Chu Jin and her three roommates walked out of the school through a side door, finding themselves on a snack street, a common sight near most universities.
After a brief discussion, the four decided to have hot pot.
Inside the hot pot restaurant, they chatted casually and quickly became acquainted.
Wei Zi, Qiu Min, and Cong Shiyan were not from Shanghai.
Wei Zi was very enthusiastic and interested in becoming an official, hoping the other three would support her candidacy for class monitor.
Qiu Min was meticulous and dressed elegantly.
Cong Shiyan was the academic ace among them.
Chu Jin quickly discerned the personalities and temperaments of her three roommates.
"Ah?" The other three were somewhat taken aback. "Don't you have anything else you want to do?"
"No, I just want to play games."
From a young age, Chu Jin had an extreme passion for games, which often resulted in her being scolded, but her enthusiasm never waned. After the college entrance exam, she even had a record of playing games for two days and nights straight.
Now that she had finally reached university, she was determined to play to her heart's content.
The other three exchanged glances.
Alright, they understood.
Their roommate was a hardcore gamer.
The four chatted and ate.
Just then, a young man caught their attention. He was slender yet upright, exuding vigor, wearing a plain white T-shirt and dark blue jeans, simple and refreshing. His eyes behind black-rimmed glasses were steady and resolute.
"That guy is quite handsome," Wei Zi raised her eyebrows.
"Yeah," Cong Shiyan replied.
Qiu Min sized him up and down: "But he's dressed too plainly. He looks like a college student who hasn't seen the world."
Chu Jin said quietly, "That's my friend."
The other three: "..."
Shao Xiang spotted Chu Jin and hurried over. "Xiao Jin!"
"I'm your dad!" Chu Jin retorted directly. "Why do I run into you everywhere?"
It was like this in kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school. Who knew she'd still run into Shao Xiang in college.
"Today is your orientation day. I got the news from Uncle Chu and came to see you. We really are a match made in heaven. I just arrived and already found you."
Shao Xiang nodded to the other three: "Hello, I'm Chu Jin's boyfriend, Shao Xiang."
Chu Jin rolled her eyes, displaying an indescribable disdain.
The other three exchanged glances and wisely left, giving the two some space.
Shao Xiang sat down, and Chu Jin, biting her chopsticks, asked, "How's your dad doing lately?"
Shao Bowen was now in his seventies, with one foot in the grave, and had recently taken a fall, leaving him in critical condition.
Shao Xiang replied, "Still the same, confined to the hospital room."
"How are you doing at the company?"
Shao Bowen seemed to know that his life was coming to an end and handed the company over to his children to manage, each assigned to a department. Whoever managed it well would receive more shares and assets.
Shao Xiang, who was originally going to study abroad, had suddenly become a company manager, responsible for many affairs.
"Not so good," Shao Xiang said truthfully. "I have to learn everything from scratch. It's difficult and challenging."
Having grown up together since kindergarten, Shao Xiang saw no need to hide anything.
Hearing this, Chu Jin became angry: "Your dad is so biased!"
"Your older brothers and sisters are in their thirties and forties, have been in society for many years, and are involved in company management, knowing everything inside and out. Now your dad wants you to compete with them. That old geezer's brain must be messed up from the fall!"
Shao Bowen was known for his romantic affairs and had many children, the oldest of whom already had children and was about the same age as Shao Xiang.
Yet now he wanted Shao Xiang to compete with those people. How could he possibly win?
Even Chu Jin couldn't stand it and cursed.
"Xiao Jin, that's my dad," Shao Xiang said.
"That's your dad, not my dad. Besides, I often call my dad an old geezer too," Chu Jin said nonchalantly.
Chu Jin sighed: "Now it seems you won't get much of that old geezer's assets."
"I'll try my best," Shao Xiang said. "I won't let you suffer by marrying me."
Chu Jin kicked him: "Get lost. I didn't agree to it when we were kids, and I won't agree to it now."
"Sincerity can move mountains. I believe you'll agree."
"Do you want me to beat you up?"
Hearing this, Shao Xiang shut his mouth.
The two chatted for a while, then Shao Xiang left, as he had to take care of Shao Bowen and handle company affairs.
He didn't want to fail in the competition for assets.
Chu Jin put her hands in her pockets and slowly walked back to the dormitory.
Back in the dormitory, her three roommates surrounded her.
"Chu Jin, is that your boyfriend?"
"He's quite handsome."
"I didn't expect you to be the first one in our dorm to find a partner."
"Shanghai's mindset is so open."
Chu Jin was speechless and explained, "Shao Xiang and I are just friends."
"Boyfriend," Wei Zi winked.
"Get lost."
The four of them joked around for a while, then washed up, turned off the lights, and went to sleep.
University life had begun, but it wasn't what Chu Jin had expected.
The university life she had imagined was carefree, skipping classes, and playing games. But the reality of university life was full of classes, homework, group projects, creating PPTs, and all sorts of messy school activities.
One day, there was another lecture organized by the school. Chu Jin skipped it and returned to the dormitory to play games.
She muttered to herself: "I listened to lectures in high school. If I still have to listen to lectures in college, then what's the point of coming to university?"
Back in the dormitory, Chu Jin started her live stream, facing the viewers who came in, she said, "Family, today your streamer skipped the lecture to do a live stream for you, aren't you touched? I know you're very touched, send a Carnival."
"Understood! I'll take out a loan to send one immediately."
"I'm going to steal my grandparents' pension."
"Streamer, I'm a minor, can I send gifts?"
Chu Jin was abstract, and the viewers in the live stream were also abstract, all sorts of jokers.
Among a group of joking comments, a gorgeous special effect popped up, the so-called 'Carnival'.
"Holy crap! Someone actually sent a gift."
"Bro, we're just joking, you're being serious, making us look like clowns."
"The streamer received a Carnival, why am I so happy, crying. JPG! Heartbroken. JPG!"
Chu Jin was also surprised that someone in her live stream actually sent a Carnival.
Although she didn't care about the money, she still thanked: "Thank you to 'Loneliness Where There's No Bro' for the Carnival."
[Loneliness Where There's No Bro: Streamer, can I add you on social media?]
Chu Jin replied: "Of course... no."
[Loneliness Where There's No Bro: Why? Is it because I didn't send enough gifts?]
Chu Jin: "I'll ask you a question, answer it correctly and I'll give you my contact information."
[Loneliness Where There's No Bro: Ask.]
"Ten years of life and death are boundless, what's the next line?"
[Loneliness Where There's No Bro: Without thinking, unforgettable.]
Chu Jin narrowed her eyes into a slit: "Answer... incorrect!"
After saying that, she directly kicked the 'Top Supporter Bro' out of the live stream and blacklisted him.
"Poor Top Supporter Bro."
"This Top Supporter Bro only saw the streamer's beauty, but doesn't know the streamer's abstractness. The answer to the question naturally wouldn't be that simple."
"A grand burial for Top Supporter Bro, another tragic person."
"..."
Chu Jin inherited the genes of Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue, so her appearance was naturally very outstanding. In the few months she had been live streaming, many people who coveted her beauty came to send gifts, all of whom she blacklisted without exception.
Just then, an account entered the live stream and asked directly.
[Loneliness Where There's No Desert: Why did you blacklist me?]
Chu Jin raised her eyebrows: "You're the alt account of that person just now, right? You answered incorrectly, so I blacklisted you."
[Loneliness Where There's No Desert: What was wrong?]
Chu Jin replied righteously: "Ten years of life and death are boundless, the next line is, five years of life and death are even more boundless."
After answering, she kicked that person out of the live stream again.
"Wait, what kind of answer is that?"
"I thought it was a language question, who knew it was a math question."
"Streamer, you're so abstract, I like you so much, can you scold me?"
"Mom."
"..."
Chu Jin chatted with the viewers in the live stream while playing games, until late at night.
She didn't take the Top Supporter Bro who sent the Carnival to heart, treating it as just another internet joke.
