When Ji Mingxia was shocked, Yu Ning had already walked into the dormitory and took out an insulated box.
He was not sure when Ji Mingxia would come back, so he ordered takeout for Ji Mingxia at dinner time. In order to prevent the takeout from getting cold and unpalatable, he put the takeout in a smart thermal insulation box. As soon as Ji Mingxia arrived at the dormitory, he would open the box and there would be hot and fragrant food waiting for him.
A delicious aroma wafted out from the insulated box. Yu Ning carefully arranged the food and bowls and chopsticks and said to Ji Mingxia, "Come and eat."
Ji Mingxia originally had a lot of things to say to Yu Ning, but when he smelled this fragrance, all his thoughts were thrown out of his mind.
He flew to the new city early in the morning, ate two slices of bread at noon, and then rushed to the school to report.
If it was just a simple admission ceremony, it would have been fine, but on this day, he saw a ghost and was attacked by Ye Chen. His emotions fluctuated greatly and he was extremely exhausted.
He hadn't felt it before, but as soon as he smelled the aroma of food, Ji Mingxia's stomach immediately growled with hunger.
His stomach was already protesting strongly, and Ji Mingxia didn't want to make an excuse hypocritically. Seeing that Yu Ning was already sitting at one end of the table, Ji Mingxia shyly moved over and sat down face to face with Yu Ning.
Sweet and sour spare ribs, hot and sour potato shreds, cola chicken wings, clam and tofu soup… these are all Ji Mingxia’s favorite dishes. They are paired with fragrant and sticky porridge and stored in an insulated box, which retains the aroma and heat to the greatest extent. They are perfect for people like Ji Mingxia who have been hungry for a day.
After Ji Mingxia took a bite of the dish, he couldn't stop eating anymore and started eating quickly.
Seeing how hungry he was, Yu Ning's expression became even colder.
Even in the extreme environment of the forest, he never let Ji Mingxia go hungry. The man who sent Ji Mingxia back...
Ji Mingxia was eating frantically and didn't notice Yu Ning's gloomy expression at all. After he was full, Yu Ning stood up and quickly packed up the lunch boxes.
Because he was the one who served the dishes the whole time and the smell of food was on his body, after Ji Mingxia finished eating, Yu Ning quickly tidied his clothes and went straight into the bathroom to take a shower.
He took care of Ji Mingxia the whole time, but at the same time, he didn't say a word to Ji Mingxia.
Ji Mingxia wanted to communicate with Yu Ning, but because Lin Cheng and Luo Zixuan were present, he could not say many words even though he had prepared them in his mind.
Seeing Yu Ning walk into the bathroom, Ji Mingxia lowered his head dejectedly.
At the same time, Lin Cheng and Luo Zixuan slowly came back to their senses.
In the bathroom, the sound of water splashing could be heard. After confirming that Yu Ning was taking a shower in the bathroom, Luo Zixuan could not help but approach Ji Mingxia and asked curiously, "Mingxia, what's going on with Yu Ning?"
"Huh?" Ji Mingxia raised his head and looked at Luo Zixuan in confusion.
"After you left in the afternoon, Yu Ning helped you pack your things and has been waiting for you to come back." Luo Zixuan said, with a strange expression on his face, envious and a little bit incredulous, "You were classmates before, is he the good friend you mentioned?"
"Hmm..." Ji Mingxia nodded, "I didn't expect that he would come to H University."
Luo Zixuan's face was filled with shock: "You were at home during the summer vacation, really disconnected from the Internet and working on the farm. As his classmate and good friend, you don't even know about this?"
An embarrassed look emerged on Ji Mingxia's face. He didn't know how to answer, so he simply lowered his head and kept silent.
Seeing this, Luo Zixuan's face was full of indescribable expression: "We chose the bed for him, and he gave it to you. He worked as a housekeeper for you for the whole afternoon. When it was time for dinner, he ordered takeout for you. When he found that your phone was not connected, he waited for you downstairs to come back... Let alone a girlfriend, even my mother can't be so caring to me..."
Lin Cheng couldn't help but ask, "The rumors can't be true, right?"
"What rumors?" Ji Mingxia vaguely felt that this question was not simple and couldn't help asking.
As soon as he finished speaking, the water in the bathroom stopped flowing.
When Lin Cheng and Luo Zixuan heard that Yu Ning had finished taking a shower, they immediately put away their gossipy expressions without a second thought, and returned to their seats swiftly, fully immersed in the game, as if Ji Mingxia was not chatting with them just now.
Ji Mingxia had just been whetted when the two of them stopped gossiping, and he immediately felt anxious.
Seeing that what they were talking about involved various news and rumors on the Internet, Ji Mingxia had no choice but to take out his cell phone.
His cell phone was broken in the afternoon, and now he only had the phone Ye Chen gave him that he could use.
Ji Mingxia did not delay and immediately took out the card from the old phone, inserted it into the new phone, and then turned on the phone to surf the Internet.
This phone was Ye Chen's apology. Because it was a new model, Ji Mingxia politely rejected Ye Chen.
But since Ye Chen insisted that he accept it, Ji Mingxia had no burden in using the phone.
While setting up the new phone, Yu Ning changed his clothes and walked out of the bathroom.
I don’t know if it was Ji Mingxia’s illusion, but when using the new mobile phone, Ji Mingxia always felt that someone was looking at him.
He raised his head and saw that Yu Ning was sorting the items, Lin Cheng and Luo Zixuan were playing games, and no one was looking at him.
Seeing that there was nothing unusual and no one was paying attention to him, Ji Mingxia felt relieved. After the new phone was set up, he couldn't wait to open the web page and began to search for news about Yu Ningxiang.
Only after going online and paying attention to Yu Ning's news did Ji Mingxia deeply realize how popular Yu Ning is now.
The origin of the whole thing started with the announcement of college entrance examination results.
Every year after the college entrance examination results are announced, the provincial top scorers in liberal arts and science will briefly become the focus. Most of them will briefly talk about their learning experiences, and after a few days, the results will gradually be forgotten.
Only this year is different. Since the announcement of the college entrance examination results, Yu Ning became an overnight sensation, and his popularity on the Internet has remained high until now.
The reason is very simple, because Yu Ning's life experience is too rough, and also because Yu Ning is so handsome.
A poor student who grew up in an orphanage, suffered cold violence and was excluded, but it did not prevent him from shining. Many people began to be attracted by his appearance, and when they knew his past, they were even more sympathetic.
As Yu Ning became popular, his past events were dug up one by one. In fact, there were many contemptuous voices on the Internet, calling him a weirdo. However, the more this was done, the more likely it was to cause a backlash from the public.
After two months of fierce public opinion warfare and the battle between haters and fans, Yu Ning's fan club has gradually stabilized.
At this moment, Ji Mingxia searched for Yu Ning on the Internet, and the first thing that popped up was Yu Ning’s Weibo super topic, official fan club, official group, official Douyin account, etc.
Although the number of daily active users is not as high as that of top stars, it is completely comparable to third- and fourth-tier stars, and is a fan base that cannot be underestimated.
Seeing everyone checking in with various photos of Yu Ning every day, Ji Mingxia felt a little uncomfortable.
He had read the novel and knew that Yu Ning would become a heartthrob after entering university, but he never imagined that she would be such a heartthrob. Not only would she be famous throughout the school, but she would also become a hit on the Internet. Her popularity seemed to be even higher than that of the female star Ye Tian!
No wonder there are so many reporters and media in the school today when school starts. The student is no less popular than Ye Tian. It turns out that Yu Ning has become so famous without anyone noticing?!
Ji Mingxia looked at the enthusiastic fan group on his phone, then looked at Yu Ning who was folding clothes beside him seriously. He felt as if a dream and reality were intersecting and everything was unreal.
Yu Ning is still the same Yu Ning, but he seems to be different from the Yu Ning two months ago.
So... what are the rumors that Lin Cheng mentioned
Amateurs like Yu Ning became famous overnight. Although they have many fans, they also have many haters. In order to control public opinion, fans will control the comments under most official accounts. Ji Mingxia searched for a long time but couldn't find any useful information, so he had to go to the forum to dig for it.
In a forum dominated by the entertainment industry, even celebrities with public teams often cannot control public opinion. For someone like Yu Ning who has no team, you can basically find the exact person you want by searching on the forum. There are all kinds of posts, and everyone can basically speak freely there.
Ji Mingxia searched for a while and quickly found what he wanted to see.
It turned out that after Yu Ning became popular, he rejected Peking University and Tsinghua University and came to H University, a little-known university, to go to college, which once again caused a public opinion storm.
Especially when they learned that Ye Tian was also coming to H University, the internet celebrity, the top student and the new female traffic star were arranged together for discussion, and H University became a little famous.
Everyone was puzzled. Considering Yu Ning's grades and Ye Tian's financial resources, these two could easily go to universities with higher international rankings. Why did they choose an ordinary school like H University
The discussion sparked by this gave full play to everyone's imagination, and there were all kinds of discussion posts.
It is common that H University extends an olive branch to Ye Tian and Yu Ning and promises them a lot of benefits in order to gain publicity.
Some also believe that Yu Ning and Ye Tian know each other and are promoting the product together.
Ji Mingxia looked through the posts posted by fans of the couple Yu Ning and Ye Tian for a long time. When he was about to give up, a post caught Ji Mingxia's attention.
The poster is Yu Ning’s high school classmate.
He recounted in detail his feelings about being in the same school with Yu Ning for three years, and described in detail every detail that happened in the days leading up to the college entrance examination. In the end, he concluded: Yu Ning's deskmate applied for H University, and Yu Ning might have gone there for him.
As soon as this post was published in the entertainment section, it was immediately ridiculed by countless passers-by.
How charming must this desk mate be to make the academic genius give up Peking University and Tsinghua University, ruin his future, and go to study in an ordinary school like H University
While passers-by were mocking the post, several of Yu Ning's high school classmates appeared in the thread and not only agreed with the original poster's point of view, but also posted some detailed evidence.
One of the photos shows Yu Ning and his deskmate sitting at the same table studying from behind.
In the photo, the classmate was doing his homework with his head lowered, and his face could not be seen. Yu Ning was leaning slightly to the side, looking at him intently.
The sunlight shone in through the window and was reflected in Yu Ning's gray eye. The eyes that usually looked a bit scary had now turned a very light mercury color.
A rare smile appeared on his usually cold face.
Perhaps because her expression was too gentle, Yu Ning in the photo not only did not look cold at all, but rather gentle and affectionate, making people unable to help but look at her again and again.
As soon as this picture came out, people who love beauty quickly switched sides.
After Yu Ning became popular, all the pictures that leaked out were cold and gloomy. They were not only exquisite and beautiful, but also extremely impactful. Such characteristics allowed him to gather a large number of fans in a short period of time.
Because of Yu Ning's special past experiences, his cold temperament not only does not put people off, but instead inspires infinite sympathy from fans.
Everyone was used to his cold and aloof appearance, so when they suddenly saw such a gentle expression, everyone was stunned.
Because the photo was well taken, it quickly became widely circulated among the fan group, and the post also benefited from it, becoming a lukewarm rumor.
During Yu Ning's gray student life, everyone ignored and excluded him, but there was only one person who gave him warmth.
Therefore, wherever he is, there Yu Ning is also.
Ji Mingxia looked at the photo, then read these words, and felt his heart beating uncontrollably.
In the photo, the classmate whose face cannot be seen is none other than Ji Mingxia!
The dormitory was very quiet at this time. Ji Mingxia could hear his own heartbeat next to his ear. He quickly controlled his emotions and did not dare to let anyone notice his abnormality.
After calming down a little, Ji Mingxia saw Yu Ning getting up and preparing to go to bed. He couldn't help but take out his cell phone and walked towards Yu Ning.
"Yu Ning, I..." Ji Mingxia had just opened his mouth, but the next moment, Yu Ning's eyes fell on Ji Mingxia's mobile phone.
Ji Mingxia clearly felt that the expression on Yu Ning's face had faded a little.
He glanced at his phone, then looked at Ji Mingxia and asked, "What's wrong?"
Ji Mingxia's feeling of being moved was immediately extinguished by Yu Ning's cold response.
He woke up instantly.
The reason why rumors are just rumors is that they are without any basis and have not been recognized by the parties involved.
How can it be accurate to guess based on just one photo
Not to mention the distant past, as for Ye Tian, the outside world speculated that she came to H University because of the olive branch from H University and because of Yu Ning.
However, Ji Mingxia clearly heard Ye Tian say in person that she came to H University because she was troubled by being followed and spied on, and she followed her family's instructions.
So what about Yu Ning
The reason why he came to H University has never been made public.
When Ji Mingxia thought of this, he suddenly felt embarrassed for believing what he had just believed.
Although Yu Ning was indeed very good to him, it would be too much for him to believe that Yu Ning gave up a higher education institution and came to H University to study for him.
If Yu Ning really knew his movements so well, why wouldn't he have kept his phone off for two months during the summer vacation and not contacted him once?!
Thinking of this, Ji Mingxia suddenly felt embarrassed, and he quickly shook his head and said, "Nothing."
Seeing Ji Mingxia lowering his head to avoid him, Yu Ning didn't want to look at him, so he slowly withdrew his gaze and didn't ask any more questions.
The dormitory returned to peace. Ji Mingxia took out his cell phone and slowly returned to his seat.
At the same time, on the other side of the campus.
After Ye Chen drove away from the boys' dormitory, he took Ye Tian to the supermarket to buy some daily necessities, and then took her back to the girls' dormitory.
On the way, Ye Tian sat in the passenger seat, stealing glances at Ye Chen from time to time.
Ye Chen was stared at by her all the way until they were almost at their destination, then he said, "Just say it if you want to."
When Ye Tian heard this, she immediately perked up and leaned over to ask, "Brother, do you like Ji Mingxia?"
Ye Chen raised his eyebrows: "What nonsense are you talking about."
"Come on, you're still pretending. I already knew you like men." Ye Tian said, "Just now in the boys' dormitory, your poor sister was hiding in the car for so long. If I hadn't reminded you, you would have forgotten my existence."
Ye Chen was exposed by Ye Tian on the spot, but he was not annoyed. After a few seconds, he slowly said: "I really forgot that you were still waiting for me."
Ye Tian couldn't help but rolled her eyes, then asked curiously, "Are you going to pursue Ming Xia?"
"No, I don't know him yet, and I'm not sure about his sexual orientation. I'm just interested in him unilaterally. It's not love or pursuit yet." Ye Chen said.
“Then why you talked so much in front of him just now and acted like a peacock spreading its tail, which is totally not your usual style.” Ye Tian complained.
Ye Chen was silent for a moment: "Because I want to win him over."
Whether it was the calm reaction in the library, the unexpected breakaway in the boulevard, or the hospital's physical examination report showing that Ji Mingxia was in exceptionally good health.
Every detail tells Ye Chen that Ji Mingxia is very special.
It just so happened that his appearance and personality completely matched Ye Chen's aesthetic taste, so Ye Chen immediately wanted to win him over.
If you are in love with each other, that's great.
If you can't be a couple, there's no loss in giving it to a friend.
After listening to Ye Chen's analysis, Ye Tian was a little surprised and said, "I thought you were just joking. Do you really think so highly of him?"
Ye Chen glanced at Ye Tian and said, "He is your savior. Your life alone is worth more than five million."
Ye Tian blinked when she heard this, thinking that Ye Chen was praising her, but when she thought about it carefully, it seemed more like he was praising Ji Mingxia.
"What about Yu Ning? He was the one waiting for you under the tree just now. He is now the most popular academic genius in the world." Ye Tian said.
Yu Ning suddenly appeared two months ago, and his popularity is still high two months later. He has more fans than Ye Tian, but the quality of his fans is 10,000 times higher than Ye Tian's fans. They only control public opinion online and never interfere with Yu Ning's real life.
Because Yu Ning had suffered a lot in the past, all his fans are his real mother fans, and they love Yu Ning so much.
Ye Tian saw this and felt very envious. She also started to pay less attention to Yu Ning as a person.
However, when Yu Ning was mentioned, Ye Chen frowned slightly and said, "Stay away from him."
"Why?" Ye Tian asked puzzled.
"He is..." He is definitely not a good person.
Ye Chen did not say the remaining four words, and only said to Ye Tian: "He and I are of the same kind."
"Same, same kind?" Ye Tian's eyes widened. "No way... could the rumors be true..."
"What rumors?" Ye Chen asked.
Ye Tian immediately briefly recounted the post on the forum.
"Many of Yu Ning's high school classmates think that Yu Ning came to college for his deskmate, but didn't his high school classmates collectively bully him? So this rumor was only spread in a small circle and no one believed it." Ye Tian said, "Wait, the person Yu Ning is waiting for downstairs is Ji Mingxia, they can't be his deskmate, right?!"
Thinking of this, Ye Tian looked at Ye Chen tentatively: "Brother, Yu Ning and you are of the same kind, and he and Ji Mingxia are classmates, you are in danger..."
"No." Ye Chen said.
"Why?" Ye Tian asked curiously.
"Because there is a secret between me and Ji Mingxia." Ye Chen said.
Ye Chen was just sending Ji Mingxia back, but Yu Ning's reaction was not that big.
Tell him in person that there is a secret between Ye Chen and Ji Mingxia.
As long as Ji Mingxia kept his promise and didn't say anything, Ye Chen could already imagine how depressed Yu Ning was feeling at the moment.
Men understand men, and like understands like.
How could a young and outstanding boy like Yu Ning swallow this insult
Ye Chen's eyes dimmed slightly, and he raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled softly.
When Ye Tian saw Ye Chen smiling like this, she immediately had a bad feeling.
Ye Chen is so young, yet he is able to take charge of the group and let his father and mother enjoy their retirement life in peace. This shows that he is quite capable.
Whenever he was so sure of winning, it was basically the time for his opponent to be unlucky.
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Ji Mingxia roughly scanned the news, gossip, and rumors about Yu Yuning on the Internet. When he finished reading, he found that it was already ten o'clock.
On the first day of school, all the students were excited all day and felt a little tired after nightfall. So although it was only ten o'clock, many dormitories had become quiet. Lin Cheng, Luo Zixuan and others had already climbed into bed and were playing with their mobile phones.
Ji Mingxia was also feeling a little sleepy.
He put down his phone and went into the bathroom to take a shower. The sound of the splashing water was particularly clear in the quiet night.
Yu Ning, who was originally sitting at the desk, listened for a while, then suddenly got up and returned to bed.
After Ji Mingxia came out after washing up, he saw that everyone was lying on the bed. Lin Cheng and Luo Zixuan were snoring loudly on their beds. He turned off the light in the dormitory, wiped the water stains on his face, and walked towards the bed.
The dormitory environment in college was better than that in high school, but the overall structure was similar. Ji Mingxia habitually came to the middle of the dormitory, stepped on the stairs and prepared to go to the bed. However, just after taking a step, Ji Mingxia's body suddenly stiffened and the whole person stopped in place.
He sprained his waist muscles, but the injury was not serious. As long as he didn't put any force on the sprained part, he basically wouldn't feel it in daily life.
After taking a shower, Ji Mingxia relaxed all over and walked up the stairs to the bed as usual. It was not until the moment he raised his foot that he felt a dull pain in his waist and remembered that he was still injured.
When he was well prepared, he slowly exerted force on his waist. Ji Mingxia could still endure this kind of pain, but he was afraid of being caught off guard and being hit suddenly, which would cause his muscles to cramp and his waist to bend.
Because they were in the dormitory and everyone had fallen asleep, Ji Mingxia naturally couldn't make a sound.
He could only grit his teeth and endure it, wait until he recovered a little, then stand on the stairs and walk up step by step at a super slow snail's pace.
The middle of the stairs is divided into left and right sides. On the left is Ji Mingxia's bed, and on the right is Yu Ning's bed.
At this time, faint sounds came from the direction of Yu Ning's bed.
After turning off the lights, the dormitory was dark, with only the street lights in the distance dimly shining in. Ji Mingxia couldn't see what Yu Ning was doing, so he stopped immediately, not daring to move, for fear of disturbing Yu Ning.
After the area around Yu Ning's bed became quiet, Ji Mingxia bent down with difficulty and tried to crawl towards his own bed in the dark.
"Are you hurt?" Yu Ning's low voice suddenly sounded beside Ji Mingxia's ear.
Ji Mingxia was startled. He used the wrong strength in his tense body, and the cramp in his waist suddenly contracted.
The waist is the connecting part of the human body. When it collapsed, Ji Mingxia went limp and almost rolled down the stairs!
At the critical moment, a pair of hands embraced Ji Mingxia's body and pulled him in.
Ji Mingxia fell uncontrollably towards Yu Ning, and when he came to his senses, he was already leaning in Yu Ning's arms.