Xu Ye ended up paying for dinner. But instead of some fancy restaurant, they just picked a food stall on the campus snack street.

Qin Zhiwei didn't mind one bit. If Xu Ye had actually taken him somewhere for French food or Japanese cuisine, he might have had something to say about it. But street food, a food stall? He'd never complain about that, because that was how the two of them had always done it.

Xu Ye finished ordering and glanced at the drinks menu. "Are we drinking baijiu or wine tonight?"

"Ever since I got drunk that one time at Xinyi's place, she won't let me drink," Qin Zhiwei said. "Besides, don't we have to drive later?"

"I meant Sprite or Coke."

Qin Zhiwei rolled his eyes, a little fed up. "Whatever."

Xu Ye checked the box next to Sprite and handed the menu back to the server. But the server didn't leave.

Most of the servers on the snack street were students doing work-study, and this one was no exception. She was a freshman who'd just started, and she'd heard all about Xu Ye back during military training. Now that she'd recognized him, she asked, a little shy, "Excuse me… are you Xu Ye? The upperclassman?"

Getting recognized on campus was nothing new to Xu Ye by now.

He smiled. "That's me. What's up?"

"Nothing, nothing."

The freshman quickly waved her hands and giggled. "I've just seen your picture before, and I was afraid I had the wrong person."

"I'm kind of hungry. Could you ask them to hurry the food out a little?"

"You got it."

The freshman hurried off to the kitchen with the menu. Before long, she brought over a pot of hot water with malva nuts steeping in it.

Qin Zhiwei poured himself a cup. He caught the freshman sneaking photos of Xu Ye with her phone and sighed. "You've turned into a big celebrity at school. I'm seriously jealous of you, man."

Xu Ye changed the subject. "How've you been lately? Shen Xinyi says you're studying really hard now."

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