Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 383 - 381: It’s Better to Watch Others Fall in Love

Chapter 383: Chapter 381: It’s Better to Watch Others Fall in Love

Lin Xi returned to the rest area, carrying the chicken wings she had worked so hard to grill. "Xue Yang, come try the chicken wings I just made."

Xue Yang was busy with work, but he looked up at the sound of her voice. He saw Lin Xi run in from outside, her forehead beaded with sweat.

"Look at you," he said, pulling her over to sit beside him. "You’ve gotten yourself all messy, like a little smudge-faced kitten." He grabbed a tissue and gently wiped her face clean.

Lin Xi rubbed her face with her arm. "Is it dirty?"

Xue Yang chuckled helplessly. "Well, I had just wiped it clean, but now you’ve smudged it again."

She dropped her arm, leaned closer to him, and closed her eyes. "Then you’ll have to wipe it for me again."

This little Xiao Naimao is probably doing this on purpose, just to make me wipe her face, Xue Yang suspected.

Still, he didn’t say anything, simply pulling out a new tissue and carefully wiping her face once more.

Outside the rest area, the onlookers watched the couple with doting smiles.

"Watching them makes me want to fall in love too."

"Don’t even think about it. Watching others in a relationship is sweet, but when you’re in one yourself, it’s a whole different story."

"..."

Feng Jiajun had initially wanted to snap a picture of Lin Xi to ask Zhang Caide about her, but he ultimately decided against it.

So what if the boss lady really is the young lady of the Lin Corporation? What does that have to do with me?

"All clean," Xue Yang said, tossing the used tissue into the trash can.

"Xue Yang, why was Senior Xiao Ya asking if the milk tea shop will stay open?" Lin Xi asked, poking a straw into a cup of milk tea and holding it out for him.

Xue Yang took a sip. "Do you want to keep it open?"

"She said Song Fan’s milk tea is delicious, especially this new flavor."

"And what do you think?"

Lin Xi pursed her lips. Since getting together with Xue Yang, she had grown accustomed to following his lead; he always had everything planned out. Even her revision schedule for her final year of high school had been his design, which was why she had been admitted to Yanbei University so easily. Now that he was suddenly asking for her opinion, she felt a little thrown off.

She took a sip of the milk tea herself. It really was delicious.

Xue Yang opened his mouth to remind her that he had just drunk from that straw, but then he caught a glimpse of the crowd watching them. As soon as they realized they’d been spotted, they scattered, quickly busying themselves with other things.

"They’re sharing a drink! How romantic!"

"So, what do you think is next... It’s a shame we can’t just watch openly. The boss is so petty; they’re a couple, but he won’t let anyone look."

"..."

"Xue Yang, I’ve thought about it," Lin Xi said firmly after a moment of consideration. "I want to keep it open."

"If you want to, then we’ll keep it open. We should give the shop a new name, though."

Lin Xi had an idea almost instantly. "What about ’Xi Tea’? We can use the ’Xi’ from my name but write it with the character from Emperor Kangxi’s name."

"That’s a great name. Xi Tea it is. I’ll have Yu Fei get a sign printed."

Xue Yang picked up his phone and called Sun Yufei, who was now handling purchasing for the studio part-time.

"Xue Yang, don’t forget to eat the barbecue," Lin Xi reminded him.

He took the skewer she offered and took a bite. The flavor was perfect. "You grilled this really well. It’s delicious."

"Of course," Lin Xi said smugly. "I’m a quick learner."

Xue Yang fondly patted her head as if she were a little cat. Lin Xi’s eyes curved into crescents. She loved it when he did that; it felt comfortable and intimate, and she didn’t have to worry about what anyone else thought.

The call connected. Lin Xi gave Xue Yang a little wave and went back to the grill.

"Yu Fei, I’m going to send you a name for the milk tea shop. I need you to have a sign made."

"Boss, are you opening a milk tea shop?" Sun Yufei asked, surprised.

"Not me. The boss lady is."

"The boss lady? Roger that! I’ll order it right away."

"Good."

"Boss, the boss lady isn’t leaving anytime soon, is she?" Everyone said she was as beautiful as a goddess, and Sun Yufei wished she could fly over to the barbecue site that very second. Unfortunately, she was tied up with something else. "Just say what you need to say. I’m busy here and might be a little late. I need to see the boss lady! Please, please make sure she doesn’t leave before I get there!" Sun Yufei’s voice was filled with anxiety.

"That’s up to the boss lady’s mood."

"Boss, you have to keep her happy! Whether or not I get to meet her is all on you. I have to go now."

With that, Sun Yufei hung up.

Xue Yang took another sip of the milk tea. It was fragrant and sweet, unlike any he’d had before. "This really is good," he murmured.

When the food was almost ready, Lin Xi came back inside to get Xue Yang so they could eat with everyone. He put his work aside and let her lead him out by the hand.

"The boss and boss lady are here! Please, take a seat!"

With everyone gathered, the atmosphere grew even livelier. The two hundred-plus people were split among more than a dozen tables. Xue Yang’s table was filled with the studio’s senior members. It was mostly men, and with a group of guys together, it was inevitable that they’d start egging each other on to drink.

"You’re not allowed to drink too much," Lin Xi warned him.

Having been subjected to their public displays of affection all evening, Yu Kexin finally got a chance to poke fun at Xue Yang. "Looks like our boss is not only about to lose control of his wallet, but now he has to listen to the boss lady about his drinking, too."

"Xiao Ya, have you forgotten?" another person at the table piped up. "The boss is a terrible drinker. We all call him ’One-Shot KO’."

"Nah, I don’t believe it. The boss has to have at least one drink tonight," Feng Jiajun chimed in, stirring the pot.

"Senior, it’s true," Cui Hao said. "I drank with him last year. He got completely drunk after just one glass of baijiu. He refused to let me take him back to his dorm, insisting he had to go home. But when we got to his front door, he wouldn’t go in and started clamoring to go back to school. Then, once we were downstairs, he just sat on the doorstep and flat-out refused to move. You have no idea what a pain he was."

Hearing this, Lin Xi asked curiously, "Xue Yang, how come I never knew about this?"

"You had already gone home for the break, boss lady," Cui Hao explained. "This guy here might say he didn’t miss you, but his actions told a different story. If I hadn’t been so busy dealing with him, I definitely would have recorded it as evidence."

Lin Xi shifted closer to Xue Yang. So, all that happened after I left... He must have been so miserable back then.

Xue Yang shot Cui Hao a look and said coolly, "You’re awfully talkative today. As a reward, you can go show everyone your grilling skills."

"Boss, I don’t know how to grill!"

"Perfect. This is your chance to learn. It might come in handy someday."

"I didn’t say anything wrong! Boss lady, did you know your husband is this petty?" Seeing he couldn’t win against Xue Yang, Cui Hao turned to Lin Xi to tattle.

All eyes immediately fell on her. It was clear they were all eager for a show. Would the boss lady side with reason, or would she defend her man? If she chose justice over kinship, this would certainly be interesting.