After tidying up his bed and causing a bit of a stir, it was almost time for dinner.
Just as Wu Longjiang was wondering which cafeteria to eat at, Cao Jianhui waved his hand and called out to his three roommates, "Let's go, time for dinner, my treat. Today is the first time the four of us brothers are meeting, let's have a good time. No one is allowed to skip drinking, we're not going home until we're drunk."
Wu Longjiang and Li Fuming immediately cheered in agreement, while Luo Ziling hesitated for a moment before agreeing, but he suggested they go buy a cell phone first.
On the way there, Li Jing had asked him for his phone number, only to find out he didn't even have a phone, so he couldn't leave his contact information with her, which he regretted.
The first thing he wanted to do after starting school was to buy a phone.
He had written down Li Jing's contact information, planning to tell her his number after buying a phone.
Hearing Luo Ziling wanted to buy a phone, the other three guys immediately patted their chests, saying they would accompany him.
On the way there, the three guys kept suggesting to Luo Ziling what kind of phone to buy.
The three roommates all came from decent families and used pretty high-end phones.
Cao Jianhui had an Apple 7s, a reward from his dad for getting into university, so he kept tempting Luo Ziling to buy this model, saying it had great features and looked impressive when taken out.
Wu Longjiang had a Huawei P9, which he was very satisfied with, so he strongly recommended it to Luo Ziling.
Li Fuming had a newly released Xiaomi 6.
To prove his choice was right, he also strongly recommended this phone to Luo Ziling.
The three guys argued fiercely over which phone was better, their necks turning red, giving Luo Ziling a headache.
Amidst the noisy debate of the three guys, Luo Ziling ended up buying a very cheap Redmi phone at the mobile communications store at the school gate.
When he left home, his grandfather hadn't given him much cash, though he did have a bank card, but he hadn't checked how much money was in it.
For the first time leaving his grandfather and living independently outside, Luo Ziling didn't dare to be extravagant and knew he needed to have a plan for spending money.
Luo Ziling didn't take their advice and chose a Redmi phone that cost only a few hundred yuan, which left Cao Jianhui, Wu Longjiang, and Li Fuming quite disappointed.
However, after complaining for a bit, they didn't say much more. After all, everyone was a student, and they had to get their living expenses from their parents. It was normal for Luo Ziling, who might not come from a wealthy family, to buy a cheap phone.
Luo Ziling saved the other three guys' numbers in his phone and also added Li Jing's number, which he had memorized.
Seeing that Luo Ziling wasn't very familiar with the phone's functions, Cao Jianhui generously explained them to him, installed common apps like QQ and WeChat, and even helped him set up QQ and WeChat accounts.
Luo Ziling was clueless about using a smartphone, leaving the other three guys speechless.
What kind of oddball was this? Was he just a bookworm who only knew how to study in high school?
Facing their disdainful looks, Luo Ziling felt so ashamed he wished he could disappear. He felt he was too out of touch with real life.
No wonder his grandfather had sent him out of the small mountain village to see the world in the big city.
After buying the phone, the four of them swaggered to a local restaurant near the school and had a lavish dinner.
After eating and drinking their fill, Cao Jianhui, Li Fuming, and Wu Longjiang walked out of the small restaurant, arms around each other's shoulders.
Luo Ziling didn't join them in their camaraderie; he was busy studying the functions of his new gadget.
There were many people walking down the street, heads down, absorbed in their phones. Luo Ziling, engrossed in his new Redmi phone, didn't attract any strange looks, not even from his three roommates.
Suddenly, a red sports car roared by at a high speed.
Luo Ziling, distracted by his phone, didn't notice the fast-approaching car until it was almost upon him, startling him.
As a result, the newly bought phone slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.
The sports car stopped a few meters away from them.
"Hey, are you blind? You didn't move out of the way when you saw the car coming," a woman with a pretty face, wearing sunglasses, yelled out from the lowered car window, scolding Luo Ziling unfriendly, "You even hit my car with your phone. What if you damaged it? Can you afford to pay for it?"
Luo Ziling ignored the beautiful woman's scolding and hurriedly picked up his phone.
Seeing the phone screen shattered like a spider web and the beautiful woman still yelling at him, Luo Ziling got angry and charged up to her, "How do you drive? On a street full of people, you drive so fast? My brand-new phone is broken, you have to compensate me!"
The first time for everything is precious to everyone, and Luo Ziling was no exception.
His first phone, though it cost only a few hundred yuan, was treasured by him. Now that his treasure was destroyed, he was very angry.
He was furious, and even though the girl looked pretty, what did her beauty have to do with him?
She wasn't his girlfriend, her beauty wasn't his.
Of course, he admitted the girl was pretty, with delicate features, and when she pushed her sunglasses down slightly, he could see a pair of beautiful big eyes, a fair and slender neck, and beautiful long hair. As for her figure—sitting in the car, he couldn't see much else, not even how full her chest was because of her long hair.
"Wow, this girl is pretty hot," Cao Jianhui, a bit tipsy, exclaimed as if he had discovered a new world, and quickly broke free from the other two guys, rushing to the front of the car and shamelessly asking the woman, "Beauty, can I have your contact information? My name is Cao Jianhui, a freshman in clinical medicine. Hehe, you're really beautiful. You must be the school beauty of our university, right?"
The other two guys, also not quite sober, noticed the beauty driving the luxury car and couldn't help but stare.
However, they didn't have Cao Jianhui's boldness and didn't dare to approach her.
Cao Jianhui, reeking of alcohol, disgusted the beautiful girl, who immediately rolled up her window.
The rising window hit Cao Jianhui's nose, and the girl's look of disgust made him stand up awkwardly.
Only then did he notice that Luo Ziling's phone was broken, and the guy was demanding the beautiful girl compensate him.
Cao Jianhui, feeling snubbed, became somewhat angry and immediately became Luo Ziling's ally, blocking the car from leaving, "Hey, you hit my classmate, and his phone is broken. You have to take him to the hospital and compensate him for his phone."
Wu Longjiang and Li Fuming also joined in the commotion, blocking the front of the sports car to prevent the girl from driving away.
The street was already bustling, and the beautiful girl and the red sports car attracted a lot of attention; after the dispute between the driver and the pedestrians, the crowd of onlookers quickly grew.