Girls' Dormitory.
"Zhong Bai, it feels like you talked to Wang Yan a lot today." Lin Luoxue asked with a smile.
Zhong Bai froze for a moment, then asked back, "Did I?"
"You did!" Xu Lianqiao nodded firmly. "I'd wondered about it before—you really didn't talk to Wang Yan much."
Seeing Li Shuci nodding along as well, Zhong Bai said, "You're one to talk, Lianqiao. Didn't you usually have nothing much to say to him either? Besides, Wang Yan is really busy. He skips class all the time, and sometimes we don't see him for days."
Faced with the doubtful looks from the three girls, she continued, "Fine, fine, I admit it. I really didn't get along with Wang Yan before. But Ren Yifan is my good friend, and Wang Yan helped him. Now all of us get to experience being cashiers, so there's nothing wrong with me thanking him, right?
And I've actually thought about it. There wasn't really any conflict between Wang Yan and me. I was just especially biased toward Lu Qiaochuan before—and of course I'm still on his side now. But thinking about it now, whether it was singing English songs or that instrumental performance before, Wang Yan actually had a point.
And during the photography exhibition in the old town last year, if I hadn't insisted on making someone apologize, there wouldn't have been a fight afterward, and everyone wouldn't have ended up getting taken to the police station..."
"Even so, none of that had much to do with you." Xu Lianqiao had a mouth just like Bi Shisan's. "You're being a little self-important."
Zhong Bai looked awkward for a moment before saying, "But I was part of the reason, too. Anyway, no matter what, we're classmates. And he's so capable. We're already sophomores—I should