"Hey, where are you going?"

Tang Ming looked speechlessly at Liu Bin’s back. Did this guy see that painting?

Feeling frustrated, Tang Ming returned to the dorm and recounted the events to Zhou Xiaowei, and then... the girl lying on Liu Bin’s bed angrily grabbed her things and left the dorm.

"Haha."

Zhou Xiaoqian couldn’t help but blush, covering her mouth as she chuckled.

"What’s wrong? Why did she leave?"

Tang Ming looked at Zhou Xiaoqian in confusion, "Could it be I said something I shouldn’t have? She’s Lao Er’s woman, how am I going to explain to him?"

"Don’t worry! Your second brother won’t be back tonight, that’s why she got upset."

Zhou Xiaoqian rolled her eyes at Tang Ming, "Do you really not know what that painting means?"

"I really don’t know, do you?"

Tang Ming looked at Zhou Xiaoqian in frustration.

"Alright, let me explain it to you."

Zhou Xiaoqian spread out the paper, pointed at the pigeon, and asked, "How do you read this?"

"Pigeon!"

"One word."

"Pigeon."

"Read two pigeons in a row."

"Pigeon, pigeon?"

"Correct!"

Zhou Xiaoqian nodded in satisfaction, "Where is this sheep positioned?"

"On the ground? Below the pigeons."

"What’s wrong with it?"

"It’s dead."

"Now read this front to back."

Zhou Xiaoqian’s fingers started to move on the page.

"Pigeon, pigeon, the sheep below died."

"Remove the ’the’."

"Pigeon, pigeon, below sheep died."

Tang Ming quickly corrected.

"Haha, did you get it?"

Zhou Xiaoqian looked at Tang Ming with a peculiar expression.

"Get what?"

Tang Ming stared wide-eyed, then his face stiffened, "Brother, below itching... Wow, that’s too nuanced, isn’t it?"

"Finally enlightened."

Zhou Xiaoqian smiled contentedly, "Liu Bin must have understood the meaning of this painting, knew some people wanted men, so went to satisfy them."

"Damn, this works too, huh."

Tang Ming twitched his mouth, truly enlightened, "Wait a minute, could it have been a misunderstanding, what’s with the grass?"

"How do you think this sheep died?"

Zhou Xiaoqian continued to prompt.

"Looking at where it’s facing, it must’ve starved, wanting to eat grass."

Tang Ming started to analyze seriously.

"Hold on, remove ’eat’."

Zhou Xiaoqian snapped her fingers.

"Want... Damn it, you know this much?"

Tang Ming realized, looked at Zhou Xiaoqian in surprise.

"Can’t help it, women are almost going mad at this kind of school."

Zhou Xiaoqian awkwardly smiled, applied a face mask, and slipped into the mosquito net.

"If that’s true, Lao Er must be having a great time tonight!"

Tang Ming sighed repeatedly in amazement.

That night, Liu Bin indeed didn’t return to the dorm, returning only in the morning with a pale face supporting himself against the wall.

Tang Ming immediately poked his head out, looking at Liu Bin oddly, "Second brother, had fun last night?"

"Haha, fun! Thanks, fourth brother, just satisfying four infatuated girls made me a bit exhausted."

Liu Bin slumped onto the bed, "You guys go to class today, don’t mind me, I need to sleep all day."

"Pervert."

Tang Ming curled his lips, unexpecting Zhou Xiaoqian’s analysis to be completely correct, and those girls were too...

With one day left before the medical competition, Tang Ming watched Zhou Xiaoqian and the other two distinguish herbs squatting in front of a pile of Chinese medicine.

"About done, two weeks of intense training, as long as you perform normally, you should smoothly pass the preliminary round of the medical competition."

Tang Ming clapped his hands, signaling the three to end today’s training.

"Tang Big Brother, you truly are the genius Imperial University snatched up. Learning from you for half a month feels like more than years at school."

A thin boy wearing glasses looked at Tang Ming with admiration, this person was Liu Xinlong.

"Indeed! I’m in my fourth year, yet hearing you explain these things makes me feel these four years were entirely wasted!"

Another beautiful girl aged twenty-one or twenty-two, watching Tang Ming with affection, was named Wu Fangyue, already knowing how to apply makeup and decorate herself, exuding a distinct charm more attractive than Zhou Xiaoqian.

"No need for politeness, we are classmates after all, I’ll help whenever I can."

Tang Ming smiled indifferently.

"Alright, that’s it for today, go rest well, tomorrow we’ll join others to head to the medical competition venue together."

Tang Ming waved to Zhou Xiaoqian, then held her hand as they left the practice building.

Wu Fangyue wistfully watched Tang Ming’s back.

"Stop looking, that’s Zhou Xiaoqian’s boyfriend, you won’t have a chance."

Liu Xinlong nudged Wu Fangyue, teased her.

"Not necessarily! At other schools, I indeed wouldn’t have a chance, but here at our school, boys having several girlfriends is normal, you, being so plain, even have three girlfriends at once?"

Wu Fangyue dissatisfiedly rolled her eyes at Liu Xinlong, "I’ll win him over tonight, or else when he shines someday, it will be even harder to make a move."

"I doubt it, you’re quite older, and have dated other guys, Tang Ming won’t be interested in you."

Liu Xinlong mischievously poured cold water on.

"Scram! I’m good at certain things, but you won’t get to enjoy it."

Wu Fangyue fiercely glared at Liu Xinlong, then left in a huff.

That night, after cleaning up, Tang Ming sat with Zhou Xiaoqian on the bed discussing the next day’s competition plans, when suddenly his phone buzzed with a message.

"Huh, what’s this mean?"

Tang Ming opened the message, puzzled by what Wu Fangyue had sent him: "Tang Ming, 969426423464226!"

"What’s up?"

Zhou Xiaoqian curiously asked Tang Ming.

"Wu Fangyue sent me a message like this, is this Morse code?"

Tang Ming frowned, began moving his fingers trying to decode it in Morse, but it was completely meaningless.

"You really attract girls; Wu Fangyue knows well I’m your girlfriend, yet sends you such a message, it’s too much."

Zhou Xiaoqian sulkily pouted.

"What does it mean?"

Tang Ming quickly looked at Zhou Xiaoqian, "Do you get it?"

"What? You have thoughts about Wu Fangyue, huh?" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

Zhou Xiaoqian playfully scolded Tang Ming, "I’m telling you, she’s already a senior, experienced a lot, isn’t right for you."

"She’s much older than me; what thoughts could I possibly have about her?"

Tang Ming rolled his eyes, lovingly held Zhou Xiaoqian’s hand, "I’m just curious about the meaning of this message, what does it mean anyway?"

"Are you sure you only want to know the message’s meaning?"

Zhou Xiaoqian looked at Tang Ming skeptically.

"I swear, I genuinely just want to know the message content."

Tang Ming earnestly raised his hand and swore.

"Alright then! Let me tell you, but you mustn’t go looking for her."

Zhou Xiaoqian warned uneasily.