Su Luoyao finished saying everything she needed to instruct.
She was just turning to leave when she suddenly remembered something and turned back to specifically add one more sentence to Bai Yurou.
“Classmate Bai Yurou, if you encounter anything at school, just tell me directly.”
“Ah, okay.” Bai Yurou, who had been singled out, froze for a moment before responding.
She wasn’t surprised that the counselor could recognize her.
She had probably looked at the photos in advance.
Those words were probably because she knew she had congenital heart disease and was specifically reminding her not to have any concerns about taking leave due to illness.
Ye Hui stood in place without moving.
After Su Luoyao finished giving her instructions, she opened her mouth. “Teacher, wait a moment.”
She followed the counselor out of the dorm door.
The three in the living room didn’t have much interest in what they were going to talk about.
They only vaguely heard intermittent sounds coming through the half-closed door crack.
“…When the time comes, just go find your class assistant…”
“…We’ll talk about it later…”
In less than a minute, Ye Hui returned alone. No expression could be seen on her face. She simply casually closed the door.
“How about we go out to eat now? Treat it as a welcome meal for Xiao Tong.”
Ning Mu knew Ye Hui didn’t want to actively explain, so she didn’t ask about her going out. She simply took advantage of everyone being present to propose.
“Alright.” Ye Hui nodded.
The other two also had no objections. Everyone changed their shoes and went downstairs together.
Four peerless beauties of vastly different styles walking on campus naturally attracted quite a few gazes.
One frail young girl, one quiet and gentle young girl, one aloof onee-san, plus one energetic loli—each of them was campus-belle-level existence.
The few of them arrived at the food street again. However, none of them had any strong opinions.
Ye Hui proposed continuing to eat noodles, but was rejected by Bai Yurou. She still didn’t want to become a fixed NPC after only a few days.
As they walked, the few of them arrived at the entrance of the cafeteria.
“How about… trying the cafeteria?” Young Miss Bai proposed.
“I didn’t bring my card.”
“Neither did I.”
“Same.” The three of them said one after another.
The campus cards of Moon City University were the ones that had been issued to them earlier for opening doors.
Although the cafeteria supported WeChat Pay, swiping the card was more discounted.
“I brought mine, and I topped it up a bit.”
Bai Yurou took out her wallet from her pocket and pulled out the card inside.
She had thought she would need it sooner or later and had topped up two hundred yuan in advance.
“You can just transfer it back to me later.” Young Miss Bai added another sentence.
The other three didn’t object either. Anyway none of them had eaten at the cafeteria before. What if Moon City University’s cafeteria was actually pretty good?
The four peerless beauties walked into the cafeteria.
Moon City University had a total of four cafeterias. This was the largest one among them. It had three floors in total.
The first floor was fast food and pastries, the second floor was specialty flavors, and the third floor was stir-fries and private rooms.
Bai Yurou curiously ordered a meat-stuffed bun. With her appetite, eating one was basically enough to fill her up.
Then she took the card and ran to the other windows to pay for the other three.
Cai Xiaotong ordered maocai, Ye Hui ordered wontons, and Ning Mu ordered fried rice.
Bai Yurou picked up the meat-stuffed bun and took a bite. The flavor was average—not too bad, but not particularly good either.
Anyway this kind of thing was just for the curiosity of trying something new.
Ye Hui finished eating ahead of time, directly said goodbye to the few of them, and left alone.
The remaining three finished eating at almost the same time and walked out of the cafeteria together.
“Heading back?”
Ning Mu asked.
“Want to take a walk?” Bai Yurou proposed.
After all, there were still many places on campus they hadn’t carefully looked around. Taking a walk after eating was pretty good too.
“You two go ahead. I want to head back first.” As Cai Xiaotong spoke, she also turned and left.
Bai Yurou vaguely felt that every time it was just her, Ning Mu, and Cai Xiaotong alone together, Cai Xiaotong would always find a reason to leave.
Last time when she refused to come register together it was already very suspicious.
This time it was even more obvious.
She also didn’t know why.
“Then are we still walking?”
Ning Mu looked at the departing Cai Xiaotong, then at Bai Yurou.
“We are.”
Bai Yurou said firmly.
Although she didn’t know why Cai Xiaotong always kept away from the two of them, Cai Xiaotong’s way of doing things actually suited Bai Yurou’s intentions perfectly.
Walking together with Ning Mu—what a rare opportunity.
“Then let’s go.”
As Ning Mu spoke, she actively took hold of Bai Yurou’s hand.
***
Cai Xiaotong navigated and located the nearest Mixue Ice City on campus.
Saying she wanted to head back first earlier was only an excuse.
She simply didn’t want to be the third wheel between Bai Yurou and Ning Mu.
As someone deeply cultivated in 2D culture, she had already detected from the first time she saw Bai Yurou at the cosplay event that Bai Yurou had a special fondness toward Ning Mu.
Those tiny actions and expressions could all be seen.
So out of personal interest she had made the two of them cosplay as Ema and Shiro.
At that time Ning Mu’s attitude toward Bai Yurou had still only been that of ordinary friends.
Later when Bai Yurou asked her if she wanted to register together, she had decisively refused.
She wanted to leave enough space for the two of them to interact.
As a result, this time when she came to school, she clearly felt that the relationship between the two had already developed into best friends.
The progress was much faster than she had expected.
This walk was again an opportunity for them to spend time alone.
How could she ruin it?
She only hoped her good best friend and good friend could become real soon.
Then wouldn’t that count as her playing matchmaker for once?
As the little loli thought, the line quickly reached her.
“What do you want?” The clerk’s voice was flat and indifferent.
“Coconut jelly milk tea, large cup, less ice, normal sugar.”
Cai Xiaotong propped both hands on the counter and ordered skillfully.
“Your receipt.”
The clerk skillfully handed her the receipt.
Why did this clerk’s voice sound so familiar?
Moreover this hand that handed over the receipt… she seemed to have seen it before.
To verify her guess, Cai Xiaotong raised her head. Sure enough.
“Ye Hui!”
Even though she was wearing a mask, Cai Xiaotong recognized her at a glance.
Mainly because that aura and looks couldn’t be hidden by a mask.
Hearing the voice, Ye Hui lowered her head to look at her.
Actually she had already recognized that the one ordering was Cai Xiaotong earlier. It was just that the counter was too high.
When Cai Xiaotong ordered she hadn’t seen her face at all.
Cai Xiaotong asked curiously, “Why are you here?”
“Working part-time.”
She had long known that working part-time at a place like Mixue Ice City, getting run into by roommates was only a matter of time, and she had prepared herself mentally.
She just hadn’t expected that the first one to recognize her wouldn’t be Bai Yurou or Ning Mu, but Cai Xiaotong whom she had just met.
Cai Xiaotong discovered that Ye Hui didn’t have much interest in talking more with her, so she just said “Oh” and then took the receipt, obediently retreating to the side to wait for her drink.
She didn’t continue asking pointless questions like why she was working part-time. Wasn’t working part-time always because one lacked money?
Before long, Cai Xiaotong’s coconut jelly milk tea was ready.
“Help me open it.” Cai Xiaotong’s height couldn’t reach the straw box.
Ye Hui skillfully pulled out a straw, inserted it for her, and handed it over.
“Then I’ll head off first. Good luck with the part-time job.”
Cai Xiaotong took the milk tea, drank a sip, and turned to leave without waiting for her reply.
She knew that chatting with people during peak working hours was wrong. It might cause them to get their wages docked.
Ye Hui looked at Cai Xiaotong’s departing back and secretly let out a breath of relief.
She had thought this little loli would ask about this and that.
As a result the other party only asked “Why are you here” and then said nothing more, completely treating her as an ordinary clerk.
As for whether Cai Xiaotong would mention the part-time job to Bai Yurou or Ning Mu after returning, she had long prepared herself mentally.