Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Brother Chen.” He heard a familiar shout.

Su Chen looked at the direction of the voices. Who would they belong to other than Pan Xiaojie and Guo Lei?

Both men smiled cheekily.They took their plates and sat down beside Su Chen and Lin Yumeng.

“Aren’t you going to introduce her to us?” Pan Xiaojie smiled and pointed at Lin Yumeng with his lips.

Su Chen rolled his eyes and said, “Lin Yumeng, a friend I met when I was working out. She is also a freshman this year.”

When he said this, he looked at Lin Yumeng and introduced them. “These two fellas are my roommates, Pan Xiaojie and Guo Lei.”

“Nice to meet you, seniors,” greeted Lin Yumeng, panicking.

“Nice to meet you too, junior. Nice to meet you too…”

Both of them grinned and nodded in response.

“No wonder I saw you smiling and in a good mood this morning. So, spring has come!” Pan Xiaojie arched his eyebrow with a smile. Guo Lei chuckled secretly too.

Su Chen glared at the two people and decided not to comment.

Lin Yumeng’s heart quivered when she heard Pan Xiaojie say that.

What did he mean by that? Could it be…?

When this thought appeared, her pretty face immediately reddened, and her heartbeat quickened. Flustered, she lowered her head shyly and returned to her food.

Guo Lei looked at his mobile phone as he ate. “Damn! A few guys from the Philosophy Department are calling us to go to the basketball court for a game later.”

“Sure. We have been helping to attend the newcomers the whole morning. It’s time for a rest.”

Pan Xiaojie smiled and nodded in approval, then looked at Su Chen. “Brother Chen, come along.”

“I don’t know how to play.”

Su Chen shook his head. He had pursued being an energy-saving socialite—not doing any of the unnecessary things and keeping the must-do things as simple as possible. He would have nothing to do with such a high-profile and intense sport as basketball.

“You can tag and play along, learn if you don’t know how to play. It is a waste if you don’t play basketball with such a body.” Guo Lei grinned.

This guy was on the University of Magic City’s basketball team. His strength and technique made him a force on the team, where he had been active in the university’s basketball league last year.

“I also think you need to learn. Girls like boys who play basketball. Just ask junior if you don’t believe me,” said Pan Xiaojie with a strange smile.

“Ah!”

Lin Yumeng lifted her head, confused, and then saw Su Chen looking at her for confirmation. Her pretty face blushed as she nodded. She liked bright-looking guys and thought guys who could play basketball were attractive.

“Okay. We are done with the registration process. Let’s go together!” said Su Chen as he looked at Lin Yumeng.

“Okay.”

Lin Yumeng answered with such a soft voice that Su Chen couldn’t hear her.

…

After dinner, Su Chen accompanied Lin Yumeng to bring the daily necessities they’d bought back to her dormitory. They went to the basketball arena together.

People filled the basketball arena. After all, it was noon, the sun was strong, and many students came to play basketball and have a rest. Some new students got a tour of the university.

On the court, Guo Lei, Pan Xiaojie, and three other men from the Finance Department dressed in basketball uniforms gathered. The boy from the Philosophy Department was not there yet.

“Look quickly—that boy is so handsome!”

“Indeed, he is so handsome. How would I not have known that there was such a handsome boy in this university?”

“It is a pity that he seems to have a girlfriend.”

“…”

A few girls not far away noticed Su Chen and were excitedly whispering. Their voices were not soft, and Su Chen and Lin Yumeng heard them clearly.

Lin Yumeng’s lovely face blushed, and her small hands nervously held her skirt. She was secretly feeling a little pleased at the same time she felt shy.

She had known Su Chen for half a month, and she was also in her ignorant teenage years. How would she not yearn for a beautiful amour as she entered university?

Su Chen was tall and handsome with a gentle and bright character and a calm temperament. And all of them pictured the perfect lover image in their hearts.

She was naturally also enchanted. She dreamed of Su Chen even at night. As long as Su Chen went to the gym, she would go too.

But Su Chen had not shown that he had any such intention toward her. She was a girl who had never been in love, and Su Chen had seen her fat appearance earlier. She was a little ashamed of herself, and she did not know how to take the initiative. She worried that they might not be able to continue to be friends anymore.

She had not taken any action yet and considered the situation fine for the time being.

With the whispers from the girls and the situation in the canteen, Lin Yumeng’s heart was in chaos.

She turned her head to look at Su Chen and saw his serious face calmly looking at the court as if he did not hear a thing. What was he thinking? Does he like me even a little?

Lin Yumeng was a little crazy for him at that moment when she looked at the side of Su Chen’s face.

“Look quickly—look, that is Fu Xuyang. He is here too.”

“He is very handsome too. I heard he is also good at basketball and is a member of the university’s basketball team.”

“He is wealthy too. He is too perfect. I wish I had a boyfriend like that.”

The girls around them were suddenly excited, and their sights were set on the young man who walked onto the basketball court.

The young man wore a white uniform and held a basketball. He had a fashionable hairstyle and a faint smile on his handsome face. He was the type that the girls like when they are first in love.

Su Chen subconsciously looked at Lin Yumeng, who was beside him. He saw she was also looking at the young man and seemed dumbfounded too. He frowned, and an unexpectedly uncomfortable feeling emerged in his heart.

He did not see that Lin Yumeng’s vision was erratic and that she was thinking about him

“Fu Xuyang, don’t you feel embarrassed, making so many of us wait for you?” complained Guo Lei.

“That’s right. Stop showing off, and let’s begin the game,” urged Pan Xiaojie impatiently when he saw that he was still walking slowly to attract the attention of the girls.

“It is none of your business,” said Fu Xuyang coldly to both of them as he went to the center of the court.

“F**k, it is you, the bastard who wanted to have a basketball game, but you come so late. So, you are trying to be arrogant?” Guo Lei defied him.

Both of them were from the school basketball team and in the same semester. They would naturally disagree because of the differences in their personality.

Fu Xuyang acted as if he was too lazy to pay attention to him as usual.

Guo Lei had a violent temper. He in a rage when he saw him with such an expression and wanted to beat him up.

“Okay, okay, Lei Zi, let’s talk with our skills.” A male student in the Finance Department stopped Guo Lei and tried to put out the fire in him.

“Come on. I will win at least twenty points against you today,” said Guo Lei angrily.

“Well said…”

Several other people in the Finance Department laughed in agreement.

“With just you?”

Fu Xuyang made a dismissive expression.

“Would you die if you didn’t brag?”

The boys from the Philosophy Department raised their middle fingers and booed him.

The flames on both sides were strong. The game began.

[Basketball proficiency, +2]

[Basketball proficiency, +2]

The notifications that the proficiency was increasing emerged continuously in Su Chen’s mind.