Super Soldier in Campus

Lin Feng knew Su Zi wouldn't let him take advantage of her easily. He wondered how she would try to get out of it. Instead of immediately making breakfast as promised, after washing up, he spent half an hour doing aerobic exercises. Only then did he enter the kitchen to cook a large pot of beef congee with the frozen beef Cao Ying had bought. He also casually stir-fried two Chinese cabbages. A simple and nutritious breakfast was thus prepared.

By the time Lin Feng placed the two plates of stir-fried cabbage on the dining table, Su Zi came downstairs, bundled up in a long cotton t-shirt and jeans, a mischievous smile on her face.

However, when Su Zi saw only two small side dishes on the table, her expression immediately darkened.

"Lin Feng, you're really something else! I told you to make something simple, not *this* simple. This is practically malicious! Both plates are stir-fried cabbage... That's basically just one dish!"

Su Zi knew Lin Feng's cooking wasn't bad; in fact, it was usually quite good. The Chinese cabbage was vibrant in color, steaming and fragrant. A few bright red dried chilies were sprinkled evenly over the leaves, making it look very appealing.

However, it was precisely because Lin Feng's food was delicious that Su Zi felt resentful. How could one dish possibly be enough for three people?

Lin Feng glanced lazily at Su Zi, feigning disappointment. He said with a smirk, "You're not keeping your word. You agreed to let this handsome fellow check your 'condition,' but you're all bundled up, even wearing 'underwire armor'..."

Su Zi, being a girl after all, blushed slightly at Lin Feng's directness. She scoffed, "Pfft! With which eye did you see this young lady wearing underwires? I don't even like underwires... Mine are all cotton."

Lin Feng had only said it casually; he hadn't expected Su Zi to actually reveal such a big piece of gossip.

"AHEM. Is there a difference between the two?" Lin Feng asked, genuinely curious.

"A huge difference... Go look it up yourself..." Su Zi sat down at the dining table, casually picked up her chopsticks, popped a piece of Chinese cabbage into her mouth, and crunched on it. She certainly wasn't going to tell Lin Feng that wireless bras were more comfortable and made her feel better...

"MMH... Delicious... Very appetizing..." After swallowing a mouthful of Chinese cabbage, Su Zi's eyes immediately lit up. She stared intently at the dish Lin Feng had cooked and began to eat with gusto.

"Hey, hey... What about Miss Ning? Aren't you going to ask her to join us?" Lin Feng felt a bit exasperated seeing Su Zi get so engrossed in eating that she forgot everything else.

Su Zi glanced at Lin Feng, grinned, and shook her head. "Miss Ning said she won't eat your cooking anymore and doesn't want to talk to you. I just spent half an hour trying to persuade her to come down, but I couldn't change her mind. You'll have to figure out a way yourself..."

"What's that got to do with me?" Lin Feng was baffled. Who knew what Ning Aoxue was upset about this time? That girl was always so temperamental.

"She misunderstood our relationship..." Su Zi's face turned pink, and she seemed unsure how to explain it to Lin Feng.

Before Su Zi could finish, Ning Aoxue appeared. She was wearing a pretty white maxi dress, holding a piece of bread in one hand and a script in the other. She descended the stairs frostily, not even glancing at Lin Feng as she walked straight to the sofa.

Something seems a bit off... Lin Feng glanced at Ning Aoxue's expression. He could tell from her eyes that the girl was full of resentment towards him.

I'd better talk to her later... Lin Feng shook his head, ladled out two bowls of congee, and carried them to the dining table. He looked at Su Zi, somewhat puzzled, and asked, "What about our relationship did she misunderstand?"

Su Zi pursed her lips, paused for a moment, then whispered, "She thinks we've already... hooked up... and she doesn't want to be the third wheel... That's why she's avoiding you..."

Lin Feng's eyes widened; he was completely bewildered. What on earth was this? He and Su Zi mostly just teased each other; how could that count as being together? Besides, how did Ning Aoxue become the 'other woman'? Could it be that she actually liked him?

"There's no doubt about it. I've known Miss Ning for so many years, I'm sure she's into you." Su Zi shook her head with an air of exasperated resignation, then started gossiping about her best friend, "Although Miss Ning is a lot like me in private, she's very reserved in public. It's what you call... being secretly sultry!"

Lin Feng had long suspected Ning Aoxue was secretly sultry... He'd known ever since that time in the restroom when he saw her changing. Her outerwear was incredibly modest, but underneath she wore extremely alluring black lace lingerie.

As for Su Zi saying Ning Aoxue was into him, Lin Feng could only chuckle. Who knew how much truth there was to it? While he never denied being a narcissistic man, when faced with a top-tier beauty like Ning Aoxue, being too narcissistic often meant getting brutally slapped in the face by reality!

Still, hearing Su Zi's gossip, Lin Feng was quite curious. "Aoxue dresses like you in private? Isn't that a bit of a huge contrast...?"

Su Zi scoffed, shook her head, and looked down on Lin Feng's ignorance. "How could we be best friends if we didn't have anything in common! It's just that she's used to pretending to be a good girl..."

Speaking of which, Su Zi suddenly grinned. "Actually, when I was in Beijing, I was a good girl too..."

Lin Feng nodded, understanding. Before his rebirth, no matter how arrogant and domineering that hedonistic version of Lin Feng was outside, always stirring up trouble, he would always pretend to be a good boy at home in front of his parents. It was an emotional investment to pave the way for even greater arrogance later... Thinking about it this way, it really did make sense to call Ning Aoxue secretly sultry.

After finishing a bowl of congee, Lin Feng noticed Ning Aoxue had barely taken a couple of bites of her bread before putting it aside. He couldn't help but frown. That girl suffered ether poisoning just last night, and she has intensive rehearsals these next few days. How can she possibly manage on so little food?

Might as well see it through to the end. Being a bodyguard is more trouble than being a nanny; after cooking, I still have to coax this young miss to eat. I'm practically a paragon of conscientiousness in this profession! I really should have taken that bonus from Old Man Ning last night as hardship pay.

Feeling resentful, Lin Feng approached Ning Aoxue. How can I get her to eat properly...?

Ning Aoxue caught Lin Feng approaching out of the corner of her eye. Her eyebrows arched slightly, and a flicker of light showed in her eyes, but she pretended not to have seen him. She felt a mix of nervousness and anticipation, wondering what he wanted to say to her.

Truthfully, Ning Aoxue was indeed a bit jealous of Su Zi and Lin Feng's relationship. She didn't know how to face it; Lin Feng was just a big pervert she occasionally found herself having expectations for, while Su Zi was her best friend of many years.

Compared to seeing Lin Feng be intimate with Cao Ying, Ning Aoxue's internal reaction was much simpler and more direct: she was displeased. Very displeased.

But now, she truly didn't know how to face Lin Feng and Su Zi. Even though, on the surface, it seemed they weren't together yet, Ning Aoxue already felt like an outsider.

The aroma of the beef congee had long since filled the entire house, and the bread was hard to chew. Of course, Ning Aoxue wanted to sit at the dining table. She just couldn't bring herself to do it, unable to swallow her pride. Seeing Lin Feng approach, her heart naturally filled with anticipation...