Chapter 28
Editor: Princess
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Qin Huanxi stood at the entrance of T University, watching the bustling crowds coming and going. Laughter and cheerful voices brushed past him, and his mood became quite sentimental. After wandering in circles, he had returned here again. Seven years ago, he graduated from this place, and that graduation night changed his life. Now, living a second life, he had come here once more.
T University’s music academy was extremely famous, offering nearly ten music majors. Besides the musicology department, piano department, orchestral department, conducting department, traditional Chinese music and vocal music departments, there were also performance-related majors. Naturally, Qin Huanxi studied musicology.
During this period, apart from his daily mandatory violin practice and evening tutoring for Mo Siyuan, he spent all his remaining time reviewing the musicology coursework that the original owner had studied. Musicology required studying numerous subjects, and T University’s musicology program lasted five years. He was currently only a junior.
Since his previous life, he had always yearned for T University’s music academy. Unfortunately, his family’s fate ultimately wouldn’t allow him such willfulness. Now, walking through the music academy’s campus, which differed from other departments with its beautiful, elegant atmosphere rich in artistic ambiance, Qin Huanxi felt for the first time that being able to start over wasn’t such a bad thing.
Relying on memory, he first went to the office to report. Although the old man had already arranged for someone to handle his return-to-school procedures, allowing him to go directly to class, out of politeness, he still decided to greet the teachers at the office first.
The original owner, being an internationally renowned violinist, was also a supreme honor for T University, so when the teachers saw him returning to attend classes, they naturally welcomed him warmly. After a round of enthusiasm and concern, they finally let him return to the classroom, even telling him that if he felt unwell, he had to notify them immediately.
Qin Huanxi smiled as he responded and thanked them, polite and respectful, once again earning a great deal of goodwill.
When he entered the classroom carrying his textbooks, the originally noisy classroom fell into an abrupt silence. The chatter stopped instantly, and all eyes stared directly at him. The corner of his mouth curved slightly upward, revealing a faint smile. Before everyone could recover from their daze, he found an empty seat and sat down.
After a moment, the classroom gradually filled with rustling conversation sounds. And listening carefully, these conversations contained the three words “Qin Huanxi”. These people whispered to those beside them while carefully and stealthily casting glances toward Qin Huanxi, then quickly turning back to continue their discussions.
Qin Huanxi calmly supported his cheek with one hand while flipping through his textbook with the other, seemingly waiting very patiently for the teacher’s arrival. Anyway, he was already accustomed to this kind of attention. Whether it was his previous life or the original owner, both were eye-catching figures at T University. Even if he wanted to mind, there was no way to mind them all.
The morning classes went smoothly. Although the original owner frequently missed classes to participate in various competitions and concerts, his grades still ranked at the top. Previously, as T University’s student council president, Qin Huanxi’s grades naturally left others far behind, so even starting over with a completely different major, he would still continue his previous life’s brilliance.
After finishing the morning classes, just as he left the classroom carrying his textbooks, his phone rang. He took his phone out and looked. Sure enough, it was a call from Mo Shanshan. He smiled as he answered: “Shanshan…”
“Huanxi, are you out of class? Want to eat together?” Just as he spoke, Mo Shanshan interrupted him eagerly.
He smiled: “Alright, where are you? I’ll come find you.”
“I just got out of class too and was about to find Su Yang. She and I agreed to meet at the student cafeteria entrance. Su Yang heard that today is your first day back at school and insists on celebrating for you no matter what. She’s treating us to this meal.” The other end of the phone was somewhat noisy, mixed with the sound of wind as Mo Shanshan walked.
Qin Huanxi finally couldn’t help but chuckle softly. While walking, he said teasingly: “Celebrating for me by treating me to the student cafeteria?”
Mo Shanshan laughed heartily: “I’ll help pass that along to her.”
Qin Huanxi smiled for a while: “Alright then, see you at the student cafeteria.”
With that, he hung up the phone and quickened his pace toward the student cafeteria.
Just as he reached the student cafeteria entrance, he saw Mo Shanshan and Su Yang standing on the steps, huddled together talking and laughing, attracting quite a bit of attention. With just Mo Shanshan and Su Yang’s appearances, they were among the top beauties at T University, undisputed campus goddesses.
Sometimes he also found it incredible. Their personalities were clearly completely different. Mo Shanshan was a typical refined lady, gentle in character, gracious and magnanimous, not fond of petty disputes, somewhat introverted when out and about. Su Yang’s temperament, however, was extremely fiery. When she lost her temper, it was simply a disaster scene.
According to their usual personalities and preferences in people, for Mo Shanshan, Su Yang’s type of temperamental young lady would normally be the kind of person she least wanted to associate with if she were someone else. The same applied to Su Yang. She was straightforward in nature, somewhat spoiled, and couldn’t stand delicate, weak women who only knew how to cry when bullied—the type of wealthy young ladies she despised most. Yet these two completely opposite people had come together and were as close as sisters.
“Huanxi, over here.” Su Yang looked up and immediately saw Qin Huanxi, hurriedly waving to greet him.
Su Yang’s call was quite loud, attracting the attention of countless people coming to the student cafeteria for meals. Their faces all showed expressions of surprise. If Qin Huanxi was the popular figure who captivated all of T University, then Su Yang and Mo Shanshan’s fame was no less than Qin Huanxi’s.
Their close relationship was also well-known. However, Qin Huanxi also knew that previously, the original owner rarely got too close to anyone. Some people might have thought that this was because the original owner was born into a prominent family and so had an innate arrogance. However, he knew that everyone had actually misunderstood—the original owner simply wasn’t good at getting along with people.
Now seeing Su Yang greeting him enthusiastically, even running over happily and linking arms with him intimately while chattering endlessly about celebrating for him, the surrounding people all stared in disbelief, feeling that T University’s atmosphere seemed somewhat strange today.
A smile hung at the corner of Qin Huanxi’s lips as he allowed Su Yang to pull him along nonchalantly, his smile even containing some indulgence.
From the first time he saw his precious baby’s fondness for Su Yang, he knew that during his precious one’s darkest years, Su Yang must have given him meticulous care, which led his precious one expressing the wish to “become as capable as Big Brother Huanxi in the future so I can help Sister Su Yang drive away the bad people.”
Su Yang, like Mo Shanshan, just based on their love for his precious child, he would treat them differently and consider them true friends. Moreover Mo Shaoheng seemed to indulge them as well. He had already seen Su Yang staying overnight at the Mo residence several times, and Mo Shaoheng had no objections, letting her do as she wanted.
The three of them chatted and laughed as they went up to the fourth floor’s specialty snack food court. Just as they emerged from the stairwell, a tray flew toward them directly. Qin Huanxi pulled Mo Shanshan and Su Yang back reflexively then kicked the tray away with one foot. Then to avoid it hitting anyone, kicked it toward the wall deliberately.
The tray made a loud “clang” as it hit violently, and everyone looked toward them.
Qin Huanxi frowned slightly with displeasure, his gaze falling on the tray that had fallen at the base of the wall. Fortunately, the tray was empty. If it had been full of food, that would have been difficult to clean up. If his reaction had been even slightly slower, it would have hit them.
“Huanxi, are you alright?” Mo Shanshan grasped Qin Huanxi’s arm, her tone somewhat anxious. She had been really frightened just now, thinking they were about to be hit by the tray. Fortunately, Qin Huanxi reacted quickly. Otherwise, being struck like that, even if they weren’t seriously injured, it would still hurt for a while.
Qin Huanxi shook his head lightly: “I’m fine.”
“I’ll count to three. Whoever threw it, stand up now, or face the consequences!” Su Yang wasn’t so easy to talk to. Seeing that Qin Huanxi was unharmed, she breathed a sigh of relief, but then her fiery temper immediately flared up. She narrowed her eyes as she scanned the quiet crowd coldly: “One… two…”
“Miss Su, what big words!” At this moment, a girl with long wavy hair pushed through the crowd and stepped forward. Her overly heavy makeup made it impossible to see her original features, as she exuded a mature charm that was beyond her years. Her figure was also quite voluptuous, but what drew the most attention was her—impressive chest assets!
Coughing lightly, Qin Huanxi looked away. He, a man who had a one-night stand with another man and even bore a child, had long ago had his sexual orientation bent into a spring that couldn’t be straightened no matter what effort was put into it. Even if there hadn’t been that night with Mo Shaoheng years ago, he had actually never particularly cared about his sexual orientation. After all, from beginning to end, he had never rejected Mo Shaoheng. Perhaps from the start, he was more accepting of men.
However, looking at this girl’s “special” physical characteristics, he immediately guessed her identity. She was probably Fu Yilei, whom Su Yang called “big-chested and brainless”—Fu Zecheng’s daughter. She really lived up to her reputation. Even if other girls had surgery, they couldn’t catch up to these “assets”.
“It’s you again!” Su Yang became even angrier when she saw Fu Yilei. If not for Qin Huanxi being present today, she would have already gone up to tear into her. Although her temper usually wasn’t good, she wouldn’t throw tantrums regardless of the situation or carelessly throw things in a crowded cafeteria.
“So what if it’s me?” Fu Yilei raised her chin arrogantly.
“Apologize!”
“…” Su Yang was about to speak when she heard a very faint but cold voice. Turning her head, she saw Qin Huanxi slowly stepping forward from behind her.
Qin Huanxi’s expression was calm as he walked toward Fu Yilei at an unhurried pace, saying lightly: “You almost hit me.”
Fu Yilei’s eyes widened as she stared blankly at Qin Huanxi who was approaching her. There wasn’t a trace of displeasure or anger on his face, and the corner of his mouth even carried a faint smile. Yet she inexplicably felt a chill throughout her body. Before her brain could react, her body had already stepped back instinctively.
“Qin… Qin Huanxi?” When Qin Huanxi finally stopped a few steps away from her, Fu Yilei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, her nervous and flustered emotions still hadn’t calmed down. She looked up slightly, staring at him in a daze: “I…”
“Yilei!” At this moment, a girl ran over and stood beside her.
The girl was quite pretty, and from her delicately applied light makeup, one could tell she was also very skilled at presenting herself. She clearly understood her own appearance and knew that Fu Yilei’s sultry and sexy style didn’t suit her. A fresh and clean style was more appropriate for her. Not all men liked heavily made-up women. Rather, they found her fresh temperament more irresistible.
When Qin Huanxi saw the girl who suddenly appeared before him, he narrowed his eyes slightly, but his heart gradually grew cold.
Another acquaintance!
Ning Ziyi, a member of the Ning family. In his previous life, she even had a blood relationship with him. She was the precious granddaughter cherished and doted on by his eldest uncle’s family, and even the old man loved this granddaughter dearly. Regardless of anything else, it was simply because Ning Ziyi’s personality was the type most beloved by elders: a gentle and delicate young lady, obedient and sensible, understanding of propriety. No matter whom she faced, she would smile before speaking, and with just a gentle smile, most people would develop a favorable impression of her.
Even when facing him, her cousin, Ning Ziyi seemed completely unaware that the two families had almost fallen out completely. Whenever she saw him, she would always call him “Brother Ning Xue” affectionately. Qin Huanxi smiled. If Ning Ziyi really possessed the kindness and innocence she displayed, then why did his little treasure hide whenever he saw her?
His precious baby even loved Su Yang so much, yet was so repulsed by Ning Ziyi, who always treated people with a kind face. Although Qin Huanxi still didn’t know the reason, and moreover, children under three basically had no memories, so even if his child saw Ning Ziyi now, he wouldn’t recognize her anymore. But he could be completely certain that back then, Ning Ziyi must have done or said something to his precious baby, which was why his baby disliked and feared this person so much.
However, over three years, Ning Ziyi had indeed become more outstanding. Back then, she was still a high school student, so her pure appearance was still somewhat childish. But now she had become more skilled at restraining her sharp edges and displaying the perfect facade she most wanted people to see.
Even though her appearance seemed too ordinary compared to the seductive Fu Yilei, the gentle and dignified Mo Shanshan, and the confident and radiant Su Yang, she always wore a gentle smile that was approachable and pleasant, so people would still notice her at first glance.
Ning Ziyi had also noticed Qin Huanxi. She showed a standard polite smile, nodding slightly in acknowledgment, then asked Fu Yilei in a low voice: “Yilei, what happened?”
Fu Yilei, whether out of fear of Qin Huanxi or complete trust in Ning Ziyi, actually grabbed Ning Ziyi’s arm. Gone was her domineering attitude when facing Su Yang. She said quietly: “I… I almost hit someone just now… Qin Huanxi wants me to apologize…”
Ning Ziyi was somewhat surprised and instinctively turned to look at Qin Huanxi: “You weren’t hurt, were you?”
Qin Huanxi only smiled faintly, looking at her with a calm expression.
Ning Ziyi suddenly didn’t dare to look directly into his eyes and somewhat understood Fu Yilei’s unusual behavior. This was her first time facing this legendary genius violinist at such close range. Even though he seemed different from the rumors, he made her feel an inexplicable sense of dread.
Ning Ziyi looked away somewhat frantically, her words of comfort to Fu Yilei carrying a hint of urgency. After Fu Yilei apologized, she hurriedly pulled Fu Yilei away. Only when they left the student cafeteria and could no longer see Qin Huanxi’s figure did she finally feel the coldness on her body dissipate.