Chapter 323: Music Department’s Genius

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

The news of the basketball game spread very quickly in Hui University. Almost when Murong Qiao heard the two girls discussing, a hot thread had already been established on the forum to specifically talk about this.

The opinions on this game were divided. Half of them were boys discussing the technical aspects and winning probability of each team, while the other half were girls going crazy over the boys.

Yang Xin, who was full of gossip, told Murong Qiao about this almost as soon as cla.s.s ended.

“The basketball game is simply a carnival of hormones and love! If it wasn’t scheduled for tomorrow, I would want to watch it now!” Yang Xin was excited, and even her eyes were shining.

Murong Qiao looked at her helplessly. “Have you been single for a long time?”

Dating in university seemed to be a common occurrence. However, the two girls beside her actually didn’t have a boyfriend even in their second year. Murong Qiao found it strange.

“She’s just craving a man’s body,” Leng Yan added.

She knew very well what Yang Xin was like.

YangXin’s enthusiasm dropped. “No, no.”

She argued for a while, but not long after, she started to complain about which team had the better-looking players.

Leng Yan chimed in from time to time, and Murong Qiao smiled. The three of them chatted until they were forced to stop at the entrance of the canteen.

They were forced to end the topic because Huo Yichen was standing at the entrance of the canteen, looking like he was waiting for Murong Qiao.

“Why are you here?” Murong Qiao was surprised.

She ignored the people coming and going around her. When she saw Huo Yichen, she took a few steps forward and threw herself into his arms.

Murong Qiao opened her arms and hugged Huo Yichen’s firm waist. She tightened her grip enough to express her longing.

It was no wonder that she was so excited. It had been too long. Murong Qiao felt like a lifetime had pa.s.sed since the last time she saw Huo Yichen.

“I’ll borrow her for a while,” Huo Yichen said.

After saying that to the other two girls, he left the canteen with Murong Qiao and chose a quieter path.

Their posture changed from hugging to Huo Yichen holding Murong Qiao’s hand and walking side by side with her on the cobblestone path.

Huo Yichen noticed the dark circles under her eyes. “You haven’t been sleeping well recently?”

Murong Qiao nodded in acknowledgment. Then, she stretched out her fingers and intertwined them with his. She couldn’t help but interlock her palms with his more intimately to feel his warmth.

“You know the reason. The topic is probably still trending on the forum,” she casually mentioned.

As soon as she mentioned it, she felt that it was annoying. “Forget it, let’s not talk about this. I heard from Yang Xin that your department is going to compete?”

“I came to talk to you about this.” Huo Yichen changed the topic. “I’m also in this basketball game.”

There was a hint of helplessness in his voice, causing Murong Qiao to look up at him curiously.

After all, Huo Yichen didn’t seem like the kind of person who would take the initiative to join in the fun.

“I really didn’t want to partic.i.p.ate. When I found out later, the name list had already been submitted,” Huo Yichen explained.

He really didn’t want to do this, but his results had always been at the top in the finance department. The rule was to choose someone with good results by default. He was very popular, so he was directly chosen.

Huo Yichen only found out today that he would be partic.i.p.ating in the basketball game and he had been informed that the game would start tomorrow.

Murong Qiao couldn’t help but laugh. “I guess if not for that, you definitely wouldn’t have agreed.”

With Huo Yichen’s cold personality, no one would dare to provoke and force him.

“So, you’re here to watch me compete?” Huo Yichen teased her good-naturedly.

The expression on his face was unbelievably gentle. He was a completely different person from the Huo Yichen that people usually saw.

Only Murong Qiao could make him do this. If it were anyone else, they would have to face the coldness of the North Pole.

“Of course.” Murong Qiao nodded heavily.

Although she was teasing him, she still wanted to watch the basketball game.

She smiled until her eyes curved. At the same time, Huo Yichen felt an itch in his palm. Sensing that Murong Qiao was tickling his palm with her fingertips, he turned around and held the other party’s hand to stop it.

The next afternoon, the basketball court that had been turned into a compet.i.tion venue was bustling with activity.

“Senior! Senior Xiao is looking at me!”

“So handsome!!!”

The girls’ cheers and screams filled everyone’s ears.

Murong Qiao rubbed her ears without changing her expression. She looked at Yang Xin beside her and saw the pain in both their eyes.

“Isn’t this the warm-up stage… I feel that their throats are about to break from shouting.” Yang Xin secretly leaned into Murong Qiao’s ear and complained.

Although she was also infatuated previously, when she really arrived at the event location and saw the reactions of the other girls, she could only say that she was inferior.

Yang Xin glanced to the side. “And 1 heard them calling Senior Xiao? Why haven’t I heard of him before?”

As a gossip expert, Yang Xin felt that she would not miss any handsome men.

Murong Qiao followed her gaze and saw a handsome man in a No. 6 jersey among the boys. His skin was so fair that it shone under the sun. Crystal beads of sweat rolled down his forehead and dripped from his good-looking side profile to his chin, causing another wave of screams.

“No idea.” She looked away.

Huo Yichen was still on the road, and Murong Qiao had no interest in looking at others.

He wasn’t as good-looking as Huo Yichen anyway.

However, just because she didn’t look at others didn’t mean that others wouldn’t look at her.

Her t.i.tle as the belle of the School of Economics and Management was not an undeserved t.i.tle. Just based on Murong Qiao’s face, even if she sat there without saying anything, a large number of people would still look at her.

Besides, the basketball players were all boys. Their thoughts were all written on their faces. When they didn’t touch the ball, they almost always looked in Murong Qiao’s direction from time to time. Some of them even fell because they didn’t look where they were going.

“How beautiful is that flower for you to turn and look three times with every step?” Xiao Qi, who was called Senior Xiao, teased another person.

The boy only scratched his head in embarra.s.sment and did not explain.

They were all at the age of youth and restlessness. When they saw a slender and elegant lady sitting there, her white and beautiful dress coupled with a linen sun hat that shadowed her beautiful and stunning gaze, they could not move their eyes away from her.

Xiao Qi took three steps towards the basket. He jumped up and threw the basketball into the basket in a handsome posture. There was a burst of screams around him.

He casually wiped his sweat. Seeing that the boy did not refute him and even turned around to look, he was even more curious.

He had recently transferred to Hui University. Previously, he had been overseas. This time, he had been selected to play in the basketball compet.i.tion because of his outstanding grades.

Xiao Qi turned around, “Let me see…”

It was a curious glance, but it made him drop the ball in his hand.

Murong Qiao sat in her seat, holding the tablet computer she had brought over and communicating with Jiang Chi about company matters.

She was browsing through the doc.u.ments that the other party had sent her when she heard the surrounding voices suddenly become much quieter.

Then, a shadow enveloped her, completely covering the light in front of her.

“h.e.l.lo, junior. Why aren’t you watching the compet.i.tion?” A hearty laugh sounded above her head.

Murong Qiao stopped typing and looked up at the owner of the voice.

A smile appeared on Xiao Qi’s face. One of his hands was casually placed on the railing, and his body leaned forward slightly. Under the scorching light of the clear sky, he was simply a sunshine handsome man.

However, Murong Qiao only saw a little interest and flirtatiousness from him. The word “interest” was clearly written on his face.

“My boyfriend isn’t here yet, so I’m not interested to watch,” she answered bluntly.

It was obvious that this person was very difficult to deal with. Murong Qiao had decided to make him give up..