Chapter 4: The Rival - My Roommate is a Rival

Then, Jiang Yue concealed the look in his eyes, his expression indifferent. He sat steadily in the chair, changing his previous crossed-finger gesture to crossing his arms, and shifted his gaze to the textbook prepared beside him, lowering his eyes in deep thought.

Deep-set eyes with distinct features.

He had a cold demeanor that completely refused to communicate with people.

Seeing this, Qi Yan chuckled inwardly, thinking that Jiang Yue was really good at pretending. Although they grew up together, he and Jiang Yue had always disliked each other. If it weren't for the fact that their families wanted to maintain good relations and cooperation, he would have fallen out with this guy long ago. So, he had no qualms about slandering this person in front of Qi Yan just now.

As for why he suddenly smeared Xie Changyu, Qi Yan naturally wouldn't admit that it was simply because of Jiang Yue's cold look at Xie Changyu.

Both those who know Jiang Yue and those who don't would think he's very cold and aloof. Few people can get a good look from him. Xie Changyu has always disliked this kind of person and wouldn't get too close to him. Logically, they shouldn't have any contact. Jiang Yue also maintained a normal, cold attitude. The two didn't even exchange a single word, and their relationship was very distant.

Qi Yan thought he was probably overthinking it; they had only known each other for a short time, how could that be...?

Because he had a workout session in the afternoon, Qi Yan sent a message on his phone after seeing that the person lying on the bed was no longer moving, then quickly tidied up and went out.

He was very careful when he left the room, afraid of waking the people who were already asleep. He opened and closed the door repeatedly, and left only one light on, so that the dormitory was not very bright but had enough light.

The dormitory room was instantly empty except for the two of them again. The space was completely silent and quiet.

One was asleep, and the other was quiet.

The air conditioner was running silently, and the temperature in the dormitory was getting lower and lower.

With his well-defined fingers resting on the screen, and his brows furrowed in a pale light, Jiang Yue turned on his phone and set the air conditioner's timer. After setting it, his fingers unconsciously tapped lightly on the phone's casing as he pondered.

After a moment, he looked up at the bed, which was now completely hidden by the curtains, his eyes dark and his arm twitching involuntarily, veins bulging.

...

Xie Changyu took a very satisfying afternoon nap, which greatly replenished the energy he had lost from staying up late last night. His face was rosy, his eyes were sparkling, and he was full of energy.

"—That was awesome."

He stretched lazily, looking completely relaxed.

He pulled back the bed curtains and peeked down—no one was there. They were all busy.

He got out of bed, checked the time on his phone, and saw it was 4 PM. He hadn't slept for very long, and after a quick mental comparison, Xie Changyu felt he hadn't lost out.

There was also a message from Qi Yan on WeChat, sent after he had gone to sleep. It basically said that he had gone to training and would wait for him to come back for dinner together that night.

Waiting for him to have dinner together? Xie Changyu blinked, puzzled that their relationship seemed to have grown too close too quickly. However, he didn't have anything the other party wanted, and having a rich second-generation friend wasn't bad either.

— For example, Gu Qingjia paid the water and electricity bills for the dormitory this semester, and he definitely benefited. This is also why he can tolerate the other party's occasional slightly abnormal behavior.

But that's not possible now. After finding out that the other person likes boys, he just wants to stay as far away from him as possible, let alone scrub each other's backs or anything like that.

Alas--

Xie Changyu got goosebumps. He didn't know why he was thinking about Gu Qingjia again, but that guy hadn't returned to the dormitory yet. He was probably still hanging out somewhere.

Returning to his senses, Xie Changyu typed back the message, saying he understood.

The other party replied very quickly, it felt like I was holding my phone and waiting for their reply.

[Top: Are you awake? I'll be done soon.]

Xie Changyu looked at the message and felt something was off. The guy's tone was too gentle. Qi Yan's image in his mind had been completely overturned. He had gone from a muscular, irritable man to a gentle, motherly man.

However, the claim of him being "irritable" is questionable; he only heard it secondhand. But his muscles are undeniably real, making me incredibly envious.

[Bored God: Waiting for you, waiting for you~]

After looking at his phone for a while, Xie Changyu felt a bit bored. Since he had to wait for someone and couldn't go to eat, he simply opened his phone and started searching for the gossip he had just learned from Qi Yan at noon. After all, it was about his roommate and was still somewhat related to him. He hadn't read the content carefully just now, so he just skimmed through it.

Find the previous forum password in the group, register, log in, and a new forum account is registered.

After Xie Changyu set a password that was easy to remember, he began browsing the forum content.

The hottest post on the forum right now is about his roommate's dramatic situation. Xie Changyu clicked on it and started browsing through the posts one by one.

His eyes widened, and by the end, he had only one thought: the rich are really messing around.

This post is very well organized, from the initial selection of popular new forum members to the current love triangle, the timeline is very clear.

Xie Changyu was dumbfounded. He never expected that his roommates would have such an exciting life in just two months since the start of the semester.

A tug-of-war between various male gods, with handsome pictures flying all over the forum, each one more handsome than the last.

"Ugh, it's so unfair! I got so tanned during military training that I look like a chocolate bar, and they at least have the looks to compete with!"

Xie Changyu looked at the marks on her arm that had completely faded and felt a lump in her throat. Thankfully, her skin had returned to normal.

He angrily blocked the images and chose to read only the text to learn what had happened.

—Ahhhhh, have you guys seen the pictures yet?! There are handsome guys every year, but this year there seem to be an unusually large number!

—Aa ...

——……+1

Xie Changyu frowned, scrolled past the floors filled with "ah ah ah ah" sounds, and continued reading.

—Enough with the chit-chat, and stop posting irrelevant stuff. Can someone explain what happened? (A third-year university student passing by)

—I know, I know!!! There are several handsome guys in this year's freshmen, all without makeup, and I heard that one of them publicly confessed his feelings to Wen Shu, a sophomore, on the playground!!! Apparently, he's from high school.

—!! I heard about it too, sob sob, but it seems Senior Wen Shu rejected him, and then another guy confessed to him, a handsome but aloof guy!!

—Wow, is this melon authentic? This is so exciting, two men fighting over one man?

—Just passing by~ I saw it with my own eyes~ It's true~ They're all super handsome guys!

—It's only been a little over a month, are the new students already this competitive?

—Didn't you hear they knew each other back in high school? They're now attending the same school!

—Speaking of which, Senior Wen is really handsome. Who wouldn't be mesmerized by his face? No wonder guys love him too.

—Sigh, why are all the handsome guys going to be gay?

………

Xie Changyu looked at the endless post and wondered how much they had talked. In less than half a month, there were already thousands of posts, almost ten thousand. Were they really that active?

His hands were tired from flipping through the pages; eating a melon was too tiring.

However, he roughly understood the situation. It was that Gu Qingjia, this playboy, had a white moonlight in high school. Now he followed the white moonlight to university and even confessed his feelings, but was rejected by the white moonlight. Then Jiang Yue also seemed to like Gu Qingjia's white moonlight and confessed his feelings as well, but was also rejected.

The two disliked each other, their relationship soured that they became known throughout the school as rivals, and he was the only one unaware?

Xie Changyu was also completely dumbfounded. He was the only one in his dorm who didn't know. He shouldn't have avoided logging into the forum because he thought it was too much trouble. Now, he was behind on the news.

He was a little annoyed. Although there were many homosexuals nowadays, it wasn't surprising, but he had never met any before. Suddenly being told that there were two homosexuals around him, and that they were even rivals, was something no one could accept.

Xie Changyu thought to himself that he planned to go to the counselor again that night to apply for a room change, wondering if he would be successful this time.

He didn't tell Qi Yan about this plan, since they weren't that close yet, and it would be pointless to say anything if it didn't work out.

Although he had made up his mind, he didn't have much confidence that the counselor would agree to his request. He had also inquired beforehand and it seemed that there were no vacancies in other boys' dormitories, but there were plenty of girls' dormitories. He couldn't possibly go and live with a girl, could he?

...I don't know if there are any empty seats now.

It took Xie Changyu quite a while to browse the forum, and by the time he had almost finished, it was already five o'clock.

However, there is still no news from Qi Yan; it will probably take another half hour.

Xie Changyu was fiddling with his phone when he suddenly realized that he hadn't chatted with his gaming buddy yet today, which wasn't good for their relationship.

He did notice that although his current ambiguous partner had a sweet voice, she was actually very slow to warm up to people and wasn't very proactive, even a bit aloof. This was quite different from the people he had met before, but it also gave him a sense of contrast and novelty, making him more patient with "her".

[Bored Guy: Good afternoon, have you had dinner yet?]

[Qiqi: ...No, I have no appetite.]

[Bored God: What's wrong? Why don't you have an appetite?]

[Qiqi: ...You didn't send me a good morning message this morning.]

Xie Changyu choked up, feeling a little guilty. He had indeed forgotten today, but he hadn't expected the other party to get upset.

[Bored Guy: Sorry, something came up and I forgot. What would you like to eat? I'll order for you, okay?]

Although it was a period of ambiguity, Xie Changyu ordered takeout for the other party many times and bought many small gifts, so his wallet emptied very quickly.

The other party initially refused, but eventually relented after Xie Changyu's persistent pleading. Now, hearing him say this, they can calmly order takeout.

In Xie Changyu's mind, it is only right to spend money on his girlfriend. Although they are just ambiguous relationships now, this window will be opened sooner or later, and it's about time.

Xie Changyu breathed a sigh of relief after clicking the link sent by the other party and making the payment.

[Bored Guy: I've already ordered~ Eat well later! Let's play games together later.]

【Qiqi: π_π】

[Qiqi: I miss you so much, baby.]

Xie Changyu blushed slightly. After all, no one can remain indifferent to a confession from someone they like. He covered his face and unconsciously pursed his lips, his eyes full of smiles.

So cute.

A note from the author:

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The guy who was completely smitten by the "cute girl" later found out she was gay and completely broke down and turned evil →_→. He's only so nice to his girlfriend, but he's never nice to his boyfriend; he's always the one being pampered by the guy.