Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 56 - 55: Late to Act, Left with Only Others’ Leftover Soup
In Classroom 403 of the Ideological and Political Building at Daxia University, Li Yuan and his five friends were among the later arrivals. As they passed by the classrooms, they saw many were already filled to the brim, the air thick with the vibrant hormones of youth.
This was the first freshman class meeting before military training. All majors at Daxia University had scheduled theirs around the same time, on the first morning after student registration had ended.
"Wow, the quality of the girls in our year is really not bad. I just snuck a few peeks into the classrooms and spotted so many gorgeous girls. It’s making me a little hungry..." Liu Jia chuckled, inwardly delighted that he had chosen the right university.
"Liu Jia, with that sleazy look of yours, you’re just begging for a beating. You’re not hungry for food; you’re hungry for their bodies."
Li Yuan smirked. After getting to know his roommates over the past few days, their conversations had become much more open and increasingly explicit. Everyone really did loosen up in college—not physically, but psychologically...
"Yuan," Liu Jia immediately retorted, "as if you’re not drooling yourself. The bite marks on your mouth and arm still haven’t healed, have they?"
Li Yuan glared and fired back, "Damn it, you really know how to hit a sore spot! After class, one-on-one on the court. Signature hot pot’s on me afterward..."
Wu Hao interjected with deep feeling, "Actually, Liu Jia has a point. On the way here, I saw no fewer than ten gorgeous girls. According to Tianyu’s rating scale, they’d all be at least an 85 or higher."
As a normal-type 985 university that specialized in education, Daxia University had a much higher quantity and quality of female students compared to other science and engineering-focused 985 universities. Proximity grants priority, which meant their chances of finding a relationship in college were much higher.
"Heh, let me pour some cold water on you," Zhou Tianyu scoffed. "I’ll tell you a harsh truth: a lot of the girls from Daxia get poached—almost half of them."
"What do you mean ’poached’?" Yi Jing asked curiously.
"Poached means they get pursued and won over by guys from other schools," Zhou Tianyu replied. "Get it now?"
Liu Jia’s eyes widened in disbelief. "That can’t be possible, can it? What right do guys from other universities have to come to our school and poach our girls? That’s despicable."
Li Yuan was speechless. What did they think the reason was? The university student population is already majority-male, and female students from Daxia University are especially sought-after in Modu. While most guys are slaves to a pretty face, who doesn’t like a girl who’s both beautiful and smart? Scumbags and playboys are a minority, after all. When most guys start dating, they are genuinely hoping it leads to marriage and a life together...
Li Yuan offered a piece of well-intentioned advice. "Tianyu is right, believe it or not. I’m telling you, freshman year is the easiest time to find a girlfriend. It only gets harder from here."
"If you really want to experience a sweet romance, you’d better make your move early."
"If you’re too late, you’ll only get to drink someone else’s leftover soup."
Liu Jia and the others looked puzzled. "Why is that?"
"Because freshman girls are the most naive." Li Yuan paused, and fearing they wouldn’t understand, he added, "In other words, freshman girls are the easiest to fool!"
Li Yuan spoke from deep personal experience. Whether it was him or his former roommates, those who got into a relationship during their freshman year had a pretty sweet life. By sophomore and junior year, it became a phase of mutual dislike.
The high-quality guys and girls have already been snatched up. Even if some break up, you’re not getting fresh soup; you can only have the secondhand abalone that someone else has already slurped...
Why else would the upperclassmen be so enthusiastic during freshman orientation? It’s because the most prime ’resources’ are among the freshmen! Do you really think they’re all just genuinely eager to help?
Zhou Tianyu, Liu Jia, and the others looked thoughtful, feeling that what Li Yuan said made a whole lot of damn sense.
"We really have to put on a good show at the class meeting today."
...
In Classroom 408, not far from 403, the freshman class meeting for Daxia University’s 2008 accounting major was underway.
Bai Weixi sat by the window near the corridor, her mind elsewhere as she gazed outside, hoping to see that figure appear.
Ever since they parted ways on registration day, she and Li Yuan hadn’t had any contact for three days. No meetings, no calls, no messages.
She had wanted to message him several times, but the little dissenting voice in her heart had always stopped her.
Bai Weixi felt incredibly wronged. You bastard, Li Yuan. It was all his fault. He was the one who forcibly kissed me in front of so many people, and now he’s ignoring me, giving me the silent treatment... SOB! SOB! SOB! How could he treat me like this! Dark circles now rimmed her starlike eyes, a result of several sleepless nights.
She was in Mei Yuan and he was in Lan Yuan. They were less than a hundred meters apart, yet it felt as distant as another world.
As she thought about this, tears began to well up in her eyes again.
Sitting beside Bai Weixi were her other two roommates.
Seeing Bai Weixi’s sorrowful expression, Deng Meiqi felt a wave of pity for her and gently tried to comfort her.
"Weixi, don’t cry. If your makeup gets smudged, you won’t look as pretty. The class meeting is about to start, and we still have to go on stage for our self-introductions."
A petite girl sitting to her right also chimed in comfortingly, "Yeah, Weixi, you can tell us what’s on your mind. You don’t have to bear it all alone. It’s easy to make yourself sick that way."
Bai Weixi held back her tears and forced a smile. "Meiqi, Shasha, I’m fine. You don’t have to worry."
With that, she glanced out the window again, just as before, hoping a certain person would pass by. She had specifically found out that Li Yuan’s Computer Science Class 1 was in the same building and on the same floor as theirs. This was a path he had to take.
...
Just then, Li Yuan, Yi Jing, and their four other dorm mates walked past the window of Classroom 408 on their way to 403. Through the glass, the faces of the freshmen in the corridor were visible.
Bai Weixi’s gaze suddenly caught the familiar figure outside. She shot to her feet, staring intently out the window. Her lips parted as if to say something, but she held back.
The tears she had been holding back finally streamed down her cheeks.
Li Yuan suddenly felt something and stopped in his tracks. He took a step back to the window and peered into the classroom.
In that instant, their gazes locked. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
He saw her, and she saw him.
Looking at Bai Weixi, Li Yuan’s heart filled with a mixture of feelings. It wasn’t as if he hadn’t thought about her at all over the past few days, but in the end, he still hadn’t made the first move. If you want to play the game and keep someone on the hook, you have to learn to give the silent treatment, to control the situation, to play hard to get... Whoever makes the first move is the clown.
Inside the classroom, Deng Meiqi and Wang Lisha saw Bai Weixi suddenly stand up, her eyes fixed on the window as tears fell. They followed her gaze.
They saw a tall boy in the corridor outside, his eyes locked with Bai Weixi’s.
"Is that guy outside the window Weixi’s boyfriend?"
"Judging by his build and looks, he’s not bad, but not particularly outstanding either."
"He’s the one who’s made Weixi cry for days?"
"This doesn’t add up. Weixi is so beautiful and gentle. How could *he* be the one to do this to her?"
Deng Meiqi and Wang Lisha exchanged a look of disbelief.
Bai Weixi’s beauty was exceptional; she was the undisputed belle of their accounting class, flawlessly beautiful. The idea that she would be heartbroken over such a guy—to the point of losing her appetite—was utterly unbelievable.
