Damn it! The girl he likes insists on dragging him to a blind date.

After finishing her rice noodles, and with the dormitory closing time fast approaching, Xia You hurriedly said goodbye to Sheng Zongche.

"Senior, I'll be going now."

"Um."

Sheng Zongche secretly put Xia You's hair tie in his pocket. The dim streetlights cast a halo of light on the ground. He stood at the edge of the light and shadow, his gaze fixed on the girl.

He secretly took in the way the evening breeze ruffled her hair.

And so, under the streetlights, the shadows of the two people and the dog huddled together.

Sheng Zongche stood with his back to the light, so you couldn't see the expression on his face. Xia You didn't know why he was standing there like a statue in the middle of the night, and he didn't say anything.

The wind swirled a few fallen leaves past their ankles, the cicadas lowered their voices, and only the soft hum of the streetlights remained, making their eye contact seem both sweet and flustered.

However, having decided to end this unrequited love, Xia You will not leave herself with any lingering thoughts.

Besides, she was exhausted and didn't even have the strength to speak.

Besides, Sheng Zongche wouldn't want to hear anything anyway.

Just as Xia You was about to turn around, Sheng Zongche called out to her.

"Summer Pomelo".

"Hey, what's wrong, senior?"

Sheng Zongche looked at her face and said calmly, "You...don't you have anything to say to me?"

Xia You then remembered that Wen Mian and her friend had picked a fight with her that afternoon, so she smiled and said, "You helped me at the coffee shop today, thank you senior."

"Anything else?"

Xia You looked completely bewildered.

Anything else? No, that's all. I've already said thank you, and I've treated you to a meal. What more does Sheng Zongche want? Does he want me to kneel down and kowtow to him?

Xia You gazed at him with bright almond-shaped eyes, and after a moment, the corners of her lips suddenly curved into a sweet smile.

"Senior Sheng, could it be... you want to join the social club?"

Sheng Zongche: ?

Xia You relaxed her brows and eyes. "Really, earning money on your own is great. Do you want to try it with me?"

Sheng Zongche suppressed his anger, "How do you know I didn't earn my own money?"

"Yes, yes, I saw your holdings in the car the other day. I'm also very bullish on Brent crude oil; it's going to fall further, so I'm continuing to be bearish. Have you gone bearish yet? But I can't trade US stocks, and I don't have any money..."

Sheng Zongche originally wanted to give Xia You a chance to confess her feelings to him.

Who knew that this woman not only had no interest in this at all, but also started discussing finance and the stock market with him. Was she out of her mind?

Seeing that Sheng Zongche remained silent, Xia You continued to chatter in her sweet voice, "But Senior Sheng, you can never have too much money. We can choose to have our social gathering when the stock market is closed, so you won't really lose anything. Just consider it as making more friends..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sheng Zongche's face suddenly darkened.

He tugged at the dog leash and said, "Stinky Tofu, bite her."

Stinky tofu: ?

Upon hearing this, Xia You was so startled she almost flew off to her feet.

See? She knew this would happen; she shouldn't have spoken to Sheng Zongche.

The girl turned around quickly and ran off on her little legs, saying, "Sorry, Senior Sheng, I have to go now. See you later!"

Sheng Zongche: "..."

……

Two days later, before class started at the Finance Department of Ocean University.

Sheng Zongche leaned back in his chair, his fingertips casually twirling the hair tie adorned with a small dog charm between his fingers, his gaze wandering aimlessly.

Beside him, He Yunqi tapped on his phone while nudging Gu Chi, who was sleeping on the table, and said, "Hey, Chi-ge, let me tell you, it's amazing. This is the first time a girl has ever offered to treat me to dinner, and she even picked a really high-end restaurant."

Gu Chi looked up, put on his gold-rimmed glasses, and looked at him impatiently, "Which girl is it?"

"Xia You's friend Jiang Yunqian, I feel she's very innocent, she probably has no experience at all."

Gu Chi asked, "And then what? What do you plan to do? Sleep with her?"

He Yunqi tilted his head and chuckled, "If she really is a virgin, then it's not necessarily a bad thing."

Upon hearing this, Sheng Zongche stopped twirling his hair tie, gave He Yunqi a sharp look, and said, "Scumbag."

He Yunqi scoffed, "Tch, so what if I'm a jerk? Romance is the most annoying thing. Men are just about satisfying their physical needs."

Gu Chi scoffed, "You talk like you have experience."

"I'm a germaphobe. I have to find a blank sheet of paper. I don't want anything that someone else has touched," He Yunqi said to himself, looking at Gu Chi. "Hey, Brother Chi, I don't know if it's just my imagination, but I always feel like you have a lot of experience in that area."

Gu Chi snorted lightly, "How about we give it a try? I'll teach you?"

He Yunqi: ?

Sheng Zongche interjected, "Where is the little white rabbit now?"

"Which little white rabbit?"

Sheng Zongche: "That ginger that contains lead."

Gu Chi: "..." Lead-containing ginger, what the hell?

He Yunqi was speechless. "Jiang Yunqian? She's in the lecture hall on the third floor. I think her class is econometrics."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Zongche got up, put his hands in his pockets, and walked towards the door.

He Yunqi called out from behind him, "Hey Che-ge, class is about to start, where are you going? To the bathroom?"

Gu Chi smiled faintly and said, "He's itching to get treatment, so he's going to find someone to cure his illness."

……

Sheng Zongche walked up to the third floor with the hair tie in his hand. As soon as he turned a corner, he bumped into Wen Mian and Cheng Yuyao.

He frowned imperceptibly, and walked away as if he hadn't seen the two of them. Wen Mian steeled her heart and called out to him.

"Senior Sheng."

Sheng Zongche reluctantly turned around. "You changed your major? Can a brain that studied foreign languages ​​understand financial figures?"

In fact, Sheng Zongche had never liked Wen Mian. This woman relied on her father's acquaintance with Sheng Hongyuan to tell everyone how close she was to Sheng Zongche, which made him very unhappy. Not only did he ignore her, he also took every opportunity to criticize her.

Wen Mian's ears turned red from what she was being said, and she could only explain, "No, Senior Sheng, I came here specifically to find you. I think there might have been a misunderstanding between us and Xia You at the coffee shop a few days ago, so..."

"Then you should go find Xia You, why are you looking for me?"

Wen Mian and Cheng Yuyao exchanged a glance, then Wen Mian deliberately spoke in a weak, affected voice, like an innocent little rabbit, "I was planning to go and explain to Xia You, but I ran into you first, so..."

Cheng Yuyao, always outspoken, couldn't stand her best friend's pitiful look, so she asked directly, "Senior Sheng, what's your relationship with Xia You? Are you two close?"

Sheng Zongche's gaze swept over her, and he gave a mocking sneer, his face showing disdain. "None of your business."

Cheng Yuyao: "..."

After Sheng Zongche left, Wen Mian pursed her red lips and watched his retreating figure, her displeasure almost solidifying in her eyes.

Cheng Yuyao scoffed lightly, "No way, Sheng Zongche wouldn't actually like that vixen Xia You, would he? Has he never seen a woman before? His taste is so bad!"

Wen Mian dropped her previous gentle and weak demeanor, her pride now undisguised. "A poor wretch like you, dreaming of rising to the top. You're like a toad lusting after a swan."

Cheng Yuyao asked, "Shall we go back to the Foreign Languages ​​Institute now?"

Wen Mian said, "I checked the timetable, and Sheng Zongche's class is clearly on the first floor. What is he doing on the third floor? Could it be...?"

Cheng Yuyao: "He went to find Xia You?"