Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Xin Ai had to graduate well no matter what. …

Xin Ai was sent to the dormitory building by Fu Xize, and then separated from him. Xin Ai was full of reluctance to leave. It was almost an instinct. It was the dependence and trust brought by eight years of getting along. Xin Ai was very attached to Fu Xize, and she wished to be with Fu Xize all the time and could not be separated for a second, but Xin Ai also knew that he should study and live at a normal pace, and take care of his relationship with Fu Xize.

So, no matter how reluctant I was, I had to turn around and go back to the dormitory.

Xin Ai walked up the stairs slowly, then looked up and carefully observed the dormitory building where she had lived during her student days.

For Xin Ai in her previous life, the memories of her student days were always bright and beautiful. Whenever she recalled them, they were covered with a layer of golden light, but she could not find them back no matter how hard she tried.

Speaking of which, Xin Ai did not complete his studies in his previous life.

Because of the burns and disfigurement, Xin Ai had to take a long-term leave of absence from school. Later, when her appearance had improved, she also thought about continuing to finish college.

Fu Xize gave him two plans at that time:

1. Then complete the rest of his studies at this school. Xin Ai's face was destroyed while saving someone, and from a social perspective, he was helping others. When he dropped out of school, the school made an exception and retained his student status, and welcomed him back to school to complete his studies at any time.

2. Retake the college entrance examination and apply for CAFA. It may sound a bit late to take the college entrance examination at the age of 24, but life is actually a long journey. Age should not be a limit. It is never too late to improve yourself. In addition, art is actually a late-stage career. CAFA also has many art students who are in their twenties who are admitted to college. With Xin Ai's art skills and cultural scores, it is not difficult to get in. He was the first in the art examination at CAFA that year, and Xin Ai's cultural scores were even better.

At that time, Xin Ai was riddled with wounds from a series of surgeries. He also suffered from severe depression and paranoia. He couldn't even live like a normal person, let alone go back to school. He basically gave up his studies.

Although academic qualifications do not represent everything, his original intention of studying fine arts was more for his own artistic pursuit, the title of a graduate from a prestigious university was barely enough, and he had a family background to support him... despite so many reasons, Xin Ai was always full of regrets about not completing his studies.

If she were to start over again in this life, Xin Ai would graduate with flying colors no matter what.

This was the university he had worked so hard to get into. He had always been a strong competitor since he was young and he had to get first place in every subject. He was also very competitive during his undergraduate studies and he studied a double degree in sculpture.

Thinking about these things, Xin Ai came to the dormitory. He pushed the door open and saw his three roommates were all there, but the atmosphere was a little cold and silent.

Xin Ai, nostalgic for her student days and the affection she developed from spending more than two years in college, greeted her roommates with a gentle smile and matched their names with their faces one by one: Cheng Yang, Cao Yishu, and An Xiyuan.

When Xin Ai saw An Xiyuan, his brows unconsciously frowned.

An Xiyuan didn't notice the subtle change in Xin Ai's expression. He came over with a smile and asked kindly, "Why are you coming back to school just now?"

When Xin Ai saw An Xiyuan being so warm to him, his memories of his past life came back to him, and his expression suddenly became a little subtle.

Xin Ai and her three roommates are not studying the same major.

Probably because the first letter of his last name came late, and his student number also came late, and there weren't many students in their painting department, and their number was not exactly a multiple of four, Xin Ai, as the extra one, was assigned to the same dormitory with three other students majoring in fashion design.

During her time at school, Xin Ai thought she got along well with her three roommates.

Xin Ai is very rich and not very sensitive about money. He would think about taking care of the other three roommates. For example, when they go out to eat or play, Xin Ai usually pays the bill.

Xin Ai has a car, and sometimes when his roommates need to go somewhere else, he will drive there to help.

Normally, they could use his paints and painting supplies as they pleased, but he didn't care. They could use all kinds of big-brand cleaning products in the dormitory without any hesitation. He also didn't mind if his clothes and shoes were occasionally taken away.

His thoughts at that time were quite interesting. These are all my friends, and I have to raise them all.

He always felt that this kind of dormitory relationship was rare. When you have not yet entered the society, are in your teens and twenties, and do not have too much pressure in life, you live together for four years. The relationship is strong enough. After graduation, when you go your separate ways, you may never see each other again in this life.

After Xin Ai dropped out of school, he never saw these three roommates again, but he saw An Xiyuan on a variety show.

At that time, Xin Ai had just been disfigured and his depression and paranoia were at their worst. His personality became very gloomy and weird. Fu Xize probably wanted to regulate his emotional problems, so he deliberately turned on some variety shows to watch with him.

It was a talk show where An Xiyuan was a regular guest. He had a good image and was a junior in fashion design at a prestigious university, so he attracted a lot of attention.

On the talk show, he boasted about his struggles and occasionally made sarcastic comments about his roommate who dropped out of school: "I had a college roommate named Xin. I really don't know what he was thinking. He found a rich man to sponsor him, and then he dropped out of school to be a canary."

"I always feel that even if a man wants to wear five-figure coats and six-figure shoes, he should work hard on his own instead of taking shortcuts."

"My college roommate Xin is a mediocre person. He studied in the ordinary painting department of our school. He was very perfunctory in his painting. I don't know how he got into our school. Moreover, pure art is very expensive, even more expensive than studying design. He started looking for SugarDaddy to support his studies since high school..."

In the early years, online variety shows grew wildly, and various talk shows were very explicit, with guests daring to say anything.

Xin Ai watched several episodes with great fascination, until An Xiyuan's reputation collapsed and the person disappeared from the entertainment industry.

At that time, Xin Ai felt that the world was a bit... absurd.

Xin Ai saved Qi Chu, and telling others about it was like helping others. On the social level, most people respected and admired him. He dropped out of school because he really couldn't hold on. An Xiyuan, as his roommate, knew what happened, but directly spread rumors on the show that he had found SugarDaddy in high school and was expelled from college to become a canary.

The key point is that when he said all this, he was wearing the coat he had borrowed from Xin Ai and had not returned. Even the few pairs of limited edition shoes that he secretly showed off were taken from Xin Ai at some point in time, and no one knew.

He uses Xin Ai's things, brags about his persona as a rich second-generation academic master all over the Internet, appears on variety shows, shows up in public as an Internet celebrity, and slanders Xin Ai in various ways to establish his own persona, and fans follow suit to praise his brother for his positive energy.

Fu Xize found out about this later and apologized for it, saying that he shouldn't have been allowed to watch the variety show without knowing anything about it.

Xin Ai really didn't think there was anything wrong with it. It was quite funny and he just watched it for fun. His pain was more due to the disfigurement and the mental illness that followed. An Xiyuan didn't affect him that much.

However, after that, Fu Xize would watch many film and television works before showing them to Xin Ai. Fu Xize became very cautious, for fear of irritating him.

Now, Xin Ai saw An Xiyuan again, and An Xiyuan looked very friendly towards him. Xin Ai looked a little cold. Putting aside other things, I can't enjoy this kind of roommate relationship of "I treat you as a friend, you fleece me, and then stab me in the back"

Xin Ai was too lazy to pay attention to An Xiyuan and went straight back to his desk.

After Xin Ai went to college, he decorated his desk carefully. Even judging by the aesthetic standards ten years later, his desk is full of design sense. It is not only spacious, but also clean and tidy without appearing messy.

Xin Ai nodded with satisfaction. As expected of me, I have had a keen eye for aesthetics since childhood and also attached great importance to practical value.

He took a rough look and found that the textbooks for this semester had already been bought, and the books were filled with various stationery and drawing supplies, with some cleaning products placed in a corner.

There is a delivery box under the desk, which contains new paints that arrived after the National Day holiday.

Xin Ai took it and took a look, it was empty.

What Xin Ai remembers very clearly is that when the express arrived, he opened it and inspected it. Because it was a new model, Xin Ai felt very excited and tried the color briefly, but he never actually used it. He hasn't returned to the dormitory for a long time.

Now, there is not a single one left, only a courier box.

Afraid of hurting anyone by mistake, Xin Ai searched again. He searched the desk, drawers, wardrobe, and bed, but couldn't find it. He turned on his computer and went to Taobao to confirm the arrival time, and also looked through the photo album on his phone.

Xin Ai loves taking photos, so he must have taken photos when the new paint arrived. Sure enough, there are photos of the express carton filled with 24 colors of paint.

Xin Ai used to think that paint was just a small amount of money, and he and An Xiyuan were roommates, so it was no big deal to just use it. But now, he can't tolerate such bad habits as "taking other people's things without asking" and "borrowing things from others and using them as your own without returning them."

Moreover, in the entire dormitory, An Xiyuan is the only one who likes to take advantage of others. Cheng Yang and Cao Yishu would never touch his things, nor would they borrow things and not return them, and they would not go on variety shows to spread rumors about him.

Xin Ai turned to look at her three roommates and said in a light voice, "By the way, has anyone seen my paint? I just bought it, but now it's lost. I haven't found it for a long time."

Cheng Yang and Cao Yishu looked at An Xiyuan, obviously knowing that it was An Xiyuan who took it.

An Xiyuan looked innocent: "How are you looking at me? I don't know."

Cheng Yang and Cao Yishu both had ugly expressions. This kind of behavior of taking advantage of others was unbearable... frowning. The key point was that An Xiyuan didn't lack the money. It was impossible for a really poor student to learn art since elementary school and enter an art college. Even if he was a really poor student, the school would have a bunch of loans, grants, and scholarships waiting for you to apply.

Xin Ai didn't have the time to argue with him. He said calmly, "Okay, I'll call the police. They can open a case for 3,000 yuan. My set of paint cost more than 5,000 yuan."

An Xiyuan's face suddenly changed. He said, "It's just a set of paint. What's the big deal? Don't be so stingy."

Xin Ai smiled faintly: "I spent money and time to buy something and it's lost. What's wrong with calling the police? It's not appropriate for you to be so generous."

Cheng Yang, who had a bad temper, couldn't stand it at all and cursed: "You took someone's paint and give it back!"

An Xiyuan ignored him with a stinky face.

Xin Ai used her cell phone to call 110.

An Xiyuan was frightened when he saw Xin Ai was really going to call the police. He quickly said, "Wait, wait, I think your set of 24-color paints is here with me."

Xin Ai sneered.

An Xiyuan immediately found the set of paint and returned it to Xin Ai.

Xin Ai took a look and found that most of the paint was gone.

Xin Ai's major is different from theirs, and her training direction is also different. There is no oil painting course in fashion design this semester. Only students in the painting department like Xin Ai have oil painting courses.

Pure art is very expensive. A small tube of paint costs two or three hundred yuan. Generally, you buy 24 colors, so the price of a set is not low. Art students who paint oil paintings will also use them sparingly, otherwise who can afford it? If the canvas is a little bigger, the price of the paint alone will be four figures.

Moreover, painting an oil painting is quite time-consuming. It has only been a few days since I received the package. Even if you paint a lot, you can't use up so much paint. A set of 24-color paint on a small canvas can be used to paint many paintings.

An Xiyuan was simply wasting things, wasting other people's things, and he didn't feel sorry at all. He probably knew that Xin Ai was rich, so when he saw that there was no paint in the dormitory, he never asked and just bought some directly.

Xin Ai doesn't intend to indulge him. This person is too fake. He says one thing on the surface but does another behind the scenes? He seems to be on good terms with you, but in his heart he is dark and hates you madly.

Xin Ai flipped through the photos she had taken earlier and said in a cold voice, "When I left, the courier had just arrived. This set of paints has never been used. Every stick is full. It's only been four days. You're going to use up all the paints before returning them to me?!"

An Xiyuan looked extremely aggrieved, and he even started to act like a spoiled child: "Xin Ai, I just borrowed it for a while, don't be so angry."

Xin Ai replied coldly: "First, you don't seem to have asked me to borrow this set of paint; second, a set of paint cannot be finished in a few days. You are not using up the empty paint, you are squeezing it out."

Seeing the cold attitude, An Xiyuan no longer gave in. He said unhappily, "Then what do you want?"

Xin Ai pushed the paint back to him and took a screenshot of the order on Taobao and sent it to him: "Pay me the money, 5,200 yuan, or I'll call the police."

An Xiyuan's face turned pale: "Where did I get so much money?"

Xin Ai didn't want to argue anymore and called 110.

An Xiyuan was not in the right in this matter. If he really called the police, he would have to pay money and be criticized and educated by the police. It would be embarrassing if this matter became a big deal. An Xiyuan quickly sorted out the relationship and changed his words: "I will compensate you."

Xin Ai was not surprised that An Xiyuan gave in and paid the money. Some people are just so outrageous. If you treat him as a friend, he will not take it seriously and may even stab you in the back. If you are a little bit fierce, he will not dare to mess with you.

Xin Ai said: "Alipay, online banking, it's up to you to decide."

Art students like An Xiyuan complain about being poor every day, but their family is well off, above middle class. Although his family cannot provide him with limited edition shoes and luxury clothes, they are willing to spend money on his education. In order to get him into a good school, you will enroll him in training courses worth hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

If you get into a top university and your family gets a lot of bonuses, you will never be short of money.

An Xiyuan was quite generous in transferring the money. He really had money, and he knew that Xin Ai was not easy to mess with now. But there was a flash of viciousness in his eyes when he was transferring the money.

Xin Ai received the transfer, but he was still on guard. He said coldly, "Wait a minute, I'll write you a receipt."

An Xiyuan was a little confused: "..."

There is also this kind of operation.

Cheng Yang and Cao Yishu also looked over in surprise. They felt that Xin Ai had changed a lot after the National Day holiday. During the military training, Xin Ai looked like the kind of naive rich second-generation who was well-protected.

However, the two did not think much about it, they just thought that Xin Ai was very angry. An Xiyuan's behavior of taking advantage of his roommate's wealth, generosity and easy to get along with and secretly squeezing out the paint without asking any questions was eerie and made people very uncomfortable.

Xin Ai went downstairs specifically to buy a receipt book, wrote down the time, place, amount collected, and reason for collection, and asked An Xiyuan to sign it. He also took photos as evidence, and only then was the matter settled.

He didn't want the 5,200 yuan compensation to be considered extortion and lead to a lawsuit.