You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

Xu Wenbin's fall made quite a commotion, and all the students at the surrounding tables turned to look at him.

"Old Xu, what are you doing?" Song Mingxuan was startled and dropped his chopsticks on the table.

Xu Wenbin ignored him, staring straight at Jiang Che: "Old Jiang, I'll ask you just one question today: do you still consider us brothers?"

Jiang Che put down his chopsticks, raised his eyelids to look at him, and asked, "What do you mean by that?"

"What do you mean?" Xu Wenbin sneered. "Don't you know your own limits? How many days have you been staying in the dorm lately? You don't answer the phone, you don't reply to messages, and Lao Song and I couldn't even find you to have a meal with."

"What, do you think your family's wealth and power puts you in a different circle from us?"

Unaware of what was going on, Song Mingxuan panicked upon seeing this. He quickly stood up and grabbed Xu Wenbin's arm: "Old Xu, calm down. Old Jiang has a lot on his plate lately..."

"What's all the fuss about?" Xu Wenbin shoved his hand away. "I think you just look down on us!"

"Old Jiang, put your hand on your heart and tell me, how have Old Song and I treated you since the start of the semester? And what have you done? You've been so secretive, hiding everything from us."

Jiang Che remained seated and did not move.

His expression was calm, so calm that the students watching the commotion around him felt something was off.

"I don't think I need to report my affairs to you, do I?"

Xu Wenbin paused for a second.

That moment of surprise was half acting, and half not.

Even though he knew it was all an act, Jiang Che's gaze still sent chills down his spine.

Because Jiang Che's eyes at this moment held a genuine sense of detachment.

High above, untouchable.

Coming to his senses, Xu Wenbin gritted his teeth and raised his voice two octaves higher: "Fine! Fine, Jiang Che! You've finally told the truth!"

"Do you really think you're so great? Let me tell you, no matter how rich your family is, it's your dad's money. What does it have to do with you, Jiang Che?"

"And you think I don't know? Your dad scolded you recently, didn't he? He kicked you out of some project team?"

"Ha, even your own father doesn't trust you, so what makes you act so arrogant towards us outsiders!"

Jiang Che didn't reply, but simply picked up his plate, stood up, and said to Su Qinghe sitting next to him, "Let's go, Qinghe."

Su Qinghe said "Oh" and obediently got up and followed Jiang Che.

All eyes were on her, some with sympathy, some with schadenfreude, and some simply watching the spectacle.

Su Qinghe was actually a little scared; she was afraid that Jiang Che would be in a bad mood because of this farce.

Even though she knew it was all an act, she still felt a tightness in her chest when Jiang Che said, "I don't need to report my affairs to you."

It felt like someone was pricking her fingertips with a needle.

She reached out and took Jiang Che's large hand, and the two walked towards the entrance of the cafeteria.

After taking two steps, Jiang Che suddenly stopped and looked back at Xu Wenbin.

"Xu Wenbin, from now on, you don't need to worry about my affairs."

"From this moment forward, we are severing all ties, and there is no longer any brotherhood between us."

After Jiang Che forced himself to finish this incredibly audacious line, he quickly grabbed Su Qinghe and left the cafeteria just before he couldn't hold back his laughter.

Su Qinghe, with Jiang Che's help, staggered and barely managed to keep up.

Just before leaving the cafeteria, she subconsciously glanced back.

Xu Wenbin was still standing there, his face showing a mixture of anger and disappointment, and his eyes were red.

Song Mingxuan stood between Xu Wenbin and Lu Ziang, scratching his head anxiously, but he was completely helpless.

The students watching the commotion were also whispering among themselves.

From a window seat in a corner of the cafeteria, Gu Yanzhou also witnessed the entire scene that had just unfolded.

He came to the third canteen specifically for dinner today.

The main reason is that he has found that he has fewer and fewer opportunities to get in touch with Jiang Che recently, and he wants to "bump into" Jiang Che here.

Lu Ziang once said that Jiang Che and the others would usually eat lunch at the third canteen if they had classes in the morning.

So he wanted to check it out, but he ended up witnessing a real show.

Gu Yanzhou picked up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, chewing slowly, but his eyes kept following the receding figure at the door.

Jiang Che and his father had a falling out, as Lu Ziang had mentioned before.

Now even his closest brothers have fallen out with him.

Gu Yanzhou went over these two pieces of information in his mind several times, and finally came to only one conclusion.

Jiang Che is now truly abandoned by everyone.

A barely perceptible smile appeared on Gu Yanzhou's lips. He then quickly took out his phone and sent a message to Liu Wei.

"Mr. Liu, I just saw Jiang Che having a public argument with his roommate in the cafeteria."

"His roommate brought up the fact that his father had scolded him, and Jiang Che's face turned very ugly."

Liu Wei quickly replied, "Understood, continue to observe."

"Yes."

……

3 PM.

As Gu Yanzhou walked out of the School of Economics building and turned the corner of the corridor, he bumped into Xu Wenbin, who was carrying textbooks and walking out.

Xu Wenbin's expression still carried the lingering anger from the morning's argument. He walked with a swagger, almost dropping his textbook when he bumped into someone.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, you didn't..."

While apologizing, Xu Wenbin looked up at the person who had come.

Upon seeing that it was Gu Yanzhou, Xu Wenbin subconsciously took half a step back. "Gu... Senior Gu?"

Gu Yanzhou reached out and helped him up, his smile gentle: "Be careful, watch where you're going."

Xu Wenbin awkwardly scratched the back of his head, unsure of what to say for a moment.

Gu Yanzhou glanced at the textbooks he was holding and casually asked, "Are you getting ready for class?"

"No, I just finished class."

Xu Wenbin suddenly had a flash of inspiration and immediately sighed, "Sigh, but I didn't really pay attention in class either."

Gu Yanzhou took the bait as expected. "What's wrong? You look so pale. What happened?"

Xu Wenbin pursed his lips and didn't answer.

Seeing this, Gu Yanzhou said, "Come on, let's go have a cup of coffee to relax. It's on me."

"No need for that, Senior Gu, how could I let you spend money..."

"Don't be so polite. You don't seem to be in a good mood. It's always better to talk things out than to keep them bottled up inside."

Xu Wenbin pretended to hesitate for two or three seconds, then nodded slightly with a reluctant expression.

The two arrived at the coffee shop near the school gate.

Gu Yanzhou ordered two lattes and found a seat by the window.

The sunlight outside the window was just right, casting a warm glow on the table.

Gu Yanzhou pushed the coffee in front of Xu Wenbin, not in a hurry to ask any questions, and just sat quietly drinking the coffee.

Xu Wenbin held the cup, his eyes fixed on the milk foam inside.

After five or six seconds, he seemed to finally lose his temper and punched himself in the thigh.

"Senior Gu, how can someone act like this?"