My Online Friend Can't Be This Cute

But freshly squeezed juice was different. It was easy to tell whether a shop used enough ingredients and whether they were any good.

The owner had a conscience. She mostly hired students as part-timers, and students had no sense of portions when making juice—they might casually toss in an extra half or whole piece of fruit.

She did not mind. As long as the shop was still making a decent profit, those were minor matters.

On top of that, her milk tea shop was spacious, so many students simply treated it like a board game café. One milk tea per person was enough for them to play all night.

At that moment, two black-haired girls with nearly identical hair, faces, figures, and outfits leaned side by side against the second-floor windowsill of First-Grade Tea, watching the Small Plaza through the window.

"I'm saying, why don't you explain it to him in the group chat?" Su Mengli suggested.

Su Mengyao sighed. "He won't believe me."

"Just try it. There's no harm in trying."

A Seductress: If I said I actually didn't make the sign, would you believe me?

Didn't make the sign? Then what had he seen beneath the School of Literature tent?

Still, he was no longer at the Small Plaza.

After registering the new student information with Yan Nuoya, the two had gone their separate ways.

After all, their dorm buildings were different, and he did not want to trespass into the girls' dormitory and end up as a defendant.

Yan Nuoya was right. They attended the same school—if they did not meet today, they would meet tomorrow. It was no big deal. There was no need to rush.

Besides, if they could make a wooden sign to prank him, then he could naturally stand them up.

Even taking a step back, he had never agreed with the president or Xiaohuo to meet today. He had merely said that he would arrive at school today.

Human-Dragon Unity: I believe you, Xiaohuo. I've always believed you.

"Although Xiao Yi seems to be saying he believes me..." After a moment of silence, Su Mengyao slowly said, "Why do I always feel like..."

"Like he's being sarcastic?" Su Mengli blinked, helping her foolish little sister finish the thought.

"At the end of the day, he just doesn't believe me!" Su Mengyao complained indignantly. "If he doesn't believe me, then fine, but why is he being all sarcastic about it?"

Su Mengli smoothed her hair. "There, there. Who told you to be such a brat all the time?"

Su Mengyao slapped her sister's hand away. "But I've never been sarcastic to him."

"Really?" Su Mengli stared at her darkly. "Say that with a clear conscience."

"Just a little!" Su Mengyao puffed out her modestly developed chest and emphasized with great momentum, "Round it off, and it's basically none."

"See? That's exactly how you lost your credibility."

"Boo hoo hoo." Su Mengyao fake-cried twice, then suddenly remembered something. "Right, Sis, why don't you try?"

"Try what?"

"See whether Xiao Yi believes you."

"...Fine." Su Mengli could do nothing about her sister. With a sigh, she agreed.

Don't Play Holy Slash: Fine, I'll vouch for Xiaohuo. She really didn't make a sign to harm you.

Don't Play Holy Slash: She just wanted to joke around with you.

Human-Dragon Unity: Since the president says so, I'm willing to believe the president.

"Different treatment!!!" Su Mengyao pretended to sob as she hugged her sister and rubbed her face against hers. "That's too much! Xiao Yi is way too much!"

"Stop, stop, stop. I still need to type." Su Mengli shoved her away with a look of disgust.

Don't Play Holy Slash: So where are you now?

Human-Dragon Unity: Huh? I'm already at the boys' dormitory.

Human-Dragon Unity: There's quite a lot to do on my first day at school, so I didn't keep wasting time at the Small Plaza.

Human-Dragon Unity: Sorry, President. Once I'm done with everything in a couple of days, I'll treat you all to a meal.

"Xiao Yi said a couple of days."

"Mm, I saw." Su Mengyao answered dejectedly.

"A couple of days is fine. You're both at the same school anyway." Su Mengli patted her little sister's head.

"I've been looking forward to meeting my group friends for half the summer!"

"Well, who told you to pull some stunt at the last minute when you were about to meet your group friend?"

"Ahhh, Sis, please stop talking."

It Was Pretty Fair

Mo Xiangwen silently apologized to the president in his heart, then continued looking for his dormitory.

Fortunately, he had only brought one backpack. Most of it was clothes, so it was not heavy. Otherwise, just finding the building would have been enough to wear him out.

Thanks to the enthusiastic upperclassmen who pointed him in the right direction, he did not get lost in the enormous campus.

Mo Xiangwen looked up at the room number on the dormitory door. After confirming that it was indeed 503, he pushed the door open.

Inside, a young man about his age was making his bed. Seeing someone enter, he greeted him. "Hello."

"Hello." Mo Xiangwen walked in, glanced around the dormitory, and found that it had already been cleaned.

There were four beds in total, all loft beds with desks underneath, along with a balcony and bathroom.

At present, only one bed had not yet been fitted with sheets and bedding, though its bedframe seemed to have been wiped down in advance by an enthusiastic roommate.

Although he had no choice, it did not matter. It was a four-person dorm, so every spot was about the same.

Mo Xiangwen wiped the bedframe and found his hand completely clean, without a speck of dust. He placed his backpack directly on it.

"Let's get acquainted, brother. My name is Mo Xiangwen." Mo Xiangwen held out his hand.

"Hello, I'm Qin Yongfeng." Qin Yongfeng adjusted his glasses, shook his hand briefly, and said, "Bad timing. The other two just happened to go out."

Qin Yongfeng gave off the standard tech nerd impression. He had a neatly shaved crew cut and wore a loose, breathable solid-colored shirt.

"It's fine, no rush." Mo Xiangwen smiled. "The dorm got cleaned up pretty quickly, huh?"

"I arrived early, so I cleaned it first. It's not that big anyway." Qin Yongfeng nodded.

"Then this bed of mine..."

"Just did it while I was at it."

"Alright, thanks." Mo Xiangwen nodded. "I'll buy you a drink later."

"It's nothing." Qin Yongfeng glanced at the lonely backpack on his bed and smiled. "You brought pretty little stuff."

"My hometown is far away, so bringing everything over would've been too much trouble. It's easier to just buy it here." Mo Xiangwen shrugged. "I asked around online before coming. This campus is special—it even has a small commercial street."

"I forgot to look that up online beforehand." Qin Yongfeng made a bitter face. "I brought a mountain of luggage from home and nearly exhausted myself."

Mo Xiangwen comforted him. "It's fine. Bringing things from home saves money."

"True, though the prices on the school commercial street aren't high either."

"Is that so? Then I'm relieved." Mo Xiangwen stretched a little. "But after buying everything on the commercial street, carrying it back to the dorm will still be troublesome."

"Add me on QQ. If you need help later, just call me." Qin Yongfeng took out his phone and added him as a friend.

"Thanks. Then I'll go buy my things first."

"Go ahead. Finish early. They said we'd find a place on the commercial street tonight to have dinner together and get to know each other." Qin Yongfeng reminded him.

He did not know what things were like in the girls' dormitory, but in the boys' dormitory, the first time everyone arrived, they would indeed choose to go out for dinner that night, chat, and get acquainted.

"Alright, I'm off."

When he left the dormitory and reached the school commercial street, he was still a little shocked.

Although he had already seen its general layout at the Small Plaza earlier, once he actually walked inside, he realized that the place might be small, but it had everything.

From hotpot mutton to Kaifeng Cuisine, most common food shops could be found here.

That alone would have been enough, but there were even KTVs and internet cafés. It was truly impressive.

Then again, they were all adults now, so he could be a little more blunt.

What was wrong with going to an internet café? There was no need to sneak around.

Besides, wasn't a dormitory basically a small internet café?

With new students arriving, the small supermarket clearly knew how to make money. It had piled all kinds of daily necessities outside.

No advertisements were needed. New students could tell at a glance that this was where they could buy what they needed.

"Xiangwen." A familiar voice sounded behind him. Mo Xiangwen turned around and saw Yan Nuoya, whom he had parted with less than an hour ago.

"Buying daily necessities?" he asked.

Though he already knew the answer, it was a way to start a conversation.

"Mm. There's quite a lot of stuff, so it's a bit troublesome."

Mo Xiangwen looked at the bags in her hands. They did not seem to contain much more than what he had planned to buy.

Hadn't people said that girls needed far more daily necessities than boys?

Yan Nuoya seemed to see through his thoughts and nodded. "There are other things I need to buy, but not now."

He had thought Yan Nuoya would seize the chance to tease him. Relieved, he cautiously asked, "Do you need me to carry some of it to the bottom of your dorm building?"

"Oh, can you?" Yan Nuoya blinked and smiled. "I thought you'd keep your distance from the girls' dormitory."

"Only to the bottom of the building. Of course I can't go inside." Having just relaxed only to be teased again, Mo Xiangwen sighed and stressed, "You'll still have to carry it upstairs yourself."

"What does that matter? I can tell them you're my boyfriend."

"Still no. Being stared at by a bunch of people—especially girls—would be torture." Mo Xiangwen refused firmly.

"Alright, then I'll leave it to you."

Thus, he helped Yan Nuoya carry some daily necessities to the girls' dormitory building.

He had thought up plenty of excuses to deal with Yan Nuoya's roommates.

Unexpectedly, Yan Nuoya chose to make several trips herself before carrying everything upstairs.

Still, although he and Yan Nuoya could be considered half-friends, they were not close enough for him to ask what was going on.

Maybe her roommates had not arrived yet?

"You guessed right. My roommates haven't arrived yet."

When he came back to himself, his gaze had already met Yan Nuoya's violet eyes. Yan Nuoya smiled softly. "But thank you for worrying about me."

...Did this woman know how to read minds?

"Of course I don't have mind-reading abilities." Yan Nuoya shook her head. "Next, I'll help you carry your things over."

"No need. Once I get them to the bottom of the dorm building, my roommate will help me carry them up." He refused. "You've already made several trips. You should go back and rest."

"Male chauvinism?" Yan Nuoya teased. "That won't do."

"Uh, I don't think so."

"Then how about I carry them to the bottom of the boys' dormitory?" Yan Nuoya leaned forward slightly and looked at him with a smile. "That's pretty fair, isn't it?"

"...Fine." Unable to think of a good reason to refuse, he could only agree.

PS: I'm going to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow. I'll update if I can.

Eating, Eating

"Honestly, I don't think you need to wait here at all. Once my roommate comes down later, the two of us can carry everything upstairs."

"What are you afraid of?" Yan Nuoya smiled. "Would me being here have some bad effect on you?"

"Yes." Mo Xiangwen answered seriously. "It'll create a huge misunderstanding. Before my roommate and I can build a solid friendship, the most basic trust between us will already have collapsed with a bang."

Yan Nuoya did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You boys are so childish. Can't you just explain it?"

"If I were with an ordinary girl, I might be able to explain it." Mo Xiangwen sighed. "But standing next to you? Even if I jumped into the Yellow River, I still wouldn't be able to wash myself clean."