Lin Li and Zeng Zi'ang gradually became part of the group of four through their conversations. They got a little more familiar with one another and even started making plans to have dinner together that evening after the mixer ended.
Although Lin Li politely declined, since he still had to rush off to evening self-study, he got along quite well with these adults.
Xiling was still pulling her weight.
The only thing that made Lin Li somewhat uncomfortable was Wang Baiyu's occasional resentful, self-pitying looks. They made his skin crawl.
Of course, Lin Li knew why Brother Wang was looking at him like that.
But what was missed was missed.
My dear Yu, let me go. You deserve someone better—but not someone as good as me.
The best one had to be saved for Chen Yuying.
Fortunately, Wang Baiyu could not hear Lin Li's thoughts.
Otherwise, after finding out just how shameless Lin Li was, he would have... liked him even more and regretted it even more.
As time passed, the other people in the group gradually arrived as well.
The women attending this mixer varied quite a bit in quality.
Most were decent enough, and a few were quite pretty. They would probably become the targets of competition among the men.
But there was also a Hulkbuster Armor, practically Zhou Baowei PLUS after a gender swap. In Three Kingdoms Kill terms, she counted as Wutugu.
"She's an old regular too. She was already here when I arrived, and she's still here now.
"And Lin Li, let me tell you, she's the classic kind who got completely brainwashed by Xiao Hong Shu. A few months ago, it seemed even the matchmaking agency quietly stopped inviting her, but for some reason, she showed up again this month."
When that tank rolled