Chapter 4: Enemies Meet Again Bo Ying felt like she had provoked...

The alarm clock rang for the third time. Bai Ying opened her heavy eyelids, but she was still in a state of awakening and buffering.

I stared at the ceiling in a daze. What day was it? Where was she?

The uncle next door had just finished work in the early morning, making quite a lot of noise. The soundproofing in the rental apartment was very poor, and Bai Ying woke up and tossed and turned, only able to fall back asleep at dawn.

"Oh no!" The girl suddenly jumped up from the bed. She almost forgot that she had classes this morning.

After quickly washing up, she never treated her stomach badly no matter how tight the time was, so she used toast, fried eggs and bacon to make herself a simple sandwich.

I ran to the elevator, then remembered something important, rushed back to the room, grabbed a can of food and put it in my bag before going out again.

Today's class is a compulsory public course for all majors: Financial Management.

Bai Ying has never been very sensitive to or interested in numbers, and the mathematics in the college entrance examination is the limit of her knowledge in this life.

When she thought about the pile of formulas that she had to analyze and memorize in the financial management class, she got a headache as if by instinct.

She should be the worst student in the Bai family. Her grandfather, parents are professors and doctoral supervisors, and her grandmother and aunt also have doctoral degrees. She is the only one who is struggling to graduate as an undergraduate.

Not long ago, my aunt gave birth to a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. The hope of her generation's top students now rests on this pair of cousins.

Thinking of this, Bai Ying found the teaching building where the class was held.

Even a simple U-shaped corridor exposed her other weakness: she was directionally challenged.

When we finally found the classroom, it was already full of students and the professor was already giving a speech at the podium.

Bai Ying stuck out her tongue, slipped in quietly through the back door, and sat quietly in the last row.

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The first financial management class of the new semester was very simple. After the professor introduced himself and the course schedule, he put forward the requirements for grouping for homework: four students sitting in the same row were randomly formed into teams.

Bai Ying quickly glanced at the row where she was sitting. In the last row, there was a male and female couple sitting at the same table and a man wearing a baseball cap.

The boy and girl who were sitting at the same table were a couple. She had seen them at the opening ceremony. The girl who was dressed fashionably was called Zhong Qiu and the boy was called Huang Kaiwen.

Bai Ying smiled at them, and they smiled back.

The man in the baseball cap sitting in the corner met Bai Ying's friendly gaze, but he passed it by expressionlessly.

Bai Ying was stunned for a moment, and quickly came back to her senses. She vaguely felt that this person looked familiar.

After class, people from each group stayed in the classroom to exchange contact information.

Zhong Qiu was very familiar. "Hi, let's add each other on WhatsApp. We all have different majors, so if it's inconvenient for us to come to school at the same time, we can discuss homework in the group."

The three people added each other in a friendly manner and joined the group.

"Leon doesn't have a smartphone and doesn't use WhatsApp, so he might need to contact us via email." Huang Kaiwen was a little embarrassed.

Leon, Leon, has the same name as the cold-blooded killer uncle in the movie "Léon: The Professional". This thought flashed through Bai Ying's mind.

The girl thought again, how could anyone still use a BlackBerry in this day and age? Even her grandparents kept up with the latest electronic gadgets, using the latest models.

After a moment's silence, Zhong Qiu suggested, "How about we set up a fixed time every week to discuss this?"

"I'm fine, it's OK." Bai Ying agreed.

The man in the baseball cap leaned over and said, "Under normal circumstances, I'm fine with that. I have to go to the company soon, so we might have to make an appointment in advance."

This time Bai Ying saw clearly that the familiar person was indeed the one who had been flicked on the forehead by her with one finger. What a coincidence!

The girl wanted to quietly raise her head to confirm again, but her peeking glance was immediately caught.

Qin Yonglian folded his arms and looked at her leisurely, the smile on his lips deepening, the arrogance and curiosity in his eyes made him look like a lazy beast.

Bai Ying felt a little embarrassed. She never expected that after traveling around the world, she would offend her own classmate.

No wonder the saying goes: Enemies often meet.

However, there was also a 50% chance that the man did not recognize her. After all, she had put on heavy makeup that night, and she had only worn that eye-catching bling bling dress once.

Today she was wearing a popular hooded sweatshirt and jeans. If you randomly picked someone in the school, you would find that nine out of ten people were dressed the same way.

"Leon!"

A young boy called his name at the door. Bai Ying looked in the direction of the voice and couldn't help but feel his temples throbbing. The person who came was the boy who stood behind Qin Yonglian that night to help watch the fun.

Su Jiahao is also studying at the same university, majoring in finance, and will graduate next year.

Although he was four years younger than Qin Yonglian, he became his senior.

Recalling the years when he was suppressed by the little devil, Senior Su felt inexplicably satisfied after his promotion, and came to the table where the four people were discussing with a smug look on his face.

"Huh? You're here too?" Su Jiahao recognized Bai Ying almost at first sight.

Bai Ying was startled, "Hey! You know me?"

Su Jiahao raised his finger in the air, making a catapult gesture, his expression seeming to reflect on the past. "I have to know you! Good shoot!"

Good, what a big-headed ghost! Bai Ying held his forehead helplessly, looked at Qin Yonglian, and coughed awkwardly: "Classmate, it turned out to be you, hehe."

"Well, it's me." Qin Yonglian cooperated very well. He walked past her shoulder, tilting his head and whispering casually.

It was as if a warm breeze rushed past his ears. Bai Ying couldn't help but shrugged his shoulders, feeling as if he had offended someone who was not easy to deal with.

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Everyone briefly discussed the first division of labor and the time for the next discussion, and Zhong Qiu volunteered to be the team leader.

As soon as the group meeting ended, Bai Ying grabbed her backpack and prepared to run away.

There was a lot of awkwardness in the air, and she needed to calm down.

Qin Yonglian: "Huh? Leaving so soon?"

"I have something urgent to do. I need to do a part-time job, hehe."

Bai Ying glanced at Qin Yonglian's baseball cap with a guilty conscience.

I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but I always feel that men wear hats to cover up the marks on their foreheads left by violence.

At this moment, Bai Ying regretted that she had been too harsh on Tan Yonglian that night. After all, her ten years of Wing Chun training were not in vain.

Her grandmother always taught her not to bully the weak and not to use fists and feet without judgment, but she was blinded by lust and attacked a beautiful girl from a high mountain.

"See you next time!" Without thinking too much, the girl turned around and ran away lightly, her long black braid drawing an arc in the air.

Su Jiahao looked at Qin Yonglian and said cheerfully, "How is it? You're back to school after such a long absence. Are you feeling good? Are you moved to tears?"

Qin Yonglian’s mind suddenly flashed with Bai Ying’s clear and sparkling eyes, but he smiled without saying a word.

"Let's go. To celebrate your enrollment in college, I'll take you out for a nice meal."

Senior Su brought junior Qin to the largest 711 convenience store on campus.

Qin Yonglian looked at him: "???"

“The soul of our PolyU lies in the curry fish balls at this 7-Eleven* (7-Eleven in Cantonese),” explained Su Jiahao.

"When you're running late for class, after class, before an exam, or after a late night, a bowl of steaming hot curry fish balls is the perfect choice! It's a gas station for men and a beauty salon for women."

Qin Yonglian waited patiently for him to finish, then said slowly, "Is it so amazing? Please place your order quickly, senior."

Su Jiahao smiled and handed over two bowls of curry fish balls. "Be good, senior, I'll tell you another secret. Standing by that window, overlooking the sunset over the campus while eating fish balls* (fish balls) is simply a great pleasure in life."

He tilted his head and said, "Eh? Isn't that the finger snapping girl?"

Hearing the voice, Qin Yonglian looked outside and saw a familiar small figure walking quickly on the stone path in front of the library.

Bai Ying trotted past with a can in her hand. When she passed the edge of the flower bed, a few sparrows that were pecking at food were startled and flew away with flapping wings.

Su Jiahao nudged him with his elbow, "Junior, did you give her any trouble? Don't let a little girl make you feel awkward just because she attacked you."

"Do I have it?"

"They just invited you to join the group, why did you refuse?"

Qin Yonglian glanced at Su Jiahao, too lazy to explain, and started eating the fish balls seriously.

Su Jiahao realized it belatedly and sighed, "Oh yes, you are still using a 2G era mobile phone, which is different from us modern people."

Qin Yonglian glanced at the man standing at the door of the convenience store and frowned, "Yes, we are different."

"Wow! Why is Qin Yuan here again?" Su Jiahao mechanically tapped the fish balls in the bowl with a small bamboo skewer in his hand.

"Leon, what else is there to monitor in school? Is that person so concerned about your presence? Ugh..."

Senior Su had a loving fish ball sent by junior Qin stuffed into his mouth.

"Even delicious food can't stop you from talking." Qin Yonglian's voice was lazy, but every word was powerful.

The man's eyes were focused, his temperament was cold and arrogant, and he seemed out of place everywhere here.

Su Jiahao thought about their nearly twenty years of friendship. Qin Yonglian never played by the rules, and no matter how low-key he was, he could not hide the brilliance around him.

It was precisely this irresistible brilliance that made him the target of public criticism.

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Bai Ying was so focused on "escaping" that she was running on the way home when she suddenly remembered the canned food she had put in her schoolbag that morning. She braked quickly, turned a corner, and rushed to school again.

Walking to the back door of the school library, there is an open and quiet lawn.

Bai Ying looked around but didn't find any familiar figure.

"Meow~ Meow~" She imitated the cat's meow into the air.

After waiting quietly for a while, there was still no movement.

It seems that I have to rely on the old method. Bai Ying placed the can in the palm of his hand and turned it in a direction. Then he heard a crisp "click" sound as the can was opened.

"Meow~"

A timid kitten chirped.

The corners of Bai Ying's lips curled up. It seemed that he was a clever little fellow. Most people couldn't coax him out, but the temptation of delicious food was irresistible.

In terms of eating delicious food, the kitten is quite similar to me.

A small brown tabby cat came out from nowhere and came tremblingly to Bai Ying's feet. It raised its furry head and stared at the can of kitten mousse milk cake in her hand with its round eyes.

The kitten seemed to have grown a little bigger than a few days ago. The blue film in its eyes slowly disappeared, revealing a pool of emerald green eyes.

When she met those green eyes, Bai Ying was stunned. She seemed to have a special affinity with the color green recently.

The little kitty waited for a long time, but the two-legged beast was still standing there in a daze. The cat became a little bolder and patted the tip of Baiying's shoes with its paw.

"Come on, come on, take your time and eat. Don't be in a hurry. I'll bring you cat food tomorrow. Do you want tuna-flavored soup cubes or salmon jelly?"

Bai Ying found this stray cat on campus half a month ago. At that time, the cat was curled up in her palm, howling with hunger.

After finishing the food in her hand, it became lively again, suddenly jumped into the grass and disappeared. The kitten's attitude of advocating freedom showed that it was a rebellious cat.

Bai Ying is a member of the university's Stray Cat Care Association (CAT Association), whose mission is to reduce the number of stray cats through peaceful means such as adoption and sterilization. She took photos and videos of the kitten and kept a detailed record. She plans to take it to a veterinary hospital for sterilization when it's older, so that the kitten can find a loving home soon.

Whenever she came to school, she would stop by to see if it was there, and bring it some nutritious cat food to supplement its nutrition.

Today the kitten seems to be particularly fond of this can of kitten mousse cake, and its little head almost wants to burrow into the can.

Bai Ying stretched out her finger and gently tapped the kitten's forehead to remind it not to act too hastily.

The cat whined in dissatisfaction and looked up at her.

Bai Ying couldn't help but burst out laughing. This arrogant and cute little look was exactly the same as someone else's.

The author has something to say:

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Bai Ying: After tapping the handsome guy’s forehead, I continue tapping the kitten’s (╭￣ 3￣)╭

Kitten: Life has finally dealt a hand to this sweet little kitty of mine.

Author: In real life, feeding stray cats is harmful. You can search Baidu for details. Please do not feed stray cats and dogs. I hope every life can be treated with kindness.

The author’s wish list: I will have a cat!

All the cuties who leave comments during the New Year’s Day holiday will get a little kitten (in the form of red envelopes), hehe!