Talking Until Late at Night

At night, Luo Ye tossed and turned in his bed, unable to fall asleep.

Li Haoyang's loud snoring echoed through the dorm. Though it was noisy, Luo Ye had been listening to it for half a month and was already used to the sound.

Thinking back on what had happened in the game earlier, he could not help opening the chat window and sending Loves Hot Pot a message.

Luo Ye: Are you a senior?

Su Baizhou, who was tidying her room in the faculty apartment, heard the notification and replied after seeing the message.

Loves Hot Pot: Yeah.

Only then did Luo Ye realize that the two girls Gu Mingxuan had invited into the game were probably his students.

That guy had actually dragged his own students into playing games. Didn't his conscience hurt being a teacher like that?

But Gu Mingxuan taught Computer Science. Could this senior be a Computer Science major too?

With that thought, Luo Ye sent another message.

Luo Ye: Then do you know Senior Su Baizhou?

Seeing the message, Su Baizhou sat down on the sofa, a faintly mischievous thought suddenly rising in her heart.

Professor Gu's younger brother—the little boy who had slaughtered everyone in the game—was actually so shy and innocent in real life.

Loves Hot Pot: I know her. We're very close.

Luo Ye froze slightly.

He had only asked casually. He had not expected her to not only know Su Baizhou, but know her well.

After getting that answer, Luo Ye did not know what to say instead. He even felt a little nervous.

His delayed reply made Su Baizhou cross her legs. A moment later, she took the initiative to ask:

Loves Hot Pot: Got your eye on her?

The moment he saw those four words, Luo Ye blushed furiously despite lying in a bed in the boys' dormitory.

With his looks and grades, plenty of girls had liked him since childhood.

But because he had secretly been in love with a goddess for three years, he had turned down every other girl who pursued him.

Besides, his parents had met in college, so Luo Ye had also planned to start dating only after getting into university.

Even now, he was still an innocent young boy who had never been in a relationship and was even less skilled at dealing with girls.

After being silent for a long time, Luo Ye replied, "No."

The corner of Su Baizhou's lips lifted slightly.

Two words, after three minutes of hesitation.

With her looks, she had all kinds of pursuers.

But this was the first time she had met such an innocent Junior Underclassman.

Luo Ye: Senior, what's your name?

Su Baizhou thought for a moment and sent him a name.

Loves Hot Pot: Qin Yuwen.

The two girls Gu Mingxuan had pulled into the game back then were Qin Yuwen and herself.

So using Qin Yuwen's name now was perfectly reasonable.

Luo Ye: What a coincidence??

Luo Ye was no stranger to the name Qin Yuwen.

She was Brother Hammer's dream girl.

Thinking of that, Luo Ye sent another message: My roommate likes you.

(Wang Dachui: ???)

Seeing this, Su Baizhou could not help smiling. She found it rather amusing.

Who chatted with girls like this?

Before they knew it, the two had chatted until deep into the night.

Whenever Su Baizhou chatted with Luo Ye, she felt as if she were talking to a child.

She liked the feeling. His messages carried a sort of pure, transparent stupidity.

But that night, Luo Ye had kept asking about Su Baizhou.

Yet by the end of the conversation, Luo Ye could not even bring himself to ask for her Green Bubble.

After all, he and Loves Hot Pot had always used QQ when they played games.

And Su Baizhou's Green Bubble was almost exclusively for relatives and a few female friends she was close with.

Su Baizhou smiled faintly and typed in Qin Yuwen's name: I'll send it to you. I'm close with her.

Loves Hot Pot: [Green Bubble QR code].

But Luo Ye was simply too sleepy. Before he knew it, he had fallen asleep.

When Su Baizhou noticed that no one had added her Green Bubble for a long time and there had been no reply on QQ either, she immediately frowned.

"Did this little stutterer... fall asleep?"

Suddenly, her brows rose. Looking at the hundreds of messages between herself and Luo Ye on her phone, as well as the still-untidy room around her, she fell into thought.

What... had she done all night?

Then her brows relaxed again, and she murmured, "I'm just helping Professor Gu look after his younger brother. Adding him on Green Bubble is no big deal..."

After waking up, Luo Ye casually opened his phone and saw the last two messages Senior "Qin Yuwen" had sent the previous day.

Then he saw a Green Bubble QR code.

"Qin Yuwen" had said it was Su Baizhou's.

Luo Ye was wide awake.

The Fairy Senior Sister's Green Bubble?

Luo Ye tapped it immediately and saw the Fairy Senior Sister's Green Bubble profile.

They were not friends yet, so he could not see her Moments. He could only see the Fairy Senior Sister's nickname... it was simply Su Baizhou, plain and unadorned, using her own name as her Green Bubble name.

Come to think of it, Luo Ye's name was Falling Leaves, and his game name was Falling Leaves Return to Roots. Though it was a homophone, he had also used his own name directly.

What should he do? Add her or not?

But the Fairy Senior Sister probably did not know him yet, right?

Should he say he was the guy who had sung with her at the freshman welcome party?

Or that they had sheltered from the rain together on the first day of school?

With Su Baizhou's personality, there was no way she would approve him for either of those reasons, right?

And once she rejected him, he probably would not get a second chance.

Luo Ye sat on his bed, hesitating.

His first class was at eight-thirty. He woke up at seven, yet hesitated all the way until eight-ten.

"Brother Luo Ye, why are you sitting there like an idiot? If you don't get up, you'll be late," Li Haoyang reminded him.

"Huh? Oh, right away."

Luo Ye shut off his phone and hurriedly began getting dressed.

During the first class, Luo Ye stared blankly at a Green Bubble QR code.

The three roommates beside him all craned their heads curiously to look at him.

"You've been staring at it forever. Are you adding her or not?" Shen Qiao asked with a smile.

"I want to, but I don't dare," Luo Ye said weakly.

After all, this was the Jiang University Campus Belle's Green Bubble.

What right did he have?

And what if she rejected him after he added her?

Shen Qiao glanced at the QR code card. When he saw the name "Su Baizhou," he froze slightly.

Then the corner of his mouth lifted as he reminded him, "Brother Luo Ye, let me ask you something. What's your relationship with her right now?"

"Strangers."

"Then what are you afraid of?" Shen Qiao asked again.

Hearing that, Luo Ye understood.

Right, what was he afraid of?

He had not had any chance to get to know the Fairy Senior Sister in the first place, so the worst outcome was merely staying as things were.

With that thought, Luo Ye directly typed his own name into the friend request. Without giving any other reason, he sent the request.

Then he turned off his phone.

Shen Qiao asked in surprise, "Why did you turn it off?"

Luo Ye turned back to look at him with difficulty. He was so nervous that even his movements were sluggish.

"I don't dare look. I'm afraid she'll reject me."

Shen Qiao: ...

How could there be such an innocent man in college?

Oh, no. This guy was obviously still a boy.