When Xia Qingqing returned to the dormitory, her roommates were all studying diligently.
Upon seeing her return, Liu Huimin was the first to put down her book: "Qingqing, you're finally back! We thought you weren't coming back tonight."
Xia Qingqing said she was going on a date with her boyfriend early this morning, but she ended up going for the whole day and still hadn't seen him come back by dark.
As a married woman, Liu Huimin was genuinely worried that the two young people might succumb to temptation and do something dangerous.
In this day and age, premarital behavior is considered immoral. If it were to result in someone's death, only Xia Qingqing's studies would be affected, while the man would remain completely unaffected.
Seeing that Xia Qingqing had returned in time, Liu Huimin breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Qingqing knew that Liu Huimin was concerned about her, so she smiled at her and said, "Of course I have to come back. If I don't, I'll be sleeping on the streets."
Although she got along well with her three roommates, Xia Qingqing didn't tell them about buying a house, only saying that she was out having fun.
Liu Huimin was amused by Xia Qingqing's words: "Qingqing, where did you and your boyfriend go today?"
"I haven't gone out yet since school started. How about we find some time to go out and have some fun together as a group of four?"
Liu Huimin is not from Beijing. After entering the school on the first day of school, she basically did not go out. She was thinking of buying some local specialties and snacks from Beijing to send back to her son.
As Xia Qingqing took her handbag off and placed it on the table, she replied, "I have no objection. What about you two, Qiu-jie and Xiu-xiu? You two know Beijing best."
“I have no objection, but I haven’t been back for many years and I’m not very familiar with the roads anymore. Let Xiuxiu take us to play,” Xiang Qiu said, her eyes fixed on the book and without looking up.
Chen Xiu nodded upon hearing this and whispered, "I know the area fairly well. How about we go out together next week when we have a holiday?"
The other three nodded in agreement.
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Meanwhile, Song Ze, who was still riding his bike home, was unaware that he wouldn't be able to meet up with Xia Qingqing next week.
The school doesn't have weekends off now; there's only one day off per week. When Xia Qingqing goes out with her roommates, she doesn't have time to go out with Song Ze anymore.
It was very late when Song Ze arrived home. The house was quiet, and Grandpa Shen had already gone to bed.
Song Ze went to the bedroom to get his clothes, took a shower, went straight to bed, and fell asleep shortly afterward.
After falling asleep, Song Ze had a dream in which he married Xia Qingqing.
On her wedding day, Xia Qingqing wore a beautiful red dress and smiled sweetly.
Looking at the smiling girl in front of him, Song Ze could no longer suppress his desires.
Xia Qingqing responded to him enthusiastically, and Song Ze completely let go, doing in his dream everything he had wanted to do but dared not do in the grove earlier that day.
The next day, Song Ze woke up and found that something was wrong with his lower body, and a suspicious blush flashed across his face.
The thought that he would have to endure at least four more years of monk life made him feel hopeless, and he sighed and went to the bathroom to wash his pants.
Song Ze had just finished hanging up his pants when he bumped into Old Master Shen.
As someone who's been through it all, Old Master Shen understood perfectly well what he was seeing his aloof grandson getting up early to wash his face and underwear. He looked at Song Ze with a teasing gaze, thinking, "He's definitely at the age where he should be settling down."
Song Ze felt a little embarrassed by the gaze, but remembering that this was his maternal grandfather, he tried his best to suppress his embarrassment.
As the saying goes, as long as he's not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed.
"It's understandable that young people are energetic, but they should take it easy," Old Master Shen said before walking away.
This made Song Ze, who had already calmed down, blush deeply.
However, Song Ze did not expect that this was not the end, but the beginning. For a long time afterward, he experienced this kind of embarrassing situation many times, until he could finally remain calm and composed.
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Ever since Duan Hao was rejected after his last confession, and then coincidentally ran into Xia Qingqing's boyfriend, he has become listless.
After returning to the dormitory in a daze, he still couldn't escape the interrogation from Lü Kai and Qi Hui.
Duan Hao, still reeling from the second blow, recounted the failed confession to his two roommates.
After hearing this, Lü Kai and Qi Hui looked at each other in dismay. This was indeed very unlucky. Being rejected was bad enough, but to run into someone else's real girlfriend was even worse. It was truly a miserable situation.
Duan Hao spent the whole day in his dorm room trying to heal his heartbreak, and even had his roommates bring him his meals.
On Monday, Duan Hao stopped trying to get close to Xia Qingqing and always chose a seat furthest away from her.
When he sees Xia Qingqing coming towards him, he will immediately take the initiative to avoid her.
This stark contrast to his previous attitude made many in the class realize that Duan Hao's affection for Xia Qingqing was quite obvious.
Many of his classmates are either married with children or have partners; it's easy to see through his little scheme.
This current behavior of avoiding her like the plague most likely means that Xia Qingqing has rejected her.
The classmates also knew their limits, and no one deliberately brought up this painful matter to ask Duan Hao, thus rubbing salt into his wounds.
No, there's still one person.
Lu Kai, being a good friend, put his arm around Duan Hao's shoulder and whispered in his ear:
"Haozi, I'm telling you, you don't need to avoid Xia like this. You haven't done anything wrong. You just got rejected. You'll get used to it after a couple more times."
Duan Hao: "......"
Does this sound like something a human being would say? What does it mean to be rejected twice?
"Just kidding, I just wanted to cheer you up when you were unhappy," Lu Kai said, realizing his joke had failed, and gave an awkward chuckle.
Duan Hao gave him a speechless look: "I appreciate your sentiment, but please don't make this kind of joke again next time."
Lu Kai nodded with a grin: "By the way, how about I ask my girlfriend to introduce you to someone at her school?"
"Hey, hey, don't be so biased! I don't have a boyfriend either!" Qi Hui threatened, grabbing Lü Kai's neck immediately upon hearing his words.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll definitely introduce you to someone too, please let me go first," Lu Kai pleaded repeatedly as he was being strangled and forced backward.
Qi Hui released him with satisfaction: "That's more like it."
Duan Hao was still immersed in the pain of heartbreak and shook his head, refusing: "Don't introduce me to anyone. I don't want to talk about finding a partner anymore."
He didn't think any girl could compare to Xia Qingqing, and besides, he hadn't recovered from his previous heartbreak, so how could he go and provoke other girls?
Ignoring his objections, Lü Kai continued, "How do you know it won't work if you don't try? It's settled then, we'll all go out together next week, and I'll have my girlfriend bring two friends."
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