Xua Ying Yue walked out of the administrative building, with her hands shoved in her jacket she walked past the crowd that was laughing and enjoying the youth that has welcomed them with open arms, with the sun shining over them brightly and the snow that was covering the ground underneath them, many teenagers like Xua Ying Yue were using the snow on the ground to play snowball fighting.
While the young girls were huddled in a group as they giggled and laughed to themselves.
" There is this cafe next to the bookstore," Xua Ying Yue heard a young girl who was dressed fashionably say to her friends as she clapped her hands together with a sweet cherry-like blush on her cheeks. " Would you all like to come with me?"
" Yes, yes…I want to go there as well, Luli," replied the girl with a side ponytail, she smiled at her two friends and then said, "Let's go to Madam Tian's restaurant, we can enjoy our time there as new adults tonight!"
The other two girls cheered at the girl's suggestion while Xua Ying Yue walked past them with just the lightest of the glance. As she walked past the girls, she heard the girl named Luli say to her friends, " I hope that I get a place to live soon." Her voice was filled with anxiety and nervousness, hearing the anxious voice of the girl, Xua Ying Yue who was walking past them pursed her lips and thought,
' The dormitories must be full at this time.'
" You will find one soon, Luli," the girl with a side ponytail flicked her bangs and then smiled at Jia Luli who was standing in front of her. " Your dad owns a freaking garage with so many expensive cars coming for repairs, I am sure he will be able to arrange some nice living space for you, unlike me and Jiayi, we will have to stay in the stinking dormitory."
The voice of the girl who was speaking was so sour that even Xua Ying Yue could smell the envy in her voice of the girl. She stopped and turned to look at the chubby girl who was dressed in the latest winter clothes with a fashionable overcoat, the girl must have missed the sarcasm and jealousy in the voice of the girl because she happily smiled and nodded at the girl with a ponytail, " You are so nice, Qi Qiao! I wish I could stay with you and Fan Jiayi too, but my dad wants me to stay in a room, all by myself. It's going to be so boring!"
As she spoke Jia Luli's head drooped sullenly.
From where Xua Ying Yue stood, she saw the two girls named Qi Qiao and Fan Jiayi roll their eyes at the girl but when Jia Luli raised her head and looked at Qi Qiao and Fan Jiayi, the two of them smiled at her sweetly completely composing their expression in a matter of minutes before they nudged Jia Luli in the shoulders and said,
" So what if you are going to stay in a room alone? We will come to see you every weekend Luli," said Qi Qiao as she hugged the chubby girl's arm but then she paused and then exclaimed with a troubled expression, " Oh no, I think I forgot that my mom hasn't given me this week's expense!"
She then turned to look at Fan Jiayi and Jia Luli before she pouted and said, " You two can go out alone, I will take a rain check today…" She lowered her head sullenly before continuing, " The factory where my mother works hasn't released the paychecks yet which is why I did not get the expense of this week."
But the truth was that even though Qi Qiao's mother was a factory worker, she would never let her daughter suffer which was why Qi Qiao's wallet was filled with bills to the brim, she just did not want to use her money and wanted to leech off Jia Luli who was richer than them.
" Oh no, is that the case?" Fan Jiayi seemed to have cottoned on what her friend was doing, she too turned to look at Jia Lu Li and then said, " Lu Li, will it be fine if we hold this party next week? It will be too bad if the two of us went to the restaurant alone and left her alone it will be too bad, right?"
Who knew whether it was the first time or were the two of them used to coercing Jia Lu Li, the girl did not even notice that something was wrong as she shook her head with a smile and said, "It's all right, this will be my treat."
" Really? You are so good Lu Li!"
" Yeah, you are awesome!"
The two girls cheered as they praised the girl who agreed to foot their bill, Xua Ying Yue looked at the girl who was smiling shyly looking rather happy that she was being praised and was getting included in the small.
With a scoff, Xua Ying Yue turned on her heels and whispered, " Naive girl."
Xua Ying Yue did not put the matter of the three girls in her heart, she walked past the crowd surrounding the back of the college campus and rounded the corner to walk towards the entrance when suddenly, she heard someone yell from behind, " Watch out!"
The scream startled Xua Ying Yue as she turned to see what was going on but before she could even turn her head, she felt someone hooking her arm and pulling her behind just in time as a rather large snowball went flying in front of her.
With a thump, the snow ball fell on the ground and scattered into pieces while the boys who threw it immediately came jogging towards Xua Ying Yue and bowed their heads in apology, " So sorry about that, we did not mean to target you." The boy who was in the lead told Xua Ying Yue as he raised his hand and smacked the boy next to him. "It's his fault, he was the one who ducked."
"It's all right you did not do it deliberately, just be careful," Xua Ying Yue heard the person who tugged her behind, she turned her head to look at the man who was holding her arm and met with one of the most shining eyes that she had ever seen.