Dorm Room 303.

Du Xinxin puffed up her cheeks as she watched Pan Yinuo and Tao Siyao putting on makeup and getting dressed. "I’m going out on a date. Why are you two tagging along?" she asked, annoyed.

"Hmph. With that brain of yours, I’m afraid you’ll leave as an innocent maiden and come back a ravishing young wife."

Tao Siyao shot an irritated glare at Du Xinxin, who had been planning to sneak out for her date, while picking out an outfit.

"I’m not that stupid! We’re really just going out for a meal. Can you two just be good and wait for me in the dorm, please?"

Tao Siyao’s words made Du Xinxin feel a little guilty.

But she didn’t want to give up the chance for a private date with Qi Sheng, so she made a last-ditch effort to persuade them.

"Don’t even think about it. As your roommate and best friend, I have a duty to protect you."

Tao Siyao chose a black, form-fitting Dior dress.

She slowly pulled a pair of Balenciaga black stockings over her long, fair, and delicate legs.

Even though Du Xinxin was a woman, she couldn’t help but get goosebumps.

"If you’re going to tag along, fine, but why are you wearing black stockings?"

Du Xinxin looked utterly displeased. She had a feeling that bringing Tao Siyao along would mean getting upstaged.

As her roommate and best friend, she knew all too well how charming Tao Siyao was.

As a top-tier beauty from a wealthy family, she had more than her fair share of suitors on campus.

"I’m testing him for you. If he even gets ideas about your best friend, then it’s better to cut things off sooner rather than later."

Tao Siyao pinched Du Xinxin’s fair cheeks, her smile as captivating as a vixen’s.

"Hmph! Then you have to promise me you won’t actively try to seduce him!"

Unwilling to let things with Qi Sheng end before they even began, Du Xinxin had no choice but to lay down some ground rules for her two best friends.

"Relax, relax. Do you have so little confidence in your ’boyfriend’?"

’That was a close call,’ Tao Siyao thought to herself.

’It’s a good thing I accidentally saw their chat history.’

’With this girl’s naivete, it wouldn’t be surprising if she got tricked into going to a hotel.’

"He’s not my boyfriend! We’re just friends."

Du Xinxin’s face was burning, the word making her blush like a red apple.

"Nuonuo, why aren’t you dressed yet?"

Tao Siyao asked, walking over to Pan Yinuo, who was hesitating in front of her closet. She was a little confused.

"Yaoyao, isn’t this... a bit much?"

Pan Yinuo was blushing furiously. The outfit Tao Siyao had picked for her was just too revealing.

She had tried it on a moment ago and immediately taken it off.

’I really don’t know what that girl is thinking.’

’She knows full well how busty I am, yet she insists I wear a low-cut dress.’

’And the hem is so short it barely covers the tops of my thighs.’

"We have a serious mission today. If you don’t dress a little sexier, how are we going to make that guy show his true colors?"

Tao Siyao cajoled and persuaded until Pan Yinuo finally changed into the dress.

"You guys are too much! You’re just ganging up on me!"

Du Xinxin was so mad she almost cried when she saw Pan Yinuo in the dress.

The deep V-neck revealed a tantalizing white valley. It was practically illegal.

"Nuonuo, your future husband is going to be a very happy man."

Seeing Pan Yinuo’s complete transformation, even Tao Siyao couldn’t help but marvel at how incredibly hot her figure was.

"Alright, don’t be mad. We’re doing this for your own good. Besides, your style is different from ours."

"You’re the pure and sweet type. Maybe your boyfriend likes girls just like you."

Handling Du Xinxin was a piece of cake for Tao Siyao.

Soon, Du Xinxin was coaxed into a beaming smile.

"Hmph, you’re right. Qi Sheng definitely likes my type. He won’t be interested in you two."

It was unclear where Du Xinxin got this confidence from, to actually think she was more charming than her two roommates.

Little did she know, a sweet girl is nothing in front of a sophisticated woman.

...

Qi Sheng was bored out of his mind, playing on his phone while cooling off under a large tree.

"Hey handsome, got a light?" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

A reasonably good-looking guy walked over, a cigarette dangling from his lips, wanting to borrow a lighter.

"Sorry, I don’t smoke."

Qi Sheng shook his head with a smile. He really didn’t smoke very often.

Unless, of course, it was a post-coital cigarette.

"Forget it, I won’t smoke either then."

Zhou You put the cigarette from his mouth back into a pack of Hetianxia.

Spotting the black-dial Daytona on Qi Sheng’s wrist, Zhou You struck up a conversation out of curiosity.

"Bro, is that the Yu Wenle model?"

"Yeah."

Qi Sheng just smiled and didn’t say much more.

They were strangers, after all, and he didn’t have much to talk about with other guys.

But this guy seemed to be a chatterbox and started making small talk again.

"You waiting for your girlfriend too?"

Zhou You was genuinely bored. Seeing that the black-dial Daytona on Qi Sheng’s wrist didn’t look fake, he felt like making a friend.

"Uh, not my girlfriend yet."

Qi Sheng thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Well, what’s her name? Maybe I know her."

Zhou You thought Qi Sheng was pretty handsome himself, dressed in new summer season Gucci.

With a black-dial Daytona on his wrist, his girlfriend was bound to be gorgeous.

"Her name is... oh, there she is."

Qi Sheng’s gaze froze for a second as he watched the three top-tier beauties, each with a completely different style, walk out of the dorm building.

The pure and adorable Du Xinxin, the fiery-hot Pan Yinuo, and the alluring and glamorous Tao Siyao.

Any one of them was a goddess beyond the reach of the average man.

"Shengsheng."

Du Xinxin was thrilled to see Qi Sheng and trotted over to him.

"Hey, you guys."

Qi Sheng rubbed his nose, feeling a bit awkward.

He felt a little helpless about the nickname Du Xinxin was using.

"Hehe, let me introduce you. You’ve already met Nuonuo. This is Tao Siyao, our dorm’s top-tier rich beauty. A lot of guys are after her, you know."

Who said Du Xinxin was simple-minded? She even knew how to throw a little shade at Tao Siyao.

’This girl is so shameless!’

Tao Siyao rolled her eyes, speechless at Du Xinxin’s "ditching her friends for a guy" behavior.

"You’re so pretty, I’m sure you don’t have a shortage of admirers either, right?"

Qi Sheng’s thinking was very clear now: secure Du Xinxin first, and worry about the rest later.

He was, of course, also very interested in Pan Yinuo’s figure.

But she was too introverted, and her replies in their chats were always brief.

He had put her on the back burner for now, waiting to see if an opportunity would arise later.

As for the top-tier beauty who was as alluring as a vixen and also from a rich family...

The difficulty level of pursuing her was off the charts, so she wasn’t even in his consideration.

"Uh... Zhou You, what are you doing here?"

Du Xinxin was about to respond when she noticed Zhou You next to Qi Sheng, looking puzzled.

"Xinxin, who is this?"

Zhou You was incredibly awkward, looking at Qi Sheng with a hint of hostility.

’I’ve been standing right next to this guy the whole time, and you didn’t even notice me.’

’That really stings.’

"He is..."

Du Xinxin paused, unsure of how to introduce Qi Sheng.

’If I say we’re friends, our chats are always a bit flirty.’

’But if I say he’s my boyfriend, he’s never officially asked me out.’

"You asked me earlier what my girlfriend’s name was. I can tell you now. Her name is Du Xinxin."

After saying this, Qi Sheng looked tenderly at Du Xinxin.

Du Xinxin, who already had a tendency to be swept up in romance...

...was hit by such a huge wave of happiness from Qi Sheng’s sudden declaration that her mind went completely fuzzy.

’All my forwardness wasn’t for nothing,’ she thought. ’Qi Sheng finally confessed to me!’