Deep purple waist-length hair framed Lin Shulan’s exquisite face. Her bright eyes were cold yet agile, and silver earrings added a finishing touch.
Her light purple form-fitting yoga jacket was open, and the thin straps of her white tank top highlighted the clean lines of her neck and shoulders. A cluster of wisteria was tattooed below her left collarbone, making it particularly eye-catching.
With a slender waist and an ample chest, her yoga pants wrapped around her long legs, paired with purple-grey sneakers—she was full of athletic vibes.
She held her phone horizontally with both hands, her slender fingers tapping incessantly on the screen. Her eyes were upturned and unblinking, and her brow furrowed from time to time. She seemed focused on a game, and the situation looked far from optimistic.
To be honest, Ye Zhou, who had been a top student winning awards since childhood, usually didn’t want to deal with this type of girl.
It felt like one moment you’d be greeting her normally, and the next, she might punch you without a word.
An unapproachable personality and an unpredictable temper made one feel faintly intimidated.
Of course, this was just Ye Zhou’s subjective judgment of Lin Shulan.
“Oh! Little Ye Zhou Junior, you finally came to the club early today!”
“It seems you took the words your Senior Student said to you seriously and kept them in mind~”
Chen Yuhe was still wearing light blue denim shorts paired with black Doc Martin boots. Her waist was slender, revealing a pair of long, fair legs.
She was still full of energy, without a single hint of anything out of the ordinary.
“Yeah, morning, Senior Student Chen.”
Ye Zhou smiled calmly. Looking at it this way, he had been overthinking things.
Chen Yuhe’s almond-shaped eyes curved into crescents when she smiled, but her peripheral vision inadvertently drifted toward the person on the sofa.
“Wow, Lin Shulan, it’s usually hard to see you in the club. What are you thinking today?”
“Chen Yuhe, don’t be so disrespectful.”
Lin Shulan rolled her eyes and said irritably, “I’m older than you after all. What should you call me?”
“Ahem… Isn’t this the beloved, flower-blooming great beauty of our Drama and Film Club, Lin Shulan?”
Chen Yuhe cleared her throat, her entire attitude shifting.
Ye Zhou also took this opportunity to give a polite smile and gently waved to greet Lin Shulan:
“Ahaha… Great Beauty Lin… Uh, no, wait, yes, Senior Student Lin, morning to you too.”
“…”
Lin Shulan didn’t even look up; she just nodded slightly without saying a word.
The smile stiffened on Ye Zhou’s face, feeling a bit awkward.
“Damned Lin Shulan, the Junior Student is greeting you. Why aren’t you responding?”
Chen Yuhe rolled up her sleeves with an air of starting a fight. She stepped forward with her long legs but was held back by Lin Shulan’s hand against her abdomen, preventing her from getting close.
“Didn’t I nod? Also, Chen Yuhe, don’t annoy me right now. I’m very busy.”
“You’re clearly just busy playing a game! No, I want to join in too, just to get revenge for the Junior Student.”
“Go away, Chen Yuhe. You’re so bad at this. Other than dragging me down, you’re useless.”
Just then, Su Zhihan also gently pushed the door open, looked around, and stepped inside.
Today, she had her slightly curly long hair tucked into a black beret. She blinked her large eyes, and the beauty mark at the corner of her eye made her look both adorably silly and lively.
She wore a black long-sleeved sailor suit with a white collar and a red bow, paired with a black pleated skirt and black stockings. The black-and-red color scheme outlined a sweet campus girl aesthetic.
“Good morning, Ye Zhou.”
Su Zhihan first greeted Ye Zhou politely. Then, she closed the door and turned around, only to find the two on the sofa fighting over a phone.
Blinking her bright eyes, she tilted her head and asked, “What are the Senior Students doing?”
The corner of Ye Zhou’s mouth twitched. “As you can see, they might just be playing around.”
At this moment, Lin Shulan found an opportunity and snatched her phone back from Chen Yuhe.
With an expressionless face, Lin Shulan pulled up the two thin straps of her white tank top that had slipped to her shoulders during the scuffle with Chen Yuhe, adjusting her heaving chest.
“Stop it, Chen Yuhe. Your Junior Student Su Zhihan is here. Shouldn’t you hurry up and think of a way to maintain your perfect Senior Student image?”
“Oh, oh…”
Chen Yuhe belatedly realized that Little Ye Zhou was still watching the whole time, and her ears instantly turned red with embarrassment.
She immediately lowered her head to look for her boots by the sofa; she had accidentally kicked one off while messing with Lin Shulan.
Her bare foot was covered in a black lace-trimmed sock, the lace looking delicate and playful, with her slender ankle exposed. Her fair-skinned toes with a hint of red were wiggling restlessly, full of coquettish charm.
But just as Chen Yuhe managed to find the boot under the sofa and was about to reach for it, a long leg wrapped in yoga pants stretched out and gently kicked it aside. Now she couldn’t reach it at all.
“Do you want to die, Lin Shulan? Hurry up and get my shoe back.”
Lin Shulan shrugged, unmoved.
“Who told you to mess with me while I was gaming? You made me lose. It’s all your fault, so this is my revenge.”
This was a scene full of benefits for a guy, but Ye Zhou felt it was better to head to the restroom to avoid it. Unexpectedly, Chen Yuhe’s boot, aided by the inertia of the floor, slid right to his feet.
Ye Zhou froze for a moment and leaned down to pick it up, but Su Zhihan seemed to react first. She stepped closer, bent over, picked it up, and handed it to Chen Yuhe.
“Oh! Thank you so much, Junior Student Zhihan!”
Chen Yuhe hurriedly took the boot and put it on in a few quick motions. She stood up with her hands on her hips, a forced smile on her face to hide her inner panic.
“Damned Lin Shulan, she’s clearly just terrible at the game but blames me for disturbing her. Always making excuses for being bad, truly unreasonable…”
Lin Shulan automatically ignored Chen Yuhe, who was glaring with almond eyes and muttering as if she were about to stab a voodoo doll the next second.
She turned her head toward Su Zhihan, who was right in front of her, waved her hand slightly, and a clear smile appeared on her lips.
“Hello, Su Zhihan. You’ve been here for a while. Are you used to it yet?”
“Thank you, Senior Student Lin. Personally, I feel very accustomed to it.” Su Zhihan blinked her big eyes and nodded with a faint smile.
“Is that so? That’s good then…”
“…”
The corner of Ye Zhou’s mouth couldn’t stop twitching. It felt like he was being treated differently.
“Oh! No, I have a core class this morning. I’m almost late.”
“I can’t fail this class, or it will affect my graduation and awards later.”
Chen Yuhe subconsciously glanced at the wall clock. In a panic, she stepped out with her long fair legs and waved.
“No, I have to go now.”
“Zhihan, Little Ye Zhou, see you when I have time. And you, you cursed Lin Shulan, see you never!”
Once Chen Yuhe left, the club finally quieted down.
Su Zhihan sat on the sofa and proactively chatted with Lin Shulan, mostly about club matters.
Ye Zhou felt he had nothing to do at the moment, so he randomly pulled a book from a nearby shelf. It seemed to be called Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Law.
The pages were full of theory. Anyway, sitting on the sofa opposite them, he fell into a groggy sleep after reading just a few pages.
When Ye Zhou woke up in a daze, he took the book off his face, wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth, and looked around. He picked up his phone and saw that an hour had passed.
Su Zhihan had left the club at some point, leaving only Lin Shulan. She was holding her phone with a serious face, seemingly playing games again.
Ye Zhou felt that if the two of them continued to stay there, the atmosphere would only get awkward.
So, he prepared to leave. He had spent enough time at the club today anyway.
Right at that moment, the Daily Intelligence in his mind began to refresh:
[Today’s Intel: The purple-haired mature beauty Lin Shulan’s relative will suddenly visit in fifteen minutes, causing her great pain.]
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