Chapter 156 : A Narrow Path Between Foes
Chapter 156: A Narrow Path Between Foes
That evening, Chen Fan returned to the apartment and happened to run into Wen Wan sitting in the living room eating dinner.
Their eyes met, and Wen Wan felt a bit awkward.
"Haven't eaten yet?"
Chen Fan took the initiative to greet her.
Wen Wan nodded.
Chen Fan scratched his head, "That... you're a teacher."
Wen Wan nodded again, and since Chen Fan had brought up the topic, she went ahead and asked him.
"Are you and Fang Ling... a couple?"
Chen Fan was taken aback and quickly shook his head.
"No. We're just friends."
Wen Wan nodded, not asking any further questions.
She wasn't a particularly curious woman.
Seeing that Wen Wan didn't seem in a hurry to leave, Chen Fan didn't feel comfortable going to the study either.
He walked over and opened the fridge, taking out a bottle of beer.
"Can I drink this?"
Wen Wan nodded, "Get me one too."
Chen Fan took two cans and walked over, handing one to her before sitting down nearby.
Perhaps because her identity as a teacher had been revealed, Wen Wan no longer felt as shy as before and deliberately sat up straight, putting on the air of a teacher.
In the ensuing conversation, Wen Wan took the initiative to inquire about Chen Fan's academic situation, whether he was adapting to university life, and even provided guidance on how he should balance work and rest and study effectively in college.
In general, the two of them talked a lot more that evening, and their relationship became much closer than before.
It seemed that the teacher-student relationship had actually allowed them to relax a bit more.
At least in her mindset, Wen Wan had already regarded herself as Chen Fan's teacher.
After finishing a can of beer, Wen Wan got up to go upstairs.
"Good night."
"Ms. Wen, I'm probably going to stay in the dorm for the next few days. Just letting you know in advance."
Wen Wan turned and looked at Chen Fan.
"You've already paid the rent, so you can come back and stay whenever you want, no need to tell me."
Wen Wan went upstairs, and Chen Fan shrugged with a smile before heading to the bathroom.
But as soon as he opened the door, he froze.
There were several women's undergarments hanging in the bathroom.
Light blue ones, with lace trim.
Chen Fan felt a bit dry in the mouth.
As a man with a forty-year-old soul, Chen Fan was no stranger to women.
But at this particular moment, looking at these items, Chen Fan couldn't help but imagine what they would look like on the gorgeous Wen Wan.
And he felt even hotter.
"Damn it! It's not like I've never seen a woman before in my past life. Chen Fan, can't you show a little class!"
Chen Fan silently cursed himself and quickly finished using the bathroom before returning to the study.
As soon as he closed the door, Wen Wan rushed downstairs from upstairs and went straight to the bathroom.
A little while later, she came out with a red face, having collected all her clothes and taken them upstairs.
After that, Wen Wan didn't show herself for the rest of the night. The next morning, she even left half an hour earlier than usual.
On the 14th of the first month, all six guys in Room 519 had returned.
That evening, Wu Di organized a gathering.
Since some of their girlfriends weren't around and some didn't have girlfriends who had returned to school yet, they had agreed in advance that this would just be a dorm gathering, and no significant others were allowed.
After not seeing each other the entire winter break, the guys were all really excited.
There was plenty of beer, both light and regular, flowing freely. In the end, the Fifth Brother Han Xu and the Third Brother Sun Hao got drunk first.
When Luo Wenjie got drunk, his big mouth started spilling Chen Fan's secrets as he hugged Wu Di.
"Let me tell you guys, you missed a huge piece of gossip that day."
"Our buddy Chen Fan here not only has a super gorgeous school beauty as a girlfriend, but he also has a beautiful older student as a confidante."
Upon hearing this, Wu Di immediately became interested.
"What's the deal, Old Chen? You've got a red flag at home and colorful flags flying everywhere outside?"
Chen Fan was speechless, "Don't listen to Jie's nonsense, he's just talking rubbish when he's drunk."
"You don't say anything first." Ma Xiaoshuai stopped Chen Fan and urged Luo Wenjie to continue.
"So how is it? Is the older student pretty or not? Is she gentle and buxom enough?"
Luo Wenjie clicked his tongue: "That older student's looks, I can only describe with two words: absolute top-notch."
Wu Di immediately stared at Chen Fan excitedly.
"Old Chen, come clean, how did you two meet? Have you kissed her? Have you been to a love motel with her?"
Chen Fan rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"I've discovered you three are becoming more and more vulgar."
"If this keeps up, the outstanding pure genes in our dorm will be polluted by you three."
"Look! Look, Old Chen is trying to change the subject again."
"As soon as he's asked to come clean, he starts beating around the bush. I say, Old Chen, no need to be so stingy, right?"
"Are you afraid that if you introduce the older student, she'll see my handsome appearance and leave you?"
"F*** off."
Wu Di looked dejected, "Actually, I really don't understand. A handsome guy like me, why haven't I met as many beauties as Old Chen?"
"With Old Chen looking like that, and having so many beauties throwing themselves at him, does he have some special talent?"
Luo Wenjie chimed in, "Maybe it's Brother Fan's little brother's talent."
"Damn it."
Everyone burst into laughter.
Seemingly feeling that the jokes had gone a bit too far and worried that Chen Fan might get angry, Luo Wenjie quickly changed the subject.
"Hey, hasn't it been a long time since we last had a joint dorm gathering?"
"Big Brother Wu, think of a way. When can we organize a couple of dorms to go out and have some fun together?"
Wu Di nodded.
"That's doable."
"I'll find some time to ask around."
Wu Di had the confidence for this.
Because currently, in the joint dorm partnership between 519 and 326, among the six guys, Wu Di, Ma Xiaoshuai, and Luo Wenjie's girlfriends were all in 326, taking up half the spots.
If they were to go out and play together, the girls probably wouldn't refuse.
As they were discussing where they could go once the weather warmed up, Wu Di raised his hand and called out to the waitress.
"Where are the skewers we ordered?"
"Coming right up."
A waitress came out from the kitchen in the back carrying a plate of skewers.
But just a few steps out, she was stopped by another table who directly took the plate of skewers from her.
The waitress hurriedly explained,
"This plate isn't for your table, it's for table six."
But the guys at that table just laughed.
"Beautiful, we ordered these half an hour ago. Shouldn't it be first come, first served?"
The waitress looked at the order, "This plate is definitely for table six, they ordered before you."
"There's another table's order coming right after yours."
"Bullshit! I've been waiting for ages. You telling me I still have to wait?"
Seeing their skewers being intercepted, Wu Di and Luo Wenjie immediately stood up.
"What's the meaning of this? Snatching our skewers?"
Luo Wenjie let out a mocking laugh, "Have you guys never eaten skewers before? If you really haven't, I don't mind letting you taste them first."
Bang.
The guys at the other table were pissed, and one of them slammed the table as he stood up.
"Damn it, you wanna say that again?"
Seeing this group, Chen Fan's brows raised slightly.
"Well, well, if it isn't an old acquaintance."
Wasn't this Wu Gang from the Physical Education Department?
They had previously had a conflict with Chen Fan's dorm mates at a skewer stall, and Wu Gang's group had gone to their dorm building looking to pick a fight.
Although they didn't end up fighting then, they did chase and attack Chen Fan and Xu Qiuci at the skating rink later on.
That incident also indirectly led to Xu Qiuci spraining her ankle.
Old acquaintances indeed.
Wu Di and the others clearly recognized Wu Gang too.
"Damn, what a small world for foes to meet," Wu Di cursed under his breath.
Luo Wenjie let out a light tsk.
"So it's this punk."
On the other side, Wu Gang clearly didn't expect to run into Chen Fan's group again either.
A look of surprise flashed across his face, followed by a cold sneer.
"Well, well, who do we have here? It's you guys."
Wu Gang let out a mocking laugh.
"Just now I was actually going to give the skewers back to you, but now that I see it's you lot, I don't think there's any need to return them."
Wu Gang's buddies then slowly stood up as well, their eyes glaring menacingly in this direction.