Two Lovely Catches

"Wow... hurry, hurry, cousin! There are so many people..."

Ouyang Xuanxuan was the first to jump out of the car. Seeing the bustling crowds on campus, she looked so excited that she could barely wait to rush inside.

Jiang Ruoyi got out right after her, then unhurriedly took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on. She looked impossibly cool.

"Let's go." Jiang Ruoyi strolled over to her and casually reminded her, "Stay close to me, and don't wander off. Be careful, or someone might trick you."

"I know, cousin. I'm not a little kid anymore. How could anyone fool me that easily?" Ouyang Xuanxuan hooked her arm through hers.

"There are plenty of scumbags on campus who specialize in fooling sheltered girls like you," Jiang Ruoyi continued. "The more handsome and refined a guy looks, especially if his smile seems sincere, the more dangerous he is."

Jiang Ruoyi concluded, "Remember, the prettier his face, the nastier his intentions. Stay as far away from him as you can."

"All right, I'll remember. I'll keep far away from every man I see from now on. Happy?" Ouyang Xuanxuan pouted, then muttered, "Why does she sound just like my mom? No wonder she doesn't have a boyfriend."

As noon approached, the weather grew hotter.

Yang Weifeng and the others were already soaked through with sweat, but apart from the student council's area, every shaded spot was packed with people.

The four of them could only huddle miserably beneath a small tree, enjoying what little shade it offered.

"Fuck, I'm roasting to death. If I'd known, I wouldn't have come." Yang Weifeng fanned himself furiously, but it brought him no relief.

The leather shoes on his feet had long since lost their shine, and now they felt unbearably stuffy. If the ground hadn't been so scorching, he would have tossed them into a trash can already.

Sun Kai's white shirt was now wrinkled and clung tightly to his body. If there hadn't been so many people around, he would have stripped it off.

Zhang Yong's gelled hair was in an even worse state. It felt as though he had a hot pot perched on his head, and sticky sweat kept streaming down.

Li Yichen, however, didn't have a drop of sweat on him and felt no heat at all. He was a complete oddball.

It must have something to do with my Netherworld Ghost Body and the Great Netherworld Scripture I've been cultivating, Li Yichen guessed.

Yang Weifeng tore his envious gaze away from the student council's sun umbrellas, then turned to Li Yichen. "Hey, Number Four, how come you aren't sweating at all? Aren't you hot?"

"Of course I am. I'm practically dying from the heat." Li Yichen had been bored out of his mind, but the moment he heard Yang Weifeng's question, he pretended to be unbearably hot and vigorously fanned himself with his hand.

His performance was so exaggerated, though, that even an idiot could tell he was faking it.

The other three rolled their eyes at him together.

Curious, Sun Kai reached over and touched Li Yichen. An icy cool sensation immediately spread through his hand.

"Wow, Number Four, your body's actually cool! That feels amazing!" Sun Kai cried in delight. His eyes lit up, and he looked at Li Yichen as though he were a beautiful woman.

"Heh, you're kidding. I'm not a refrigerator. How could I be cool?" Li Yichen laughed awkwardly and instinctively backed away.

"Really? Let me feel." Hearing Sun Kai, Yang Weifeng and Zhang Yong brightened as well and reached out to touch Li Yichen.

"Hey... can't we talk without getting handsy?" Li Yichen panicked. Having three men feel him up in public was unacceptable, even if they were his buddies.

"This feels great. He's just like a natural refrigerator." They discovered that as long as they kept their hands on Li Yichen, they couldn't feel the heat at all. It was downright bizarre.

"I've got something to do. I'm off. Bye!" Seeing this, Li Yichen immediately took to his heels.

When the three saw their "natural refrigerator" running away, they chased after him at once. "Number Four, don't run! Get back here!"

Meanwhile, Han Wenqi sat beneath the student council's sun umbrella, enjoying an iced drink someone had handed him. His eyes continually swept the square, as though he were waiting for prey to appear.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up. He casually set his drink on the table, rose, straightened his clothes, and headed toward the campus gates with what he thought was a charming smile.

By now, Ouyang Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruoyi's arrival had nearly thrown the entrance into an uproar.

The ultimate knockout of freshman registration day had arrived. Almost all the nearby "horn dogs" surged toward the gates, while more kept coming from every direction.

Two lovely catches, Han Wenqi thought, greed blazing in his eyes.

Ouyang Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruoyi were almost the same height. Their tight jeans and short-sleeved T-shirts showed off their perfect figures.

Ouyang Xuanxuan's youthful liveliness contrasted sharply with Jiang Ruoyi's calm composure, further stoking Han Wenqi's desire to conquer them and making him quicken his pace.

By the time he arrived, Ouyang Xuanxuan and Jiang Ruoyi were surrounded by layer upon layer of people.

Several groups had nearly come to blows over who would welcome the two beauties.

"I saw them first. I'll take them to register," one male student said, his hands on his hips.

"Bullshit! I clearly saw them first." Another male student immediately protested. There were only so many lovely catches to go around. If he didn't make his move now, when would he?

"Everyone, step aside. None of you gets to decide. We should let the beauties choose for themselves." A boy with a rather pretty face glanced around and spoke ingratiatingly.

"Tch..." Everyone automatically ignored him and started arguing again. They were one step away from grabbing the rolling suitcase in Jiang Ruoyi's hand.

"Hehe, this is fun." Ouyang Xuanxuan had never seen anything like it and found it highly entertaining. Her big eyes darted about as she watched with relish, all but clapping and cheering.

Jiang Ruoyi, however, kept frowning. If this hadn't been Jinling University, she would have whipped out her police ID and driven them away already.

Just as she was about to lose her temper, someone outside the crowd shouted, "Make way! President Han from the student council is here!"

The crowd parted from the outside, and Han Wenqi walked in with a smile.

Seeing Han Wenqi approach them, Ouyang Xuanxuan immediately recalled Jiang Ruoyi's warning. She leaned toward her ear and whispered, "Cousin, do you think this guy's a scumbag?"

Jiang Ruoyi nodded slightly. Although Han Wenqi hid it well, her instincts as a police officer told her that her younger cousin had better stay away from this pretty boy.

By then, Han Wenqi had reached them. Smiling, he spoke in a resonant voice. "You're here to register, right? I'm Han Wenqi, the student council president. How about I take you both?"

Seeing that they no longer had a chance, the others quickly dispersed.

Han Wenqi felt smug. Anyone I set my sights on is mine. You want to compete with me? Not a chance.

Jiang Ruoyi frowned and was about to refuse when Ouyang Xuanxuan tugged her arm, pointed in a direction, and cried urgently, "Cousin, I spotted that person!"