Chapter 17: May I Add You on WeChat?

“Great, great! I was just thinking about this yesterday but didn’t get a chance to mention it.” Qin Ruowei agreed quickly.

“Alright then, I’ll talk to them.”

“Hmm, but first, send me a video. I want to show it to a few of my roommates.”

“Okay.”

After sending the message, Lin Bai sat up on the bed and clapped his hands.

“Attention, my adopted sons! I’ve just arranged a social gathering for you.”

Lu Xiaobin, Zhao Fangting, and Chen Zhe all stepped forward eagerly, their faces full of excitement.

“Really, godfather?”

“Of course! It’s the day after tomorrow evening, location tentative. The other side will have three girls as well. The opportunity is yours; whether you seize it is up to you.”

“Ah! Godfather!” The three were overjoyed and crowded around him.

...

The next day.

It was the sixth day of the holiday, and about 80% of the students chose to return to campus, making the school lively again.

The class group chat was flooded with messages, keeping everyone busy.

Fortunately, Lin Bai wasn’t a class officer, so he just sent whatever he needed without much hassle.

After finishing his run and push-ups, the class monitor called out for help to distribute books.

Lin Bai was majoring in English at the College of Foreign Languages, where the gender ratio was roughly three males to seven females. His class had only six male students.

With some absent, Lin Bai couldn’t avoid going.

The “Four Mischievous Friends of Room 306” set out according to orders, arriving at the first floor of the academic affairs office to start moving books.

The whole college was involved in moving the books, with a large, chaotic crowd.

Lin Bai, Chen Zhe, Zhao Fangting, and Lu Xiaobin sat on a tricycle, waiting for the call of their class.

Chen Zhe said, “Hey, at three o’clock, that one with jeans and wavy hair, suck-suck-suck.”

Lu Xiaobin rated, “Seven points, just average.”

Zhao Fangting pointed, “How about the one at twelve o’clock, wearing a blue sun-protection jacket?”

Lu Xiaobin responded, “Nice figure, decent face, a bit small though, 7.5.”

“...” Lin Bai smiled faintly at their evaluations. To him, none here compared to Qin Ruowei’s beauty.

In the chaos, Lin Bai noticed an elderly professor descending the stairs.

The professor, about seventy years old, was carrying two books, dressed in an administrative jacket and cloth shoes, walking slowly.

Perhaps disturbed by the noise, his footing slipped, and he lost balance, toppling forward—falling straight down!

At his age, falling down those steps could be fatal.

Many witnessed the scene but had no time to react, only gasps filling the air.

Chen Zhe, Lu Xiaobin, Zhao Fangting, and Lin Bai were among them.

“Hey, where’s Lin Bai?” Zhao Fangting was the first to notice Lin Bai had disappeared.

As for Lin Bai, he had anticipated the fall even before the professor’s foot landed, so he was prepared.

When the professor’s footing faltered, Lin Bai dashed forward.

The distance was only five or six meters.

He pushed through the crowd, rushed up the steps, and caught the falling professor steadily.

“Are you alright, professor?”

The elderly man was dazed, speechless.

Suddenly, applause and cheers broke out around them. Lin Bai turned and smiled in response.

By now, the professor had recovered, straightened up, looked at Lin Bai, and grasped his hands.

“Thank you, student. Without you, I might have...”

“Professor, don’t say that. You’re fine now, right?”

The professor chuckled heartily. “Yes, yes, that’s right. Which class are you in? What’s your name?”

“I’m in Class Two, Lin Bai—‘Lin’ as in forest, ‘Bai’ as in white.”

“Good, Lin Bai, I’ll remember that. Very good.” The professor patted his shoulder and walked away with his books.

Lin Bai didn’t make a big deal of it and returned to the other three just as the book distribution call for Class Two echoed.

“Next up, Class Two, come get your books!”

The four jumped off the tricycle, pushed it to the counter, and began stacking books.

...

By the time they finished moving books, it was past 1 p.m.

Lin Bai still had to pick up Qin Ruowei and dared not waste any time. He skipped lunch and drove straight to Maplewood Town.

At the same time Lin Bai was driving away after picking up Qin Ruowei, a serious-looking man in his forties stood by the floor-to-ceiling window at Qin Ruowei’s home, watching the scene thoughtfully.

“Daughter’s grown up now; it’s about time she had a boyfriend,” he murmured.

His wife came up behind him and patted his shoulder.

The woman bore some resemblance to Qin Ruowei, and although aged, she maintained good care of herself; time had left few traces on her face, lending her a unique charm.

“I don’t oppose Ruowei having a boyfriend, but she can’t just date anyone. These are all nineteen or twenty-year-old students; how many can afford a Mercedes GLE? Do you know what kind of background this kid has?”

Faced with her husband’s concerns, the woman was momentarily speechless, then said after some thought,

“How about this: when the second son comes back in a few days, let him check around the school, okay?”

The man nodded slightly. “Yes, but keep it discreet; they’re just students after all.”

“Got it.”

...

Inside the car.

Lin Bai was completely unaware that Qin Ruowei’s parents had taken notice of him.

After just one night apart, Qin Ruowei clung to Lin Bai’s arm as if they hadn’t seen each other for a year, murmuring softly without letting go—not a trace of the aloof campus belle she usually was.

Back at school, Lin Bai ate in the cafeteria first, then escorted Qin Ruowei back to the dorm.

She had her own things to do, and he had his; they couldn’t be stuck together all the time.

Back in his car, Lin Bai gathered his thoughts.

Only two tasks remained unfinished from the system: the main quest—to make Chen Shuya regret and beg for reconciliation; and a side quest—to obtain an access pass within a week.

The main quest wouldn’t take long; the dormitory social would be the day after tomorrow, and Chen Shuya would surely regret it then.

The urgent matter was the side quest: obtaining the access pass.

Though it was a side quest with a week’s deadline, Lin Bai had no clue where to start.

Approaching Yuan Hai was out of the question; he wasn’t qualified.

Going through Yuan Fengcai would inevitably involve Qin Ruowei, and Lin Bai didn’t want her entangled in this.

He racked his brain but drew a blank, almost scratching his scalp raw.

Knock knock knock!

Just as he was getting frustrated, someone tapped on the car window.

Lin Bai turned and saw a slender girl outside, signaling him to roll down the window.

He was sure he didn’t know her but lowered the window anyway.

“Hello? Can I help you?”

The girl was fairly attractive but not nearly as much as Qin Ruowei.

Her eyes brightened noticeably when she saw Lin Bai, and the next moment, she raised her phone.

“Hi, junior, can I add you on WeChat?”

Lin Bai was speechless.

Who said girls aren’t proactive?

Who said girls are demure?

What nonsense!

“Sorry, senior, I have a girlfriend.” Lin Bai smiled and waved his hand, ready to roll up the window.