Chapter 307: You Should Beg Me!

Entering December, the temperature in the North China region would punctually fall below zero. The days of clear autumn weather were over, and everyone took out their winter attire—old cotton-padded jackets, military overcoats—wrapping themselves into little potatoes and big earth melons.

Li Ye in Dormitory 209 was definitely a fashionista, equipped with a full set of woolen overcoats, leather boots, scarves, and leather hats.

But when he took out his sweater and put it on, he was teased by the brothers in the dormitory.

"Brother One, you have style from head to toe, but this sweater... hehehehe~, it's not as good-looking as my little cotton jacket!"

"That is, something that looks good but is useless. Ten layers of thread are not as good as one layer of cotton. No foreign goods are as good as old cotton jackets... and this one of yours doesn't even look good."

This sweater of Li Ye's was knitted by Wen Leyu during the New Year last year. The stitches were uneven, the patterns were not smooth, and the two sleeves were asymmetrical, full of abstract artistic flavor.

Well, teasing is one of the artistic behaviors.

However, Li Ye didn't care about the teasing of Chen Sihai and Wu Runfu, and deliberately turned around in front of the mirror to show off.

"Handsome, double handsome."

"Beautiful, really narcissistic."

Two bad friends praised Li Ye and compared their cotton jackets with Li Ye's.

But Sun Xianjin jumped out of bed and said with disdain, "What do you know? Do you think what Brother One is wearing is a sweater? That is 'full of affection.' Do you two single dogs have that blessing?"

"Damn Old Six, you don't have it either. Did that tall girl let you hold hands? Li Ye takes a stroll by Weiming Lake every night, what did you do every night?"

"That is, wearing high heels is as tall as the girl. You can't walk together when strolling. One walks fast and one walks slow."

Two roommates were stunned for a second and scolded in unison, not even caring about the fact that scolding people doesn't reveal shortcomings.

Who let Sun Xianjin use words like "single dog" on them? The insult was too strong.

Bian Jingjing is taller than Sun Xianjin, and the lethality of saying it is equally amazing.

But Sun Xianjin was not angry at all this time, but triumphantly pulled a wool vest from the quilt.

The patterns were also uneven and the stitches were uneven, only slightly better than the one on Li Ye's body.

"Look? Look!"

Sun Xianjin held the wool vest as if he were holding a rare treasure, shaking it back and forth in front of several roommates, making everyone speechless.

Boys who are loved are so hateful.

And this is not the end. Li Ye immediately took out a brand new sweater from his leather suitcase.

"Look, look at all of you. My old one hasn't been worn out yet, and the new one has already been knitted for me. Are you envious? Are you jealous?"

Critical hit, double portion.

"Sigh~"

Wu Runfu sighed and muttered, "Sihai, did we choose the wrong major? How come both of them in the Economics Department have objects, and the four of us in the Mathematics Department are all bachelors?"

"This has nothing to do with the major, it's a matter of your attitude."

Li Ye taught them with the attitude of a person who has come before, "If you hope to have a romantic love, you must strive for it. You can't always stand in place and wait for girls to favor you."

"Sihai, Runfu, you haven't been to the dance party for a while, right? You didn't go to the freshman welcome party either, right?"

"Of course, if you are dedicated to learning and serving the country, then it is my pattern that is small. Please accept my sincere respect and admiration."

"Stop talking about any dance party," Chen Sihai said depressedly, "We go to the dance party just to make up the numbers. The girls at the dance party always stare at the few boys, and they can't see us at all."

Chen Sihai's words made Li Ye somewhat surprised and somewhat melancholy.

Once upon a time, wasn't he also that kind of "person who makes up the numbers"? Eighty percent of girls will indeed be attracted by ten percent of boys.

But girls in 1983 should be okay, right? As long as boys pursue them sincerely, most of them won't have a heart of iron.

"Li Ye, Li Ye, come down quickly, the teacher is calling you!"

An urgent shout suddenly came from downstairs.

Li Ye opened the window and saw it was his former debate team teammate Yang Chen.

He asked loudly, "What's the matter?"

Yang Chen said urgently, "I don't know. They called us to go over immediately. You hurry up."

"Oh, I'll be down immediately."

Li Ye put on his coat and went out downstairs, feeling a bit confused.

The debate competition ended two weeks ago, and after the debate competition ended, the debate team disbanded. How come they are calling him over now?

When he arrived at the activity room, he found that several teachers from the school had come, and the other teammates of the school debate team had already arrived. Looking at their faces, they should also not know what happened.

"Everyone is here, so let's make a long story short and announce a few things."

A director surnamed Liu announced, "The first thing is, on Saturday night this week, the First TV Station will broadcast the highlights of the debate. Everyone can send telegrams to notify their families to see your style on TV."

Yang Chen and others were surprised. They could finally be on TV.

Being on TV in this era is an incomparably glorious thing. If family members can see their figures on TV, I don't know how proud they can be.

But before everyone was excited, Director Liu took out a piece of paper and raised it, saying, "The second thing is, we have received a formal invitation from the Singapore Broadcasting Bureau to go to Singapore in March next year to participate in the First Asian University Debate."

"Boom~"

Although there were only a dozen people on the scene, the sudden noise was like thunder.

"Go to Singapore? We are actually going to Singapore?"

"Why is it us? Shouldn't it be Shanghai First University?"

"That's because people's eyes are bright. We are the uncrowned kings."

Li Ye was also somewhat surprised, because Wu Jinyuan had revealed some information that a mainland university might be invited to Singapore to participate in the competition, and Yang Chen and others had expectations.

But in the First National University Debate Competition not long ago, Jingbei University lost.

Half a month ago, the Jingbei University debate team finally met with Shanghai First University in the final, launching an intense and wonderful debate.

At that time, the Jingbei University debate team occupied the advantages of "time and place," and the debate process also caused cheers from everyone on the scene, but in the end, after a wonderful battle, they ranked second with a very small gap.

Although almost everyone thought after the game that the defeat of the Jingbei University debate team was "not a crime of war," some people also "regrettably" thought that the failure of Jingbei University lay in Li Ye, this flaw.

Because the debate topic of the final was "The pursuit of money and the pursuit of morality can be unified," Jingbei University drew the negative side, so it was "The pursuit of money and the pursuit of morality cannot be unified."

Originally, everyone debated back and forth, but at the critical moment, the positive side threw a heavy bomb, pointing directly at the third speaker of the positive side, Li Ye, who had actually obtained at least 30,000 or more in manuscript fees in just two years.

Then may I ask Mr. Seven-Inch Blade, did you pursue money and abandon morality?

Although Li Ye was prepared, he had to admit

"Alright, Xiufen, stop lecturing him,"

Senior fellow student Zou Mengcheng looked at Li Ye and sighed repeatedly: "Haven't you heard? This kid bought a house using his collective household registration the very first day he arrived at Jingda. He's different from us."

Not many people knew about Li Ye buying a house on his first day of school at the beginning; Mu Yunning had been keeping it a secret for him.

But ever since the "thirty thousand in manuscript fees" was exposed at the debate, people finally started digging into his background. Since the Logistics Department isn't exactly an airtight wall, Li Ye's status as a "homeowner" naturally leaked out.

Yu Xiufen looked at Li Ye and also sighed.

"Sigh, you're right, he's different from us. We struggle and beg everyone we know and still can't get assigned a single room, while he has three houses to himself and rotates between them every day. Comparing people to people is just depressing!"

Li Ye glanced at Yu Xiufen and asked, as if pouring oil on the fire: "What's wrong, Senior Sister? Is your marriage with Senior Brother Wang stuck on the housing issue?"

Wang Zhiyuan is from the '79 class; he stayed at the school after graduating this summer and finally managed to win Yu Xiufen over. Li Ye knew about this.

Yu Xiufen rolled her eyes and said resentfully: "I told you that you don't know how to talk, and you didn't believe me? You just have to bring up the sore spot, don't you? Who isn't stuck on housing? If your Senior Brother Zou didn't lack a house, his kids would already be running all over the place."

"Hehe, hehe,"

Li Ye smiled smugly and said: "Senior Sister, you're putting the cart before the horse and failing to appreciate a good heart. Begging everyone at your workplace isn't working, so why don't you put some effort into me?"

Yu Xiufen was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly waved her hands: "You don't understand at all. If we rent a house outside ourselves, the workplace will be even less likely to assign us housing.

Besides, don't think that just because you're only a sophomore, you'll be graduating in the blink of an eye; that house will soon be needed for marriage."

"Alright then!" Li Ye said with some regret: "Then those two houses of mine will just have to be rented out. With a rent of three or five yuan a month, I'll just let others take the bargain."

"Wait a minute? You said you have how many houses?"

Yu Xiufen grabbed Li Ye's sleeve, staring at him like an older sister questioning a mischievous younger brother.

"Two. One near the Zoo, one at Youth Lake."

"Why did you buy so many houses? Do you have money to burn?"

"What a joke, are you guys studying economics or not?"

Li Ye said with disdain: "Do you know what inflation is? Do you know what a high-quality asset is? Have the teachers really been teaching you in vain all these years?"

"Are you a capitalist, kid?"

As for whether they knew or not, Yu Xiufen and the others certainly did, but whether they dared to... that depended on the person.