The Best Of You (English Ver.) - Chapter 3

“Wow, Shen Nianshen’s mathematics subject on college entrance exam scores perfect, isn’t he too great?!”

“Ah, ah, ah! His face when playing basketball is so handsome!”

“Oh My God, it turns out he is a Sanda’s* expert. No wonder that day he easily caught the thief.”

(Sanshou, also known as Sanda, Chinese boxing or Chinese kickboxing, is a Chinese martial system and combat sport.)

“Oh no, Tiantian, you have been poisoned by Shen Nianshen.”

Since Sun Tiantian learned that the young man who helped her that day was Shen Nianshen. Every word that came out of her mouth was not far from mentioned Shen Nianshen these days. Every day, when she returned to the dormitory, she would hold her laptop and accessed the school discussion forum.

Sun Tiantian had never opened the school discussion forum before. Xie Yan told her that on the forum page there was an exclusive discussion portal of Shen Nianshen’s profile which revealed many things about him in it. Besides, there were photos of a basketball match taken by other students. His handsome face almost made Sun Tiantian nosebleed.

There was a lot of gossip about Shen Nianshen in the forum, something such as his perfect mathematics score during the college entrance exam, all the competitions he had participated in including the provincial swimming competition, he was an expert in Sanda, and wait…

There was a statement that came from Shen Nianshen’s roommates that Shen Nianshen had a slight obsession with cleanliness. He likes everything to be clean, and he would take a shower three times a day and changed three pairs of socks in a day.

The more Sun Tiantian read it, the more excited she was. Knowing that Shen Nianshen would change three pairs of socks in a day, she laughed while holding her laptop.

Wasn’t this too ridiculous ?!

Sun Tiantian held her laptop, sat cross-legged on the bed. Her eyes continued to stare closely at the laptop screen, laughing like an idiot.

Cheng Duo, who was wearing a facial mask under the bunk, could only sigh helplessly when she saw Sun Tiantian’s silly appearance. She spoke to Xie Yan, “I have known her for so long, I have never seen her this silly.”

Xie Yan nodded, and she used classic words to describe it, “Love can indeed make people go silly.”

Cheng Duo thought again, “It would better if she’s only become silly, but she’s almost going crazy.”

Sun Tiantian finally looked up from the laptop screen and exclaimed with enthusiasm, “Shen Nianshen is very great.”

Cheng Duo leaned against the cupboard, her hands crossed in front of her chest and looked up at Sun Tiantian in the upper bunk. She said mockingly, “When we were talking about Shen Nianshen, who underestimated us?”

Sun Tiantian put down her laptop, her hands crossed in front of her, and she raised her head. Her gaze stopped at the ceiling, “Why do you think there is such a great man? Handsome, smart, basketball champion, Sanda’s expert, and he also likes cleanliness.”

The more Sun Tiantian said it, the more she liked that young man. Shaking her head and adding one sentence, “He is too perfect.”

Cheng Duo: “Ah, please, she is starting again.”

Sun Tiantian suddenly lowered her head, looked at Cheng Duo and Xie Yan, who was under the bed, “Do you think my judgment is excellent?”

Xie Yan nodded very thoughtfully, “Your judgment is indeed good, but the difficulty level is also high. I think Shen Nianshen’s type must be very high. Maybe he likes the nerd type.”

Sun Tiantian straightened her body, asked earnestly, “What type of girl am I according to your opinion?”

Xie Yan touched her chin, looked at Sun Tiantian for a moment, “Em… stupid, white, and sweet?

As the words rolled out, Cheng Duo laughed in a low tone, raising her hand to Xie Yan, “Here, give me a high-five.”

Xie Yan and burst out laughing and high-fived with Cheng Duo.

Sun Tiantian snorted, “All of you only could mock me.”

She placed her laptop on a small table at the end of the bed, then pulled out the blanket and lay down.

The blanket was tightly closed from the bottom until her chin, leaving only the beautiful white face of Sun Tiantian. Her eyes looked at the ceiling while the corner of her lips rising; only she knew what did she think about.

—

The next day, when Sun Tiantian woke up at 8 a.m., all of her roommates had also woken up. Cheng Duo and Xie Yan were still lying on their beds and playing with their cellphones, and He Miao was sitting on the bed while reading a book.

There were not many courses for first-year students. All four people had no class this morning.

When Sun Tiantian got out of her bed, Cheng Duo stuck her head out of the mosquito net and asked, “Tiantian, what are you going to do?”

Sun Tiantian slowly came down the stairs from the bunk, “Get ready.”

Cheng Duo was surprised, “So early ?!”

As soon as Sun Tiantian came down, she put on sandals and said, “It’s not early, already half-past nine.”

Cheng Duo was a little embarrassed, immediately sat up, “This morning should be no class, right?”

Sun Tiantian answered, “Yes, no class this morning. You can continue to sleep.”

“What do you want to do?” Sun Tiantian was the person who woke up late in their dormitory. Usually, if there was no class in the morning, she will sleep until lunchtime. Sometimes if she were too lazy to have lunch, she would order a delivery order.

Why did she suddenly wake up so early in the morning, Cheng Duo was so curious.

Sun Tiantian took a rubber band from the desk and tied up her long hair. When she tied it up, she glanced up and spoke to Cheng Duo with a meaningful smile, “Want to have a guess?”

Cheng Duo: “…”

—

When Sun Tiantian arrived on the third floor of the lecture hall, it was already past nine.

She had changed some clothes in the dormitory earlier, so she took longer to dress up, and get out of the dormitory.

She had obtained a list of courses taken by Shen Nianshen this year, this morning his class at 3306.

When Sun Tiantian reached his class, lectures had already begun. Luckily the back door didn’t close, so she hid behind a wall, curled up, and revealed her small face. While curling up, she tried to look inside.

Shen Nianshen was eye-catching, only in one sweep, he could be found easily.

He wore a white shirt, black trousers, his sleeves were rolled in casually, showing his sturdy arms. He sat in a row of big windows, listening to lectures carefully, sometimes he took a pen and wrote something in his notebook.

When Sun Tiantian saw Shen Nianshen, her eyes shone brightly.

In the last row of Shen Nianshen’s seat, there was an empty desk. Sun Tiantian slipped inside, put down that chair, and sat slowly.

Lectures in universities are undoubtedly different from high schools. Teachers would not remember all their students. The teacher who gave lectures on the podium saw Sun Tiantian, and he only thought that she student who was late. He did not say anything, continued the class, and there was not even a pause at all.

After Sun Tiantian sat down, she took out a sketchbook from her bag and took out several pencils. Shen Nianshen sat in front of her, so close to her. From her position, Sun Tiantian could see the side profile of Shen Nianshen’s face.

Sun Tiantian was mesmerized, her chin rested on her hands on the table, her eyes did not flicker, and she continued to look at him full of adoration.

Shen Nianshen was so concentrated on the lectures, so he did not seem to aware that someone was watching over him. However, a young man next to him, who was bored listening to the class, twisted his head and neck. When he turned his neck to the right, he could see Sun Tiantian was staring at Shen Nianshen with that worshipful look.

Xu Li did not hold back, snorting, and laughing. He nudged Shen Nianshen’s arm and said in a low voice, “Ah Nian, there is a beautiful girl who is staring on you.”

Shen Nianshen glanced at Xu Li, said coldly, “Boring.”

He looked up and continued to listen to the lectures seriously.

Xu Li looked back, and Sun Tiantian was still staring at Shen Nianshen, she wasn’t feeling embarrassed even she was caught.

Xu Li smiled, he thought, this beautiful girl was quite interesting.

He nudged Shen Nianshen again, “Ah Nian, looks like that girl is not from our class.”

Shen Nianshen didn’t care, still listened to the lecture.

Xu Li again said, “She was quite pretty.”

Shen Nianshen held a pen, looked down to look at the note on his desk.

Xu Li was ignored, so he touched his nose and no longer spoke.

The class, which lasted for 40 minutes, will soon be over.

Sun Tiantian stared at Shen Nianshen strictly for 20 minutes, then used another 20 minutes to draw. When the class was over, she had finished drawing a rough sketch.

She was drawing the solemn face of Shen Nianshen when he was listening to the lecture; the side profile lines of the silhouette were so deep. His sharp nose was very extraordinary.

Because the next lesson was the same class, as soon as the bell rang, some students went to the restroom. Some students still sat in their positions or chatted with their two or three friends. Some others played with their cellphones.

As soon as persons in front of Shen Nianshen left, Sun Tiantian hurried over to him. Her hand hit on Shen Nianshen’s desk, and she crouched beside his desk.

Shen Nianshen was looking down at a book, from his line sight, suddenly a pair of slender arms appeared.

He narrowed for a moment and lifted his eyes, and then he saw a smiling face.

The corner of Sun Tiantian’s lips rose, “Shen Nianshen, still remember me?”

Shen Nianshen looked at him, “No.” Then, his eyes returned to the book and continued to read.

Sun Tiantian was stunned. Seriously? He already forgot about me ?!

“It’s me, we met on Linjiang Road last time, in that old alley, you helped me catch a thief.”

Shen Nianshen raised his eyes, glance at her. His face was icy.

However, Xu Li was very excited, “It turns out you know each other! Ah Nian, I didn’t expect you to become a hero and saves a beautiful girl.” While speaking, he patted Shen Nianshen’s shoulder.

Shen Nianshen glanced at Xu Li, and his gaze carried a warning; “Can you be quiet?”

Xu Li cunningly smiled and looked at Sun Tiantian, “Beautiful girl, you are not from our class, aren’t you? You come here to look for Ah Nian?”

Sun Tiantian nodded and looked at Shen Nianshen without blinking, “Shen Nianshen, you helped me last time, I still haven’t thanked you. Do you have free time on Saturday? I want to treat you to a meal.”

Shen Nianshen: “I don’t.”

Sun Tiantian: “…”

Sun Tiantian did not expect that Shen Nianshen refused so bluntly, she asked again, “How about Sunday?”

“I don’t have time.”

Sun Tiantian: “… Then … Then when do you have free time?”

Shen Nianshen: “I never have.”

Sun Tiantian: “…”

Alright, good girl, this means he doesn’t give you a chance at all.

Sun Tiantian finally believed that the legendary reputation of Shen Nianshen was not made up.

She thought of something and quickly stood up. Returning to her seat, and took the picture book where she drew the Manga version of Shen Nianshen. She tore it up, wrote her name and phone number up there, and put it in front of Shen Nianshen, “If you have time, give me a call. I’ll buy you a meal.”

Shen Nianshen didn’t glance at it, nor did he care.

Sun Tiantian pursed her lips. Her Male God was too cold, rather than complicated.

Never mind, the path was still long.

Sun Tiantian who saw Shen Nianshen did not care about her whereabouts, nor did she wanted to keep staying there. She said to Shen Nianshen, “I will go first, see you tomorrow.”

Shen Nianshen: “…”

After saying that, she stood up and returned to the desk to tidy up her belongings. She went out of the classroom with her backpack.

As soon as Sun Tiantian passed, Xu Li could not help laughing, “This beautiful girl is quite interesting. Before leaving, she still saying ‘see you tomorrow.’ It seems like she is getting ready for a long-term battle.”

Shen Nianshen glanced at him, “Can you stop?”

Xu Li was still giggling, seizing the drawing paper on Shen Nianshen’s desk. As soon as he saw it, he widened his eyes, “Wow, look! The drawing is so similar!”

As he spoke, he forcefully showed the paper to Shen Nianshen, “Hey, hurry up and look. No wonder she’s a student from the Arts Department, the drawing is so similar to you.”

Shen Nianshen glanced at a figure drawn in pencil on paper. Although it was still a rough sketch, it did look quite similar.

His line sight fell on the girl’s handwriting on the paper. Her name, Sun Tiantian and her telephone number were written on it.

Xu Li said next to him, “I think this girl is quite pretty. She looks adorable when she smiles. Her eyes curved like a crescent moon, looks like a doll.”

He patted Shen Nianshen again, “I’m telling you the truth, you better try to reconsider.”

Shen Nianshen ignored him, he squeezed that paper into a ball and threw it in the trash.

Xu Li: “… Ah Nian … If you continue like this, you will be lonely until you old.”

Shen Nianshen: “Sounds like not a bad idea.”

Xu Li was stunned: “What’s not bad?”

Shen Nianshen: “Being lonely until I’m old.”

Xu Li: “…”