Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 407 - 405: Are You in a Relationship?

Xue Xing had no idea how to comfort a girl. He just stood there, completely flustered and scratching his head in frustration. But Si Wen simply cried and ignored him, her sobs soon becoming so intense that she was gasping for breath.

For such a strong-willed girl to cry like this... it was so... earth-shattering.

This is certainly a new experience, Xue Xing thought. But how am I supposed to console her?

He hurriedly pulled out his phone, wanting to ask Xue Yang for advice. But if his sister-in-law found out that he’d made her best friend cry, would she ignore him from now on?

I can’t let my brother or sister-in-law know.

If his sister-in-law ignored him, his brother would definitely ignore him too.

So, who should I ask?

Xue Xing thought for a moment before sending a message to a buddy of his.

"Question: if a girl is crying in front of you, how do you console her?"

His friend replied quickly.

"Are you in a relationship?"

Talk about dodging the question.

Xue Xing typed back, "Just tell me how to console her."

"I’ve never been in one, so how would I know?"

"..."

Alright, that was another dead end.

Si Wen was still crying, so Xue Xing could only brace himself and try again.

"You... don’t cry. How about... I buy you a candied hawthorn skewer?"

When he was little, that was how his mom would always console him when he cried. Back then, he thought candied hawthorn was the most delicious thing in the world. As long as he had one, he would stop crying.

Hmm, I’m offering to buy her the most delicious thing in the world. She should stop crying now, right?

As Si Wen cried, her body wracked with sobs, she managed to ask, "What’s a candied hawthorn?"

"Huh? No way, you’ve never had candied hawthorn? You poor thing."

Xue Xing believed that every child should have eaten candied hawthorn at least once.

At his words, Si Wen let out another wail and burst into tears all over again.

She’d never had candied hawthorn before, so what?

"Hey... don’t cry, please stop crying! I’ll take you to buy one right now."

Si Wen immediately stopped crying and said, "Wait, let me touch up my makeup."

"???"

She needed to touch up her makeup just to go buy a candied hawthorn skewer? Xue Xing didn’t understand it, but he respected her decision.

"Okay, go ahead."

Si Wen went into the restroom to fix her makeup.

When she came out, she had changed her clothes as well, now wearing a miniskirt. Although she wasn’t exceptionally tall, she wasn’t considered short in the South. The miniskirt perfectly showcased her straight, fair legs. Even a straight arrow like Xue Xing found the sight a little overwhelming.

Her eyes were no longer red, though her nose was still sniffling a bit, but it didn’t detract from her appearance.

Xue Xing couldn’t help but complain internally. This isn’t just touching up her makeup; she’s like a whole new person.

But remembering how a single casual remark had made her burst into tears earlier, he wisely kept his mouth shut this time.

Fortunately, the hotel Xue Yang had booked for Si Wen was near Hui City’s pedestrian street, where you could always find people selling things, no matter the time of day. Soon enough, they found an old man selling candied hawthorn.

Xue Xing asked the man to give a skewer to Si Wen.

Curiously, Si Wen took it and examined it closely. So this was candied hawthorn. She had seen it from inside a car before but had never actually tried it.

"Why aren’t you eating?"

Xue Xing almost said that it was kid’s food and he was too old for it now. But then he stopped himself. What if I make her cry again?

Instead, he said, "Oh, I’m eating," and asked the vendor for another skewer.

He then paid the man twenty yuan.

"Two skewers for twenty yuan?"

"Yeah. I said it was my treat, so don’t worry about it."

"I just think... it’s so cheap."

Aside from the food she’d eaten at Xue Yang’s place, nothing she ate ever cost less than three figures.

"..."

Cheap? For a high school student with no income whatsoever, twenty yuan is not cheap at all.

"You treated me to candied hawthorn, so I’ll treat you to something. What do you want to eat?"

As long as you stop crying, I’ll be happy, Xue Xing griped internally.

"I’m fine with anything. What do you want to eat?"

Xue Xing figured that as a guy, there was no way he could let a girl pay. Besides, no matter how you looked at it, Si Wen was the guest. That made it even more out of the question for her to treat him.

"This is your turf. I don’t know what’s good around here."

"I’ll take you to the snack street. There’s a huge variety of food there, it’s all delicious, and best of all, it’s cheap."

He hadn’t brought much money with him. The snack street was the most suitable choice. Plus, they could eat until they were full.

"Okay."

Si Wen followed Xue Xing to a pedestrian street. It was afternoon, not quite mealtime, but the street was already bustling with a fair number of people. One could only imagine how lively it would get at night. The last time she and her friends were here, they had been too rushed to explore it. It felt like a bit of a shame.

"Is this the snack street?"

"Yep. Take a look and see what you want to eat."

"Can I try a bit of everything?"

Try everything? Xue Xing pursed his lips, looking troubled. If we try everything, I won’t have enough money. Maybe I should borrow some from a friend?

"Don’t look like you’re being marched to your execution. I said I’m treating."

"No, it’s my treat."

"Do you have enough money?"

"..."

Checkmate.

"You’re still a student. I’m different. I have a job and an income, so listen to me. I’m paying."

Xue Xing stopped arguing. "...Alright then... When I start earning money, I’ll treat you."

"That’s ambitious of you. I’ll be waiting."

"..."

How is treating someone to a meal an ambition? Xue Xing wondered, finding it strange.

That thought was completely shattered later when he saw Si Wen arrange for a private chef to prepare a special meal for her at the hotel. He had never seen a single person eat so much in one meal. It was enough food to feed his entire family for a month.

What Xue Xing couldn’t possibly imagine, however, was that this was merely the tip of the iceberg. She had eaten meals that cost more than what his family spent in a year, or even ten years.

But back to the present.

Xue Xing led Si Wen through the bustling snack street.

"What’s this?"

"Good eye. This is a famous local snack called Ama Jiao."

"Ama Jiao? What kind of a weird name is that? It can’t be any good, can it?"

"Why don’t you try it and find out for yourself?"

Si Wen took a bite with some skepticism, but her eyes instantly widened in delightful surprise. "This is really good!"

"Told you it was delicious." Xue Xing was very confident about the local snacks in Hui City. They were guaranteed to be a hit.

After finishing one, Si Wen wanted another, but Xue Xing asked, "Aren’t you going to try anything else?"

"I am."

Although she was tempted to have another, she decided to save room for the other delicacies the food street had to offer.

Xue Xing led her to the next stall.

"This looks a bit like oden."

"They’re similar, but the ingredients are different. You should try their beef balls. They’re really chewy because they’re all made by hand."

"Really?"

"Of course. If you had come earlier, you could have watched them make the beef balls by hand."