Freshman Welcome Party

The next day.

Luo Ye woke up in his dorm bed and looked around with a pair of dead-fish eyes that had not fully opened yet.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?

Three questions in a row.

"You're awake."

Shen Qiao, who was playing a game, spoke up.

Shen Qiao was the only one awake in the whole dorm. The other two were still asleep.

Luckily, they did not have classes that morning. Otherwise, they would have skipped their first class of the semester.

Drinking really did get in the way of things.

"Brother Shen Qiao."

Luo Ye said admiringly, "I underestimated you southerners. I never expected you to be the hidden master."

"Being able to drink well isn't necessarily a good thing," Shen Qiao said quietly.

"No, in Beijing, anyone who can drink is a big shot."

Luo Ye praised him. Just as he was about to get out of bed, he noticed a white jacket among the pile of clothes on his bed that did not belong to him.

Huh? Where did this come from?

Luo Ye picked up the jacket and examined it carefully.

A faint, pleasant scent wafted from it, carrying a fresh strawberry milk fragrance.

A girl's clothing?

Luo Ye seemed to remember something, yet also seemed to remember nothing.

He remembered that something had happened last night, but he had forgotten what exactly it was.

"When I got back to the dorm yesterday, I realized you were missing. Not long after, you came back with an extra piece of clothing on you, and you were grinning like an idiot."

"Oh, right. You talked in your sleep last night too. You kept muttering something about Fairy Senior Sister. You nearly scared me to death."

Listening to Shen Qiao's explanation, Luo Ye suddenly understood.

So that thing yesterday had not been a dream!

Then...

Luo Ye became delighted.

Was the clothing in his hands a gift from Fairy Senior Sister?

Excitement, joy, surprise, honor.

Luo Ye did not know what words could describe how he felt at that moment. He held the white jacket as if it were a priceless treasure.

Seeing him like that, Shen Qiao revealed an extremely disdainful expression.

Heh. Still too young.

"Brother Luo Ye, judging by that look, you've never been in a relationship, have you?"

"How did you know?"

"It was obvious at a glance."

"How about it? Want your big brother to teach you a few tricks?"

Hearing that, Luo Ye got dressed, leaped out of bed, and sat directly in front of Shen Qiao, looking at him eagerly.

"Please enlighten me, Teacher Shen."

"You're teachable."

Shen Qiao nodded in satisfaction before saying, "But you'll have to wait until I finish this game."

"How much longer?"

"I just started."

Half an hour later, Shen Qiao put on a profound and unfathomable expression.

"Brother Luo Ye, I'll teach you how to pursue girls."

"First, learn more about the other person."

"Understanding her is the main part before taking the next step. Only by understanding someone can you know whether the two of you are really compatible. If you date her without understanding her, you'll regret it once you do. Once you understand her temper, personality, what she likes to do, and so on, you can confidently find topics to talk about. It's also a process of seeing whether you two match. In the end, you'll be able to tell whether you're truly compatible."

After saying that, Shen Qiao glanced at his phone and continued.

"Second, you have to invest money and material things."

"In today's society, it's impossible to catch a wolf empty-handed. Girls nowadays are raised well, and many of them are financially independent. Lots of girls aren't short on money at all, but as a man, you should at least look presentable when pursuing a girl. Buy her things she likes, or some snacks she enjoys eating. Those things are necessary."

Luo Ye nodded repeatedly, clearly believing him.

Shen Qiao held back a laugh, lowered his head to glance at his phone again, and continued speaking.

"Wait."

Luo Ye interrupted him. "Why are you looking at your phone?"

"Because..."

"Because you're fucking using Baidu?"

As smart as Luo Ye was, he saw at a glance that Shen Qiao was up to no good.

Sure enough, after Luo Ye used his own phone to search Baidu for "how to pursue girls," the results were exactly the same as what Shen Qiao had just said.

"Ahem, you caught me."

Luo Ye stared at Shen Qiao suspiciously, making the latter feel uncomfortable all over.

"Brother Luo Ye! Let me show you something funny."

Shen Qiao made a snap decision and changed the subject, showing Luo Ye the video he had recorded on his phone yesterday.

Seeing Wang Dachui drunk out of his mind and loudly shouting for his dad, Luo Ye could not help laughing.

But it had to be said that Shen Qiao looked refined on the surface, but was actually shady as hell.

Good-looking people always had some kind of personality flaw.

Fairy Senior Sister was the exception.

It was not until noon that Li Haoyang and Wang Dachui slowly woke up.

The moment Wang Dachui opened his eyes, he shouted, "What time is it?!"

The sudden noise made Li Haoyang, who was beside him, jolt. "Why are you making such a fuss? You scared the hell out of me."

"What do you know? The Freshman Welcome Party is at six-thirty tonight."

"There'll definitely be lots of pretty upperclassmen performing. I heard Senior Sister Qin Yuwen is an amazing dancer. I'm going to watch Goddess Qin dance."

After saying that, Wang Dachui checked the time and discovered that it was only noon.

"Tch, still early. Back to sleep."

Luo Ye was speechless. "Brother Hammer, you might not know this, but we have class first period this afternoon."

"So what?"

"Ideological and Moral Cultivation Class. The department head teaches it, and he said skipping three classes means failing directly."

At that, Wang Dachui sprang up and got dressed at top speed.

"Actually, I like classes the most, especially Ideological and Moral Cultivation Class. Come on, let's eat. We'll go to class after that."

Luo Ye: "...Nice."

Shen Qiao: "...That really is nice."

Li Haoyang: Snoring...

This guy had fallen asleep again.

Ideological and Moral Cultivation Class was an incomparably dull and boring class, yet Shen Qiao stared at the podium with a serious expression.

"Male Star, can you really take this in?" Wang Dachui asked curiously.

Shen Qiao did not react.

"Male Star?"

"Hm? Were you calling me? What did you say? I was spacing out just now."

Wang Dachui: ...

As evening approached, Wang Dachui dragged Luo Ye to the Freshman Welcome Party.

As for the other two, Shen Qiao was afraid of getting surrounded by girls, so he did not dare come.

Li Haoyang said he had something to do, though no one knew what he had gone off to do.

Only Luo Ye had nothing better to do, so Wang Dachui dragged him along.

"Brother Hammer, is the Freshman Welcome Party really that fun? I haven't read much, so don't lie to me."

"Wild Child, how could your Brother Hammer possibly lie to you? Don't worry, the Freshman Welcome Party's performances will definitely interest you."

Luo Ye sat expressionlessly in the audience.

"This is the performance you said would interest me?"

Watching several senior students perform an incredibly boring skit onstage, Luo Ye was suffering terribly.

Why had he not stayed in the dorm and laid around instead?

Wang Dachui had not expected the Freshman Welcome Party to be this boring either.

It seemed that his goddess, Qin Yuwen, had not signed up for any performances at all.

"Forget it. We're already here. There's only one final performance before the Freshman Welcome Party ends, so let's watch it through."