University

After Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi removed their makeup, Zhou Yining handed Jiang Xizhi the birthday gift she had prepared.

“It’s a string of copper coins with a little fox on top, look,” Zhou Yining said, pointing it out to Jiang Xizhi.

Jiang Xizhi’s eyes lit up. “Cute!”

“As long as you like it,” Zhou Yining said, kissing the young miss’s forehead to coax her.

Jiang Xizhi put the gift away and was about to go shower when Zhou Yining blocked her path.

Jiang Xizhi reached out and pushed her.

“What are you doing? I’m going to shower.”

Zhou Yining took the opportunity to pull her into her arms.

“Nothing, let’s shower together, save water.”

Jiang Xizhi was about to say more when her lips were sealed by Zhou Yining’s kiss, and the young miss was coaxed and tricked into the bathroom by Zhou Yining.

At half past ten, Jiang Xizhi was carried out by Zhou Yining, almost asleep in her arms.

Having already ‘eaten meat’, Zhou Yining was thoughtful and didn’t bother the young miss again after they got into bed.

Jiang Xizhi snuggled into her arms and soon fell asleep from exhaustion.

The next morning, the two of them didn’t get up until past nine, having been busy again.

Jiang Xizhi was now a little doubtful about life; where was the pure Zhou Zhou from before?

She felt like her Zhou Zhou didn’t want her to get out of bed every day now.

A few days later, Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi had to fill out their university applications.

After discussing with their families, they both decided to choose finance-related majors so they could come back and help manage the company after graduation.

On the day they received their admission results, Jiang Xizhi was not in a very good mood.

She and Zhou Yining were admitted to two different universities.

Although both were in Jing City, Jiang Xizhi was still unhappy.

Zhou Yining held the young miss in her arms and coaxed her.

“Don’t be unhappy. We’re both in Jing City, and the two universities are very close.

Besides, if you don’t want to live on campus, we can rent an apartment outside.”

Jiang Xizhi rubbed against Zhou Yining in her arms, still unhappy.

“We’re not in the same school, I won’t get to see you often.”

“Be good. If I don’t have classes, I’ll go see you, okay?” Zhou Yining kissed Jiang Xizhi’s lips to coax her.

“I’ll still miss you,” Jiang Xizhi said, burying her face in Zhou Yining’s arms and pouting.

“I miss you too, but it’s already very good that we can be in the same city,” Zhou Yining said, feeling quite content.

A few more days passed, and students’ admission letters were gradually mailed to the school.

Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi received calls to pick up their admission letters at school.

As soon as they entered the door, they saw a few other students inside, including some familiar faces from Class 19.

“Sister Zhou, congratulations! Finance at Qingbei, that’s amazing!”

“Yeah, really awesome.”

“Thank you,” Zhou Yining smiled at the two, found her own admission letter, and then pulled out Jiang Xizhi’s as well.

The university Jiang Xizhi was going to was Jing City University of Science and Technology, which was also a very good university.

As the two took their admission letters and were about to leave, Zhang Ye and several other boys from Class 1 also came over.

Zhang Ye saw the admission letter in Zhou Yining’s hand.

“Zhou Yining, I also got into Qingbei’s finance department.”

Zhou Yining nodded indifferently. “Hmm, that’s nice, but it has nothing to do with me, you don’t need to tell me.”

Jiang Xizhi glared at Zhang Ye, then reached out and held Zhou Yining’s hand, pouting.

“Zhou Zhou, let’s go home, I’m a bit tired.”

“Okay,” Zhou Yining smiled gently at Jiang Xizhi, took Jiang Xizhi’s admission letter, and led Jiang Xizhi away.

Zhang Ye stood frozen in place; he opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.

In early July, Zhong Yumeng, to thank Zhou Yining for tutoring her in math, specially invited Zhou Yining to dinner, and Jiang Xizhi went along too.

Zhong Yumeng looked at their intertwined hands and chuckled softly.

“Well, you two, you kept it a good secret. I only heard from others that you two are together.”

Zhong Yumeng had gone abroad for a few weeks after the college entrance exam, so she hadn’t attended Jiang Xizhi’s birthday party, but she had her parents send the birthday gift for her.

Jiang Xizhi swung her hand, which was intertwined with Zhou Yining’s. “Of course, Zhou Zhou is all mine.”

Zhong Yumeng pouted.

“Hiss, you two are really cheesy now. Come on, hurry in and sit down.

The seafood was air-freighted this morning, it’s super fresh. I specially prepared it for Teacher Xiao Zhou.”

Jiang Xizhi squeezed Zhou Yining’s palm and hummed softly twice.

Zhou Yining quickly smiled at her to prevent the little fox from getting jealous.

Zhou Yining changed the subject and asked, “How were your grades?”

“Do you even need to ask?

My college entrance exam scores and my art exam scores were both the highest in Jing City Film Academy this year, absolutely no match for me,”

Zhong Yumeng said happily.

Zhou Yining was amused.

“Alright, don’t forget us when you become a big star.”

“How could I?”

The few of them chatted and laughed, and soon, most of the seafood on the dining table was eaten.

Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi went home after leaving Zhong Yumeng’s place.

Over the next month, Zhou Yining wrote another 200,000 words of her novel, earning about 40,000 yuan.

In short, her tuition and living expenses for the next few years were secured.

In August, Jiang Yueyi took Jiang Xizhi and Zhou Yining to Jing City.

Their family owned many properties in Jing City, and there was a large flat apartment near the university town.

Jiang Yueyi was in Jing City for a meeting and took the opportunity to bring her two younger sisters to settle them in.

This apartment was over two hundred square meters, very spacious and perfectly adequate.

Moreover, there were several cars in the community’s underground parking lot.

After Zhou Yining got her driver’s license, she could drive to and from school, which would be very convenient.

Jiang Xizhi had already gotten her driver’s license, so Zhou Yining and Jiang Xizhi began practicing driving.

In early September, both universities started classes.

After Zhou Yining paid her tuition, collected her student phone card and meal card, she went directly to her class to wait for the orientation meeting.

Since she didn’t need to live on campus, Zhou Yining didn’t pay for accommodation either.

There were only about thirty students in her class in total.

She even ran into a familiar face; Zhang Ye happened to be in the same class as her.

Seeing no one beside Zhou Yining, Zhang Ye simply sat down next to her.

Zhou Yining looked at him disdainfully, then moved one seat over, leaving a gap between them.

Zhang Ye said somewhat awkwardly, “What a coincidence, I didn’t expect us to be in the same class.”

“It doesn’t matter, we’re all here to study, it’s the same in any class,” Zhou Yining replied.

“By the way, are you living on campus? Or did you rent a place outside?”

Zhang Ye continued to make small talk.

“I don’t need to rent a place. Zhizhi’s family has several properties in Jing City, and I’m living with her,” Zhou Yining stated directly.

Zhang Ye pursed his lips and couldn’t help but ask,

“Are you and Jiang Xizhi together because I rejected you both, and you were stimulated by it?”

“What? Are you sick? Don’t you have a mirror or any pee? Go take a good piss and look at yourself, you overly confident man,” Zhou Yining said in a rather loud voice, completely disregarding Zhang Ye’s feelings.

The other students in the class were actually paying attention to Zhou Yining and him.

They had already heard that two of the most attractive freshmen in the finance department, one male and one female, were both in their class.

So, from the moment the two entered, many people had been secretly observing them.

However, these classmates hadn’t expected the two ‘top-tier’ students to start yelling at each other.

Zhang Ye’s face turned beet red from Zhou Yining’s retort.

He said defiantly, “What? You even wrote me love letters before!”

“You know that’s ‘written before,’ it’s in the past tense. People have to look forward, not dwell on the past.

I was blind before, now I’m cured, what’s wrong with that? Is it not allowed?” Zhou Yining always retorted without using vulgar language.

But Zhang Ye was almost having a heart attack. “Your tongue is so poisonous.”

“It’s alright. I usually treat overly confident men who lack self-awareness like this.”

Zhang Ye couldn’t argue with Zhou Yining and was almost feeling depressed.

Fortunately, the instructor arrived and told the boys in the class to go pick up their books.

After handing out the books, there would be nothing else to do today.

Zhou Yining grabbed a thick stack of books and was about to leave when a boy came over to curry favor.

“Hey, Zhou Yining, let me carry those for you. I’m going back to the dorm anyway.”

Zhou Yining glanced at the boy. “No thanks, I don’t live on campus.”

The boy seemed a bit persistent and followed her.

“Um, Classmate Zhou, could I have your contact information?

Just in case I need to reach you for something later.”

Zhou Yining’s expression turned cold.

“No need. You and I are just ordinary classmates, there’s nothing to contact each other about.

Besides, I already have a girlfriend, and I’m not interested in men.”

Zhou Yining’s voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for everyone in the class to hear.

After she finished speaking, she left, ignoring the shocked expressions of those in the classroom as if they had just witnessed major gossip.

That day, a viral post appeared on her university’s online forum.

[Shocking! The new freshman beauty of the finance department has a girlfriend!]

The replies below surged wildly.

Because when Zhou Yining went to pay tuition and get her phone card, many people secretly took photos.

She was almost universally recognized as the most beautiful among this year’s freshmen.

As soon as there was news about her, the post immediately gained traction.

[My friend is in Zhou Yining’s class, and Zhou Yining personally said she’s not interested in men and has a girlfriend.]

[Ah? I broke up before I even started.]

[She has a girlfriend?

That’s so cool, pretty girls should be with pretty girls!]

[This afternoon, that handsome guy from the finance department, Zhang Ye, was scolded by Zhou Yining.]

[What’s going on? (Eating melon jpg)]

[It seems Zhang Ye was also interested in Zhou Yining, and Zhou Yining directly told him to take a piss and look in the mirror.

I almost died laughing.]

[Oh my god, the new department beauty is so interesting, she’s so good at retorting.]

Zhou Yining didn’t know she had become famous. After joining the class group chat, she returned to her residence.

Zhou Yining called Jiang Xizhi, and the call was quickly answered.

“How are things on your end? I’m already done here.”

Jiang Xizhi grumbled and complained, “The instructor hasn’t arrived yet, we’re all waiting here. It’ll probably be a while longer.”

“Then I’ll come over to find you,” Zhou Yining said with a smile.

“Okay!” Jiang Xizhi immediately brightened up when she heard she was coming over.

Zhou Yining took a taxi to Jiang Xizhi’s university.

She messaged Jiang Xizhi, who said they were currently in a class meeting.

Zhou Yining decided to walk around the Jing City University of Science and Technology campus.

At the admissions office, some boys saw Zhou Yining, a new face who was also beautiful, and thought she was there to report.

Several boys nudged each other and approached Zhou Yining.

“Junior, are you here to report? Do you need any help?”

“Yeah, yeah, we can help you with your luggage.”

Zhou Yining took a step back. “No thanks, I’m here to wait for my girlfriend to finish class.”

“What? Girlfriend?” The boys’ brains completely froze.

Because of Zhou Yining’s words, the boys’ enthusiasm quickly faded, and they soon slipped away.

Zhou Yining felt very satisfied with this.

Playing her cards openly like this could save a lot of unnecessary trouble.