Zhang Lin looked at the friend request that had already been accepted on her phone, hurriedly opened a translation app to translate between Chinese and T-language, and sent a message to Shao Qi.
"Ding: Is this Shao Qi? My name is Zhang Lin, I'm your fan." / "I am Shao Qi." / "Ah, I actually added my idol's chat, I'm so lucky," sent a flying emoji. / "How do you have my chat?" / "I asked a friend to get it for me. I originally just planned to keep it as a keepsake, but I still wanted to try and see if I could add you. I didn't expect you to accept it." / "Your friend is Liu Yiyi." /
"Yes, last time at the autograph session I video-chatted with you and even got an autograph, but she lost it. I was heartbroken for so long, so I used that to blackmail her into giving me your chat. Yiyi really is coming. Idol, I recently saw news saying you're retiring, is that true?" / "Yes." /
"Ah, then I'll never get to hear your new songs again, what a pity. But to comfort myself, I added your chat and even met my idol and got an autograph. Idol, do you have any of your latest merchandise left? I couldn't buy it in China, can I buy one from you?" sent a wronged little emoji. /
"I'll help you ask." / "Thank you, idol! Then if there is any, can you give it to Yiyi? I'll have her mail it back to me. By the way, idol, how did Yiyi meet you?" / "There was a freshman gathering today, and we ran into each other. Your friend always seems to have something on her mind." /
"Yiyi likes to keep things to herself. By the way, idol, did something happen to Yiyi today? The tone when I was chatting with her was a bit off." / "Did she not say anything to you?" / "No, she tries to solve everything on her own. Idol, I have a bold favor to ask: if you can help Yiyi out, please do. Thank you a million times." /
"I can. Have you known her for a long time?" / "We are childhood friends, I know everything about her." / "Then do you know why she is so aloof?" / "It was caused by something that happened when she was little." / "What thing?" / "Idol, I'm sorry, I can't talk about this. It's very late now, I'm going offline. Goodnight, idol!" /
Shao Qi looked at Zhang Lin going offline in a hurry, knowing she had cut off the conversation right there. What on earth could have happened? Shao Qi sat on the bed in deep thought.
Today, after the freshmen gathered, the upperclassmen collected everyone's autograph booklets, and upperclassman Tan Qiuyan assigned them into teams, handing each person a name tag and asking them to write their respective names, classes, and departments on it.
Liu Yiyi took her name tag, finished writing the details, and pinned it to the left side of her chest. The upperclassmen had arranged many games, and these two days would be spent playing them to get acquainted with the surrounding classmates and friends.
After finishing roll call on Friday evening, upperclassman Tan Qiuyan said, "Tomorrow is the weekend, everyone rest well." As soon as he finished speaking, everyone left one after another.
Shang Hui dragged Liu Yiyi off to the cafeteria for dinner.
They hadn't seen Tongtong at all these past few days. Tongtong had mentioned in chat that she had tutoring classes, but today they saw her serving their meals. The portion with the most food belonged to Liu Yiyi, and ever since that day, her meals had always been huge.
"Yiyi-jie, do you have any plans tomorrow?"
"I'm going to go check out Qingsong Mountain tomorrow. Is something up?" Liu Yiyi asked as she took the food.
"Can I go with you then?" Tongtong asked consecutively, and then asked Shang Hui, "Huihui-jie, are you going?"
Shang Hui waved her hands with a regretful face. "I'm going home tomorrow, so I won't go."
"Don't you have tutoring?" Liu Yiyi asked Tongtong while eating her noodles.
"No, no, and besides, Saturdays are for resting," Tongtong said, sitting down next to Yiyi.
"Alright, then I'll come pick you up here at 3 PM tomorrow."
"Yay! I'll be waiting for Yiyi-jie tomorrow," she said, skipping away happily.
"I want to go too, but my parents told me to go home," Shang Hui sighed from the side.
After finishing their meal, the two of them returned to their respective living quarters.
Liu Yiyi had looked up some tourist attractions when she first arrived in T-country, and she really wanted to climb this mountain to see the scenery. After taking a shower, she sat on the bed and watched *SpongeBob SquarePants*. She really liked this animated yellow sponge; he was always positive and optimistic, as if nothing in life could ever throw off his rhythm.
Liu Yiyi watched SpongeBob and Sandy skateboarding on the moon on TV, their hearty laughter truly infectious. Liu Yiyi couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of her mouth. After watching for a long time, she turned off the TV and went to sleep.
At 6:00, the alarm clock rang. Liu Yiyi opened her eyes, got out of bed, pulled open the pitch-black curtains, walked out to the balcony to breathe in some fresh air, returned inside to drink some lemon water, and practiced a set of Tai Chi.
Then she took a lukewarm shower, ate the three-piece breakfast set, took a light blue tracksuit set from the wardrobe and put it on, and went to the library to continue reading that book on T-country history, heading to the cafeteria for lunch at noon.
There were very few people in the cafeteria today. Tongtong's father saw Liu Yiyi coming and hurriedly greeted her, dishing out food for Liu Yiyi. "Yiyi's here. Tongtong was just saying she's going hiking with you tomorrow, and tomorrow is her birthday, so come over for dinner together in the evening, okay?" With that, he handed the food to Liu Yiyi.
Liu Yiyi looked at the portion size. "Okay, Uncle, then I'll come over tomorrow evening."
"Good, good, good."
"Then Uncle, I'm going to go eat first."
"Go ahead, go ahead. If it's not enough, come back for seconds. You can have whatever you want from this floor." Liu Yiyi nodded and found a seat to eat.
A figure appeared before her. "You eat this much?" Xu Chengjin plucked a chicken nugget from Liu Yiyi's plate, popped it into his mouth, and said teasingly.
"Something the matter?" Liu Yiyi glanced at him and continued lowering her head to eat.
"I added your chat, why didn't you accept?" Xu Chengjin thought about how he had gotten her chat ID and tried adding her several times, only for it to sink like a stone in the ocean.
"I said, I'm not interested in joining your group."
"How did you practice your kung fu? I'm very interested."
"You want to learn?"
"Yes, I've never seen a girl who can fight like that. Do you want to spar again?"
"I don't like fighting." Liu Yiyi didn't like fighting, but she liked practicing martial arts—only this way could she keep the people she wanted to protect from getting hurt.
"I want you to teach me a few moves."
"Why do you want to learn so badly?" This upperclassman kept pressing with questions—what was his reason?
"If I said to protect myself, would you believe it?" Xu Chengjin said sheepishly.
"I would, but I don't have much time."
"Add my chat." Xu Chengjin reached out and handed over his QR code. "Contact me anytime you have time, how about that?"
Liu Yiyi looked at the QR code in front of her, took out her phone, and scanned it. "Then I won't disturb your meal. Remember to contact me." Xu Chengjin left a drink on the table and walked away.
Xu Chengjin was still quite reasonable and upright in his actions, without any petty schemes. That could be seen from the last time they threw down, and it was also the reason why Liu Yiyi was willing to add his chat.