In Dorm 515, Wang Dachui and Shen Qiao joined the team. Only Li Haoyang was in a bad mood, still hiding under his blanket and grieving alone.
Luo Ye and Su Baizhou carried the team hard, slaughtering everyone in their path.
Early the next morning, there were no classes.
Luo Ye got up and washed up as quickly as possible.
He glanced at Li Haoyang's bed and found that the guy was still buried beneath his blanket.
The Coach, who used to be the first one up every day to go for a morning run, had actually fallen this far today.
Without saying anything, Luo Ye headed for the track.
When he arrived, Luo Ye looked around but did not spot Fairy Senior Sister.
Strange. Had Fairy Senior Sister not come today?
Just then, Su Baizhou's voice came from behind him.
"What are you doing?"
Luo Ye turned around and saw Fairy Senior Sister.
As usual, she wore loose black clothes and a black baseball cap, with her ponytail pulled through the back of it.
So it was not that Senior Sister had not come. She just had not arrived yet.
"Senior Sister, what a coincidence. You came for a morning run too?" Luo Ye asked with an innocent look.
"Mm, quite a coincidence."
Su Baizhou walked over to Luo Ye's side and said flatly, "Aren't you starting? This time, I'm not going easy on you."
"No need."
Luo Ye waved a hand and said readily, "Senior Sister, just keep your usual pace."
The first time they had gone for a morning run, Su Baizhou had accompanied Luo Ye for only three laps.
But this time, Luo Ye had decided to make her see him in a new light.
The two began running side by side around the track.
"You don't have class?" Su Baizhou asked softly as she ran.
"I have one class in the morning and one in the afternoon. What about you, Senior Sister?"
"I only have six classes a week."
Hearing that, Luo Ye looked envious.
Being a junior was great. There were so few classes.
"Oh, right, Senior Sister. Has the Student Union transition finished yet?" Luo Ye suddenly asked.
"Not yet."
Su Baizhou answered without expression.
She did not like talking while running, but when the Junior Underclassman beside her asked her something, she did not want to ignore him.
Yet as they talked, she realized that it was not that she disliked talking while running. She simply had never had anyone to run with her.
Especially when that person was Luo Ye, she even found herself liking to talk while running.
Very soon, they had completed three laps.
The first time Luo Ye had come for a morning run, he had already been gasping for breath by this point, exhausted enough to practically stick out his tongue.
But after around half a month, he was only breathing a little heavily.
Before, it was not that he could not run. He had simply gone too long without exercising, so starting out with so much running had been hard to adjust to.
After six laps, Luo Ye sat on the grass beside the track, sweat streaming down his face.
Autumn was almost here, and the weather was getting cooler, especially in the early morning.
A cool breeze swept over Luo Ye, making him shiver.
Seeing this, Su Baizhou took a towel out of her bag and handed it to Luo Ye.
"Thank you, Senior Sister."
Luo Ye accepted the towel and began wiping away his sweat.
The towel carried a fragrance unique to Su Baizhou. Luo Ye had smelled that scent in the bathroom of the Family Building as well.
So this was a towel Senior Sister used often?
"Keep it. Remember to bring it next time you go for a morning run, or you'll catch a chill easily."
"What about you, Senior Sister?"
"I'll buy a new one."
With that, Su Baizhou turned to leave.
Seeing Luo Ye still sitting blankly on the track, she looked back and asked softly, "Aren't you eating, Junior Underclassman?"
"Eating, eating, eating."
After saying it three times in a row, Luo Ye sprang to his feet.
But he got up too fast. His vision went dark, and he nearly fell over.
Anyone who had experienced it knew: after exercising and sitting on the ground, suddenly standing up was enough to make anyone dizzy.
Still, Luo Ye quickly steadied himself. He coughed lightly and said as if nothing had happened, "Senior Sister, let's go."
Watching the silly boy's ridiculous appearance just now, Su Baizhou smiled faintly to herself before continuing forward.
The two walked side by side along the school road.
Not long ago, Luo Ye would never have dared to imagine a scene like this.
Su Baizhou had never imagined that one day, she would walk side by side with a boy through the school toward the cafeteria.
It was 8:10 now, and first period began at 8:30.
There were already many students hurrying to class on the road, and quite a few people were eating breakfast in the cafeteria as well.
This time, Su Baizhou went to the Third Cafeteria, which was right beside the women's dormitory.
The moment they entered the cafeteria, Luo Ye slowed down and followed behind Senior Sister at a distance.
He was afraid people would misunderstand his relationship with Senior Sister.
Su Baizhou walked ahead. Few people knew she had a habit of morning running, and even fewer could recognize her.
After all, her loose black clothes hid her figure, and she wore a baseball cap.
Unless they looked directly at her face... but those who ate breakfast every day in college were generally disciplined people. Who would have nothing better to do early in the morning than stare at someone else's face?
Even if they did, Su Baizhou did not care about being recognized at all.
When she turned around, she found Luo Ye following four or five meters behind her.
"What are you doing?" she asked softly.
"Senior Sister, there are too many people. I'm socially anxious..." Luo Ye scratched his head foolishly.
"You're socially anxious?"
Su Baizhou looked unconvinced. She found an empty seat, propped up her chin, and stared at Luo Ye just like that.
Luo Ye stood in front of the table. He was puzzled for a moment before quickly realizing what she meant.
He got it. Senior Sister wanted him to buy breakfast.
Luo Ye recalled the breakfast Fairy Senior Sister had bought at the Family Building. That should have been Senior Sister's daily breakfast standard.
Details. It was all in the details.
Luo Ye thought he was being incredibly clever. He really was such a quick-witted little genius.
He ran to the counter and bought two eggs, two fried dough sticks, and two stuffed flatbreads before returning to the table.
Looking at the food on the table, Su Baizhou frowned.
Are you sure this is the same as what you bought at the Family Building?
But seeing Luo Ye's eager, praise-seeking expression, Su Baizhou could not bear to expose him. She merely said, "Alright. We'll use this as the standard from now on."
From that day onward, what Su Baizhou ate every morning changed.
She had previously eaten only those few things.
There was no special reason for it. She simply had trouble making choices and never knew what to eat in the morning, so she had settled on a fixed set of food and bought it every day.
But now, her breakfast had a new standard.
Whatever Luo Ye bought, she would eat.
Was this what it felt like not having to think?
Su Baizhou began to understand why so many people dated.
Someone would take care of you, you would not have to think, and when problems came up, you did not necessarily have to solve them yourself. You could rightfully ask your other half for help.
Looking at the young man in front of her, Su Baizhou suddenly felt her heart beat faster.
At first, when facing this young man, she could still keep the same cold expression she wore around everyone else, radiating an aura that kept strangers away.
But now, Luo Ye was like a little sun. He made it impossible for her to stay cold, and she could not bear to put on an aloof expression either.
After eating, Su Baizhou prepared to return to her dormitory and visit the lonely old woman, Qin Yuwen.
Luo Ye was also getting ready to head back to his dorm. Although he had no first-period class today, his second class started at 10:20, less than two hours away.
He still wanted to go back and catch up on sleep.
Luo Ye escorted Su Baizhou to the women's dormitory.
Standing on the steps at its entrance, he watched Fairy Senior Sister's figure gradually disappear.
Suddenly, a voice came from beside him.
"Luo Ye!"
Luo Ye turned toward the voice but saw no one.
"I'm over here!"
A petite girl stood below the steps. She jumped up and waved both hands, trying to make Luo Ye notice her.
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