The Best Of You (English Ver.) - Chapter 23
Tang Wan babbled for a long time, shaking her head and sighing. Then she turned her head back in great regret.
When Cheng Duo saw Tang Wan turning back, she immediately faced Sun Tiantian and pinched Sun Tiantian’s face with her both hands. She burst out laughing and suppressed her voice, “Little girl, why didn’t you explain it right away?”
Sun Tiantian wanted to laugh but was also embarrassed, “Explaining what?”
“You still asking? This little girl is not so honest.” She spoke and her voice getting lowered, asking curiously, “Tell me, how does it feel to kiss Shen Nianshen?”
Sun Tiantian remembered what happened last night. It was only so briefly, it couldn’t be said as kissing. And it was her who took the initiative to do that.
She shook her head, “Nope.”
Cheng Duo’s eyes widened, “There was no feeling?!”
Sun Tiantian held her forehead and explained, “We’re not kissing.”
“Ah?” Cheng Duo was stunned for two seconds, staring at Tang Wan who was in front of her, “Then, how could anyone see it?”
Sun Tiantian thought someone must have seen at the time she kissed Shen Nianshen for that short time.
She whispered, “It was just a brief touch.”
She said while lowering her head to pick up her brush.
Cheng Duo chuckled, “To my surprise, Shen Schoolmate is still innocent and pure.”
Sun Tiantian thought for a moment, she decided that was true and lowered her head, “He is indeed innocent and pure.”
Shen Nianshen has never even once taken the initiative to kiss her.
During the class, Cheng Duo whispered to Sun Tiantian while drawing, “What are the plans for the two of you today?”
There will be no class this afternoon. In the past, Sun Tiantian would draw in the dorm room or watch dramas.
“Maybe accompany him in the library.”
“Seriously? Are you two really going to date in the library?” Cheng Duo was a little surprised and added, “Why don’t you go out to watch a movie or go to a place like a playground?”
Sun Tiantian tilted her head and looked at Cheng Duo, smiling, “You are too much. Who says that dating has to go to the movies, shopping, or go to the playground.”
“Why not?”
“I think, as long as I can be together with him, it would be nice.” Whenever Sun Tiantian thought of Shen Nianshen, her face would let out a very happy smile.
Cheng Duo saw Sun Tiantian smiling so beautifully, chuckled, “A girl who is dating is indeed different. Our thick face Sun Tiantian can be embarrassed too.”
Sun Tiantian subconsciously touched her face, “How could be?”
“Tiantian, do you have a boyfriend?” Tang Wan who was sitting in front of them suddenly turned around and whispered.
Sun Tiantian nodded her head gently, confirmed it with a happy smile.
The gossip flames in Tang Wan’s eyes immediately ignited, “Who is your boyfriend? Is he from our campus? Is he in our age? From what major? Is he handsome?”
Tang Wan asked non-stop, Sun Tiantian only smiled, “He’s from our campus, but he’s a sophomore. His face… hmm, quite handsome.”
“Wow! Tiantian, are you dating a senior? Who is he? When will you take him here for us to see?”
Sun Tiantian felt a little embarrassed, she held Tang Wan’s shoulder and said helplessly, “Don’t you treat us as a gossip. Turn around and continue your drawing. The lecturer will check on it soon.”
“Then tell me later after the class,” Tang Wan said before turning back.
But when the class ended, Tang Wan didn’t have the time to find out about Sun Tiantian’s love affair. The group of girls was all gathered to talk and gossip about Shen Nianshen.
“Is that true? Didn’t Shen Nianshen just reject Zhang Mengyao? Did they even end up together?”
“It’s not necessarily Zhang Mengyao …”
“Who else but Zhang Mengyao? When Shen Nianshen rejected her, I felt confused. After all, Zhang Mengyao was so beautiful. The feelings will arise later when they are connected.”
Cheng Duo listened at the side and nudged Sun Tiantian gently, “Don’t you want to give any explanation?”
Sun Tiantian lowered her head, sending a text message to Shen Nianshen, “What should I explain?”
Cheng Duo glanced at Sun Tiantian’s cellphone screen, seeing her texting with great pleasure. In the end, she didn’t bother Sun Tiantian anymore and looked down to play with her own cellphone.
Sun Tiantian and Shen Nianshen were texting each other, 【Our date last night at the sports ground was getting caught】
Shen Nianshen 【Yes, I know. I just heard it from Xu Li】
Then another message came in 【I’ve finished my class. I’ll go back to the dorm first to pick stuff, I’ll be there to pick you up in a minute】
Shen Nianshen’s class was quite far from the Sun Tiantian Arts Faculty Department, returning to the dormitory would take about half an hour. It just so happens that it’s time for Sun Tiantian’s class to end.
Sun Tiantian 【Yes ^ _ ^】
Shen Nianshenshen 【Are you hungry? Want to eat something? I’ll bring some for you】
Sun Tiantian 【No need, we’ll just go eat together after class】
Shen Nianshen returned to the dormitory to take a shower and grabbed a book.
A man or a boy usually had a very fast bath, just a few minutes needed.
When he came out of the bathroom, Xu Li was playing a game while leaning against the cupboard. Seeing Shen Nianshen drying his hair with a towel, he said without thinking, “Next Wednesday we’ll have a basketball game with the Engineering Faculty, when we have time, let’s have some practice.”
Shen Nianshen agreed, “Just wait for me to finish my two busy days.”
Xu Li was stunned, then looked up, “You accepted another job?”
Last night, Xu Li went to the toilet at around three in the morning, he saw Shen Nianshen still sitting in front of the computer translating documents. Translating from Chinese to English, a professional article dealing with engineering. The work of the brain was needed and it took time. Xu Li only saw Shen Nianshen worked on it, and he felt his head was about to fall off already, furthermore, it didn’t earn him much money.
Xu Li sometimes was deeply in awe of Shen Nianshen, his ability to deal with pressure was unlikely for most people. His grandma at home needed money every month for medicine, she was old and anything might happen to her. If they were not careful, there could be additional expenses. Like when her grandmother accidentally fell, going to the hospital for a check-up alone cost several hundred yuan.
Usually, school lessons were very burdensome already. Shen Nianshen was also studying programming in English on his own and managed to earn money from there. He still could make time to go with his friends to play basketball. Sometimes Xu Li was suspicious, could this person possibly have superpowers? How could one person learn so much at one time and also do so many things?
Besides that, this person was extraordinarily terrifying with his discipline. From the beginning of college until now, every morning he wakes up at 6 in the morning and goes jogging. After an hour of jogging, he returns to take a shower. After taking a shower, he has his breakfast. After that, if he doesn’t go to a class, he definitely goes to the library.
Even as a man, Xu Li sometimes couldn’t help thinking when he saw Shen Nianshen, one becomes great because he has the effort to be great. There weren’t many geniuses in this world. Once you see a genius, the painstaking work behind it was something you cannot imagine.
Shen Nianshen saw the time, now was the perfect time to go pick up Sun Tiantian. He said goodbye to Xu Li as he walked out the door.
On the way to the studio, he passed a food stall. He stopped by to buy a box of yogurt for Sun Tiantian.
He bought the brand and the taste that Sun Tiantian loved.
When he got to the studio, the class wasn’t over yet. Shen Nianshen stood outside the window and looked inside the classroom.
Only at a glance he saw Sun Tiantian sitting in the back row, wearing a cream sweater, baby doll collared, and there was a cute butterfly on her collar. Her hair was tied high above her head, she was holding a brush and drawing and coloring carefully on the drawing board.
Separated by the window, Shen Nianshen stared at her and didn’t take his eyes even once.
Sun Tiantian had almost finished her task, she lowered her head and chatted with Cheng Duo.
At this time, the originally calmed class was turned noisy.
Sun Tiantian subconsciously raised her head and saw the girls talking excitedly.
Sun Tiantian didn’t understand why, but Tang Wan who was in front of her was suddenly excited and pulled her hand, “Oh my, my God. Shen Nianshen! It’s Shen Nianshen!”
Sun Tiantian came to her senses, she turned to the side and looked out of the window.
Shen Nianshen was standing outside, his back was leaning on the balcony, and was looking at her.
The girls started to get excited and asked, “Why did Shen Nianshen come to our place? Looks like he’s waiting for someone.”
“In our class, almost all of us are girls, who is he waiting for?”
“No idea.”
“Stop it. Everyone calms down. If you have finished your task, just put it here. After that, you can go home.” The class was becoming very noisy, plus about to end. The lecturer clapped his hands in front of the class and took their tasks.
Once everyone heard that they were allowed to submit their tasks, they all rushed to the podium to hand them in. After that, they returned to their desks to tidy up their belongings.
At the side, there was a girl who was very excited, “Come on out and have a look. This is the first time I can be so close to Shen Nianshen! He’s so handsome, feels like he can debut as an artist.”
Sun Tiantian. “…”
In the blink of an eye, Sun Tiantian, who had not even had time to react, looked up and found that her classroom was almost empty.
It’s just that everyone moved outside the classroom.
Through the window, Sun Tiantian saw several girls standing around Shen Nianshen. Two or three girls made a group and approached each other, don’t know what they’re talking about.
Eventually, there was a girl who has had the courage to ask, “Shen Nianshen, are you waiting for someone?”
Shen Nianshen rarely talks to girls, but today he replied very patiently, “Yes, I’m waiting for my girlfriend.”
“Ah? Your girlfriend is in our class?” Everyone started getting shocked.
Shen Nianshen said yes, it just so happened that he saw Sun Tiantian coming out of the classroom carrying a painting canvas.
He walked over to her and helped Sun Tiantian carry it, “Let me carry it for you.”
“Okay,” Sun TIantian happily handed over the canvas.
Shen Nianshen carried the painted canvas on one shoulder and the other hand naturally grabbed Sun Tiantian’s hand. Then took her out of the teaching building while holding her hand.
Shen Nianshen was very tall, when he was talking to Sun Tiantian, he had to lower his head.
Sun Tiantian, who was 163cm tall, was not short, but her body was so slender that she looked very small when she stood next to Shen Nianshen.
Shen Nianshen has already taken Sun Tiantian out with him. The girls, who were very excited, were so shocked that they couldn’t say a word. They just stared fixedly at the back of the two people who were getting further away. For a long time, neither one spoke.
Tang Wan was the first to react, “Oh, my God. Tiantian’s boyfriend turns out to be Shen Nianshen?!”
“Yes, I always thought that Shen Nianshen was a very cold person. It turned out that he was so gentle towards Tiantian, he was even willing to lower his head to talk to her. How sweet.”
The news that Shen Nianshen was dating a girl from the Arts Faculty was spreading rapidly throughout the campus.
Almost everybody got curious, which girl was so great that she could destroy Shen Nianshen who was like a thousand years stone. After all, Shen Nianshen had even rejected an extraordinarily beautiful woman like Zhang Mengyao.
This news reached Zhang Mengyao, who once pursued Shen Nianshen and had not given up until now. When she heard the news, she frowned, “Is this a prank?”
A friend beside her said, “I guess so too. If it’s someone else, it’s still possible. But this is Shen Nianshen! You have been chasing him from the beginning of college until now, and you haven’t got him yet. After all, his life was only around the classroom, bedroom, library, and basketball court. No one ever saw him hook up with any girl. How can he suddenly have a girlfriend?”
Zhang Mengyao felt unhappy, “I don’t understand these people, all day long talking nonsense like there was nothing to do.”
“Hey you, don’t think too much either. Next Wednesday there is a basketball match with the Engineering Faculty. You better dress up a little prettier, it is possible that Shen Nianshen might suddenly like you.”
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