"It seems no different from being at home," Zhen Tian concluded.
Ji Yu's hands gripped the steering wheel, his thumb unconsciously rubbing against it: "Sweetie?"
"Um?"
"Is there anyone in your college who is close to you...?" Ji Yuzhi pondered for a moment, then changed his approach, asking, "Is there anyone you're on good terms with?"
"Yes." Zhen Tian replied without hesitation, "I get along very well with my roommates, especially Yang Tao, who is very similar to Jiu Jiu in personality."
"What about the boys?"
“Yes, I have. Our student council president has helped me a lot.” Zhen Tian swayed her upper body, looking unsteady. “He also helped me with the registration when school started. He’s a very nice person.”
"Anything else?"
"That's all. I didn't have military training and I'm not very familiar with my classmates yet."
"Um."
Ji Yuzhi fell silent.
"Zhizhi?" Zhen Tian noticed his strange mood and called out to him in confusion.
"Hmm. I was just thinking about how busy I've been lately." He parked the car steadily in front of Zhen Tian's dormitory before slowly speaking: "If it were before, you would definitely have complained, but you've barely even called me a few times. I think you should have your own life too, instead of just revolving around me."
Ji Yuzhi's voice was low and hoarse. His face was not visible in the darkness, but his dejection was clearly audible.
Zhen Tian thought for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Only, only, only."
She unbuckled her seatbelt, stepped over the barrier between the driver's seat and the passenger seat, and sat on his lap, somewhat deliberately but shyly.
Ji Yuzhi was so startled by her actions that he didn't move.
"Are you jealous because I ignored you?" Zhen Tian cupped his face in her hands, her eyes adjusting to the darkness so she could see his face clearly. "I really wanted to call you too, I really wanted you to be with me every day. I also think that when you're doing translation, running your studio, or doing what you love, you shine, you're incredibly charming. I really like that side of you."
"So I told myself, I shouldn't be like before. I should love every moment of Zhizhi's life, whether it's having only me in my eyes in the past, being busy in the present, or perhaps having a future with a home. As long as it's you."
After his initial surprise, Ji Yuzhi's eyes were filled with tenderness. He gazed at Zhen Tian, as if he really needed to re-evaluate the little girl he was protecting.
"It can only be you."
Zhen Tian felt shy under his gaze, yet also felt a deep connection. She naturally wrapped her arms around Ji Yuzhi's neck and slowly moved closer until her lips touched his soft lips.
The moment she touched it, she couldn't help but tremble.
Then she closed her eyes and, imitating Ji Yuzhi's past actions, gently kissed him.
Little did he know how much effort Ji Yuzhi, equally shaken, used to suppress the urge to pin her to the steering wheel, and instead responded to her gentle kisses.
The kiss between Zhen Tian was very short, but it felt like centuries had passed for both of them.
Ji Yuzhi lovingly stroked her hair, and slowly smiled in the darkness.
Zhen Tian didn't know why he was laughing, but seeing him laugh, she couldn't help but laugh too.
…………
As the days went by, Zhen Tian and her roommates were tormented by advanced mathematics every day.
Besides attending classes, they also have to deal with homework, and in addition to homework, they also have to take tests from time to time.
This made them feel, in a daze, as if they were math students. Otherwise, why would they be in such a terrible situation?
Ye Qingyan sat in the cafeteria, looking at the four people sitting next to her who couldn't tell the difference between chopsticks and pens, and just wanted to burst out laughing.
"No, I mean, is it really that serious?"
Zhen Tian looked up slowly and said, "You, who don't study advanced mathematics, wouldn't understand."
“Yes, people who don’t study advanced mathematics are now considered social outcasts.” Yang Tao looked up from her notebook, her eyes filled with resentment.
"Just copying the answers to the homework is fine."
"I won't pass that test." Jin Yaya bit her pen.
"If you fail the exam, you fail. What else can you do?"
"You can still fail a course." Jiang Wei pouted.
Ye Qingyan shrugged: "Then I can only wish you all the best."
"Waaaaah, I want to cry. What should I do, Qingyan?" Zhen Tian threw down her pen and hid in Ye Qingyan's arms, wailing loudly.
"What can be done?"
"I don't want to fail my course."
"Then study hard."
"But I can't learn it."
Ye Qingyan: "..."
You're making things difficult for me, the beautiful Ye.
"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."
"Go away."
Zhen Tian pointed angrily outside the cafeteria.
"Hey, you guys are watching TV."
Yang Tao's voice suddenly stopped sounding dejected; it was the tone of someone who, as a gossip spreader, was discovering something new and interesting.
"What?"
Several people's attention was drawn to her.
Yang Tao didn't turn her head, staring fixedly at the television set hanging in the center of the cafeteria.
"Wait, wait, that just happened."
Yang Tao didn't say what she saw, but everyone was bored and waited with her.
"Here he comes!" Yang Tao excitedly tugged at Zhen Tian's skirt. "Look at that boy!"
Several people stared wide-eyed as they searched on the television.
"Did you see him? Did you see him? That handsome young man behind the fifth speaker!"
Zhen Tian saw it, and not only did she see it, she also recognized it.
Ye Qingyan saw it too, and she excitedly berated Zhen Tian, then kept winking at her.
"This guy is so handsome!" Jin Yaya exclaimed excitedly, just like Yang Tao.
"This is an international conference!" Jiang Wei observed for a moment: "Is that young man a translator?"
"Wow, this character design is so awesome! I've already imagined a 200,000-word novel about it."
"So young to be able to attend this kind of conference, and so handsome too. Oh no, now even the male protagonists in my novels will have faces."
"I really hope some big shot sees this guy's lineup like we do, and then exposes it to me."
The three of them started discussing it enthusiastically.
"Quickly ask Brother Ji what's going on." Ye Qingyan didn't expect Ji Yuzhi to be so well-connected, even attending such an important meeting.
"No." Zhen Tian shook her head.
Why?
"This is a live broadcast." Zhen Tian pointed to the word "live" in the upper right corner of the TV.
"Oh, you're so thoughtful. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been good to bother Brother Ji if I called. I probably wouldn't have been able to get through anyway. Did you know that Brother Ji went to a meeting?"
Zhen Tian seemed to be deaf to the sounds around her. Even in the noisy cafeteria, she could accurately pick up Ji Yuzhi's voice and every word he uttered.
Unfortunately, Ji Yuzhi had disappeared from the second half of the meeting.
The food in front of Zhen Tian and the others had gone cold. The group returned to their dormitory, discussing Ji Yuzhi all the way.
She also received a reply from her boyfriend.
[Owl]: I was only there to fill in for the first half of the meeting.
[Owl emoji]: Don't stay up late, I'll bring you a gift when I go back in a couple of days.
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