【Crispy Goose: Watching anime tonight?】
【Yuxie: Nope!】
【Yuxie: Rest and recuperation!】
【Yuxie: [Cat peeking]】
Looking at the emoji Chen Yusheng sent on his phone, Su Bai couldn’t help but chuckle.
It was as if he could see Chen Yusheng’s conflicted expression—wanting to cling to him but having to hold back due to physical reasons.
Truth be told, freed from the pressure of her mother’s illness, Chen Yusheng’s mental state had relaxed, revealing more of her youthful, lively nature.
A person’s personality is always shaped by their environment. Under heavy burdens, the lighter, more beautiful qualities often struggle to shine through.
【Crispy Goose: Then play games with me tonight】
【Crispy Goose: Almost forgot your main job is being a gaming companion…】
【Yuxie: [Cat nodding frantically]】
【Yuxie: I wanna play too!】
Lately, the balance between outdoor activities and lab work had tipped too far for Chen Yusheng, a self-proclaimed homebody.
It was time to recharge her "homebody energy" by gaming in the dorm.
Speaking of which, Chen Yusheng no longer had to sneak around when gaming in the dorm.
After all, everyone knew about her relationship with Su Bai.
Jiang Qiuran had even officially started acting submissive around her…
Well, based on Su Bai’s assessment of Jiang Qiuran’s current personality,
seeing them duo-queue sweetly in games probably gave the girl some strange sense of pleasure.
Just thinking about how the usually sociable, cheerful beauty had such a quirky side in private made Chen Yusheng hum smugly.
Ah, it’s all because my Crispy Goose is just too charming, heh.
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After eating at the second-floor cafeteria, Su Bai and Wang Haoran returned to the dorm.
They found the balcony door of Room 510 shut.
Xue Tao was inside, talking on the phone, scratching his head like a monkey.
"What’s the local boy up to?" Su Bai asked Chu Mingzhe.
Chu Mingzhe sighed dramatically: "Ah, the collision of pre-modern familial constraints with post-modern Foucauldian deconstructionism, birthing a Lacanian tragedy of interpersonal relations…"
"???" Su Bai was baffled. "Dude, speak human, will you?"
"Oh, right. Basically, Xue Tao cheated, and Liu Yuanyuan found out."
Su Bai: … (sweat emoji)
Never understood you artsy types.
With Chu Mingzhe’s current vibe, he should grow his hair out and dress in Yamamoto-esque avant-garde fashion to complete the look.
Still, Su Bai was surprised Xue Tao had cheated so soon.
Not that he thought Xue Tao was above it—Su Bai always assumed the worst of people.
Human hearts are as deep and unpredictable as the ocean.
Kids who grow up independent often encounter the darker sides of human nature earlier in life.
The real question was—shouldn’t Xue Tao still be in the honeymoon phase with Liu Yuanyuan? Wait, given Xue Tao’s track record, they probably hadn’t even kissed yet.
Xue Tao had bragged to the guys that they’d kissed and he occasionally got handsy.
But the guy was a notorious exaggerator.
So, safe to say—no kiss.
Xue Tao fancied himself a hunter in the dating scene—after all, he drove a Magotan as a freshman and owned four local properties.
In his mind, breezing through a few romantic flings in undergrad was child’s play. Total domination!
But reality?
His first "prey" wasn’t even secured, and he’d already cheated?
Kinda hilarious.
Wang Haoran asked a slightly savage question: "Wait, a girl actually agreed to help him cheat?"
"…Well, that night at Tianrong Ancient Town, we went to a bar with those hanfu girls and got acquainted."
"Got it!" Su Bai nodded. "So Local Boy scored?"
"He took one of them to Haidilao for round two. What happened after? No clue."
"And you?"
"…"
"Never mind, if it’s too embarrassing—"
"Nah, it’s whatever. I got wasted, passed out, and woke up at dawn when the bar was closing… At least my phone wasn’t stolen."
Chu Mingzhe looked relieved, as if he’d narrowly escaped disaster.
Given his low opinion of locals’ integrity in Jiangcheng, making it back unharmed with all belongings intact was a small miracle worth celebrating.
But Xue Tao wasn’t so lucky.
Apparently, one of Liu Yuanyuan’s friends had also been at a bar in Tianrong District that night.
They even ended up at the same Haidilao afterward.
While eating, the friend overheard Xue Tao at the next table complaining nonstop about Liu Yuanyuan.
She took a photo and sent it to Liu Yuanyuan.
Thus, Xue Tao’s bar-hopping flirtation was dramatically exposed to his girlfriend.
"Classic Xue Tao," Su Bai quipped.
His inner gossip-monger stirred, but barging onto the balcony to eavesdrop was too much.
So he messaged Chen Yusheng on QQ: "What’s Liu Yuanyuan up to in the dorm?"
【Yuxie: ?】
【Yuxie: Why the sudden interest in her?!】
【Yuxie: [Cat hissing]】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: Don’t get defensive, I just want some tea.】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: [WhiteGoose_ThisTeaIsSweet]】
Su Bai told Chen Yusheng all about Xue Tao’s situation.
Chen Yusheng listened with great interest.
And of course, couldn’t resist throwing in some sharp commentary.
【Yuxie: Why is your dorm full of scumbags?】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: ???】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: How are they all scumbags?】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: How dare you slander us like this!】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: [WhiteGoose_Overheated]】
【Yuxie: Well, Xue Tao, for one. And you too. Then there’s Chu Mingzhe—first he had a crush on me, then switched to Jiang Qiuran, and now he’s apparently flirting with some girl from the law school…】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: Okay, fair.】
【CrispyWhiteGoose: But at least my boy Wang Haoran is innocent!】
【Yuxie: He’s got a harem of 2D waifus—he’s a scumbag too. Dorm 510 is just a den of villains, huh? Teehee~】
They bantered back and forth for a while.
But in the end, Chen Yusheng didn’t get any juicy gossip.
Mainly because Yusheng wasn’t exactly the social type.
Asking her to subtly probe Liu Yuanyuan for info? Not happening.
After a moment’s thought, Su Bai opened QQ and messaged Jiang Qiuran’s alt account, ASUka.
【CrispyWhiteGoose: Find out how bad the fight between Liu Yuanyuan and Xue Tao got. ASAP!】
【ASUka: Yes, MaSter~】
Dorm 2, Room 321.
Jiang Qiuran was lying in bed, scrolling through her phone and about to take a nap.
Suddenly, her whole mood brightened!
A radiant smile spread across her face.
Su Bai in domineering CEO mode? Yes, please.
Glancing at Liu Yuanyuan sulking by the balcony below, Jiang Qiuran immediately climbed down from her bed to chat her up.
Whatever Su Bai asked for, she’d make sure to deliver flawlessly.
u Chenyuan transmigrated into a female-oriented novel about a real and fake heiress, becoming the CEO elder brother of both. Unfortunately, the entire Lu family—including himself, the CEO—were mere cannon fodder in the story. Determined to save himself, Lu Chenyuan took action. The spoiled, attention-seeking fake heiress? Thrown into the harsh realities of the working class to learn humility. The love-struck real heiress? Pushed toward academic excellence, so lofty goals would blind her to trivial romances. As for the betrayed, vengeful arranged marriage wife… the plot hadn’t even begun yet. There was still time—if he couldn’t handle her, he could at least avoid her. "CEO Lu, are you avoiding me?" Mo Qingli fixed her gaze on Lu Chenyuan. For the first time, the shrewd and calculating Lu Chenyuan felt a flicker of unease.
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o a martial world and obtained a system that allowed him to draw one entry per year. Unfortunately, all he drew were useless white-tier entries. The probability for high-quality entries was extremely low, with the highest-tier mythic entry having a mere 0.001% chance! To increase the probability, he had to improve his martial realm, but he lacked the innate talent for cultivation. At the age of eighteen, Chen Yi fell into the hands of a gang and was forced into hard labor. Just as his life seemed destined for a bleak end, on his 18th entry draw, he actually pulled a mythic entry—Simulator! In the simulation, he could also draw one entry every year that passed, and upon ending the simulation, he would inherit all entries and his martial realm! In his first simulation, Chen Yi struggled desperately just to survive, knowing that living one more year meant one more entry draw! Finally, with hair turned white, he drew the entry he had longed for—Low-Grade Innate Talent! "Hahaha! Don't bully the old and poor! Time to cultivate and inherit my cultivation base!" ... From then on, Chen Yi continuously simulated and drew entries, his martial realm soaring higher and higher! Epic, legendary, and even mythic entries were gathered into his collection one after another! "What demon race or devil race? What dark turmoil? I don't know anything about that. They just charged at me screaming 'How can you possibly ascend to immortality?!' and got stuck to my fists, unable to be shaken off. Blind spots, speed bumps... go talk to my simulator. We're all struggling to survive out here. I'm trying so hard, so how are they still alive?"
. As long as he maintains the villain image and follows the plot to the grand finale, he can obtain generous rewards and return to the real world. So Gu Chen'an entered the role and began to act as a scumbag villain, but who would have expected that the female leads could hear his inner thoughts. Miss Su from the Su family was shocked: "I originally thought Gu Chen'an was a scumbag, but I didn't expect he turned out to be a gentleman! What? You said I have to call off the engagement? I definitely won't, I'll piss you off!" Bai Yuan Tian was dumbfounded: "Young Master Gu is usually unreasonable and a complete brat, but he actually calls me little sweetie in his heart? What, Young Master Gu even said he likes me?" As the female leads' images collapsed more and more, the plot also collapsed with it. Gu Chen'an looked at all this chaos. "Ladies, don't aggro me, if you keep this up the male lead really will stab me, I still need to survive to the grand finale!"
