The backdrop can also be propped up.

Chen Weiran looked absent-minded. She sullenly took away her spicy hot pot, her mind preoccupied with the argument she had with Lin Yuqing the night before.

Last night, the two argued about when to go back to school. Chen Weiran wanted to leave as soon as possible to avoid missing the dormitory closing time; while Lin Yuqing felt that living outside was not a big deal, at worst she would just lose some points.

Then these issues brought up old grievances, and in the end, the two of them returned to school unhappily.

As Chen Weiran was thinking, the person in front of her suddenly stopped.

Chen Weiran immediately snapped out of her daze, gripping the hot pot tightly in her hand to prevent the soup from spilling.

"I'm sorry." Chen Weiran apologized subconsciously, but when she looked up, she was stunned—wasn't Lin Yuqing just queuing for Cantonese rice noodle rolls? How did she suddenly move in front of her, holding two bowls of spicy hot pot?

Upon closer inspection, Chen Weiran recognized the girl in front of him by her high ponytail; it wasn't Lin Yuqing, but someone whose style of dress was very similar to Lin Yuqing's.

Qin Men looked back and realized that the person who had accidentally bumped into him was Chen Weiran.

After apologizing to Chen Weiran, Qin Men turned his head with difficulty to look at his clothes—because Chen Weiran was also holding a bowl of spicy hot pot, and Qin Men was afraid that the soup would splash on his clothes.

"Oh, don't worry, my spicy hot pot didn't splash on your clothes," Chen Weiran explained nervously.

"It's alright, as long as it didn't splash on my clothes," Qin Men said with a smile.

Qin Men then found his seat and sat down.

Chen Weiran originally wanted to find a seat a little further away from Qin Men, since she had almost spilled all the spicy hot pot on him.

However, after wandering around the cafeteria, Chen Weiran couldn't find a suitable seat for herself—either the tables were too dirty or the seats were already occupied by people leaving things on them. In the end, after going around in circles, Chen Weiran returned to Qin Men and Jiang Qiuyue, because only the two of them had seats available.

Sitting next to the person she almost bumped into was still too awkward. Chen Weiran put down her spicy hot pot next to Jiang Qiuyue. She lowered her head and stuffed food into her mouth with her chopsticks, not caring whether it was hot or not.

Too many unpleasant things have happened in the past few days, and Chen Weiran just wants to get away from crowded places and find a quiet place to herself.

Jiang Qiuyue and Qin Men initially ignored Chen Weiran sitting next to them, since there were no seats in the cafeteria and sharing tables was a common occurrence.

But when Lin Yuqing sat down next to Qin Men with a bowl of egg rice noodle rolls, the atmosphere started to become a little strange.

Qin Men turned to look at Lin Yuqing, then at Chen Weiran, who had stopped eating halfway through his meal because Lin Yuqing had sat down opposite him.

Qin Men withdrew his gaze from the two women and began searching for a place to sit in the cafeteria.

Sadly, no.

Qin Men had no choice but to try to ignore the strange atmosphere between Lin Yuqing and Chen Weiran and start talking to Jiang Qiuyue about other things.

Qin Men and Jiang Qiuyue started talking about their homework and then moved on to where to eat that night.

"I heard a new shop opened on the food street," Jiang Qiuyue recalled, biting her chopsticks. "It sells dumplings and wontons."

"Sounds good," Qin Men popped a piece of cheese rice cake into his mouth. "Shall we go this afternoon?"

"The food street is a bit far. Will you be able to make it back in time tonight?" Jiang Qiuyue asked. "I can go back to my rented room, but you should stay in the dormitory."

"Hmm, it's okay." Qin Men swallowed the cheese rice cake in his mouth and said, "We can go on the weekend, maybe there will be other fun things to do on the weekend. Anyway, I'm just killing time on the weekend."

After saying this, Qin Men suddenly felt that the atmosphere had become even more strange.

Qin Men glanced at Lin Yuqing discreetly and saw that Lin Yuqing had rice noodle rolls in her mouth and was staring intently at Chen Weiran.

Chen Weiran also stopped eating the mala tang, and stirred the soup with her chopsticks.

Were they listening to the two of us talking? Qin Men picked up a lettuce leaf and chewed it, while listening to Jiang Qiuyue talking about her weekend plans.

Qin Men noticed that when Jiang Qiuyue said one more word, Chen Weiran and Lin Yuqing's expressions turned even colder.

Suddenly realizing he could have done it this way, without having to escalate to such an embarrassing point, did he regret it? Qin Men wondered.

"However, it gets quite crowded during holidays, and if we watch the show on the weekend, the two of us might not be able to make it back in time," Jiang Qiuyue said, seemingly a little regretful.

"It's alright, there's a video anyway. Besides, it's so noisy at the scene, my ears would hurt from all the noise, it might not even be as good as watching the video." Qin Men finished speaking and slurped up a mouthful of noodles.

The atmosphere between Lin Yuqing and Chen Weiran became even more strange.