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Her excited expression proved that she was indeed in a great mood.

However, Hao Ren was now worried about "someone" possibly calling him and wasn't very interested in the late-night snack. He thus tactfully declined her offer, saying, "Today's lecture was精彩，班長給我一張門票我已經很感激了，這個夜宵……就不必了。”

"Fine then, you admit that the lecture was great! So this is how it goes: you treat me to a late-night snack!" The monitor persisted.

Her face was flushed red, clearly still immersed in her excitement from earlier.

"Well…" Hao Ren hesitated.

"What Don't want to invite me I showed you the wonders of science and you don't even thank me" Xie Yujia narrowed her eyes.

"It's not that, it's just that if I don't hurry back, our dorm will be locked," Hao Ren explained.

"No worries, school knows many students attended the lecture today so they extended the dorm lock time until 11 PM," Xie Yujia replied.

Seeing she was insistent, Hao Ren could only agree. "Alright then, I'll treat you to a late-night snack. Let's go to Macro Square."

No matter what, since Xie Yujia had treated him twice already, treating her once tonight would be repaying some of his debts.

"Great!" Xie Yujia pushed out her bicycle for Hao Ren to ride them to the macro square outside the western gate of their school.

The night was enchanting; with Hao Ren carrying Xie Yujia, they smoothly made their way along the relatively quiet paths within the campus. The wind brushed against the leaves, creating a serene environment.

This scene reminded Hao Ren of his last time accompanying Xie Yujia to eat late-night snacks outside the school gates.

It was said that if one didn't have a romantic relationship during their four years in university, it would be considered a failed college experience... The thought suddenly popped into Hao Ren's mind as he carried Xie Yujia on his bicycle.

He glanced back at the circular hall of E Building, which was still brightly lit and bustling with activity. As he turned around, he saw that Xie Yujia, sitting behind him on the bike, quietly gazed at the artificial lake ahead, her face adorned with a contented smile.

Her long eyelashes, starry eyes, delicate features, flowing hair, and graceful figure...

The monitor is really a beautiful girl, isn't she He had an idea pop into his mind.

Pretending to look casually at Building E and then looking away again, he focused on riding forward.

When he arrived at Macro Base Square, it was still as lively as before. Because the dorms wouldn't close until 11 PM tonight, students who were full of energy didn't want to return to their dormitories so early.

"Are you hungry, Monitor I'll treat you to Three Yellow Rooster" Hao Ren parked his bicycle and turned back to Xie Yujia.

Although Hao Ren rarely treated girls to meals, he knew that it wouldn't do to just give them a bowl of spicy hot pot as a meal.

"Sure, De Xin Hall." Xie Yujia patted her belly and indicated that she was indeed hungry.

Hao Ren smiled and led Xie Yujia across the square toward De Xin Hall.

"Ren!" Suddenly at this moment, a familiar voice called out from a corner diagonally behind them.

Hao Ren turned around to see Zhou Lipin sitting by an outdoor barbecue stall with Zhao Jiayin's hand covering his mouth.

Seeing the other three members of Hao Ren's dormitory, Xie Yujia was slightly surprised.

Since they had run into them, Hao Ren could only grit his teeth and lead Xie Yujia over.

"What are you guys doing here" Hao Ren asked.

"We were bored in the dormitory, so we came out to eat something," Zhao Jiayin scratched his head as he answered. Zhou Lipin's eyes were darting around, apparently trying to figure out why Zhao Jiayin had stopped him from shouting just then.

"Oh, shall we eat together then" Xie Yujia said frankly. She turned toward Hao Ren and said, "Then let’s skip De Xin Hall. We can have some barbecue instead."

Hao Ren didn't know how to respond when Zhao Jiayin suddenly stood up and threw down the skewers on his plate that he hadn’t finished eating. “No need! No need! You guys go eat, we're done here and about to leave!”

"Really" Xie Yujia looked at the unopened skewers on Zhao Jiayin’s plate and was a little doubtful.

"Really! Really! We’re taking what’s left back to our dorm!" Zhao Jiayin grabbed the remaining skewers from his plate with one hand while twisting Zhou Lipin's ear with another. "Let's go, let's go!"

Zhou Liren was exclaiming, "Oh my!" He repeatedly gave Hao Ren sidelong glances. Only now did he realize why he shouldn’t have called out Hao Ren just then.

Cao Ronghua also stood up and picked up the half-finished beer bottle on the table.

"No drinking in the dorms!" Xie Yujia suddenly said.

Cao Ronghua grudgingly put down the beer, wiped his hands, then went to pay the bill. The three of them then ran off like thieves.

“Sigh…” Xie Yujia looked at their backs and sighed helplessly.

"Then… shall we continue to go to Dekang Pavilion" Hao Ren asked Xie Yujia with a consultative tone.

He didn’t know what Zhao Jiayin’s group would think upon seeing him eating dinner with Xie Yujia, nor did he know how the loudspeaker Zhou Liren would spread the news back home.

"Yes! Let's go!" Xie Yujia wasn’t bothered by anything and nodded vigorously.

Entering Dekang Pavilion, it was also bustling. They found a table by the wall to sit down at. Hao Ren ordered half a plate of three-yellow chicken, two bowls of soup made from chicken blood and duck blood, two bowls of congee, plus a small dish of salted duck gizzard. For late-night snacks, this could be considered quite rich.

"Is Zhao Jiayin’s injury okay now" After settling down, Xie Yujia asked.

“Yeah, it's fine now. He has tough skin and recovers quickly. Look at how lively he was just now,” Hao Ren said with a smile.

"The school’s punishment this time really is strange. I thought Zhao Jiayin would at least get a verbal warning," Xie Yujia said.

Zhao Jiayin also felt the same way, so he was in high spirits upon hearing this result, feeling more energetic than before the fight. Hao Ren thought to himself.

"And you didn’t get involved because of this either, that’s good," Xie Yujia continued.

Hao Ren chuckled a couple times. Xie Yujia couldn't imagine how much effort Hao Ren had put into getting the school to impose such lenient penalties. Otherwise, as she said, Zhao Jiayin would definitely have received at least a verbal warning for starting the trouble.

"By the way, you were really impressive last time in the fight!" Xie Yujia thought for a while and then suddenly said.

Seeing Hao Ren still maintaining his silly smile, she continued to say, "I never expected that you could be so… fierce and formidable."

Hao Ren guessed that she originally wanted to use the word "fierce," but at the last minute, she changed it to "majestic," which is a positive term.

"But you班長aren't any different either. You usually behave politely and do everything properly, but today, you were as excited as a teenage girl chasing her favorite stars." Hao Ren replied.

"Really Did I" Xie Yujia sat up straight and looked at Hao Ren with bright eyes.

"Your face is still red now," Hao Ren said with a smile.

Xie Yujia took Hao Ren's words seriously. She put her hands on her cheeks to feel and found that she was indeed blushing a bit. After thinking for a moment, she tried to explain in an attempt to cover up the fact, "Okay, I did get carried away today. However, Academician Hao and Academician Yue are my most admired scientists. It's understandable if I got excited seeing them in person."

"Yeah, that’s quite normal," Hao Ren nodded helplessly.

Seeing that Hao Ren was not being sincere at all, Xie Yujia felt slightly disappointed but didn’t want to argue with him. She asked again, "Do you have some kind of conflict with Huang Xujie"

"Why suddenly ask this" Hao Ren raised his head.

"Well, I heard it from others. They said that the fight was because your relationship with Huang Xujie is not good," Xie Yujia spoke seriously.

"I don't like him, and he doesn’t like me either. That's all there is to it," Hao Ren casually picked up a piece of Three-Yellow Chicken just served, said without much thought.

"Well… maybe I can help mediate between you two so that you can put this feud behind you" Xie Yujia suggested after a moment’s consideration.

"No need,班長you don’t have to involve yourself in this. Just eat." Hao Ren pushed the Three-Yellow Chicken dish towards Xie Yujia.

Xie Yujia nodded thoughtfully. She was worried about Hao Ren but seeing that he didn't seem concerned at all, she figured there must be a reason for his nonchalance.

However, what really made her uneasy was not Huang Xujie's matter but rather whether her brother, the captain of the basketball team, would seek revenge on Hao Ren due to the great loss suffered by the basketball team this time.

The school’s disciplinary action towards the basketball team was obviously too harsh compared to the lenient treatment given to Hao Ren and Zhao Jiayin, which she thought might have caused her brother a lot of resentment.

As dinner progressed into late night hours, they chatted about various issues in their class and school. The longer they talked, the more excited Xie Yujia got when discussing today’s lecture. While Hao Ren felt the admiration towards Academician Hao Rongsheng that welled up from within her like a mighty river, he also harbored his own concerns. Both of them were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn’t notice how empty the restaurant had become.

"Oh my! It’s already half past eleven!" Xie Yujia suddenly exclaimed when she saw the clock on the wall of the restaurant.ant. He pulled out five or six things from a ring on his finger. "You used two of the dimensional rift scrolls; you have one left. I'll give you four more here. This is a Snow Soul Pearl. When dissolv...