Chapter 205

Leaving the orientation party, Liu Yue unexpectedly saw someone in the dormitory: Huang Zhaoyi.

Liu Yue placed her blue umbrella on the corridor floor by the door, quickly entered, and greeted, "Aunt, why are you here?"

Huang Zhaoyi said, "Today is Friday."

Every Friday, if she had nothing else to do, she would almost always go to her sister's house for a meal to keep up their sisterly bond.

As she spoke, Huang Zhaoyi pointed to the lunchbox on the table, "You didn't go back for dinner, so your mother asked me to bring you some dishes."

Liu Yue lifted the lid to peek, used her chopsticks to pick up a piece of duck meat, put it in her mouth, and asked, "When did you get here? Have you been waiting long?"

Huang Zhaoyi watched her eat, "I've been here a while. If you hadn't come back soon, I was planning to leave."

She then added, "Your uncle and grandparents came today; why didn't you go home?"

Liu Yue said, "There's an orientation party for the School of Management today."

Huang Zhaoyi was confused, "Isn't it tomorrow night? Your mother said you were hosting the party tomorrow night."

Liu Yue explained while eating, "Today is the School of Management's orientation party; tomorrow is the university's orientation party. They're different."

Huang Zhaoyi nodded upon hearing this.

After greedily eating three pieces of duck, Liu Yue finally put down her chopsticks, opened the drawer lock, and found a roll of camera film inside, "I'm in charge of taking photos tonight. I used up the film, so I came back to get more."

After grabbing the film and finding a new umbrella, Liu Yue walked out of the dormitory and muttered about the blue umbrella, "Stingy."

Huang Zhaoyi found this strange; it didn't sound like her niece's usual arrogant personality, "Did you borrow the umbrella?"

"You bet."

Liu Yue continued to complain, "Aunt, have you ever seen a guy use a blue women's umbrella?"

Hearing this, Huang Zhaoyi examined the blue umbrella and laughed, "My intuition tells me a girl bought this."

Liu Yue agreed, "I think so too. No wonder he explicitly asked me to return it when I borrowed it."

Huang Zhaoyi was curious, "You borrowed an umbrella from a guy?"

She asked this because, in the past, her niece basically never gave boys the time of day. She didn't expect things to have changed in university.

Liu Yue seemed to guess her aunt's thoughts, "I did it on purpose. Aunt, if I told you there's a country boy in my class who can ignore my looks, would you believe me?"

This was the reason she treated Li Heng differently. Which of the boys in the past hadn't secretly stared at her or peeked behind her back? But Li Heng was an exception.

A country boy? Huang Zhaoyi's interest was piqued, and she asked nonchalantly, "Oh? There's a boy who can be immune to your beauty? What's his name?"

"He has the same name as a Tang Dynasty emperor, Li Heng," Liu Yue said. "I don't know why he'd choose a name like that. Does he want to be like an ancient emperor and have three thousand beauties in his harem?"

Huang Zhaoyi paused, secretly observing her niece, "What does he look like?"

Liu Yue walked down the stairs, "He's decent-looking, talented, and quite attractive to young girls."

Huang Zhaoyi asked with interest, "Talented? What can he do?"

Liu Yue had no idea her aunt was fishing for Li Heng's interests, "Erhu, flute. According to him, he's best at piano. Oh, and he can play the ocarina; he's performing on the ocarina tomorrow night.

Senior Ye seems very confident in his performance and, despite opposition, moved his act to the second spot."

Huang Zhaoyi had long known about the erhu and flute; she had even entrusted their tutor, Liu Jia, to give him those two instruments.

As for the piano, that was indeed a surprise.

Walking out of the dormitory building, Huang Zhaoyi asked calmly, "Where are you holding the party? What time?"

Liu Yue turned her head, "Xianghui Hall, starting at 6:30 PM. Do you have time to come and cheer for me?"

Huang Zhaoyi was tempted, but her face remained expressionless. She shook her head and said, "I might not have time; I have a dinner planned with a friend tomorrow night."

At a crossroads, the two women parted ways.

Just before leaving, Liu Yue suddenly asked, "Aunt, why are you wearing sunglasses at our school?"

It was no wonder she asked; back in high school, her aunt had visited her often but never wore sunglasses. When did she start liking them? It seemed to have started this semester.

She had wanted to ask several times but kept forgetting.

Huang Zhaoyi said, "I read a Western magazine and thought it was fashionable, so I'm trying it out. What do you think?"

Liu Yue looked left and right, then bluntly pointed out, "Not great, very average. It blocks your best feature, your nose, and takes away a lot of points."

Huang Zhaoyi laughed, didn't take it to heart, and turned right toward the school gate.

Opening the door, getting in the car, all in one smooth motion, she drove straight to her best friend's house. Upon meeting, she said, "Lend me your car tomorrow night."

Her friend replied, "Tomorrow night? I need the car tomorrow night."

Huang Zhaoyi threw her Mercedes keys on the coffee table, "Use mine."

Her friend was speechless, "You have such a good Mercedes and you don't want to drive it, you want to drive my Volga? Are you up to something bad?"

Huang Zhaoyi threw back, "Don't worry about it."

On the other side.

Returning to the orientation party venue, Liu Yue returned the blue umbrella to him, "Here's your umbrella back. Do you want to check it?"

Hearing this, Li Heng actually checked it carefully, which made the girl feel internally frustrated.

After a long while, Liu Yue spat out, "Li Heng, you're going to end up without a girlfriend like this."

Li Heng smiled brightly, showing his neat, clean white teeth, and said leisurely, "Comrade Liu Yue, don't be so temperamental. Girlfriends? I've never been short of them; the line goes all the way to the capital."

"Pfft! They're all just weeds; a whole company of them wouldn't be enough for me to beat up." Liu Yue glanced at him sideways, flicked her ponytail, and left briskly.

Listening to the two of them trading barbs, Watching Li Guoyi on the side was incredibly jealous, "Brother Heng, it has to be you. You even dare to talk back to an arrogant person like Liu Yue, unlike someone whose three love letters were thrown into the trash can."

Hu Ping gloomily wrapped his arm around Watching Li Guoyi's neck, bit his lip, and threatened fiercely, "If you do that again, I'll write a love letter to Le Yao every day."

"Pfft! Infighting with brothers is nothing! If you have the guts, write one to that peerless beauty. As long as you write one and hand it to her in person, I'll treat two dorms to a meal at Blue Sky Restaurant." Watching Li Guoyi looked at him with disdain.

Zhou Zhangming was envious, "I've heard of the famous Blue Sky Restaurant many times, but I've never been once. Old Hu, whether I can go depends on you."

Tang Dailing said, "I want to go too."

Li Guang happily egged him on, "Old Hu, just write it. It's just a love letter, it's not like you haven't failed before. I support you."

Amidst the bickering of the 325 dorm members, the orientation party ended. Li Heng refused the late-night snack invitation from the group of young men and ran to the backstage entrance to wait for Mai Sui.

Mai Sui seemed to know he had come; she put down the microphone and walked out immediately.

Li Heng took off his jacket and handed it to her, "Comrade Mai Sui, it's a bit cold outside, put this on."

"Thank you." Mai Sui smiled softly and put on his jacket without hesitation.

Li Heng asked, "Are you all having a dinner party tonight? If you are, I won't wait for you, I'll head off first."

"I'll go with you." Mai Sui left the School of Management teaching building with him almost without hesitation.

Halfway there, she asked with concern, "You left before the party even started; did something happen?"

Li Heng was surprised, "You saw me leave?"

Mai Sui explained with a smile, "A girl from the student union was asking about you; she's been keeping an eye on you."

"Oh, I thought you were the one keeping an eye on me," Li Heng teased.

Mai Sui looked up and asked, "Is everything okay at home?"

"As expected of a top student, you're really smart, guessing it right away. The call was from Zijin; my parents and second sister arrived in the capital and are receiving treatment." Li Heng briefly explained what he could.

Arriving at a fork in the road, he asked, "Are you going back to the dorm? Or coming back to Lushan Village with me?"

Mai Sui seemed a bit hesitant.

Seeing this, Li Heng extended an invitation, "Let's go. It was your first time hosting today, and you did a great job. I'll stir-fry a dish, and we can have a little wine to celebrate."

"Okay." With a reason to stay over, Mai Sui let go of her inner concerns.

Actually, she really did have concerns.

Since starting university, whether in class, the dorm, or the student union, people were asking if the two of them were dating.

At first, she didn't care about these things.

But one time, she suddenly thought: if Xiao Han came to Fudan for a surprise inspection one day and found out about this, would she fight with Li Heng?

The reason she thought this way was because she hadn't had much contact with Xiao Han and didn't know her, and instinctively didn't want to cause trouble for Li Heng.

Of course, sometimes she felt she was overthinking it. For a woman like Xiao Han, perhaps the only threats in her eyes were Song Yu. Maybe Chen Zijin too, after all, the status of a first love and a childhood sweetheart shouldn't be underestimated, as they had a certain special quality.

Moreover, Chen Zijin's beauty, even if not comparable to Xiao Han and Song Yu, was still very striking.

Returning to the rental, the two turned the kitchen upside down and found only some lamb and vegetables left, plus 4 bottles of beer.

Li Heng said, "How about we just make a simple lamb hot pot with vegetables? Drink the beer and go to sleep?"

"You're the chef, I'll listen to you." Mai Sui took the apron off the wall and subconsciously put it on him.

Just as they were face-to-face tying the buttons, the two were stunned at close range, gazing at each other, listening to each other's breathing. The two, who had been happy just a moment ago, suddenly went quiet, with no sound.

After a moment of silence, Li Heng turned to the side and said, "You go take a shower first. There's only one dish today, I can handle it."

Mai Sui lowered her head and glanced at a certain part of him. The charm in her eyes was almost dripping, her face instantly covered in a rosy glow. She bit her lower lip, turned, and fled the kitchen to the bedroom.

She didn't expect that when she helped him tie the buttons, her thigh accidentally brushed against him, and he would have such a big reaction. She was truly embarrassed to death!

He, he wouldn't think she did it on purpose, would he!

Leaning against the bedroom door, after taking deep breaths for a long while, Mai Sui, who had calmed down, gradually realized what was going on.

Coming to the mirror, looking at her reflection, a name suddenly popped into her mind: Su Daji.

This was what he liked to say when he teased her: saying she was the reincarnation of Su Daji, bewitching all living things.

Women, especially beautiful women, were naturally very clear about their own strengths.

Tonight, she, who had put on makeup, she, who was wearing the host's clothes, was indeed different from usual, more charming than usual.

Thinking of the word "charming," Mai Sui bit her lip tightly again. After a long, long time, she found her clothes and entered the shower room.

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I originally wanted to write until meeting Zhou, but looking at the time, it's 10 o'clock, so I can only post this first. I'll finish writing the party in one go tomorrow, and won't give you a chance to scold me, humph!

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