As Lin Wenxi and Zheng Kai remained silent when hearing Zhao Yuan’s name. Gu Xi regretted mentioning him and wanted to say something to ease off the tension and divert everyone’s attention. He teased, “I wish that a hot couple like Zhang An’an and Wang Xiang would find out that they’re real brother and sister someday, haha.”

“Haha, I wish you and Zheng Kai were real brothers,” Shu Xiaoman hurriedly echoed.

Gu Xi was rendered speechless.

After that, Shu Xiaoman began to read horoscopes and astrology. After her failure to prove that a Leo guy and a Pisces girl were well-matched, she began to search the Internet for a Leo guy’s best gay partner but failed to get any result. She felt bored and started to check whether a Scorpio guy and a Scorpio girl were well-matched. When she got a negative result, she sighed inwardly, “This is a big worry.”

Gradually, the boys and girls lost interest in this gathering. They chatted for a while and then dispersed.

Not long after Shu Xiaoman returned to her dorm, Chen Wanxin and Zhou Nannan came back. When it was getting late, they still did not see Zhang An’an. Shu Xiaoman wanted to call Zhang An’an, but Zhou Nannan stopped her while smiling meaningfully at her.

“So why did you come back tonight?” asked Shu Xiaoman.

“Don’t mention it! Just log onto the forum of the university and you’ll know why!” Zhou Nannan looked somewhat annoyed.

Shu Xiaoman remembered that Wang Zhengjuan had kissed Zhou Nannan in the public when they hung out with their friends last time. Wang Zhengjuan adored Zhou Nannan and did everything she wanted her to do except for one thing. Wang Zhengjuan just could not stop showing affection in public places. They had quarreled for many times because of this.

When Chen Wanxin went to the bathroom, Zhou Nannan whispered to Shu Xiaoman, “Guess who I ran into on my way back to the dorm?” Before Shu Xiaoman replied, Zhou Nannan added mysteriously, “I saw Zhao Yuan and Wanxin! Wanxin wanted to hold Zhao Yuan’s hand, but he refused. As such, she held his arm and walked together with him all along the way. Why do they suddenly get back together?”

“Who knows? Maybe Zhao Yuan made a bet with someone again,” Shu Xiaoman said and forgot to lower her voice. At that moment, Chen Wanxin happened to walk out of the bathroom and hear what she said. Chen Wanxin flushed with anger and said, “Watch your mouth, Shu Xiaoman!”

Since the last time she had fought against Chen Wanxin, Shu Xiaoman had been on bad terms with her. Upon hearing what she heard, Shu Xiaoman just chuckled and thought to herself, “Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi are a perfect match.” The next day, when she told this thing to Zhang An’an, Zhang An’an touched her head and said smilingly, “Silly girl, leave them alone. If they’re really meant for each other, they will get together in the end no matter what Wanxin does.”

“Do you think that they’re worried about being gossiped? Do you think that’s why Zhao Yuan gets back together with Wanxin?.” Shu Xiaoman asked hesitantly.

“Come on. Nowadays, no one will discriminate against them. They would be able to get married if they were in another country. Why do they have to be worried about that?” Zhang An’an replied without hesitation.

“An’nn, I think you’ve changed recently.”

“How did I change?”

“As you have Wang Xiang now, you don’t care about Wenxi anymore.”

“I don’t think that Wenxi has a special feeling for Zhao Yuan. You should work harder now. Once Wenxi gets a girlfriend, you’ll get really upset, won’t you? Besides, now I think that maybe Gu Xi and Wenxi are a couple. Which one of them do you think is on the top?” Zhang An’an said while laughing meaningfully. Shu Xiaoman smacked her while swearing and chasing after her.

When the two girls calmed down, they sat down together in the woods.

“In the gentle waves of Cambridge, I would be a water plant!” Zhang An’an smilingly recited a line from a love poem. This was what Wang Xiang had grumbled before falling asleep last night. Upon hearing that, Shu Xiaoman had goose bumps all over her body. Suddenly, they saw Lin Wenxi and Gu Xi sneak through the woods, each holding a bottle of water in hand. The girls were intrigued and crept behind the boys.

After a while, they saw the boys stop in front of the library and discuss something. Gu Xi grabbed Lin Wenxi’s clothes and wanted to drag him out of the woods, but Lin Wenxi refused. He gave his bottle of water to Gu Xi and left. Shu Xiaoman and Zhang An’an managed to avoid Lin Wenxi and continue to creep behind Gu Xi. Not long after that, they saw Zheng Kai and Zhao Yuan sweeping away dead leaves on the square in front of the library. The square covered an area of about a few thousands square meters. Half of it had been swept by now.

Shu Xiaoman thought of the recent work-study programme. “It looks like they’ve joined the programme. It’s said that campus cleaning and maintenance jobs are the hardest and dirtiest jobs. I guess that they’re well-paid jobs. As they’re working here, Gu Xi and Lin Wenxi must’ve come here to deliver them some water. But why did Lin Wenxi leave?” The girls felt confused and looked around. When they saw Chen Wanxin feeding water to Zhao Yuan, they understood why Lin Wenxi suddenly left.

“What a public display of affection,” Shu Xiaoman said while stamping her feet and then looked worriedly at Lin Wenxi. Lin Wenxi was walking under some plum trees now, which did not have any leaves on their branches. Shu Xiaoman felt somewhat bleak upon seeing that.

“Don’t get too obsessed with it!” Zhang An’an whispered to Shu Xiaoman, asking her to lower her voice.

Gu Xi walked up to Zheng Kai and handed him a bottle of water. Zheng Kai received the water without saying a word and quickly gulped it down. When he was about to pick up the other bottle of water, Gu Xi stopped him while saying smilingly, “No, this one is for brother Yuan.”

“When did you begin to cozy up to Zhao Yuan?” Zheng Kai was puzzled.

“It’s not I that carried this bottle of water here. The boy who brought it here had felt embarrassed and fled,” Gu Xi threw a quick glance at Chen Wanxin and said. Chen Wanxin immediately understood what he was talking about. She felt somewhat annoyed and continued to pour water for Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan, however, could not help but look at the woods and receive the bottle of water from Gu Xi.

Gu Xi suddenly took the water back and said grumpily, “Wang Xiang taught me an idiom, ‘To covet Sichuan after capturing Gansu’. Do you know what does it mean? It’s often used to describe people who have insatiable desires. Now that you’ve drunk Wanxin’s water, you can’t drink Wenxi’s water.” With these words, he screwed the lid open and poured the water on the ground. He threw the empty bottle at Zhao Yuan and walked away.

“You!” Chen Wanxin flushed with anger. She glanced at Zheng Kai and found out that he also looked somewhat irritated. She gave him a tissue and smiled at him. Zheng Kai felt so flattered and quickly wiped off sweats from his face with the tissue. When Chen Wanxin was not looking at him, he hurriedly inserted the tissue into his pocket and felt energetic again. He was so excited and could not wait to finish cleaning the square.

When Chen Wanxin stormed back into her dorm, Shu Xiaoman and Zhang An’an, who had known everything, deliberately avoided her. After a while, she still failed to calm herself down. Instead, she felt even angrier. Suddenly, she remembered that Shu Xiaoman had once said that Zheng Kai refused to wear a jade goddess of mercy pendant necklace that Gu Xi gave him.