“What time will you be back?”

Gu Qingxiang didn’t ask Lin Baici what he was up to, acting like an understanding wife.

“……”

Lin Baici didn’t know what to say, because there was a good chance he wouldn’t return for the night. Moreover, as a freshman, saying such a thing in front of his counselor might earn him a scolding.

Gu Qingxiang got up and left.

Lin Baici thought the counselor was angry and was pondering how to explain himself when Gu Qingxiang returned, handing him a key.

“If it’s too late, I won’t wait up for you.”

“……”

Lin Baici was dumbfounded. What did this mean? Could he now stay here regularly?

“Not needed? Then forget it!”

Gu Qingxiang couldn’t quite explain why she offered Lin Baici the key. She was feeling a bit flustered and was about to retract her offer when Lin Baici snatched the key away.

“Needed! Definitely needed!”

Lin Baici smiled, looking at Gu Qingxiang: “Qingxiang, thank you. From now on, I’ll have the nerve to freeload off you!”

“I’m not your sister, call me mom!”

Gu Qingxiang said expressionlessly.

Hearing this, Lin Baici’s face turned into a bitter gourd. No way, she’s holding a grudge? Was she upset because he made her feel old?

“I was feeling down that day…”

Lin Baici tried to explain.

Gu Qingxiang interrupted him: “Feeling down gives you the right to call someone mom?”

The female counselor’s thin red lips pursed. She wasn’t really angry, but Lin Baici’s explanation didn’t sit well with her.

Lin Baici didn’t know what to say, feeling anxious, and for some reason, looking at Gu Qingxiang’s red lips, he suddenly felt an impulse. His head heated up, he stepped forward, blocked her waist with one hand, and kissed her lips.

Gu Qingxiang was startled, instinctively trying to push Lin Baici away, but even if Lin Baici wasn’t a divine hunter, Gu Qingxiang couldn’t push away a grown man with her strength.

A minute later, their lips parted.

Lin Baici looked at Gu Qingxiang’s blushing cheeks, his mind a bit dazed.

Damn, what have I done?

Lin Baici’s scalp tingled.

Should he just leave? Escape quickly?

That didn’t seem right.

“Qingxiang, be my girlfriend?”

Lin Baici blurted out. In fact, he had been very comfortable and at ease these past few days, almost forgetting to return home.

He liked this warm atmosphere.

Gu Qingxiang was about to scold Lin Baici, but hearing his words and looking into his eyes, she knew he wasn’t joking. So the words she intended to scold him with turned into:

“Is this how you treat your mom?”

Gu Qingxiang had never experienced such emotions, so she felt strange, her whole body uncomfortable.

“I didn’t get hit?”

At this moment, Lin Baici, blessed with good fortune, deduced from not being hit that there might be a chance for something to happen, so he lowered his head again and pecked Gu Qingxiang like a chicken pecking at rice.

Bang!

Gu Qingxiang punched Lin Baici in the stomach, not very hard, but it was a clear statement of her attitude.

Lin Baici!

Don’t go too far!

“Qingxiang, I want to eat dumplings tomorrow!”

Lin Baici grinned, his eight white teeth shining brightly under the light.

“School starts tomorrow, I’m busy, no time!”

Gu Qingxiang gave Lin Baici a glance.

“The day after is fine too!”

After saying that, Lin Baici pocketed the key: “I’m off, you should go to bed early tonight, don’t stay up late!”

It felt like there was no need to buy a house, living with Gu Qingxiang was quite nice.

Gu Qingxiang watched Lin Baici leave.

When he closed the door, the living room immediately quieted down.

Gu Qingxiang walked into the bathroom, looking at the face in the mirror,

Was she smiling?

Such a beautiful jasmine flower, fragrant and beautiful on every branch…

Her phone rang.

Gu Qingxiang returned to the living room, picked up the phone from the sofa,

And answered.

“There’s been troublemakers around lately, can you take some time to clean up these rats?”

A decadent male voice came through the receiver, seemingly accompanied by the sound of video games.

“I’m busy!”

Gu Qingxiang’s voice was cold: “And whatever trouble there is, what does it have to do with me?”

“How can it not be related? Haijing is our…”

“I don’t want to hear these boring things. If you have nothing else, I’m hanging up!”

Gu Qingxiang’s attitude was dismissive.

“Is being a teacher that interesting?”

The other party didn’t understand.

“I’m not a teacher, I’m a counselor!”

Gu Qingxiang clarified: “And I’ve been obsessed with making dumplings lately, don’t bother me!”

Snap!

Gu Qingxiang hung up the phone.

……

Lin Baici took a taxi and arrived at Haijing Normal University at 7:40. Since school officially started tomorrow, all the students had already arrived.

The streets nearby were crowded, with people dining out and strolling around, the college economy thriving.

Lin Baici entered the campus, first toured the teaching buildings and laboratories, then wandered around the school. But it seemed like looking for a needle in a haystack.

“I might as well go back and learn Korean with Gu Qingxiang!”

Although he thought so, earning an annual salary of one hundred million, Lin Baici wanted to complete his first job after joining the company in a splendid manner.

His phone rang.

Lin Baici saw it was a video call from Li Wei.

He didn’t answer, directly hanging up. How could he explain being at Haijing Normal University?

Then he redialed.

“Is phone credit not money?”

Li Wei exclaimed: “Why not use data?”

“I’m outside, ran out of data!”

Lin Baici made up an excuse.

“It’s only the 7th, and you’ve used it all up? Did you get a girlfriend?”

Li Wei was curious: “She must be very pretty, right?”

Usually, having a girlfriend meant more phone expenses.

“No girlfriend!”

Lin Baici thought to himself, not single, but almost went from boy to man: “What do you want?”

“Didn’t we contact each other for seven days? Just caring about your physical and mental health.”

Li Wei laughed heartily: “Guess how much I earned this National Day?”

“Three thousand?”

Lin Baici guessed a number. His childhood friend should have earned quite a bit, otherwise, he wouldn’t be showing off.

“Damn, if I had your face, maybe I could hang on to a rich woman and earn three thousand in seven days!”

Li Wei looked down on him: “Two thousand, how about that? An average of over 280 a day! Impressive, right?”

“Impressive!”

Lin Baici sighed. If he hadn’t become a divine hunter, he would be like Li Wei, working during the holidays and then being happy for several days over a salary of two or three thousand.

But now, he couldn’t even be bothered to take advantage of the Origin Forum.

Sigh!

The life of a rich person is just so boring, tedious, and dull.

“Hehe, I finally have one thing that’s better than you!”

Li Wei was proud. He and Lin Baici were good buddies, so he could say such things without fear of hurting feelings.

“Yes, yes!”

Lin Baici played along.

“Old Bai, let me tell you a secret!”

Li Wei lowered his voice, obviously afraid of being overheard by others: “Our class leader seems to have fallen for you at first sight!”

“What?”

Lin Baici knew his friend was talking about Cai Wenqi.

“Didn’t we meet her once when we went out to eat? I think she’s taken a liking to you. These past few days, she’s been chatting with me, beating around the bush to find out about you!”

Li Wei explained.

“I think you might be mistaken!”

Lin Baici walked towards the school gate, planning to check out the Medical University.

“Mistaken about what? When a woman is interested in a man, there’s only one possibility, she likes him. I’m telling you, Old Bai, our class leader is quite pretty, and she has a good personality too. You could consider it!”

Li Wei suggested.

“She’s not my type!”

Lin Baici didn’t want to waste words on this: “You should stay in school more these days, focus on studying. With your two thousand, you can’t even afford a hotel room!”

Lin Baici deliberately provoked Li Wei, hoping he would stay in school and strive for improvement, to prevent the guy from getting addicted to working and running around, possibly encountering rule pollution.

“No money for a hotel room, can always do it outdoors!”

Li Wei chuckled.

“……”

Lin Baici was shocked, but his friend made a good point, and he didn’t know how to refute it.

“What kind of girl do you like? Our class leader is already pretty good!”

Li Wei felt complicated when he heard Lin Baici wasn’t interested in Cai Wenqi.

On the first day of school, when he saw Cai Wenqi, he was attracted to this pretty, generous, efficient, and strong-willed girl.

He wanted to change, to start anew in college, so he studied hard and worked hard. But even with all his efforts, he couldn’t get Cai Wenqi to give him a second glance.

And his childhood friend had just met her once and she remembered him.

Lin Baici not being interested in Cai Wenqi reassured Li Wei, meaning he still had a chance, but this lack of interest also made him feel uncomfortable.

The girl he had a crush on was, in Lin Baici’s eyes, not even worth considering.

“The type of older sister who’s a good wife and mother?”

Lin Baici wasn’t sure, but he currently had a good impression of Gu Qingxiang.

Embarrassingly, he also liked Jin Yingzhen’s figure and temperament. If Jin Yingzhen wasn’t a friend, he might have really become a scumbag.

“You’re not into motherly love, are you? You know too little about women. I’ll recommend a female streamer to you, Hua Yueyu from Shark Platform. She’s super popular lately. You should check her out, very cute, and her COSPLAY is quite authentic. It should shape your taste!”

Li Wei, while talking, sent over a link to a live broadcast room: “But I don’t know what’s up with her these days, she hasn’t been streaming, nor has she taken leave!”

“Maybe she’s sick?”

Lin Baici was concerned. It couldn’t be because he rejected the mermaid girl, making her disheartened, could it?

“More likely she met a sugar daddy!”

Li Wei often watched live streams and noticed that some female streamers would disappear for a few days from time to time, likely accompanying their top donors.

“Let’s not talk about this.”

Lin Baici was ready to walk to the Medical University, just to clear his mind.

“Okay, good luck!”

Li Wei said goodnight and hung up.

Lin Baici called Hua Yueyu. Hearing her voice, she was clearly not in high spirits, but because of this call, Hua Yueyu’s mood improved.

They talked for over an hour, and Lin Baici walked all the way to the Medical University. Most of the time, it was Hua Yueyu talking.

“It’s almost 10 o’clock, get some rest!”

The autumn night wind was a bit chilly, and with the late hour, there weren’t many people on the streets. Lin Baici walked through the campus of the Medical University, finding nothing.

He boredly took out the divining turtle shell and cast a fortune.

“Psychic divination, minor misfortune today.”

“Avoid travel, avoid women.”

That was too vague. Lin Baici rolled his eyes: “Just tell me, which direction is more dangerous?”

“West!”

Lin Baici immediately headed west, circled the school, saw nothing, then left the campus. On a street outside, he saw a girl sitting in a bus shelter, holding her head, her shoulders twitching, obviously sobbing.

Was this a breakup?

Normally, Lin Baici would not meddle in such matters, but today, he was bored, so he approached and sat next to the girl.

The girl scooted over a bit but didn’t leave, and her crying quieted down a bit.

“Have some chocolate, it’s good for your mood when you’re feeling down!”

Lin Baici offered her a piece of chocolate.

The girl was unresponsive.

“Hey…”

Lin Baici poked the girl’s shoulder with the chocolate.

The girl was not tall, with an average figure, wearing jeans, a hooded sweatshirt, and sneakers, quite ordinary.

“I’ve been thinking about getting a girlfriend lately.”

Lin Baici rambled on.

“Are you annoying…”

The girl wanted to curse, but when she looked up and saw Lin Baici’s face, she stopped short, also taken aback by Lin Baici’s muscular and imposing figure.

“I’m looking for a girlfriend who’s a doctor, can you help me?”

Lin Baici asked with a smile, unwrapping the chocolate, breaking off a piece for himself, and handing the rest to the girl: “Dark chocolate, very bitter, not everyone can handle it!”

The girl took the chocolate and bit into it, as if out of spite.

“Ah, I’ve been so annoyed lately, so many girls chasing me, but I like every one of them!”

Lin Baici leaned back slightly, looking up at the sky.

“Scumbag!”

The girl despised him.

“Right, like now, I’ve started liking you too!”Lin Baici had read a psychology book that stated communication is one of the most effective ways to bridge relationships. Just like with people contemplating suicide, if you can get them talking, you can usually dissuade them from the thought.

Of course, the content of the conversation has to be targeted.

For example, Lin Baici would say he’s pursued by many girls, proving his desirability, and then compliment the girl, saying he likes her, which would make her feel valued and naturally elicit a sense of joy.

When someone is happy, they tend to open up and forget their troubles.

“With so many guys in college, why be sad over one or two? Come on, wipe away those tears, and find someone better tomorrow!”

Lin Baici handed over a pack of tissues.

“Who said I’m crying over a breakup?”

The girl retorted.

“Sorry, that was shallow of me!”

Lin Baici shrugged and stood up: “Let’s go, I’ll walk you back to school!”

The girl hesitated, then suddenly said, “I don’t want to go back to school, I want to go to the riverside and look at the night view!”

“Let’s go!”

Lin Baici had nothing else to do, so he might as well go the whole nine yards.

They didn’t take a taxi but walked instead, as it wasn’t far, just about fifteen minutes.

All the way there, the girl kept her head down, saying nothing.

When they reached the riverside, the girl started looking up frequently, peering toward the riverbank, and her pace quickened.

“Damn, what the hell? Something seems off!”

Lin Baici felt a tingling on his scalp. Why did this girl seem so strange?

Was she looking for something?

“It’s getting late, I want to go back now!”

Lin Baici suddenly spoke up.

Whoosh!

The girl instinctively raised her hand and clung to Lin Baici tightly, as if grasping a lifeline: “Stay with me a little longer!”

Damn it!

This girl was definitely not right!