Yu Hai genuinely had no interest in accepting invitations to attend any galas.
If he wanted to show off, he could do it on a bigger stage; playing around in this tiny pond was pointless. Besides, such galas were places for people hailed as campus heartthrobs and beauties to flex. He was the campus soccer idol—he couldn't afford to lower his dimensionality to crush them.
For the week that followed, Yu Hai went to school as usual and holed up at home after classes. During the middle of the week when he had a half-day off, he would occasionally go to work at Xinhai Building. After all, he was a salaried, gold-medal composer on staff at Xinhai.
Old Xu was very gratified that Whale Fall even remembered to come to work, kindly telling him that he didn't need to show up if he was too busy. Yu Hai couldn't tell whether the smiling expression behind those words meant encouragement or indifference. Still, he went about his days at his own pace.
Chapter 47