Chance Encounter at a Cosplay Convention

Chance Encounter at a Cosplay Convention

As he sent the message, Lin Yuan had just finished eating in the cafeteria.

He planned to go back to the dorm.

Even though he had fallen out with his roommate Liu Qing before, they still saw each other every day. Sooner or later, they had to face it.

Anyway, he would not be the awkward one. The other guy would.

When he arrived at the dorm, Li Wencai was reading as usual.

His grades were excellent, ranking in the top five of their year.

Unfortunately, he did not have Photographic Memory. From now on, he would always fall behind Lin Yuan.

The sun outside was scorching, so Wang Ping had not gone to play basketball today. He was lying in bed scrolling through videos.

Liu Qing held his phone, seemingly chatting with someone.

When Lin Yuan entered the dorm, all three stopped what they were doing.

"Lin Yuan, you finally came back to the dorm." Wang Ping walked over and put an arm around Lin Yuan's shoulder.

"You really went to Lin Qingyue's concert a few days ago?"

Lin Yuan nodded. "Yeah, I went."

"At first, I didn't believe the Moments post you made. It was just too surprising. I don't mean anything by it—I just think it's unbelievable."

He knew Lin Yuan's circumstances and his personality. He would never spend that much money on a concert.

Lin Yuan smiled, took out his phone, and showed Wang Ping the photo he had taken with Lin Qingyue.

"Holy shit!" Wang Ping immediately blurted out.

His expression was beyond shocked!

"You even took a photo with Lin Qingyue!"

Hearing that, even Li Wencai, who normally did not like joining the excitement, came over.

"How did you do that?" he asked.

"Because Lin Qingyue and I know each other. I even got her autograph." Lin Yuan told the truth.

Sure enough, both their faces were filled with disbelief.

Beside them, Liu Qing could not sit still. He wanted to say something, but he did not have the nerve.

That day, he had bought a concert ticket from Lin Yuan, only to tear it up as though it were fake. It had caused their relationship to deteriorate sharply, and they could no longer be friends.

Now, he truly regretted it. When he told his girlfriend about it, she got angry with him too. He had only managed to placate her after buying her a new phone.

He said nothing, and Lin Yuan acted as though he had not seen him.

This time, Lin Yuan had returned to the dorm to pack his things. He did not plan to keep living there.

When the time came, he would move into the villa. It was farther away, but he planned to buy an electric scooter, and the commute to and from school would only take a little over ten minutes.

Wang Ping and Li Wencai helped him pack. They said they would miss him, but they did not insist that Lin Yuan stay.

"We've been high school roommates for almost three years. How about barbecue tonight?" Wang Ping suggested.

After thinking it over, Li Wencai agreed for once.

Lin Yuan had no objections. After some thought, he invited Liu Qing too. They had been roommates, after all.

"Uh... okay." Liu Qing replied awkwardly.

At that moment, Gu Lianyin received Lin Yuan's message and hurriedly called Ling Wanqing over to ask what they should do next.

"Reply to him quickly. Tell him he doesn't need to come over. Just say the hospital made a mistake—it isn't you who has terminal cancer!"

"Oh, okay!"

Ling Wanqing told Lianyin that she could rest assured. Lin Yuan was someone she could entrust her life to.

There truly were not many guys like him.

Gu Lianyin's heart felt sweet, and her affection for Lin Yuan grew a little more.

"After treating him like that today, I'll buy him breakfast tomorrow and properly apologize."

"How could that be enough? At the very least, treat him to dinner, go shopping, and watch a movie. Then you won't need to come back at night—stay at a hotel, in a single room!" Ling Wanqing teased.

"Hmph, then I'll go! Who's afraid of who?" Gu Lianyin said stubbornly.

She still sent Lin Yuan a message, asking if he was free that night. She wanted to treat him to dinner.

"I already have plans tonight," Lin Yuan replied.

When Gu Lianyin received the message, her mind began to wander.

Who was he meeting? A girl? Did he dislike me because of what happened today?

"Who?"

"My roommates."

"Oh."

"Want to come?"

"No, I was just asking."

So he was having dinner with his roommates.

Gu Lianyin breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, right. The Campus Singing Competition Finals are in a few days. Don't let someone else steal first place!" Lin Yuan suddenly sent.

Ever since he performed Dawn of Tragic Love last time, and after he asked Lin Qingyue to help promote it, the video of Lin Yuan singing had gone viral online for a while.

Professional singers had even come forward to analyze it, saying that the original song was absolutely phenomenal. There was a reason it had become popular.

Employees from music apps had also contacted Lin Yuan, hoping he would join their platforms and upload the song.

Lin Yuan himself did not pay much attention to it.

"With the two of us joining forces, we're unbeatable. First and second place will be ours!"

Gu Lianyin replied.

"I won't go easy on you. My goal is first place!"

Lin Yuan replied.

That was not a lie. It was the system's requirement. Otherwise, the rewards he had already received would be reclaimed, and all his previous efforts would be wasted.

Gu Lianyin: "Me too! ^_^"

Lin Yuan was not worried about the Campus Singing Competition, but his appointment with Zheng Xiaoqi was tomorrow.

It was Saturday. He would cosplay an anime character and attend a cosplay convention.

That night, the four roommates went to a barbecue stall not far outside the school.

Liu Qing drank too much during the meal and used the alcohol as courage to apologize to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan merely smiled it off and said he had never taken the matter to heart.

But some things could not go back once they were gone.

It was not until eleven thirty that Lin Yuan sent the other three back to the dorm, then took a taxi back to the villa himself.

The little squirrel did not appear this time.

Lin Yuan went back and lay down immediately.

He was woken by a phone call.

"Lin Yuan, are you up yet? Hurry over!" Zheng Xiaoqi's sharp voice urged him to get up over the phone.

They still had to go to the cosplay convention later.

"Okay, I'm coming now."

Still groggy, Lin Yuan got up, washed up, then hurried out and got into the ride-hailing car waiting outside.

When he arrived at the destination, Zheng Xiaoqi had been waiting for a long time. She pulled him into a room and began applying makeup.

Zheng Xiaoqi was highly skilled. The entire process took less than twenty minutes.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Lin Yuan felt as though he had gotten a completely different head.

He looked ridiculously handsome!

"Go change clothes, quickly!"

Zheng Xiaoqi tossed him an outfit.

Lin Yuan did as told and changed on the spot.

He was cosplaying a highly popular villain. Lin Yuan had seen pictures of him and thought they looked quite alike.

Zheng Xiaoqi was also cosplaying an anime character. Dressed in a red kung fu outfit with a high ponytail, she looked exceptionally heroic.

"Come on, come on, we're almost late!"

The two called a ride-hailing car and set off immediately. It took over half an hour to reach their destination.

Then came lining up for ticket inspection. It took a long time before they finally got inside.

It was Lin Yuan's first time in a place like this, and everything felt novel to him.

He saw people cosplaying Fairy Zixia and Luna from Honor of Kings, though their chests were not very accurate to the characters.

There were also Da Qiao and Wang Zhaojun in full tank builds.

As well as plenty of popular anime characters.

As he looked around, Lin Yuan was suddenly drawn to a girl cosplaying Rem.

She looked very familiar.

She looked a lot like Xiao Ke's older sister.

But he was not sure whether it was really her.

Beside the girl was a little girl cosplaying Kanna. She was incredibly lively, with many people gathered around her.

"Xiao Ke." Lin Yuan recognized the little girl.

(End of Chapter)