Chapter 59: 059 You’ve Changed, Really Changed
At two in the afternoon, Tang Hexing finished eating the meal that his roommates had packed for him, then expressed sincere gratitude to the three roommates.
They had helped get him back from the KTV, cleaned up the dormitory that he had messed up, and just now even packed lunch for him… Although they had taken a photo of his most embarrassing moment, they hadn’t posted it to the class group to spread it around, which was already quite giving face.
“Thanks, guys, really…” Halfway through speaking, Tang Hexing realized he was a bit clumsy with words, not knowing how to continue.
But the roommates were even more carefree.
Fu Hanwen patted his shoulder: “No big deal, it’s nothing!”
Wang Heng handed him a bottle of iced green tea: “I bought an extra one just now, drink some to sober up?”
Tang Hexing: “Uh, thanks…”
Wang Heng: “No need to thank me, you guys play slowly, I have something to do first and I’m heading out.”
Wang Ke paused the anime series playing on his computer, took off his headphones and asked: “What’s up? Another girl?”
“It’s not about a girl, it’s about money. Work-related matter.”
Wang Heng felt that he wasn’t really lying. After all, Pei Ningle was his client, not some ambiguous relationship, right?
He just left like that, conveniently closing the door behind him.
Fu Hanwen glanced at the dormitory door that had just closed, and complained: “It’s Sunday, no need to go to the company, I think he’s probably sneaking off to see a girl.”
Wang Ke: “Want to tail him and check it out?”
Fu Hanwen pursed his lips: “Forget it, bored out of my mind!”
Tang Hexing took a sip of green tea and murmured: “Girls… nothing interesting, better to play games.”
Fu Hanwen: “Want to play together with me?”
Tang Hexing’s eyes lit up: “Sure, big shot, take me, I’ll support you!”
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After chatting with Sun Ruimin for half an hour, Han Yixuan discovered she actually had a talent for the skill of probing. Not only did it greatly close the distance with this senior female student, she also confirmed three facts.
First, the one who made Senior Sun hit a wall was Wang Heng, that guy.
Second, just last night, Wang Heng attended a social gathering with classmates, but stayed low-key the whole time.
Third, Wang Heng seemed to have a relationship with some girl, but according to Senior Sun Ruimin, that was likely just an excuse for Wang Heng to leave.
After confirming these facts, there was no need to continue chatting with Sun Ruimin, but it couldn’t end too abruptly either. After all, she might need to probe for information from her in the future, and besides, this senior female student was a minor leader in the student union, so naturally it was best to maintain a good relationship.
So Han Yixuan accompanied Sun Ruimin chatting for another ten minutes, finally seizing the timing to end the idle talk, and obediently bid farewell to the senior female student.
Then, she walked outside the teaching building and took out her mobile phone.
Han Yixuan called Song Xiaoxia.
Although they had been separated in different places since entering university, the distance hadn’t severed the friendship between this pair of best friends. Whenever something happened in life or they had some troubling worries, their first choice was often still to confide in each other.
After the phone connected, Han Yixuan sat on the bench by the path: “Xiaoxia, I…”
Song Xiaoxia heard the hesitation in her tone and got straight to the point: “What trouble did you run into? Your new roommates giving you difficulty?”
Han Yixuan instinctively shook her head: “No, they’re pretty friendly.”
Song Xiaoxia: “Then what are you upset about? You don’t sound too happy.”
Han Yixuan bit her lower lip, hesitated for two seconds, then tried to confide in a more euphemistic way.
She said: “I suddenly feel like I’m getting more and more hypocritical now.”
Song Xiaoxia was a bit confused: “What?”
Han Yixuan: “Lying to probe about others, this kind of thing, I originally thought I’d never learn to do it.”
Song Xiaoxia: “Who did you probe about?”
Han Yixuan: “A senior female student in the student union, from her I learned again… about Wang Heng’s matters.”
A sigh came from the other end of the phone.
Song Xiaoxia was silent for a moment, then asked: “You still haven’t forgotten that guy?”
Han Yixuan couldn’t help standing up, her tone involuntarily rising: “I’ve had a crush on him for two years, over two years! Starting from the second semester of the first year of high school, up to now, how do you expect me to forget him so easily?”
Song Xiaoxia sighed: “I understand, you told me back in your second year of high school, that’s why I told you to fall for someone else, don’t be so stubborn and refuse to give up until you see the coffin. No, you’ve already seen the coffin and still won’t let go…”
Han Yixuan gripped her mobile phone. She gripped it so hard that the phone case started creaking, and her knuckles turned slightly white.
Standing in this place where she was now, looking out, the campus was full of vitality. Green grass like a carpet, tree canopies like umbrellas, unfamiliar classmates coming and going, some walking together chatting and laughing, some walking alone looking down at their mobile phones, others holding books and reading while walking… Everyone seemed fulfilled, only she felt so confused.
Suddenly, she relaxed the force in her palm and said softly: “These days, I’ve been telling myself not to waste time on one piece of wood. But I… can’t fool myself either. I still don’t want to give up, at least not now.”
Song Xiaoxia said helplessly: “As long as you’ve thought it through yourself. I can’t hold you back either, right? So what do you want to do now?”
Han Yixuan suddenly smiled: “That senior female student said a lot of nonsense, but one point was really not wrong. Before doing things, have planning, that’s humanity’s innate advantage.”
Song Xiaoxia: “…What are you trying to say?”
Han Yixuan said solemnly: “I want to first investigate that guy’s situation, see if there are any enemies.”
Song Xiaoxia: “…Enemies?!”
Han Yixuan: “Yes, then observe him from the shadows, arrange another romantic chance encounter. Then, it should be easy to catch him, right?”
Song Xiaoxia was speechless for a moment. After a while, she sighed: “Xiao Xuan, you’re right, you really have changed… How did you get so scheming?”
Han Yixuan: “That scheming?”
“Of course, you used to be such a pure little girl!” Song Xiaoxia said heartbrokenly, “It’s all that coward’s fault, turning a perfectly pure girl into such a scheming…”
The words stopped short.
Han Yixuan: “You wanna say scheming bitch?”
Song Xiaoxia: “…No, definitely not!”
Han Yixuan sneered: “Hmph, bitch or not, who told you I was pure? We’ve read plenty of romance novels together, you think I don’t know the strategies of those vicious female supporting characters?”
Song Xiaoxia couldn’t help but let out another long sigh: “Xiao Xuan, you really changed…”
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This afternoon I set up the characters for this book… Um, then it’s time to find some suitable character images.
