78/Most Compatible
Only Chen Mian and Yu Yu were in the dormitory. They had applied to the school in advance to stay overnight during the winter break. Su Wangqiu and Deng Momo were locals from Beijing and went home as soon as the winter break started. They had invited Chen Mian and Yu Yu to come to their homes, but Chen Mian and Yu Yu declined. They had their own things to do and were working odd jobs at a law firm through their professional mentors.
However, since I'm only a freshman, my knowledge isn't very solid, and I'm only doing trivial things like organizing information.
Yu Yu didn't know that Chen Mian was in a relationship at first. She just thought that she and the handsome guy in the hoodie had broken up because they hadn't been in contact for a long time. However, after seeing Chen Mian with her phone in her hand for several days and making phone calls at night, she noticed something unusual.
"Mianmian, are you in a relationship?"
It was late December, and the weather in northern Beijing had turned completely cold. After the first snowfall in November, the snow continued to fall intermittently, covering the outside world in a silvery white. At night, the snowflakes hidden in the darkness under the streetlights in front of the girls' dormitory looked like white dots appearing when a TV malfunctioned. The wind howled outside the slightly ajar glass door, and the cold wind made the room, which was heated, even colder.
Chen Mian had her hair down, and the screen of her phone on the table was still on. The only person pinned to the top of her WeChat messages was asking when she would return to Beijing. The white and green message boxes filled the entire screen, filled with the trivialities of daily life.
She nodded to Yu Yu almost without hesitation.
"Yes, I'm in a relationship."
Yu Yu was completely stunned, her mouth felt like it was stuffed with an egg, and she didn't react until Chen Mian went into the bathroom.
Much later, she slumped onto her desk and let out a wail, "I'm the only single one left in the whole dorm..."
The news of Chen Mian's relationship spread like wildfire. Tsinghua University and China University of Political Science and Law are not far apart, and their social circles overlap. They are also the most eye-catching handsome men and beautiful women. Almost immediately, everyone knew that the handsome Tsinghua University student who had been trending on social media was dating the beautiful China University of Political Science and Law student.
Several versions have been circulated.
A more plausible version: It's said that the two were high school classmates and had a bit of a flirtation back then. But since they were both top students, they met again in college after the college entrance exam, which was like a bolt from the blue, and they immediately fell in love.
A less reliable version: These two are childhood sweethearts! They're both from Suibei, and they've been dating for several years. They were boyfriend and girlfriend back in junior high school, a perfect couple aiming for marriage!
There's even a melodramatic version: They were from the same family before, yes, a blended family with different fathers and mothers. Oh dear, a handsome man and a beautiful woman living under the same roof are bound to develop feelings for each other, right? Later, their parents found out something was wrong and immediately divorced, forcing the two to separate. Now they've reunited. It's both heartbreaking and sweet, who can understand?
When these versions reached Shen Yu's ears, he had just gotten off the plane and hadn't even had time to unpack his things in his apartment. You Huai, acting as the messenger, was sitting on his sofa, legs crossed, reading the message on his phone and raising his voice to shout to Shen Yu inside, "Lovers eventually become siblings?"
Shen Yu was too lazy to pay him any attention.
After he finished showering, he took a can of Coke from the refrigerator. He didn't chase You Huai away, but instead rummaged through the drawer and took out a game console. They each got a controller and connected it to the TV to play games.
You Huai asked him, somewhat bored, if he wanted to go play basketball tomorrow.
Shen Yu glanced at his phone. Chen Mian had been extremely busy at the law firm these past few days, only having time to have dinner with him in the evenings, and she had to get there before the school curfew. Since they had just started dating, Shen Yu didn't want to disrupt Chen Mian's life. He had been quite free these past few days, so he readily agreed to You Huai's suggestion, nodding, "What time?"
"Tonight, my friend's band is performing this afternoon, want to come check it out?"
Shen Yu was speechless for a moment. The controller was so hot in his hand that he looked at You Huai as if he were an idiot. "Why did you come to me instead of your girlfriend to watch the show?"
"Oh, girlfriend—" You Huai said casually, "We broke up."
He sat down on the floor with Shen Yu, leaning against the cushions next to the sofa, his expression indifferent. "I broke up with my girlfriend a few days ago. I didn't have one to go with me to see her, so I came to find you."
It's common for You Huai and Chen Yin to bicker, and their friends are used to it. When they were arguing the most, Chen Yin posted more than a dozen messages on her WeChat Moments saying that You Huai was a big idiot and that he released an emo single at midnight saying that being single is the best, etc.
The people around them had long since become numb to it. Their arguments had gone through a cycle of a dozen or so times, from trying to mediate to telling each other to "do whatever you want and don't bother us."
Normally, Shen Yu wouldn't have taken it seriously at all, and would have even been cold and indifferent, thinking "it's none of my business." But now it's different. He has a girlfriend now, and he can't stand hearing the word "breakup." It's too unlucky for him, so he immediately threw a pillow at You Huai.
"Can you say something auspicious?"
You Huai was speechless. He was in a bad mood, but Shen Yu made him laugh. "You should change your name, friend."
"Don't call yourself Shenyu, call yourself Wenwenyu (literary inquisition)."
*
Chen Mian and Yu Yu left the law firm at 5:30 pm.
The two found a Lanzhou noodle shop nearby and ordered two bowls of noodles. Yu Yu rubbed her shoulders and yawned, "Tomorrow is the weekend, Mianmian, what are your plans?"
During work hours, Chen Mian kept her phone on Do Not Disturb mode. While turning on mobile data, she said to Yu Yu, "I don't know yet."
This probably means that there might be some arrangements.
Having witnessed the passionate romances of Deng Momo and Su Wangqiu, Yu Yu was already quite familiar with these coded messages. She then gave a meaningful "oh" and remarked with a touch of emotion, "I thought your boyfriend was the clingy type. Do you remember our senior class leader? She was the one who called us 'Little Potato' back during military training."
Chen Mian remembers it vividly; the senior student had a humorous and cheerful personality. During military training, she helped the counselor and instructors take care of their training life. Whenever she saw them, she would call them "little potatoes" and was always full of enthusiasm. You could often hear her enthusiastic voice even before you saw her.
Good morning, my little potatoes!
Even though military training has been over for so long, and the senior students are no longer in charge of them and are busy with their own studies, the students in their class still instinctively shudder when they hear the word "potato".
Yu Yu: "I met my senior at the library a while ago. We had only been chatting for five minutes when her boyfriend came. He sat next to her and started chatting with her after reading only a few pages. He was also very handsy, either putting his arm around her shoulder or touching her hand. He was so clingy that I couldn't stand it."
"It's a good thing your boyfriend isn't like that. This is really affecting your life. Your relationship has become your whole life, and you can't even concentrate on your studies."
Chen Mian nodded in agreement, "That won't work."
Although they haven't been dating for long, Shen Yu isn't that type. When they're alone, he can be clingy, even knocking on the door while she's showering. But if he knows she has her own things to do, he won't bother her at all, and he won't send her messages every now and then like other people to ask what she's doing.
He would only ask her if she got to her dorm safely after she got off work, and if she wanted to have dinner together.
However, Shen Yu's time didn't completely follow hers. Before returning to Jingbei, Shen Yu told Chen Mian about his future plans. Next month, the senior students who worked with him on the project would return to Jingbei, and he would start to get busy. His parents didn't completely let him grow up freely. Once he crossed the threshold of adulthood, the heavy responsibility of inheriting the family business would gradually be transferred to his shoulders.
At that time, Shen Yu jokingly told her that their relationship was quite inspiring.
They both have their own things to do and won't let the other disrupt their pace at all.
With her senior classmate's boyfriend as a comparison, Chen Mian couldn't help but feel a little tempted to sink into the abyss.
Just then, Shen Yu sent a message.
—Remember to wear headphones when you turn it on.
Below is a video.
Chen Mian immediately rummaged through her bag for her earphones. Yu Yu, sitting opposite her, understood immediately that it was just another little trick between the young couple. She took out a book from her bag to read, indicating that she didn't need Chen Mian's attention at all.
Put on your headphones.
The video shows a small stage, surrounded by darkness, with only a beam of light shining down on the center, where a chair is placed and Chen Yu is sitting.
When the accompaniment started, Chen Mian's heart skipped a beat.
The last time she heard Shen Yu sing was on her birthday; Shen Yu played the piano and sang an English song for her.
However, this time was different. He sat in a lazy posture, and the person holding the phone below was not paying attention. The camera was so shaky that it was almost impossible to focus on the person's face.
He sang along with the music, holding the microphone, looking at the camera, his voice gentle.
—Okay, let me walk with you through this dark journey.
Even if I fade out of the defenses you've laid in your heart.
—Okay, even if the distance seems so awkward.
—We will also become the best couple in the crowd.
...
They say we'll be the perfect couple.
Someone in the earphones clicked their tongue in disbelief, "I'm impressed. That show-off never misses an opportunity to confess his love to his girlfriend. What a romantic, Shen Yu."
The video is only a minute and a half long, and the song wasn't even finished.
The gentle voice resonated in her ears, and when the progress bar reached the end, Chen Mian silently pulled back to the beginning and listened to it again.
"We will also become the best couple in the crowd."
I don't know if it's just my imagination, but when he said that, Shen Yu's voice carried a hint of amusement.
His expression was unclear in the shaky footage.
Shen Yu: He joined You Huai's friend's band. It hasn't officially started yet; they're just singing a song for fun.
Chen Yu: How's it, girlfriend? Nice?
The noodles they ordered were served at this moment, steaming hot, and the owner told them to be careful as they were hot.
Chen Mian didn't immediately grab the chopsticks, but instead slowly typed.
—It sounds nice.
Shen Yu: You have a good eye.
Shenyu: I found a boyfriend who can sing so well.
After a while, I sent her another message.
Chenyu: I'm going to play ball. I'll find you later.
Chen Mian replied with an "okay".
Wearing headphones, I slowly ate my noodles, watching a one-and-a-half-minute video play on a loop until I finished eating before taking off my headphones.
Snowflakes were falling outside the shop. Yu Yu wrapped her scarf and down jacket tighter and took Chen Mian's hand as they walked towards the bus stop.
The air was thick with white mist, and the shops on the street were playing Jingle Bells on a loop. It wasn't until I reached the bus stop that I heard a Chinese song playing repeatedly: "Oh, Super Love Maniac".
The snow crunched underfoot.
Two or three couples walked past them hand in hand, and the girl said to the boy in a coquettish tone that she wanted to spend Christmas together.
Yu Yu tilted her head and couldn't help but hum along to the song a few times, sighing, "Winter is really the perfect time to fall in love."
Chen Mian's heart skipped a beat, and the bag on her body seemed to become lighter.
Perhaps it was the influence of her surroundings, or perhaps it was the lyrics of the song that made her heart leap with joy.
She released Yu Yu's hand and stopped walking. "Yu Yu."
Yu Yu looked up in confusion, "Hmm?"
"I'm not going back to the dorm."
Chen Mian gripped her phone tightly. "I need to go find... my boyfriend."
It was the first time I'd ever said that word, but it wasn't as difficult to utter as I'd imagined.
She couldn't help but laugh.
She said to Yu Yu, who was looking somewhat dazed, "He said he would sing for me, so I have to go find him."
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The song he sang was Yu Jiayun's "Distance".
The Metropolitan Orchestra's "Love Maniac" was playing on the street.
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