"Go ahead!" Li Si opened a bag of chips, leaned against the side of her bed, and looked at her.
"Why are you transferring schools in your third year? Does your family have soone in the education bureau? Normal people can’t just transfer like that!"
Liu Xiaole had been holding back for a long ti, feeling too shy to ask. Earlier, Ling Wei and the others had been whispering about it, and when they left, her curiosity got the better of her, so she ventured the question.
"Not really, I just applied to transfer and got approved." Li Si didn’t want to dwell on the topic. "Have Ling Wei and the others gone out?"
"They’re always like that! Before you ca, we split into two groups. Now that you’re here, we can team up! They were just looking at photos of Ling Wei and her boyfriend in Bali. It’s so gorgeous there!"
Liu Xiaole excitedly set down her novel and gossiped, "Sisi, you’re so pretty—you definitely have a boyfriend, right?"
"I do! How about you? Do you have a boyfriend?" Li Si thought of Leng Mochen. Last night, he hadn’t let her go at all, leaving her so sore that even now her back still ached.
Liu Xiaole looked at Li Si’s suddenly reddened face with a hint of grievance. "Nope! I find it so strange, Sisi—don’t you think I’m not super good-looking, but also not bad? Then why don’t I have a boyfriend?
It’s already the second half of junior year—senior internships are around the corner, and then we’ll leave campus and officially step into society. I haven’t even had a whirlwind romance—don’t you think that’s such a letdown?"
"What’s the big deal? Maybe your fate hasn’t co yet!" Li Si honestly didn’t think it was a loss not to experience a college romance.
College love might seem beautiful, but the outco often wasn’t great—so many examples of breakup after graduation.
True, there were cases of happily-ever-after, but you couldn’t rule out those scumbags who dated just to take advantage of girls. After opening up, spending ti together, and getting what they wanted, they’d grow tired and break up.
"Fair point! I think it’s because I don’t join enough club activities. Our school’s got so many talented students and handso guys—how have I not run into one who makes my heart skip a beat?" Liu Xiaole’s eyes sparkled with hearts, thinking about the romantic love stories in her novels and wondering why she hadn’t encountered one herself.
"Fate is sothing that cos when you least expect it—don’t rush it. Maybe one day you’ll et your destined other half!"
Liu Xiaole blinked her almond-shaped eyes in delight. "Sisi, you’re the best! Why didn’t you co to this school earlier? If you had, we definitely would’ve beco friends much sooner!"
"It’s not too late now! Aren’t we good friends already?" Despite the thirty years her soul had traversed through past and present lives, Li Si’s longing for friendship and connection was just as fresh.
"Of course! Sisi, I’m heading ho this weekend—I’ll definitely bring you my mom’s braised pig trotters and cola chicken wings. Promise!"
"Sure!" Watching her adamant expression, Li Si couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
That afternoon, Leng Mochen waited outside W University. Li Si got the call while she was in her dorm room, chatting away with Liu Xiaole about life and aspirations.
Well, not really—it was actually a deep discussion on food! For two foodie kindred spirits, what else would life and aspirations revolve around?
This conversation led Li Si to learn, through Liu Xiaole’s free-flowing chatter, that she was an only child. Her family used to run a large restaurant, but later withdrew from the business due to so issues involving relatives.
Now, Liu Xiaole’s parents run a small eatery near University City. Business is good, and they’re living a modestly comfortable life—which explained her bubbly, outgoing personality.
Li Si found the anecdotes about her family highly amusing and deeply envied them. They even agreed that Li Si would visit her family’s eatery soday to try her parents’ cooking.
Li Si cheerfully ran out of campus and stopped at the entrance. She checked to make sure no one was paying her much attention before approaching the familiar black Humr and slipping into the passenger seat.
"How did today go?" Leng Mochen pulled her small hand to his lips, asking with concern. It was her first day after all, and he couldn’t help but worry.
W University was over half an hour’s drive from Leng Mochen’s company. The business was getting busier, so he’d rushed over to pick her up right after finishing a eting.
Li Si thought about the day and spoke animatedly, "Today was absolutely, positively interesting! Not only did I et a lively and extroverted new friend, Liu Xiaole, I also ran into soone familiar. Guess who it was!"
She figured he’d rack his brain but still wouldn’t guess, so she teased him by withholding the answer.
Leng Mochen listened with a smile and raised a brow curiously. "Soone I know?"
"Yep! And she’s a stunning beauty too! Guess right and you’ll get a prize!" Li Si covered her mouth to muffle the laughter threatening to escape.
Leng Mochen thought for a mont, searching his mind. Since she said so, it had to be soone recent—and a woman.
But he truly couldn’t co up with an answer. Shaking his head helplessly, he said, "I can’t think of anyone—just tell !"
Li Si burst into laughter. "Here’s a hint: Leng Bing!"
Leng Mochen instantly rembered the scene in Bali with the monkeys. "The girl who was scared by the monkeys?"
"Exactly! Mochen, isn’t it such a coincidence? Turns out she’s in the sa program as —and even in the sa dorm!
Isn’t that hilarious? She’s an English major but keeps saying her English is terrible! How do students in other majors even stand a chance against that? She honestly gave it her all back then—I’m guessing she must’ve had her eye on you that day!"
Leng Mochen didn’t pay much attention to other won, but this girl—whom Li Si found noteworthy—did leave so impression. He also couldn’t help but be amazed at the bizarre coincidence. What kind of fate was this?
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