Tao Liangchen
Chapter 170 Not a Trace of Gunpowder... Right?
After entering HKU.
Jiang Yuer chose to stay in the dorm on campus, and in a four-person room at that.
It wasn't that she couldn't afford to rent an apartment outside. Master Jiang and his wife only had this one precious daughter, and they were never stingy with her daily expenses.
She chose to live on campus mainly because Jiang Yu herself liked excitement and longed for the friendships she imagined would come with college life.
Sitting in the classroom, there were still more than ten minutes before class started.
Currently, Jiang Yu was more worried about something else, so much so that seeing Su Yehao made her feel that this guy had become kind and gentle.
After all, they were childhood sweethearts, her first love, and old classmates from high school. Since acknowledging the Second Madam of the Su family as her godmother, she could barely be considered Su Yehao's god-sister.
Multiple layers of relationships, a tangled mess.
With this relationship between them, she was obviously different from other classmates.
Hearing Su Yehao's words, Jiang Yu reached out and touched below her eyes, and sure enough, it was a little swollen.
She sighed and, leaning on the desk, whispered, "University life isn't as good as I imagined. Especially those roommates, they're all so weird. I haven't been sleeping well lately."
Su Yehao pressed, "What's going on?"
"...The day before yesterday, I had a fight with someone because two of my roommates kept stealing my skincare products. I marked them, and they stole them every day. Not only for their faces, but they didn't spare their arms and legs either. Two big bottles of toner and lotion, and it hasn't even been that long since school started, and they've already used more than half of it. After I caught them, they still wouldn't admit it, even though if they had just told me before using it, I wouldn't have been so angry. Anyway, it was just a gift from the mall with my mom's points."
Jiang Yu's fair face was now filled with melancholy, and she continued, "There's also someone who keeps making phone calls at night, talking loudly, grinding their teeth, and bringing their boyfriend into the dorm."
"Wait! A four-person room, and she brings him in at night, to let you guys watch?" Su Yehao seized on the main point, interrupting her.
Immediately giving Su Yehao a glare, Jiang Yu explained, "Of course they aren't doing anything like that, just bringing him into the dorm. One night, I was wearing a nightgown, already getting ready for bed, how embarrassing to have a guy come in."
"Where's the embarrassment?"
"...Because I had to go up the stairs, and I'd be flashing people in a nightgown. Why is that what you're focusing on?"
Su Yehao also admitted it was a bit strange, scratching his nose and smiling. "Continue, so you're not happy living in the dorm? Then why don't you apply to change rooms?"
Jiang Yu didn't want her parents to know about these things. Now that she'd finally found someone to complain to, she continued to sigh:
"I applied for a single room, but those with higher degrees get priority. Doctoral and master's students are also applying for single rooms, and the teacher told me there weren't any rooms available at the moment. I thought university would be fun, but now I'm being ostracized. I don't know why, I even treated them to meals and gave them small gifts."
Su Yehao also found a comfortable position, leaning on the desk, staring into Jiang Yu's eyes, and said:
"Then they must be jealous of how pretty you are, jealous that your family has money. Although your family's financial situation was so-so at East Phoenix Rose Middle School, HKU isn't a school for nobles. Master Jiang's situation is already considered high-income. Since God gave you such a pretty face, he had to take something away from you, like being envied by other girls, making it hard to fit in. Just because you have a good temper, it doesn't mean you'll be able to get along with them. "
Their eyes met, and Jiang Yu was the first to feel embarrassed.
Quietly changing her position, she rested her chin on the back of her hand, looking ahead.
She said:
"My family isn't poor, my parents work so hard, it's just that your family is too abnormal. Never mind, I'll just hold on for a while, I should be able to switch to a three-person room, a two-person room, or transfer to another dorm. I've already bought earplugs."
Entering university meant becoming an adult, and friendships were definitely not as pure as they were in junior high and high school.
There were certainly many good things, but there were also many messy and annoying things.
Last time, the student council president found Su Yehao and asked him to get involved and take a position.
Su Yehao didn't want the hassle, so it ended up falling through.
You could only say that Jiang Yu was unlucky, running into some odd roommates, like those who stole her cosmetics every day. How could a normal person do something like that?
Seeing Little Fish Seed looking unhappy, Su Yehao felt a little soft-hearted.
He suggested, "As your god-brother, it's only right that I take care of you. Why don't you crash at my apartment for a few nights? There are two big rooms empty, with an ocean view at night, the scenery is great."
"...What are you planning? Aren't you living with Nangong Tian? I heard Yaojun and the others say that you don't like hanging out with them lately, all your attention is on Nangong."
Jiang Yu looked wary.
Su Yehao hadn't planned on hiding this, the circle was too small.
He laughed and, in turn, teased Jiang Yu:
"What are you thinking? Even if I really wanted to make a move on you, I wouldn't take you under Nangong's nose. I'm really just worried you're not happy. It just so happens that I've been busy with starting my business these days and haven't had time to be with her. It would be nice for the two of you to hang out and eat together."
Jiang Yu wasn't grateful, wrinkling her nose and saying, "Forget it, I don't want to be a third wheel..."
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That day.
After ten o'clock in the evening.
Su Yehao received a call from Jiang Yu and went downstairs to stand by the road and wait for her.
The slap in the face came so quickly.
Jiang Yu, the electric light bulb... had still arrived.
She didn't go into detail on the phone, only saying that she had another fight with her roommate and needed a place to stay for a few days.
Now, helping her take the luggage out of the taxi trunk and all the way into the elevator, Su Yehao asked as they went upstairs, "What happened again? You changed your mind so quickly, it must have been something serious to push you to this point, so angry."
"...My mom called me tonight to ask if I needed living expenses, and we only talked for a minute before my roommate actually said I was being loud and said I had no manners. It's ridiculous, she usually talks on the phone for an hour or two, did I ever say anything? I can't live there at all, I feel like I'm going crazy!"
Those roommates were indeed tormenting Jiang Yu a lot, otherwise, she wouldn't have contacted Su Yehao so late at night.
Before, Jiang Yu thought about staying in a hotel.
But she had luggage, and she didn't know when the dorm would be rearranged, she couldn't just stay in a hotel all the time.
Aside from that.
When she felt wronged, Jiang Yu subconsciously thought of Su Yehao first. After making the call in a daze, it wasn't until then that she felt it wasn't very good.
After hesitating for a moment, she asked, "Is Nangong... home too?"
"Yes, I told her, she's helping you clean the room."
Jiang Yu used to often stay at the Su family mansion. Over time, Su Yehao had gotten used to it.
They had even shared a bed, so he didn't care about her arrival tonight.
However, a certain little girl who wanted to show off her virtuous wife and loving mother demeanor was secretly guessing at Hao's deeper intentions, and complaining that Jiang Yu hadn't said she was coming in advance, the housekeeper had already gone off duty.
Nangong Tian hadn't changed the sheets.
So when Su Yehao led Jiang Yu in to see the room, all she saw was a wrinkled blanket on the bed, the little girl was still struggling with the quilt, clumsy.
After a simple cleaning, it was past eleven o'clock.
Not sleepy yet, and there was a guest in the house, Su Yehao ordered takeout for a late-night snack after making a phone call, and sat on the living room sofa watching *The Eagle Shooting Heroes: Dong Cheng Xi Jiu*.
He had dozens of VCDs from Wan Yan, enough to watch for a long time.
The brand-new seventy-inch extra-large rear-projection TV had such terrible picture quality that it brought tears to your eyes, you could only watch it from a distance. It was considered high-end at the moment, Nangong Tian had spent more than 90,000 Hong Kong dollars when buying it.
Nangong Tian, acting as the mistress of the house, washed some grapes and dates, and was sitting cross-legged on the carpet, chatting with Jiang Yu about the topic of living in the dormitory.
Chirping and chirping, complaining together about Jiang Yu's brain-dead roommates.
The atmosphere was harmonious.
There was no smell of gunpowder... right?
For Su Yehao, this was also a bold attempt, the process remained to be observed, and the experimental results were unknown.
If it worked, they would be good sisters; if it didn't, they would be good friends.
In addition, having Jiang Yu as the catfish in the bucket could also divert Nangong Tian's attention and attract her focus, so as to avoid problems with the little temptress and expose things too early.
If Nangong Tian and Jiang Yu played together, it would also make Su Yehao's free time more plentiful.
All in all.
It was a good thing with multiple benefits, and for the time being, it seemed fine.