Chapter 511

Mu Youyu sent that person to their destination, then she and Jiang Liangjin walked toward the Art School dormitory building.

Mu Xi had known that not heeding her sister's advice and coming on foot was a mistake; she should have driven over.

From the school gate to the Art School takes half an hour; he also went to the Music School and the cafeteria side, and today he spent an hour just walking.

It's not that he's tired; mainly it's too sunny.

When they reached the building entrance, Jiang Liangjin stopped, saying, "I won't go up; I'll come pick you up at the agreed time, remember to check your messages."

Mu Xi said: "You go ahead; I'll go to the school gate to get the car."

"Okay." Mu Youyu responded, turned and went upstairs.

The dormitory door was half open, and a rustling sound came from inside.

Mu Youyu pushed the door open and saw Xu Zhiying crouched on the floor, still tidying up things.

Hearing the movement, she lifted her head and saw exactly that overly refined roommate from noon standing at the doorway, holding a bunch of pink roses, and said, "You're back?"

Mu Youyu responded, placed the bunch of pink roses on her own desk, and casually picked up the bottled water on the desk to take a sip.

"Have you eaten?" Xu Zhiying stood up, patted her pants, and asked, "Is the cafeteria food expensive? I haven't had a chance to go eat yet."

Mu Youyu put down the water bottle, "I've eaten; I'm not sure about the price, my older brother bought it."

She had previously come to C University for visits, Art Competition, etc., and meals at the cafeteria were free.

"Wow, you even have an older brother..." Xu Zhiying's attention shifted again, she exclaimed, and her gaze swept around the dormitory once more.

Mu Youyu's area was neat and refined; the light-colored curtains, bed sheets, and duvet cover on her bed clearly were not issued by the school.

On her desk lay a high-quality cloth, with sketchbooks and a pen holder placed on it, and even the chair had been swapped for one that looked more comfortable.

"High-end stuff." Xu Zhiying couldn't help but ask again, "Mu classmate, these flowers are really beautiful; who sent them?"

Mu Youyu glanced at the bouquet, "My childhood friend."

Xu Zhiying: "Indeed, wealthy families have childhood sweethearts; we're just from the same village..."

Mu Youyu hadn't decided how to reply when her phone rang just in time; she said a word and left the dorm to answer the call.

When she returned to the dorm, the door was open, and there were two more people inside.

One was a brown-haired, long-haired girl in a dress sitting on the bed talking on the phone, her tone coquettish: "Mom, I already said you don't need to send me, but you insisted on coming, and now you complain the dorm is small—I've already eaten..."

On the other end of the line, something was said; she exclaimed "Ay ya," moved the phone away, and said, "Okay, okay, I got it, goodbye, goodbye."

Another girl sat at the desk beside her, head down flipping through a basic sketching tutorial; hearing footsteps, she lifted her head, revealing a round face with silver-framed glasses perched on her nose bridge.

Mu Youyu's first impression of her was that she was a quiet and refined classmate.

"Hello..." the girl initially spoke softly, but when she clearly saw the pink‑gold‑haired girl's face, her voice rose sharply: "I'm off to Artist Name Yue Shu!!!! Ahhhhhhh!!!"

Xu Zhiying came out of the bathroom, startled by that shout, nearly flinging the towel in her hand away.

Mu Youyu raised a polite smile, "Hello, classmate, I'm Mu Youyu."

The round‑faced girl gave a light cough to calm her emotions, "Well, I can't calm down."

She exclaimed excitedly, "Artist Name Yue Shu goddess, hello hello! I know you; I never imagined we'd be roommates! I'm Qiao Xin!"

"Artist Name Yue Shu? What's that?" Xu Zhiying draped the towel over the chair back, her gaze sweeping among the three, not really grasping this suddenly popped‑up name.

"You don't know her?" Qiao Xin exclaimed in surprise, "You're studying art, you haven't heard of Artist Name Yue Shu? Then you must know Professor Lin Tingsong, right? She's his only disciple!"

Xu Zhiying shook her head, "I don't know her."

Beside her, Xiao Yu, who had just hung up the phone, finally spoke, her tone also incredulous: "No way? Not even knowing Professor Lin Tingsong is forgivable, but you don't even know Artist Name Yue Shu?"

"Her paintings are especially hot online; even a random piece can sell for six figures… What major are you actually studying?"

"Six figures!?" Xu Zhiying shrank her neck, "I'm not mainly studying art; I was reassigned here because my original major's scores weren't enough, and I got filtered out."

Qiao Xin: "Oh oh, sorry, I didn't know."

"It's fine."

She turned to Xiao Yu, "Xiao Yu classmate, what's your major?"

Xiao Yu: "Art Studies."

Qiao Xin's eyes lit up again, "I'm also an Art Studies major! Goddess, what about you?"

"Me too." Mu Youyu put her phone away and gave Xiao Yu a slight nod.

"No need to say more; I know you."

Xiao Yu smiled, then turned to Xu Zhiying, continuing to wonder, "Don't you go online? Her real name is Mu Youyu, the Mu Family's eldest daughter; her family dotes on her, and lately many mall posters have her picture..."

"Forget it; she's the one who got a perfect score and topped the national college entrance exam this year—you should know that, right?"

"What, a perfect score!?" The Mu Family's eldest daughter—what is that? Xu Zhiying didn't understand, but she knew what a perfect score on the college entrance exam signifies.

She exclaimed in surprise, then immediately felt embarrassed, "I don't like playing with my phone, I don't go online much, haha."

"It's fine." Xiao Yu let out a low "hee," stopped asking further, lowered her head and kept playing with her own phone.

Mu Youyu actually didn't feel anything special; she never expected everyone to know her.

Qiao Xin sensed the atmosphere was slightly unnatural, and in a gentle voice tried to smooth things over: "It's fine, it's fine; everyone cares about different things. Xu classmate, where are you from?"

Xu Zhiying replied in a low voice: "From out of town."

Mu Youyu: "? She's actually local."

"Oh oh, that's pretty far." Qiao Xin casually added, then shifted the topic: "Artist Name Yue Shu, can I add you as a friend? I'm your fan!"

The two roommates gave no response.

"Alright, I'll scan you." Mu Youyu didn't refuse, and the two successfully added each other as friends.

The dormitory returned to quiet; Mu Youyu sat down at her desk, and Jiang Liangjin just sent a message: "【Arrived?】"

She replied: "【Arrived, met the other two roommates】"

The other side instantly replied with a glutinous‑rice‑nodding emoji sticker; she then opened the family group and claimed the red packets everyone had sent for the start of term.

Another new message popped up above the screen, from the five‑person group.

She exited the chat box, opened the group chat, and saw Yu Ci had posted a selfie; the background was the stone at C University's gate engraved with the school name.

The person is spirited, but their expression management remains perpetually offline.

Below followed a text message: 【I and Anan have arrived at the Art School dormitory over there, where are you guys?】

Jiang Liangjin posted a background picture of Yu Ci: 【? Look to the left 【smile】】

【A Ci: Oh oh】

【Ningning: Impressive, didn't even notice that】

Mu Youyu chuckled, rose from her chair, intending to go downstairs to meet them.

Qiao Xin was lying on the bed scrolling through her friend's feed, and upon opening one, let out a hiss.

Upon seeing a group photo, she suddenly exclaimed, "Goddess, who are these two handsome guys with black hair?"

It felt somewhat familiar, a hint of recognition but not much.