"It's a love story, but really it's just two cases of unrequited love, one for a senior classmate and another for a junior."

"Without even confessing, the girl might not even know that Doctor Fan likes her, but no worries, it doesn't stop our Doctor Fan from creating an epic romance in his mind."

"It's Lin Shuyou, who isn't very handsome, who's willing to sit opposite and patiently listen to Doctor Fan's story."

"Brother Binbin."

"Binbin, you're here."

Tan Wenbin placed the fruit on the office desk and threw the black plastic bag to Fan Shulin.

"What's this?"

"Pennant."

"Oh… OH!!!"

Fan Shulin opened the bag, took one look at the magazine cover, gulped, and then slipped the magazine into the bottommost drawer of his desk.

Lin Shuyou curiously asked, "Brother Binbin, was the trip smooth?"

Tan Wenbin shrugged, "Of course, I was there after all. I really made some significant contributions this time."

"Brother Binbin, next time can I possibly..."

"The moon is nice tonight, great for a moonlit walk," Tan Wenbin glanced at Fan Shulin and asked, "Brother Fan, when do you plan on ending your bachelorhood?"

"Let's focus on work first, work is important."

"Brother Fan, I'm worried that if your boss continues to prioritize training you, and you keep on taking night shifts, you might go bald first; look at your hairline, it's clearly receding."

"Really?" Fan Shulin was startled and reached out to touch his hair.

"So, Brother Fan, take advantage of your youth while you're still blossoming. Find someone if you can."

"Is it that easy to just find someone? Do you have a partner right now?"

"No."

"Have you ever confessed to a girl? Or a girl confessed to you?"

"No."

"Then you have no right to talk about me."

Lin Shuyou then sadly said, "The girl my Brother Binbin liked is no longer around."

Tan Wenbin: "..."

Fan Shulin was stunned and immediately apologized, "Sorry, Binbin."

"Idiot." Tan Wenbin slapped Lin Shuyou's head, "Is your injury healed yet?"

"Almost, I'm going back to school for classes tomorrow."

"It's the weekend tomorrow, what kind of class?"

"In the morning, the class representative came to visit me, telling me there's a social mixer with another school tomorrow. Brother Fan just used his story to persuade me to go."

"Social mixer?"

Tan Wenbin only became the class leader for a few days before he went on a business trip, so naturally, he wasn't the one who arranged the social mixer.

In some majors, the male-to-female ratio is usually unbalanced, the class or even the entire school can't resolve it internally, which leads to severe imbalance.

That's why social mixers with other schools become inevitable, like monks visiting the Spider's Web Cave.

Generally, these mixers are frequent during the first year when male and female students have high hormone secretion, and everyone is full of longing for love.

"Yeah, Brother Binbin, why don't you come too? After all, the best way to forget someone is to start anew... Ah!"

Lin Shuyou was yanked up by his hair by Tan Wenbin:

"Act normal!"

"Okay, okay, I'll stop talking."

Tan Wenbin clapped his hands, not amused, "Go to the mixer, I'll pass. However, you can take some snacks and drinks from the store, sponsored by your class leader. But make sure to hang two sponsorship banners, ask Lu Yi to handle it."

"Oh, okay."

At this moment, Fan Shulin seemed to suddenly remember something important, "Binbin, since you're back, Hu Yiwei must be back too, right?"

"He's not."

"Not back? So, is his issue resolved?"

"His ex-wife got dealt with."

"Oh, that's good, it's solved then. So, when will he come back?"

"When he can move on, I guess. Oh, right, it should be soon. He borrowed that car, he needs to return it.

Alright, Brother Fan, you keep busy, I'll get going."

Tan Wenbin just stepped out of the office when Lin Shuyou, wearing slippers, chased after him.

"Brother Binbin, about the Array you got for me, there are some parts I didn't understand, can I ask you about them?"

"You'd be better off flipping a coin than asking me."

"But I can't really ask Brother Xiao Yuan; I'm afraid he'll think I'm dumb."

"Don't worry, kid, because you've already exposed that."

"So, should I..."

"Get your questions written down, and I'll take them to ask for you. Oh, and write down some of the Divination methods from your family too, let me take a look."

"Ah, but Brother Xiao Yuan knows how to do it, and he's better at it than I am..."

"I find the material from Yuanzi too advanced for me, and I think your family's system suits me better."

"That's true, you are right."

Lin Shuyou didn't feel even slightly insulted when his family's heritage was effortlessly doubled in value by someone else. He thought the same.

When Tan Wenbin returned to the dorm, he saw Brother Xiao Yuan drawing something at the desk.

"I'm back, Brother Xiao Yuan."

"Brother Binbin, the shower works great, thanks for your effort."

"As long as it works well, I'm going to take a hot shower before bed."

After a brief chat, Tan Wenbin also sat at his desk, first opening a book by Wei Zhengdao, then carefully studying the well patterns he had copied from the Zeng family.

Time passed, minute by minute.

"Brother Binbin, I'm going to bed first."

"Good night, bro, I'll read a little longer."

Tan Wenbin rubbed his eyes and continued reading. Surprisingly, he actually began to understand a bit; the patterns on the rubbings seemed to come to life and move.

Yawning, he thought it must be an illusion, probably just his eyes playing tricks.

No matter, he continued to study.

Social gatherings, after all, had nothing to do with his own dorm.

Tan Wenbin read until late at night when his head started to throb and feel dizzy, finally deciding to stop, take a bath and go to sleep.

He reached for the hot water bottle and found all four were full, meaning after Yuanzi had taken his shower, he went down to the first floor and refilled all the hot water bottles.

After a comfortable hot shower, Tan Wenbin took an apple to bed.

Nibbling on it, he looked at the starry sky outside the window.

Sometimes, he wondered what his life would be like now if he had never met Xiao Yuan.

But each time, he quickly found such thoughts utterly dull and uninteresting.

Because, he truly loved his current life.

There was no going back.

...

Li Zhiyuan woke up early due to sleeping early the previous night.

Dawn was breaking outside the window, chasing away the few lingering stars still lost in reverie.

Binbin was still sleeping soundly. Sometimes, the young man failed to understand this habit of burning the midnight oil and sleeping in during the day.

After washing up and returning to the dorm, Li Zhiyuan packed up the design he completed last night, shouldered his backpack, and left the dorm building - the stars were no longer visible.

But that was fine, there was one on the ground waiting for him to find.

...

"These are the banners, the remaining drinks, and snacks; I've brought them all back."

Lin Shuyou set down the items and wiped the sweat from his brow with the back of his hand.

Run Sheng threw him a towel, which he caught and used to wipe again.

Lu Yi asked with a smile, "How was the social gathering?"

"There were a lot of people, in the large lecture hall. Many went up to showcase their talents, and there were various games, we had a lot of fun."

Lu Yi: "What did you perform?"

Lin Shuyou shyly responded, "I don't have any special talents."

Lu Yi: "Which school?"

"Jinling Audit. There were a lot of girls."

"Any good-looking ones?"

"Yeah," Lin Shuyou laughed, "how could there not be?"

"What I mean is, was there a type you liked?"

"There actually was one. When I was staying behind to tidy up, she specifically came over to ask what class I was in, even inquiring about my class matters. She was so gentle, pretty, and her voice was very delicate."

Lu Yi teased, "Falling for her?"

"I don't know if it's falling for her, but she indeed made me feel very close."

"If you feel good about her, go for it," Lu Yi advised, speaking from experience. "Be brave, make contact, write her a letter expressing your feelings."

"A letter?"

"Yes, just have someone deliver it. Do you know her name?"

"Yes, her name is Zhou Yunyun."

"Then write a letter to Zhou Yunyun, invite her to the library or for a walk in the park, get to know her more."

"Really? So I... should really write it?"

Standing by and listening while drinking water, Run Sheng silently put down his cup upon hearing the name "Zhou Yunyun" and said:

"Don't write."

Lin Shuyou asked in confusion, "Uh, why not?"

"Because if you write it, you're going to suffer miserably."

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