Whenever Jiang Linyuan thought of Xiao Yilin, he remembered how she'd shared little snippets of her daily life with him throughout winter break.
Sometimes she'd take pictures of delicious food; other times, she'd send him seaside views.
It was as if she were saying, "It's so much fun here. When are you coming to visit?"
He'd originally planned to go visit Xiao Yilin by himself.
But now, a trip for two was out of the question.
"I remember Xiao Yilin's from Minnan, right?"
Su Muzhi rolled over on the sofa, shifting from lying on her side to lying on her back. She tipped her head up to look at Jiang Linyuan.
"Yep."
Jiang Linyuan nodded.
Minnan was quite a distance from Jinling. A seaside girl had come all this way to the big city, where she'd met a country bumpkin like me.
The sense of kinship came naturally.
Xiao Yilin and I came from the same roots, after all!
Shen Wanyu shot Jiang Linyuan a glance but said nothing. She only said,
"I don't want the External Relations Department's work to be affected by romantic entanglements when the semester starts."
How could romance affect work?
Only a love triangle could.
"Department Head, does that mean I can get romantically involved with you once you leave the External Relations Department?"
Jiang Linyuan asked.
"I'm not interested. Once I leave the department, I'll be preparing for grad school."
Shen Wanyu shook her head.
That made sense. The second half of the year would end, and then they'd be juniors. She could take it easy during the first semester, but she'd have to devote herself to studying for the entrance exams in the second.
Given how competitive and demanding computer science was, plenty of people started preparing half a semester early.
"Department Head,