The sky outside gradually darkened.
"Ring-ring—" A pleasant mobile phone ringtone sounded.
The lively chatter immediately fell silent.
Li Jingrong glanced at the caller ID, and a sweet smile immediately appeared on her face.
She quickly answered. "Hello, darling. Oh, you're here already? That fast? Okay, okay, just wait downstairs for me. I'll be right down."
"Mm, bye-bye."
After hanging up the phone, Li Jingrong stood and said to her two roommates, "My boyfriend's downstairs. I'm going out to keep him company first. Lele, what about your 'brother'? How much longer until he gets here?"
Qian Lele checked her mobile phone. "There's a bit of traffic. Probably another ten minutes or so."
They had agreed to arrive before six, but Li Jingrong's boyfriend had come much earlier.
Wu Siqi immediately suggested, "How about we go to the first floor of the cafeteria together first? It's close to the school gate too. It's so cold today—we can't let Jingrong and her boyfriend wait outside like idiots."
"Mm, okay." Qian Lele nodded and quickly sent Tang Song a message on WeChat.
"Go, go, go! Let's go!"
The three girls picked up their bags and headed out, chatting and laughing.
Along the way, the newly transformed Qian Lele attracted quite a few students' attention.
She awkwardly tugged at the hem of her clothes, but she could not stop a small thrill from rising in her heart.
As they left the dormitory building, the bleak chill of the winter night assaulted their senses.
Qian Lele instinctively tightened her cardigan around herself.
Beside her, Li Jingrong rose on tiptoe and waved hard toward the streetlight not far away. "Darling, over here!"
Qian Lele looked up and saw a figure walking toward them. He wore a dark business jacket, dressed in a clean and mature manner,