Chapter 88: Zhou Yinyin Gets Arranged

While Wang Haoran, Liu Yunshuang, and Liu Xinyao were heading to eat together, Zhou Yinyin found herself reluctantly being dragged along by two people.

These two, named Xia Xinyan and Yun Linger, were close friends and, like her, students of the same elective course.

Yesterday, after Zhou Yinyin found and returned Yun Linger’s campus card, the two insisted on treating her to a meal. She had refused many times, but they wouldn’t give up.

Zhou Yinyin was troubled by their enthusiasm. Like now, with both hands being held, even if she pushed them away, they’d just cling back with smiles.

They were both pretty, very positive, and vastly different from her disheveled, casually dressed, and lazy self. She didn’t understand why they were so close to her.

Their constant “Yinyin” from the left and right made her uncomfortable. The one on the right was tolerable, but the one on the left, with such a large presence, stayed so close.

Damn, I should have just thrown your campus card away and let you worry about getting a new one!

“Alright, alright, stop it! We’ll eat together, okay?”

Zhou Yinyin reluctantly agreed and was happily dragged by the two towards the cafeteria.

As the three passed by a pavilion, Xia Xinyan suddenly stopped.

“What’s wrong?” Zhou Yinyin asked, puzzled.

Xia Xinyan didn’t answer her but looked at Yun Linger and said,

“Linger, did you suddenly remember something urgent? Like, going to the bathroom, really urgently!”

“Bathroom?” Hearing Xia Xinyan’s strange words, Yun Linger put her hands on her hips and retorted, “What bathroom? I’m a beautiful girl! Beautiful girls don’t need to use the bathroom!”

“But I feel like you need to go!”

“I don’t…” Suddenly recalling, Yun Linger slapped her forehead and played along with Xia Xinyan.

“Right! Yes, yes! Silly me, I forgot I needed to go! I must be as brainless as my chest is big, unlike you and Yinyin who are so smart!”

“Sorry, Yinyin, you and Xiaoyan wait here, I’ll be right back!”

Without waiting for a response, Yun Linger joyfully ran off.

“Yinyin, let’s sit over there for a while.”

After Yun Linger left, Xia Xinyan led Zhou Yinyin towards the pavilion.

Feeling exasperated, Zhou Yinyin followed, curious to see what they were up to.

In broad daylight, with people around, Xia Xinyan wouldn’t dare do anything bad, right?

When they sat down, Zhou Yinyin noticed another person already there.

It was a beautiful woman. Though dressed in a plain shirt, her tied-up hair and delicate profile gave a cold and ethereal aura.

As Zhou Yinyin admired her, the woman turned and smiled at her.

“…?”

Zhou Yinyin was baffled by the smile.

This doesn’t seem right, does it? This sister, your expression is so gentle, and your eyes are full of affection, why do I feel like you’re looking at me like a mother looks at her child?

Could she be my long-lost mother? No, that’s impossible, my real mother’s always been at home!

Zhou Yinyin was sure she’d never met this woman before; she would have remembered someone this beautiful.

While Zhou Yinyin was lost in thought, Xia Xinyan patted her hand.

Turning back, she saw Xia Xinyan pointing to the ground, “Yinyin, look, there’s money on the ground!”

“…”

Zhou Yinyin was speechless—

If there was money on the ground, wouldn’t I have seen it when I walked in?

Unable to bear Xia Xinyan’s strange behavior, Zhou Yinyin spoke up in annoyance.

“Xia Xinyan, what are you up to?”

Facing the question, Xia Xinyan smiled, “Nothing, I just thought if you looked down, Luoluo jie could strike more easily.”

“？”

Zhou Yinyin was even more confused by Xia Xinyan’s words.

Just as she was about to ask, she suddenly felt a pain at the back of her neck.

“Snap—”

Zhou Yinyin’s body went limp, collapsing.

Ning Xueluo immediately caught her, while Xia Xinyan smiled, approaching.

“Luoluo jie, when will Yinyin wake up?”

“Around evening. I’ll stay here; you and Linger go eat.”

“Got it!”

Xia Xinyan replied, feeling something odd.

“Where’s Linger? Don’t tell me she’s really acting and went to find a bathroom?”

After a few minutes, just as Xia Xinyan was about to call her, Yun Linger came running from afar.

“Xiaoyan, Luoluo jie!”

“Linger, where did you go?” Xia Xinyan asked curiously.

“Nowhere, really. After you said that, I suddenly felt the urge and went to the bathroom.”

Yun Linger glanced at the unconscious Zhou Yinyin, then started taking photos with her phone.

“Hehe, Xiaoyan, when Yinyin remembers, she’ll definitely dress up nicely. Let’s take pictures of her messy look now and tease her later!”

“Right! Linger, you’re so bad!”

After snapping a few photos, Yun Linger left with Xia Xinyan, feeling satisfied.

By evening.

Xia Xinyan and Yun Linger returned to find Zhou Yinyin holding Ning Xueluo’s hand, talking.

Knowing the plan had succeeded, they hurried to Zhou Yinyin’s side.

“Yinyin!”

“Xiaoyan, Linger!”

Zhou Yinyin responded, then looked displeased.

“You two have been lying to me!”

“We did it for your good!” Xia Xinyan sat down, looking at Zhou Yinyin, “Haoran ge is joining us for dinner. Want to come?”

“Of course!” Zhou Yinyin’s eyes lit up.

Yun Linger cheerfully added, “Yinyin, just go as you are. Turning from a beauty to a mess, Haoran ge will find you very interesting!”

Reminded by Yun Linger, Zhou Yinyin panicked with an “ah.”

How could she meet people looking like this!

Previously, circumstances forced her to meet people looking like this, but now she had a chance, she had to dress up to make a proper first impression on Wang Haoran.

Zhou Yinyin quickly got up, intending to rush to her dorm.

But she suddenly remembered all her clothes were loose and plain, with nothing pretty.

Should she borrow from Xiaoyan?

No, definitely not. She couldn’t wear someone else’s clothes on a first date!

Thinking this, Zhou Yinyin hurried to an off-campus clothing store, carefully picking out an outfit.

By the time she was ready, Wang Haoran and the others had been waiting for a while.