Chapter 537: Chapter 535 Xia Tian: It seems like I bought the milk tea

"Thank you, Senior. You’re so kind, bringing us milk tea in this heat. Hey everyone, come and get some! Don’t tire our seniors out."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone swarmed forward. They took the milk teas from the hands of Xue Yang and his three companions, neatly distributing one to each person in an orderly fashion.

Within five minutes, all thirty students in the class had a cup of milk tea.

There was also one for the drill instructor, but he wasn’t there at the moment. A diligent student had already taken a milk tea to go find him.

"Our senior is so great. Whoever gets to be his girlfriend must be incredibly happy..."

"Yeah, really! If I could find a boyfriend like him, my life would be complete."

Everyone started directing the same praise they’d just lavished on Xia Tian toward Xue Yang instead.

Wait a minute... girlfriend?

Everyone’s gaze shifted from Xue Yang to Lin Xi.

The moment Xue Yang appeared, Lin Xi abandoned her usual aloof demeanor and dashed toward him. Looking at her now, she was practically glued to his side.

Xue Yang, in turn, looked at her with an expression full of adoration.

In that instant, it seemed everyone understood. Could it be that Xue Yang’s girlfriend was Lin Xi?

Cao Xinrou took a sip of her milk tea. "Xiao Xi’s official boyfriend has come online. The drama’s over."

"Exactly. The real boyfriend’s here. Anyone have a problem with that?"

A look of sudden realization washed over everyone’s faces. The way they looked at Xia Tian changed completely.

Is this what it’s like to be caught red-handed trying to poach someone’s girlfriend?

So, should we drink this milk tea or not?

After a second of hesitation, they all decisively chose to drink it.

It was free milk tea; it would be a waste not to drink it.

Besides, Lin Xi had been rejecting Xia Tian all along. She even said she had a boyfriend, but nobody believed her. If they had known her boyfriend was Xue Yang, no one would have been foolish enough to try anything.

By now, "unpleasant" was an understatement for the look on Xia Tian’s face.

So, what my roommate said was all true. Lin Xi’s boyfriend really is Xue Yang. It could have been anyone else, but it had to be Xue Yang. How can I compete? There’s simply no comparison. And why has Xue Yang been interfering with everything I do lately? Seriously, is he toxic or something? Could he be doing this on purpose? I don’t think I’ve offended him, have I?

Xia Tian thought long and hard but couldn’t figure out how he might have provoked Xue Yang.

Could it be because of that incident with the court attire last year? But... that wasn’t my fault, was it? Back then, I didn’t join everyone in criticizing him; I just didn’t continue to stand by his side when it was time to choose. Could that have been wrong too? How could Xue Yang be this petty?

Xia Tian felt his decision to part ways with him back then was the right one.

"This milk tea from our senior is delicious."

"Yeah! Where is this milk tea shop? I’ve decided, I’m only ordering from this place from now on."

"Me too, me too! I’m only drinking milk tea from this shop from now on!"

Seeing an opportunity, Song Fan quickly pulled out his phone. "If you guys want milk tea in the future, you can order from me through your phone. Free delivery!"

Upon hearing this, a student piped up, "Ah, but we’re in the middle of military training! We don’t have our phones!"

"No problem," Song Fan replied smoothly. "I’ll write my number down, and you can add me when you get your phones back."

He then quickly took out a pen and paper, jotting down the name of the milk tea shop and his own phone number. "If you can’t find it, you can also look for our boss lady."

"Where did you find this employee? Not bad at all," someone commented.

"She was an employee at the original milk tea shop. I thought she was pretty good, so I kept her on," Xue Yang replied.

"With such a dedicated employee, how did the original shop go out of business?"

Xue Yang glanced up at Ming Yue.

Ming Yue gave an awkward laugh. "I didn’t want that to happen. If I’d known, I never would have handed the supermarket over to him."

The "him," of course, referred to Wang Doudou.

Seeing everyone’s attention shift to Xue Yang and the milk tea shop, Xia Tian tried hard to reclaim his presence.

"Um, I think I was the one who bought the milk tea," Xia Tian managed to interject, but his voice was quickly drowned out by the crowd’s enthusiasm.

Now that Xue Yang was here, who was paying any attention to him?

"Godfather, it looks like someone’s trying to poach your girl right here in public," Cui Hao concluded after watching for a while. It was a good thing they’d come to Yonghui Supermarket today. Otherwise, the boss lady would have been gone.

"He’d have to be capable of it first," Ming Yue added.

"My girlfriend can be a bit mischievous. I hope you all will look out for her," Xue Yang said to the class.

"Don’t worry, Senior! We’ll definitely take good care of Xiao Xi!"

"Yeah, Senior, rest assured. Xiao Xi is our class mascot. Anyone who messes with her is messing with all of us!"

Lin Xi stood beside Xue Yang, her smile as bright as a blooming flower.

"Now that’s a truly handsome man and a beautiful woman. Ah, I’ll be the first to ship it."

Xue Yang had only walked a short distance when he seemed to remember something and turned back. He fished a small, pink wallet out of his pocket. It was clearly a girl’s.

"Oh, right, your wallet. I might be busy sometimes, so I’m giving this back to you. If you want anything, just buy it yourself."

Looking at the familiar pink wallet, Lin Xi didn’t take it. "If you give it back to me, what if I lose it? It’s better if you keep it. If I need money, I can just ask you for it in advance. That way, you don’t have to worry."

"That works too. I have other things to do, so I’ll get going now."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Lin Xi watched Xue Yang until he was out of sight, her gaze lingering reluctantly.

Just a moment ago, everyone was praising Xia Tian as a good man for promising to give all his future earnings to his girlfriend. Then, they discovered that Lin Xi had already given all her money to Xue Yang for safekeeping and even had to ask his permission to use it. The contrast couldn’t have been starker.

Many of the guys began to wonder, were there really girls out there willing to entrust their money to their boyfriends? Why couldn’t they ever meet one?

Not only had Xia Tian failed to win the girl over, but he also didn’t get any credit for the milk tea he’d bought. Seething with frustration, he returned to his dormitory.

"Xia Tian, I heard you splurged today and bought over thirty cups of milk tea to treat the first-years..." one of his roommates began.

"Don’t talk to me about that ever again!" Xia Tian snapped.

"What’s wrong with him?" the first roommate asked, completely baffled by the sudden outburst.

"Check the campus forum and you’ll know," another roommate said. "He’s probably feeling pretty awful right now. We should just leave him alone."

The first roommate took out his phone and logged into the campus forum. He quickly found the post about how Xia Tian had bought thirty-one cups of milk tea to woo a campus beauty, only to be told she already had a boyfriend. The post didn’t mention who the girl was, however.

After this series of blows, Xia Tian fell completely silent. He had finally understood a fundamental truth: to fight with the heavens is endless fun, but to fight with Xue Yang is utter stupidity.

Therefore, to avoid making a fool of himself again, Xia Tian decided that from now on, he would just quietly mind his own business.