As a car salesperson, Zhou Jialu was quite skilled at driving.
The two cars were parked side by side in the JW Marriott's underground parking garage.
You had to admit, they looked pretty well matched.
The C260L was refined, while the GLE was imposing.
With an arm around Zhou Jialu, Su Bai looked at the two cars and felt immensely satisfied.
His senior's car had cost 280,000 yuan, and she had drawn an eightfold cashback—2.24 million yuan.
Sure enough, his senior was his lucky star.
It seemed that whenever Su Bai encountered a major purchase with cashback draws in the future, he would have to bring Zhou Jialu along.
"Senior, are you going to use the temporary plates first, or should I go get it registered with you this morning?"
"Don't you still have a required class?"
"I do, but I could take leave..."
"No need. It's not urgent. Go to class first; I can stay at the hotel by myself. I can play on my phone and watch dramas, so I won't be bored."
Zhou Jialu began showing her sweet, obedient side again.
That service-mindedness was so much better than those socialites who only knew how to throw tantrums.
Su Bai nodded in satisfaction, then leaned close to Zhou Jialu's ear and said, "Then let's head upstairs first. Once you help me relax, I'll get ready to go back to school."
"Mhm."
Zhou Jialu answered softly, glancing at Su Bai's already restless...
Wuwu, her junior's natural gifts were just too outstanding.
By the time her birthday came around, she was honestly afraid he would work her so hard that she would not be able to get out of bed.
Still, for a woman, this was actually a sweet kind of trouble.
Especially after a while, once she helped Su Bai relax, Zhou Jialu vaguely felt that, for some reason, Su Bai was even more formidable than yesterday.
It made her anticipation grow even stronger.
At this rate, even if my junior can wait, I'm afraid I won't make it to my birthday before I can't resist taking things further with him. Sigh... if it really comes to that, I'll just let nature take its course.
Zhou Jialu gradually loosened the restraints in her heart.
Su Bai drove back to school.
He found a parking spot in the open public parking lot of Jiangcheng University's southern campus.
Many faculty members parked there, along with the few students who owned cars... such as Xue Tao, a local.
The dormitory area was to the north, while the classrooms were toward the west. Both were a little distance from the parking lot, roughly a ten-minute walk away.
But there were shared bikes, so it did not matter much.
With the physical fitness enhanced by the Body Enhancement Fluid, Su Bai pedaled his little bike at full speed.
He successfully reached the Advanced Mathematics classroom before class began.
When Su Bai entered, he looked toward the back of the classroom.
As expected, he found his three roommates in the last two rows.
Unfortunately, those seats were already full, and his roommates had not managed to save him one.
Everyone knew that in university lecture halls, the last two rows were prime real estate.
The farther you were from the teacher, the more comfortable you were.
Wang Haoran spotted Su Bai too and made the classic gesture of a certain basketball star at him.
He spread his hands.
It conveyed helplessness.
A WeChat message came through as well.
Wang Haoran Eats Flexible Inspiration Mushrooms From the Mountains Today: Silly son, by the time we got here, there were only three seats left. You're on your own!
Wang Haoran Eats Flexible Inspiration Mushrooms From the Mountains Today: [Yongchuta Fei_Big Dummy]
Crispy Big White Goose: [Big White Goose_Middle Finger]
Su Bai swept his gaze across the classroom.
It seemed there were only seats left in the first row.
The problem was that sitting in the first row meant becoming the old professor's designated interaction target and enduring the old professor's lashings.
No thanks!
Suddenly, Su Bai delightedly noticed an empty seat at the edge of the middle section of the classroom.
Looking closely, well, wasn't that Chen Yusheng?
It was a large tiered lecture hall, and the seats were packed rather close together.
Chen Yusheng had a wall on her right and an empty seat on her left. With every nearby seat occupied, it looked especially conspicuous.
Su Bai could roughly understand why that had happened.
The oppressive aura of a cold, aloof academic queen, kid!
This was a freshman Advanced Mathematics class, which meant that most of the students attending were first-year freshmen. They had only recently left high school and were generally still thin-skinned.
It was perfectly normal for them not to dare sit beside Chen Yusheng.
Besides, Chen Yusheng did not have any female friends either.
At that moment, Chen Yusheng noticed Su Bai as well. A delighted smile curled her lips, but she quickly put on a stern expression again.
She did not dare make it too obvious.
But her actions conveyed exactly what she meant.
She unfolded the folded chair beside her and beckoned Su Bai over.
Oh?
That gesture immediately stirred a wave of subdued murmuring.
A few students had happened to be watching Chen Yusheng. When they saw her actually take the initiative to invite the boy who had just entered the classroom to sit beside her, they instantly lost their composure.
Wait, what was going on?
Wasn't Goddess Chen someone who ignored everything outside her studies and focused solely on reading the classics?
Wasn't she uninterested in men and devoted only to research?
She was actually taking the initiative to invite a guy to sit with her?
No, impossible. I must be seeing things!
Yet reality dealt those people a heavy blow.
Su Bai sat down beside Chen Yusheng as naturally as could be.
Then Chen Yusheng leaned close to his ear and whispered.
"From now on, sit with me for this Advanced Mathematics class. Usually no one sits beside me."
"Good idea." Su Bai thought it was not bad. That way, he would not have to worry about failing to get a good seat.
In fact, seats in the middle of the classroom were quite good too. Sometimes teachers paid extra attention to the remarkable people in the last two rows, which was a counter-countermeasure of sorts.
Teachers and students were always engaged in a dynamic game of strategy.
Chen Yusheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had been afraid Su Bai would refuse.
She just really liked being around Su Bai; it felt especially comfortable.
And she could secretly chat with him during class.
She could share amusing things she saw online with him.
Chen Yusheng was, more or less, an internet-addicted girl. She lacked social interaction in the real world... or rather, she had no interest whatsoever in ordinary socializing.
Only Su Bai suited her tastes perfectly.
And Su Bai had money. Ever since her mother had fallen ill, Chen Yusheng had become increasingly aware of how important money was.
She had actually known money was important long ago. After all, she was only socially withdrawn, not stupid. She had even learned about the significance of currency in her middle school textbooks. It was just that hospitals made it easier to experience firsthand the warmth and coldness of human nature.
If I became Su Bai's girlfriend, I wouldn't have to worry about money for Mom's treatment at all. Mom could receive proper care, and I wouldn't have to keep running myself ragged just to make a living...
As Chen Yusheng watched Su Bai's upright posture and sunny, handsome face from the corner of her eye, that thought suddenly surfaced.
Then she mentally slapped herself.
What nonsense are you thinking, Chen Yusheng!
Isn't dating with such a utilitarian goal deeply immoral? It feels like it wouldn't end well.
Besides, even if she really became Su Bai's girlfriend, she would have no reason to ask him to spend so much money treating her mother.
Rationally speaking, Chen Yusheng thought the thought that had just appeared in her mind was utterly ridiculous.
But then again.
She and Su Bai really were incredibly compatible, compatible enough to become soulmates.
If she dated Su Bai, that would be true love-level stuff, so there did not seem to be anything wrong with it.
The girl's thoughts became tangled.
At the same time, Su Bai updated his counselor Xia Lin on his phone, telling her that he had returned to class and asking Director Xia not to worry.
It had to be said that this counselor was quite conscientious and responsible, yet her management was also very relaxed. That balance of strictness and leniency was truly rare.
Finding a reliable counselor was definitely a major boon to university life.
At the back of the classroom.
Chu Mingzhe stared with his dead-fish eyes.
He fixed his gaze tightly on Su Bai and Chen Yusheng over there.
His face was filled with dejection.
He opened his mouth in disbelief and said:
"Wait, this isn't right, is it? Why would Chen Yusheng allow Su Bai to sit beside her?"
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