Sheng Sheng Is the Lucky One

To be honest, it's not every day that two players end up in the hospital during a class basketball game.

Not to mention, both players were from the same class. Normally, this would be more than enough to ignite the hot-blooded impulsiveness of young men.

However, that didn't happen.

After a full game of intense physical confrontation with Su Bai, the students from the Economics and Management class had come to a profound realization of the gap between them and him.

Besides, Su Bai had Xia Lin backing him up.

Then again, they weren't exactly a united front either. Aside from Niu Zhihong's loyal lackeys, the rest of the guys had a rather average relationship with Brother Niu. There was no need to risk their necks for Brother Niu.

Even among the Economics and Management students watching the game from the sidelines, there were those who despised the behavior of these sports students. Seeing Brother Niu's little clique get put in their place made them incredibly happy.

If they hadn't been afraid of retaliation later, they probably would have already been cheering for Su Bai.

Since Brother Niu had already made a graceful exit and the game was lost, it was time to slip away.

In the end, Su Bai's class won by a narrow margin.

Though it was called a narrow victory, that wasn't really the case. The opposing team had already lost their fighting spirit.

"Xia, thanks for today."

Su Bai said to Xia Lin beside him as he sat resting on the sidelines.

"Why are you thanking me? You're the one who elbowed them."

"... You can't put it that way. He insisted on ramming his ribs into my elbow, what else could I say?" Su Bai chuckled. "I'm mainly thanking Xia for helping me keep the situation under control."

For minor disputes on campus, a beautiful older sister counselor's ability to suppress the situation was quite strong. Not to mention the aura of a wealthy, beautiful woman that Xia Lin constantly exuded—she clearly wasn't someone to be trifled with.

"It's only right. By the way, do you want to come rest in my office for a bit?"

"Sure. Oh, right, Sheng Sheng can come along too."

Initially, Chen Yusheng was a bit anxious. They were supposed to go rest in the anime club's activity room and then enjoy a nice lunch. How did they end up being dragged to Xia's office?

But then again, since they were going together...

Chen Yusheng's eyes gleamed with confidence.

Even thinking with her toes, she knew exactly what Su Bai was up to.

Xia Lin, however, didn't possess Chen Yusheng's sharp awareness in that regard. Mostly because she hadn't spent enough intimate time with Su Bai and didn't fully understand his temperament yet.

All she was thinking about was letting Su Bai enjoy a lap pillow. Selfishly speaking, she really liked the way Su Bai felt right after exercising. She didn't know if he had a special constitution or what, but even when he was covered in sweat, he didn't emit any bad odor.

Instead, his slightly damp hair felt incredibly pleasant to touch.

So, if she were to do something like that in front of Chen Yusheng...

Xia Lin felt it would be a bit hard to handle.

After all, she was their counselor. Both Su Bai and Chen Yusheng were her students. Just thinking about it made her feel flustered and embarrassed.

In truth, Xia Lin's mindset was quite traditional. Otherwise, given her family background and looks, dating a handsome guy would have been a piece of cake for her.

It was just that Su Bai's attributes in every aspect perfectly suited Xia Lin's tastes.

That was why Xia Lin broke her life plan and ended up entangled with Su Bai in so many ways.

If the Xia Lin from half a year ago saw her current lifestyle, she would definitely be astonished, wouldn't she?

Nowadays, a lot of her thoughts, as well as the privileges she occasionally used, were almost entirely for Su Bai.

Xia Lin herself had very little material desire and no interest in power.

However, in order for Su Bai to better enjoy his college life, she had to perform her duties as a counselor well.

Sigh, perhaps she was just born to be a gentle older sister figure. For Su Bai, she felt like she was willing to do anything.

The most crucial point was that, given Su Bai's qualifications and personality, accepting Xia Lin's kindness meant he would definitely reciprocate.

This kind of tacit understanding was what Xia Lin appreciated the most.

...Of course, the biggest difference between her and Su Bai was that Su Bai was quite the playboy!

Originally, Xia Lin wanted to be alone with Su Bai in her office. But seeing how much Chen Yusheng wanted to cling to him, she changed her mind.

Whatever, whatever. She wasn't the only one who couldn't bear to let Su Bai go out and fool around. Chen Yusheng also had a very good relationship with her "little brother" Su Bai.

This was actually a very fortunate thing. Despite Su Bai's young age, his ability to judge people was quite sharp. Xia Lin felt that every one of his female confidantes was quite nice.

...

Inside Xia Lin's office.

Due to her special status, she had an independent office. However, it wasn't very large. Overall, office space at Jiang University was quite tight. It couldn't be helped; there were simply too many teachers.

Recruiting a large number of young teachers and letting them weed each other out in a cutthroat competition—this was largely the policy of the previous president of Jiangcheng University. This policy could be said to be highly controversial.

Fortunately, counselors could be part-time graduate students. Even for full-time counselors, it was a relatively laid-back job, completely separate from the ranks of those research-oriented teachers.

"Is Sheng Sheng planning to go to grad school in the future? Here at this university or... actually, studying here would probably be a waste of her talent." While brewing tea, out of her counselor habits, Xia Lin brought up Sheng Sheng's future plans. As she spoke, she suddenly hesitated.

"Xia, don't just stop halfway. We're all bros here," Su Bai said.

"Haha, I actually wanted to say that with Sheng Sheng's talent, going abroad for further studies would be the best. But it mostly depends on her personal ambitions. Actually, the way things are now is pretty good too, having a corporate platform for her to develop on."

The reason Xia Lin didn't say it immediately was mainly because it sounded a bit weird. She didn't want Sheng Sheng to think she was trying to physically separate the two of them.

Given Su Bai's personality, there was probably no chance of him going abroad for further studies...

This was the emotional intelligence of your Xia.

However, Chen Yusheng didn't think in that direction at all. With a calm expression, she said, "Xia is right. The way things are now is fine. If I went abroad, I might not even get this much funding."

"Funding, huh? Indeed." Xia Lin strongly agreed. This girl was treated extremely well by Su Bai's side. How many computer science folks could get someone to buy them a company for free just to practice with?

Capitalists were all very shrewd; they wouldn't just casually hand you opportunities to grow.

Especially those so-called major tech companies, which actually preferred to use skilled employees who already had a track record in the industry.

During the process of training newcomers, mistakes would be made.

This would incur extra costs, which many bosses simply couldn't tolerate.

Su Bai, on the other hand, didn't care about this at all. Xia Lin figured that Su Bai probably believed his speed of making money through investments was far faster than the rate at which Chen Yusheng burned through money by trial and error...

Once the tea was ready, the three of them chatted while drinking.

Xia Lin went over some precautions for RV traveling. She had experienced an RV trip with her parents before, and overall, it was a pretty good experience... provided there were servants to help with the chores.

For an ordinary minor rich kid, this might be an issue, but for Su Bai, it wasn't a problem at all. The Wan sisters already came with maid attributes, plus there was an auntie who acted as the driver. In Xia Lin's eyes, this setup was considered high-end. If she went traveling and brought three servants, her mother would definitely scold her for being wasteful.

"That's enough, Xia, don't worry too much. Let's get down to business. Once we're done, it'll be just about time to eat."