Watching Xu Shuai put on an act,
Long Aotian shot him a disdainful glance. "Cut the act, kid. I saw you and Wang Lijuan taking the subway together. Where’d you go?"
At those words, Xu Shuai seemed to recall something wonderful.
He couldn’t help but break into a smile—a blissful one at that.
Huang Fei and Li Longlong exchanged glances. They noticed everything, yet for some reason, it felt oddly grating.
"We were just..."
Before Xu Shuai could finish, Huang Fei and Li Longlong waved him off. "Stop. We don’t wanna know anymore."
Xu Shuai paused, then turned to Long Aotian. "Hey, Aotian, where’d you and that aloof campus beauty from next door go today?"
Leaning in with a sly grin, he added, "I even saw you holding hands."
Seeing Xu Shuai’s unmistakable gossipy expression, Long Aotian chuckled. "Take a guess."
Xu Shuai wiggled his two thumbs suggestively.
Long Aotian suddenly stood up. "Did you get it on recording?"
"Huh?" Xu Shuai stared blankly. "Get what?"
"Hold on, quiet." Huang Fei made a shushing gesture, and the dorm fell silent.
With a tap on his phone, Huang Fei played back Xu Shuai’s voice, dripping with mischief: ["Heh heh, I saw you holding hands..."]
"Damn it, you bastards!" Xu Shuai lunged like a tiger, tackling Long Aotian. "I treat you like sworn brothers, and you pull this crap on me!"
"Serves you right for showing off. I’m sending this to Shen Mengjie so she can show Wang Lijuan."
"No, don’t!"
"Three cups of fruit tea. Extra ice."
"Fine, I’ll get them right now."
Watching Xu Shuai flip them off from the balcony, Long Aotian and the others burst out laughing.
Amid the laughter, Li Longlong suddenly sighed. Turning serious, he looked at Huang Fei and Long Aotian. "Honestly, I kinda envy Xu Shuai."
Huang Fei patted his shoulder. "Pursuing a girl takes persistence. You’re giving up way too soon."
"What’s going on?" Long Aotian asked, curiosity piqued.
"After you guys left, we got bored in the dorm and tried chatting up Shen Mengjie and Han Xiaojing, maybe even arranging a meetup." Huang Fei gestured for Li Longlong to continue.
"No luck," Li Longlong muttered, exhaling heavily. "She’s just... cold toward me."
"Cold? Maybe she’s just shy?" Long Aotian said. His impression of Han Xiaojing was of a quiet girl—hardly the type to come off as distant.
"I knew you wouldn’t believe me, but it’s the truth."
Li Longlong pulled out his phone and showed Long Aotian the chat log.
His messages were at least two lines long each.
Han Xiaojing’s replies, however, were mostly: ["Mhm"], ["Okay"], ["Got it"].
The longest one? ["Who else is going?"]
Just glancing at the screen, it did seem a bit frosty.
Noticing Long Aotian’s expression, Li Longlong turned to Huang Fei. "Show him your chat log."
"How many times do I have to say it? Stop calling me 'Old Huang.'" He pulled out his phone. "Our convo’s simple too, but at least there’s some emotional feedback."
He opened the chat, and Long Aotian’s eyebrows rose slightly. "Yeah, I guess there’s... some emotional value here."
["Mhm (playful emoji)"], ["Okay (winking happy emoji)"], ["Thanks (adorable emoji)"], ["Can’t, I’m busy (sad emoji)"]
"See, Longlong? Once you learn to read girls like I do, you’ll get that emotional payoff from Han Xiaojing too." Huang Fei grinned confidently.
"Uh..." Long Aotian sucked in a breath, at a loss for words.
Huang Fei was clearly enjoying this. In this state, anything he said would fall on deaf ears—or worse, strain their friendship.
"Honestly, Shen Mengjie seems nice, but I’m not sure if—"
"Right?" Huang Fei beamed. "You think so too, Aotian? I knew it—"
Long Aotian opened his mouth but didn’t finish. Some lessons had to be learned firsthand. And who knew? Maybe Huang Fei was onto something.
"Ugh..." Li Longlong sighed again, taking his phone back. "At first, I just thought Han Xiaojing was pretty. But the more we talked, the more I liked her personality too."
"But at this rate, I’ve got no shot."
"Early on, even a single ['Mhm'] from her would make my day. But over time, I got greedy. She never changed."
"I think I just got dumped... without even dating."
Long Aotian patted his shoulder. "Look at it this way—no start, no breakup. The campus is full of youth and possibilities."
"And how long have you known her? Really known her? How many times have you met or eaten together? Don’t compare yourself to Xu Shuai. Not every girl is Wang Lijuan."
"Thanks, Aotian. That makes me feel even worse." Li Longlong let out a half-laugh, half-groan.
Long Aotian didn’t know what else to say. From his perspective, it was all too rushed. This wasn’t the fast-paced dating scene of a decade later. Taking things slow was more sincere.
"Your glorious sworn father has returned!" Xu Shuai kicked the dorm door open, arms laden with four cups of fruit tea, two six-packs of beer, and a bag of skewered snacks.
Spotting the beer, Long Aotian nudged Huang Fei. "Let’s drink."
Between sips and bites, Xu Shuai caught up on the situation.
"No big deal. I’ll talk to Lijuan, and we’ll set up another dorm hangout. Worst case, we stay friends."
"Exactly! Maybe Han Xiaojing’s just a slow burn," Huang Fei added, hiccuping mid-sentence.
"Whatever. I’m over it. I’ll play it by ear. I’m not some Adonis, but I’m not ugly either. There’s no way I won’t find a girlfriend!"
"But... thanks, guys."
Li Longlong said it with a rare kind of coolness—not the superficial kind, but a liberated one.
Long Aotian raised his can and clinked it against Li Longlong’s. "Don’t get emotional. As your sworn brother and one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Dorm 147, it’s our duty."
"Hahaha..." Huang Fei and Xu Shuai both nodded with laughter, showing their approval.
Li Longlong rolled his eyes but still downed the drink in the end...
ave】 Shen Qingling was a man with peerless looks, a cunning mind, and the ability to play both the aloof noble and the innocent sweetheart—a master of seduction who could outplay any player. But after an untimely death, he found himself bound to a system and transmigrated into the tragic "true young master" of a melodramatic novel. In the original story, his childhood sweetheart treated him as a backup plan, his fiancée swore to break off their engagement for the sake of the "fake young master," and his own sister saw him as the family's disgrace. He was nothing more than a rat everyone wanted to stomp on. System 077: "Your mission is to change the original fate and conquer the goddesses." Shen Qingling: "Thanks for the invite. If seduction had tiers, I’d be max level." His childhood sweetheart knelt, begging for forgiveness: "Qingling, I was wrong. Please give me another chance." His ex-fiancée refused to marry anyone else: "Shen Qingling, I was blind before. In this life, I’ll marry no one but you." A yandere CEO went mad for love: "Shen Qingling, you can only like me. I’ll stop at nothing to make you mine!" His green-tea sister clung to him daily: "Brother, look at me, won’t you? I’m more obedient than them—I love you the most~" At first, they scorned and trampled on him. Later, they burned themselves like moths to a flame, all for his sake. His looks were his weapon, his sweet words the bait—heroines obsessed over him, villains turned to madness for him. Shen Qingling became a true male siren, igniting battlefield after battlefield of women fighting for his affection. Years later, when System 077—now one of the elites—was asked how to become as outstanding as it, it lazily exhaled a smoke ring and replied: "Just know how to cheer ‘666’ at the right time."
Lean Toward Absurd Humor (Warning: Slightly Abstract, Proceed with Caution) + Later Chapters Focus on Romantic Daily Life + Sugar-Coated Moments + Multiple Couples + Guaranteed Sweet and Enjoyable Read】 Liu Muye, a struggling campus romance novelist, had just finished his last book and decided to quit writing to work in a factory the next day. But by some twist of fate, he transmigrated into his own novel, becoming the son of the school’s chairman. He was given a mission: "Save the villainess from her tragic fate," or else he could never return to the real world! Liu Muye: "Huh? You’re saying if I don’t save the villainess, I’m stuck here forever?" But wait! Before he could even process the mission, Liu Muye realized something far more important. "Hold on, what’s my identity again? The chairman’s son?" "Does that mean I’m filthy rich and can do whatever I want in this world?" "Screw saving the villainess—I’m about to live my best life!" ...Some time later... Liu Muye finally noticed something was off. "Hey, hey, why is the domineering CEO now a rebellious teenager?" "And why is the aloof female lead acting like a delinquent too?" "Most importantly, why is the villainess clinging to me, begging to date?!" "None of this makes sense! Not one bit!"
lities. One day, Qi Yuan was buying groceries when he unfortunately came face-to-face with a monster. Just when he thought he was going to die on the spot, he suddenly heard the monster's thoughts... "This aura, he's definitely not an ordinary master!" "So terrifying, so terrifying." "A fight with my back against the wall, I can't take it anymore." Qi Yuan: Ah, no one told me that my awakened ability isn't telepathy, but rather the stronger my enemies imagine me to be, the stronger I truly become. PS: Zhou Hai in the first chapter is not the protagonist.
m back to his original world. In the end, he realized he had overthought things. [Hey, why is Shen Manni, the female lead, acting strange? Shouldn't she be fawning over the male lead at this point?] [Zhou Qiaoqiao, are you sick? Weren't you supposed to break off your engagement today?] [Damn it! An Youyi, please do your job as an undercover agent and sell my information to the protagonist, you idiot!] ... At this moment, Xu Mo himself didn't know that these female leads had already heard his inner thoughts. Then they decided not to play by the rules. Xu Mo: Please respect my profession as the big villain!
