Shopping at the Mall

"What, what?"

Qin Yuwen, who was playing a game, looked over when she heard the sound.

"Zhouzhou, what's going on with you? You're actually grinning stupidly at your phone screen? You've been acting really strange lately."

Qin Yuwen stood behind Su Baizhou, unable to keep playing her game.

"You're already a junior, Zhouzhou. Don't tell me this old iron tree is finally blooming now?"

"You guess." Su Baizhou smiled mysteriously.

Seeing her roommate's expression, Qin Yuwen put down her phone and cried out:

"There's something going on. Something huge!"

With her gossip cravings having nowhere to go, Qin Yuwen was practically going crazy.

Su Baizhou ignored her and continued messaging Luo Ye on QQ.

Loves Hot Pot: That's just how she is. If she accepted your friend request, it means she's willing to get to know you.

Luo Ye: Really?

Loves Hot Pot: Really. I'm her roommate, so I know her very well.

Every word was sincere, without a single lie.

Soon, Luo Ye sent her another message on Green Bubble.

This junior underclassman was really innocent.

Seeing Luo Ye constantly looking down at his phone, his fingers continuously tapping away, Liu Bingxin asked curiously, "Are you chatting with your girlfriend?"

"Huh? No."

When facing other girls, Luo Ye did not seem quite so childish. He even vaguely carried himself with the air of a male idol.

"You're so handsome, yet you don't have a girlfriend?" Liu Bingxin said playfully.

Then Liu Bingxin pulled Tang Enqi over and said, "Luo Ye, I think it's not that anyone doesn't want to date. They just haven't met someone they like."

"Look at my Qiqi. She has a great figure, she's pretty, and her grades are good too. Are you really not tempted?"

Suddenly being pulled over, Tang Enqi seemed a little shy. She blinked, her lovely eyelashes fluttering as she lowered her head bashfully and said, "Luo Ye, long time no see."

Anyone else would have thought she was shy, but only Luo Ye knew that, like him, she was probably feeling extremely awkward right now.

"Wild Child! What the hell is this?!" Wang Dachui's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Liu Bingxin blinked, clearly aware that Tang Enqi and Luo Ye knew each other.

Back in the girls' dormitory, she had heard Tang Enqi mention that a boy had confessed to her after the college entrance exams.

Come to think of it, Tang Enqi had feelings for that boy too. She just did not know how to respond to him.

After all, she had heard that Luo Ye was an orphan and that his family circumstances might not be very good, so she had spent the entire summer agonizing over it without reaching an answer.

But if Luo Ye showed great potential in college, she could give him a chance to pursue her.

At that moment, Luo Ye looked at her eyelashes and noticed something strange. Unable to hold back, he asked:

"What is that?"

"Huh? What?" Tang Enqi asked in surprise.

At that point, Wang Dachui pulled Luo Ye aside and whispered, "Wild Child! You don't know about double-eyelid tape?"

"What? You can stick those on?" Luo Ye looked astonished.

"You... haven't there been any women around you to tell you this basic stuff?"

Seeing Luo Ye's blank expression, Wang Dachui sighed.

"Forget it, Wild Child. Don't say anything later. I think Beauty Bingxin wants to set you up with Beauty Tang. Watch how Brother Hammer helps you get to know a beautiful girl."

"Don't."

Luo Ye hurriedly shook his head. "Don't set us up."

"What? Wild Child, are you blind? That's Tang Enqi, the New Student Campus Belle! She's such a gorgeous girl, and you're saying you don't want to know her?"

Wang Dachui was practically losing his mind. He wanted nothing more than to crack Luo Ye's head open and see what was inside. The guy was not even interested in beautiful women.

On Luo Ye's phone was the last message Su Baizhou had sent him. She said she was arranging the Student Union work logs and would chat with him later.

Working on assignments so late at night—Senior was really working hard.

Luo Ye sent her a message saying that if work tired her out, he could play games with her.

The kind where he guaranteed a win.

Luo Ye had not held out much hope, but Senior actually replied with an "Okay."

That meant Senior liked playing games too.

A shared topic was very important.

As for why Luo Ye knew that.

Senior "Qin Yuwen" had told him.

Senior Qin said that if he wanted to get to know a girl, he first had to find common ground. As Su Baizhou's roommate, she often saw Su Baizhou playing games in the dormitory.

She also said Su Baizhou always queued solo and always lost, because no one played with her.

That was why Luo Ye had said he could carry her and guarantee a win.

Thank you, Senior "Qin Yuwen," for teaching him so much useful stuff.

In the girls' dormitory, Qin Yuwen, who was playing a game, suddenly sneezed. Confused, she said, "Strange. Has someone been thinking about me lately? Why do I keep sneezing?"

Soon, the words "Defeat" appeared on her phone screen.

She lost again!!

Qin Yuwen wanted to smash her phone.

Watching her furious appearance, Su Baizhou said, "Wenwen, want to play games later?"

"You're going to carry me?" Qin Yuwen looked at her with shining eyes.

"No, my account got banned. If you're not playing, let me borrow yours."

"Of course! My Invincible Carry!"

Qin Yuwen had been on a losing streak all day.

A free booster was too good to pass up.

Meanwhile, Luo Ye and the others emerged from the mall carrying large and small bags.

Wang Dachui and Li Haoyang both looked pained.

Dinner at the mall had cost five hundred yuan tonight, then shopping with the two girls had cost another five hundred.

Naturally, the two boys had paid for it, and they had done so willingly.

They could not possibly let beautiful girls pay when they were out with them.

As for Luo Ye, he had only split the meal bill. The things bought at the mall had nothing to do with him, since he had no interest in currying favor with those two girls.

He just did not understand why Wang Dachui and Li Haoyang looked like they had eaten shit.

It was only a few hundred yuan, wasn't it?

Although he had grown up in his aunt's home, his aunt and uncle owned a company in the capital.

Only with that kind of foundation could they have raised Gu Mingxuan, a young multi-degree PhD.

Luo Ye's parents had died young, sacrificing themselves heroically as police officers. They had always been the pride of the whole family.

The Luo Ye they left behind had been treasured by his grandfather, while his aunt's family had treated him like their own son.

So although Luo Ye had lost his parents at a young age, he had not received any less love. His family was not poor.

What was more, the novels he wrote could earn money too, so he rarely asked his family for living expenses.

The group returned to school.

The three of them escorted the two girls back to the girls' dormitory.

Along the way, Tang Enqi intentionally or unintentionally walked beside Luo Ye, repeatedly peeking at his phone screen as though curious about who he was chatting with.

At the girls' dormitory entrance, Tang Enqi and Liu Bingxin warmly bid them farewell. The latter even called out, "Remember to bring that other handsome guy from your dorm next time!"

"No problem!"

"Leave it to me!"

Li Haoyang and Wang Dachui spoke with absolute confidence, as if they had been injected with adrenaline.

Luo Ye was left completely bewildered.

Brother Hammer, is this the emotional intelligence you wanted to teach me?

I may not understand, but I can still tell you're being led around by the nose.

The two girls' figures gradually disappeared into the distance, until they were completely gone.

Wang Dachui threw an arm around Luo Ye's shoulders and laughed. "So? Did you learn anything?"

"Sorry."

Luo Ye pushed him away, his expression cold. "I'm not learning. I'm not going to be a simp."

"What did you say? Wild Child, are you getting cocky?"

Wang Dachui said angrily, "Without the courage to be a simp, how can you obtain true love?"

Li Haoyang stared at him in shock.

How had being a simp turned into an addiction?