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Chapter 383 - 351 Myself and the Earth Altar_2

Chapter 383: 351 Myself and the Earth Altar_2

Jiang Chen looked at Bai Zheli.

"It’s okay, I’m with Fang Qing. Brother Chen, you go pick up Shu Rui," Bai Zheli said.

Jiang Chen didn’t dawdle and nodded in agreement.

Renxin Exchange.

Li Shuru opened the door and got into the car.

"Where’s Fang Qing?" she asked.

"She’s in the library with Bai Zheli, reading books."

"You left her in the library?"

"It’s fine, she’s not a stranger, and she likes reading books anyway. She and Bai Zheli probably have a lot to talk about."

Li Shuru didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

If it were her who had gone so far to see a friend and then was left alone in a library, she probably would have been furious. But indeed, everyone’s personality and preferences differ.

The Palamera turned back around.

"Have you been at school the whole day?" she asked.

"Hmm."

Jiang Chen drove, casually recounting the day’s schedule.

Li Shuru seemed thoughtful.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked.

"Nothing."

"You saw the photos I sent, didn’t you? Aren’t they pretty?" Jiang Chen boasted.

Privately, they might bicker, but when Fang Qing wasn’t around, he always took pride in mentioning his childhood friend.

"Now I finally understand why you always like beauties," she remarked.

Ai Qian was the class beauty in their class.

No need to mention herself.

Don’t talk about love at first sight.

Li Shuru was well aware that when he pursued her at first, it was definitely 100% based on her looks.

"What do you mean?" Jiang Chen asked, puzzled.

"Growing up with someone like Qing Mei by your side every day, she’s spoiled your taste," she said.

Jiang Chen grinned. But upon further thought, there seemed to be some truth to Li Shuru’s words.

He did indeed seem to have a bit of a "face complex."

One could only say that girl Fang Qing sure caused a lot of trouble.

"Where shall we eat?" Li Shuru asked.

This was her first time interacting with Jiang Chen’s "relative," and she couldn’t help but be cautious.

"She’s not that fussy. If it’s too formal, she might even feel uncomfortable. Luo Peng treated her to a meal in the cafeteria at noon, and she enjoyed it," Jiang Chen explained.

Li Shuru was speechless.

"Luo Peng is Luo Peng. If I invite her to eat in the cafeteria, what would she think?"

"That’s not what I meant. Let’s just find a place near the campus. As long as the food tastes good, it’s fine. She likes spicy food. How about Ju Zhen Yuan? There are a lot of options there, and if we’re early, we can even take a stroll," he suggested.

Ju Zhen Yuan was a comprehensive shopping mall with an entire floor of restaurants, just two blocks away from Dong University.

"Okay."

The library.

Fang Qing got a call from Jiang Chen.

"Alright, I’ll come down right away."

After hanging up, she looked at Bai Zheli across from her.

"Jiang Chen is back. He’s inviting you to have dinner with us."

"I’ll pass. You two go ahead," Bai Zheli quickly refused, shaking his head.

Although he loved reading, he knew how the world worked. Besides, he was aware that it was Li Shuru inviting Jiang Chen’s childhood friend for a meal—what would he be doing there?

"Jiang Chen asked me to invite you."

"I really don’t want to go."

Seeing Bai Zheli’s firm stance, Fang Qing didn’t insist.

"How should I return this book?"

"Just leave it here; I’ll return it later," Bai Zheli responded.

"Then I’ll leave it to you."

Fang Qing left.

Bai Zheli looked at the book left on the table.

"My Time with the Earth Shrine"

Below the library.

As soon as Fang Qing came out, she saw the pale-white Palamera and walked over, opening the back door of the car.

There was already someone sitting in the passenger seat.

"Sister Fang Qing," Li Shuru called out immediately.

Fang Qing was taken aback, then hastily replied, "Just call me Fang Qing."

"You’re older than her, so calling you ’sister’ is proper," Jiang Chen said naturally as he started the car.

"So you always like to emphasize that I’m older, huh?" Fang Qing teased with a smile.

"I’m stating a fact," Jiang Chen retorted.

The two started bickering again, but inadvertently, the awkwardness of the two girls’ first meeting washed away.

The trio arrived at Juzhen Garden.

Since it was still early, they decided to take a stroll around the shopping center.

"How about picking out some clothes? You’ve come from far; you should bring some gifts back, right?"

The presence of Li Shuru seemed to have no impact on the interaction between the two childhood friends.

"Yo, when did you become so polite?"

"Opportunities don’t come often, they’re to be seized when they do, you know, I’m rarely this generous."

Not just Fang Qing, even Li Shuru couldn’t help but laugh, interjecting, "Sister Fang Qing, don’t turn down a free offer."

"Why are you elbowing me out?"

The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

After an hour of shopping, even though Jiang Chen had made a promise, Fang Qing ultimately didn’t pick out any clothes.

The three entered a fish restaurant, and Li Shuru, who was known in school for her aloofness, kept asking Fang Qing about Jiang Chen’s past.

The two girls chatted and laughed merrily, leaving Jiang Chen feeling like an outsider.

"How about a drink?"

Fang Qing seemed to be in high spirits today.

Jiang Chen was slightly taken aback.

"I still have to drive you back later..."

"Don’t worry, I’ll keep Sister Fang Qing company."

Li Shuru said with a smile.

Jiang Chen didn’t stop them, but kindly reminded, "Fang Qing, the beautiful, she can really hold her liquor, you might want to take it easy."

Li Shuru, who indeed had her share of bar outings, gave him a reproachful glance.

Fang Qing seemed to think Jiang Chen was exaggerating, but ended up getting herself drunk.

Of course.

She wasn’t as bad as Young Master Luo, just a bit tipsy.

They had planned to stroll around and see the night scene after dinner, but naturally, that plan was ruined.

Jiang Chen could only drive Fang Qing back to Bulgari, and after Li Shuru took care of her and helped her to lie down, they left.

On the way back to school, Li Shuru, whose alcohol tolerance was indeed stronger than most girls, rolled down the car window.

"Does Sister Fang Qing really not have a boyfriend right now?"

"Didn’t you just ask her that?"

"Such a girl with no suitors? Even I, a girl, am starting to like her a bit."

"You’ve only met her once, you think you know her well? I’ll tell you, when she was younger, she gave me quite a hard time."

Glancing at Jiang Chen’s perturbed expression, Li Shuru seemed to want to say more but held back, eventually falling silent and gazing out of the window, her eyes reflecting a hint of wistfulness.

"It’s really unexpected, Jiang Chen actually has such a beautiful childhood friend. No wonder he’s always chasing after beautiful women. This guy really keeps his cards close to his chest. I guarantee there’s definitely something between him and his childhood friend..."

Just as he reached the door to the dorm.

Jiang Chen heard Young Master Luo’s voice.

"Don’t talk nonsense; didn’t Little Bai say that Li Shuru went to invite her out for a meal? If there really was something, would Jiang Chen let them meet?"

"Li Shao, don’t you believe me? If there’s nothing, why would Jiang Chen be so guardful of me?"

Li Shao defended staunchly and undisguisedly, "If I were Jiang Chen, I’d definitely be on guard against you as well."

Bai Zheli, who had been silently watching the drama unfold, couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Jiang Chen pushed the door and walked in.

"Li Shao is fair, Luo Peng, you’re dragging me down, making people think there isn’t a single decent person around me."

"Look at what you’re saying, I really just wanted to ask her about legal matters, I understand the concept of ’the rabbit doesn’t eat the grass around its burrow’."

"That’s good."

"Jiang Chen, is she really from the Law School?"

Luo Peng asked again.

"Otherwise?"

"Being so pretty, that’s unexpected..."

"Pretty girls can’t attend the Law School? What kind of logic is that?"

Jiang Chen laughed and shook his head before sitting down in his chair.

"Brother Luo, she’s really knowledgeable."

Bai Zheli, who had spent time with Fang Qing in the library, chimed in with testimony.

He never lied.

"What did you guys talk about?"

Jiang Chen asked curiously.

"We didn’t talk much, most of the time she was reading."

"What book was she reading?"

It wasn’t that girls who could settle down to read were nonexistent, but Luo Peng had never seen one as beautiful as Fang Qing.

"My Memories of Old Beijing."

"I’ve read that book. The Temple of Earth, eh? If there are some things I don’t say..."

Luo Peng immediately wanted to show off his literary flair, but he couldn’t continue after just a few words.

"How does it go..."

He frowned, deep in thought.

Li Shao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

It was Bai Zheli, ever the scholar, who reminded him.

"If there are some things I don’t say, Temple of Earth, don’t think I’ve forgotten..."

"Right, right, right."

Luo Peng remembered.

"If there are some things I don’t say, Temple of Earth, don’t think I’ve forgotten, I haven’t forgotten anything. There are some things that are only fit to keep, not to think about, not to speak of, yet cannot be forgotten."

Jiang Chen sat quietly in his chair, looking somewhat lost in thought.