Chapter 156
Watching Long Aotian's antics, Xu Shuai couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. "You can't be serious."
"Cut the nonsense and just say it. This is all for the benefit of the younger generation, you know?" Huang Fei said earnestly, holding a notebook and a pen.
"If you want to benefit others, why not go date someone yourself and figure it out?" Xu Shuai retorted.
At this, Huang Fei and Li Longlong suddenly felt an invisible knife stab into their hearts.
They were about to get tough...
**Chapter 188: I Think I Might Have a Broken Heart**
Xu Shuai was putting on a show.
Long Aotian shot him a disdainful glance. "Come on, don’t pretend. I saw you and Wang Lijuan taking the subway together. Where were you headed?"
At the mention of this, Xu Shuai seemed to recall something beautiful, and a blissful smile broke out on his face.
Huang Fei and Li Longlong exchanged glances, witnessing the scene unfold before them, yet they couldn't understand why it felt so glaring.
"We were just..."
Before he could finish, Huang Fei and Li Longlong waved their hands. "Stop! We don’t want to know anymore."
Xu Shuai paused for a moment, then turned to Long Aotian. "Hey, Old Ao, where did you and that cool beauty from next door go today?"
He leaned closer to Long Aotian, a lewd grin on his face. "I saw you two holding hands!"
Seeing the gossiping look on Xu Shuai's face, Long Aotian chuckled. "Why don’t you take a guess?"
Xu Shuai lewdly gave him two thumbs up and wiggled his eyebrows.
Long Aotian suddenly stood up. "Did you record that?"
"Huh?" Xu Shuai looked confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Wait, don’t say anything yet." Huang Fei made a shushing gesture, and the dorm fell silent.
As Huang Fei tapped his phone, Xu Shuai's slightly lewd voice echoed through the room: "Hehehe, I saw you two holding hands..."
"Damn it!" Xu Shuai lunged at Long Aotian's back like a hungry tiger. "I thought of you guys as my mentors, but you really treat me like a fool!"
"I'll send this to Shen Mengjie and let her show it to Wang Lijuan."
"No way!"
"Three cups of fruit tea, with some ice."
"Just wait, it’ll be there soon."
Watching Xu Shuai give the middle finger from the balcony, Long Aotian and the others burst into laughter.
As they laughed, Li Longlong suddenly sighed and turned serious. "Honestly, I envy Xu Shuai."
Huang Fei patted Li Longlong on the shoulder. "When pursuing a girl, the most important thing is persistence. You’re already thinking of giving up when you’ve just started."
"What’s going on?" Long Aotian asked, curious.
"After you guys left, we were bored in the dorm, so I thought I’d chat with Shen Mengjie and Han Xiaojing, maybe ask them out," Huang Fei explained, gesturing for Li Longlong to continue.
"No luck," Li Longlong sighed, looking dejected. "She seems pretty cold towards me."
"Cold? Maybe she’s just shy?" Long Aotian suggested. His impression of Han Xiaojing was that she was a quiet girl, and such girls shouldn’t be associated with coldness, right?
"I knew you wouldn’t believe me, but that’s the truth."
He pulled out his phone to show Long Aotian the chat interface.
Most of Li Longlong's messages were at least two lines long.
However, Han Xiaojing's replies were mostly just "Mm," "Okay," or "Got it."
The longest message was just "Who else is there?"
Just looking at the screen, it did seem a bit cold.
Noticing Long Aotian's expression, Li Longlong turned to Huang Fei. "Old Huang, show Old Ao your chat history."
"I’ve told you so many times not to call me Old Huang." He pulled out his phone. "Although our chats are simple too, they’re different. At least I can feel some emotional value."
As he spoke, he brought up the chat interface.
Long Aotian glanced at it and raised an eyebrow. "Yeah, I can see how that gives off some emotional value."
"Mm (playful emoji)," "Okay (winking happy emoji)," "Thanks (cute emoji)," "I can’t, I might not have time (disappointed emoji)."
"See, Old Li? As long as you can understand a girl’s heart like I do, you’ll soon feel the emotional value Han Xiaojing gives you," Huang Fei said confidently.
"This..." Long Aotian gasped, unsure of how to respond.
Given Huang Fei's current situation, it was clear he was enjoying himself. In this state, no matter what he said, it wouldn’t get through, and it might even affect their relationship.
"Honestly, I think Shen Mengjie might be pretty good, but it’s not certain..."
"Right?" Huang Fei laughed. "Old Ao, you think Shen Mengjie is good too, don’t you? I knew it..."
Long Aotian opened his mouth but ultimately didn’t say anything. Some things can only be truly understood through experience. Besides, who knows? Maybe it’s not as hopeless as it seems.
"Sigh..." Li Longlong sighed again, taking his phone back from Long Aotian. "At first, I just thought Han Xiaojing was pretty, but as I got to know her, I found her personality and everything else quite attractive."
"But given the current situation, I probably don’t stand a chance."
"In the beginning, even if she just replied with an 'Mm,' I could be happy for half a day. But over time, I think I’ve become greedy, while Han Xiaojing hasn’t changed at all."
"I think I might have a broken heart."
Long Aotian patted Li Longlong on the shoulder. "Look, don’t be too down. How can you talk about heartbreak when it hasn’t even started? There’s youth and beauty everywhere in school."
"And how many days have you known her? Do you really understand her? You’ve met a few times and had a few meals together. Don’t compare yourself to Xu Shuai; not everyone is like Wang Lijuan."
"Thanks, Old Ao. Hearing you say that makes me feel even worse," Li Longlong murmured, half-laughing, half-crying.
This left Long Aotian at a loss for words. From his perspective, it was too soon. This wasn’t the fast-paced world of a decade later; taking things slow was more sincere.
"My sons, your great father has returned!" Xu Shuai kicked open the dorm door, carrying four cups of fruit tea, two packs of canned beer, and some snacks and skewers.
Seeing the beer in Xu Shuai's arms, Long Aotian exchanged a glance with Huang Fei. "Let’s go have a drink."
As they drank and enjoyed the skewers, Xu Shuai learned about the situation.
"What’s the big deal? I’ll talk to Lijuan another day, and we can arrange another meet-up between our dorm and theirs. Worst case, we can just be friends."
"Exactly! Maybe Han Xiaojing is just slow to warm up," Huang Fei added, burping from the beer, trying to comfort him.
"Forget you guys! I’ve already moved on. Whatever happens, happens. I may not be the most handsome, but I’m definitely not ugly. I refuse to believe I can’t find a girlfriend!"
"But I still want to thank you all."
When Li Longlong said this, he looked cool—not in a superficial way, but with a sense of nonchalance.
Long Aotian clinked his beer can with Li Longlong's. "Don’t get too emotional. As your father and one of the four kings of dorm 147, this is what we should do."
"Hahaha..." Huang Fei and Xu Shuai nodded in agreement, acknowledging him!
Li Longlong rolled his eyes but still drank up...
**Chapter 189: You Must Have Been Really Upset Back Then**
The next morning.
Long Aotian woke up early. Today was the day the workers would start, and he needed to check on things.
"Old Ao, where are you off to so early?" Huang Fei asked, groggy and reluctant to get up after drinking a bit last night.
"Just got a few things to take care of."
"You really are a busy man... I can’t do it. I’m going back to sleep..." Huang Fei said, rolling over to continue snoozing.
Stepping out of the dorm, Long Aotian found the air in Kyoto to be quite poor, even in the morning. It didn’t compare to Haibay City, he thought.
Before long, he arrived at the courtyard.
After a quick phone call, he met up with the salesperson.
During their discussion, over sixty workers were set to start work today.
...
Hu Yuying woke up early every day.
It was a biological clock she had developed over the years; she simply couldn’t sleep in and always woke up at this time.
After getting dressed and washed up, she sent a message to Li Qingxue and waited in the corridor for a moment, but received no reply.
Looking up at the sky, the view through the glass was still beautiful.
"The weather is really nice today."
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