My organs are too abstract.

In the afternoon, Xu Yuan returned to his dormitory, still feeling hot.

He returned to school early, but only trained on the playground for a while before slowly making his way back.

Glancing at his left hand hanging down, Xu Yuan sighed inwardly, "When will this ever end?"

Training wasn't difficult for him, but the timing was just too gloomy, completely disrupting his routine.

He shook his head helplessly, reached out and pushed open the dormitory door. Before he could even stand still, several pairs of eyes were instantly cast over, each face filled with undisguised gossip.

Li Da was the first to speak, winking and asking, "Brother Yuan, where did you come from?"

Xu Yuan, looking calm, tossed the keys onto the table and casually said, "The library."

The reason he didn't tell the truth wasn't because he felt guilty, but because he felt it was unnecessary.

The person who started the rumors that he was heartbroken and ill has not yet been caught, which is already a headache for him. If these people find out about his involvement with Su Nian and spread the word, what will happen? Who knows what new outrageous drama they will create for him.

He even had a vague suspicion that the person spreading the rumor was in the dormitory.

"Oh—the library?"

Xu Liang deliberately dragged out the last syllable, his tone dripping with sarcasm. The next second, he pulled out his phone, flipped to a photo, and shoved it in front of Xu Yuan. "So tell us, what's the deal with this photo?"

Xu Yuan glanced down and saw the scene where he was carrying Su Nian in one arm during the challenge. The camera angle was particularly tricky, and the lighting created an exceptionally soft atmosphere. Su Nian's cheek was buried in his shoulder, and the tips of her ears were flushed, making it look quite ambiguous.

"Where did you get the photo?" Xu Yuan was slightly taken aback.

The photos were actually taken by a few female classmates Xu Liang had recently met at the flea market. They happened to run into Xu Yuan at the mall, and they were curious about his relationship with Su Nian, so they took the photos and subtly asked Xu Liang about it.

Xu Liang put his phone away, adopting a detective's stance: "Never mind the source, just tell me honestly, is it true?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it any longer, Xu Yuan simply nodded frankly: "It's true."

"It's really true?!"

Liang Xiaolong poked his head out from the top bunk, his eyes full of gossip and his tone brimming with excitement, "Brother Yuan, is there any progress between you and the class monitor?"

"What progress? She just asked me to do her a favor." Xu Yuan sat down on the bedside, his face full of helplessness. "What are you all thinking about all day?"

The group exchanged glances, smiled without saying a word, and looked Xu Yuan up and down with ambiguous expressions.

Zhao Ze patted Xu Yuan on the shoulder with a knowing look: "Brother Yuan, you don't need to explain. They don't understand you, but I, Zhao Ze, do."

"You understand me?" Xu Yuan chuckled, exasperated. "If you understand me, why are you smiling so broadly?"

"Hehehe..."

Liu Cheng, who was writing something down in his notebook, suddenly stopped writing as if he had just remembered something.

He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, his face first showing an expression of sudden realization, then a hint of struggle, as if he were troubled by some thorny problem.

Zhao Ze noticed this expression and asked curiously, "What's with that expression?"

"I just suddenly remembered something."

"What's up?"

Liu Cheng said solemnly, "If Brother Yuan chooses the class monitor, what will happen to Tang Xinxin?"

The room fell silent for half a second after he said that.

Zhao Ze also frowned, and nodded thoughtfully: "When you say that, it does seem to make sense."

"Tang Xinxin?"

Xu Liang's ears perked up instantly, and his eyes lit up. "Male or female? Pretty or not?"

"She's a girl, exceptionally beautiful." Liu Cheng pondered for a moment, then added seriously, "Her relationship with Brother Yuan is quite special."

"Very beautiful? And has a close relationship with her?"

Xu Yuan's mind flashed back to that enthusiastic and cheerful girl. She had indeed left a deep impression on him. At this moment, he felt utterly exasperated: "What nonsense! I've only met her once. We're just ordinary friends. What kind of relationship could we possibly have?"

Xu Liang looked at Liu Cheng with a puzzled expression: "It doesn't sound like anything."

"You have no idea," Liu Cheng said with an expression of utter disbelief. "Even though they've only met once, they've already touched each other's legs, and the other person isn't angry. What do you think their relationship is like?"

"What?! Touching my leg?!"

Xu Liang's expression shifted from gossip to shock, then to jealousy, and finally to a look of utter despair. His finger trembled slightly as he pointed at Xu Yuan. "Xu Yuan, you deserve to die!"

Xu Yuan: "..."

Li Da, who was standing nearby, chuckled and shoved Xu Liang, saying, "Alright, alright, why are you meddling in this? Those are Yuan Ge's business, so stop getting involved and just mind your own business."

Xu Liang deflated instantly, collapsing onto the bed and staring blankly at the ceiling, his gaze empty and melancholy: "I also want someone to care about me, but in this world, no one cares whether I'm cold, hungry, or tired."

Zhao Ze didn't even look up, replying casually, "Are you cold? Hungry? Tired? Okay, at least someone cares."

"...That's too perfunctory." Xu Liang shook his head. "Besides, what I want is a girl's concern."

"Girls do it too."

Xu Liang's face lit up with joy: "How come I didn't know?"

Zhao Ze said in a serious tone, "I heard that the spherical tank doesn't dare to cause trouble for Yang Minghao now, and is offering a huge reward for the real culprit behind it. They are really in love with you."

Xu Liang: "..."

Li Da comforted him, "Don't be afraid, they only put up the reward but don't offer any reward."

Xu Liang lay on the bed and suddenly sighed softly, "Seriously, do you guys think I should find a girlfriend?"

"It's not a question of whether you want to look or not," Liang Xiaolong shook his head, cutting to the chase. "Brother Yuan doesn't want to look; you simply can't find him."

Xu Liang retorted defiantly, "It's not like you have a girlfriend."

Liang Xiaolong immediately put his hands behind his back, adopting the air of a hermit, and said indifferently, "I may not be very talented, but I do have an online girlfriend."

"You're bragging about an online relationship? You've never even met in person, what's there to brag about?"

"How can I not be better than you?" Liang Xiaolong glanced at him disdainfully and casually uttered two words, "country bumpkin."

Xu Liang felt as if he had been stabbed by a sharp sword, and was greatly shocked. With a sullen face, he said, "No, I have to go out for drinks tonight to soothe my wounded soul."

Liang Xiaolong shook his head repeatedly: "Forget it, I'm a bit tired and don't really want to move."

Zhao Ze glanced at the sky outside the window and casually suggested, "Why don't we just stay home, order some takeout, and have a drink in the dorm?"

Li Da was the first to respond: "Okay, okay, I'm a little hungry too."

Liu Cheng raised his hand: "I'm fine with anything."

After playing games for a while and waiting, all the takeout orders arrived. Everyone laid out the steaming hot barbecue skewers, opened a few cans of beer, and the dorm room instantly became lively.

Xu Liang took a bite of a lamb skewer and mumbled, "By the way, where's Chen Jun? I haven't seen him anywhere lately."

Zhao Ze picked up the beer can, took a sip, frowned slightly, and said with a complicated tone, "Him... it's a long story."

Liu Cheng suddenly said, "I heard from others that his parents came to the school looking for him, and they went there several times, but they couldn't find him in the end."

After these words, the dormitory fell silent for a moment. While the others didn't have a good impression of Chen Jun, they couldn't help but feel sorry for his parents.

Li Da sighed softly and said with emotion, "The hearts of parents are always full of love and worry; his parents must be extremely anxious."

Xu Yuan was eating with his head down when he heard this and paused slightly. He suddenly thought of his mother. It had been a few days since he last went home. His mother was alone at home, and he wondered how she was doing.

He took out his phone and glanced at it, thinking it was time to go home and visit his family.

……