The Glamorous Show-off - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

At long last, the first guy in the group chat finally spoke up.

Though all he sent was a simple: [?]

This profile picture was one I hadn’t seen since joining the group. He hadn’t been among the people handing out red packets.

Stingy, huh.

[Guan Ruiming, do you think my boyfriend isn’t handsome? Feeling Wronged.JPG]

[Wuwuwu, maybe beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. I just like him so much.]

[And my boyfriend’s voice is really nice. He calls me every night to coax me to sleep.]

Chen Xuan took my phone again and very enthusiastically played along: [Sister Zheng, how does your boyfriend usually coax you?]

[Oh, stop it, you guys already know! He sings me a goodnight song. He sings, “Little baby, go to sleep…”]

And so, Zheng Xinyu began singing the goodnight song Lao Qi had written for her right there in the group chat.

Great. This time, it wasn’t just Chen Xuan-even I got goose bumps.

But despite the goose bumps all over her body, Chen Xuan still struggled on and typed: [Wuwuwu, Sister Zheng’s boyfriend is so gentle! I want to marry him, I want to marry him!]

When it came to praising someone to death, Chen Xuan was the real master.

Thirty seconds later, Guan Ruiming replied with: [6.]

Then Zheng Xinyu started crying: [Classmate Guan, you don’t have to like me, but please don’t mock the love my boyfriend gives me. I don’t know what you mean by that 6, but I really don’t like it. Please apologize to me, and apologize to my boyfriend too.]

The group chat finally regained a bit of life after that. No one commented on whether Zheng Xinyu’s boyfriend was handsome or not. Instead, everyone started laughing at Guan Ruiming.

[Just some average guy getting triggered.]

[Ooooh, so sour, so sour!]

[I’m dying, guys. Brother 6, don’t go lurking now!]

After that, Guan Ruiming never surfaced in the chat again.

Honestly, the fact that we were both going to attend university in a city over a thousand kilometers away, and even ended up in the same class, had to count as some kind of cursed fate.

But while it was fine to joke around with Zheng Xinyu now and then, getting too close was a hard no.

To keep Zheng Xinyu from asking me to report to campus with her, I bought a plane ticket for the day before.

Outside the airport, the university had buses waiting to pick up new students. As I struggled toward one of them with my suitcase, I accidentally stepped on a guy’s heel.

“I’m sorry, so sorr-”

I was only halfway through my apology when the guy turned around and frowned at me, shocking me so badly I was practically fried crisp on the outside and tender on the inside.

“Lao Qi! Wait, no… Zhou Pengyuan!”

That was right. Zhou Pengyuan was the name of Zheng Xinyu’s Lao Qi.

Out of Zheng Xinyu’s eight boyfriends, Lao Qi was the only one whose name I’d remembered.

Who could blame me? He was stupidly handsome.

But “Zhou Pengyuan” looked at me like I was an idiot. “My name is Guan Ruiming. Who are you?”

“Me? I’m Zheng Xinyu’s… Wait! What did you say your name was?”

Guan Ruiming ignored my question. He silently savored the name “Zheng Xinyu” for a long moment, then suddenly smiled. “Isn’t he your boyfriend?”

“Oh, no. I’m Zheng Xinyu’s high school roommate. My name is Qiao Ran.”

What on earth was going on!

How could he not even recognize his own girlfriend?

“Oh. The one who wants me as her boyfriend.”

Guan Ruiming still didn’t have much of an expression, but every word out of his mouth could choke a person to death.

My face instantly flushed all the way to my ears. There was an awkwardness in it too, like my secret thoughts had just been exposed.

Guys, does being handsome mean you can do whatever you want?

I gave a light cough and was just about to righteously tell him, “You must not covet your friend’s man,” when he spoke first.

“I thought her photos were just edited beyond recognition. Turns out you’re not that attention-seeking clown.”

What!

What did he say?

Attention-seeking clown!

Who was the attention-seeking clown?

Was this really the same Zhou Pengyuan who played games all lovey-dovey with Zheng Xinyu every night and patiently coaxed her to sleep?

Oh, wait. He said his name was Guan Ruiming.

Then who was Zhou Pengyuan?