Chapter 8: “Youyou”

“You’re really honest, you little girl!”

The doctor had finished pushing her around and got up to gather his things.

Yu Zhizhi smiled sweetly, “Of course!”

Qin Yingxia laughed along with her. Yu Zhizhi’s personality was really warm, like the summer sun.

“Zhizhi, what do you want to eat tonight? I’ll bring it for you?”

“No need,” Yu Zhizhi linked her arm with hers, “We can just go to the cafeteria together. Can you buy me an ice cream? The one I had just fell on the ground…”

Her voice was pitiful, and Qin Yingxia nodded, “Okay!”

As soon as they left the infirmary, they bumped into Yang Dai.

“Senior Yang?”

Yang Dai’s face looked very bad, her lips were pale, and she was holding her stomach while sitting on the bench.

Qin Yingxia realized, “Senior, are you having cramps?”

“Then hurry up and let the doctor prescribe some painkillers…” Yu Zhizhi turned to go to the medicine window, but Yang Dai grabbed her wrist.

She was in so much pain that her nose was already covered in a thin layer of sweat, “No, I’ll just get some sun.”

Qin Yingxia and Yu Zhizhi exchanged glances, “Senior, your condition is quite serious, your lips are even white, the sun won’t work that fast…”

Yang Dai tightly pursed her lips and didn’t say anything anymore.

In the end, Yu Zhizhi still bought her painkillers and brought her a cup of warm water, “This will make you feel much better.”

“…Thank you.” After taking the medicine, Yang Dai looked up at them again, “How much is it? I’ll get it back to you in the dorm.”

Yu Zhizhi: “It’s okay, we’re all roommates, don’t worry about it.”

Qin Yingxia could tell that Yang Dai was always uncomfortable when she was with them.

She seemed to be insecure, and her eyes were always dodging.

“Senior, do you need us to help you back to the dorm?”

Yang Dai refused quickly, “No need.”

Deep down, she was reluctant to stand with the two girls in front of her.

They were too dazzling, an undeniable presence in the crowd.

Qin Yingxia didn’t insist, she smiled softly, a small dimple appearing on her lips, “Okay, then you can message us if you need anything.”

“Got it, just let us know if you need anything…” Yu Zhizhi waved at her, then continued to link her arm with Qin Yingxia’s, “It’s too hot, let’s go get some fruit?”

“Sure… I can’t eat dinner either.”

Their voices gradually faded away, leaving only the tireless chirping of cicadas.

Yang Dai stared at their backs for a long, long time, until the hot water in her hand gradually turned cold.

There were so many beautiful girls in the world, why couldn’t there be one more like her?

Her gaze fell on the medicine in her arms, and she pushed her glasses up with her hand.

Honestly, she wanted to hate Qin Yingxia and Yu Zhizhi.

But she just couldn’t…

It wasn’t so much hate as envy.

She envied their ability to be so beautiful…

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The evening breeze blew gently, carrying the temperature of the sea.

The evening music at Di Da University played on schedule, songs requested by students, either for themselves or for others.

The members of the Broadcasting Club would also read a few interesting submissions, either to encourage themselves to become better people or to express their feelings to someone they liked, they always had meaning.

Qin Yingxia chose a less crowded spot to sit, flipping through her phone with one hand and holding an iced drink to cool her face with the other.

She was looking at the new posts today.

Sure enough, there were quite a few people making fun of Jin Zhuo for his unrestrained charm at the recruitment meeting.

Even the people from the Media Club took a picture of her introducing herself on stage and put it in the school’s promotional article.

“Oh my god…”

Qin Yingxia blushed again, zooming in on the photo to see if she had blushed uncontrollably.

Sure enough… she blushed.

So embarrassing.

She let out a little squeak in her heart, calming her racing heartbeat before skillfully saving the photos of Jin Zhuo that everyone took at the recruitment meeting into her album.

The album was categorized as “Youyou”.

It was Jin Zhuo’s nickname.

Many years ago, Qin Yingxia overheard his mother calling him this.

She was immediately charmed by the nickname, as if she had poked a kitten’s paw pad, it was soft and she loved it.

After that, Qin Yingxia kept “Youyou” as her little secret.

The girl let out a soft sigh, and shared the photo of herself at the recruitment meeting as a daily update on her account.

This time, she rarely included a caption.

【Youxia: Happy start of school ?(?’?’?)??*】

The comment section quickly had interactions. In fact, most of the netizens treated Qin Yingxia as their own daughter, after all, she was only fifteen when she first posted her work.

Netizens have been cloud-raising their daughter ever since.

Watching her grow from high school to college, the childishness on her face gradually faded, witnessing her disappointment and also experiencing the joy of her successfully getting into Di Da University.

It had a feeling of “My daughter has grown up.”

Qin Yingxia’s attention was all on replying to fans’ comments, completely unaware of a figure approaching.

It wasn’t until she heard the rustling sound at her feet that she suddenly came to her senses and shrank back.

Jin Zhuo, who came to get something: ?

He seemed to laugh, his shoulders shaking slightly, “Am I that ugly?”

Qin Yingxia was sitting on the bleachers, the lights here were a bit dim.

There were many people running at night on the field, and Jin Zhuo was one of them.

She turned on her flashlight, slightly blocking it so that it wouldn’t be too bright for Jin Zhuo.

The boy was wearing black sportswear, not very obvious in the night, the only bright thing was the fluorescent bracelet on his wrist.

“I was busy with something else just now, I didn’t notice you coming…” Qin Yingxia licked her lips, giving him a sweet smile, “You’re not ugly, you’re very handsome.”

Jin Zhuo’s twisting of the bottle cap paused, he tilted his head and smiled helplessly, “Okay~ Thanks for the compliment, Qin, Ying, Xia…”

“…You’re welcome.”

She had a feeling that Jin Zhuo was deliberately teasing her?

Just like what was said in the forum posts, like he was teasing a scared little cat.

“Don’t tease me…”

“Hm?”

The girl’s voice was too small, Jin Zhuo didn’t quite hear it, “What?”

Qin Yingxia bit her lip, mustering her courage, “Don’t tease me, I’m not a good guy…”

He leaned lazily against the railing, letting out two laughs from the depths of his throat, then worried that the girl would get angry because of this, he deliberately raised his hand to cover his face.

Her heart thumped, for a moment she wanted to escape, but she couldn’t bear to leave him.

The dilemma made Qin Yingxia want to cry.

Jin Zhuo finally stopped laughing, he took a few sips of water to moisten his throat, and casually sat down next to the girl.

Perhaps he had just finished running, the boy’s body temperature was very high, it transmitted to her skin through the fabric, making her shiver.

He had a warm and refreshing scent, like the fresh shoots of branches after a gentle spring rain, a refreshing fragrance that hit her face.

“I didn’t mean anything else at the recruitment meeting, I just thought your name was pretty…” Jin Zhuo patiently explained to her.

Actually, he couldn’t figure out why he suddenly wanted to tease her…

He simply changed the subject, “Do you have any departments you want to go to after joining the Media Club?”

Qin Yingxia met his excessively deep peach blossom eyes, as if she would drown in them the next second, “…I want to go to the Technology Department.”

“The Technology Department is the core department of the Media Club, and it’s also in line with your major, it’s indeed very suitable for you.” Jin Zhuo was the first to look away, he felt that the evening breeze was suddenly hot.