In retrospect, Vivian thought her lines were quite cheesy, but when challenging someone, momentum is important. Later, Vivian made an excuse that she had something to do and asked Carl Cao to substitute for her in teaching a basic English class to a little boy.

There was no need to explain anything further; everything was clear and straightforward.

Because such matters can easily be misinterpreted, Vivian didn't even mention it to her roommates. The incident had happened so long ago that Vivian almost forgot about it. When she casually mentioned it to her roommates, Sally exclaimed, "It's like a drama! Is Carl Cao interested in you? Why didn't you two develop something?"

"Just a hunch," Vivian pondered, "Hmm, maybe I know there's someone better coming along?"

Everyone was taken aback.

Cecilia asked, "Why did Clever Lena also speak up for you?"

Vivian wasn't too sure: "Is this the person with a very sharp chin, a bit shorter than me, with long curly hair down to her waist?"

Vivian described based on her vague memory.

Cecilia nodded, "Yes, that's her."

Vivian let out an "Oh," her face showing a mix of embarrassment and amusement.

Erica shook her, "Stop keeping us in suspense, tell us, how do you know her?"

Vivian said, "I... I think I helped her haggle once."

Erica and the others looked at her with expressions of disbelief.

"A while ago, I went to the electronics market to buy a memory stick, and she happened to be buying something at the same store. The owner saw she didn't know much and tried to sell her a second-hand one, the shine on the gold fingers was clearly old, and he even charged fifty more. I think I've seen her at school, knowing she's from our school too, of course, I couldn't let her be deceived."

"...So you stood up for her?"

Vivian nodded proudly, "In the end, we both bought at cost price."

Cecilia was surprised, "You're that good at bargaining?"

"Hehe, I hinted to the owner that I would file a complaint..."

Sally suddenly realized, "I finally understand why she said you have a chivalrous spirit, turns out it's the spirit of a chivalrous thief."

Vivian originally thought such rumors would die out in a few days, but they unexpectedly grew more intense, causing her some annoyance.

On Monday afternoon, there was an exam. After finishing, Vivian read for a while before heading back. Upon returning to the dorm, she saw Erica with a strange expression again, and Vivian's instinctive reaction was, "Is there a new post on the forum again?"

Erica chuckled, "No, no, Master Shawn called you, he's back."

Ah, he came back early?

Vivian's eyes lit up, she opened her bag, intending to get her phone card to call. Erica stopped her, hesitantly saying, "Vivian, when I was talking to Master Shawn on the phone just now, I accidentally said something I've been keeping deep in my heart."

Vivian paused, suddenly having a bad premonition, "...What did you say?"

Erica swallowed and said, "I asked him why he hasn't invited us to dinner yet."

"You, you, you..."

Vivian was so shocked she was speechless.

"You're so shameless!" Sally chimed in with disdain.

Erica was a bit embarrassed, "What if there's something even more shameless?"

Vivian took a deep breath, raising her mental defenses, "...Go on."

"I also said, there's no time like the present, we don't have exams tomorrow, so why not today?"

Vivian looked at her, speechless for a long time, "...Erica, aren't you afraid of getting a stomachache?"

Just then, the dorm door was pushed open again, Cecilia rushed in, waving a paper bag, "Mission accomplished, I got it!"

Sally happily grabbed the bag, "Is it the one from last time?"

"Not the one from last time, but I think this one looks better!"

Sally quickly took out the item from the bag, shook it open, looked it over, and nodded in satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad, the style is more elegant and conservative than the last one, a good girl would like it."

Turning to Vivian, "Right?"

Vivian looked at the red dress in her hand, then at their expressions, feeling a strange unease, "This isn't..."

"That's right!" Sally admitted without hesitation, "It's for you, we're not freeloaders, Master is treating us to dinner, we have to give something in return, so we're giving you a dress."

Cecilia agreed, "Last time Sally's family treated us to dinner, we also gave them couple pajamas."

"Don't bring up such embarrassing things, okay?" Sally rolled her eyes at her, then said to Vivian, "It's the end of the semester, even the landlord's family has no surplus food, this is the money we saved from eating pickles, so you have to wear it today!"

Vivian looked around at them speechlessly, silently took out her phone card from her bag, dialed, and the phone was picked up after just one ring.

"Vivian."

She didn't know where he was answering the call from, there was a buzzing noise in the background, Nai Shawn's voice was somewhat unclear, "I was just about to call you. There's a traffic jam, I expect to be half an hour late to school."

He's still in the car?

"...What time did you get back?"

"Three thirty."

Three thirty? So, Master called her as soon as he got off the plane, and then was caught by Erica to ask for a dinner invitation?

Vivian hesitated for a moment, "Then tonight, how about..."

"Vivian, you should have reminded me about this earlier." Nai Shawn interrupted her, his voice carrying a slight hint of reproach, someone seemed to be talking to him on the other end, Nai Shawn paused for a moment and said, "Alright, we'll talk later, I have to go now."

She was actually... blamed? Blamed for not telling him earlier that she wanted him to treat her dorm mates to dinner?

Vivian held the phone in a daze for a moment, then turned to look at her roommates who were staring at her eagerly, their faces clearly saying "I want to eat, I want to eat, I want to eat today," then looked at the dress, sighed, and reached out.

"Give me the dress."

The new dress was indeed prettier than the last one, the color was more beautiful, making Vivian's skin look like jade, bright and charming, yet surprisingly with a touch of handsomeness, the combination of such bright color and handsomeness was dazzlingly stunning.

Vivian quite liked the dress, but before going out, she was still conflicted, why always wear new clothes to see him... But these conflicts were all forgotten when she walked out of the west gate and saw the handsome figure standing by the car talking to a few young people.

Vivian instinctively quickened her pace, but after a few quick steps, she slowed down.

Because that person suddenly turned from the conversation to look at her, his gaze seemed to go from calm to burning in an instant, so focused it almost made her retreat.

He stared at her for several seconds before looking away, saying a few words to the people around him, who nodded and dragged their luggage away.

When Vivian and her friends approached, Nai Shawn was already wearing a normal expression, the intense heat from before seemed like Vivian's illusion, already vanished.

Despite this, Vivian was still a bit dazed on the way, until she heard Erica mention going to some restaurant, bringing her back to her senses.

"What place is that?"

"Hehe, a French restaurant, it's opening today."

Vivian looked at her suspiciously. Vivian didn't like French cuisine from both a physiological and psychological standpoint, and she remembered her roommates didn't either, so why were they going to eat this now?

"No, I don't want to go."

"Come on, come on." Erica surprisingly insisted.

Sally and Cecilia chimed in, "Change of taste, let's try it once in a while."

"But..." Vivian still wanted to object.

Nai Shawn had been listening to their argument without speaking, now he smiled and said, "Vivian, let's go with the flow."

Go with the flow...

Vivian was instantly defeated >o<

Five or six o'clock was the most congested time in City B, it took a full hour to reach the restaurant Erica mentioned, because there was no parking nearby, Nai Shawn dropped them off at the restaurant entrance and went to find a parking spot himself.

As soon as they got out of the car, Erica looked around, then fixed her gaze on a certain spot, exclaiming, "Wow, they really came."

Sally also looked excited, "Wow, really, our money wasn't wasted."

Vivian looked at them suspiciously, Erica pulled Vivian's hand, whispering, "Vivian, look inside the restaurant, the table by the window on the far west side."

Vivian followed her hint and saw someone somewhat familiar, it seemed to be Irene Mona? She was sitting with a few well-dressed women.

Erica whispered, "The woman next to Irene Mona is Chanel Love."

Vivian glanced at the woman in surprise, the people inside the window obviously noticed them too, looking over with an inscrutable expression.

Vivian looked at Erica, Sally, and their expressions, everything was explained.

No wonder they wanted her to dress up.

No wonder they insisted on coming to this restaurant.

So that's it.

Vivian lowered her voice, "How did you know she'd be eating here?"

Erica smirked, "Actually, I wasn't sure, but before her blog got hacked, I saw her mention this restaurant's opening today, so I thought she might come, just a guess."

Vivian was speechless, "What do you want to do?"

"Tch, we don't need to do anything, we've already won!" Erica proudly looked across the street, a mischievous smile on her face.

Vivian instinctively turned back, across the street, Nai Shawn was walking towards them, the evening lights casting a brilliant glow on him.