Heartbeat Engine

The next day,

Luo Ye woke up from his bed in the dorm, his eyes barely open as he looked around the room with a fish-like stare.

Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?

A triple question mark.

"Awake now?"

Shen Qiao, who was playing a game, asked.

He was the only one in the room who was awake; the other two were still asleep.

Luckily, there were no classes this morning; otherwise, they'd have skipped their first class of the semester.

Drinking does cause problems.

"Shen Qiao, brother," Luo Ye said with admiration, "I underestimated southerners. I didn't know you were the hidden boss here."

"Being able to drink isn't always a good thing," Shen Qiao said quietly.

"No, in our Beijing, being able to drink means you're a boss," Luo Ye said in awe.

He was about to get out of bed but noticed a white jacket among the pile of clothes on the bed.

Hmm? Where did this jacket come from?

Luo Ye picked it up and examined it carefully.

A faint scent of fresh strawberry milk wafted from it.

A girl's jacket?

Luo Ye thought he remembered something but then quickly forgot it.

He recalled something happened last night, but he couldn't remember the details.

"Yesterday, when you came back to the dorm, I saw you didn't have that jacket on. Then, when you came back, you were all cheerful with it. By the way, you were talking in your sleep last night, mumbling about 'fairy senior.' It almost scared me half to death."

Listening to Shen Qiao's explanation,

Luo Ye suddenly realized.

So that wasn't a dream after all!

Then…

Luo Ye was excited.

The jacket in his hands… was it from the fairy-like senior?

Excited, happy, surprised, honored.

Luo Ye didn't know what word to use to describe his feelings at that moment. He held the white jacket as if it were a treasure.

Shen Qiao saw Luo Ye's reaction and couldn't help but show a disapproving expression.

Heh, still young.

Luo Ye, I can tell you've never been in a relationship.

"How did you know?"

"I can tell at a glance."

"What should I do? Teach me a few tricks, brother."

Luo Ye jumped out of bed and sat down eagerly, staring at Shen Qiao.

"Please, Teacher Shen, teach me."

"Well, a teachable kid."

Shen Qiao nodded in satisfaction, then said, "But I need to finish this game first."

"How long?"

"I just started."

Half an hour later, Shen Qiao finally gave Luo Ye a serious look.

"Luo Ye, brother, I'll teach you how to pursue a girl."

"First, get to know her more."

"Understanding is the key to the next step. Only by knowing someone will you know if you're truly compatible with them. If you don't understand her while you're dating, you'll regret it later. After you understand her temperament, hobbies, and so on, you'll be able to talk with confidence, and you'll match better."

Shen Qiao glanced at his phone and continued,

"Second, money and material things matter."

"In today's world, you can't get by without giving something. Girls these days are all raised well, and they're financially independent. Most girls aren't lacking in money, but as a man, when pursuing a girl, you should be classy. Buy her things she likes or get her favorite snacks. That's necessary."

Luo Ye nodded continuously, obviously believing him.

Shen Qiao held back a smile, glanced at his phone again, and kept going.

"Wait."

Luo Ye interrupted, "Why are you looking at your phone?"

"Because…"

"Because you're googling it on Baidu?"

Clever as Luo Ye was, he immediately saw through Shen Qiao's tricks.

Sure enough, after Luo Ye searched "how to pursue a girl" on his own phone, the search results matched exactly what Shen Qiao had just said.

"Ahem, you caught me."

Luo Ye stared at Shen Qiao with a scrutinizing gaze, making Shen Qiao feel uncomfortable.

"Luo Ye, brother! Let me show you something fun."

Shen Qiao immediately decided to change the subject and showed Luo Ye a video he took the previous night.

Seeing Wang Dachui drunk and loudly calling for "Dad," Luo Ye couldn't help but laugh.

But honestly, Shen Qiao looked perfect on the outside, but deep down, he was cunning.

Good-looking people often have some flaws in their personalities.

Luo Ye's mind wandered back to the image of the fairy-like senior.

But she was different.

By noon, Li Haoyang and Wang Dachui finally woke up.

As soon as Wang Dachui opened his eyes, he shouted loudly, "What time is it?!"

The sudden noise startled Li Haoyang, who jumped up.

"What's with the shouting? You scared me half to death."

"You don't get it. Tonight at 6:30, there's the welcome party!"

"There will definitely be a lot of second and third-year girls performing. I heard Senior Qin Yuwen dances really well. I want to see the goddess Qin dance."

Wang Dachui checked the time and realized it was only noon.

"Ah, it's still early, let's go back to sleep."

Luo Ye sighed, "Brother Dachui, you probably don't know, but we have class this afternoon."

"So what?"

"Ethics class. The department head said if we skip three classes, we'll fail the course."

Hearing this, Wang Dachui immediately jumped up, getting dressed in record time.

"Actually, I love attending class, especially Ethics. Let's go, we'll eat first and then head to class."

Luo Ye: "…"

Shen Qiao: "...Indeed."

Li Haoyang: Snoring...

This guy was asleep again.

Ethics class was incredibly boring, but Shen Qiao was sitting up straight, focusing on the lecture.

"Handsome guy, do you actually find this interesting?" Wang Dachui asked curiously.

Shen Qiao didn't respond.

"Handsome guy?"

"Hm? Did you call me? What did you say? I just spaced out."

Wang Dachui: …

As evening approached, Wang Dachui dragged Luo Ye to the welcome party.

As for the other two, Shen Qiao didn't want to be surrounded by girls, so he didn't join.

Li Haoyang said he had something to do, but no one knew what it was.

Luo Ye was bored and reluctantly followed Wang Dachui.

"Brother Dachui, is the welcome party really that fun? I don't know much, don't lie to me."

"Young boy, how could I lie to you? Don't worry, the party's program will definitely interest you."

Luo Ye sat expressionless in the audience.

"This is the program you said would interest me?"

Looking at the stage, a few seniors were performing a terribly boring skit, and Luo Ye was suffering.

Why not spend this time resting in the dorm?

Wang Dachui also hadn't expected the welcome party to be this boring.

It seemed that his goddess, Qin Yuwen, hadn't even signed up for any performance.

"Forget it, we're here already. There's just one last program, let's watch it till the end."