"Who's looking for me now?" Gu Xiqiao shot Xu Jing at glance.
Her friend chuckled cheekily. "A very veryyyy handsome man. Says you know him. Um, I think you'll know when you go down and meet him!"
Xu Jing was acting weird but Gu Xiqiao couldn't bother with squeezing information out from her. She blinked a few times before deciding it was best for her to find out personally what was going on.
"Fine. I'll be going down then." Gu Xiqiao locked up her own cabinet before grabbing her phone and heading downstairs.
Bai Xinran minimized her game interface as soon as Gu Xiqiao left. Pulling her drawer open, she revealed a fancy-looking set of cosmetics. "These are repair serums I got from overseas. They're really effective against sunburns. Here, see if you two need any of it."
Sunscreen was pletely useless against the blistering sun during their military drills; Bai Xinran as well as her friends were now heavily tanned. A glint appeared in Sun Jiajia's eyes as soon as her ears picked up on the word "overseas". She had a keen interest in all things foreign, especially if they were luxury goods.
Xu Jing smiled at her offer but did not walk over to pick one of her gifts up. This prompted Bai Xinran to open her mouth. "Xu Jing, would you like to try this out? Here, have a bottle. It's really effective. I've been using it for three days now and see, my skin's noticeably fairer now."
Born into an upper-class family, Bai Xinran always treated others with arrogance. Still, that attitude of hers had paid off as it had not even been a week but she had pletely won over Sun Jiajia's heart. However, the attitudes of her other roommates were lukewarm at best. Leaving Gu Xiqiao aside, she felt that it was imperative to win over Xu Jing's heart too.
"Oh, you're right! Xinran, your skin's much fairer now!" Sun Jiajia picked two bottles of Bai Xinran's repair serum for herself.
"Thanks but no thanks. My skin's naturally tanned. It would all end up in vain no matter what I apply on my skin." Xu Jing politely turned down Bai Xinran's generous offer.
'How much difference can there be after just 3 days?'
Xu Jing's rejection definitely surprised Bai Xinran but she had always the premonition that she would be a tough nut to crack. In an instant, she tried to change the topic. "Hey, you said someone was looking for Gu Xiqiao right? I presume it's a guy?"
"Guy?" Sun Jiajia asked while patting the repair serum onto her face. "I thought Gu Xiqiao already had a boyfriend."
The way she said it irritated Xu Jing. "He's an ordinary friend. Also, having a boyfriend doesn't mean losing her own freedom, you know? Nowadays, it's not weird for girls to have a few good male friends around them."
"Jiajia's just joking, no need to be so serious." Bai Xinran forced a smile on her delicate face. During the military drill phase, she didn't have the things to win them over with. Still, she wanted to get Xu Jing on her side. Surprisingly, she had actually grown closer with Gu Xiqiao who had done nothing for her, than herself.
Did Xu Jing have a problem with her eyes? Bai Xinran was really frustrated about this. What did Gu Xiqiao have that she didn't apart from better looks and a high-status boyfriend?
Bai Xinran continued smiling at Xu Jing sweetly.
'You will regret this b*tch!' she thought to herself.
Xu Jing mumbled a half-hearted response before grabbing her clothes and going into the bathroom. She had just bee a member of the student council and subsequently, has been standing under the hot sun throughout the entire afternoon. Her shirt was soaked with sweat so taking a shower was her number one priority. Who cares about Bai Xinran and Sun Jiajia~
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It was now evening. There were lots of people outside the female dormitory but all of their gazes were fixated on one thing—the man standing underneath the sycamore tree. He was sporting a minimal casual outfit but paired with his good looks, he seemed classy and cool. His head was lowered so both of his eyes were hidden behind thin strands of hair hanging off the edge of his hairline. Still, his facial features alone told the tale—this was an extremely attractive man.
Not many were able to turn casual clothes into an evening dress, especially for regular university students. Though, the Patek Philippe on his wrist confirmed that he was no snot-nosed university boy. He was a refined gentleman, a winner in society.
Some women looked at him with pitiful eyes but that was his own fault. They wondered who was the lucky girl that he was so patiently waiting for outside their dormitory. If this was their boyfriend, never in a thousand years would they never let him wait like that!
In the next second, as if by telekinesis, the man lifted his head to peer at the main entrance. As he did so, his pretty face was finally revealed to the onlooking women.
No matter from which angle you looked at him, he seemed dashing and mature, pletely unlike the boys in A University who were still years away from graduation.
Instantaneously, they knew that the person he was waiting for had arrived. Following his gaze, they traced it to the main entrance of their dormitory. There were lots of girls crowded there but they all figured out in a second which one he was truly waiting for.
The girl dressed in blue stood out the most from the crowd. She had a pale, poreless face and a pair of bright eyes, as clear as a puddle of still water. Her eyebrows were so perfect that it looked like it was drawn on by a master painter.
These girls never felt so much envy in their life. This girl was miles ahead of them in terms of looks. Ugh, this superficial, looks-based world is disgusting.
Gu Xiqiao's mental strength was godly, as evidenced by how she was able to figure out who was waiting for her based on Xu Jing's vague description alone.
"So, why have you e here?" She asked Tang Qinghong with slightly narrowed eyes.
It took Tang Qinghong a while to regain his senses after which he quickly responded to her question. "I heard from my aunt that you were here, so I've e to pay you a visit."
Of course, his aunt was none other than Tang Yanling. He had met her just yesterday. This was the aunt that proclaimed how she would never return to the Tang family after marrying her husband years ago. Thus, throughout his lifetime, the number of times he had seen her could be counted with five fingers alone. In fact, of the times he had met her, some were done in secrecy alongside his father.
Back then, the old man of the Tang family had looked down on Yin Jinian. No matter how hard they persuaded him, he was stubbornly against Tang Yanling's marriage with him. If she did so however, he vowed to never let her back into their home. Tang Yanling, having inherited her father's stubbornness, went ahead with her own plans. It was like the clash between two unbreakable boulders—none of them were willing to promise. Tang Yanling, who had moved to N City after the marriage then swore to never return to the capital!
Though, after the bloodbath that ensued, the Tang family has finally changed their stance on this issue.
Speaking of the Tang family, although they were once considered hermits among the nobility, they had finally started opening up to the world around them recently. His brother had started an entertainment pany that spelled the end of their hermitdom. And since this happened, the old man has been so busy with a bunch of stuff that he had forgotten about the ongoing grudge with his daughter.
"So, it's just a visit then? No strings attached?" Gu Xiqiao eyed Tang Qinghong suspiciously. She thought to herself, if he answered "yes
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