The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 290 Who can resist being a gossipmonger?
Tongji University Architecture Department, girls' dormitory.

"What's going on with Ai Meixiang's birthday? The class monitor actually sent a group message to everyone."

He Fanxing, a short-haired girl lying on the bed, put down her phone and looked at her two roommates sitting at the desk on the lower bunk.

Yang Xiaoyu, a girl with long hair, turned her head away from the computer.

"I guess they gave the class monitor a gift! Otherwise, why would the class monitor be so eager to invite the whole class?"

Not only was a text message sent to the whole class, but a notification was also sent in the class group chat.

Yang Xiaoyu had just seen it too.

He Fanxing picked up the large teddy bear from the bed and ruffled the other person's hair in a fit of venting.

"Ugh, my beautiful Saturday night is ruined."

Yang Xiaoyu, from the lower bunk, chimed in:

"Shouldn't you be worrying about whether to go on Saturday, and if you do go, what gift to bring?"

Before she could finish speaking, He Fanxing's firm voice rang out.

"No, I'm not going. I'll be on my period that day, and I'm not feeling well!"

"no!!"

Yang Xiaoyu's voice suddenly rose several decibels.

This was the reason she wanted to ask for leave. She couldn't very well tell the class monitor that two people in her dorm were on their periods at the same time, could she?
While the two girls were arguing about who should take leave, their roommate, Song Xue, who had short hair, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

She closed the book and turned to look at the two of them silently.

Before she could even speak, He Fanxing clasped her hands together and apologized first:
"Xiaoxue, I'm sorry to disturb your studies."

Song Xue retorted angrily, "You two are really boring. If you don't want to go, you don't have to make up an excuse."

Yang Xiaoyu and He Fanxing were both stunned.

"Xiaoxue, does that mean you're not going?"

"No, I refused on the spot after receiving the text message."

What reason was used?

Yang Xiaoyu couldn't help but press for an answer.

"No time, we're not familiar with each other!"

The simple and direct answer made He Fanxing and Yang Xiaoyu's eyes sparkle.

Song Xue is so cool!
Song Xue looked at her two roommates with an air of "sharp understanding."

"Is there anything wrong with what I said? We weren't familiar with each other to begin with. It's been almost two months since school started, and I haven't received a text message from the class monitor. I didn't even know her real name was Ai Meixiang."

He Fanxing and Yang Xiaoyu both turned into little fangirls, nodding repeatedly.

The two of them remembered Ai Meixiang most vividly from the first class meeting of the new semester.

Ai Meixiang, dressed in a short skirt and high heels, walked onto the stage with a swaying gait and introduced herself in a high-pitched voice.

"Hello everyone, my surname is Ai, you can just call me Amy."

Even now, thinking about it still gives me goosebumps.

The classmates had very different attitudes toward this "flashy and cheap" girl.

The girls all ostracized and isolated Amy.

As for the boys, their nightly dorm room conversations almost always revolved around Amy.

Even though rumors circulated that Amy was being kept by an older man outside of school, the boys still talked about her frequently.

It even increased.

Some people envied the older man who kept Amy as his mistress, exclaiming, "A real man should be like this!"

Some people went from questioning the prime minister to understanding and admiring him.

These were all things that He Fanxing secretly told her, He Canyang, her twin brother.

However, He Fanxing would never dare to reveal such "wild and inappropriate words" to her two roommates.

I'm afraid they'll lose hope in the boys in their class.

"If the three of us don't go, the other girls in the class probably won't go either, right?" He Fanxing said somewhat uncertainly.

"You can be more confident and remove the 'should' part," Yang Xiaoyu immediately said.

Amy had no friends among the girls in her class, except for the class monitor.

The other party must have been bribed by Amy in some way.

Just as He Fanxing was about to nod in agreement with Yang Xiaoyu's point of view, Song Xue's voice suddenly rang out.

"On the contrary, I think many girls in the class will go."

what?
He Fanxing and Yang Xiaoyu both looked puzzled.

Song Xue replied in her usual calm tone, "Aren't you two curious about what the old man who's keeping Ai Meixiang looks like?"

Yang Xiaoyu blurted out, "She must be old and ugly."

Although He Fanxing wasn't as extreme as Yang Xiaoyu, she still felt that a man who would keep a mistress must be at least in his forties.

Song Xue shrugged: "You guys are suffering from survivorship bias. You think that men who would keep female college students as mistresses must be old and ugly. In reality, there are quite a few handsome rich men, and the more handsome and rich a man is, the more likely he is to cheat on his wife."

Yang Xiaoyu looked at Song Xue in shock:

"You mean, the man who's keeping Ai Meixiang isn't ugly, but might actually be handsome?"

Song Xue nodded firmly.

"Think about it, if Ai Meixiang invited the whole class to her birthday party in such a grand way, would she be so high-profile if the man who was keeping her was old and ugly?"

Yang Xiaoyu paused for two seconds after hearing this, then turned to look at He Fanxing.

"What should I do? I suddenly have a strong urge to attend Aimei's birthday party!"

He Fanxing thought the same thing.

This damn curiosity!
Song Xue calmly analyzed, "Ai Meixiang's purpose in throwing a birthday party is to show off in front of her classmates! If you go, you'll be falling into her trap!"

"Yes, we absolutely cannot go!"

Yang Xiaoyu looked at He Fanxing as she spoke.

She was actually quite hesitant, which is why she wanted to involve He Fanxing in the process.

result--

He Fanxing actually hesitated!

Of all the girls in the dormitory, Song Xue was the one with the most steadfast attitude.

"I bet a lot of girls in the class are thinking the same way you are, wanting to go and see for yourselves. If you're really curious, you two can go, but I'm not going."

"What if there's a handsome guy among them?"

Yang Xiaoyu chimed in.

"That depends on what level of handsomeness they are. At least among the boys in our class, there probably aren't any who have made Xiaoxue's heart flutter, right?"

He Fanxing glanced at Song Xue as she spoke.

Song Xue remained unmoved.

Having failed in her attempt, He Fanxing sighed inwardly.

Little brother, I've done my best.

He Fanxing's twin brother has a strong liking for Song Xue, but he doesn't dare to admit it. However, He Fanxing has already noticed it.

She had always wanted to bring He Canyang and Song Xue together, but she just hadn't had the right opportunity.

"Actually, He Canyang and Li Haomiao are both alright."

Yang Xiaoyu interjected.

He Canyang is He Fanxing's younger brother. They're too familiar with each other, so I feel embarrassed to make a move.

As for Li Haomiao, almost everyone in the class now knows that he has a crush on He Fanxing.

He Fanxing knew it herself, so she pretended to be stupid.

He Fanxing was very frustrated. How did things come full circle and end up back on her?

"By the way, Fanxing, didn't you ask He Canyang how many of the boys will be going?"

"I was just about to ask."

As she spoke, He Fanxing picked up her phone and dialed her younger brother He Canyang's number.

Unexpectedly, when the call connected, it wasn't He Canyang's voice that came through.

"He Fanxing, this is Li Haomiao. Canyang went to take a shower and left his phone in the dorm."

"Okay, I'll call back later."

"If you have any urgent business, I can go to the bathhouse to find Canyang for you." "No need, no need. I just call him as usual to ask. Just have him call me back after he gets back to his dorm."

"Ok."

"Well then—see you later!"

He Fanxing was about to hang up the phone when Li Haomiao on the other end called out to her.

Yang Xiaoyu, who was eavesdropping from the lower bunk, secretly gave Song Xue a wink, signaling that something good was about to happen.

He Fanxing was holding her phone.

"Anything else?"

"Did you all receive the class monitor's text message? I wanted to ask if your dorm will be going on Saturday?"

"us--"

He Fanxing glanced at Yang Xiaoyu and Song Xue on the lower bunk, and blurted out as if possessed:
"We are still discussing it, and no final decision has been made yet."

Li Haomiao on the other end of the phone immediately changed his tune:

"Really? We're talking about it in our dorm too."

Are you going or not?

"Canyang and I haven't decided yet, but Zhou Hang and Zhao Yang will probably both go."

"is it?"

He Fanxing didn't say anything, but she felt a little strange.

He Canyang had previously told him that his roommates Zhou Hang and Zhao Yang had no feelings for Ai Meixiang.

Both of them had Jiang Nansun, the school beauty from the next class, as their ideal type.

Who doesn't love the white moonlight?
With the recent release of the movie "Old Boys", Jiang Nansun's "filter halo" in the eyes of architecture students has been maximized.

How long has it been, and Zhou Hang and Zhao Yang have already fallen for each other?
On the other end of the phone, Li Haomiao's tone became somewhat strange.

"Didn't you see the class monitor's notification in the group chat?"

He Fanxing was also puzzled: "I've already received the text message, so I don't need to check the messages in the group chat."

"You should still take a look," Li Haomiao suggested earnestly.

"Row."

He Fanxing hung up the phone with a puzzled look on her face and put down her phone.

"Xiaoyu, is there anything different between the message the class monitor sent in the group chat and the one in the text message?"

"Nothing's different."

As Yang Xiaoyu spoke, she moved the mouse and opened QQ.

"Wait a minute, it seems the class monitor sent another message in the group chat. Let me see what he said."

He Fanxing got off the upper bunk and walked behind Yang Xiaoyu.

Song Xue appeared to be engrossed in her book, but in reality, she was constantly keeping an eye on what was happening.

After reading the new message in the class group chat, Yang Xiaoyu couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:
"No way?"

He Fanxing bent down and brought her face close to Yang Xiaoyu's computer screen.

After reading the message the class monitor posted in the group, he was also stunned.

Seeing that the two of them looked like they had seen a ghost, Song Xue finally couldn't help but speak up:
"what happened?"

“Amy… no, it’s Amy’s birthday party that also invited Jiang Nansun,” Yang Xiaoyu blurted out.

These words even unsettled the usually composed Song Xue.

"Could it be fake news?"

Amy knew she wasn't popular in class, so she deliberately invited Jiang Nansun to her birthday party as a ploy to trick everyone into going.

It must be this painful!
Song Xue thought to herself with certainty.

He Fanxing's voice then rang out.

"The class monitor shares a dorm with Jiang Nansun, she wouldn't lie about something like this, right?"

Just as Song Xue was thinking about how to refute, Yang Xiaoyu let out another exclamation.

"The class monitor spoke in the group again. Jiang Nansun went back to the dormitory after class. The class monitor has confirmed that Jiang Nansun will go to the birthday party on Saturday."

Upon hearing this news, He Fanxing and Song Xue both frowned.

Both of them previously thought that Jiang Nansun had only agreed out of politeness because of a request from his roommate and class monitor.

On Saturday, just make up an excuse and say you're not going; it'll save face for both of you.

But now that he has clearly stated that he will go, it's completely baffling.

The only thing that is certain is that Jiang Nansun was definitely not after Ai Meixiang.

So who's at the birthday party on Saturday?
For a moment, He Fanxing, Yang Xiaoyu, and Song Xue all shared the same question.

Just as she was wondering, He Fanxing's phone, which she had left on the upper bunk, suddenly started buzzing.

Upon seeing that the call was from He Canyang, He Fanxing immediately answered the phone.

"Sis, what do you want to see me about?"

"Didn't Li Haomiao tell you? It's Amy's birthday on Saturday, are you going?"

"Well--"

"Just say you want to go, it's not like I'd stop you from going."

"Sis, it's mainly because all three of them in my dorm are going, and if I don't go, I'll seem too out of place."

"Go ahead, even the school beauty is going. You might even have a chance to get to know her."

"Sister, you've really wronged me. I swear to God, I really wasn't after Jiang Nansun."

Hearing this, He Fanxing glanced at Song Xue beside her before continuing her interrogation with satisfaction:
"So who were you going there for?"

"Sister, aren't you just asking a question you already know the answer to!"

He Fanxing began to play dumb.

"What do I know?"

He Canyang laid his cards on the table.

Are you guys from your dorm going?

"What are we going to do? You know, not many of us girls are close to Amy."

"But Jiang Nansun is going too."

"You mean we should go and be Jiang Nansun's foil?"

"Absolutely not! What I mean is that if Jiang Nansun goes on Saturday, some of the most popular people in our department will probably go too, like Wang Yongzheng, the most handsome guy in the department. You guys can go see the handsome guy then!"

"roll!"

He Fanxing scolded in an annoyed tone.

Do you think we girls are as shallow and lustful as you boys?

Not to mention, Wang Yongzheng is now almost a laughing stock in the department.

He Canyang on the other end of the phone immediately unleashed his ultimate weapon:
"That's why you should go even more. I heard that Amy invited not only Wang Yongzheng, but also Dong Yun and Zhang Anren this time."

Now it was He Fanxing's turn to be shocked.

The dramatic relationship between Jiang Nansun, Wang Yongzheng, Dong Yun, and Zhang Anren is arguably the biggest scandal in the architecture department right now.

Various rumors circulated, some seemingly plausible and others false, making it difficult to discern their truth or falsehood. However, the general outline of the events remained clear.

Initially, Zhang Anren pursued Jiang Nansun, while Dong Yun pursued Wang Yongzheng.

Jiang Nansun rejected Zhang Anren, and Wang Yongzheng also kept his distance from Dong Yun.

Then, for some unknown reason, Zhang Anren suddenly turned around and started chasing after Dong Yun.

Dong Yun initially pretended to accept Zhang Anren's advances in order to spite Wang Yongzheng.

Wang Yongzheng also felt that Dong Yun couldn't possibly really like Zhang Anren, so he didn't take the matter to heart.

Who would have thought that Dong Yun and Zhang Anren would actually fall in love on set?

They're always together, inseparable whenever they have a spare moment.

Wang Yongzheng never dreamed that Zhang Anren would steal his girlfriend away, and in desperation, he complained to Professor Dong.

Unexpectedly, this incident triggered Dong Yun's rebellious spirit, and she dragged Zhang Anren to her father, Professor Dong, to publicly acknowledge their relationship.

Wang Yongzheng has completely become a clown.

Amy invites Wang Yongzheng, Zhang Anren, and Dong Yun to her birthday party, and with the addition of Jiang Nansun, who has close ties with the three, things are about to get really lively.

(End of this chapter)