As they spoke, Jiang Cheng, Qiao Yinyin, and Huang Yao arrived at the cafeteria service window.
Seeing Jiang Cheng about to head toward the food counter, Qiao Yinyin quickly reached out and grabbed him.
She said softly, "darling, you and Huang Yao just go get the rice. Leave ordering the dishes to me. After all, I know exactly what each of you likes to eat."
Seeing this, Huang Yao covered her mouth. "Wow, thank you, big boss! It's rare for Yinyin to be so generous and treat us."
Jiang Cheng shrugged upon hearing this. "You're welcome. It's my baby's meal card anyway; I'm also a freeloader."
Qiao Yinyin gave Huang Yao a mock-reproachful glare and laughed. "I know what you like. I'll get you your favorite pickled cabbage chicken, okay?"
Huang Yao repeatedly thanked her, "That's great! Thank you, Yinyin. I love you to death!"
A moment later, Jiang Cheng and Huang Yao went ahead, carrying several bowls of fragrant rice, and found an empty spot to sit down.
At that moment, the two girls who had been quietly tailing them saw their chance and quickly stepped forward.
Huang Yao had originally felt a bit awkward being alone with Jiang Cheng and was thinking of a topic to talk about.
Seeing Ye Ping and Zhang Ying walking over and standing in front of them, Huang Yao's attention immediately shifted to them.
Huang Yao crossed her arms, her slender forearms pressing against her chest.
She stared at the two in front of her with a look full of vigilance and wariness. "Ye Ping, Zhang Ying, there are no seats left here. This is Yinyin's spot."
Ye Ping let out a disdainful snort and asked in a sharp tone, "Huang Yao, is this Qiao Yinyin's boyfriend??"
Upon hearing this, a trace of anger instantly appeared on Huang Yao's face, and she shot back, "Why ask when you already know? I saw you two constantly stealing glances at someone else's boyfriend during class. What's the matter?? Jealous again??"
Being exposed so bluntly by Huang Yao, the two girls' faces turned extremely ugly, shifting between blue and white in a fit of embarrassment.
However, it didn't take long for Ye Ping to quickly adjust her emotions. She gave Huang Yao a massive eye-roll.
Then she turned her head and cast her gaze toward Jiang Cheng, who was standing nearby.
With a fake smile, she said, "Handsome Guy, do you know that Qiao Yinyin has a top supporter??"
Jiang Cheng glanced at the two girls. Their looks were very ordinary, but their expressions were quite mean-spirited.
He figured these must be Qiao Yinyin's other two roommates who were always speaking ill of her.
Just as Jiang Cheng was about to respond, he suddenly felt a slight touch under the table.
Looking down, he saw Huang Yao was quietly and gently nudging him with her foot.
She even gave him a playful wink, seemingly hinting at something.
Seeing Huang Yao's expression, which clearly showed she wanted to play a trick on them, Jiang Cheng cooperated and didn't reveal that he was the top supporter.
Instead, he gave a faint nod.
Seeing this, Huang Yao immediately took over the conversation and said in a dainty voice, "top supporter? Why are you asking about that??"
Seeing that Jiang Cheng's expression seemed somewhat unpleasant, the two girls misunderstood even more.
They thought Jiang Cheng was unwilling to hear the name of Qiao Yinyin's top supporter.
After glancing at each other again, Zhang Ying spoke up. "I heard Qiao Yinyin's top supporter bought her a car—that porsche supercar we saw at school before. And every time she livestreams, he tips her a lot of money."
Zhang Ying didn't make any effort to lower her voice, so quite a few students sitting nearby heard her clearly.
One had to understand that the Shanghai Institute of Technology had always been a place with more men than women.
To these engineering nerds, a girl with high beauty like Qiao Yinyin was practically a goddess they followed and worshipped in secret.
Hearing these words, several boys nearby couldn't contain their curiosity and simultaneously switched into eavesdropping mode.
After hearing this, the corners of Jiang Cheng's mouth curled up into a slightly playful smile, and he deliberately asked, "And then??"
Ye Ping and Zhang Ying were stunned to see Jiang Cheng's completely indifferent expression.
What was going on? Could it be that Jiang Cheng didn't care?
Or did he already know?
Seeing Zhang Ying hesitate, Huang Yao curled her lips and continued, "Ye Ping, Zhang Ying, you two are really too free. You love talking behind Yinyin's back, and now that you've caught someone, you still want to talk. Don't you have your own things to do?? Is your coursework finished??"
Being rebuffed like this by Huang Yao, the two girls' faces instantly became distorted.
Since the first day they moved into the dorm, these two had harbored a faint sense of loathing toward Qiao Yinyin and Huang Yao.
In the beginning, the four of them could still live in peace and harmony.
But as the semester passed, they realized more and more that standing next to Qiao Yinyin and Huang Yao was like being two green leaves.
They could only silently serve as a foil to the two girls' radiant and moving beauty.
Whether it was the boys in their class or boys from other classes, their gazes were always involuntarily drawn to Qiao Yinyin and Huang Yao.
Their eyes were firmly locked onto those two.
Those burning gazes were like spotlights, making the two of them shine brilliantly while leaving the other two in the shadows.
Later, after Qiao Yinyin's livestreaming became successful, they grew even more jealous.
Since they were young, they had envied and resented girls who were pretty and popular with boys.
So they had resolved to work hard and study diligently.
They poured all their thoughts into their academics.
They intended to use their outstanding grades to crush these people.
They hoped to showcase their own brilliance through their educational background.
They had thought that after entering university, the female students around them would be similar to them.
They didn't expect that after finally making it to college, they would be forced to live with these beauties who made them feel inferior.
So when a beauty was both good-looking and successful, the fire of jealousy in these two was instantly ignited, burning fiercely.
Over time, they could no longer suppress their impulses and began to huddle together, pointing fingers at Qiao Yinyin behind her back and saying all sorts of nasty things.
They had originally wanted to pull Huang Yao in as well.
Although she also had a pretty face and a graceful figure.
But Huang Yao was different from Qiao Yinyin; although she had outstanding looks, she wasn't as proactive or ambitious as Qiao Yinyin.
In front of Huang Yao, they could still self-hypnotize.
They constantly brainwashed themselves: with their excellent grades, they would surely live a happier and more fulfilling life than Huang Yao in the future.
So, looking at the lazy and idle Huang Yao, these two actually felt a trace of insignificant superiority in their hearts.
The worst part was that in front of Qiao Yinyin, the academic results they were so proud of lost their effect.
They had originally thought Qiao Yinyin was just a pretty face or had gotten in through the back door.
But in every class and even for every assignment the teacher gave, Qiao Yinyin completed them excellently, sometimes even better than they did.
So, as time went on, the two's hatred for Qiao Yinyin grew deeper and deeper.
Ye Ping then spoke up. "Huang Yao, there's no need to speak so harshly. The two of us just wanted to remind him, lest he be kept in the dark about certain things."
Just then, Qiao Yinyin walked over slowly, carrying a tray full of food with both hands.
Seeing this, Jiang Cheng quickly stood up, reached out to take the tray, and gently placed it on the table.
Qiao Yinyin had heard some of Ye Ping's words.
Her face was cold as frost, and her eyes were like ice as she stared at Ye Ping and Zhang Ying.
She wasn't panicked at all.
Because she knew what these two were referring to, and Jiang Cheng knew her situation even better. So she wasn't worried at all... She said faintly, "What are you saying while I'm not around?"
Seeing Qiao Yinyin's sudden return and her direct questioning.
Ye Ping and Zhang Ying couldn't help but feel a bit guilty, and they both involuntarily took a small step back... Usually, they talked behind her back, and Qiao Yinyin surely knew, but today was the first time she had questioned them to their faces... Ye Ping steadied herself, puffed out her thin chest, and said with forced composure, "Qiao Yinyin, we were just being good people and giving this Handsome Guy a reminder."
Seeing this, Jiang Cheng's lips curled, and he switched to sarcasm mode. "Baby, these two roommates of yours are really something else. I don't know why they keep trying to remind me, the person involved, about this matter??"
Jiang Cheng turned to look at Qiao Yinyin beside him and said softly, "darling, open your livestream room. You don't need to turn on the camera."
Although Qiao Yinyin didn't know what Jiang Cheng wanted to do, she still nodded obediently.
Following Jiang Cheng's instructions, she expertly opened the backend of her livestream on the Live Streaming Platform.
Once everything was ready, Qiao Yinyin indeed did not turn on the camera.
Jiang Cheng unhurriedly operated his own phone, first clicking into his backend page.
Then he found the entrance to Qiao Yinyin's livestream room with ease.
In the blink of an eye, fifty Super Rockets streaked across the screen like meteors. Accompanied by brilliant special effects and deafening sound effects, the entire livestream room was instantly set ablaze.
He tipped fifty Super Rockets right at the start of the broadcast.
The livestream room, which originally had few people, immediately became lively.
The screen began to fill with a flurry of comments.
"Holy crap, Great Sea God has appeared~~"
"Watching Sister Qiao strike it rich again~~"
"The big boss is out of his mind~"
...Huang Yao was already clinging to Qiao Yinyin, leaning over to curiously watch the livestream room.
She saw that Qiao Yinyin's livestream room had suddenly erupted like a boiling pot.
Fifty Super Rockets flashed across the screen in an instant!
The brilliant special effects took up almost the entire screen, making one's eyes glaze over.
Huang Yao's eyes widened, and she subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand, her face full of disbelief.
Huang Yao immediately covered her mouth and said sourly, "Yinyin, your boyfriend, this top supporter, tipping fifty Super Rockets on the spot—that's too romantic! It's my first time seeing this. How much money must that be?"
After saying that, Huang Yao turned to Jiang Cheng and gave him a thumbs up. "Big boss, you're awesome. Fifty Super Rockets... how much is that? I suddenly feel like I'm bad at math."
After Huang Yao said this, the students who were secretly paying attention to the situation all couldn't help but gasp.
Even Ye Ping and Wang Ying were dumbfounded, frozen in place as if they had short-circuited.
At this point, no matter how stupid they were, they finally understood what was going on.
So, Jiang Cheng was Qiao Yinyin's top supporter.
So, the words they had just said were just seeking their own humiliation??
Thinking about how they had just mocked Qiao Yinyin and said so many nasty things, Ye Ping and Wang Ying couldn't help but flush red, wishing they could find a hole to crawl into.
Qiao Yinyin was also stunned for a moment, but she immediately understood Jiang Cheng's intention.
With a sweet expression, she held the phone up to Ye Ping and Wang Ying's eyes. "roommates, look! My darling top supporter just tipped me fifty Super Rockets. Isn't he super good to me?"
Seeing Qiao Yinyin showing off to them, the two were so angry their faces turned red.
"darling, didn't I tell you to stop tipping me??"
Jiang Cheng patted Qiao Yinyin's head, then turned to look at Ye Ping and Wang Ying, his gaze sharp as a knife. "Someone questioned my status as the top supporter and was spreading rumors everywhere. I had to let them see who your top supporter really is."
It happened to be mealtime, and the cafeteria was filled with students eating.
The commotion they made wasn't small, and Jiang Cheng had deliberately raised his voice.
Bringing this matter out into the open and tipping Qiao Yinyin was also to make the rumors collapse on their own.
Jiang Cheng looked at Ye Ping and Wang Ying with a smile, but his eyes held a trace of coldness.
He slowly held his phone up to Ye Ping and Wang Ying's eyes.
"Come, come, can you read? You two take a good look, match the name and the supporter list. Don't go around spouting nonsense in the future."
Ye Ping and Wang Ying looked at each other, for a moment not knowing how to respond.
At this moment, they only felt their faces burning, their hearts filled with embarrassment and shame.
Worse still, amidst this mix of emotions, the intense jealousy deep in their hearts became increasingly hard to suppress, nearly causing their faces to contort.
"I don't know what you two were trying to achieve by spreading those rumors. Was it envy or jealousy?? Or did you also want to get tips like her? But..."
Jiang Cheng stopped there and deliberately used a scrutinizing gaze to look Ye Ping and Wang Ying up and down.
Being watched like that, Ye Ping and Wang Ying felt like they had needles in their backs, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
However, before they could react, Jiang Cheng shook his head mercilessly and continued, "As for you two, I'm afraid if you want a top supporter..."