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

The four of them tidied themselves up and left the dormitory, chatting and laughing as they went downstairs.

Xu Wenbin pushed open the dormitory building door, and a gust of cold wind rushed in, making him shrink his neck: "Damn, why is it so cold today?"

Song Mingxuan rubbed his hands together: "Otherwise what? It's already November, and the start of winter is just a few days away. How can it not be cold?"

Jiang Che walked at the front, his eyes subconsciously scanning left and right downstairs, looking for Su Qinghe's figure.

Logically, she should have been waiting at the door, since they had parted ways there.

He also specifically told her not to wander off alone.

Jiang Che glanced straight ahead but didn't see anyone. However, he caught a glimpse of a small figure squatting by the roadside out of the corner of his eye.

Su Qinghe was squatting by the bushes next to the dormitory building, holding a sausage in her hand and carefully extending it forward, while softly coaxing something.

Jiang Che took two steps closer before he could see clearly that he was feeding a calico cat.

This cat was extremely thin; you could clearly see its ribs on its back, and its fur was filthy and matted in clumps.

The kitten was happily eating next to Su Qinghe's hand, and it looked like it had been hungry for a long time.

Jiang Che guessed that the cat must have recently wandered to Peking University.

If it's a senior cat who has been entrenched here for many years, regardless of whether it's clean or not, it's at least fair-skinned and chubby.

After all, there are many cat lovers among college students, and they often bring some treats to feed the cat-loving seniors.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and everyone couldn't help but shrink their necks in response.

But Su Qinghe remained squatting there motionless, without even putting on the hood of her down jacket, letting the tips of her ears and nose turn red from the cold.

While coaxing the kitten, she muttered to herself, "Eat slowly, don't choke... Have you not eaten in a long time?"

Jiang Che quickly stepped forward and, without saying a word, scooped the person up from the ground.

He grabbed her two icy little hands and wrapped them in his own.

Seeing his girlfriend looking like she was about to freeze into an ice sculpture, Jiang Che's tone was full of helplessness: "Hey, Ms. Su, you're squatting outside in this freezing weather, don't you even know to wear a hat? Are you trying to catch a cold and get a fever?"

Su Qinghe was a little confused by his sudden action of picking it up. After realizing what was happening, she shrank her neck embarrassedly and said, "I think it looks so pitiful... a calico kitten, so thin."

"Even if Hakimi is pitiful, he's not as important as you."

Su Qinghe blinked and smiled: "Feeling sorry for me?"

"Otherwise, you're my girlfriend. If I don't care about you, who will?"

"Hehe, okay, okay, I'm not cold. I've only been waiting for a few minutes. I'm not that fragile."

"Why don't you take a selfie and see how frozen you are before you talk?"

Jiang Che sighed, rubbed her hands together, and then reached out to cover her ears.

When the warmth of Jiang Che's palm touched her, Su Qinghe subconsciously shrank her neck, but then a wave of comfort welled up from the bottom of her heart and she subconsciously rubbed her palm against Jiang Che's.

Just like the kitten from before, it nuzzled affectionately against Su Qinghe's palm.

Behind them, Xu Wenbin and his two companions stood still and watched the whole thing unfold.

Xu Wenbin clicked his tongue sarcastically first: "So that's why Lao Jiang was in such a hurry to come downstairs. Turns out he wasn't thinking about going to class, but about missing his wife, huh?"

Song Mingxuan nodded in agreement: "Just a few minutes ago he was calling us brothers in the dorm, but he completely forgot about the three of us as soon as he turned around. Tsk tsk, these people really do forget their fathers once they have a wife."

Lu Zi'ang: "Relax and stay focused."

Jiang Che glanced back at them and said, "Stop talking nonsense, let's go have breakfast."

Su Qinghe peeked half her head out from his arms and gave the three of them a sweet smile: "Thank you for bringing him down to me."

Xu Wenbin waved his hand magnanimously and said, "Sister-in-law, you're too kind. This is the moral conduct a father should have."

"...Bull Demon, can't you tell the difference between the two kings anymore?"

The group walked noisily toward the cafeteria, with Su Qinghe linking arms with Jiang Che at the front, while the other three followed loosely behind.

As I passed by the library entrance, two boys wearing plaid shirts walked towards me.

Jiang Che didn't have much of an impression, but Su Qinghe recognized them. She whispered in Jiang Che's ear, "Look, these two are the ones who posted on the forum a few days ago saying that you were kicked out of the Jiang family and were groveling to Gu Yanzhou. They are two boys from our class."

Jiang Che said "Oh," and then curiously looked at the two people a few times, without any special reaction on his face.

But the reactions of the two people on the other side were much more interesting.

First, they saw Jiang Che walking together with his three roommates, chatting and laughing. Then they saw Su Qinghe obediently holding his arm, smiling happily.

And then, considering the trending topics this morning about Liu Wei's arrest and Gu Yanzhou's capture—

Their faces turned pale instantly.

After a moment's hesitation, the two of them lowered their heads in unison, ran away in a wide arc along the curb.

Xu Wenbin scoffed coldly from behind, "Heh, now you know it's shameful? Now you know it's embarrassing? You were so enthusiastic about criticizing me the other day, why don't you dare say anything in front of Jiang Che today?"

"Alright, alright, Lao Xu, calm down." Jiang Che waved his hand dismissively. "They're just clowns. Don't you think it's beneath you to take them seriously?"

If a dog on the street pees on your feet, would you insist on peeing back?

Xu Wenbin: "...Wow, you're not angry anymore all of a sudden."

The group quickly arrived at the cafeteria.

There weren't many people in the cafeteria in the morning; most people just bought a steamed bun or something and left in a hurry.

There were very few elderly men like Jiang Che sitting at the table eating slowly.

Xu Wenbin, like a starving ghost reincarnated, carried three trays in one go, piling them all over the table as if he were in battle.

Compared to Xu Wenbin, the others were quite normal, and they usually just ate one or two steamed buns to get by.

Eating such a big meal so early in the morning, are you planning to take a good nap in the classroom?

Isn't it a bit of a waste to use precious class time to sleep instead of playing with a gold shovel?

Jiang Che thought to himself.

The atmosphere at the table was unusually quiet throughout the meal.

It was early morning, and since everyone's energy hadn't been fully stimulated, none of them really wanted to talk.

However, the silence was quickly broken when Jiang Che's phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was a call from Bai Yuning.

Jiang Che was taken aback. Why was his cousin calling him at this time?

Since he and Su Qinghe moved from Lincheng to the capital, his contact with Bai Yuning has gradually decreased. Although they still keep in touch, it is not as frequent as it was when they were in Lincheng.

The main reason is that both of them are busy. Bai Yuning is working non-stop at the hospital in Lincheng. It's considered a feat for her to find time to send a WeChat message.

Why did you suddenly call today?