Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Actually, Su Qing and Shen Yu couldn't be blamed for ostracizing Zheng Yanyan; it was mainly because Zheng Yanyan talked too much. In a single day, she could mention Zhou Yuwen eight hundred times in the dorm, as if afraid that others wouldn't know that Zhou Yuwen was her boyfriend.

This irritated everyone, let alone her roommates; one had been clamoring since the start of school that she and Zhou Yuwen were a match made in heaven, while the other was developing a crush on Zhou Yuwen and was about to make a move when Zheng Yanyan cut in first.

If they said there wasn't a trace of resentment in their hearts and that they could get along as good sisters, well, that would be truly bizarre.

As for Lu Lin's presence, it really wasn't about cliques. Lu Lin might now be the most neutral person in the dorm because she never aimed to make friends with her dormmates. During military training, Su Qing and the other two were the ones who chatted the most, while Lu Lin often sat alone on the balcony either playing with her phone or smoking.

Lu Lin herself simply didn't want to take part in too many dorm activities, but unexpectedly she ended up being the only support Zheng Yanyan had.

It was clear to Zheng Yanyan too that the other two were now her rivals in love. If she didn't make a good relationship with Lu Lin, her position in the dorm would be very awkward.

So for the past two days, Zheng Yanyan had been clinging to Lu Lin, seemingly like sisters.

Lu Lin just responded indifferently.

That day, after they finished eating and returned to the dorm, Shen Yu asked Zheng Yanyan if she saw Zhou Yuwen's WeChat Moments?

"What's up?"

Obviously, Zheng Yanyan hadn't seen it yet.

Su Qing laughed scornfully from the other side, "Didn't you say he went to Hong Kong? Why is he in Macau then?"

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Zheng Yanyan was startled and quickly picked up her phone to check. She discovered that Zhou Yuwen had posted a grid of nine photos on WeChat Moments. Although Zhou Yuwen had never learned professional photo editing, his good looks were photogenic, plus the professional little sister.

There he stood by the sea, handsome indeed and looking quite fresh.

Then there were the purchases: watches, clothes, eating, and drinking.

For this group of first-year students, LV and Chanel felt somewhat out of reach, but Zhou Yuwen's shopping bags were from these brands.
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When Zheng Yanyan saw Zhou Yuwen's packaging, she became delighted and quickly called him to ask, "Why are you in Macau?"

Zhou Yuwen said after running around Hong Kong, of course, he had to swing by Macau too.

"Hmph, skipping classes just to run around, do you still remember your girlfriend?" Zheng Yanyan said sweetly, clearly acting coquettishly.

Zhou Yuwen assured her how could he forget, didn't she want CK underwear? He had bought it for her.

"Annoying!"

Zheng Yanyan ran to the balcony to make the call, but she didn't speak quietly, so everyone could still hear her. Zheng Yanyan asked Zhou Yuwen when he would be back, and he answered that he would return in the next few days.

"Then hurry back, I miss you."

"Sis, can you talk normally for once?" Zheng Yanyan always slurred her words, and Zhou Yuwen was getting unaccustomed to it.

His comment only made Zheng Yanyan angrier.

"Fuck, what do you mean by that, Zhou Yuwen?" Sure enough, Zheng Yanyan broke down in a second.

Zhou Yuwen said, see, that's much more normal.

Zheng Yanyan was furious, telling Zhou Yuwen he was a scoundrel for not appreciating her coquettishness.

Zhou Yuwen replied that she should be herself as he had someone else for coquettishness.

"Who?"

"I'm just joking with you. Why are you taking it seriously?"

"Hmph."

Zheng Yanyan pursed her lips slightly, then reverted to playing the girlfriend role, interrogating Zhou Yuwen about things like who took his photos, and implying that since prostitution is legal in Macau, he might be messing around there.

Zhou Yuwen asked, "If I really did mess around, would you break up with me?"

"I," Zheng Yanyan was stumped for a moment. It had taken her so much effort to find a boyfriend who drove a luxury car and traveled everywhere; even if Zhou Yuwen cheated, she couldn't possibly break up, could she?

She definitely couldn't bear to.

Fortunately, Zhou Yuwen gave her an out, "I was just kidding. Do I look like that kind of person?"

"Hmph, who knows." Zheng Yanyan pouted her little mouth, still coquettishly pushing Zhou Yuwen to come back sooner and asking where he was.

Zhou Yuwen said he was at a hotel.

"Can you do video?"

"Checking up on me again, huh?"

"Not at all, I just miss you and want to see you."

"Fine, let's do video, so you won't overthink."

Then Zhou Yuwen started a video call.

"Wow, Zhou Yuwen, which hotel are you staying at? It looks so beautiful."

When she started the video call, Zheng Yanyan entered the dorm, claiming the wifi signal on the balcony wasn't good. In truth, she wanted to show off to Su Qing how good her relationship with Zhou Yuwen was.

Zhou Yuwen mentioned the hotel's name, saying it was by the seafront, with Macau's street district in front, and further ahead was the biggest casino.

"Look, I'll show you."

Zhou Yuwen moved to the balcony to show Zheng Yanyan the Macau streetscape. The area belonged to Macau's most luxurious district, akin to Shanghai's glittering Bund, with brightly lit buildings.

"Wow, it really is! So beautiful! I'm in the dorm, hey, Linlin, look, Zhou Yuwen is in Macau now!"

So, Zheng Yanyan began showing off to Lu Lin, who appeared in the frame. Lu Lin, of course, wasn't interested, and with an indifferent "oh," didn't even want to glance at Zhou Yuwen.

Luckily, Zheng Yanyan didn't force Lu Lin to speak. After flaunting to Lu Lin, she rushed to find Shen Yu, "Look, Shen Yu, isn't the Macau night view beautiful?"