Although Bai Jing was smiling as usual, Chen Shaotao vaguely felt a sense of alienation.
He calmed himself down and looked over again, and felt that nothing was wrong, so he thought it was just an illusion.
A bright and cheerful smile appeared on her face again, and she pushed forward the paper box of pastries in her hand.
"I participated in the school's lucky draw last night and was lucky enough to win a box of cakes. When I went to exchange them today, I found that there were too many, so I brought some over for you. You can share them with your roommates."
Perhaps because he was afraid that Bai Jing would refuse, the young man quickly added.
"It's really too much. I've already distributed it to my classmates, and there's still more than half left. I can't finish it. Please don't be polite to me, otherwise it will be wasted."
After hearing what he said, Bai Jing took it and thanked him politely, "Then I would like to thank you on behalf of my roommates."
"Come to think of it," he said as Bai Jing accepted it, "I heard that our school will hold a debate competition with the school next door before the New Year."
"Debate?" This was the first time Bai Jing had heard of this, and her tone was a little curious.
Being stared at by Bai Jing like that, those beautiful light brown eyes seemed to be filled with bright sunshine, making him feel a little elated.
...
...
"Yes," Chen Shaotao nodded and said with a smile, "This is actually an annual event. It is an exchange activity between students of the two schools. Over the years, there have been wins and losses in the competitions..."
He paused here, his eyes showing a hint of anticipation.
"I've signed up this year too. If you're interested, would you like to come and see me?"
Bai Jing was indeed quite interested.
In her opinion, competitions like this would probably have extra points for excellence, which would be a good opportunity for her to see how the competition is conducted. Maybe she could sign up to participate next year.
So he smiled and said okay.
Seeing how readily she agreed, Chen Shaotao's heartbeat quickened and his smile grew even brighter. "I will definitely perform well when the time comes!"
After saying that, he ran away without waiting for Bai Jing to react.
Bai Jing returned to the dormitory carrying a box of pastries. As soon as she opened the box, a tempting aroma wafted out of it. Several roommates who were still reading were immediately attracted to it.
One of them simply put the book down, came over and took a deep breath.
"Wow, what is this? It looks delicious. Did you buy it, Sister Jing?"
Bai Jing shook her head and simply repeated what Chen Shaotao had said before.
"Oh, so that's it!" This roommate was also at the lucky draw yesterday, so he naturally knew about this. "I heard that the cakes there are delicious, but they are very expensive. I usually can't bear to buy them. This time I got it thanks to you."
When another roommate heard that Bai Jing wanted to share with them, she said that her family had brought her some tea this morning and asked if everyone wanted to try it.
Shu Xiaoruan took the initiative to boil water to make tea. The few of them ate, drank and chatted, and the atmosphere was particularly harmonious.
As we were talking, we somehow ended up talking about Chen Shaotao.
"Senior Chen is such a good man," one of them said, having eaten and drunk his fill. The room was full of familiar friends anyway, so he burped in satisfaction without any image, "Sister Jing, why don't you just give in to him?"
Bai Jing was stunned at first, then raised her eyebrows and glanced into the teapot exaggeratedly, "Can you get drunk by drinking tea?"
"Hey! What's that?" The man reached out and patted Bai Jing. He clearly wanted to look serious, but he couldn't stop smiling. "I'm obviously serious!"
"Indeed," another girl who usually doesn't like to talk much also nodded after lifting her glasses, "Senior is a very nice person."
"Is that so?" The roommate who spoke first raised his chin and looked at Bai Jing again, "People like Senior Chen are among the best in the whole school, right? Sister Jing, you wouldn't even look down on this, right?"
Bai Jing didn't say anything, just chuckled and shook her head.
The roommate looked incredulous, and came forward to ask curiously, "You really don't like it? Don't like it?"
Seeing her unwillingness, Bai Jing pursed her lips and explained.
“I just don’t feel anything, and I want to spend more time studying.”
Hearing her say this, her roommate almost screamed, "More time? No no no, Sister Jing, you've studied well enough! You really don't need more time!"
"Yes," the person next to him also nodded in agreement, "Besides, when it comes to dating, if you don't try to be with someone, how can you know if it's the right person? As for the feeling, maybe you can get to know them after getting to know them better."
Having said this, the man suddenly paused and looked at her with a bit of curiosity.
"Sister Jing, do you want to find someone you fall in love with at first sight?"
Bai Jing was slightly stunned.
The scene when I first entered the book and met Jiang Ziqian at his home in the countryside flashed through my mind.
He quickly replied, "Of course not."
"That's it," the roommate said, making a very reasonable statement. "In my opinion, you just haven't had enough contact with the other person, and you haven't really gotten to know the other person from the perspective of finding a partner. Maybe if you spend more time together, you'll start to feel the same way."
Bai Jing came back to her senses and looked at her with a bit of amusement, "...You didn't eat other people's food, so you're talking like crazy, right?"
"No way," the roommate winked at her and said with a laugh, "I'm just standing in your perspective and helping you analyze it."
Although this doesn't sound believable no matter how you listen to it.
But it did remind Bai Jing of something.
Except for Wen Yu and her uncle Qin Yang, these two people were considered her family in the original body's memory, and Jiang Ziqian became the first "stranger" she met when she came here.
But because he is the second male lead in the novel, he is mentioned a lot in the original work, and compared to other people, he becomes the first and most "familiar" person she meets after coming to this world.
After that, due to various coincidences, we met each other from time to time, and had various intersections and entanglements.
Maybe it's because I've been exposed to it too much that I have that illusion?
Bai Jing's thoughts became confused again, and her eyes unconsciously moved to Shu Xiaoruan.
She pursed her lips lightly at first, then spoke suddenly.
"Xiaoruan, what do you think?"
Shu Xiaoruan didn't expect to be called out. She was stunned at first, and her eyes fell on Bai Jing, "...Ah?"
Everyone looked at her at once.
She came back to her senses and realized what her roommate had said before. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but her face turned a little red.
"...It is true that you need to get along well with each other in order to have a deeper understanding of each other."
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