Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed-Chapter 73 - 72 Li Yuan: Open the Door for Inspection (Third Update, Subscription Requested)
Having received the dorm supervisor’s approval, Li Yuan felt greatly relieved. Seeing Xia Zhijin’s shy, surprised expression, he winked at her as if to say, "See how awesome I am?"
Xia Zhijin shyly glanced at Li Yuan before quickly looking down again.
Li Yuan was carrying a laptop, clothes, and some snacks he had bought to share with Xia Zhijin and her roommates.
He leaned close to Xia Zhijin and whispered, "Zhijin, when we get to the dorm, do you know what to say?"
"Mhm," Xia Zhijin quickly turned her head away, afraid Li Yuan might make another sudden move.
On their way back, Xia Zhijin had asked Li Yuan how to explain everything to her roommates. At first, Li Yuan thought it didn’t matter what they said, since he wouldn’t lose a single hair over it. But on second thought, he considered Xia Zhijin’s situation. She was a girl who was self-conscious yet strong and extraordinarily sensitive, so he came up with a plausible story for her.
Xia Zhijin’s dorm was on the sixth floor. In those days, there was no elevator, so they had to climb the stairs, which was quite an ordeal.
While they were climbing, two girls suddenly approached them. Before Li Yuan could speak, he heard one of them call out first, "Hey, Li Yuan, what a coincidence."
"How did you get into the women’s dormitory building?"
Li Yuan looked up at their somewhat familiar faces. His mind raced. Thankfully, his memory since his rebirth was superhuman, and he instantly recalled who they were.
He smiled and said, "Hello, Fang Yanni, Zhou Dan."
Fang Yanni was the deskmate of Wang Jierong, the well-endowed and narcissistic girl. She looked with great surprise at Li Yuan, and beside him, the shy, flustered Xia Zhijin.
As one of the two "leading ladies" from that morning’s Computer Science Class 1 freshman meeting, the previously "unremarkable" Xia Zhijin was now known by the entire class thanks to Li Yuan. This was the girl who had stolen the spotlight from the two class beauties, Tan Yanqiu and Wang Jierong.
Because of Li Yuan, the other students were very curious about Xia Zhijin, but they hadn’t realized just how beautiful she was, assuming she was just an average girl.
Fang Yanni looked at the bags Li Yuan and Xia Zhijin were carrying and asked in astonishment, "With all these bags, big and small, did you two raid a mall?"
Xia Zhijin shyly looked down, not daring to speak, but Li Yuan was nonchalant. "Yeah, we just bought a few things."
"Wow, Li Yuan, is that a new Lenovo laptop you’re holding?" Zhou Dan, who had been staring at Li Yuan, asked in surprise.
There was nothing to hide. He hadn’t stolen anything, so he replied calmly, "This isn’t mine. It’s Zhijin’s."
"Zhijin bought it?" Fang Yanni gave him a skeptical look. Her gaze shifted back and forth between Li Yuan and Xia Zhijin, thoroughly puzzled. Could Li Yuan have already won over Xia Zhijin in just half a day? That’s a little too fast, isn’t it?
She couldn’t help but take a closer look at Xia Zhijin. Her height was a good match for Li Yuan’s, and even her faded school uniform couldn’t hide her enviable figure. In the light of the dormitory corridor, her flushed cheeks and neck only added to her allure. However, Xia Zhijin still kept her head down, and her side-parted bangs obscured her stunning features in the dim light.
This Xia Zhijin is really something. If Jierong finds out about this, she’ll be furious. Recalling how her roommate Wang Jierong had claimed she would give Li Yuan a chance to pursue her, Fang Yanni suddenly found the situation hilarious.
Her gaze once again swept over the items in their hands, and she exclaimed to herself, All these things... a laptop, clothes, snacks... is that a box from SK-II? My god, this must have cost a fortune! Did Li Yuan buy all of this for Xia Zhijin? He’s so generous! Has their relationship really progressed that far? But based on Xia Zhijin’s personality, that doesn’t seem likely.
At that moment, Fang Yanni and Zhou Dan’s minds raced with wild possibilities. Jaws agape, they were filled with a mixture of curiosity and envy. As new university students, most of them didn’t even have laptops yet, and they wanted those things, too.
Li Yuan chuckled. "Ladies, Zhijin and I will head up now. The dorm supervisor only gave me ten minutes. If we don’t hurry, I’m afraid she’ll get on the megaphone and put out an all-points bulletin for me across the entire dorm..."
Fang Yanni’s gossip-fueled fire had just been lit, but Li Yuan mercilessly extinguished it before she could ask more. "Uh... alright then. Bye."
After Li Yuan and Xia Zhijin disappeared from sight, Fang Yanni turned to her roommate and asked, "Dandan, what do you think is going on between Li Yuan and Xia Zhijin?"
Zhou Dan pouted with envy. "Yanni, are you dense? Isn’t it obvious? They’re definitely a couple. Li Yuan already made it so clear during the class meeting this morning."
Fang Yanni nodded. She thought so too, but wasn’t it all a bit too fast? "Then do you think Li Yuan bought all that stuff for her?"
"I guess so," Zhou Dan said. "I heard that Li Yuan is a rich heir; his family is loaded, and the laptop and phone he uses are both the latest models. Still, I never expected him to spend so much, buying a laptop and even a new phone for Xia Zhijin..."
Fang Yanni said, "That’s not necessarily true. Couldn’t Xia Zhijin have bought them herself?"
Zhou Dan scoffed, "You think that’s possible?"
"I just don’t know what Li Yuan sees in her. Besides being tall, there’s nothing that outstanding about her." She was truly a bit envious of Xia Zhijin. If Li Yuan had been plain-looking, she might have felt a little more balanced about it.
But Li Yuan had it all: height, looks, basketball skills, a strong physique, and a wealthy family. In a girl’s eyes, these were all bonus points.
Fang Yanni spoke with envy, "Xia Zhijin is so lucky. She acted so fast, and Li Yuan is so good to her..."
This was the first time Li Yuan had set foot in the women’s dormitory at Xia University. In his past life, although he often visited Xia University, he had never actually been to Bai Weixi’s dormitory.
Speaking of women’s dorms, Li Yuan recalled a joke he’d heard in his previous life: a dorm with six girls has forty-two group chats. One could only imagine the turbulent drama... It was bound to be full of stories. Three women are enough for a play; six could produce a whole soap opera.
As Li Yuan walked past the rooms, his peripheral vision occasionally caught glimpses through the open doors. He saw some... special scenery inside, but remained completely unfazed as he turned to Xia Zhijin.
"Zhijin, which room is yours?"
Xia Zhijin’s face was still flushed. She had kept her head down ever since they entered the building, not daring to look up.
"I... I’m in Room 6608. It’s just ahead."
Li Yuan arrived at the door of Room 6608, placed the laptop on the floor, and knocked, feigning a deep voice. "Open up, classmates. Room inspection."
A voice came from inside the room. "It’s barely past eight and you’re doing room inspections? Are you crazy?"
"That voice... why does it sound like a boy?"
"Boys inspecting girls’ dorms and girls inspecting boys’ dorms is a tradition at our school."
"What a ridiculous rule. So annoying. Every time a guy comes, I have to get myself all tidied up. Luckily, I haven’t taken out my daily contacts yet."
"You could just show your bare face."
"Hold on, I’m almost ready."
Outside, Li Yuan heard everything clearly and smiled to himself. This custom seemed to be common across all universities.
Seeing that her roommates still weren’t opening the door, Xia Zhijin said softly, "Let me get it."
She took out a key tied with a peace charm from her worn-out wallet and stepped forward to unlock the door.
Shen Xiyu was just about to open the door when Xia Zhijin pushed it open from the outside. "Oh, Zhijin, it’s you?" she asked curiously. "I just heard a boy’s voice saying he was here for a room inspection."
"By the way, Zhijin, where have you been? You’re back so late."
Another girl, relieved to see it was Xia Zhijin, asked casually, "Hehe, Zhijin, what about that handsome guy from our class? I heard Xiyu say that he stayed behind in the classroom to wait for you this morning."
"Whoa, Zhijin, what’s all this? SK-II products?"
"And so many clothes, all brand names! Zhijin, did you win the lottery?"
Listening to her roommates’ chattering, Xia Zhijin blushed even more deeply. She glanced outside the door and hesitated, unsure how to make the introduction.
The more observant Shen Xiyu noticed Xia Zhijin’s expression and recalled the somewhat familiar male voice from just moments before. She poked her head out to look.
At that moment, Li Yuan stepped into the doorway. His heart began to pound, but he offered Shen Xiyu and the other girls a brilliant smile. "Hello, ladies."
Shen Xiyu’s eyes widened as if Columbus had just discovered a new continent. Her mouth fell open into an exaggerated ’O’ shape, big enough to fit an egg. "Li Yuan! It’s you! You and Zhijin...?"
