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Neither of them had expected to encounter Su Yunjin's high school classmates here.

But upon further thought, Su Yunjin was after all from Gusu Prefecture, and most of her high school classmates were also natives of Gusu. It was quite normal for them to come to Jinling Prefecture for some fun during the summer vacation.

It was dinnertime, and her two classmates were waiting in line outside for a table. When they saw Su Yunjin sitting near the window, they immediately ran in to greet her.

"Why don't we share a table?" one of the girls suggested. "There are still thirty people ahead of us!"

"Qianqian!" the other girl quickly tugged at her arm.

You really have no sense of situation! Yun Jin is having dinner with her boyfriend, why would we go and be the third wheel?

"Sure," Yan Yu offered, standing up to take a seat next to Su Yunjin.

The two girls hesitated for a moment, then sat down opposite them—after all, Yan Yu had given up his seat, and it wouldn't be right to continue waiting in line for thirty more tables. Who knew how long that would take?

The atmosphere was a bit awkward at first, but it seemed like they got along well with Su Yunjin, and they soon started chattering away:

"Yun Jin, I heard you went to a military school?"

"Is it that 'Cultivator' thing people are talking about online?"

"Can you cast spells? Do you have a Flying Sword?"

"Is this guy next to you your boyfriend?"

"Wow, Yun Jin has a boyfriend! Let me tell you, at least three guys in our class will surely cry themselves to death..."

Even the usually placid and composed Su Yunjin couldn't fend off the relentless questioning from these two gossip enthusiasts, and she hurriedly tried to explain:

"No, no, the captain is... a university classmate, okay? Please don't jump to conclusions."

"Oh, a university classmate—" both girls said in unison, dragging out the words before looking at each other knowingly, then bursting into giggles.

Su Yunjin blushed furiously and couldn't help but turn and glare at Yan Yu.

Even though Yan Yu had lived twice as a person, this was the first time seeing Secretary Su show such a charmingly embarrassed expression. If there weren't other people around, he really should have taken a picture with his phone to keep as a souvenir.

He gloated and continued drinking water, only for the two girls to suddenly shift their attention to him and start striking up a conversation:

"What's the captain's name?"

"No need for formalities, surname Yan, as in the bird swallow," Yan Yu replied calmly.

"And your first name? Is it inconvenient to tell us?"

"Qianqian, stop asking, Yun Jin is still here... right, Yun Jin?"

"What do you mean by 'right'?!" Su Yunjin was flustered and said fiercely, "If you keep spouting nonsense, I'm going to kick you out!"

"We'll stop, we'll stop," the two girls hastily begged for mercy.

After a casual chat for a while, Yan Yu got to know that one of the classmates was named Qianqian and the other Ya Ting.

As for their full names, he didn't ask. After all, they were Su Yunjin's high school classmates, and it wasn't necessary to pry too much.

Indeed, the two were vacationing in Jinling with no fixed itinerary, mainly enjoying the trip as fate allowed. Running into Su Yunjin was purely coincidental, and running into her with Yan Yu... that was an unexpected joy, a perfect opportunity for a thorough chat.

"Captain Yan, where are you from?"

"I'm from Xin'an Prefecture."

"Oh, then it will be convenient for you to settle down in Gusu after graduating, right?"

"Ya Ting," Su Yunjin narrowed her eyes, "your meat is ready, eat more."

Ya Ting picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks but didn't rush to eat it. Instead, she smiled and said:

"Yun Jin, if Captain Yan isn't your boyfriend, it's fine for me to get to know him, right?"

Su Yunjin was at a loss for words, because objecting would undoubtedly lead to them claiming she was jealous. But not stopping them—given the captain's unreliable nature, who knew what shocking things he might say, and then it would be even more difficult to clear up the misunderstanding.

Maybe it's time to make a run for it?

She began to seriously consider the possibility of grabbing Yan Yu and making a dash for it. Although doing so would certainly prompt talk of elopement or something of the sort, the extended discomfort didn't seem worth the risk of staying put with the captain... She then heard Qianqian curiously asking:

"Captain Yan, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Nope," Yan Yu answered.

"Then does Yun Jin have a boyfriend?"

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"Why do you ask him?" Su Yunjin said irritably, "Why not ask me directly?"

"Yun Jin definitely doesn't have a boyfriend." Ya Ting said with a laugh, "Yun Jin's standards are really high, remember the summer of our junior year? That tall, rich and handsome guy from class ten..."

"Oh, I remember!" Qianqian exclaimed, "999 champagne roses!"

"Stop talking about it, that guy was crazy," Su Yunjin sighed.

"Who was the tall, rich and handsome guy?" Yan Yu asked, interested.

"A really wealthy guy from the class next door, his family is in business," Ya Ting explained, "He's quite tall, over one meter eighty, fairly good-looking, but dresses very well."

"On the last day before the summer holidays, he confessed to Yun Jin. He parked his convertible at the school gate, wanting to take Yun Jin to the fishing village for fun. He had 999 roses in the car, the backseat was full of them, it looked super beautiful."

"Then Yun Jin went straight to the disciplinarian." Qianqian giggled again, "The tall, rich and handsome guy saw the teacher coming and hurriedly sped off... We all died laughing at the time."

"Don't make me remember that," Su Yunjin said with a downcast expression, explaining to Yan Yu, "I didn't know that guy, we had never spoken, then suddenly on the last day of finals he comes with his car to confess, I thought he was a lunatic."

"But he sent you a love letter, you know," Qianqian reminded her.

"Really?" Su Yunjin asked in surprise.

"Stop it, Qianqian, Yun Jin gets love letters all the time, she never reads them," Ya Ting intervened, "Only Old Bao would read them."

"And who is Old Bao?" Yan Yu asked curiously.

"Our Chinese language teacher," Ya Ting replied, "Yun Jin was the Chinese class rep, and she would always receive love letters from other classes, she'd never open them, she just threw them directly into the trash. One time, a love letter got mixed in with the Chinese homework she collected, and she didn't notice, just handed it straight to Old Bao."

"Then when Old Bao was marking homework, he found it, opened it and read it aloud, and even graded it like it was an essay." Qianqian, too, laughed uncontrollably, "Afterward, he called that guy from class one to the office, and made him rewrite it... Hahaha, it killed me!"

The two girls laughed until they were falling over, Yan Yu also couldn't help but snicker, looking at Su Yunjin with a changed expression:

Very good, very good, so you're this kind of scheming girl, it's just that I didn't discover it in my past life!

Su Yunjin was greatly embarrassed and quickly tried to clarify to Yan Yu:

"It was just an accident. I wasn't at my seat, so I had them put the Chinese homework on my desk, and that guy from class one happened to ask our classmate to pass on the love letter, they just dumped it into the pile of homework on my desk, and later other students put more homework on top, so it got mixed in... I had no clue."

"I understand, it's not that bad," Yan Yu said, "At least you didn't call him out to lecture him."

Su Yunjin finally couldn't hold back her laughter and turned away to suppress it. The two girls were a bit confused, but they didn't care too much; instead, they exchanged a knowing look and then teased Yan Yu:

"So Captain Yan, you need to be careful, Yun Jin is really not easy to chase, the fact that she's willing to eat with you alone is already a huge victory..."

"Enough!" Su Yunjin, embarrassed and angry, decided to use a 'hurt each other' tactic, "You think you don't have any weaknesses, huh? Qianqian, you have been secretly dating Yang Jian, you think I don't know?"

"What!" Now it was Ya Ting's turn to be surprised, "Qianqian, you never told me!"

"We've already broken up, broken up!" Qianqian quickly explained, "We split up after the college entrance exam, he went to Xin'an Prefecture for university, we're not in contact now."

"And Ya Ting." Su Yunjin said coldly, "How long has Yu Jun been chasing you? You've been together in private, thinking I didn't notice?"

"Hahaha, then you're mistaken," Ya Ting chuckled triumphantly, "Actually, Yu Jun has had a crush on you for a long time, he came to me for advice on how to get your attention."

"Liar, I don't believe you," Su Yunjin said.

"Don't believe me? I'll ask him right in front of you..." Ya Ting pretended to reach for her phone but was quickly grabbed by Su Yunjin.

She absolutely couldn't let the whole class find out about her thing with the captain!

At this point, it's better to just eat.

She morosely took the grilled meat from the net and evenly distributed it to everyone's plates, causing Ya Ting and Qianqian to be somewhat flattered.

The crowd started eating meat, and the situation finally calmed down, but she herself had lost her appetite and just kept her head down, continuously typing.

Just when Yan Yu had finished off a piece of beef tongue, he saw his phone light up.

[Yun Jin]: Captain, why did you agree to let them join our table? You don't even know them and have no idea what kind of people they are, and now look what's happened, you satisfied now?

Rarely seeing Secretary Su in a hurry, Yan Yu was delighted and started typing a reply to her message.

[Yi De Fu Ren]: I think you seem to get along quite well, sharing a table is fine. By the way, were you the class beauty or the school beauty in high school? How many boys chased after you? That's so scary, they're not going to kill me, are they?

[Yun Jin]: I'll kill you/knife/knife/knife/knife/knife/knife/knife/knife

The moment a series of bloodied knife emojis came through, Yan Yu felt someone stomping hard on his left foot.

Looking up again, he saw Su Yunjin calmly eating her grilled meat, as if nothing had happened.