[Classmate Romance] [Author: Candy]

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********** ... "Even his back view is so handsome!" He Yingzhen couldn't help but steal another glance at him. Was this what they called "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"? Once you fall for someone, everything about them seems so wonderful… He Yingzhen hadn't really enjoyed studying in the library before; the crowds always gave her a feeling of oppression. But to see him, the boy she'd had a crush on for so long, He Yingzhen had unknowingly become accustomed to going to the library. It was as if being in the same space as him, breathing the same air, would bring her closer to him. He Yingzhen naively thought this, so after carefully observing him for a while, she finally figured out his weekly library schedule and started studying with him. Whenever she felt annoyed or tired, she only needed to slightly look up to see that figure that could soothe her soul. It was so blissful! Especially now, she had almost finished reviewing her lessons, and he was still sitting in his seat, so she could secretly watch him from behind until he left. Even though she could only see his profile, He Yingzhen still felt incredibly happy. His focused expression while studying was so different . His name was Zhou Haowei, their class representative. Beneath his thick, slanted black eyebrows were a pair of deep , soulful eyes, and his blond, Johnny's-style hair made him the center of attention wherever he went. He Yingzhen had secretly fallen for him when she first entered university. However, how could Zhou Haowei, a heartthrob wherever he went , possibly notice the unremarkable her? Even though she was his classmate, even though she appeared before him every day, he still hadn't noticed her. Lacking any confidence in herself, He Yingzhen had never revealed her feelings to anyone, not even her best friend knew she had secretly liked Zhou Haowei for so long. However, He Yingzhen didn't find it bitter. The feeling of liking someone was sweet; as long as she saw him doing well and happy every day, she was content. Even if she could only be his classmate for the rest of her life, only secretly admire him from the sidelines, she would be content. Feigning sleep on her desk, He Yingzhen's eyes were actually fixed on the man she admired. Zhou Haowei, engrossed in reading medieval literature, was startled by the sudden . It was his phone ringing. Glancing at his watch, then at his books, Zhou Haowei hesitated for a moment, then quickly packed his things and left the library. He Yingzhen saw everything her beloved did. She also neatly packed her bag and followed behind Zhou Haowei , leaving the library one after the other. As darkness fell, it was indeed time for her to go home. Pushing open the door, she was greeted by the sweltering heat of summer. Having spent too much time in the air-conditioned room, He Yingzhen felt a sudden wave of dizziness as soon as she stepped outside. Clutching her bag, she leaned against a large pillar outside the library , intending to wait until she felt more comfortable before continuing. Just as He Yingzhen closed her eyes to rest, a girl's sweet scolding came from nearby. "Why are you so slow! Don't you even want to go on a date with me?" the girl accused him in a coquettish tone, her voice completely spoiled. "Ah! Sorry. I was so focused on studying that I forgot the time..." The boy's voice sounded familiar, and He Yingzhen's tired eyes widened instantly. It was Zhou Haowei! The man and woman in the conversation were standing on the other side of the large pillar she was leaning against. He Yingzhen, hiding behind the pillar , clearly heard their conversation. "See how you apologize to me. I've been waiting for you until I'm starving." The girl took Zhou Haowei's arm, and the two strolled intimately down the steps in front of the library. "Okay, okay, how about we go for steak tonight? Then I'll treat you to a movie, is that alright ?" Zhou Haowei put his arm around the girl's shoulder, holding her very tightly... Peeking out from behind the pillar, He Yingzhen couldn't help but sigh. "Sigh! So... he really does have a girlfriend..." He Yingzhen had initially thought that the rumor of Zhou Haowei having a girlfriend was just something her classmates had been talking about , but unexpectedly, she actually saw it for herself today. Zhou Haowei really has good taste; that girl is really cute! Handsome, tall and strong, and responsible like Zhou Haowei, it's perfectly normal for him to have a girlfriend ! If Zhou Haowei still didn't have a girlfriend, that would be suspicious! He Yingzhen comforted herself, but a deep disappointment kept welling up inside her. Seeing the boy she liked with another girl in his arms, she felt a strong pang of jealousy, like several truckloads of vinegar had been spilled. She suddenly realized how pathetic it was to secretly like him from the sidelines, but seeing Zhou Haowei and that girl so sweet together, what difference would it make if she confessed her feelings?

It's just an "awkward" situation!

And it will ruin their friendship as classmates, so why bother?

Sigh!

Filled with endless disappointment, He Yingzhen sat down blankly on the steps in front of the library, gazing at
the last rays of sunset on the distant horizon. A single, glistening tear suddenly rolled down her pale face.

The budding love in her heart had been so easily extinguished.

Chapter 1

Classmate Lovers 1

The long-awaited happiness was written

in the moment you gazed at me with deep affection. Saturday evening, He Yingzhen dragged her weary body back to her apartment in the afterglow of the setting sun. Since developing a habit of studying in the library, whenever she had nowhere to kill time on weekends, He Yingzhen would immerse herself in the world of books. Carrying two volumes of English poetry, she climbed the stairs to the second floor, took out her key, and opened the apartment door. She expected the apartment to be quiet, but when she opened the door and saw the scene inside, she was startled. Sitting on the sofa was Su Yufen, a strawberry-eating "strawberry terminator"; beside her stood Peng Kaiping, a girl absentmindedly waving a broom, seemingly lost in thought. "You guys...are both home?" "Hi! Xiaozhen, you're back!" Su Yufen gulped down a strawberry before glancing at He Yingzhen standing by the door and greeting her. Peng Kaiping, still lost in thought, continued waving her broom without a word, seemingly oblivious to He Yingzhen's return. "How rare! Why didn't you go out today?" He Yingzhen took her bag and poetry collection to her room, then went to the bathroom to wash her face before returning to the living room. Usually on Saturdays and Sundays, Yufen and Kaiping were always busy with dates—going to social events, being invited to dinner, or watching movies. Why were they both staying home today? And one of them was munching on strawberries while the other was wildly waving a broom? This is usually something they do when they're in a bad mood, but today is supposed to be a beautiful weekend! Why are they both in a bad mood? This situation is really too strange! "Nobody asked me out," Su Yufen replied succinctly, busy devouring strawberries, her slender hand reaching into the fruit bowl on her lap to retrieve the next strawberry about to be eaten. "Oh? So you two didn't go out all day? Kaiping? Kaiping, what are you doing? Why are you waving a broom around like that?" Who waves a broom around without actually sweeping? Whenever Kaiping is troubled , she always does something inexplicable, like this. "Her? Xiaozhen, just ignore her! She's in heat." Su Yufen glanced at Peng Kaiping and shook her head helplessly. "Kaiping? Kaiping, what's wrong with you?" He Yingzhen's series of calls failed to attract Peng Kaiping's attention, so she simply walked over and snatched the broom from his hand. "Kaiping, why are you playing with a broom? Is it that fun?" "Ah? Xiaozhen, you're back?" As if waking from a dream, Peng Kaiping obediently handed over his "toy" and sat down on the single sofa. "Sigh!" "Why are you sighing at such a young age?" He Yingzhen put the broom away, her heart filled with lingering doubt and confusion. What was wrong with her two roommates today? The reason why she became close friends with Su Yufen and Peng Kaigan started with the inter-school stage play performance at the beginning of the second semester of her freshman year. March at the beginning of the second semester was their school's anniversary, and various departments and student clubs would hold many celebratory activities. That year, their Department of Foreign Languages decided to continue the department's tradition and put on a stage play. At the end of their first semester, after discussions among their class advisor and classmates, they decided to put on a performance of "Cinderella," entirely in English. He Yingzhen was chosen by the professor to play Cinderella, while Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping played her wicked eldest sister and mean second sister . Yufen and Kaiping were already inseparable best friends, and after intensive rehearsals for the play over the winter break, He Yingzhen gradually became familiar with them as well. Upon entering their second year, Peng Kaiping and He Yingzhen moved into Su Yufen's apartment together, and the three began living under the same roof, their friendship progressing rapidly. "So boring today..." Peng Kaiping muttered to himself, staring thoughtfully at his phone on the table. "I'm so bored, let's find something to do! Let's see what the literature history teacher's quiz will cover next week!" He Yingzhen rubbed her aching temples; she'd spent several hours in the library that afternoon in the air conditioning, and her head was starting to ache. "It's Saturday! Holidays are for resting! Why waste them studying?" Peng Kaiping's eyes were glued to his phone, as if he were waiting for someone to call. "Xiaozhen, ignore her! She's acting like she's in heat again... staring at her phone all day." Finally finishing the last juicy strawberry in the ice cream bowl, Su Yufen contentedly pulled out a tissue to wipe her red lips. "What do you mean, 'in heat'? I'm not!" Peng Kaiping protested to Su Yufen, reaching for her small phone on the table. "Still saying you're not? Then what are you doing now? Who are you waiting for to call?" Su Yufen was already used to Peng Kaiping's perpetually eccentric behavior; she knew exactly what kind of expression and action Peng Kaiping would do ! "Rumble, rumble! I didn't!" Peng Kaiping made a face, still denying Su Yufen's accusation. "Alright! You two stop arguing. What do you want for dinner tonight? I'll prepare it now..." It's rare that the two of them didn't go out on a date on Saturday, so why not cook at home! In this house, He Yingzhen handles almost all the housework by herself. Originally, Yufen's parents hired a part-time maid who would come two or three times a week to help Yufen with the housework.

However, since He Yingzhen and Peng Kaiping moved in, the slightly obsessive-compulsive He Yingzhen
took on the heavy responsibility of cleaning the house.

Furthermore, because she enjoys cooking and researching recipes, she unknowingly began
taking over the meals for Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping.

This made her secretly admire the professor who cast the students for their class's stage play; he truly had a unique and
discerning eye! He had immediately recognized that the three of them were the best choices to play the Cinderella sisters.

However, this "modern Cinderella" story unfolding in the Su family apartment wasn't as melodramatic or
pitiful as fairy tales. He Yingzhen, this modern Cinderella, wasn't "mistreated" by her two older sisters; on the contrary, she held
a certain high status.

On the surface, Su Yufen, the landlady who was spoiled and willful, seemed to be the eldest, but
in reality , she relied heavily on He Yingzhen and listened to her. And Peng Kaiping? She always followed Su Yufen's
lead, agreeing with and echoing whatever he said. Therefore,
the person with the most leadership in this family was actually He Yingzhen.

"Fried rice with egg." Su Yufen, the strawberry monster who had just finished eating strawberries, shouted
happily . "Xiao Zhen, I want fried rice with egg."

"Yay! Fried rice with egg is good!" Peng Kaiping immediately agreed.

"Then let me see what ingredients are left in the refrigerator..." He Yingzhen rolled up her sleeves and went into the kitchen to start
preparing the weekend feast for the three of them.

"Xiao Zhen, you spend almost all your vacation time studying in the library. You're wasting your youth
! Is that really okay?"

At the dinner table, Su Yufen elegantly and slowly chewed the fragrant golden
fried rice, completely different from when she was eating strawberries in the afternoon.

"Right! Why are you so diligent? It won't kill you to study less! Besides, your grades are
already the best in the class! Even that bookworm loses to you..." Peng Kaiping
handed the empty plate to He Yingzhen. "Xiaozhen, I want more."

"Wow! Kaiping, why are you eating so much today? Watch me speed up!" Seeing Peng Kaiping's plate empty,
Su Yufen, not to be outdone, started eating voraciously.

He Yingzhen's golden fried rice was truly unparalleled! The fragrant fried rice was perfect in color, aroma, and taste,
incredibly .

"Hey! You two, don't eat so fast. Nobody's going to steal your food. You need to chew slowly and carefully, you
know?" After serving the fried rice, He Yingzhen handed the plate back to Peng Kaiping, instructing them like a mother
.

"Okay! I want more too." Su Yufen immediately handed over his empty plate, his bulging mouth still full of
the delicious fried rice he had just swallowed. "Xiao Zhen, you haven't answered my question yet."

"What question?" Like Cinderella diligently serving her two stepsisters, He Yingzhen obediently took
the empty plate Su Yufen handed her, then ladled out a spoonful of still-hot fried rice for her.

"It's about Yufen accusing you of wasting your youth," Peng Kaiping chimed in.

"Wasting my youth? Me? Well... I guess! I go to the library to study! How does that
relate to wasting my youth?"

Sometimes she really couldn't understand her two roommates. She didn't know if her brain was structured differently from others,
or if was something wrong with either of them. Although they had been living together for a while, sometimes she still
found it hard to understand their thoughts.

"Such a beautiful time, how can you spend all your time confined to a cold, empty library?" Su Yufen glanced at He Yingzhen
.

"Right! Xiao Zhen, shouldn't you get a boyfriend?" Peng Kaiping followed up on Su Yufen's words,
throwing another difficult question at He Yingzhen.

"Huh? Boyfriend?! You can't force a boyfriend, right? If fate brings you together...
" Sigh! If fate brings you together, will you really have a boyfriend?

He Yingzhen sighed inwardly. This topic reminded her of what she had seen in
the library . The guy she liked already had someone else. So, her
true love probably wouldn't be Zhou Haowei, right? But she still liked him so much! Her feelings for him
were so strong that even knowing he had a girlfriend, she still deeply admired him.

If fate brought them together, and the person wasn't Zhou Haowei, she probably wouldn't accept that kind of fate!
Who told her to like Zhou Haowei!

"Hey—Xiao Zhen, who are you thinking about right now? You do have a guy you like, don't you?"

Peng Kaiping saw He Yingzhen lost in thought and immediately guessed what she was thinking.

"I didn't." He Yingzhen lowered her head, avoiding Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping's questioning gazes, wanting
to end . "Hurry up and eat! The fried rice won't taste good if it gets cold."

"Xiao Zhen, you're avoiding our questions!" Su Yufen seemed to have found another interesting topic.
Putting down her spoon, the impatient Su Yufen kept pressing, "You must have someone you like, right? Are you
too afraid to confess to him?"

"Right! If you're too afraid to say it, then we'll say it for you." Peng Kaiping, who loved to join in the teasing,
also chimed in.

They had known Xiao Zhen for so long, and they had never seen her go on a date with any boy. During holidays, she only
knew how to stay in the library studying hard. At this rate, Xiao Zhen would become a big bookworm! As her roommates
, if they didn't give Xiao Zhen a push in time, it would be even harder for her to find a boyfriend in her junior and senior years!

As the saying goes: Freshmen are charming, sophomores are pretty, juniors are alarming, and seniors are unwanted. This isn't just some random
proverb! A girl's youth is fleeting; if you don't cherish it,
it'll be too late when the birds of youth fly away.

"Hey! You two, that's enough! Let's eat, why keep bringing up me?
Yu-fen, are you up to something again?"

"I'm concerned about Xiao-zhen's happiness!" Su Yu-fen, feeling suspected, quickly clarified his intentions.

"Exactly! Xiao-zhen, you can't keep being a bookworm. Next holiday, how about going to a social event
with your classmates? We'll go with you." Peng Kai-ping joined in persuading He Ying-zhen
, as if finding her a partner was her biggest mission in life.

"Yu-fen, Kai-ping, you're not even in a hurry to find boyfriends yourselves, why are you thinking so much about me?"
Thinking that the boy she liked already had a girlfriend, He Yingzhen couldn't help but bicker with her roommate.

Yu Fen and Kai Ping were arguably the most beautiful girls in their department, and many boys liked them, but
they never seemed to really show interest in any of them. Although they sometimes went on dates with boys, they never
seriously dated any of them!

"We only did this because we saw you were always alone during the holidays and were worried you'd be bored..."

"I think I'm doing great right now! I'm free and can go wherever I want, there's nothing wrong
with that !"

"Oh! Whatever! Anyway, next time you'll come with us and meet more boys,
that'll give you more options!" Peng Kai Ping flipped through his calendar. "How about tomorrow? Tomorrow's Sunday,
let's invite some boys from our class out."

"Silly Kai Ping, there are only three boys in our class, one is already married, one has a girlfriend, and the last
one is the withdrawn, bookish Gao Yaotian, who do you want to invite out?"

Su Yu Fen scoffed, thinking Peng Kai Ping's plan wasn't good enough.

"Ah! Right! Guan Yizhong has a wife, and Zhou Haowei has a girlfriend, so we can't invite them out to
hang out..."

Reminded by Su Yufen, Peng Kaiping finally remembered the three precious handsome boys in their class.
The better ones had already been snapped up by discerning women, and the remaining one, the bookworm Gao Yaotian, although
good -looking, was dull and taciturn, shy and afraid of girls,
lacking any of the charm a man should have.

Hearing Zhou Haowei's name made He Yingzhen feel very uncomfortable, and hearing
the words "he has a girlfriend" made her mood plummet.

"I'm full, you guys eat slowly."

Picking up her plate, still half full, He Yingzhen couldn't hide her displeasure and awkwardly
left.

"Yaotian, can I borrow your notes?"

During break, Zhou Haowei patted Gao Yaotian in front of him, asking to borrow his notes from the previous class.

Although Zhou Haowei is severely nearsighted, he dislikes wearing glasses, so if he doesn't sit in
the first two rows of class, he can't see the words on the blackboard clearly. "Haowei, shouldn't you... get a pair of
glasses ?"

Gao Yaotian handed his notebook to the back of the room, adjusting his nearsighted glasses.
Because of , his nose was damp with sweat, making the glasses feel a little loose.

"Glasses? That won't do. If I wear glasses, my bright, piercing eyes will look
lifeless."

Zhou Haowei flipped through Gao Yaotian's notebook, looking for the parts he hadn't had time to fill in during class, and began
to copy them down.

"If you keep doing this, your nearsightedness will get worse and worse."

Gao Yaotian gave him honest advice. Since he cherishes his eyes so much, he should take good care of them
! He's already nearsighted, yet he's still so concerned about his appearance? "No way!" Zhou Haowei flipped through a few more pages of his notebook, making sure
he hadn't missed anything, before handing the notebook back to Gao Yaotian, who was sitting in front of him. "Hey
Yaotian, don't you want to get a new pair of contact lenses? You're pretty handsome, though not quite as good-looking as me
! But if you put a little effort into your appearance, lots of pretty girls will automatically come to you!"

"I... I'm not used to being around girls." Gao Yaotian pushed up his glasses again,
a little embarrassed.

"Please, twelve percent of our class are girls! Who would believe you saying that?" Zhou Haowei
punched him on the shoulder, a hint of mockery in his voice. "Don't you really want a girlfriend?"

"It's... it's okay!" Gao Yaotian smiled shyly.

"Hey! Don't say I don't care about my brother, want me to introduce you to a few pretty girls?" Zhou Haowei raised
an eyebrow , a suggestive smile on his face. "What type do you like? There are thirty-two beauties in our class, all kinds of
types. Yaotian, have you taken a fancy to any of them?"

"I...no...no..."

Although he denied it, Gao Yaotian
's Su Yufen, the spoiled young lady who always spoke unexpectedly, was the girl Gao Yaotian secretly admired.
However, since he was very young, he had never known how to get along with girls, so even though he
had someone he liked, he didn't know how to deal with this unrequited love.

Catching his strange look, Zhou Haowei followed Gao Yaotian's gaze. There sat
the three young ladies from the Cinderella family. Peng Kaiping was chattering away, while Su Yufen and He Yingzhen
had one expressionless face and the other a slight smile on her face.

"Oh! I see!" Zhou Haowei stretched out his paw and put his arm around Gao Yaotian's thin
shoulder from behind. "Yaotian, you like Cinderella, don't you? Are you trying to make this a real relationship? I didn't realize you were so
stubborn!"

At the beginning of the second semester of their freshman year, during the school anniversary performance in March, their class was performing "Cinderella," and
Gao Yaotian's role was the dashing prince who rescued Cinderella from her misery. Zhou Haowei was disappointed
at not being chosen for the lead role, but since he wasn't very confident in his spoken English,
it was normal that the professor hadn't selected him, so he couldn't blame anyone else.

"No way!" Gao Yaotian pushed Zhou Haowei's hand away and quickly denied it.

"Yaotian, don't be shy! A real man should say what he likes
! I was also very interested in Su Yufen! I even boasted that I would pursue her, but she completely
ignored me. Although the result was a bit embarrassing, you should bravely tell someone you like them; that's the only way to
be true to yourself!"

Gao Yaotian sighed inwardly. Even a witty and charming man like Zhou Haowei
had caught Su Yufen's eye, so what chance did he have? If he dared to confess to her, his fate might be even worse than
Zhou Haowei's !

"You're not really that cowardly, are you? Chasing women isn't difficult, you just
need to be a little thick-skinned."

Zhou Haowei and Gao Yaotian had shared a dorm room for almost a year, and
privately, Zhou Haowei actually quite admired his roommate, who was known as a bookworm. Gao Yaotian was always proper and
methodical dealings with people, had good character and was honest, didn't like to gossip, and was very loyal to his friends.
If you have any homework you don't understand or any questions you don't know, just ask Gao Yaotian, and you'll definitely get the best answer.

If you had to point out a flaw in someone like Yaotian, it would probably be his extreme lack of humor! Ah!
Also , he's not good at interacting with girls, which is probably the biggest reason he hasn't had a girlfriend yet!

"I... I can't help it..." Gao Yaotian smiled shyly again.

"Then let me teach you a few tricks!" Zhou Haowei pulled Gao Yaotian up and dragged him
to the back of the classroom. "Hey! Yaotian, you'd better learn from this! Chasing girls is something you have to do yourself;
you can't always rely on others!"

Zhou Haowei flicked his dyed golden hair, revealing his signature smile for picking up girls.

"Hello! The three Cinderella sisters, what are you talking about?"

"Hey, class representative, what's up?" Su Yufen glanced at the newcomer, his face still
expressionless .

Upon hearing this nickname, three diagonal lines appeared on Zhou Haowei's forehead. Why? Why
could he never handle this pampered girl, Su Yufen? Instead, he always ended up getting so angry that his teeth itched...

"Hehe... Yufen, don't always call me that!"

"What is it? Speak quickly!" Su Yufen's charming eyes narrowed, and she glared angrily at Zhou Haowei and Gao Yaotian. "
If there's nothing then get lost."

"Yufen, don't be so fierce! You'll scare them." He Yingzhen's
face immediately lit up with a sweet smile when she saw her crush arrive. "Class representative, is there something you need?"

"That's right! That's what good classmates do!" Zhou Haowei was very grateful to He Yingzhen for speaking up for him, otherwise he
would have embarrassed himself in front of Gao Yaotian. "Do you guys have anything to do after class? Yaotian and I would like to invite
you to dinner?"

"Okay!" He Yingzhen's heart immediately raced, and her cheeks instantly turned red. As long as she could
be , she would agree to anything he asked for.

"Xiao Zhen?! Don't agree to anything! Who knows what this womanizer is up to?
Be careful he doesn't trick you!" Su Yufen warned He Yingzhen sharply.
The bad hadn't faded yet!

During the first week of school, Zhou Haowei launched a fierce pursuit of Su Yufen,
but unfortunately, Su Yufen didn't like his type and firmly rejected him. Undeterred, Zhou Haowei
continued his relentless pursuit despite knowing Su Yufen's rejection. Every morning, Zhou Haowei would stand guard outside Su Yufen's
apartment , and after class, he would stick close to her, telling lame jokes to try and make her laugh,
causing all the girls in the class to point and whisper about them.

Thinking about all this, Su Yufen was almost going crazy.

Those unpleasant memories would be forced to surface every time Su Yufen saw Zhou Haowei,
no wonder she never gave him a kind look.

"Yufen, don't be so heartless! We're all good classmates!" Zhou Haowei still
smiled . He glanced at Gao Yaoren, who was whispering beside him, and nudged him in the chest with his right elbow. "Yaotian,
say something for me!"

"This...I..." Gao Yaotian suddenly raised his head, but after meeting Su Yufen's cold gaze,
he lowered his head again, at a loss.

Sigh! No wonder people say you're a bookworm, you're really useless... Zhou Haowei cursed
him , then put on his handsome smile again. "After class, we'll wait for you at the entrance of the department building!
You must come, we'll be waiting for you, see you there!"

After saying that, Zhou Haowei dragged Gao Yaotian and dashed back to the front of the classroom.

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Chapter Two , He Yingzhen stared at Zhou Haowei's retreating figure until he disappeared from sight, questioning

Su Yufen with a hint of displeasure. "Hmph! That womanizer doesn't deserve our kindness." "Yeah ! Zhou Haowei is really a womanizer! He changes girlfriends one after another, and each one is prettier than the last . We always see him with different girls. If he keeps playing with girls like this, I bet God will punish him and make him end up with an ugly girl." "Kaiping, why are you saying that too? Is the class representative... is he really that bad?" "Oh! Who in the class doesn't know about his messy relationships? Xiaozhen, why are you defending him?" Peng Kaiping gave him a look of utter helplessness, then suddenly changed the subject. "That bookworm is actually pretty good. They say 'you become like those you associate with,' right? This tall, bookworm has been living in the same dorm room as that womanizer for so long, and he's still so dull! Hehehe … Did you guys see his expression just now? He's a real gem! Hahahaha…" "Why is our class monitor inviting the three of us to dinner?" Su Yufen questioned Zhou Haowei's motives. " Is he up to something again?" "Who knows?" Peng Kaiping shrugged. "Yufen, are you going?" "No." Su Yufen blurted out without hesitation. "Huh? You guys really aren't going?" He Yingzhen was disappointed. If Yufen said no, it meant Kaiping wouldn't go either. "Xiaozhen, are you disappointed? What's there to look forward to eating with that womanizer?" Peng Kaiping asked, utterly puzzled. "Wait a minute, Kaiping, come here." Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping huddled together, whispering amongst themselves . "Hey! What are you two doing? What are you whispering about? Why won't you let me hear?" Ugh... It's always like this, as if those two are on the same side. No matter what happens, they always exclude her. He Yingzhen's puffed-up cheeks clearly showed her displeasure, but Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping's duo meeting continued. "Kaiping, didn't we say we'd introduce Xiaozhen to a boyfriend?" "Yeah!" "What do you think of that bookworm? He'd be a good match for Xiaozhen! Since they both love reading so much, why not pair them up as a 'bookworm clan'?" "Hey! That's right! Yufen, you're so smart!"

"Of course, take Xiaozhen with them to dinner later. Take the opportunity to set Xiaozhen up with that bookworm and let them get to know each other better."

"Huh?! Me? Yufen, no way! You're coming with us!"

"Ugh! I get angry just seeing that big-headed class representative! Have you forgotten that we said we'd
care about Xiaozhen's happiness? If you don't go with Xiaozhen, this opportunity will be wasted!"

"Oh! Okay, I'll go." After the group meeting, Peng Kaiping said to He Yingzhen with a wronged expression,
"Xiaozhen, let's go together later."

"Huh? What?"

He Yingzhen was really confused. Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping's change of heart was always so fast that it
was hard to predict .

"We're going to dinner with the big-headed class representative and the bookworm after class later!"

"Why? Didn't you just say you weren't going? Why did you suddenly change your minds?" He Yingzhen
looked back and forth between Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping suspiciously. "I think it's you two who's plotting something!"

"What plot? No way! Are we that kind of people? Ah! Anyway, it's all for your own good
!" Peng Kaiping said coquettishly, tugging at He Yingzhen's arm. "Besides, someone's treating us, why not take advantage
! Xiaozhen, are you coming or not?"

"Yes."

How could He Yingzhen refuse when the person she'd liked for so long invited her to dinner?
Of course, she nodded vigorously in agreement!

Although some questions still lingered in her mind, He Yingzhen was already looking forward to the night.
Why did Zhou Haowei and Gao Yaotian suddenly want to treat them to dinner? And
what ?

But none of that mattered anymore. What mattered was that she finally had the chance to have dinner with Zhou Haowei
!

When He Yingzhen and Peng Kaiping appeared at the entrance of the department building, Zhou Haowei and Gao Yaotian were sitting back-to-back on the handrail by
the stairs .

"Hey! You're here?" Zhou Haowei, who spotted them first, waved and greeted them.

"Why are there only two of you? Where's Yufen?"

"Are you trying to get yourself killed? You know Yufen gets angry whenever she sees you, yet you still provoke her so much!" Peng Kaiping walked
over and shoved Zhou Haowei on the shoulder, almost causing him to lose his balance and fall.

"Kaiping, what are you doing? That's dangerous!" He Yingzhen rushed over worriedly and grabbed Zhou Haowei
's arm.

"Ah! Thank you." Zhou Haowei clung tightly to He Yingzhen's hand and then jumped down with a graceful gait.
"Alright, now that all the main characters are here, let's go!" Zhou Haowei, who took the first step, didn't notice
the deep disappointment that flashed in Gao Yaotian's eyes.

"Okay!" He Yingzhen nodded and followed behind Zhou Haowei.

"Hey! Big Head, what's your scheme? Why did you suddenly say you'd treat us to dinner?"
Peng Kaiping caught up, looking up at Zhou Haowei, who was a full twenty centimeters taller than her.

There's a reason this Big Head is so popular with women!

He's tall and handsome, and his smile could charm an entire trolley of women; no wonder his
girlfriends are always more beautiful than the last.

"Nothing much, just wanted to get to know you guys better!" Zhou Haowei gestured to Peng Kaiping with his eyes,
and the two quickened their pace, leaving He Yingzhen and Gao Yaotian behind. "Kaiping, I have a question for you.
Do you think... those two look good together?"

"Who?" Peng Kaiping jogged with difficulty to keep up with Zhou Haowei's pace. "You mean... Xiao Zhen
and the bookworm?"

"Yeah! Yao Tian seems to still be hung up on Cinderella! How about we team up to bring the class's first couple together
? What do you think?"

Zhou Haowei raised an eyebrow, revealing a set of beautiful white teeth.

"Hey! Big Head, you also think they're a good match? We agreed to come out to dinner with you guys
because we wanted to introduce Xiao Zhen to the bookworm!"

Peng Kaiping whispered her and Su Yufen's plan next to Zhou Haowei. To accommodate Peng Kaiping's
height , Zhou Haowei had to lower his head slightly to listen to her.

Far behind, He Yingzhen watched this scene forlornly, sighing softly in her heart.

Could it be... that Zhou Haowei's target this time is Kaiping? Zhou Haowei will never see
the deep affection in her eyes that always follow him!

Why can't she ever attract Zhou Haowei's attention?

Sigh…

They chose to sit down at a coffee shop and casual dining place upstairs from the convenience store outside the school gate. After ordering
, Zhou Haowei nudged Gao Yaotian, who was sitting next to him, with his right elbow, wanting him to say something to warm things up.

But Gao Yaotian just smiled faintly and refused to speak. To avoid making the atmosphere awkward,
Zhou Haowei had to take the initiative to ease the overly quiet atmosphere.

“Yingzhen, you like reading, right? Yaotian does too! When you have time, you can go to
the library to find books you both like.”

“Huh?”

He Yingzhen was still immersed in the sadness of witnessing Kaiping and Zhou Haowei's intimate conversation, but she didn't expect
Zhou Haowei to call her name so soon after they sat down, which gave her a small thrill.

But after hearing Zhou Haowei's words, that small flame of excitement in He Yingzhen's heart immediately vanished
without a trace.

Go to the library with Gao Yaotian? What did Zhou Haowei mean by that?

Could it be… he was recommending Gao Yaotian to her?

He Yingzhen glanced stiffly at Gao Yaotian sitting next to her, noticing a helpless
glint and a bitter smile plastered on his face.

Gao Yaotian's silent, bitter smile further strained the atmosphere.

"Yeah! Yingzhen, since you two both love reading so much, you could arrange
to go shopping together at Eslite or Kingstone Bookstore sometime," Peng Kaiping quickly chimed in, seeing the awkward situation, his own
scheme mirroring Zhou Haowei's.

He Yingzhen gave Zhou Haowei a resentful look before lowering her head.

So that's why Zhou Haowei invited them to dinner today! He just wanted to play matchmaker for his roommate
Gao Yaotian, to set him up with her?

"Hey! Yingzhen, don't be shy! They've already invited us to dinner, you should at least give them a
response!" Peng Kaiping whispered in He Yingzhen's ear.

"The bookworm is quite good-looking, and he shares your interests. Also, I heard from the class monitor that he
still has feelings for you. If you're interested in him too, be more outgoing! If you keep being so 'closed-minded
,' you'll scare him away."

"I..."

Just as He Yingzhen was embarrassed and didn't know what to do, the waiter brought their food,
which resolved He Yingzhen's crisis.

"The food here is very good, very delicious. You should try it."

Seeing that Gao Yaotian and He Yingzhen were only focused on the food in front of them, Zhou Haowei kicked
Peng Kaiping and winked at her.

"Huh?" Peng Kaiping glanced at Zhou Haowei and reluctantly put down her knife and fork. "Uh!
Excuse me, I'm going to the restroom." Picking up her bag, Peng Kaiping left her seat muttering to herself.

And not long after Peng Kaiping left, Zhou Haowei's phone rang.

"Hello? Xiangxiang? Are you at school? Okay, I'll be right there."

Hanging up the phone, Zhou Haowei looked apologetically at Gao Yaotian and He Yingzhen.

"I'm so sorry! My girlfriend called me, I have to go pick her up from school. You two enjoy your meal!
Don't leave until you've finished!"

After saying this, Zhou Haowei disappeared like a whirlwind, leaving Gao Yaotian and He Yingzhen
staring at each other in bewilderment.

Later that evening, He Yingzhen returned to the Su family apartment in a foul mood. As soon as she opened the door, she saw Su Yufen and
Peng Kaiping sitting in the living room, both of them staring at her with wide eyes.

"What's wrong? What's so interesting?"

He Yingzhen, who had originally thought she could have a good chat with Zhou Haowei tonight, never expected that he and Kaiping would
leave without returning, leaving her and Gao Yaotian speechless in that casual dining restaurant. "Peng Kaiping, did you go to America to use
the restroom ? Why did you sneak home without telling me? You did it on purpose,
didn't you?"

"Xiao Zhen, don't be angry!" Peng Kaiping tugged at Su Yufen's sleeve, wanting her to speak up for him.
"I just wanted you and the bookworm to have some time alone. Maybe you'll discover each other's good points and
start dating!"

"Who told you I'm interested in Gao Yaotian? Did I say anything like that? Why are you making such
assumptions ?"

Recalling the situation at dinner, although she and Gao Yaotian were classmates, they
rarely strangers!

In that awkward, staged situation, how could she pretend nothing was wrong and continue
eating with him?

After waiting for Peng Kaiping's return for a long time and unable to bear the awkward silence, He Yingzhen apologized to Gao Yaotian
and then left the restaurant.

"Xiao Zhen, why are you back so soon? Where's that bookworm? Did he bring you back?
How did your talk go? You seemed to get along well, right?"

Peng Kaiping continued asking, oblivious to He Yingzhen's rage
.

"I'm angry! I'm really angry! Peng Kaiping, I'm never talking to you again!" He Yingzhen
stormed , throwing her bag down and heading back to her room.

"Xiao Zhen, don't be angry with me!" Peng Kaiping belatedly grabbed He Yingzhen, bowing and
apologizing profusely. "Yu Fen, please speak up for her! Xiao Zhen is angry with me..."

"Xiao Zhen, don't be angry. We did all this for your own good!"

Su Yu Fen caught up with He Yingzhen, stopping her and pulling her back to the sofa in the living room.

"We don't want you to waste your youth studying! That's why we wanted to introduce you to
some nice guys!" Su Yu Fen put his arm around He Yingzhen's shoulder. "Xiao Zhen, if you don't want us to keep
meddlesome and play matchmaker for you, can you honestly tell us
who you like?"

"Yeah! Xiao Zhen, I didn't mean it! Please forgive me this time! Next time I'll definitely ask for
your opinion first before introducing you to other boys." Peng Kaiping sat on He Yingzhen's other side, mimicking Su Yufen
by putting his arm around her other shoulder.

"Hurry up and tell us who you like! That way we can help you!"

"What are you two doing? Teaming up to interrogate me? Don't forget, I'm still angry with you
!"

He Yingzhen felt incredibly threatened, being held hostage by Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping on either side. These two roommates
were truly lawless; she was still angry! How dare they threaten her like this?

"Xiao Zhen, tell us! I know you must have someone you like, just tell us honestly!
That way we won't have to go through the trouble of arranging dinners like tonight for you!" Peng Kaiping
snuggled into He Yingzhen's arms, acting like a child and pouting at her.

This was one of Peng Kaiping's most powerful tricks; whenever she used this coquettishness, the person being pouted
would completely surrender.

"Tch! Kaiping, that's enough! When did you develop this bad habit?
How tolerate you and raise you for eighteen years?"

Su Yufen couldn't stand this about Peng Kaiping the most. Usually, she was a poised and dignified young lady
, but whenever she did something wrong or needed a favor, she would start making these embarrassingly coquettish gestures. It
was truly shameful.

"Kaiping, stop it! Hehe... Hahaha... It tickles!" Unable to resist Peng Kaiping's ticklishness,
He Yingzhen forgot she was still angry and couldn't help but laugh.

"Kaiping, stop moving around... haha... it tickles... so ticklish..."

"Hmph! Yufen, don't make fun of me. Maybe I'll only be able to find out
who Xiaozhen likes after I use this trick."

After saying that, Peng Kaiping cleverly moved around in He Yingzhen's arms and even went so far as to
tickle her under the armpits.

"Wow... haha... hahaha..." He Yingzhen shrank back to dodge Peng Kaiping's attack. "Kaiping
... stop it!"

"Will you tell me or not? Will you tell me or not? Xiaozhen, tell me quickly! If you tell me who you like, I
'll stop right away... tell me quickly!"

Just as He Yingzhen and Peng Kaiping were playing around, Su Yufen narrowed his eyes and observed carefully.
Looking at He Yingzhen.

If Xiao Zhen really didn't like that tall, bookish guy, why
did she agree so readily when the class representative asked them to have dinner together this afternoon?

And when she said she wouldn't go, Xiao Zhen was disappointed for a while!
She vividly remembered the disappointed look on Xiao Zhen's face then.

Could it be... that the person who excited Xiao Zhen wasn't actually that tall, bookish guy, but someone else—

that womanizing class representative?!

Oh no! How could Xiao Zhen like a playboy like him?

Knowing that Zhou Haowei was such a womanizer, were she and Kaiping going to push Xiao Zhen further, sending her into
an abyss ?

No! Absolutely not!

"Xiao Zhen, you can't like that womanizing bastard!" Even though this was just a thought floating in her mind
, Su Yufen shouted it out in a moment of panic.

Hearing Su Yufen's shout, He Yingzhen and Peng Kaiping immediately stopped what they were doing. The former blushed deeply,
while the latter looked completely bewildered.

"Yufen, what are you talking about? Xiaozhen likes the class representative? How do you know?" Peng Kaiping glanced
at Su Yufen, then turned back to stare intently at He Yingzhen. "Xiaozhen, this can't be true, right? You really like
Zhou Haowei ? Are your eyes blinded by clam meat?"

"A male stud like Zhou Haowei, who's a womanizer, changing women one after another, will definitely not have a
good ending. Xiaozhen, you need to think carefully! Do you really like him? Or are you just
blinded ?" Su Yufen advised He Yingzhen as someone who had been through it all. Su Yufen,

who had been closely watched by Zhou Haowei when they first entered school, knew firsthand how promiscuous Zhou Haowei was! A naturally handsome guy like Zhou Haowei is practically a sin! God bestowed such a handsome appearance upon them, yet so many girls were heartbroken and even devastated because of them. What is this if not a sin? "I...I didn't say anything! Why...why are you making such a big deal out of it?" He Yingzhen's playful smile vanished, replaced by a deeply melancholic expression. She knew that neither of roommates particularly liked Zhou Haowei, but ever since she first saw him in class at the start of the semester, she had secretly fallen for him! "Don't deny it! Yingzhen, I know you like him. Otherwise, you wouldn't have been so happy when he came over to invite us to dinner today." "Ah! So that's how it is! No wonder...Yingzhen, you just said you weren't interested in the bookworms, but you still wanted to go out to eat with them. So that's what happened! Yufen was right, it seems you really do like Zhou Haowei." Peng Kaiping's previously skeptical tone had now become one of certainty. After hearing Su Yufen's analysis, Peng Kaiping finally understood the truth. "Yu-fen, you're so smart ! You even guessed it." "This isn't the time to flatter me, Xiao-zhen. Do you really, really like Zhou Hao-wei? Ca take your feelings back?" Su Yu-fen looked at He Ying-zhen with a serious expression. "You know… his interest in a girl might not last long. You've heard how many girlfriends he's had this year, right? Why do you still like him?" "He… is he really that bad?" Faced with her two roommates' aggressive questioning, He Ying-zhen slowly let down her guard. "I… I… I don't know!" The feeling of liking someone is strange. If she could really list out the reasons she liked him and the reasons she didn't like him, even disregarding the , she felt she could still find a whole bunch of good qualities in Zhou Hao-wei. In other words, what else could she do? She just liked him! "Oh no! It's all over, it's all over. Xiao Zhen, you really like Zhou Haowei, don't you? I can tell from your confused look. That's the expression of a woman in love." Peng Kaiping exaggeratedly raised his right hand to cover his eyes, as if he had already foreseen her tragic future. "Kaiping, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. Xiao Zhen just has a crush on Zhou Haowei. That doesn't count as being in love . It's only when both parties like each other that it can be called love." Su Yufen corrected her objectively, but such words just hurt He Yingzhen's fragile girlish heart. "Anyway, I just have a crush on him. It doesn't count as anything. Don't worry about me. I'll be fine." He Yingzhen's words not only directly admitted that she did like Zhou Haowei, but also showed a strong sense of inferiority and lack of self-confidence. After saying that, she ran back to her room sadly, not wanting her two roommates to laugh at her anymore. Chapter Three. The computer in the dorm was playing the theme song of Winter Sonata. Zhou Haowei, sitting at the computer desk, stared intently at the ICQ chat window on the screen. "What the heck! You're busy again tomorrow? Why do you always have a bunch of urgent matters you haven't told me about lately , ruining our dates?" Zhou Haowei complained incessantly to the computer screen, his long, nimble hands typing rapidly to faithfully convey his dissatisfaction. His online ICQ conversation was with none other than his recently started girlfriend, Qin Xiangxiang, the most beautiful freshman in the Chinese Literature department. Because it was too difficult to get through to the girls' dormitory phone, they regularly used ICQ to exchange their thoughts before bed after the girls' dormitory lights . But tonight, Zhou Haowei was unleashing a torrent of curses at the computer screen. " Are you kidding me?! Tomorrow is the first day of a wonderful weekend! And she stood me up again?!" Since the midterms, he hadn't had a proper date with Xiangxiang. Lately, every time he called to ask her , she always had a bunch of excuses. Sometimes she said she had a report due the next day and had to rush to finish it; other times she had to attend a group discussion. The time Xiangxiang gave him seemed to be decreasing day by day, to the point that he couldn't help but become suspicious. What was she busy with? Shouldn't they have had more time together after the midterms? Why were they seeing each other less often than during the exam period? Looking at another excuse Xiangxiang sent in the chat box, Zhou Haowei was furious.

He picked up his phone, intending to call her.

The chat window showed that she was having dinner with her classmates tomorrow, followed by a movie, so he didn't need to
wait for her in the classroom. This was the 108th time she had rejected him with a strange excuse.

It was always Zhou Haowei who found excuses to dump overly clingy girls; was he finally getting his
comeuppance ? After dialing her number, he received a message that her phone was switched off. Zhou Haowei angrily
threw his phone onto the bed.

"Tch! Xiangxiang, you'd better not regret this! I don't believe I can't find other fun without you! There are plenty of
pretty you don't have time for me, I'll find someone else."

At that moment, the dormitory door was gently pushed open, and Gao Yaotian, looking exhausted, walked in, carrying a large
stack of books he had borrowed from the library.

"Hey! Haowei, I'm back."

"Wow! Yaotian, I didn't realize you were so quick! You're already strolling through the library
with ? How was it? You two seem to get along well,
right? Have you planned your next date yet?"

Zhou Haowei's previously displeased expression vanished, replaced by anticipation, as he prepared to hear Gao Yaotian
's exciting account of their first date that evening.

If Yaotian and He Yingzhen really did become the first couple in their class, he would be
one of the key figures behind their union!

"The library? I went alone."

Gao Yaotian carefully placed the borrowed books one by one on the shelf, looking at Zhou Haowei with a slightly embarrassed
expression .

"You went alone? What about He Yingzhen?" Zhou Haowei's eyes widened, somewhat incredulous at Gao
Yaotian's answer.

"After dinner, did you two go for a walk together? Yaotian, you're not going to take her
home right away, are you?"

Yaotian is such a slowpoke. He even helped him get a date, and he's so stupid he doesn't even
know how to seize the opportunity? What if she dislikes him? It won't be so easy to get a date next time.

"We hadn't...we hadn't finished eating when she left."

Gao Yaotian was quite helpless. She said she was leaving, he couldn't possibly drag her away! Besides,
they really didn't have anything suitable to talk about. The two of them sitting face to face staring at each other was
so awkward!

"What? She left before we finished eating? Yaotian, what are you doing? Didn't
you say a word to her after we left?"

"I...I didn't know what to talk to her about..."

He had absolutely no experience with that kind of thing, how was he supposed to start a conversation! Also, his feelings for He Yingzhen...were
not what Haowei imagined at all.

Inviting them to dinner was a spur-of-the-moment decision by Haowei. If he had known Su Yufen
wouldn't be going, he wouldn't have bothered!

"Don't know what to talk about with her? You could talk about the weather, your favorite books, your favorite
movies, even things in class! There are thousands of topics to discuss, yet you say you don't know
what to talk about?"

Zhou Haowei was practically driven mad by Gao Yaotian's blockhead behavior. He and Peng Kaiping had sacrificed their dinners
to give them time and space to be alone! And this kid had ruined it all?

"I think..." Gao Yaotian frowned, took a deep breath, and then blurted out his thoughts
. "I think He Yingzhen, she..."

"What about her?"

"She doesn't seem to like me very much..." Of course! She wasn't the one he liked,
so he wasn't too upset about the result! It was just that he hadn't seen Su Yufen tonight that made him a little
disappointed.

"Hey! Yaotian, don't you know that girls often act coy and pretentious in front of boys
? Maybe she's liked you for a long time, but just hasn't had the chance to tell you or doesn't dare
to ."

"That's not it at all. After you left, she seemed very surprised and at a loss. She barely ate a few bites
before saying she had to leave. If she really liked me, as you say, things wouldn't have turned out like this!" Although he didn't have much experience interacting with girls, he was n't blind

to such clear indications . "If she wasn't interested in you, why would she have agreed so quickly when we invited them to dinner this afternoon ? If she doesn't like you, could it be that she likes me?" Zhou Haowei casually asked. "Hmm! Very likely. He Yingzhen definitely likes you." Gao Yaotian smiled gently at Zhou Haowei. "Haowei, your charm is truly irresistible, no one can resist!" "Tch! You're just talking nonsense! Save that eloquence for when you're with girls ! I'm really worried you'll never have a girlfriend in your life." Zhou Haowei jumped back onto his bed, accidentally crushing his phone which he had just left there. "Ah! Oh no, my phone... Oops! Luckily it's not broken." "I really envy you, you're always so adept at handling girls." Gao Yaotian picked up the basin and a change of clothes, preparing to go to the shower room at the end of the corridor. "Haowei, do you have another date tomorrow? Your girlfriend is probably still Qin Xiangxiang from the Chinese department, right?" "Hmm! Maybe it'll be someone else tomorrow." Upon hearing Qin Xiangxiang's name, Zhou Haowei's brows furrowed quickly, and his expression suddenly turned grim. He didn't know what was wrong with Xiangxiang lately? Why had they suddenly become so distant ? Before, Xiangxiang was always so clingy to him! Zhou Haowei didn't want to speculate about what was wrong with her, but tomorrow, he would definitely find her and get to the bottom of it. "Sigh! Why is my life still so black and white?" As usual, He Yingzhen left the library as the sun set, gazing at the dazzling orange-red sunset on the horizon, muttering to herself as she walked, lamenting her dull youth. She had no classes this afternoon, and had diligently reviewed all the subjects she had studied for the week in the library, feeling a great sense of accomplishment. But before leaving, she glanced at the spot Zhou Haowei usually occupied, which was now empty A sullen feeling spread through her chest, making her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"When will I finally find my spring?"

He Yingzhen didn't participate in any clubs at school, meaning that aside from attending classes and studying in
the library , her social life was rather lackluster. So far, the only people she interacted with regularly were
her two roommates, Yufen and Kaiping.

It wasn't that no boys had pursued her. Although He Yingzhen lacked self-confidence, a senior in her first
year had a crush on her, but she didn't reciprocate his feelings. After
repeatedly asking him out and being rejected each time, the senior finally gave up and stopped pursuing her.
From that time until she entered university, He Yingzhen's luck with men seemed cursed;
no one showed interest in her or whom she was interested in.

Until she met Zhou Haowei.

He was the most charming boy she had ever met. Beneath his striking, golden, upturned hair were a pair of deep,
captivating eyes, and his broad, blush-inducing chest seemed like
a safe haven from any storm.

She loved watching him stand on the podium, speaking confidently to the students, as if he were the
spiritual . Although Yu Fen criticized Zhou Haowei's demeanor as arrogant, cocky, and domineering, she
still loved seeing him like that, possessing a self-assured confidence that seemed to command the wind and rain.

She also loved watching him tell corny jokes, remaining
unmoved —a natural-born deadpan comedian.

Sigh! I told you! No matter how badly Yu Fen and Kai Ping spoke of him, she could always find numerous
reasons to like him. Was she truly hopeless?

Knowing full well that she couldn't possibly be Zhou Haowei's type, she still
threw her whole heart at him like a moth to a flame… She was so foolish!

Stepping on the fallen leaves, He Yingzhen strolled through the campus bathed in the dim light of the streetlights. Just as she passed the guard park in front of
the girls' dormitory , under the large tree full of beautiful red phoenix flowers, she discovered
the spring she had long awaited.

Zhou Haowei sat solemnly on a stone bench in the pavilion, his eyes fixed fiercely on the
entrance .

"Hi!" He Yingzhen greeted him proactively. Because it was already dark and the pavilion was pitch black,
she deliberately walked to a walkway close to him, as if afraid he wouldn't see her.

"Class representative, what are you doing here?"

Knowing he was waiting for his girlfriend, probably on a date, He Yingzhen couldn't bring herself to ask such
a hurtful question, so she pretended to be nonchalant.

Had something happened? Why did he look so fierce? Like he was
angry ?

"It's you! He Yingzhen." Zhou Haowei's gaze shifted from the girls' dormitory entrance to He Yingzhen, who
stood smiling beside him. "Nothing much, just waiting for someone. Did you just get out of class?"

"Yeah!" He Yingzhen shook her head in denial. "I don't have classes this afternoon, I'm studying in the library."

She looked worriedly at the wrinkles on Zhou Haowei's forehead. How could the usually handsome and dashing
him such an unpleasant expression? "Class representative, are you... angry?"

He Yingzhen looked at Zhou Haowei timidly. "You look like you're in a bad mood?"

"I'm fine." Zhou Haowei looked back at He Yingzhen awkwardly, as if his feelings had been read. "Did you need
something ?"

"No... no." He Yingzhen panicked slightly. She had only wanted to say hello and
glance , but seeing him angry, she wanted to care about him! What was bothering him?

Zhou Haowei had been sitting here since 3 PM, waiting for Qin Xiangxiang to return to the dormitory. His patience
was almost worn out by her, and her phone was always switched off, making Zhou Haowei
suspect that she was really out on a date with another man, which was why she was avoiding him.

In that case, he had been cheated on!

Few girls dared to treat him like this, yet Qin Xiangxiang actually dumped him first? This
was the first time he'd ever experienced such humiliation! Damn it, this woman was truly despicable. He couldn't swallow this insult, his mind
racing . Zhou Haowei's gaze drifted back to the entrance of the girls' dormitory. He would wait for her here until she returned;
he refused to believe he couldn't catch her!

"But... your face looks terrible..." He Yingzhen stammered, but Zhou Haowei seemed not to hear
her, his resentful eyes fixed on the distance, treating her as if she were invisible. "Class representative..."

He Yingzhen wanted to say something more, but at that moment, Zhou Haowei saw Qin Xiangxiang
walking over from the side gate of the school, her arm affectionately linked with a boy's. Instantly, Zhou Haowei's veins
bulged his forehead, his face turning ashen and extremely ugly.

"Qin Xiangxiang, what are you doing? Who's this guy?" Unable to contain his humiliation,
Zhou Haowei rushed over, grabbed Qin Xiangxiang's arm, and yelled at her without any regard for decorum.

"Let go!" Qin Xiangxiang cried out in pain, twisting her arm, but she couldn't shake off Zhou Haowei.

"Hey! Who are you? Why are you grabbing her hand? Let go of Xiangxiang!" The boy with Qin Xiangxiang,
seeing this, rushed forward to play the hero, shoving Zhou Haowei in the
chest .

"Zhou Haowei, let go of me! Why are you yelling at me in the dorm? Didn't I tell you I was busy today and
couldn't see you?"

"You're busy? Busy dating this pretty boy, huh?"

What woman caught cheating would dare to be so arrogant? Zhou Haowei glared at the two of them, his eyes
practically spitting fire. Seeing the man frantically protecting Qin Xiangxiang,
who would believe there was nothing between them?

"You're overthinking it," Qin Xiangxiang replied coldly. She neither admitted to her
relationship nor explained her current behavior.

"Good for you! The facts are right in front of you, and you still want to lie to me?" Seeing his once
gentle decided to give up.

"Qin Xiangxiang, we're breaking up." This wasn't about winning by saying it first; it was because he truly
could continue being cuckolded. Now that even the third party was standing right in front of him, what else could he say?
"There are plenty of fish in the sea, why be hung up on Qin Xiangxiang, this promiscuous flower?"

"Hmph! Fine, let's break up then. I'm already tired of you." Qin Xiangxiang wasn't one to back down either. Being yelled at like that in the street by
Zhou had completely humiliated her! "Don't bother me again."

Qin Xiangxiang's words only added fuel to the fire. Zhou Haowei glared fiercely at the couple embracing in front of him,
a surge of defiant anger stuck in his throat.

Suddenly, He Yingzhen's image flashed through Zhou Haowei's churning mind. He turned around and found her
standing right behind him.

"Very well, I came here today to tell you that I have a new girlfriend."

Zhou Haowei forcefully pulled He Yingzhen, whose mouth was agape in shock, to his side, placing
his right hand on her shoulder and pulling her close to his broad chest. Then, feigning sweetness,
she leaned down and pressed her cheek close to He Yingzhen's, but her eyes were filled with malice as she glared at Qin Xiangxiang. "It's over between us. I
never want to see you again."

"Tch!" Qin Xiangxiang's bright eyes darted around, landing on He Yingzhen
's face, and a sneer spread from her throat. "Looks like your taste is getting worse and worse! Luckily, my new boyfriend is more presentable than you.
Goodbye! Oh! No, never again!" Holding the boy beside her tightly, Qin Xiangxiang
left Zhou Haowei's side haughtily without looking back.

"You! You're despicable! I must have had eight lifetimes of bad luck to have ever fallen for you!" He felt
like everything was going wrong today, even losing a bet to that promiscuous woman. No matter what, he could
n't swallow this insult!

Back in the country

, "Class representative..."

Caught out of nowhere in the middle of a lovers' falling out, He Yingzhen wisely kept her mouth shut, not exposing
Zhou Haowei 's lie. She even felt a tiny bit of joy.

Just now, Zhou Haowei said… she was his girlfriend! Although she knew it was just

something he said in anger, she was still very happy.

“What?” Zhou Haowei pushed her away, his face stiff.

Startled by the sudden push, He Yingzhen almost fell flat on her face.

“Class representative, are you still angry?” After regaining her balance, He Yingzhen clutched her chest and mustered all
the courage she had to continue speaking to Zhou Haowei. “Breaking up with her… are you feeling very sad, very angry, very
reluctant ?”

After asking so many questions in one breath, she didn’t have the courage to look at Zhou Haowei’s face. Would he think
she was being too nosy? Would he find her annoying?

“What’s it to you?” Zhou Haowei glared at He Yingzhen and answered very rudely.

Who wouldn’t be angry in this situation? Couldn’t she tell he was about to explode? This was
the first time he’d been dumped by a girl! He wasn't sad or unhappy, but she was right about one thing: he was
angry, very angry.

And all those pathetic things he'd just done—she'd seen them all.
How could he ever face He Yingzhen again?

"I…I…"

He Yingzhen trembled. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to confess to him; if she missed it, it would be gone
forever! She'd secretly liked him for so long…she had to say it, she absolutely had to tell him face-to-face this time!

"I'm leaving."

Zhou Haowei, his face stiff, glanced at her before turning and walking towards the boys' dormitory.

"Class representative…" Without hesitation, He Yingzhen followed behind Zhou Haowei. He was in
such a bad mood; she really wanted to comfort him…that girl didn't understand how good he was; it was her loss!

"Don't follow me." Zhou Haowei heard the footsteps and knew without turning around that it was He Yingzhen following him
. He had no energy to deal with her right now; why didn't she just let him off the hook?

"Class representative...you..." Because Zhou Haowei's steps were large, He Yingzhen had to jog
to keep up, and she was already panting after walking for a short while, but she still called out to him with all her might.

"Don't be sad...okay?"

"I told you to stop following me."

Zhou Haowei suddenly stopped and turned around, and the sudden movement caused He Yingzhen, who couldn't stop in time,
to bump into him with a thud.

"I'm sorry! Class representative, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to...did I hurt you anywhere
?"

"Why are you following me like this?"

"I..."

"Every time it's like this, I, I, I, you can't even answer a question properly, you just stutter. Why are you
following me like this?" Zhou Haowei grabbed her trembling shoulders tightly and questioned her fiercely.

"I..."

He Yingzhen was shocked by Zhou Haowei's roughness; she had never seen him so fierce before!
Zhou Haowei has always been witty and humorous, hasn't he? Why has he become like this?

"Give me back my...my...my...what do you want? Tell me!" He hates girls who are all coy and hesitant;
they're never straightforward and just irritating.

"Class representative, I...because I saw you seemed really upset...so...so I
wanted to comfort you..."

"You want to comfort me?" A slight curve appeared at the corner of Zhou Haowei's stiff face, and under
the dim campus streetlights, his cold smile was all the more captivating. "Is that so? He Yingzhen, then,
how do you want to comfort me?"

The flattering words Gao Yaotian had casually said to him in the dorm suddenly
flashed .

Could it be that this pitiful Cinderella chasing after him really likes him? So, the reason she readily agreed to their invitation that
day wasn't because of Yaotian, but because of him?

Wow! Another admirer for no reason?! He didn't remember ever flirting with He Yingzhen!

Sigh! That's what happens when you're handsome; there's no way around it. A whole bunch of women just automatically flock to you
, catching you completely off guard.

"..." He Yingzhen looked up at Zhou Haowei's smiling face, momentarily lost in thought. He... he was smiling
at ! His bright eyes were only on her, and he was only smiling at her...

and he was speaking in that captivating, deep voice in her ear... so intoxicating
...

"Hmm? Yingzhen, tell me! How do you want to comfort me?"

Zhou Haowei's handsome face drew ever closer, causing He Yingzhen's heart to race to its limit. Just as
her heart was about to give way to the stimulation, He Yingzhen closed her eyes.

His hot breath swept over He Yingzhen's trembling face, finally stopping at her bewildered red lips
.

Zhou Haowei gently touched those two soft, gentle lips, and at such close range, he stared
at He Yingzhen in disbelief. Unbelievable! My God! He really had been chosen by Cinderella! It's just
a pity he wasn't cut out to be a refined prince.

A Cinderella like He Yingzhen, with her excellent character, virtue, and quiet elegance, was probably more suited to a prince
like !

He couldn't possibly be worthy of her! He'd rather be a free-spirited, unrestrained wandering knight than
provoke a well-behaved girl like her.

"You just let guys kiss you like that? Is this how you usually hook up with men? You say you want to comfort them,
then you offer yourself up?"

Zhou Haowei pushed He Yingzhen away and took several steps back to create distance.
As he spoke, a mocking smile played on his lips.

When Zhou Haowei decided to reject a girl, he was capable of saying anything. Even if
those words were heartless and hurtful, he didn't care; as long as he achieved his goal, he would
say .

"Class representative?!" He Yingzhen opened her eyes, looking at him innocently. Why would he say that?
She didn't understand.

But she could clearly see the mockery in his eyes! "Why are you saying that? I…" He Yingzhen's face flushed red, and even her lips trembled involuntarily

as she spoke . She stared at his cruel face in disbelief. Why would he say that to her? "What? Did I say something wrong?" Zhou Haowei maliciously hurt her further. "We're just ordinary classmates, aren't we?" "I..." He Yingzhen clenched her small hands, wanting to loudly confess her feelings , but the mocking expression on his face prevented her from speaking. "Look, here you are again." Zhou Haowei reached out and wiped his tired face. "Even when you speak, you stutter so much, it's tiring to listen to!" He waved at her and decided to turn and leave. Today, he had had enough of these inexplicable women. This time, He Yingzhen didn't lower her head; she mustered all her courage and looked directly at Zhou Haowei. "I like you." These four words slipped from He Yingzhen's mouth without hesitation the moment she saw Zhou Haowei turn around, her voice soft, but it still clearly reached Zhou Haowei's ears. "What?" Slowly turning halfway around, Zhou Haowei's handsome brows furrowed slightly. "What did you just say?" He glanced sideways at He Yingzhen, only then noticing that her hands were clenched into fists, braced against her sides, and upon closer inspection, he could see her body was trembling! And her lips too. "Class representative, I...I like you." He Yingzhen's lips trembled as she softly uttered her love again. "I'm sorry, He Yingzhen, you're not my type. Also, what I said in front of my ex-girlfriend was just something I said in anger. I appreciate your cooperation in not calling me out on the spot, but please don't take it seriously, okay?" Zhou Haowei was ruthless; he left without looking back after saying those words. Having just ended an unhappy relationship, his mood wasn't recovering quickly. Besides, He Yingzhen wasn't a girl who particularly attracted him. His embarrassing act just now, dragging her over as an excuse to save face, was merely a temporary expedient; he didn't really want her to be his girlfriend ! Zhou Haowei's dashing figure, waving goodbye, was deeply etched into He Yingzhen's moist eyes. Chapter Four: Classmate Lovers 2 I wish I were a star in the sky, far away and quietly watching over you, keeping you company every night . No, she couldn't let him leave like this. He hadn't even finished listening to her confession of her deepest love! She had finally broken through the first step of confession; how could she give up so easily? Taking a deep breath, He Yingzhen stared intently at Zhou Haowei's figure, deciding to fight to the death. Then she took off running, running past him and hugging his cold back. "Don't go." He Yingzhen tightly embraced Zhou Haowei's broad shoulders. "Please don't go." Zhou Haowei, whose steps had been disrupted, turned halfway to look at her. "What else do you want ? Wasn't I clear enough?" "Don't go... let me stay by your side, okay?" He Yingzhen buried her face in Zhou Haowei's back, her small hands tightly hugging him. The sobbing sounds from behind, and her fervent body temperature, deeply moved Zhou Haowei. "Let me go first." Zhou Haowei struggled, thinking he could easily get rid of her with a slight movement, but she clung to him like a drowning person grasping at a piece of driftwood. "He Yingzhen, let me go first." "No..." He Yingzhen clung to him desperately, tears streaming down her face. "I won't let go ... Class monitor, let me stay by your side, okay?" "Cough! He Yingzhen, I told you not to let me go." Zhou Haowei used all his strength to pull her hands away. "Do you know what you're saying?" "I know, I know." Seeing him turn around to face her, He Yingzhen threw herself into Zhou Haowei . "I've always liked you, always, always liked you... From the first day I saw you, I've been hopelessly in love with you." "I can't help it if you say that..." Zhou Haowei said helplessly. Although he usually dealt with troublesome women with harsh words, He Yingzhen was his classmate! It wasn't like they'd never see each other again. How to get rid of her was a real headache for Zhou Haowei. At this moment, the hot tears in He Yingzhen's eyes flowed even more unrestrainedly.

"Can you let me stay by your side? I won't bother you, I won't bother you, just let me stay by your side
..."

"Yingzhen, don't be like this. Go home obediently tonight, and then think it over carefully,
okay ?" Zhou Haowei pulled her hand away, calming his temper and gently persuading her. "You're too emotional right now.
Maybe you'll regret what you say after you calm down."

"I won't regret it." He Yingzhen stubbornly tugged at the hem of Zhou Haowei's shirt with her small hands,
her pitiful tearful eyes earnestly meeting Zhou Haowei's probing gaze.

"I'm very serious right now, one hundred percent serious. Even if I hear your rejection, I still don't want
to give up."

Looking at He Yingzhen's resolute eyes, Zhou Haowei was momentarily stunned. "Okay! So what do you
want ?"

He Yingzhen stared at Zhou Haowei with her big, teary eyes, a little confused about his question.

"I've been sitting here all afternoon, I'm really tired, I want to go back to the dorm to rest."

Zhou Haowei's unspoken message was, "Ha! I'm going back to the boys' dorm now, let's see how you stick to
me now!

" "Class representative, please don't go, okay?" He Yingzhen tugged at Zhou Haowei's sleeve, stubbornly refusing to let him go.
"Don't go..." "

Do whatever you want, I—want—to—go—back—the—dorm—to—rest." Zhou Haowei shrugged, looking helpless. Zhou Haowei strode forward, with his little bundle of joy hanging behind him, and the two of them walked into the boys' dorm one after the other . The reason she wasn't stopped was that today was the first weekend after the midterm exams, and most of the students in the dorm had gone home or off-campus to party. So, He Yingzhen, clinging to Zhou Haowei's sleeve and following behind him , entered the boys' dorm without any hindrance. With a bang, Zhou Haowei kicked open the door to room 108 and rolled his eyes. He never expected He Yingzhen to be so bold. A girl like her actually dared to come back to the boys' dormitory with him alone . Did she really trust him that much? A lone man and woman alone in a room, wasn't she afraid of suspicion? Zhou Haowei lay down on his lower bunk in the dormitory, pulling the blue pillow over his head, pretending not to see it. Just consider it a nightmare! Everything will be . Anyway, Yaotian won't be back tonight. Yaotian, who lives in Kaohsiung, didn't have his last two classes on Friday afternoon and had already taken the U.S. Airlines bus back to Kaohsiung. He wouldn't be back until after 7 pm at the earliest. So , if He Yingzhen didn't think she'd be bored to death here, then so be it! He was really tired and wanted to rest. He Yingzhen, entering the boys' dormitory for the first time, was filled with curiosity about everything. She had initially assumed that boys' dormitories were always messy, since boys probably had little experience with tidying up. However, after visiting Zhou Haowei and Gao Yaotian's dorms, He Yingzhen finally shattered this stereotype. It seemed that Yu Fen and Kai Ping needed to reflect on their behavior; these two boys were far more skilled at tidying up than they were ! "Class representative..." After looking around for a while, He Yingzhen sat down at Zhou Haowei's desk and played with his phone charm, a very pretty purple owl. "Your charm is so cute!" Zhou Haowei, who had been lying on his bed pretending to be dead and ignoring everyone, suddenly felt his pent -up anger surge up again when he heard about Qin Xiangxiang. "Give it to me." That phone charm was a birthday gift from Qin Xiangxiang; why keep it? It should have been thrown in the trash long ago! He Yingzhen was startled by Zhou Haowei's sudden outburst and obediently handed him the phone. He roughly ripped the pretty owl ornament off and, before , casually tossed it into the trash can by the door. "Class representative...why did you throw away something so pretty?" He Yingzhen asked him blankly, but received no response from Zhou Haowei. Zhou Haowei turned over after lying down, his back to He Yingzhen sitting at the desk. "Hey! Class representative? Why aren't you saying anything? Are you asleep?" He Yingzhen gently called to Zhou Haowei, wanting to talk to him. "Are you really that tired? How could you fall asleep so quickly?" Determined to ignore her, Zhou Haowei barely suppressed the urge to kick her out; after all, they would still be classmates! They would see each other almost every day, so it wasn't good to make the atmosphere too awkward. Therefore, Zhou Haowei crossed his arms, turned his back to her, and remained silent. "Hey! Are you really asleep?" He Yingzhen boldly moved her shapely bottom to the edge of the bed and whispered very softly in Zhou Haowei's ear. The room light was partially blocked by the upper bunk, so He Yingzhen could only see the shadowy left side of face; his beautiful eyes were indeed closed. "Sigh...asleep!" He Yingzhen's voice was very low, but the sigh still reached Zhou Haowei's ears. "I still have so much to tell you..." He Yingzhen leaned against the headboard, barely daring to breathe, afraid that her proximity would wake the exhausted Zhou Haowei. Then she reached out her small hand and gently tugged, just like she had done outside, wrapping her hand around the hem of Zhou Haowei's clothes. "I won't give up, I will never give up on you." Beside the person she loved most, He Yingzhen couldn't bear to close her eyes. Gazing at Zhou Haowei's sleeping body, a sweet smile unconsciously appeared on her face. In the middle of the night, unable to bear the sweltering room temperature, Zhou Haowei subconsciously turned over, only to touch a warm, soft female body. Alert, he immediately opened his eyes. Who else could be sleeping soundly beside him but He Yingzhen? "Tch! You really have the nerve to stay here tonight?" Zhou Haowei's low, harsh voice, tinged with ruthlessness and disdain, criticized her in the darkness. "My bed is small, can't you see? It's unbearably hot... " Zhou Haowei got up, intending to move to Yaotian's upper bunk, leaving his own bed for this seemingly oblivious female classmate, but He Yingzhen's small hands were still tightly gripping the hem of his shirt.

"Hey! Don't go too far! A man and a woman sleeping alone in the same bed, aren't you ashamed?"
Zhou Haowei's large handbag gripped hers, trying to separate her hands from his shirt, but this small movement still
woke He Yingzhen up.

"Hmm? Class monitor?" He Yingzhen opened her sleepy eyes and saw Zhou Haowei's blurry face. "So
I was dreaming again? That's great... If only I could dream of you every night..." Contentedly
closing her eyes , He Yingzhen snuggled closer to Zhou Haowei's side and hugged him, falling into a deeper sleep.

"Hey! You won't even leave me alone when I'm asleep?"

Zhou Haowei pushed away her arms that were wrapped around him. He Yingzhen's sleeping face showed an expression of being disturbed.
After frowning, she hugged him even tighter.

In the sweltering summer night, being hugged so tightly by a woman, Zhou Haowei felt as if he were on fire.

Originally intending to forcefully push He Yingzhen away, Zhou Haowei
found . Did she really like him that much? So much that he was in her dreams? Hmph!

To be honest, this somewhat satisfied his hidden male chauvinism!

Slowly bending down, Zhou Haowei gazed intently at He Yingzhen lying on the outer side of the bed.

The fluorescent light illuminated her sleeping face clearly, and looking at her serene expression, Zhou Haowei was
once again lost in a jumble of thoughts.

As he had told her that evening, she wasn't his type, but he had never been with
a girl in his entire life!

She usually seemed like a bookworm, but tonight, her desperate clinging to him
was enough to make him look at her in a new light.

Compared to a social butterfly like Qin Xiangxiang, He Yingzhen might not be as dazzling, but surely she wouldn't be like
Qin Xiangxiang, easily cheating on men? Looking closely, He Yingzhen's gentle and sweet
temperament was actually quite pleasing to the eye.

As if responding to his gaze, He Yingzhen moved even closer. It was already stuffy enough,
and with her increasingly close proximity, Zhou Haowei was forced to break out in a sweat.

Lifting his upper body to lie across He Yingzhen, he retrieved the air conditioner remote from the desk and turned it on
, relieving the sweltering room.

Sigh! I'll take a nap first! Even if there's something important, I can deal with it tomorrow morning.

Feeling the chill, He Yingzhen hugged the constantly warm object beside her, using it to resist
the bone- chilling cold.

Strange? Did she forget to turn on the air conditioner timer before going to bed last night? Why is it so cold? The heater
beside continuously provided the heat she needed, and He Yingzhen couldn't help but hug it even tighter.

Wait a minute, why is there a heater on her bed? It's the height of summer, with temperatures reaching thirty-five degrees
Celsius! How could there be a heater on her bed?

And this heater-like thing even seems to snore! The regular snoring, rising
and falling , slowly reached He Yingzhen's ears. He Yingzhen opened her eyes in confusion, quickly sitting up straight.
If she hadn't quickly covered her mouth, the scream that escaped her lips might have woken everyone in the dormitory
!

When she saw that the person lying next to her was Zhou Haowei, embarrassing
memories .

Oh my god!

She... she really went into the boys' dormitory with the class representative last night?

Oh! Why didn't she think more before doing such a stupid thing last night? She spent the night in
the boys' dormitory , what should she do now? What if the other boys in the dormitory saw her? That
would be terrible!

He Yingzhen's panicked gaze wandered around the dormitory for a while before returning to
the face of Zhou Haowei, who was still fast asleep.

Although she shouldn't stay here any longer, the worst part was that she found herself not wanting to leave this
bed at all!

This was the first time, and possibly the last, she could look at Zhou Haowei so closely!
His unguarded sleeping face lacked the imposing presence he had when standing on the podium,
the flirtatious air he displayed when seeing pretty girls, and the malice he showed when rejecting her last night. Now, he slept like a child, making it
impossible to look away! He Yingzhen's hand quietly traced his brow and eyes. Above his closed eyes, his
long, dark eyelashes formed a beautiful fan shape. She had never known that even his eyelashes were so
beautiful !

Her hand slid across his straight nose, and He Yingzhen, with a mischievous glint in her eye, pinched Zhou Haowei's
nose , imagining them as a close couple, the girlfriend ambushing her sleeping boyfriend.

Of course, He Yingzhen didn't dare to pinch him hard; if she woke him up now, she
would probably have to leave immediately!

Her lingering hand slowly slid to Zhou Haowei's full, rosy lips. He Yingzhen leaned against the bed,
simply caressing his lips, gazing at him intently.

She had done something foolish last night; how was she supposed to face him from today? Her confession had been clearly
rejected! Although she had stubbornly told him she would never give up on him,
what good was her one-sided persistence? Dislike was dislike, just like how she had rejected that high school senior!

With a soft sigh, He Yingzhen was reflecting on her impulsiveness last night.

Suddenly, Zhou Haowei, fast asleep, turned over, his right hand flying through the air and landing on He Yingzhen's thigh.
Lost in her own regret, He Yingzhen almost screamed again, but thankfully she
held back at the last moment. Was he about to wake up?

He Yingzhen turned her stiff neck to look at the wall clock; it was already past seven in the morning.
Should she sneak out while Zhou Haowei was still asleep? If they didn't leave now, the campus
would get increasingly crowded, and a girl walking out of the boys' dormitory would easily be spotted
.

Having made up her mind, He Yingzhen gently lifted Zhou Haowei's right hand, preparing to leave.

But this time, Zhou Haowei wouldn't let go.

Still half-asleep, Zhou Haowei felt as if he were hugging a soft pillow—
how dare to take it from him? Of course, he wouldn't let go!

He Yingzhen struggled slightly, but Zhou Haowei's brute force only intensified, gripping her leg tightly.
He then rested his head on her waist.

"Class monitor?" He Yingzhen panicked for a moment, calling out to him before regretting it. She had originally planned to
sneak away while he was still asleep!

"Hmm?" Zhou Haowei's two beautiful fan-shaped eyelashes slowly opened, resembling
the feathers of a peacock spreading its tail.

Ah! Oh no, oh no, he's really awake! What should I do? He Yingzhen twisted her body,
trying to slip out of Zhou Haowei's grasp. But her erratic movements only made Zhou Haowei more uncomfortable.
In his sleepy eyes, which had just opened, a hint of displeasure appeared.

"Don't move around!" Propelling himself up with his left hand, Zhou Haowei stared blankly at He Yingzhen. "I
want to sleep a little longer." After saying that, he used both hands to pull He Yingzhen into his arms, and they both lay back down
on the bed .

"Hey! No way! Class monitor, I have to leave."

He Yingzhen's hands were firmly pressed against Zhou Haowei's chest.
This was the first time a young woman had ever been held like this by a boy!

Now that he was awake, she couldn't care less! If she didn't leave,
she would be in big trouble if someone barged in or Gao Yaotian suddenly returned.

"Why are you so noisy today?" Zhou Haowei mistook her for Qin Xiangxiang,
his mind still heavy with sleep. He mumbled as he hugged her tighter. "Be good, sleep with me a little longer..."

He Yingzhen's eyes widened. What did he mean by that? Although she was usually called a bookworm
, she wasn't stupid!

Could it be... that he often brought his girlfriend back to the dorm to share a bed?

A wave of hurt washed over her, and He Yingzhen pushed Zhou Haowei's chest away forcefully. "Let go! I
'm leaving ."

"Oh?!" Zhou Haowei was pushed against the wall by He Yingzhen's sudden force. His dazed head
hit the wall, the pain making his handsome face contort, forcing him to wake up. "Xiangxiang? Why did you push me?
It hurts!"

These were words spoken without thinking. Zhou Haowei, who had just woken up, had completely forgotten that his relationship with Qin Xiangxiang yesterday was
over, and the girl in the room was not his lover.

"I'm not Xiangxiang!"

He Yingzhen denied in a low voice. She felt very uncomfortable. So Zhou Haowei and that girl's relationship
had become so intimate? Then... that girl must be a regular here! No wonder
he didn't care when she abruptly followed the class representative back to the dormitory yesterday. It turned out he was already used to girls
coming and going from his dormitory.

"Uh..." Zhou Haowei rubbed his sore head, then rubbed his eyes. "He Yingzhen
? It's you?" After seeing her face clearly, all the memories of yesterday came back.

"Sorry, I woke you up."

He Yingzhen awkwardly smoothed her hair. In broad daylight,
under , she felt completely flustered and unnatural.

Especially since they were alone together in this space.

Last night's confession had probably used up all the courage she had in her life! Right now, He
Yingzhen really wanted to dig a hole and disappear, even a mouse hole wouldn't matter.

"Ahem! Oh, it's you!" Zhou Haowei patted his forehead to clear his head. "Yingzhen,
are you... alright? You look very pale..."

To be honest, the situation was a little awkward. He suddenly remembered calling her name and
He Yingzhen's soft response. He knew he had hurt her feelings.

"I'm fine..." Perhaps it was because of the air conditioning all night! He Yingzhen felt a chill run through her body
, a chill that seemed to emanate from her very bones.

Feeling cold was probably related to her mood! Had the class representative and that girl already progressed to
that kind of relationship? The sudden realization filled He Yingzhen with intense jealousy, a pang of bitterness that made her
heart ache.

"He Yingzhen… shall I take you home?" Zhou Haowei pondered for a moment, then decided he should
get rid of this trouble as soon as possible. Pulling at his t-shirt, wrinkled from a good night's sleep, Zhou Haowei casually brushed aside
his messy hair—his spiky hair was actually quite orderly! A gentle brush would restore his original
handsomeness.

"No." He Yingzhen thought she had used up all the courage she possessed last night
. After uttering those two words, she realized that for the person she liked, she wouldn't care about doing
anything embarrassing.

"Huh? Why?" This wasn't the answer Zhou Haowei expected. He looked at He Yingzhen, puzzled. It
was already dawn; it was dangerous for a girl to be alone in a boys' dormitory!

"Class representative..." He Yingzhen stared at him, secretly clenching her fists, and took a deep breath.
"Hold me."

"Do you know what you're saying?"

Zhou Haowei couldn't help but rub his ears. Did he really hear her say "hold me"?
Did she really know what she was saying?

"Hold me." He Yingzhen slowly moved closer to Zhou Haowei, giving herself completely to him. Zhou Haowei had already broken up with
that girl. She wanted to love him, wanted to comfort him; she also hoped he would love her, hoped he would accept her.

"Hey...hey...He Yingzhen, can't you calm down? This kind of thing..." This kind of thing
isn't something you can just do on a whim. Besides, he had never had any romantic feelings for He Yingzhen!

He Yingzhen stopped answering, just stubbornly hugged Zhou Haowei's waist, leaning all her weight on
him.

"Uh... Yingzhen, let me go first, let's sit down and talk properly, okay?"

"No, I don't want to." He Yingzhen raised her head pitifully in Zhou Haowei's arms and said, "I just want
you to hold me, as long as you hold me, it doesn't matter if you don't like me or you hate me."

He Yingzhen's small face was full of a heroic expression at this moment. She lifted
her head in Zhou Haowei's arms and wanted to kiss Zhou Haowei's lips without any regard for anything else.

But she had no kissing experience at all. Because of nervousness and because she did not control her strength well, her
small face, which was tilted up quickly, was only a little bit away from the target. As a result,
before she could touch Zhou Haowei's thin lips, her poor little nose bumped into Zhou Haowei's straight nose.

"Ouch...it hurts..." Zhou Haowei was clearly badly injured. He quickly wrapped one arm around He Yingzhen's body,
gently pushing her away from him, while covering his nose, which had been injured by the impact, with his other hand, groaning softly.

"I'm sorry! Did it hurt you?" He Yingzhen anxiously stood on tiptoe and cupped Zhou Haowei's
face in her hands. "I didn't mean to...are you alright?"

"It's okay! It doesn't really hurt..." Zhou Haowei, seeing stars, was actually already teary-eyed
. A broken nose is extremely painful! It made him unable to hold back his precious tears.

"I'm sorry..."

Seeing him in so much pain, yet still insisting that he was alright to comfort her anxiety,
made He Yingzhen even more uneasy, and she was so worried that she was about to cry.

Noticing the wetness in the corner of his eye, Zhou Haowei quickly wiped it away, but
when he opened his eyes again, he saw a truly tearful person standing in front of him.

"Hey! I'm not crying anymore, why are you crying like this?" Zhou Haowei was
stunned . He disliked seeing girls cry the most, so he could only comfort her in a low voice. "Don't cry, don't cry,
okay? You look really ugly when you cry!" He had no choice but to hug He Yingzhen's trembling body and gently
pat her back.

As soon as He Yingzhen heard Zhou Haowei say that she looked ugly when she cried, she threw herself into his arms and buried her tearful face in his
chest.

"Yingzhen, don't cry! I didn't blame you."
He trying to create some distance between them, but He Yingzhen still clung tightly to his waist and refused to let go.

There was a moment of silence between them, but the temperature between their close bodies continued to rise. Zhou Haowei coughed uneasily
. The soft body of the girl was pressed tightly against him. The normal physiological
reaction made him move his lower body restlessly.

"Is it really ugly?" He Yingzhen hugged Zhou Haowei's waist tightly, looked up from his chest and
asked timidly, "Class representative, do I look... really ugly?"

"Yeah! You look awful when you cry." Looking at He Yingzhen's shy face, nestled in his
arms like a pitiful little white rabbit with red eyes, Zhou Haowei felt inexplicably happy. "So, don't cry,
okay?"

He Yingzhen could tell that Zhou Haowei was deliberately mocking her, and she pushed his firm chest away in embarrassment.
"You're making fun of me..."

She was worried about his nose! Although she was the one who started it all, and she was the one who hurt him,
she just couldn't help worrying about him!

"Oh? You caught me?" Zhou Haowei, who originally considered He Yingzhen a super troublesome person, unexpectedly
felt like joking with her. In class, he never noticed her presence because He Yingzhen was always
glued to the two beauties, Su Yufen and Peng Kaiping. Overshadowed by their dazzling brilliance, few people
noticed her, this gentle pearl.

"You..." While she was feeling so sorry for him, he actually had the mood to joke with her? Feeling
a little uneasy, He Yingzhen thought about how she had humiliated herself on his turf, and
tears immediately welled up again. "Waaah..."

"Hey! Didn't we agree not to cry? Why are you crying again?" Zhou Haowei looked helplessly at He Yingzhen, who was sobbing with her head down
in his arms , and had no way to deal with her stubborn crying.

"It's all my fault, I brought this on myself, you're making fun of me...waaah...you're laughing at me...
it's right..." He Yingzhen could cry on her own, and from the beginning she had deeply felt
how comfortable and reassuring Zhou Haowei's chest was, so now, when she felt sad, she chose to throw herself into
his arms and cry her heart out.

"Okay, okay! I didn't mean to laugh at you. I apologize, alright?" This time, Zhou Haowei reached out and
hugged her, stroking her smooth, long hair. Knowing she had a crush on him for a long time,
Zhou Haowei quite happy.

His popularity with women proved that he, Zhou Haowei, was incredibly handsome, which was why
so many girls had crushes on him.

Hearing Zhou Haowei so gently comforting her, stroking her hair, and patting her
back, He Yingzhen shyly raised her crying face, wanting to remember his expression.

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