The Tender Beauty is Sweetly Doted in the 20th Century Novel!-Chapter 199 - 198: Does This Girl Have Any Merits Besides Her Good Looks?

Chapter 199: Chapter 198: Does This Girl Have Any Merits Besides Her Good Looks?

Both of them were quite pretty, attracting a lot of attention along the way.

One was a campus celebrity who, on the first day, addressed the freshmen at the opening ceremony, drawing several newspaper reporters for interviews and landing on the front page.

The other was a new face, but the only close friend that Ye Manman, the freshman representative, had since the start of school; Ye Manman had never gotten close to anyone else, always coming and going alone.

Although Cheng Yuan was fair-skinned and graceful, not possessing Ye Manman’s confident and bright beauty, when they stood together, they were equally eye-catching.

As they walked laughing and chatting towards the cafeteria, many people there cast envious glances at them.

Yet one person sneered, putting down their tray heavily.

"Hmph, I really don’t know what the school was thinking, picking a girl as the freshman representative. What other qualities does she have besides being good-looking?"

"It’s so unlucky; I run into her everywhere."

Ji Bowen was in the same class as Ye Manman, and initially he had a good impression of her on the first night of self-study, but unexpectedly, she took the representative role from him the next day.

He had asked around about everyone’s scores, thinking that with his provincial champion status, he should be the one to give the freshman address. He had his speech prepared, but the teacher never informed him he’d be the representative.

Later, Ji Bowen assumed there must be another male student with a higher score, and he didn’t think much of it, but he never expected a girl to take the stage.

How could a girl be a freshman representative?!

From that moment on, Ji Bowen couldn’t see Ye Manman favorably; he couldn’t stand her at all, seeing her made him lose his appetite.

"Let’s go, not eating."

He glanced at Ye Manman’s smiling face and felt even more uncomfortable, put down his chopsticks, and left.

Liao Yonghe, who was eating with him, panicked and quickly gobbled a few bites before following with puffed cheeks.

As Liao Yonghe jogged to catch up with Ji Bowen, he chewed quickly and, after swallowing, immediately spoke.

"Bowen, we don’t need to stoop to her level. When exams come, you’ll naturally see what she’s capable of. I guess the school just wanted to give her a chance because she, as a girl, became a provincial champion in their region, which isn’t easy. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to crush her, make her kneel and call you daddy."

Liao Yonghe was a local from Jing City, and although his grades weren’t particularly good, he performed exceptionally well in the college entrance exam, just barely reaching the local entry line to enter Qing University.

However, his roommate Ji Bowen was different. On his first day in the male dormitory, Ji Bowen asked about everyone’s scores, and he scored the highest among the boys, with well over six hundred and forty points.

Liao Yonghe’s family was in business, and business people value connections. He knew people like Ji Bowen had limitless futures, so he quickly established good relations with him, now attending classes together and eating together every day, and they both shared complaints about Ye Manman.

After listening to Liao Yonghe, Ji Bowen’s complexion indeed improved quite a bit.

"Right, there are plenty of chances. I’ll let the school see how foolish their decision was, dismissing a great candidate to select a girl as the representative. Hmph, what can she represent, people from the countryside getting into college? Ridiculous."

Liao Yonghe eagerly echoed beside him, "Exactly, if you ask me, the freshman representative should have been you. Our class isn’t lacking provincial champions, there are ten or so champions, she probably just took the spot because she’s a woman."

The two quickly left the cafeteria.

Ye Manman didn’t know that someone was speaking badly about her behind her back, but even if she knew, she wouldn’t show any reaction.

Presently, she was more concerned about the situation in the town.

Upon hearing Cheng Yuan mention that Jiang Yuan was also pregnant, Ye Manman’s eyes widened in surprise and joy.

"Really? How did she find out? Pregnant so soon? Isn’t she only a few months behind me?"

"Yeah, maybe just one or two months difference; she’s progressing really fast, and I still feel quite unaccustomed to it."

Cheng Yuan was full of joy and anticipation, "Even now, it’s still a bit unbelievable to me. We all still felt like little girls not long ago, and yet, so quickly, you both are becoming mothers."

Her eyes were filled with yearning and a hint of melancholy.

Ye Manman instantly knew who she was thinking about.

"Do you want to see Lin Zhishu?"

She asked suddenly, causing Cheng Yuan’s smile to freeze.

After a good while, Cheng Yuan finally swallowed a mouthful of food.

"Can you help me meet him?"

She vaguely guessed which faculty Lin Zhishu might be in but didn’t dare inquire, and if Ye Manman hadn’t brought it up voluntarily, she wouldn’t even have dared to ask about him.

Seeing her expression, Ye Manman could guess there was something complicated between them, definitely not as simple as her liking him.

"Actually, when we arrived in Jing City, it was Lin Zhishu who picked us up." 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Ye Manman threw out a key piece of information, and sure enough, Cheng Yuan immediately lifted her head, her eyes filled with hope.

"Can you contact him?"

"Yes."

Ye Manman was continuously observing the expressions on Cheng Yuan’s face, which were full of complex emotions. Joy, excitement, and anticipation were normal, but Ye Manman also saw other emotions that couldn’t be ignored.

She held Cheng Yuan’s hand; Cheng Yuan’s fingertips were trembling slightly.

"Don’t be afraid, Cheng Yuan. You like him so much, why are you scared and nervous?"

Ye Manman actually didn’t want to believe the guess she had in her heart, but Cheng Yuan’s behavior made it hard not to think about it.

She couldn’t bring herself to believe that a pretty and graceful girl like Cheng Yuan would have unreciprocated feelings and might have even been rejected.

But the truth indeed seemed so.

Cheng Yuan appeared to know at this point there was nothing left to hide, and straightforwardly confessed to Ye Manman.

"Manman, actually, I wasn’t always like this. I used to be rebellious and senseless, even more talkative and troublesome than Jiang Yuan. At that time, I was very young, only about ten years old, and the person I most liked to tease was Lin Zhishu..."

"Back then, my father was still around, and I ran around outside like a little rascal, loving to play with the neighbor’s sister and Lin Zhishu, but the neighbor’s sister was always sick and ill, so I would cling to Lin Zhishu."

At this point, a deep bitterness emerged on Cheng Yuan’s face.

"As a child, I didn’t understand; I only knew the neighbor’s sister was good-looking and doted on me, so I liked her very much. Later, I realized then Lin Zhishu also endured me repeatedly because he liked the neighbor’s sister, treated me well, and never got mad at me."

"As I grew a bit older, I started to understand what liking someone meant. I found that I liked Lin Zhishu, obsessed with him, wanting to see him every single day, but Lin Zhishu liked the neighbor’s sister. Even a fool could see it; every time he looked at her, his eyes were filled with tenderness and love."

"Later, I don’t know what I was thinking. I was jealous that the sister was liked by Lin Zhishu, so I started mimicking her, her expressions, and mannerisms. I thought by doing this, Lin Zhishu might also like me..."