"It’s a love story, but really it’s just two cases of unrequited love, one for a senior classmate and another for a junior."
"Without even confessing, the girl might not even know that Doctor Fan likes her, but no worries, it doesn’t stop our Doctor Fan from creating an epic romance in his mind."
"It’s Lin Shuyou, who isn’t very handso, who’s willing to sit opposite and patiently listen to Doctor Fan’s story."
"Brother Binbin."
"Binbin, you’re here."
Tan Wenbin placed the fruit on the office desk and threw the black plastic bag to Fan Shulin.
"What’s this?"
"Pennant."
"Oh... OH!!!"
Fan Shulin opened the bag, took one look at the magazine cover, gulped, and then slipped the magazine into the bottommost drawer of his desk.
Lin Shuyou curiously asked, "Brother Binbin, was the trip smooth?"
Tan Wenbin shrugged, "Of course, I was there after all. I really made so significant contributions this ti."
"Brother Binbin, next ti can I possibly..."
"The moon is nice tonight, great for a moonlit walk," Tan Wenbin glanced at Fan Shulin and asked, "Brother Fan, when do you plan on ending your bachelorhood?"
"Let’s focus on work first, work is important."
"Brother Fan, I’m worried that if your boss continues to prioritize training you, and you keep on taking night shifts, you might go bald first; look at your hairline, it’s clearly receding."
"Really?" Fan Shulin was startled and reached out to touch his hair.
"So, Brother Fan, take advantage of your youth while you’re still blossoming. Find soone if you can."
"Is it that easy to just find soone? Do you have a partner right now?"
"No."
"Have you ever confessed to a girl? Or a girl confessed to you?"
"No."
"Then you have no right to talk about ."
Lin Shuyou then sadly said, "The girl my Brother Binbin liked is no longer around."
Tan Wenbin: "..."
Fan Shulin was stunned and imdiately apologized, "Sorry, Binbin."
"Idiot." Tan Wenbin slapped Lin Shuyou’s head, "Is your injury healed yet?"
"Almost, I’m going back to school for classes tomorrow."
"It’s the weekend tomorrow, what kind of class?"
"In the morning, the class representative ca to visit , telling there’s a social mixer with another school tomorrow. Brother Fan just used his story to persuade to go."
"Social mixer?"
Tan Wenbin only beca the class leader for a few days before he went on a business trip, so naturally, he wasn’t the one who arranged the social mixer.
In so majors, the male-to-female ratio is usually unbalanced, the class or even the entire school can’t resolve it internally, which leads to severe imbalance.
That’s why social mixers with other schools beco inevitable, like monks visiting the Spider’s Web Cave.
Generally, these mixers are frequent during the first year when male and female students have high hormone secretion, and everyone is full of longing for love.
"Yeah, Brother Binbin, why don’t you co too? After all, the best way to forget soone is to start anew... Ah!"
Lin Shuyou was yanked up by his hair by Tan Wenbin:
"Act normal!"
"Okay, okay, I’ll stop talking."
Tan Wenbin clapped his hands, not amused, "Go to the mixer, I’ll pass. However, you can take so snacks and drinks from the store, sponsored by your class leader. But make sure to hang two sponsorship banners, ask Lu Yi to handle it."
"Oh, okay."
At this mont, Fan Shulin seed to suddenly rember sothing important, "Binbin, since you’re back, Hu Yiwei must be back too, right?"
"He’s not."
"Not back? So, is his issue resolved?"
"His ex-wife got dealt with."
"Oh, that’s good, it’s solved then. So, when will he co back?"
"When he can move on, I guess. Oh, right, it should be soon. He borrowed that car, he needs to return it.
Alright, Brother Fan, you keep busy, I’ll get going."
Tan Wenbin just stepped out of the office when Lin Shuyou, wearing slippers, chased after him.
"Brother Binbin, about the Array you got for , there are so parts I didn’t understand, can I ask you about them?"
"You’d be better off flipping a coin than asking ."
"But I can’t really ask Brother Xiao Yuan; I’m afraid he’ll think I’m dumb."
"Don’t worry, kid, because you’ve already exposed that."
"So, should I..."
"Get your questions written down, and I’ll take them to ask for you. Oh, and write down so of the Divination thods from your family too, let take a look."
"Ah, but Brother Xiao Yuan knows how to do it, and he’s better at it than I am..."
"I find the material from Yuanzi too advanced for , and I think your family’s system suits better."
"That’s true, you are right."
Lin Shuyou didn’t feel even slightly insulted when his family’s heritage was effortlessly doubled in value by soone else. He thought the sa.
When Tan Wenbin returned to the dorm, he saw Brother Xiao Yuan drawing sothing at the desk.
"I’m back, Brother Xiao Yuan."
"Brother Binbin, the shower works great, thanks for your effort."
"As long as it works well, I’m going to take a hot shower before bed."
After a brief chat, Tan Wenbin also sat at his desk, first opening a book by Wei Zhengdao, then carefully studying the well patterns he had copied from the Zeng family.
Ti passed, minute by minute.
"Brother Binbin, I’m going to bed first."
"Good night, bro, I’ll read a little longer."
Tan Wenbin rubbed his eyes and continued reading. Surprisingly, he actually began to understand a bit; the patterns on the rubbings seed to co to life and move.
Yawning, he thought it must be an illusion, probably just his eyes playing tricks.
No matter, he continued to study.
Social gatherings, after all, had nothing to do with his own dorm.
Tan Wenbin read until late at night when his head started to throb and feel dizzy, finally deciding to stop, take a bath and go to sleep.
He reached for the hot water bottle and found all four were full, aning after Yuanzi had taken his shower, he went down to the first floor and refilled all the hot water bottles.
After a comfortable hot shower, Tan Wenbin took an apple to bed.
Nibbling on it, he looked at the starry sky outside the window.
Sotis, he wondered what his life would be like now if he had never t Xiao Yuan.
But each ti, he quickly found such thoughts utterly dull and uninteresting.
Because, he truly loved his current life.
There was no going back.
...
Li Zhiyuan woke up early due to sleeping early the previous night.
Dawn was breaking outside the window, chasing away the few lingering stars still lost in reverie.
Binbin was still sleeping soundly. Sotis, the young man failed to understand this habit of burning the midnight oil and sleeping in during the day.
After washing up and returning to the dorm, Li Zhiyuan packed up the design he completed last night, shouldered his backpack, and left the dorm building - the stars were no longer visible.
But that was fine, there was one on the ground waiting for him to find.
...
"These are the banners, the remaining drinks, and snacks; I’ve brought them all back."
Lin Shuyou set down the items and wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand.
Run Sheng threw him a towel, which he caught and used to wipe again.
Lu Yi asked with a smile, "How was the social gathering?"
"There were a lot of people, in the large lecture hall. Many went up to showcase their talents, and there were various gas, we had a lot of fun."
Lu Yi: "What did you perform?"
Lin Shuyou shyly responded, "I don’t have any special talents."
Lu Yi: "Which school?"
"Jinling Audit. There were a lot of girls."
"Any good-looking ones?"
"Yeah," Lin Shuyou laughed, "how could there not be?"
"What I an is, was there a type you liked?"
"There actually was one. When I was staying behind to tidy up, she specifically ca over to ask what class I was in, even inquiring about my class matters. She was so gentle, pretty, and her voice was very delicate."
Lu Yi teased, "Falling for her?"
"I don’t know if it’s falling for her, but she indeed made feel very close."
"If you feel good about her, go for it," Lu Yi advised, speaking from experience. "Be brave, make contact, write her a letter expressing your feelings."
"A letter?"
"Yes, just have soone deliver it. Do you know her na?"
"Yes, her na is Zhou Yunyun."
"Then write a letter to Zhou Yunyun, invite her to the library or for a walk in the park, get to know her more."
"Really? So I... should really write it?"
Standing by and listening while drinking water, Run Sheng silently put down his cup upon hearing the na "Zhou Yunyun" and said:
"Don’t write."
Lin Shuyou asked in confusion, "Uh, why not?"
"Because if you write it, you’re going to suffer miserably."
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