Shu Wang changed his clothes, put on his shoes, and walked out of the bedroom.
As soon as he sat down on the living room sofa, the door opened.
Yan Junxi, wearing a black dress and carrying several bags of breakfast, walked in with a tap-tap-tap sound.
Seeing Shu Wang awake, she shook the bags in her hand and said with a smile, "You're awake! I bought breakfast."
"Ah... oh, thank you."
At the dining table, the two ate breakfast in silence, tacitly not mentioning what happened last night. This silence didn't feel awkward.
"Are you going back to school later?" Yan Junxi suddenly looked up and asked.
"Probably. After all, I don't have anywhere else to go, and I have things to do back at school."
Yan Junxi nodded and softly said, "Hmm, study hard. Meeting you was very... lucky."
She thought for a moment, unable to come up with any other pretty words, and felt this was the most suitable way to put it.
Shu Wang glanced at her and softly hummed in response, saying nothing else.
It was a very ordinary breakfast, with steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk. Two transparent souls sat together, and everything seemed calm, but after the calm came the parting.
After eating, Shu Wang stood at the door, turned to her and said, "I'm leaving. Remember to apply your medicine on time, and don't go sit by the lake alone again at night. The weather will get colder and colder."
"Okay." Yan Junxi nodded.
"Goodbye," she said softly, waving goodbye to him, a warm smile on her face.
Shu Wang stared at her blankly. The thought that they might never meet again suddenly made him feel a little sad. Finally, he also softly said, "Goodbye."
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After leaving Yan Junxi's rented apartment, Shu Wang hailed a taxi by the roadside and returned to Liancheng Foreign Language University.
As soon as he entered the dorm room, his roommate Jiang Sheng saw him and went to greet him.
"What the heck, Xiao Yue'er, what's wrong with you? Why didn't you come back last night..."
Shu Wang interrupted him, waving his hand and saying, "It rained last night. I saved someone and some other things happened, so I stayed out for a night."
"Saved someone? Why are you saying this so casually? Was it a man or a woman?"
The amount of information was a bit overwhelming, and Jiang Sheng was momentarily confused.
Shu Wang's dorm only had two people.
Liancheng Foreign Language School itself had more females than males, and with an exceptionally large number of females in their Chinese language program, there were only three male dorms. The other two dorms were normal four-person rooms, so it just happened that only one room was left for the two of them.
Jiang Sheng's parents owned a company, making him very wealthy.
He had known Shu Wang since elementary school, was in the same class for all three years of junior and senior high, and chose the same university and major. The two were unusually close brothers.
Shu Wang didn't answer his question, directly jumped onto his bed, and pulled the bed curtains closed.
"Don't bother me. I didn't sleep much last night. I'm going to catch up on some sleep. Isn't there an opening ceremony this afternoon? Remember to wake me up!"
At this point, Shu Wang couldn't help but complain about the school in his heart. It had been over a month since school started, and suddenly they announced they were holding some lousy opening ceremony.
No matter what, Liancheng Foreign Language School was a very good university, so why were they doing such perplexing things right after school started? Lying on the bed with his eyes closed, Shu Wang's mind was filled with Yan Junxi's image.
Shu Wang couldn't help but start to overthink, tossing and turning, making the bed creak.
Jiang Sheng heard the movement from Shu Wang's bed and thought this guy was definitely not right.
The opening ceremony was still a set of old clichés, with nothing much to see except for a few third-year female students dancing.
After the ceremony, Shu Wang walked among the dispersing crowd when a sweet voice suddenly called out to him from behind.
"Shu Wang, what a coincidence?"
Shu Wang turned around and saw a petite, sweet-looking girl with twin pigtails calling him.
"Ning Yike? Is something wrong?"
Who didn't have a 'first love' in their school days? Most of it was just fantasy. After liking someone, they'd realize they were just one of many admirers, and if there was no chance, they'd decisively give up.
Shu Wang had also had such an experience. He liked someone in high school, and only realized in university that he might have been 'fished'.
Ning Yike was accompanied by a girl, her best friend, Zhou Chuyue, who was in the same class.
Ning Yike said, "Our school is holding a freshman welcome party tonight. Would you like to go with me?"
Upon hearing this, Shu Wang's expression was a little troubled. His liking for her was in the past, and he knew she was stringing him along.
He shook his head and said, "Forget it, I have something on tonight. You should find someone else."
Ning Yike was stunned after hearing this, feeling a bit strange in her heart. She also knew that Shu Wang liked her in high school and thought he wouldn't refuse her request.
"Would you... would you like to reconsider?"
While this scene was unfolding, on the other side... a tall, slender girl with a willowy waist and long, black, shiny hair flowing over her shoulders stood at the entrance of Liancheng Foreign Language University, exuding an extraordinary aura.
Students passing by couldn't help but look at her, drawn by her unique charm and beauty.
"Who is that girl? She's so beautiful! Is she an upperclassman from our school? How come I've never seen her before?"
"I don't know, she doesn't look like a freshman either. I remember this year's School Beauty is named Ning Yike, a sweet girl. It can't be this older sister."
"Oh, my heart! I can't handle such gentle older sisters. When will heaven grant me an older sister to be my girlfriend..."
"I like this type too, the understanding older sister type..."
Yan Junxi paid no attention to the surrounding discussions. Dressed in a black dress, with her arms crossed and long hair flowing down, she stood lazily and casually at the school gate.
In fact, she was waiting for an opportunity.
Her gaze was fixed on the security guard at the access control. Based on her twenty minutes of observation, this guard would leave every now and then to get a cup of water from the security room.
Sure enough, after seeing the security guard get up and leave, she tensed her body, quickly walked to the access control, head down, continuously muttering in her heart, "They can't see me, they can't see me."
Then, she bypassed facial recognition, swiped her campus card, and the entire process was smooth as flowing water, successfully blending into the school.