He lowered his voice, practically despising him for not living up to expectations.
It had been over four years, and graduation was less than a year away!
The two of them still hadn't officially gotten together!
He was getting anxious just watching.
"What are you thinking? Didn't you feel anything when Yu Ge proposed?!" Que You couldn't believe it.
Even someone without a partner like him wanted to confess their feelings.
They had been acting ambiguously for so long, could there be no feelings?
"Tell me the truth, brother, is it on your agenda too?"
Que You looked like he had seen through everything.
Xing Jiahe shot him a cold glance, saying nothing.
***
After dinner, the guys went to play basketball and cards.
The girls sat in the room, chatting, their conversations inevitably revolving around relationships.
"Tang Mo Bai has confessed dozens of times, right? Tong Tong, what are your thoughts on him? Is there any possibility?" Lu Youran hugged her knees and nudged the busy Jiaoyu Tong with her shoulder.
Jiaoyu Tong's typing paused. "I really haven't thought about dating," she said calmly.
When she was little, reading fairy tales, she had indeed imagined a prince charming.
But as she grew older and experienced more, she no longer expected a prince or a knight to save her.
She could take good care of herself.
There was no need for another person to disturb her.
"I just want to make money right now," Jiaoyu Tong said, focusing on her work. "My mom isn't in good health, and I want to give her a better life. As for anything else..."
She rubbed her fingertips. "It's truly not within my scope of consideration."
After all, the prince she had hidden in her heart had died in her sophomore year of high school.
Wen Tingxue keenly caught her brief pause.
Having shared a dorm for three years, they understood many things with just a glance or a gesture.
Jiaoyu Tong didn't dislike Tang Mo Bai.
She just couldn't get past something in her heart.
She needed time to heal.
Saying more would be futile.
"But..."
"You guys came here for the sophomore year team building event, right?"
Lu Youran wanted to continue, but Wen Tingxue directly turned the topic to her.
Lu Youran felt a moment of awkwardness and nodded.
"I heard that only the two of you were there for that team building event?" Wen Tingxue wasn't in the student union, so she had only heard rumors.
She had been busy with Teacher Shou's studio then and hadn't had a chance to ask.
Today was a good opportunity to gossip.
"Oh?" Qiao Xixi immediately became interested. "Can a team building event with just two people even be called team building?"
Wen Tingxue raised her eyebrows playfully. "Why not? Fu Ran was the student union president, one person was enough for three."
"Ah!"
Speaking of which, Lu Youran became annoyed. "I'm telling you, Fu Ran was such a dog about this!"
"Oh?" Qiao Xixi chimed in. "Tell us more."
Lu Youran rolled up her sleeves and complained, "Let's talk about the team building first. Originally, there was a team building planned, and the itinerary was sent out in the group chat. It was organized by the school and the main purpose was to cultivate cadres."
"But later, for some reason, it was canceled. Honestly, everyone was quite unhappy because it was an overseas study trip, and those who were fortunate enough to participate had made many preparations."
"Then this happened. A few people with direct personalities complained in the group. Fu Ran was the student union president then, but he was already preparing to step down. Everyone knew that."
"Then he saw it and suggested organizing another team building event before he left school, at the same location, in Country T. He would pay for it, as compensation for the disappointment."
"Everyone, although they knew he was rich, felt it wasn't right to take advantage of such generosity. They planned to host a party for him and give him a gift when they got there. After all, when he was president, his abilities were truly strong, and he was a good person."
"I thought it made sense, so I signed up. And then!"
Lu Youran gritted her teeth recalling that moment. "The result was, I was the only one who went! Only me! Do you understand? That feeling of being played."
"Ooh," Qiao Xixi clapped. "Is this some kind of domineering CEO trope? Calling it team building, but it was really just for your two-person world, right?"
"Who would want a two-person world with him!"
Lu Youran retorted against her better judgment. "I really wanted to go team building."
"Right, right, right!" Everyone pretended to believe her, not exposing her.
Lu Youran: "..."
"And then? And then?" Qiao Xixi asked curiously. "What happened between you two? Did your feelings heat up? Was there sex?"
Everyone: "..."
The conversation had suddenly become much bolder.
"Ahem," Lu Youran cleared her throat, embarrassed, and nodded. "It... it was pretty much like that..."
"No way?!"
Wen Tingxue and Jiaoyu Tong were stunned.
They thought they hadn't gotten together back then, it was at most an ambiguous stage.
Who would have thought...
"As expected, when a girl grows up, she's no longer attached to her parents. You said whoever has a boyfriend would treat us to a meal, and you really..." Wen Tingxue expressed her sadness. "You kept it from us for so long."
They didn't officially announce it with a treat until their junior year, a full six months or more!
"No!" Lu Youran quickly grabbed Wen Tingxue's arm. "I didn't keep it from you. We really weren't together then, at most, we slept together."
Jiaoyu Tong snapped her laptop shut. "What do you mean 'at most, we slept together'? Wasn't he planning to take responsibility?"
"It's not..." Lu Youran tried to explain.
Jiaoyu Tong didn't give her a chance, bombarding her with questions. "Did he trick you into going to Phuket for team building? Did he lure you to his bed? Did he openly flirt with you in front of everyone? Did he do everything, but couldn't be a boyfriend?"
She sounded like an overprotective mother worried about her daughter encountering a scumbag.
Lu Youran couldn't help but laugh. "It wasn't that he didn't want to take responsibility, it was me. I felt his family background was too high, so I didn't dare to agree."
"Oh," Jiaoyu Tong reopened her laptop. "Then it's fine."
As long as her sister wasn't the one being messed with, it was okay.
Wen Tingxue laughed for a moment, then suddenly couldn't anymore.
"The Fu family is indeed difficult to enter. What was he thinking?"
Lu Youran shrugged. "I don't know. He just said he would handle it, but I think it's unlikely."
The Fu family was a top-tier wealthy family in the capital.
Although Fu Ran's family was a collateral branch of the Fu family, it was still a prosperous one.
Marriage alliances were inevitable.
However, Lu Youran's family background was ordinary, and she wouldn't even catch the Fu family's eye.
"Anyway, for now," Lu Youran pursed her lips. "I just want to live each day with him while I can, enjoy the moment. When he really gets engaged, we'll break up."
They were all adults.
A peaceful parting was decent.
But she would always remember, in her sophomore year, a certain young man who went to great lengths to take her on a trip.
Taught her how to dive.
Showed her the underwater world.
For a single word from her, he ran all over Phuket's supermarkets.
That was enough.
It was truly enough.
She was already very satisfied.
To have had him for a time, to have been the one in his heart, that was enough.
As for anything else, let fate decide.