The study-sharing session was scheduled for next week, so Jiang Linyuan and Yu Songsong had plenty of time to prepare.
Every day, Jiang Linyuan took the opportunity to chat with Yu Songsong while they reviewed their scripts.
They hadn't gotten very close before, but the more he got to know her, the more he realized that the "Depressed" in Depressed Saint of Thieves was well earned.
She was practically a pint-sized bundle of angst, dumping all her emotional garbage on Jiang Linyuan every day.
One moment it was, "I asked my roommates to pick up a package for me, and they pretended not to see my message. How awful."
The next, it was, "I missed a class, and my roommates reported me."
She went on and on, forcing Jiang Linyuan to watch one episode after another of Empresses in the Palace.
Before he knew it, he had ninety-nine-plus messages.
Even a toilet that ate shit needed a cooldown!
"Junior, have you ever thought about switching dorms?"
Jiang Linyuan couldn't take it anymore and made the suggestion outright.
"No way. Why should I put up with it after they made me suffer? I'm going to make things hard for them too! They can leave!"
What was this, a dormitory full of poisonous bugs?
Yu Songsong was clearly caught up in her emotions and had blurted out what she really thought.
Only after she'd said it did she realize what she'd done. She hurriedly changed the subject.
"Senior, are you free this Saturday? I signed up for a volunteer event. Want to come with me?"
Jiang Linyuan naturally didn't refuse.
"Sure. What's the event? Send it to me, and I'll sign up too."
"We're helping out at a hospital. We'll show people where to go and teach them how to use the self-service registration machines."
As she spoke, Yu Songsong sent him a link to the event.
The Saint of Thieves was pretty kindhearted, after all.
No wonder she was so open-minded.
Jiang Linyuan signed up right away, then sent the event link to Lin Yilin and Su Muzhi.
"Xiao Yilin, your senior's taking you on a hospital date this Saturday. You'll get course credit."
"Little Su, come protect me."
Both girls replied quickly.
"What date? It's a volunteer event, just a volunteer event!"
"Hm? Is Student Jiang going to accompany me to a prenatal checkup?"
Sigh. The difference between a normal person and a downer girl was immediately obvious.
Xiao Yilin was good; Su Muzhi was bad!
Jiang Linyuan replied to Lin Yilin first.
"Then after the volunteer event, I'll take Xiao Yilin out to enjoy some alone time together."
Then he replied to Su Muzhi.
"I'll take you to the psychiatric department."
Lin Yilin sent him a flustered cat sticker.
Su Muzhi replied:
"Is this your way of getting rid of me so you can secretly donate by yourself?"
Damn it.
Jiang Linyuan couldn't hold it together when he saw Su Muzhi's reply.
Downer girl!
"Even if I donate, it won't be going into you."
"Heh. I'll go, just in case Student Jiang has trouble getting that sticky stuff out."
Jiang Linyuan didn't want to talk to that downer girl anymore.
He switched to the Binary Sister front.
"Xiao Yilin, reply 1 if you agree. If you disagree, reply 'I love you, Senior.'"
"11111."
Lin Yilin quickly typed out a string of ones.
Seeing that both of them had readily agreed, Jiang Linyuan was quite pleased.
With these two hidden dragons and crouching tigers, how could he not get his Reward Card?
Saturday. The hospital.
Jiang Linyuan wore a volunteer vest, clad in red.
"Senior, thanks for coming!"
Yu Songsong spotted Jiang Linyuan and came bounding over with a smile.
Well, she actually walked over. It just looked like she was bounding.
Even the red vest couldn't suppress her assets. Terrifying.
"Senior, thaaanks for coooming."
Just then, a sarcastic voice sounded in Jiang Linyuan's ear.
It wasn't loud, but it dripped with jealousy.
He glanced to the side. Binary Sister's mouth was turned down slightly, her eyebrows raised as she shot him a sidelong look.
The rain had stopped, and the sky had cleared. Xiao Yilin thought she was back on top.
Jiang Linyuan didn't waste words. He went straight for her hand.
Lin Yilin immediately stiffened, her little face turning red.
Binary Sister, sunk!
Yu Songsong hadn't seen their little exchange, but Zhang Juntang, standing beside Lin Yilin, had caught it all.
She lifted her eyes, looked at Lin Yilin, then at Jiang Linyuan, and pretended she hadn't seen a thing.
"I'm not playing with Senior anymore. Juntang, let's go!"
Lin Yilin came back to her senses, her face burning hot.
Usually, when he held her hand, it was just the two of them. But there were so many people around now! What if someone saw?
Zhang Juntang didn't say much. She followed Lin Yilin and made herself scarce.
Jiang Linyuan decided he'd go find Xiao Yilin later.
He looked around and realized Su Muzhi wasn't among the volunteers.
How dare that lousy woman stand me up!
But he didn't dwell on it. In the end, it was up to her whether she came or not.
The volunteers' duties had been divided up early.
Jiang Linyuan and Yu Songsong were assigned to the same floor, each with their own area.
"Senior, um, my stomach hurts a little. Could you cover for me for a while?"
As soon as they went upstairs, Yu Songsong looked at Jiang Linyuan a little sheepishly and asked.
Jiang Linyuan looked at her.
Did she think he was Student Zhao? Couldn't he tell whether her stomach really hurt?
She just wanted to slack off, didn't she?
And he'd thought she was genuinely kindhearted!
"No, Junior. I can't be in two places at once."
Jiang Linyuan refused outright.
From his expression, Yu Songsong could probably tell he'd seen through her little scheme. She looked a little awkward and said nothing more.
They walked on in silence.
When they reached their work areas, they went their separate ways.
Jiang Linyuan got to work as a volunteer.
Before long, a familiar voice sounded.
"Excuse me, where's the obstetrics and gynecology department?"
Jiang Linyuan turned around and sighed.
"I don't know where the obstetrics and gynecology department is. Want to go to the ICU instead?"
A woman who had also been about to ask for directions froze, looking a little scared.
That red on the volunteer vest wasn't blood, was it?
"Haha, Student Jiang, you scared her."
Su Muzhi covered her mouth as she laughed, then turned to the woman staring blankly at them.
"I know him."
"Oh, okay."
So it was just a couple bickering.
The woman breathed a sigh of relief.
But Su Muzhi's next words left her stunned again.
"Student Jiang, my child and I haven't done anything to deserve this. Why are you being so cruel to us? Could you really abandon your wife and child?"
A child...!?
The woman froze. Su Muzhi looked to be only in her early twenties.
Then she looked at Jiang Linyuan.
Well, he did look like trouble. The sort of guy who'd flirt with anyone.
I'm a flower. Look at me a little longer.
"What do you mean, abandon my wife and child!?"
Jiang Linyuan's mouth twitched.
"If you abandon me, doesn't that mean you're abandoning your future wife? And if you abandon your future wife, then naturally you're giving up your future child too."
Su Muzhi spoke softly, still spouting her downer-girl nonsense.
The woman couldn't hold back anymore when she heard that.
This couple sure had a lively relationship.
Jiang Linyuan looked at Su Muzhi.
"Fantasy and hallucination aren't the same thing, Little Su. Remember to take your medicine on time."
"I don't like taking medicine. Can't you do it outside?"
"Then get an IUD."
???
No, you two, tone it down! You're treating me like a condom, are you?
The woman couldn't listen to any more of their conversation. She cut in and asked for directions.
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