A Rookie Transmigrator Gets Homesick

Chapter 9: A Rookie Transmigrator Gets Homesick

A few days before the start of the semester, when Wang Yue hurried back to the dorm, all his roommates were there, chatting while taking care of their own things.

Huang Tao, the eldest, sighed ruefully. "I feel like I've had a really fulfilling summer."

The others sighed along with him. Second Brother picked up the conversation. "Before I started working, I used to wonder what was so tiring about having a job. I especially couldn't understand it. But after working for a little over a month this summer, even at a relaxed startup like Xiao Nai's, I'm exhausted."

Even well-behaved Fourth Brother chimed in. "I've only worked for a month, and I'm already worn out. I don't know how our parents have kept at it for all these years."

Listening to them, Wang Yue couldn't help thinking, Isn't it all for the sake of living? But what is life for? He'd spent nearly ten years being a couch potato before transmigrating and still hadn't figured it out.

This Couch Potato Film and TV Transmigration System probably exists to get couch potatoes like me to turn over. I've been lying too flat for too long, and now even Heaven can't stand it.

"There are only a few days left before school starts. How about we go out for a drink? How long has it been since we went for barbecue and drinks together?" Wang Yue was letting his thoughts wander when Second Brother Jia Honghai suddenly slapped the bed, drawing everyone's attention before sharing his idea.

"Sounds good! Let's go to the restaurant KO works at. Wait, KO isn't there anymore. Is their food still any good?" Fourth Brother immediately chimed in.

"Then let's go somewhere else!" The eldest furrowed his brow and thought hard, but couldn't come up with a good place.

"I'll ask Hao Mei!" Fourth Brother Liu Wei had always been straightforward. He picked up his phone and called Hao Mei.

When Wang Yue saw him calling Hao Mei, he knew this might turn into a company dinner after all, so he quickly pulled out his own phone and invited Er Xi.

After all, Xiao Nai might be a schemer, but he knew how to handle people. Having kept up his fox-in-human-clothing act for so many years, he'd practically become a fox spirit.

Sure enough, before long, Liu Wei cheerfully announced that Hao Mei and the others would be joining them for dinner. They'd already booked a private room at a hotel near the university town. Apparently, Xiao Nai was very pleased with the room's name: Qingyun Pavilion.

When the group arrived at the hotel, Wang Yue saw the name of the private room opposite Qingyun Pavilion and couldn't help twitching at the corner of his mouth. He immediately understood why Xiao Nai was coming, too. This was a masterful move, going with the flow. He doubted Weiwei would find anything suspicious about it.

At first, Wang Yue had thought Xiao Nai would make Hao Mei pay and stay away himself. But he'd underestimated just how devious Xiao Nai was—and how determined he was to guard what was his.

After they entered the private room, they waited for the others while Fourth Brother Liu Wei and the eldest discussed Jiuxuan, the room opposite theirs.

Wang Yue went over and sat down, just in time to hear Fourth Brother giving the eldest a detailed report on what his super hearing had picked up.

"Boss, I just heard that the people across the hall are having an offline gathering for a guild from the Imperial Capital Wind and Cloud server," Fourth Brother Liu Wei whispered to Huang Tao and Jia Honghai, as if he were afraid the people across the hall might hear.

"What guild?" Second Brother Jia Honghai asked.

"I think I heard them mention the server's number-one beauty, Xiao Yu Yaoyao!" As soon as Fourth Brother finished speaking, Hao Mei heard the name Xiao Yu Yaoyao and immediately perked up.

"What about Xiao Yu Yaoyao? I haven't played in ages. Anything new?"

"Did Xiao Yu Yaoyao pick a fight with Third Sister-in-law again?"

"..."

The few people who'd arrived early were all excited. After all, she was the game's number-one beauty, but they'd only ever seen her photos. What was she really like?

"The people across the hall are having an offline gathering for A Chinese Ghost Story. I heard someone mention Xiao Yu Yaoyao." Seeing their reaction, Liu Wei told them everything he knew.

"I'll go listen!" Yu Banshan heard this and opened the door, intending to eavesdrop. But as soon as he opened it, he saw Xiao Nai about to open the door across the hall!

"Third Brother, I didn't know you were like this. You already have Junior Sister Weiwei! Stop flirting with other women!" Hao Mei followed close behind Yu Banshan, looking utterly exasperated.

"Third Brother, Qingyun Pavilion is this way!" Qiu Yonghou kindly reminded him.

They hadn't expected Xiao Nai to remain perfectly calm, his expression unchanged as he answered with absolute certainty, "That's right. I'm going in to get Weiwei."

"Junior Sister Weiwei is across the hall?" Hao Mei's baby face practically spelled out the words, You've got to be kidding me.

Everyone else looked just as surprised. Only Wang Yue figured it out immediately. So the story had already reached this point.

With the air of someone who'd known all along, Wang Yue explained, "That makes sense! Otherwise, why would Xiao Nai have chosen this place for the dinner?"

The others nodded along. Rather than dampening their enthusiasm, this only made them more excited.

Xiao Nai ignored them and, looking perfectly serious, opened the door to Jiuxuan across the hall.

The moment he stepped inside, a wave of chatter rose from the room.

Then they heard Weiwei say, "My boyfriend's here. You guys carry on. We'll get going."

Another woman's voice replied, "Since your boyfriend's here, why not have him join us?"

"Yeah, yeah!" a whole group of people chimed in.

"No need. We're right across the hall, and everyone's waiting for us."

Before long, Weiwei and Xiao Nai came out and went with everyone into Qingyun Pavilion.

"There wasn't a single person over there who could compare to Junior Sister Weiwei. No wonder Xiao Nai came all the way over to make sure she was okay!" Yu Banshan had somehow slipped to the back. He'd already taken the opportunity to scout the place out.

"They weren't like that at all. They were all quite nice!" Weiwei immediately replied modestly.

"Senior Sister Weiwei, those people across the hall included Xiao Yu Yaoyao, the one who doesn't get along with you. Why would you walk straight into the tiger's den?" Fourth Brother Liu Wei fretted pointlessly.

"It wasn't nearly as dangerous as you make it sound. I turned into a Great God today, and I easily saw through all their little tricks!" Weiwei looked at Xiao Nai smugly, as if asking for praise.

"Did I bring out a few percent of my power?" Xiao Nai never missed a chance to shower them with affection.

Bei Weiwei said, "I didn't even need thirty percent to deal with them!"

"Exactly! That red-clad sword-wielding beauty Weiwei played was so heroic!"

"Right! Junior Sister Weiwei fought so well that people started doubting her gender!"

The whole group got lively again, everyone chiming in. Little by little, they moved on from the game to work, then to their hopes for the future. The atmosphere grew warmer and warmer, and the dinner more and more enjoyable.

It was the first time the eldest, Second Brother, and Fourth Brother had attended a gathering like this. At first, they were a little reserved, but after a few rounds of drinks, they loosened up. After all, everyone in the room except Wang Yue had only recently graduated, and most of them still had a bit of their student days about them.

Wang Yue, on the other hand, handled the situation with ease, making Xiao Nai think even more highly of him. After all, in Xiao Nai's eyes, Wang Yue had only just started his sophomore year, yet he seemed completely at ease in this kind of setting.

No matter how brilliant Xiao Nai was, he'd never have guessed that Wang Yue was a transmigrator who'd spent ten years as a couch potato.

At the gathering, Wang Yue felt as though he'd returned to the couch-potato life he'd known before. At that moment, though reluctant to admit it, he found himself missing home a little—missing his old world.