Joyless and Sorrowless Su Xiaobai

After the lecture ended, it was time for the team-building segment.

Su Bai was all too familiar with this part. You see, in college nowadays, assignments could be written by AI, daily necessities could be bought online, and meals could be handled by your generous roommates or delivery apps. The only thing that still required actual human interaction was group assignments.

The quality of your teammates determined the workload you had to shoulder.

If there was a heavy hitter on your team, it meant you could just slack off.

Of course, most of the time, your teammates would be completely useless, leaving you as the poor sap who had to do all the work.

Because of this, to prevent himself from getting trapped in mysterious group assignments, Su Bai adopted a double insurance policy.

For his major courses, he teamed up with Chen Yusheng. For his non-major electives, he relied on the Wan sisters.

His main goal was to coast through the whole process without lifting a finger.

The only class where he couldn't ride someone else's coattails was P.E., since P.E. classes were separated by gender.

Fortunately, Su Bai was an athletic beast. In P.E. class, he was the heavy hitter!

Watching the crowd start to form teams, Su Bai thought about it and decided to be a lone wolf for now. Anyway, he was going to hang out with Xia. These so-called ice-breaking games might be highly anticipated by those older alumni driving luxury cars back to campus to pick up younger girls, but Su Bai wasn't looking forward to them at all. At best, it would just be some minor flirting and teasing, which couldn't even compare to the unspoken tactics Su Bai usually employed with Xia.

Xia actually loved to have fun. There was a wild side hidden deep within her, and Su Bai had brought it all out.

However, just because Su Bai wasn't making a move didn't mean no one would approach him.

"Hey junior, are you alone?"

A voice abruptly cut in, carrying just the right amount of sugary sweetness and a barely perceptible hint of condescension.

No, it wasn't barely perceptible... it was actually quite obvious. It was just that the other party seemed to treat Su Bai as a plaything at the bottom of the food chain.

Su Bai looked over with an expression of feigned ignorance.

The newcomer was a woman in her early thirties. Her makeup was exquisite, and the texture of her clothes was extraordinary, seemingly made of some animal fur. Su Bai couldn't recognize it; he really wasn't interested in this style of clothing. He cared more about design. He quite liked the trendy brands that Lu Yuning studied deeply.

Including the more youthful designs among the high-end luxury brands.

This woman exuded a strong sense of wealth and a flamboyant aura. She was even wearing colored contacts. Coming up to Su Bai, she sized him up intensely, her face brimming with undisguised interest.

"What, you came camping without bringing a female companion? Just by yourself, aren't you afraid of being left out?"

The woman plopped down into the empty seat next to Su Bai.

The scent of her expensive perfume was not only caught by Su Bai, but even Xue Tao, who was sitting on Su Bai's other side, subconsciously sniffed the air.

Holy crap, is she here to hit on Brother Bai?

Xue Tao was dumbfounded. After all, this senior was clearly a wealthy woman. To be able to attract a rich older woman's direct advances in a setting like this was truly badass.

Girls these days were actually becoming more and more reserved.

In any case, Xue Tao had never experienced the kind of treatment Su Bai was getting.

If he had to say, back when school first started, Liu Yuanyuan had also actively hit on him, but it was nothing special. Looking back on it now, Liu Yuanyuan wasn't even that enthusiastic. It was just that Xue Tao was too repressed, so he took the bait at the slightest temptation and willingly spent money on her.

However, Su Bai didn't look pleasantly surprised at all. He even shifted to the side to maintain some distance from this strange woman.

"Hello, may I ask if you need something from me?"

His face showed neither joy nor annoyance.

"Oh my, can't I just chat with you for no reason? It's the free team-building segment right now, and it looks like you haven't found a team yet."

Huh?

How did she figure that out? Didn't Big Brother Xue next to me and... what was her name again? Never mind. Didn't Big Brother Xue and the Mysterious Girl from Normal U look like my teammates?

Although Su Bai really had no intention of teaming up with Xue Tao.

Sensing Su Bai's confused gaze, the woman pouted her lips towards Xue Tao and Huang Ran. "I guessed right, didn't I? You guys probably aren't teammates; your vibes don't really match."

She was actually just taking a wild guess.

Even if she guessed wrong, there were still only three people here, so adding her would be no problem at all.

The woman was merely finding an excuse to get close to Su Bai.

Of course, there was also some personal judgment involved. This handsome young man had a clean aura with a touch of aloofness, which was way better than those slick, flattering men who usually surrounded her.

"We're actually not, but I've already agreed to team up with someone else. Sorry."

"Ah, is that so... How many of you are there? Would it be convenient to add me?"

As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly, revealing a tantalizing glimpse of cleavage beneath her V-neck.

The woman could tell that Su Bai's clothes were expensive, but how expensive could clothes really be?

In fact, she suspected that Su Bai was wearing high-quality knockoffs.

There really weren't many truly wealthy guys at Jiang University, and even if there were, they should be faces she recognized.

Therefore, the woman continued to tempt him, "I've prepared a full set of top-tier equipment for this camping trip. Those tents you buy online for a few hundred bucks aren't comfortable to sleep in. You deserve better, handsome~"

Su Bai: "..."

Just as Su Bai was left speechless, pondering how to reject her so thoroughly that she would completely give up, a familiar figure walked into the classroom and headed in his direction.

"Xia, why are you here?"

"Why, can't I be here? My meeting finished, and I don't have anything going on at the moment, so I came to keep you company and see if you needed any help."

Xia Lin walked over to Su Bai with a smile. Since the seat was taken by this strange woman of unknown origin, Xia Lin couldn't sit down for the time being and had to stand. However, the oppressive aura radiating from behind her polite smile made the woman feel like she was sitting on pins and needles.

She actually recognized this person.

After all, when Xia Lin first enrolled, she hadn't graduated yet, and at that time, she was also a member of the student council.

Although the graduate student council didn't interact much with the undergraduate one, she still knew that a super rich and beautiful junior had arrived at the school.

"Senior Lin Weiwei, you're here too?"

"Aha, Junior Xia Lin..." The woman named Lin Weiwei looked a bit stiff. "You two know each other?"

"Yes, we do. Su Bai is my godbrother."

"Oh, oh, I see. Then you guys chat first, I just remembered I have something to do..."

Senior, that was way too stiff.

Watching this senior run away at the speed of light like a rabbit spotting a wolf, Su Bai gained a new understanding of Xia Lin's intimidating presence.

When it came to the attributes of a successful person, the halo around Xia Lin was obviously the brightest. Although she herself might not have achieved much yet, the family power she represented behind her was not to be underestimated.

"Xia, I don't recall you saying you were coming to listen to this lecture today. Besides, the lecture is already over," Su Bai said with a half-smile.

"It was a spur-of-the-moment decision. I didn't expect the meeting to end so quickly, so I figured I'd come ask you out for dinner. Hmm, I hope I didn't interrupt you getting to know your new older sister?"

Xia Lin had a protective, territorial expression on her face, making it hard for Su Bai to hold back a laugh.

"Am I that kind of person? Don't slander me, alright."