My Online Friend Can't Be This Cute

"Hmm..." Yan Nuoya pondered. "Doesn't the classic example prove that only pretty girls can clear things up conveniently?"

"Are you secretly insulting me?" Yan Nuoya looked at him with feigned suspicion.

"Student Yan, are you expecting me to praise you for being beautiful?" Mo Xiangwen complained helplessly. "It's precisely because you're too pretty that people will get jealous of me. Whether they believe it or not, I'm definitely getting beaten up."

"Thank you for the compliment." Yan Nuoya smiled and nodded. "Bye-bye."

This was unbearable. What was with this person? Mo Xiangwen shook his head helplessly.

This was unbearable. This guy was way too easy to tease. Hmm, it felt like it could become addictive.

Turning her back to him, Yan Nuoya gently rubbed her cheek with her fingers, rubbing away the smile that had risen to her face.

"Oh right, I forgot to invite him to dinner." Yan Nuoya pursed her lips, then suddenly smiled. "Forget it, there's no rush. There'll be plenty of chances."

Less than a minute after Yan Nuoya left, Qin Yongfeng happened to arrive downstairs at the dormitory, making him breathe a sigh of relief.

To his surprise, Qin Yongfeng had brought two other male students their age with him.

He had just wanted to greet them and ask something when one of the taller, thinner boys interrupted him. "No rush. Let's move your things upstairs first, then we can talk."

Then the three of them helped him carry everything upstairs together.

That was why they said many hands made light work. What had originally been a grueling task that seemed to require even his teeth became something four people could handle so easily that he could not even fill both hands.

Even when they returned to the fifth-floor dormitory, no one was out of breath.

"Let me introduce myself first. Hello, Mo Xiangwen. I'm Zhong Taihong." The tall, thin boy spoke first and held out his hand.

"Oh, you already knew my name. Hello, Zhong Taihong." Mo Xiangwen shook his hand and noticed that the entire outfit he wore consisted of expensive designer brands.

"Qin Yongfeng told us about you earlier. Hello, I'm Xi Shaojie." Xi Shaojie was slightly fairer and chubbier, though still within the normal build for a guy. He wore a shirt printed with League of Legends character art.

"Hello." Mo Xiangwen shook his hand as well.

Once everyone had exchanged greetings, Zhong Taihong made a grand gesture. "Let's go. We're having Chicken Pot on the commercial street tonight. My treat."

"I need to unpack my luggage and daily necessities first. You guys go ahead." Mo Xiangwen shook his head and was about to climb up to organize his things.

"Oh, come on, come on. You can unpack when we get back." Xi Shaojie walked up and shoulder-checked him away from the bed, hooking an arm around his shoulders and leading him outside.

"Damn it, you guys have already unpacked, of course you'd say that."

"Come on, don't kill the mood. Let's go, let's go." Zhong Taihong grabbed his other side and joined Xi Shaojie in dragging him away.

Qin Yongfeng smiled and shook his head, following behind to close the dorm door before pulling out the key and slipping it into his pocket.

Seeing that, Mo Xiangwen could only give up.

"Fine, fine. Let go of me. I can walk on my own."

Seeing that he had abandoned the idea, Xi Shaojie and Zhong Taihong exchanged smiles and released him.

"You should've just behaved from the start."

The four of them laughed and joked all the way to Chicken Pot. By then, every table in the restaurant was already packed with people. Apparently, quite a few others had the same idea as them.

Fortunately, Zhong Taihong had booked a table in advance, so they did not have to worry about making the trip for nothing.

After eating a few bites of the side dishes, the dormmates' conversation gradually became more relaxed.

At first, they merely chatted casually about novels and movies. Once they loosened up, they even started discussing the international situation.

Naturally, at their age, they could not avoid interrogating one another about whether they had girlfriends.

However, aside from Zhong Taihong admitting that he had dated before and had ultimately been dumped, none of the others, Mo Xiangwen included, had ever been in a relationship.

After drinking a few mouthfuls of low-concentration drinkable ethanol, Zhong Taihong hugged Xi Shaojie and burst into tears, swearing through tears that he would become a scumbag.

Seeing him like this, the others could only comfort him by saying bad women were not worth it, each of them declaring that even dogs would not date. Anyone who did not know better would have thought they were the Heartbreak Frontline Alliance.

Mo Xiangwen mourned for this foolish child for one second in his heart, expressionlessly picked up another piece of chicken, and put it into his mouth.

Just as he was silently praising the Chicken Pot here for being quite well-made, his phone vibrated slightly.

A Seductress: @Human-Dragon Unity Say something, say something.

This was another foolish child. Who knew what kind of nonsense she was up to now.

Human-Dragon Unity: What is it?

A Seductress: Sorry. (Super loud)

Super loud was something else. It was rare to see her apologize so openly and directly, and in the group chat no less.

Before, she would always choose a game from his wishlist, then secretly send it to him on some occasion like his birthday.

Whenever he received a game from Xiaohuo, he knew she was apologizing to him.

But most of the time, he had not taken it to heart at all. Whenever Xiaohuo sent him a game, he had to think for quite a while about what she was apologizing for.

Human-Dragon Unity: Is it because of the wooden sign?

A Seductress: Mm-hmm.

Human-Dragon Unity: You really didn't make the wooden sign like the president said, right?

A Seductress: No, I really just wanted to make a joke.

Human-Dragon Unity: You made a joke, and I didn't fall for it. Doesn't that mean nothing happened?

Human-Dragon Unity: It's such a tiny matter. Do I seem that petty?

"So, see? There was no need to overthink it." Su Mengli tapped her younger sister on the head. "I really don't know what goes through that little head of yours all day."

Su Mengyao grunted unhappily. Since her sister had helped her come up with a plan, she would forgive her for now.

A Seductress: So where are you now? I'm keeping my promise and treating you to a meal.

Human-Dragon Unity: Huh? Right now?

Human-Dragon Unity: Sent a photo.

Human-Dragon Unity: Maybe next time. I'm having Chicken Pot with my roommates.

Chicken Pot?

The next second, Su Mengyao and Su Mengli stood up from their chairs at the same time. They exchanged a glance, then hurried to the attic railing and looked downstairs.

PS: I owe you a chapter. I'll make it up after I wake up. Sorry.

Don't Knock Me, I'll Get Dumber

"Sis, which one down there do you think is Xiao Yi?" Su Mengyao looked down, but she could only see part of what was happening downstairs.

There were roughly seven or eight dining tables on the first floor, and less than half of them could be seen from the attic.

Every table had at least three or four people sitting at it. Some even needed to ask the servers for extra chairs so they could fit seven or eight people.

Among those dozens of people, at least half were on their phones, boys and girls alike.

After all, when college students ate together, who cared if their classmates or friends were playing on their phones? Everyone chatted for a bit, played on their phones for a while, and stayed busy both online and offline without stopping.

Su Mengli opened his photo, enlarged it with a swipe of her finger, studied it carefully for quite a while, then compared it with the tables downstairs before saying, "Judging from the background in the photo, the angle looks like he's seated on the right side. Hmm, Xiao Yi said he was eating with his roommates, so it should be this table."

Su Mengli pointed to the table on the right closer to the entrance. From above, they could see four boys eating together—no, rather, two boys were hugging each other and crying, while the other two played on their phones and occasionally picked up chicken from the pot to chew.

"What about the table next to it?" Su Mengyao studied the photo for a while too, then pointed at the larger table beside it. There were both boys and girls at that table, around seven or eight people in total. "Actually, I feel like this table is more likely."

Sigh, this stupid little sister was hopeless.

If their classmates were not here, she really wanted to pat her stupid little sister's head and say, "Good girl, go be stupid somewhere else."

But with their classmates eating and watching nearby, she still had to give her stupid little sister a little dignity in front of others.

"Xiao Yi bragged that he was a tough guy—though no one at this table looks like one either." Su Mengli patiently explained. "And he has absolutely no reason to use a voice changer while gaming like you do."

"You did it too," Su Mengyao replied unhappily.

Su Mengli blinked at her without saying anything.

"Fine, continue." Su Mengyao immediately surrendered, while secretly muttering to herself that being born a little earlier was not that impressive.

"He also said he was eating with his roommates. What guy has female roommates?"

"You're right." Su Mengyao nodded thoughtfully, but suddenly seemed to think of something. "Then is it possible that his dorm and classmates are eating together?"

"Then he would have said he was eating with classmates, not roommates." Su Mengli shook her head. "Even if he really didn't think about his wording... look at their posture."

Su Mengyao looked left and right, but after staring for a long time, she could not make heads or tails of it.

Watching her, Su Mengli silently repented for one second.

Before they were born, had she stolen too much of the nutrition meant for her stupid little sister's brain development, causing her to be this dumb now?

"For those whose expressions you can see, look at their expressions. For the others, look at their movements and sitting posture." Su Mengli could not help reminding her. If she let this stupid little sister keep looking, those people might leave before she figured anything out.

"Did you notice that the boys at the table with girls don't seem very restrained?"

Su Mengyao stared for a long time, then nodded against her conscience. "It does seem like what you said."

"Could that shut-in Xiao Yi possibly act that naturally? Throw him into that environment and he'd be uncomfortable all over, like he was sitting on pins and needles."

Su Mengli sighed. "Do you expect him to be like those boys down there, either inviting the girls across from them to have drinks and chat, or fawning over them? Aren't you making things difficult for him?"

Su Mengyao thought for a long time, then nodded heavily. "Although what you said does make a lot of sense, I'm going to tell Xiao Yi that you called him a shut-in again."

Su Mengli could not hold back and knocked her stupid little sister on the head again. This time, she did not hold back much, and Su Mengyao immediately covered the spot where she had been hit in pain.

Su Mengyao grunted unhappily, but ultimately did not dare defy her sister's authority—more importantly, she still wanted to keep listening.

Although most people could have started figuring out which one was Xiao Yi by now, why should she bother when her sister could do the thinking for her?

"And then?"

"Then send him something interesting and watch their reactions. Wouldn't that tell you which one he is?"

Su Mengli looked speechlessly at her stupid little sister. "Or are you saying I have to think of even that for you?"

Su Mengyao shook her head repeatedly, took out her phone, and typed a few words on the screen.

A Seductress: @Human-Dragon Unity Look, the president and I are outside the door.

The moment Mo Xiangwen saw the message, he subconsciously looked toward the entrance. Although plenty of students were passing by outside, no one was standing there.

He immediately realized that this foolish child was messing around again. He smiled wryly, shook his head, turned off his phone screen, and slipped it into his pocket.

As long as he did not reply for a while, she would get bored on her own.

The two girls in the attic naturally saw his reaction and hurriedly pulled their heads back.

"Looks like the one in the gray shirt is Xiao Yi." Su Mengyao said thoughtfully. "I didn't expect Xiao Yi to be pretty handsome. He just doesn't look anything like a tough guy."

Su Mengli sighed. "Can't you say something useful?"

"Sis, I admit it now. You really are just a tiny bit smarter than me." Su Mengyao made a gesture with her fingers.

Su Mengli looked at her with affectionate concern. "So what do you want to do now?"

"What do you mean, what do I want to do?" Su Mengyao looked at her sister blankly. "Go down and say hello. Scare him a little."

"He's eating with his roommates. Isn't it rude to go disturb him?" Su Mengli shook her head. "I need to tell Mom to make you go back and take etiquette classes again."

"No, Sis, please. You're my real sister, okay?" Su Mengyao begged. "I really don't want to take those stupid etiquette classes anymore."

"I am your real sister." Su Mengli glared at her. "I think you really do want to go back to class."

Su Mengyao said pitifully, "Then what should I do?"

"Aren't you treating him to dinner? Just call the server over and pay for his meal first." Su Mengli suggested. "It's our aunt's restaurant anyway. How hard would it be to put it on our tab?"

Su Mengyao stared at her sister in shock. "Sis, masaka, anata tensai desu."

Su Mengli's face darkened. She was just about to lightly knock her little head again when Su Mengyao, already prepared, covered her head in advance.

"Stop knocking me, Sis—" Su Mengyao complained. "If you knock me too much, I'll really get dumber."

"You were babbling nonsense instead of speaking properly." Su Mengli could only withdraw her hand resentfully.

Who Are You Calling a 2D Nerd?

"Old Mo, why haven't you said a word? Why are you just quietly eating?" Zhong Taihong, still crying his heart out, suddenly noticed him and asked.

"Huh?" Mo Xiangwen paused with his chopsticks.