Chapter 103: Celestial Girl

“Siqi, it’s time to get up and eat,” Wang Huiru called out to Chu Siqi, who was curled up under the covers.

“You guys go ahead. I don’t have an appetite,” Chu Siqi replied in a muffled voice, sounding weak and listless, the proud and haughty tone completely gone from her voice.

After a while, she heard the soft click of the door closing, knowing that Wang Huiru and Si Huiying had left. Only then did she crawl out of bed.

Outside, the rain had intensified, pounding loudly against the window. The sky had turned incredibly gloomy, dark and heavy as if it might collapse.

Even though it was only 3 PM, with the lights off, the dorm room was as dark as night.

Chu Siqi sat on the bed for a long time, her mind completely blank. Only when a QQ notification sounded did she snap out of it and open her phone to check the messages.

“Hey pretty junior, heard you won first place in the school beauty contest. Want to go out and celebrate tonight?”

“Chu Siqi the campus belle, I bought two movie tickets. Want to go together?”

“Damn, first place campus belle! That’s amazing. Can we date?”

“Number one beauty, do you have time to go out for a meal? I’ll treat you to Western food in the city!”

Chu Siqi was silent for a while before exiting the incessantly cheering QQ. She then opened a bookmarked link to the Zhihu forum and searched for Jiang Qin’s name, reading some exposé posts from those in the know.

As she read, she came across a series of posts titled “My Simple and Unadorned Life as a Rich Second Generation”.

“Two Top Beauties Fight Over Me, Cao Guangyu. Sorry, Let’s Break Up Amicably”

“?”

“Military Training, The Celestial Girl From The Next Class Found Me for Comfort!”

“…”

“A Bentley? Sorry, I’m Just An Ordinary Young Master Cao”

“????”

“Question: Does Wearing a Patek Philippe Affect Me Driving My Bentley?”

“…”

Chu Siqi had met Cao Guangyu once and knew he was Jiang Qin’s roommate. The content of the first post felt very familiar to her, like looking in a mirror.

Wasn’t that what happened at Nanshan Restaurant on the first day of school?

In other words, what was written in these posts was actually Jiang Qin’s life.

Luxury cars, famous watches, beautiful women, flowers, rising to the top, concern for the world, enthusiasm for charity…

Jiang Qin’s life was simply beautiful like a dream.

Chu Siqi’s face paled slightly. She suddenly felt even more ridiculous.

It turned out that the man she thought needed to be tested, who was temporarily not good enough for her, who was outstanding but just so-so in her eyes, was actually so outstanding in the eyes of others that no one could believe it.

But she believed it.

The 300,000 yuan over the summer, Nightlight Bar, and the forum with 500,000 yuan in advertising fees.

Although Chu Siqi didn’t know any of the details, she had heard of them all, so she wouldn’t think the person was bragging like those in the comments section.

It turned out that since she rejected him, he had slowly started living like a male god.

Chu Siqi opened QQ again, wanting to talk to Jiang Qin, but then remembered that she had been deleted. She pursed her lips in dejection, feeling like another big piece of her heart had been scooped out.

She suddenly understood a little why a proud girl like Hong Yan would fall for Jiang Qin at first sight.

It’s just that she missed her chance…

From their encounter on the train that day, she knew that she had missed her chance with Jiang Qin for a lifetime. He couldn’t possibly like her again.

Moreover, Jiang Qin now had a celestial girl who, even if not as pretty as her, must treat him very well.

Chu Siqi felt that if the girl’s looks were really as exaggerated as described in the articles, she would have definitely appeared in the campus belle contest and wouldn’t be unknown until now. But as the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Jiang Qin must really like her to think she was a celestial girl.

Just then, the dorm door suddenly opened and Wang Huiru ran in with an umbrella, carrying two portions of fried rice. Turns out she felt something was off with Chu Siqi and was a bit worried, so she bought food and came back, conveniently bringing a portion for her.

“Siqi, time to eat,” Wang Huiru handed her a pair of chopsticks.

Chu Siqi thanked her and took a couple bites. “Huiru, I’ve realized I probably can’t win him back. I’m going to give up.”

“Who?”

“Jiang Qin, of course.”

“…”

Wang Huiru’s eyes went blank as if she had heard a tall tale.

“I’m serious. I suddenly discovered how outstanding he is. I really had no eye for people before. Hong Yan is indeed better than me at judging people. If I could be half as good as him, maybe we would have gotten together after the college entrance exam. Then maybe many people would envy me now.”

After saying this, Chu Siqi smiled self-deprecatingly, her expression filled with relief, but her heart was still full of regret.

“Siqi, it’s great that you can think this way. But how did you come to this realization?”

Wang Huiru was very happy for her bestie, but she was actually a bit curious inside because her bestie was clearly the type who wouldn’t admit fault without suffering a major setback.

“There’s no use in not figuring it out. Jiang Qin already has someone he likes, a celestial girl.”

Chu Siqi’s tone was light, but it still sounded full of bitterness.

Hearing this, Wang Huiru directly dropped her chopsticks, exhaling deeply, nearly yelling out “Holy crap!”

“Oh my god, why didn’t you say so earlier? I’ve been holding this secret in for over three months, always wanting to gossip but afraid you couldn’t handle it. Now that you’ve let it go, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief.”

“Siqi, your thinking is correct. I support you. Although we are besties, I have to say, no one can fight Feng Nanshu for someone. Think about it, it’s Feng Nanshu! It’s not a loss, not a loss, you didn’t lose out!”

“?”

Wang Huiru was still chattering non-stop, clearly bursting to talk. “Do you know how I felt after discovering Jiang Qin and Feng Nanshu were together? I couldn’t believe it. Feng Nanshu, the white moonlight of South City High, she actually likes Jiang Qin!”

Chu Siqi’s face changed and even her voice started trembling. “What did you say?”

“You don’t remember Feng Nanshu? The celestial girl Feng Nanshu from the class next to ours, who never talked to anyone and was incredibly aloof, but was especially dependent on Jiang Qin. I even saw Jiang Qin pinch her cheeks on the street, so adorable!”

Wang Huiru had held it in for three months and finally opened the floodgates, stunning Chu Siqi with a stream of chatter.

What girl doesn’t like to gossip? But for the sake of her bestie’s mood and to avoid escalating the situation, Wang Huiru really held it in to the limit. Finally releasing it all today, she felt completely relieved.

Chu Siqi’s hands started shaking.

The celestial girl was a real celestial girl? And she also came to Linchuan University?

You’ve got to be kidding?!

Chu Siqi couldn’t accept it. Because even if Jiang Qin was outstanding enough, if he found someone not as pretty as her, she could still console herself and say it was a mutual miss.

But what’s going on now?

Feng Nanshu…

Back then I had no eye for people and missed out on someone. As a result, that person became more and more outstanding, becoming a male god.

The hardest thing to accept was that after I missed out on him, not only did he become outstanding, he also found someone even prettier than me…

No, that’s impossible!!

I’m exhausted…