Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

His Ms. Luo was really cool.

Luo Yanran didn't think twice before saying, "Sure, if you want to."

Her tone was quite serious,

Xie Xiao buried his face in her shoulder and laughed, "That's not okay. My short-term goal is to marry my Ranran and bring her home, and you're not allowed to take that effort away from me."

Luo Yanran blinked, "And what's the long-term one?"

"Earn more money, treat you better, and when we're old and retired we can open a farmhouse B&B," Xie Xiao replied without a second thought.

The smile on Luo Yanran's lips grew even brighter, as each of Xie Xiao's goals included her.

Her presence in his future alone made Luo Yanran very happy.

The two of them lingered under the cover of tree shadows for a while before coming out hand in hand.

Mainly because they had been running around, and the hot weather made their mouths feel very dry,

Hand in hand, they walked towards the campus supermarket area, where there were also snack bars and bubble tea shops.

Luo Yanran, looking at their joined hands, had a sparkle in her eyes, "This is like a pleasant surprise, isn't it? I was just coming to watch your training, then wait for you to dismiss."

"There's hardly any training at night," Xie Xiao said with a laugh. "It's mostly singing and stuff. If you had told me earlier, I could have asked for leave from the instructor after the afternoon, and we could have gone out to eat."

After eating, they might even schedule a date or something.

Xie Xiao felt a bit regretful.

However, Luo Yanran shook her head, "I couldn't tell you in advance. Our class got punished this afternoon."

"Why?"

"Because..."

The two hadn't seen each other for three days, and there was plenty to talk about.

There were quite a few people sitting in the bubble tea shop, probably all upperclassmen.

Seeing the two in camouflage walk in, some were surprised.

A senior near the door asked curiously, "How can you guys go on a date during military training?"

His voice was teasing but not malicious.

Xie Xiao responded with a smile, "Maybe because I have thick skin, I missed my girlfriend."

The senior gave a thumbs up.

Very cool, very impressive.

Eventually, Xie Xiao and Luo Yanran found a corner spot to sit in.

Well, they were somewhat afraid of being seen by too many people.

After all, everyone was in military training, and their dating indeed seemed a bit outrageous.

Mainly because Luo Yanran was more thin-skinned and if they were continuously watched, she probably would not have been able to rest well.

After sitting down, Xie Xiao watched her take a sip of bubble tea before he spoke, "I think I just heard them calling you 'campus belle'?"

Luo Yanran felt more embarrassed, having just heard about it herself at noon today.

"Apparently, on the first day of military training, some seniors came to take photos, and they took my picture and even posted it on the forum. I didn't know until my roommates told me at noon," Luo Yanran explained, a bit sheepishly, "It's just a flustering nickname. There are many beautiful girls around, and the senior girls are all very pretty."

Xie Xiao recalled that Lu Ci and Qi Yan seemed to indeed be looking at girls on some school forum.

They even invited Xie Xiao and others to join them.

But Xie Xiao and Shen Jun'an cheekily claimed their girlfriends were the prettiest.

In the end, those two angrily stopped inviting them.

At that moment, Xie Xiao pulled out his phone, opened the dorm group chat, scrolled up, and indeed there was a forum link.

He clicked into it, and the forum had many sections.

But the post that Luo Yanran mentioned was quite easy to find.

It had been highlighted on the homepage, titled "Featuring this year's high-quality juniors! With loads of pictures."

Xie Xiao clicked in, and Luo Yanran hadn't seen it yet either. She leaned her head on his shoulder and they looked at it together.

"I'm not sure if this is the one, I'm a bit embarrassed..." Ranran had seen the photos before, they had shown them to her at noon.

Actually, not just her, a girl from the neighboring dormitory was also photographed.

But overall, Luo Yanran's photo was more popular.

Xie Xiao quickly saw Luo Yanran's photo.

It seemed to be a candid shot, with images of her in line, and a side profile of her talking to a girl next to her while resting.

She gently lifted her cap, her ponytail a bit messy, strands of hair wafting across her face.

Both her hands and face were very pale, and her dark hair made her look particularly striking.

There was also a photo of her holding a water bottle, smiling towards the front.

Even though she was wearing the same military training uniform as everyone else, she was still the brightest and most beautiful one there.

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Xie Xiao glanced at many who were asking for her contact details.

Someone replied, "She's in the Law School. A bro tried already, seems she's taken."

Seeing this, Xie Xiao looked at Luo Yanran beside him, "Did someone ask you for your contact details?"

He hadn't heard her mention this before. If he had known, Xie Xiao would have gone over there long ago.

Luo Yanran blinked, "Yes, but I declined them politely, and they didn't persist."

She whispered, as if she knew what Xie Xiao was thinking, "You never said that you had girls interested in you, did you?"

Xie Xiao helplessly said, "Just now, that female classmate they mentioned was interested in me, but that girl seemed to show no signs, so I didn't tell you."

He reached out and tapped her nose lightly, "Otherwise wouldn't the little jar of vinegar have spilled? I haven't even spoken to her."

As he spoke, he took out his phone and pulled up the WeChat message from He Xiuxiu, which only had three lines.

Two were from He Xiuxiu: "Hello Xie Xiao, please could you fill out this form."

Below was a file attachment.

Xie Xiao replied, "Okay."

He then sent back the completed form.

She sent an emoticon in response, which Xie Xiao didn't reply to.

The conversation looked very dry.

"She's our class president, I couldn't just not add her, right? Besides, it really doesn't look like much," Xie Xiao said as he handed her his phone, chuckling, "Welcome to inspect."

Luo Yanran felt a bit embarrassed holding his phone, that conversation really had nothing dubious.

Even though she was the jealous type, she really wouldn't inspect Xie Xiao like that. She handed the phone back, "I don't want to see your phone."

Xie Xiao teased her smiling, "Take a look, please, just take a look."

Luo Yanran laughed from his teasing, pushing his head away, "Stop it, that's so mean of you."

Seeing her laugh, Xie Xiao kissed her cheek, "It really feels like it's been days since I last saw you. It was bearable when we weren't seeing each other, but now, thinking about the more than ten days of military training ahead, it feels so long..."

Xie Xiao felt it was too dreadful, being in the same school but finding it so hard to meet each other.

He sighed at that thought.

Luo Yanran blinked, her eyes crescent-shaped with a smile, "How come I never noticed how clingy you were before?"

"Because we used to see each other every day. Now I'm afraid you'll be attracted by other boys," Xie Xiao admitted honestly, "You don't realize how attractive you are."

Luo Yanran looked at him with a smile, "That won't happen. I will only like you."