Boys, get him!

Watching Tang Enqi leave, Xu Xiaojia curled her lip and couldn't help asking, "Little Luo Ye, you know that fake innocent bitch?"

"Fake innocent bitch?"

Luo Ye looked at Xu Xiaojia, puzzled.

Was she talking about Tang Enqi?

Although he no longer liked her, whether she was a fake innocent bitch... he really didn't know.

Either way, it had nothing to do with Luo Ye anymore.

"Yeah. Don't tell me you've got a crush on her?"

"No. I used to," Luo Ye said truthfully, completely frank.

Xu Xiaojia gave him a speechless look and sighed. "If you're this honest, you're going to get conned."

Hearing that, Luo Ye smiled. "My aunt says that too, so I became a novelist. As long as I don't deal with people, I won't get conned."

Xu Xiaojia: ...

"Anyway, where were we? Right, the class rep! Is he still upset? How about... we invite him out for dinner tonight?"

Seeing the petite girl suddenly turn so cautious, Luo Ye said hesitantly, "That's probably not a good idea. They haven't broken up yet."

"What?? They haven't? Oh, right, you just said they were about to. Which scummy girl is playing with his feelings?"

The tiny Xu Xiaojia looked furious. Luo Ye pointed toward the Third Canteen.

"It's... the one who just went past. Liu Bingxin."

"What???"

Xu Xiaojia looked stunned.

As it happened, she shared a room with Liu Bingxin and Tang Enqi.

Since she didn't get along with either of them, she had practically no friends. After all, college students spent over half their time in their dorms, and their social circles mostly revolved around their roommates.

"So it's that little slut."

Luo Ye looked shocked. "What kind of filthy stuff are you saying?"

"Oh, I forgot there was a guy here."

Xu Xiaojia stared at Luo Ye with dead-fish eyes and said flatly, "Let me know when they break up."

After learning that Li Haoyang's girlfriend was Liu Bingxin, Xu Xiaojia looked as though her soul had left her body.

Honestly, her moods changed way too fast, didn't they? Crying one moment, laughing the next. If Coach got together with this little menace, he'd probably never have another peaceful day.

Xu Xiaojia headed to the canteen to eat.

After buying a bottle of energy drink at a nearby supermarket, Luo Ye returned to the dorm to lie down for a while before class.

Dorm 515 was completely quiet.

When there was no first-period class, most people chose to sleep in. If they had the whole morning free, most would sleep until noon.

If Fairy Senior hadn't had a morning jogging habit, Luo Ye would have been one of them.

He had bought breakfast for everyone in the room. Once he got back, he looked at his roommates' sleeping faces, and a strange feeling welled up inside him.

It was like being an old father getting up early for work, looking at his children still sound asleep.

It felt very fulfilling.

He cleared his throat softly, about to wake his roommates for breakfast.

Suddenly.

A panda appeared in front of Luo Ye, staring straight into his eyes.

Luo Ye jumped. On closer inspection, it wasn't a panda, but Li Haoyang.

"Coach? Are you... are you still alive?"

Li Haoyang's eyes were lifeless, and his dark circles looked as though someone had painted them on with a brush, thick and black.

"Huh?"

Li Haoyang looked listlessly at Luo Ye and asked in confusion, "Am I still alive?"

"I'm asking you."

"I don't know."

"..."

Was he so upset his brain had crashed?

Seeing Li Haoyang like this reminded Luo Ye of the day after high school graduation when he had received his acceptance letter from Jiangda.

Getting into Jiangda meant he could be with Tang Enqi.

So he had shared the news with her right away.

But Tang Enqi hadn't replied.

Not on the first day, nor on the second.

She hadn't replied all summer.

At first, he had been just like Li Haoyang, feeling that his life had lost its purpose and that getting into this university had been pointless.

But in the end, people had to live for themselves. Nobody could stay in the shadows forever.

Luo Ye patted Li Haoyang on the shoulder and said solemnly, "Coach, want to drink tonight?"

When it came to Dorm 515's alcohol tolerance, Shen Qiao and Luo Ye accounted for 110 percent, while Wang Dachui and Li Haoyang owed them ten.

Still, Luo Ye invited Coach anyway.

At the word "drink," Li Haoyang seemed to find some motivation. His eyes came alive, as though he had found something to cling to.

Being sad wasn't frightening.

What was frightening was having to be sad alone.

And Coach still had him, his dear old father.

"We're adding an evening class today for Current Affairs and Policy. The instructor is taking leave tomorrow."

After their second afternoon class ended, everyone heard this announcement from the academic rep.

Immediately, miserable groans filled the classroom.

Despite being the class rep, Li Haoyang had slept through the entire day. After all, he had stayed up all night.

Liu Bingxin had come to see him during the day, but when she couldn't wake him, she had no choice but to leave.

Even now, nobody had told Liu Bingxin why Li Haoyang had suddenly become like this.

But that didn't matter, because after this class ended, the upperclassman who had been getting close to Liu Bingxin over the past few days appeared at their classroom door.

Shuai Kun, a third-year student.

When he had first pursued Tang Enqi, he had waited outside the Women's Dormitory to get a date with her. Now that he had switched targets, he used the same method, waiting outside Liu Bingxin's classroom.

Shuai Kun lived up to the "handsome" in his name. He was good-looking, about a third as handsome as Shen Qiao, and wore overalls with his hair parted down the middle.

Luo Ye had seen him before, and he told his three roommates about the upperclassman.

At once, the air around the four men from Dorm 515 changed.

Li Haoyang became a lion waking from slumber. Shen Qiao's gaze sharpened, giving him the air of an aloof campus heartthrob. Even Wang Dachui looked like a toy poodle baring his teeth.

Soon, most of their classmates had left. Only the four men from Dorm 515, Tang Enqi, and Liu Bingxin remained.

Seeing how few people were left, Shuai Kun actually walked straight in and headed toward Liu Bingxin.

A flicker of panic crossed her face. She hadn't expected this upperclassman to be so bold as to wait for her outside the classroom where she had her lessons.

Her boyfriend was still there.

"Bingxin, want to have dinner together?" Shuai Kun sat beside Liu Bingxin with a broad smile.

Liu Bingxin shook her head. Although she wasn't exactly a good girl, she wasn't shameless enough to accept a suitor's dinner invitation right in front of her boyfriend.

But she didn't want Shuai Kun to know she had a boyfriend, either.

Just as she was about to refuse, a thunderous slam rang out.

Li Haoyang had stood up and slammed his palm onto the desk.

Every line of muscle in his arms stood out clearly, making him look especially intimidating.

At that, Luo Ye, Wang Dachui, and Shen Qiao stood up too.

"Dinner, my fucking ass!"

"Boys, get him!"

The moment he finished speaking, all four charged over, dragged Shuai Kun into the camera's blind spot, and laid into him with punches and kicks.