The sky outside was gradually getting darker.

"Ring—" A melodious phone ringtone sounded.

The lively chatter immediately stopped.

Li Jingrong glanced at the caller ID and immediately a sweet smile appeared on her face.

She quickly answered, "Hello, darling." "Oh, you’ve arrived? So fast! Okay, okay, just wait for me downstairs, I’ll be right down."

"Alright, bye-bye."

After hanging up, Li Jingrong stood up and said to her two roommates, "My boyfriend’s downstairs, I’m heading out to meet him. Lele, what about your ’brother’? How much longer will he be?"

Qian Lele looked at her phone and said, "Traffic is a bit jammed, probably another ten minutes or so."

They agreed to meet before 6 o’clock, but Li Jingrong’s boyfriend arrived much earlier.

Wu Siqi immediately suggested, "Well, why don’t we head to the first floor of the cafeteria first? It’s closer to the school gate, and it’s so cold today, we shouldn’t leave Jingrong and her boyfriend waiting outside."

"Sure, sounds good." Qian Lele nodded and quickly sent a message to Tang Song on WeChat.

"GoGoGo! Let’s go!"

The three of them grabbed their bags and went outside, chatting and laughing.

Along the way, the refreshed Qian Lele attracted quite a bit of attention from fellow students.

She awkwardly tugged on the corner of her clothing, but couldn’t help feeling a little thrilled inside.

Exiting the dormitory building, the cold night wind, mixed with winter’s bleakness, hit them in the face.

Qian Lele instinctively tightened her knitted sweater.

Beside her, Li Jingrong stood on her tiptoes and vigorously waved at a figure under the streetlight not far away, "Darling, over here!"

Qian Lele looked up and saw someone approaching.

Wearing a dark business jacket, dressed neatly and maturely, his hair meticulously styled with gel.

Her gaze lingered on him briefly, recalling the gossip her roommates had shared.

Li Jingrong’s boyfriend was named Zhang Minghua, a local from Yan City, with parents working in government positions.

After graduating, he smoothly joined a successful large state-owned enterprise, which is where he met Li Jingrong during her summer internship.

He was in great conditions, and caring towards Jingrong.

"Xiao Rong, Siqi." Zhang Minghua’s voice was gentle and steady. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

When his gaze swept over to Qian Lele, he paused slightly, and a hint of admiration, unhidden, flashed in his eyes.

The pure aura unique to young girls, along with a healthy and alluring figure.

In the desolate night wind, like a lily blooming quietly with dewdrops.

Additionally, with Wu Siqi and Li Jingrong as a contrast, she looked all the more charming.

Li Jingrong immediately clung to his arm proudly and introduced, "So, how about it? This is our dorm’s precious junior, Qian Lele. Beautiful, right?"

"So beautiful, I was just saying..." Zhang Minghua exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Isn’t she the school beauty of Yan City Normal University?"

Qian Lele felt a bit embarrassed by his words and quickly waved her hands, "No, no, I’m..."

Li Jingrong giggled, "Alright, alright, look at you showering compliments, our Lele is really shy, haha."

Zhang Minghua couldn’t help but glance at Qian Lele a few more times.

He smiled and said, "I’m really not just flattering, I’m just stating the truth. Lele’s kind of pure demeanor is really rare in today’s society. Unlike those identical internet celebrities, you can tell she’s a well-educated and quiet good girl."

Qian Lele blushed slightly, not knowing what to say for a moment, standing there awkwardly.

Mainly because it was the first time meeting him, and she was not used to such direct "praise."

"Let’s go inside, it’s too cold out here, we can wait in the cafeteria, there’s still one more person."

"Who else?" Zhang Minghua asked curiously.

"Lele’s ’brother’, hehe, he’s almost here."

Hearing the term "brother," Zhang Minghua paused, then quickly reacted, feeling a slight unease.

After all, a fresh and pretty innocent university girl having an ambiguous relationship brought him a tinge of male dissatisfaction.

...

The group walked through the bustling campus pathways and reached the first floor of the cafeteria.

They found an empty spot near the entrance and sat down.

Zhang Minghua naturally took on the leading role of this small gathering.

He first gentlemanly helped the girls with their chairs, then volunteered to buy drinks, exuding a sense of mature male steadiness and sophistication in his actions.

Once seated, he opened up with stories.

He talked at length about interesting stories from his experience at the state-owned enterprise, commenting on current events.

Occasionally, he dropped a few high-sounding English abbreviations like "KPI," "OKR," "SOP."

Li Jingrong looked at her boyfriend with bright eyes, slightly admiringly.

With the pressure of job-hunting closing in near the end of her junior year, the fact that Zhang Minghua had already "made it" and seemed to have a promising future was greatly appealing and reassuring to her.

That was the main reason she got together with him so quickly.

Zhang Minghua’s gaze inevitably kept drifting frequently to Qian Lele’s face.

He couldn’t help it, she was just too beautiful!

Who doesn’t like to steal a few more glances at a beauty?

He then glanced at his girlfriend beside him, whose eyes were filled with him, and a smile tugged at his lips.

In a relaxed tone, he said, "Lele is from the computer science department? That’s a pretty good major, at the forefront now, with AI booming. But it’s quite tiring.

For girls, it’s better to seek stability. You could try taking the civil service exam or something.

At our company, those who work in tech easily earn more than ten thousand a month with a base salary plus project bonuses. The key is stability, and the housing fund is paid at the highest rate, making it easier to get a mortgage in the future..."