Chapter 19

On Monday, Qin Weihang was absent at a major course. Liang Shenghan and Xiao Pang came to class, although they came in yawning incessantly and dispirited. After class, An Ning asked them: “Did you play very late yesterday?”

Liang Shenghan gave a grouchy look at Xiao Pang: “It’s because of him, saying we must visit everywhere. That place was just mountains and rivers, what fun can there be!”

“What do mean just mountains and rivers? People call this a natural environment,” Xiao Pang said, “An Ning-ge, it was a pity you weren’t there. We not only rowed bamboo rafts and rode horses, but also zip-line up a mountain!”

It seemed that yesterday’s event was really rich. An Ning nodded in understanding: “No wonder Qin Weihang is absent.” Fortunately, he took notes in both classes.

Liang Shenghan said: “His absence has nothing to do with us. He left after we ate lunch in the old town.” After he finished saying this, he continued to complain about Xiao Pang, “Qin Weihang already left, yet you still wanted to go zip-lining. Are you not afraid of falling to your death in the mountain.”

At the mention of this, Xiao Pang started laughing at him. He even turned to An Ning and said: “I have to tell you this An Ning-ge, but he actually has a fear of heights hahahaha. Since Qin Weihang wasn’t there, he refused to go up there no matter what!”

Liang Shenghan face flushed with anger: “That was just an excuse, I just wanted you to stop playing!”

Xiao Pang continued speaking: “The leader encouraged him to try, but he said something about how Qin Weihang advise them not to try dangerous activities before he left. When Qin Weihang was leaving, he just told us, ‘I’m leaving.’ At what point did he advise you on anything?”

Liang Shenghan told Xiao Pang to shut up several times, but Xiao Pang didn’t listen. They kept bickering until they arrived at No. 1 cafeteria. Xiao Pang didn’t want to eat in the cafeteria, suggesting they eat outside instead. Liang Shenghan was being difficult and said: “I’m not going. My lunch card still have so much money, if I don’t use it then it’s a waste.” After saying this, he placed his hand around An Ning’s shoulder and went in, “Let’s go. We’ll both go to the school flower’s cafeteria.”

Xiao Pang could only compromise: “Okay, fine. Since you accompanied me zip-lining yesterday, I’ll risk my life for this gentleman and accompany him for a meal.”

“What do you mean risking your life?” Liang Shenghan said, “Accompanying you to eat those roadside stalls that don’t even have a business license is what you called risking one’s life. You even dragged me around for a whole night!”

An Ning also said: “In fact, this cafeteria’s dishes are good. It won’t lose to those restaurants outside. You should try it. Plus eating out a lot isn’t healthy.”

“An Ning-ge, I know you come here because the food is good, however, this guy isn’t.” Xiao Pang gave a disdainful look at Liang Shenghan, who was prowling in the cafeteria. “Isn’t it just to see the girl who looks like Aragaki Yui?”

“You didn’t come to see school flowers, but to see school grasses, right?” Liang Shenghan retorted.

This time Xiao Pang turned red from anger: “I wasn’t idolizing!

An Ning saw them bickering and was secretly envious inside. Although the three of them were close and enjoyed hanging out together, but in the end, Liang Shenghan and Xiao Pang were roommates. They eat and live together, and they would talk to each other endlessly every day.

As a result, the three of them ate a meal, each with their own intentions. Liang Shenghan would enjoy glancing at the school flower from time to time, Xiao Pang would be scrolling on his phone from time to time, and An Ning would be memorizing words from time to time.

“Wow, that sports car looks expensive!”

Xiao Pang exclaimed in surprise, making An Ning and Liang Shenghan raise their heads. Xiao Pang lit up his phone to show them a post on the campus forum. The post showed a photo of an ocean-blue Porsche that was taken at the school gate.

An Ning’s eyes couldn’t help but widen. He pushed his glasses closer to confirm if the ocean-blue Porsche was the one he saw in Qian Fei’s garage.

The car was particularly beautiful, with a shark’s mouth grille and a pair of red taillights. The seats were also a gorgeous red; a dark blue along with a burgundy color. It was the most eye-catching combination of red and blue. Especially the image of the hardtop rising from the rear; that mechanical sense of elegance was absolutely eye-catching. It was not like A University’s campus does not have sports cars or motorcycles. Qin Weihang’s Yamaha R1 was also very beautiful, but this level of beauty had never been seen before. No wonder the campus forum was buzzing.

The post attached a sentence: This car didn’t come to our school just once or twice. Which rich woman came over to ‘support’ their little lover?

The post below that was a picture of Qian Fei. It was a picture of the Porsche’s top opened and Qian Fei asking the school’s security guard for direction. Although the young woman sitting in the red seat was wearing sunglasses, and her appearance couldn’t be seen, but An Ning could still recognize that it was Qian Fei from her long curly hair.

He doesn’t know why Qian Fei appeared on his campus. In A University, Qian Fei at least knew him and Cai Qun, the senior from the law department. Cai Qun was the president of the student union, and this tutoring job was also introduced to him by Senior Cai. At this critical moment, he suddenly remembered something he shouldn’t be thinking of. Yuan Xiaoye had said that the previous tutor was also a law student at A University. Since Yuan Xiaoye did not like him, the tutor was fired.

Xiao Pang and Liang Shenghan were talking back and forth. One moment they were talking about the beautiful car, the next moment, they were talking about the beautiful woman. The post had said that Qian Fei was the widowed boss of a listed enterprise in the city. They even said that she seemed to be ‘funding’ a student from this school. They heard that it was a one-on-one private funding, the specific target of the funding was unknown. The hidden meaning behind these words pretty much mean that the funding was to ‘support’ the student.*

[*TN: Meaning a sugar mommy-baby relationship.]

An Ning heard this, and with a little uneasiness, said: “Maybe it’s just pure funding?”

Xiao Pang breath out a ‘haaa’, “These rich people, entrepreneurs; for them to engage in proper funding definitely doesn’t need to be done in private. What is their purpose to be funding so secretively?”

“It doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ‘supporting’, rather, it’s better not to speak carelessly.” An Ning said.

Liang Shenghan shook his head disapprovingly: “This kind of thing, do you think our school doesn’t have a lot of? There are actually plenty. The main reason is that this female financial backer is young and beautiful, her Porsche is also very cool, otherwise who would take this seriously.”

An Ning looked up and said: “Since the person is young and beautiful, it may not necessarily be supporting; perhaps it’s to provide financial aid, or perhaps it’s just normal dating.”

Perhaps the eyes of the top student was too honest, Xiao Pang and Liang Sheng were both struck dumb by what he said, which had a bit of reasoning behind it.

Liang Shenghan dropped the topic and grabbed the pan-fried salted meat: “Just eat. In any case, we don’t have the rights to say anything about it.”

Xiao Pang looked at him: “What? You’re willing to be supported?”

Liang Shenghan mouth was full of rice. He pointed to the phone screen and said: “If it’s this kind of beautiful woman, then I’m willing. If it was like what An Ning said, she isn’t supporting me but likes me, then I guess I will happily agree. I’m just afraid my parents would oppose. They’re the traditional type…”

Xiao Pang stared at him, thinking to himself, you’re really thinking so far ahead… But the more he looked at the sports car, the more envious he was. He couldn’t help but say: “It’s good to have money. If I were to have so much money, I would also find a handsome guy to support.”

An Ning and Liang Shenghan lifted their head at the same time and looked at him suspiciously.

Xiao Pang realized what he said and hastily said: “I meant if I was this rich woman!… Well, in fact, I don’t think it’s such a big deal. We’re both willing, so we take what we need from each other.”

Liang Shenghan teased him: “You want to support your Weihang gege?”

Xiao Pang slapped his chopsticks in anger: “You shut up!”

“Your Qin Weihang gege is so rich and cool, is there anyone who can support him?” Liang Shenghan joked, “Don’t even talk about supporting, even dating is impossible. With his kind of qualifications, the girls who likes him can fill the entire university town. He doesn’t even pay attention to Huang Qinzhen. If he were to like me, maybe I can be bent.”

An Ning was listening to them talking, and couldn’t help but imagine what Qin Weihang’s girlfriend would be like. Although Huang Qinzhen was really beautiful, perhaps Qin Weihang would prefer a girl who share the same interest with him. One who can accompany him to rock climb and reach the summit. Perhaps the bold and brave kind? Alas…that kind of person was really hard to find…

When he went back to his room, An Ning also logged in to the campus forum. That post was still stuck on the front page. Some of the people who replied had very rude guesses about Qian Fei. They said she relied on her young beauty to marry the city’s richest man, so that when the old man dies, she can inherit a huge amount of property and be able to support a boy toy.

He really couldn’t bear it, and left a message: Do you guys know her? Do you guys know what kind of person she is? Don’t carelessly spread something like ‘supporting’ when there isn’t even any reliability to it.

After replying, he closed the forum and did not intend to go on it again. Lying in bed, he recalled a certain day of military training—it was the first time he met Senior Cai that day. He had gastritis and was called aside by the instructor to rest. The instructor was going to ask a classmate to help him to the school’s hospital, then Senior Cai came from the side to support him, and said: “I’ll take him there.”

At the time, he didn’t know why this man—who was sunny, handsome, and much more mature than him—was on the field of the freshman military training. Moreover, he didn’t know he was the president of the student union. He had taken An Ning to the hospital to get an IV drip. Senior Cai sat down next to him, accompanied him to chat the entire day. At the time, he just started school. Since he was living alone, there was no one to talk to, so he didn’t know anything. Senior Cai told him where the English study group was, where the all-night self-study classrooms were, which elective courses were better… While talking, An Ning learned that the other person was a senior law student called Cai Qun, but Senior Cai did not tell him he was the president of the student union. Due to this, the two unexpectedly got along really well. He took the opportunity to ask Senior Cai about work-study and scholarships. Senior Cai told him in detail about the school’s policies, saying that he can also apply for state student loans.

Unfortunately, when he applied, he found out that his family status did not meet the application criteria. Fortunately, he successfully applied for work-study, and even found a part-time at KFC. One time, while cleaning the classroom, he ran into Senior Cai. He seemed to be passing through this area and saw An Ning cleaning the classroom, so he specially went up to talk to him.

“I heard you have the highest score in your year.”

When Senior Cai told him this, he was really surprised. It was something even he didn’t know about, because the school didn’t inform them of this. That day, Senior Cai asked him if he found a part-time job yet and what the salary was. Once he finished speaking, the senior said: “Must be tough,” and asked him, “Do you want to be a tutor?”

That was how he got the tutoring job. At that time, he even asked his senior why he asked him. Senior Cai said: “You’re very smart. The person wanted the very best and there isn’t any other reasons.”

Of course there were other reasons. It was because of the conversation during military training; Senior Cai Qun remembered what he said. Such an upperclassman, it can’t be a ‘supporting’ kind of relationship with Qian Fei. He was also the president of the Student Union. Such a person was responsible towards their own life and future. He was someone with principles.

An Ning still had to go to the library in the afternoon. He was lying on the upper bunk, forcing himself to close his eyes. Suddenly, his WeChat rang in the quiet room. He sat up and put on his glasses, a little confused for a second. In the next second he remembered, oh right, he raised the sound of the WeChat alert. Usually, it was silenced when he was taking an afternoon nap and sleeping at night.

The black Yamaha motorcycle had a lit up red dot on the rear, like when the motorcycle’s taillights lit up:

——Did Teacher Wang Qiulin take attendance today?

An Ning stared at the sentence and laughed. So you will also worry about skipping class and being found out. He lowered his head and typed, and at the same time, spoke as if he was coaxing a child: “No… Don’t worry…” He thought about it and wrote another line: But she must have found out you skipped class. Why didn’t you come today?

Two minutes passed and Qin Weihang did not reply to him. Two minutes of waiting left An Ning self-reflecting—“Am I asking too much?” Then his WeChat sounded.

[Chief]: I overslept.

An Ning stared at the screen, and before he had time to react, another message popped up.

[Chief]: So I might as well go back to sleep.

Ha! He unconsciously laughed at the phone screen. This is indeed something you would do, Qin Weihang.