059 You’ve Changed, You’ve Really Changed
At two in the afternoon, Tang Hexing finished the meal his roommates had packed for him and then expressed his heartfelt thanks to the three of them.
They had helped him get back from the KTV, cleaned up the dorm room he had messed up, and just now, they had even helped him pack lunch… Although they had filmed his most embarrassing moment, they hadn’t, after all, spread it in the class group, which was already giving him a lot of face.
“Thank you guys, really…” Halfway through, Tang Hexing realized he was a bit clumsy with words and didn’t know what to say next.
But his roommates were much more carefree.
Fu Hanwen patted his shoulder. “It’s a small thing, no big deal!”
Wang Heng handed him a bottle of iced green tea. “I just bought an extra one. Want to drink some to sober up?”
Tang Hexing: “Uh, thanks…”
Wang Heng: “No need to thank me. You guys have fun. I have something to do, so I’m leaving first.”
Wang Ke paused the anime playing on his computer, took off his headphones, and asked, “What’s up? Which girl is it this time?”
“It has nothing to do with a girl. It’s about money. Work stuff.”
Wang Heng felt that he wasn’t really lying. After all, Pei Ningle was his client, not some ambiguous relationship, right?
He left just like that, closing the door behind him.
Fu Hanwen glanced at the just-closed dormitory door and complained, “He doesn’t need to go to the company on a Sunday. I think he’s probably sneaking off to see a girl.”
Wang Ke: “Should we follow him and see?”
Fu Hanwen pouted. “Forget it. We’ve got nothing better to do!”
Tang Hexing took a sip of green tea and muttered, “Girls… they’re no fun. Let’s just play games.”
Fu Hanwen: “Want to party up with me?”
Tang Hexing’s eyes lit up. “Sure! Big boss, carry me. I’ll be your support!”
**
After chatting with Sun Ruimin for half an hour, Han Yixuan discovered that she actually had a talent for the skill of ‘probing’. Not only did she greatly close the distance with this senior sister, but she also confirmed three facts.
First, the one who had made Senior Sister Sun hit a wall was Wang Heng. It was that guy.
Second, just last night, Wang Heng had participated in a mixer with his classmates, but he had been very low-key the whole time.
Third, Wang Heng was suspected of having a relationship with a certain girl, but according to Senior Sister Sun Ruimin, it was very likely just an excuse for Wang Heng to leave.
After confirming these facts, there was no need to continue chatting with Sun Ruimin, but she couldn’t end it too abruptly. After all, she might need to get information from her again in the future. Besides, this senior sister was a minor leader in the student union. It was naturally best to have a good relationship with her.
So Han Yixuan accompanied Sun Ruimin for another ten minutes of chat, finally found the right moment to end the conversation, and obediently said goodbye to the senior sister.
Then, she walked outside the teaching building and took out her phone.
Han Yixuan called Song Xiaoxia.
Although they were in different places after starting university, the distance had not broken the friendship of these two best friends. Whenever they encountered something in life or had some troubling concerns, their first choice was often to confide in each other.
After the call connected, Han Yixuan sat on a bench by the small path. “Little Xia, I…”
Song Xiaoxia heard the hesitation in her voice and asked directly, “What trouble did you run into? Are your new roommates giving you a hard time?”
Han Yixuan subconsciously shook her head. “Not at all. They’re very friendly.”
Song Xiaoxia: “Then what’s bothering you? From the sound of your voice, you don’t seem very happy.”
Han Yixuan bit her lower lip, hesitated for two seconds, and then tried to confide in a more tactful way.
She said, “I suddenly feel that I’m becoming more and more hypocritical.”
Song Xiaoxia was a little confused. “What?”
Han Yixuan: “Probing others while lying… I originally thought I would never learn to do something like that.”
Song Xiaoxia: “Who did you probe?”
Han Yixuan: “A senior sister in the student union. From her, I found out again… about Wang Heng.”
A sigh came from the other end of the line.
Song Xiaoxia was silent for a moment, then asked, “You still haven’t forgotten that guy?”
Han Yixuan couldn’t help but stand up, her voice also rising. “I had a crush on him for two years, more than two years! It started in the second semester of my first year of high school, and it’s been going on until now. How do you expect me to forget him so easily?”
Song Xiaoxia sighed. “I know. You told me when you were in your second year of high school, which is why I told you to try to fall for someone else, not to be so stubborn until you see the coffin. No, you’ve already seen the coffin, and you still haven’t given up…”
Han Yixuan gripped her phone. She gripped it so tightly that the phone case started to creak, and her knuckles turned a little white.
From where she was standing at this moment, she could see the vibrant campus. The grass was green, the trees were like canopies, and unfamiliar students were coming and going. Some were walking in groups, talking and laughing, while others were walking alone, looking down at their phones, and some were holding books and reading… Everyone seemed to be fulfilled. Only she was so lost.
Suddenly, she relaxed her grip and said softly, “These past few days, I’ve been telling myself not to get hung up on one piece of wood. But I… can’t fool myself either. I still don’t want to give up, at least not now.”
Song Xiaoxia said helplessly, “As long as you’ve thought it through. I can’t stop you, right? So what do you want to do now?”
Han Yixuan suddenly smiled. “That senior sister said a lot of nonsense, but there was one thing she wasn’t wrong about. Before you do something, you have to have a plan. This is a natural advantage of human beings.”
Song Xiaoxia: “…What are you trying to say?”
Han Yixuan said solemnly, “I need to investigate that guy’s situation first and see if there are any enemies.”
Song Xiaoxia: “…Enemies?!”
Han Yixuan: “That’s right. Then I’ll observe him from the shadows and arrange another romantic chance encounter. And then, it should be a piece of cake, right?”
Song Xiaoxia was at a loss for words for a moment. After a while, she lamented, “Little Xuan, you were right. You’ve really changed… Why are you so scheming?”
Han Yixuan: “Am I very scheming?”
“Of course! You used to be such a simple little girl!” Song Xiaoxia said heartbrokenly. “It’s all that coward’s fault, forcing a perfectly good, simple girl into such a scheming…”
She trailed off, stuck.
Han Yixuan: “Were you about to say ‘scheming bitch’?”
Song Xiaoxia: “…No, definitely not!”
Han Yixuan sneered. “Hmph, a bitch is a bitch. Who told you I was simple? We’ve read quite a few romance novels together. Do you think I don’t know the tricks of those vicious female supporting characters?”
Song Xiaoxia couldn’t help but sigh again. “Little Xuan, you’ve really changed…”
