Chapter 1: The Rival's Tale - Another sock went missing...

You are an honest person.

[Current emotional state between the main characters: hostile.]

It's raining again.

Xie Changyu looked listless, somewhat annoyed as he watched the light rain outside intensify.

...The clothes won't dry again.

Luckily it's the weekend today.

He glanced outside, but could only vaguely see the dormitory building across the street. The rain was already heavy and began to drift slowly towards him, landing on his fair face.

Feeling the slight coolness on her face, Xie Changyu quickly put away the hanging socks and closed the door connecting the balcony to the dormitory, preventing the rainwater from entering.

Although it rained, the temperature did not drop at all, and the air conditioner in the dormitory continued to run.

His other three roommates were not there. They had many other entertainment activities and rarely stayed in the dorm on weekends, unlike him.

As an ordinary poor student at the end of the month, he wouldn't dare to leave the air conditioner on all day if he were alone in the dorm. But his roommate was too generous and had already paid the water and electricity bills for the semester in advance, so he didn't have to split the bill.

The importance of a wealthy roommate...

Thinking of this, Xie Changyu smiled and happily carried the dry clothes into the bathroom, ready to take a shower.

He put the clothes on the unused rack, then looked in the mirror. All the stray hairs on his forehead were swept up, and his eyes were excessively dark.

He muttered to himself, "His hair's grown again..."

His hair had grown so long it almost reached his eyes, and sometimes it would prick his eyes, making him very uncomfortable.

I made a funny face at myself in the mirror, and the next second I was amused by my own childish behavior.

Xie Changyu has always been a homebody. Apart from participating in some mandatory credit activities, he spends most of his time in his dormitory and can hold his phone and computer all day long.

Getting a haircut is a big undertaking, but luckily there's a dedicated hair salon on campus, so he doesn't have to leave. He plans to go out and get his hair cut when the weather gets nicer.

He smugly admired his own face, and after admiring it enough, he let his hair down, turned on the shower, and took off his clothes one by one, revealing his excessively pale body.

The sound of water running in the bathroom gradually rose.

Fifteen minutes had passed by the time we came out.

As soon as he came out, Xie Changyu saw someone who shouldn't be in the dormitory at this time, and their eyes met.

Qi Yan.

The person in front of me had a cold and sharp look in his eyes, clean and crisp facial features, and was very tall. He didn't look like someone to be trifled with.

He's a bit of a coward.

But he had a moment of doubt. This was the first time he had seen Qi Yan on a weekend. If he remembered correctly, this roommate rarely stayed in the dormitory and spent most of his time in hotels, which he had heard were his family's hotels.

Xie Changyu, a poor man, shed tears of envy.

Although they had been living together for two months, he wasn't very familiar with any of his three roommates and didn't have much in common with them.

But since they'd run into each other all the time, he decided to say hello and check in.

Before he could even speak, he saw his roommate staring at him, speaking with a smile, "Changyu, classmate."

The tone was too familiar.

Xie Changyu hesitated for a moment before politely replying, "Classmate Qi."

His hair was still dripping wet, which made him a little uncomfortable. After greeting his roommate, he stopped looking at him, sat down in his seat, and took out a hairdryer to start drying his hair.

The hairdryer started working, blowing hot air onto his head, drying and softening his hair, which lay flat against his forehead, making him look particularly well-behaved.

The phone on the table kept buzzing intermittently, but Xie Changyu ignored it, focusing on drying her hair without moving.

He was wearing a white t-shirt, and as he bent over, a glimpse of white skin was revealed at his waist.

Even though the hairdryer was pointed at his head, Xie Changyu felt a burning heat in his waist, and he shifted uncomfortably.

His hair dried quickly in the air-conditioned room. He put away the hairdryer, casually ran his fingers through his hair a few times, revealing his handsome features.

"Buzz-Buzz-Buzz"

My phone just received a message.

Xie Changyu picked it up and glanced at it; someone was telling him to play games.

He replied with an "okay".

He placed his finger on the screen, checked the time—it was past four in the afternoon—and opened an app to order takeout.

Then I climbed into bed and went to play video games.

He had completely forgotten about the other person in the dormitory.

Xie Changyu has a habit of staying up late to play games, so he has prepared several headphones. After rummaging around on the bed for a while, he finally found the Bluetooth headphones from last night. He put on the headphones and opened the familiar game interface.

The teams were already set up. Seeing that there were only four people in the team, he cleared his throat, turned on his microphone, and asked, "Who wants to invite someone to join so we can have a five-person team?"

Xie Changyu's voice is clear and clean, and like his appearance, it is very deceptive, which makes him very popular online and greatly satisfies his vanity.

Instead of being ignored like in reality.

At that moment, the cute girl's mic lit up, and her sweet voice said, "Then I'll call someone, you guys wait a bit."

"good."

He nodded in agreement.

The wait wasn't long; soon a completely black avatar entered the room.

The sweet girl then said, "This is my brother."

Seeing that he had no intention of turning on his microphone, Xie Changyu started the game directly.

When choosing heroes, he heard something and his lips curled up, his eyes smiling: "Okay, then your brother will play marksman, and I'll pick Yao to play with you today."

This girl is very good at both jungling and marksman roles. He often plays Yao with her to easily climb the ranks.

The entire dormitory was eerily quiet, with only his intermittent murmurs coming from the bed.

"That's awesome." "Thank you for the blue." "Archer, come pick me up."

After half an hour on the phone, the food delivery call came through. "I'll stop here for now, I need to eat dinner."

"Okay, I'll play later."

Xie Changyu greeted them and then left.

He even sent a message to that "cute girl" before logging off.

Done.

As Xie Changyu climbed out of bed, he noticed that Qi Yan was still sitting there with his legs crossed, staring intently at his phone, seemingly doing something. Without disturbing him, Xie Changyu opened the dormitory door in his slippers and went downstairs to get his takeout.

Fortunately, the food delivery is always brought downstairs, so I don't need to take an umbrella.

When Xie Changyu was picking up her takeout, she accidentally bumped into someone with a cool and aloof expression, whose demeanor stood out among the crowd.

"Excuse me."

The voice is also very clear and pleasant.

[The White Moonlight has arrived.]

Xie Changyu touched his ear, which was a little red—from the impact.

He tilted his head slightly, not paying much attention, and replied that it was nothing.

The clattering sound of slippers gradually faded into the distance.

After receiving the takeout and returning to the dorm, Qi Yan was no longer looking at his phone and was sitting there conspicuously. He looked at him and said, "Eating so early?"

Xie Changyu looked at his nonchalant expression, as if he was just asking casually and trying to get closer to him.

To be honest, Xie Changyu knew that his roommates were all very good-looking, and in comparison, he was rather ordinary. What was even worse was that their families were all very wealthy.

Therefore, he felt inferior when facing these people.

The evil rich.

Xie Changyu angrily stuffed a large clump of rice into his mouth, swallowing repeatedly, and mumbled a response, not really wanting to communicate with him.

But Qi Yan didn't seem to notice that he was unusually talkative today, especially towards Xie Changyu.

He said with a smile, "From today onwards, I will be living in the dormitory permanently. Please take good care of me, Changyu."

They kept calling her "Changyu classmate," which sounded rather formal and literary. Xie Changyu wasn't used to it. "Calling her 'classmate Xie'" would have been much better.

But a long-term stay?

Xie Changyu didn't mind, since the dormitory wasn't just his own anyway. He nodded to indicate that he understood.

Having probably realized that he wasn't keen on communicating, Qi Yan didn't force him to chat this time.

Xie Changyu breathed a sigh of relief and continued rummaging through the takeout menu.

[Cannon Fodder Role Playing Progress +1]

After finishing his meal, Xie Changyu didn't rush to play games. He took out the socks he had just put away from the basin, touched them, and found they were still a little damp. They needed to be dried for a while longer.

However, it can't be dried on the balcony, so it can only be hung in the bathroom.

The bathroom is spacious enough to accommodate three people showering, so hanging up a sock shouldn't be a problem.

As he hung the socks up, Xie Changyu felt something was wrong. He looked at the only remaining sock in the basin and exclaimed, "Oh no, another sock is missing!"

Her little face scrunched up, looking somewhat dejected. This was the fifth time she'd been missing socks. What was going on?

He needs to buy new socks again.

With no other option, he threw away the only remaining sock, and after dealing with it, he returned to bed and began his "isolated" life in bed.

A note from the author:

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