"Xu Lin, back already?"
Xie Zhengrong saw Xu Lin return; he stretched lazily and said with some pride, "We finished that round, and the other side got destroyed by us!"
"No problem! Hehe..."
Xu Lin sat back down in front of the computer.
It was just past eleven; at this hour, most students weren’t asleep yet.
In Xu Lin’s dorm, Xie Zhengrong went back to his side to continue playing a single-player game, Hu Donghai was watching a war movie, and Liu Longsheng was still fiddling with his guitar.
At this moment, Xu Lin logged out of the game. If Ning Yuhuan hadn’t confessed to him tonight, Xu Lin estimated he could have played until eleven-thirty.
Ning Yuhuan’s message came again: "Is messaging you at this time disturbing you?"
"Can you chat with me for a few minutes?"
Xu Lin was usually not very serious, especially when talking to girls; he’d occasionally crack a joke to lighten the mood with girls he was familiar with.
But facing Ning Yuhuan, Xu Lin didn’t feel like joking; she seemed very serious.
Eighteen-year-old Xu Lin had never encountered a girl like Ning Yuhuan.
Just now, Xu Lin had commented on who would confess online, only for her to show up right outside the dormitory.
Usually, which girl would be like her?
Only Ning Yuhuan would be so bold.
Xu Lin also got serious: "What do you want to talk about?"
Ning Yuhuan: "Just casual chatting."
Ning Yuhuan: "Are we a couple now?"
Xu Lin: "What else? We’ve already kissed."
Ning Yuhuan: "Then how should I call you in the future?"
Xu Lin: "That’s something you need to figure out yourself!"
On the other side, Ning Yuhuan was indeed thinking about how she should address Xu Lin in the future.
She asked AI: How does a girlfriend address her boyfriend?
The answer came quickly.
Ning Yuhuan asked: "Then can I call you hubby in the future?"
"Then call me hubby!"
Xu Lin didn’t expect Ning Yuhuan to be so straightforward.
It turns out, he couldn’t handle girls who are so direct.
Xu Lin opened Word to continue working on his outline and casually sent a message to Ning Yuhuan: "Senior, what do you like about me?"
"After the opening ceremony day, my mind was filled with images of you... My mom said when you meet a good person, you should go for it. She also said the person you instinctively feel is good at first sight is a good person."
Ning Yuhuan seemed to only speak directly.
Xu Lin thought, you’re truly brave.
Xu Lin asked: "What about the ones you don’t think are good at first sight?"
Reading the reply, Xu Lin couldn’t help but smile. Suddenly, the other side seemed a bit cute to him, with a slightly silly trait.
"What if I’m a bad person?"
Ning Yuhuan: "I don’t think you’re a bad person!"
The two chatted for over ten minutes while Xu Lin worked on his outline.
Ning Yuhuan said: "Hubby, when are you going to sleep?"
"In a little bit, I’m getting ready to sleep."
"Then let’s chat tomorrow, rest early!"
Ning Yuhuan sent a final message, and Xu Lin didn’t reply again.
Lei Haolong had just messaged, and Xu Lin clicked in to see what was going on.
"Xu Lin, I’m feeling a bit anxious."
"There are four people in my dorm; two of them had girlfriends since high school, and now they’re on campus with them, video chatting every day."
"I’m feeling a bit anxious."
Xu Lin glanced at the message.
Xu Lin: "Think of it positively; they’re in long-distance relationships, easy to break up."
Lei Haolong: "But they have girlfriends!"
Xu Lin: "Isn’t your dorm of four people? What about the other one?"
Lei Haolong: "The other one’s the guy from the Northeast I mentioned, today a senior confessed to him, and now he’s in a relationship too, so now I’m the only single dog left in the dorm, damn, I’m really anxious! Do you know the loneliness of finishing military training and them all going to get a room while only I spend the night alone in the dorm?"
"What a coincidence?"
"Xu Lin, what are you anxious about?"
"No, I meant I also got confessed to by a senior today."
"Xu Lin, you bastard! I’m really jealous of you! I’m going to cry! Wailing .jpg"
"Shut up, why are you anxious when the semester just started?"
Lei Haolong sent over a middle finger emoji, and Xu Lin returned the favor with the Wu Ying Ge exclusive emoji.
"Xu Lin, have you noticed I’ve gotten darker?"
Lei Haolong sent another selfie.
Xu Lin: "You’ve always been dark; can’t tell."
Lei Haolong: "Damn it, Xu Lin, you’re too harsh!"
Lei Haolong: "Anyway, this semester I must find a girlfriend!"
Lei Haolong: "After military training, I’m going to the gym, Xu Lin, this time I swear to God, I’m definitely going to work out at the gym. There’s one right across from our school, built by an alumnus, damn, so rich. The gym is quite large, in a city like Jiangdu, it must cost hundreds of thousands, right? How much is the rent each month!"
Lei Haolong: "Xu Lin, are you doing something handy? You haven’t replied for so long? Did you faint from exhaustion?"
A few minutes later, Xu Lin: "You got me."
Lei Haolong: "Middle finger .jpg"
Lei Haolong then shared a magnet link with Xu Lin.
Lei Haolong: "A very popular teacher recently, hehe, take a look!"
Xu Lin wasn’t interested in this sort of thing. Generally speaking, watching adult films is a manifestation of sexual repression, but clearly, Xu Lin wasn’t a sexually repressed guy.
Xu Lin turned off the computer and went to sleep.
Not a word was spoken all night.
The next morning at seven.
Xu Lin’s biological clock had adjusted, and he generally got up at this time.
Two people had messaged him.
Yu Xinyan and Ning Yuhuan.
Yu Xinyan woke Xu Lin up every morning, and now Ning Yuhuan also sent a morning message.