zhou Yichuan was filled with regret, wishing he could travel back in time and slap himself across the face a few times.
He had gotten happy too early today.
If he’d known, he should have waited until he became the richest man in the country-until his connections and power had reached heights even the Shen Family couldn’t match-before coming to make Xia Sheng submit to him!
Now that things had turned out like this, how was he supposed to wrap this up later?
While Zhou Yichuan was drowning in regret, Shen Yanchen had already walked up to him. Towering over him, he spoke in a voice cold enough to freeze over.
“You like Sheng’er?”
Feeling the chill in Shen Yanchen’s words, Zhou Yichuan couldn’t help but shiver. He immediately lowered his head. “N-No, that’s not it. I was just joking with classmate Xia.”
Shen Yanchen narrowed his eyes at him, his gaze deep and calm, before finally letting it settle on the name badge on Zhou Yichuan’s chest.
“A boy from the Zhou Family?”
Zhou Yichuan trembled and hurriedly tore the badge off his chest. “No, you’ve got the wrong person.”
A University issued name badges to every student, but hardly anyone actually wore them.
The only reason Zhou Yichuan wore his was so people could recognize his identity anytime, anywhere, and treat him with more caution and respect.
But at this moment, he regretted his flashy behavior more than ever.
If Shen Yanchen found out who he was, he might even drag the entire Zhou Family into it.
If his dad learned he’d offended Shen Ninth Master, he would skin him alive!
“N-Ninth Master, I made plans to eat with my friends, so I’ll be going now. Please take your time chatting with classmate Xia.”
As soon as Zhou Yichuan finished speaking, he turned and scurried off in disgrace.
Where no one noticed, Xia Sheng flicked a tiny paper ball from her fingertips.
The paper ball landed on Zhou Yichuan and transformed into a Paper Figurine no bigger than a fingernail, sticking tightly to his body.
This was a tracking Paper Figurine Xia Sheng had developed herself. It carried a strand of her divine sense, and as long as it remained on him, she would be able to see everything happening on Zhou Yichuan’s side.
That way, if Zhou Yichuan went to see the Old Daoist, she would naturally learn the Old Daoist’s location as well.
Since the jade Zhou Yichuan used today hadn’t worked, he would probably go looking for that Old Daoist again very soon.
After Zhou Yichuan left, the crowd of onlookers still lingering nearby didn’t disperse. They all secretly watched Shen Yanchen and Xia Sheng, eager to confirm whether the two of them really had some sort of relationship.
Shen Yanchen had been the center of attention since birth and was long used to being watched, so he didn’t feel uncomfortable at all. He slowly walked up to Xia Sheng and handed her the bouquet of jasmine-white roses in his hand.
“These are for you.”
Xia Sheng accepted them, a little surprised. “What made you suddenly think of giving me flowers?”
“I just felt like being romantic with you once in a while.” Shen Yanchen’s eyes were smiling, but they quickly darkened again as he glanced in the direction Zhou Yichuan had left. “I didn’t expect that the moment I got here, I’d see that pest clinging to you.”
As he recalled it, this didn’t seem to be the first time Zhou Yichuan had been pestering Xia Sheng.
Maybe he really should find time to settle this once and for all, so people would stop constantly setting their sights on his girl.
Xia Sheng caught the cold look in Shen Yanchen’s eyes and slipped her small hand into his long-fingered one. “I’m keeping Zhou Yichuan around because he’s still useful to me. I’ll handle his matter myself. You don’t need to step in.”
Shen Yanchen clasped her hand in return, his broad palm enveloping her delicate one completely. “Alright. Handle it however you see fit.”
Xia Sheng was a little surprised that Shen Yanchen agreed so easily. “You trust me that much?”
“Mm.” Shen Yanchen curled his lips into a smile, warmth returning to his eyes. “After all, our Sheng’er can do anything. If you say you can do it, then you can do it.”
Xia Sheng rarely browsed the campus forums and hardly ever joined group chats to follow gossip, so she naturally had no idea what a massive uproar her appearance with Shen Yanchen had caused across all the departments.