Xue Tao? Just a Country Bumpkin—Su Bai Was the Real Rich Guy!

They were the members of the travel group they had discussed yesterday.

Just as Su Bai had expected, Xue Tao had created the group.

After all, he was the captain.

He was also extremely invested in this trip.

With two campus-goddess-level girls, Chen Yusheng and Jiang Qiuran, plus a pair of baby-faced, busty twin lolis, such a luxurious lineup was bound to stir up the local guys' urge to show off.

Of course, Hu Ye definitely wouldn't be willing to fall behind either...

There would be another good show to watch.

A pleased smile curled at Su Bai's lips.

The innocent classmates were still condemning Xue Tao for flaunting his wealth, while Su Bai and Wang Haoran were already enjoying the show.

Xue Zhitiao: Ladies, I'm planning to buy some supplies in advance over the next few days for the trip. If there's anything you need, feel free to message me privately. I'll do my best to get it for you. [smile][smile]

Xue Zhitiao: [A selfie leaning against a Magotan 330 while wearing sunglasses]

To be fair.

The car the local guy drove was actually pretty decent.

According to national statistics, most privately owned vehicles fell around the 100,000-yuan price range.

Not to mention college students, who were generally so broke they couldn't even afford the freedom to eat whatever they wanted at the cafeteria.

But every time Xue Tao showed off his wealth in the group, he gave off the feeling of a villain. How should one put it? He was just really punchable...

The key was that he had actually managed to win over Liu Yuanyuan with those two traits: having a car to drive and plenty of spending money.

A lot of guys disliked him, but they didn't want to confront him directly, because Xue Tao would call them bitter dogs who couldn't get girlfriends.

In an engineering department, and only in their freshman year, after all, there were very few people who managed to get into relationships.

Not long after Xue Tao spoke in the group, Wan Xinyan, one of the twins, responded:

Red Bean Paste Mochi Ball: Really? Xue Tao, you're so thoughtful~

Red Bean Paste Mochi Ball: Could you prepare some snacks for us? Hehe, my sister and I are both foodies, so we might eat quite a lot on the road.

Green Bean Paste Mochi Ball: [shy]

Green Bean Paste Mochi Ball: Um, it doesn't have to be too much.

Red Bean Paste Mochi Ball: Thank you, Big Brother Xue Tao. [hands pressed together]

Xue Zhitiao: [excited][excited][drooling]

Xue Zhitiao: Mission guaranteed!

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Wang Haoran Eats Nimble Inspiration Mushrooms from the Mountains Today retracted a message.

Wang Haoran Eats Nimble Inspiration Mushrooms from the Mountains Today: Sent that by mistake, sorry.

Xue Zhitiao: ...

Xue Zhitiao: Gaming Yuanshen, huh. [picking nose]

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Xue Zhitiao: Hu Ye, you're posting your headphone reviews again. What are you posting that for? Nobody cares.

Snow of Hokkaido: @Jiang Qiuran—Class of '25, Broadcasting and Hosting

Jiang Qiuran—Class of '25, Broadcasting and Hosting: What happened? Why did someone suddenly tag me? [confused]

Snow of Hokkaido: ...Hehe, nothing.

Su Bai lurked happily, watching everyone perform in the group chat.

This was really interesting.

But as he kept watching, the local guy seemed to suddenly remember him.

Xue Zhitiao: @Crispy Big White Goose, where are you fooling around? Come back when you have time and go to the supermarket with me to buy stuff.

Well, damn.

You wanted to spend your own money to please the girls, and you were dragging me along as free labor?

At that moment, Su Bai was still wrapped in a bathrobe.

He stood up and took a selfie in the mirror.

His tall frame, the faint outline of his muscles, and the upscale bathroom decor in the background.

Then he picked another photo from his album, one he had taken while working out earlier.

He sent both to the "510 Mid-Autumn Eating, Drinking, and Fun with Beautiful Girls Group."

Crispy Big White Goose: [image][image]

Crispy Big White Goose: I'm busy. Go by yourself.

Xue Zhitiao:...

At that moment, in the school parking lot.

Xue Tao, who was about to set off, saw the photos Su Bai had sent and immediately grimaced.

He had actually only asked casually, mainly to project the image of himself as the team captain, someone who gave orders.

That was how you picked up girls—you had to establish yourself as the authoritative leader of a small group to make girls more likely to fall for you.

Of course, if Su Bai had time to help him haul things from the supermarket, that would have been even better.

After all, Xue Tao had no intention of going to the small supermarket on campus. Those little stores never had everything he wanted. He was going to Walmart for a massive shopping spree—imported snacks, drinks, the kind of stuff girls liked.

Then Su Bai sent two selfies.

It looked like he was in a luxury hotel? No, the background seemed a little different from a hotel.

Xue Tao couldn't figure it out.

That immediately made Xue Tao anxious. Su Bai had actually gone somewhere even he couldn't identify!

According to Su Bai himself, he had recently made a small fortune and had only then started indulging in such material comforts.

And now he was showing off in the group chat. He was definitely acting out of character because there were several gorgeous girls in the group.

Xue Tao sneered. Childish. Su Bai was way too childish.

The four campus belles in the group had all seen the world. Girls these days weren't as easy to fool as they used to be—not the kind you could get into bed just by taking them to the Hilton.

Such a clumsy tactic definitely wouldn't work.

However, what Xue Tao did not expect was—

At that moment, in a classroom.

A pair of twins with adorably youthful faces sat side by side at the back of the classroom, pretending to listen to the lecture while secretly chatting in the group.

Their faces were practically identical, but their temperaments were completely different.

One was quiet and shy, while the other was lively and spirited.

"Wow, Sis, look at Su Bai. He's actually staying at Ascott," Wan Xinyan suddenly exclaimed.

Wan Xinyue, beside her, asked softly, "Ascott? What's that?"

"It's a really expensive long-stay apartment, the kind with butler service. The people who live there are basically rich, or at the very least high-level office workers. Su Bai is a freshman like us, so his family must be very wealthy."

"...How do you know so much?"

Seeing her younger sister speak with such certainty, Wan Xinyue was a little confused.

Could she really infer that much from just one photo?

Anyway, all Wan Xinyue could tell was that this Su Bai was very tall and handsome—the kind of handsome guy she would instinctively glance at twice if he passed by on the street.

"It's simple. There's an Ascott logo on his bathrobe. And in the other photo, the one of him working out, you can vaguely see the scenery outside in the background. It should be the Ascott by the river."

With an expression of profound wisdom, Wan Xinyan precisely located the Ascott Academy Branch on her phone's map.

Wan Xinyue was dumbfounded.

"Yanyan, it'd be such a waste if you didn't become a detective."

"Of course, I'm super smart!" Wan Xinyan said proudly. "And look at the watch Su Bai is wearing. I don't recognize it, but my intuition tells me it definitely isn't cheap... Hold on, let me use AI image recognition..."

Watching her younger sister bustle about with such enthusiasm.

Wan Xinyue truly admired her.

She murmured, "So there are so many tricks to this. I thought Xue Tao was the rich one."

"Xue Tao? Pfft, he's just a country bumpkin—a tool, that's all."