Chapter 37: Change in Address

In the evening, Bai Yurou finished her shower. 

She changed into the white pajamas her mother had packed into her suitcase and, holding her long hair that still dripped with water droplets, her frail body slowly walked out of the bathroom.

Then she used the hair dryer she had brought from home and carefully dried that head of fine, soft long hair. 

The hot air passed through the strands, carrying away the damp and slightly cool moisture, gradually making the long hair become fluffy and smooth.

“So pretty.” 

Ning Mu sincerely praised. 

The appearance of the young girl in front of her just after bathing was truly worthy of the four words “overturning countries and cities.”

Bai Yurou’s face suddenly turned red, and her voice also became stammering. 

“Th… thank you.”

This was the first time she had been praised for her appearance by Ning Mu like this. 

She felt a little shy, and even more so, surprised.

Ning Mu didn’t linger for long. 

After simply saying that, she hugged her own pajamas and bath towel, lightly passed by Bai Yurou’s side, and walked into the bathroom.

They had already agreed earlier that she would wash first and Bai Yurou would wash after. 

Ye Hui had already finished bathing earlier while the two of them were chatting in the living room after watching the movie.

Bai Yurou hugged the set of clothes she had worn during the day and walked to the washing machine that came with the dorm—it was the same brand as the one used at her house, and it even had the trademark of the Bai family enterprise printed on it. However, the one at home was a custom model with more luxurious functions.

But Bai Yurou only put the clothes in and didn’t start it. After all, Ning Mu hadn’t finished washing yet.

Just after putting the clothes in, Bai Yurou’s phone ringtone rang. Her phone ringtone was precisely her older sister’s famous song—Butterfly Breaking from the Cocoon.

Bai Yurou then walked to the balcony of the dorm and answered her mother’s call.

Although Ning Mu was bathing and Ye Hui was also in her own room, she could have perfectly well taken the call in the living room, but she still felt the balcony was more spacious and better for talking.

“Rou Rou, are you getting used to living at school? How are the roommates?” 

Zhou Wanting’s gentle voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Pretty good, Mom. The dorm conditions are quite nice, and the roommates are all okay too.”

Bai Yurou leaned against the balcony railing, talking with her mother while looking out at the campus night scenery. 

On the basketball court downstairs, a few boys were playing heatedly—dribbling, breaking through, fadeaway jump shots. 

The sneakers scraping against the ground made squeak sounds. On the open space beside it, two girls were playing badminton, the sound of the rackets swinging faintly coming through. 

On the running track, a few upperclassmen were night-running, their figures stretched long and short by the streetlights. 

On the distant lawn, a boy and a girl sat side by side. 

The girl leaned against the boy’s shoulder, and the boy held a guitar in his arms. 

The two of them stayed there quietly. 

It was filled with the atmosphere of youth.

If Lin Ye were still here, he would probably also be one of the ones playing basketball on the court right now, right? 

Before long, Zhou Wanting’s words interrupted Bai Yurou’s random thoughts.

“That’s good.”

Zhou Wanting paused, and her tone became serious. 

“Rou Rou, if you suffer any grievances at school, call your big brother. Our family has sponsored Moon City University so much. We can’t let our own little princess get bullied here.”

“Mom～ what little princess? Besides, who would dare bully me?” 

Bai Yurou dragged out the ending, her tone carrying a soft and sticky coquettishness.

“You…” Zhou Wanting was amused by her daughter, but still uneasily instructed, “In short, remember this. If anyone bullies you, tell the family immediately, understand?”

“I know, Mom.”

“Also, remember to call Mom every night so I know you’re safe.”

“Ah? Do I have to call every day?” Bai Yurou complained softly.

“You must. Rou Rou, your health isn’t good. Mom doesn’t feel at ease.” Zhou Wanting’s tone left no room for negotiation.

The two of them went back and forth for a good while longer. 

In the end, Bai Yurou was made to guarantee that she would call on time every night before she finally managed to hang up the phone.

Bai Yurou put the phone down and turned around, exactly locking eyes with Ye Hui in the living room. 

When she had gone out to the balcony earlier, she had forgotten to close the door.

“Classmate Ye Hui?” Bai Yurou was a little puzzled.

Hadn’t she still been in her own room just now? How had she run to the living room in the blink of an eye?

“I came out to get water.” 

Ye Hui explained. Only then did Bai Yurou notice that she was holding a bottle of the mineral water Ning Mu had bought at noon in her right hand.

“I was talking with my mom on the phone.” Bai Yurou also explained.

“Mm. You didn’t close the door. I accidentally overheard.”

Bai Yurou’s sense of shame instantly skyrocketed. She had heard everything. 

Then the way she had been acting coquettishly with her mom just now—hadn’t that also all been heard by Classmate Ye Hui? 

She really didn’t want to be treated as a mama’s girl by a roommate she had only known for one day.

“Classmate Bai Yurou has such a good relationship with her mother.”

Ye Hui suddenly came out with this sentence. The expression on her face still didn’t change much, and her tone was still as flat as always. 

But Bai Yurou inexplicably felt that beneath that sentence was hidden a few parts of envy that couldn’t be clearly explained.

Before Bai Yurou could open her mouth to say anything more, Ye Hui took the mineral water and returned to her own room.

Bai Yurou also didn’t dig deeper into that sentence. She left the balcony, casually closed the door, and returned to the living room.

Before long, Ning Mu finished bathing and came out of the bathroom. 

Her hair was still dripping wet, and she was wearing a sky-blue set of pajamas.

Her voice traveled from the corridor to the living room.

“Rou Rou, can I borrow your hair dryer? I forgot to bring mine.”

The address “Rou Rou” was something Ning Mu had actively proposed after they finished watching the movie, and she had also said that if she was willing she could also call her Mu Mu.

Young Miss Bai had been happy for a while because of this address at the time. 

One had to know that the people who could call Ning Mu “Mu Mu,” besides Ning Father and Ning Mother, were only her good best friend Zhao Dandan.

Now that Ning Mu was willing to let her call her Mu Mu, it meant that in her heart she had already reached a status roughly as important as Zhao Dandan.

One had to know that from the time she woke up until now, counting carefully, she had only met Ning Mu a total of three times.

“Go ahead, Mu Mu. If you’re willing, you can use mine from now on.” 

Bai Yurou naturally wouldn’t refuse. She even thought in her heart that if Ning Mu was willing, she could lend her the hair dryer for a lifetime.

“How could that be okay? How can I keep taking advantage of Rou Rou?” Ning Mu decisively refused. 

“I’ll just buy a new one online in a bit. Then I won’t need to trouble you anymore.”

Borrowing once or twice was because she had forgotten to bring it. If she kept borrowing, it would become relying on the relationship to take advantage of the other person.

Even if this naive young miss Bai Yurou didn’t mind, Ning Mu wouldn’t use this point to consume the friendship between the two of them.

Bai Yurou was familiar with Ning Mu and knew she wouldn’t agree. Saying more would be useless, so she no longer insisted. Instead she said, “Alright then, Mu Mu. I’ll send you a brand in a bit. This brand’s hair dryers have the highest quality.”

“Mm, thank you, Rou Rou.”

The two of them then said good night and returned to their own rooms.

Ning Mu clicked into the link Bai Yurou had sent and placed the order.

She knew that the brand Bai Yurou had recommended to her was her own family’s brand—she had dealt with Bai Sihan before, and later she had also looked it up online. 

She was very clear about the gold content of this young miss Bai Yurou.

However, she was willing to become best friends with Bai Yurou never because of the other party’s young miss identity. 

It was simply because she felt this girl actively wanted to get along well with her, and she was interesting and kind. 

Interacting with Bai Yurou could make her feel relaxed and pleasant.

And she had already thought through the matter of Lin Ye. 

She would no longer see Bai Yurou and then think of her deceased older brother and fall into internal consumption.

So she was willing to show her outgoing side in front of Bai Yurou and actively close the distance with her.