I became financially independent right after entering college.

Chapter 78 Care
Shan Meng, Bai Chou, Li Xue, and Kim Hyo Joo walked off the stage almost one after the other. After leaving the stage, no one, including Shan Meng, left.

After returning the receiver to the stage staff, Li Xue, who had been nervous all day, finally relaxed. She cheered beside the stage, "Wuhu, it's finally over! You have no idea how nervous I was just now, especially when Zhou Haoyu gave me flowers..."

Speak of the devil, and he appears. As soon as they walked off the stage, Zhou Haoyu, Chen Guangzhi, and others, as well as Chen Rongrong, the last person in Li Xue's dormitory, came over in a crowd.

"Sister-in-law."

"This must be Sister Xiaozhou, Brother Bai often mentioned you in the dormitory..."

"Oh, really? He didn't say anything bad about me to you, did he?"

Kim Hyo-joo smiled widely, even though she knew Bai Chou would not mention her too frequently in the dormitory, she still smiled and nodded to Zhang Junjie and the others.

"How could that be possible? Brother Bai always tells me how good, considerate, and generous you are..."

"Ah, yes, yes..."

Zhang Junjie and the others started making up stories with a smile on their faces.

At this point, the two dormitories that were officially full were finally reunited.

Seeing the quality of the girls in the dormitory opposite, Zhang Junjie and the others who had not participated in the last social gathering suddenly brightened up. If they had not heard that the dormitory opposite was full of beauties, they would not have taken this opportunity to come over.

Chen Guangzhi, who had participated in the last social gathering, was overjoyed to see Chen Rongrong from the opposite dormitory. This girl was quite pretty, and most importantly, she had nothing to do with Zhou Haoyu or Bai Chou.

Because Zhou Haoyu and Chen Guangzhi often boasted about the social gathering in the dormitory, Zhang Junjie and the others knew the rules very well. After greeting Jin Xiaozhou, they all focused their attention on Chen Rongrong sitting opposite them.

Li Xue completely ignored Zhang Junjie and the others, her pretty face instantly turning cold: "What are you doing here?"

Zhou Haoyu finally found an opportunity to apologize to Li Xue: "I'm sorry, Xiaoxue, I didn't know you were so nervous..."

What's the point of you saying sorry now? You almost ruined my performance!
Taking into consideration that her and Zhou Haoyu's roommates were present, and most importantly, many people were paying attention to this place, Li Xue, who didn't want to make a big fuss, gritted her teeth and warned in a deep voice: "It's okay, you didn't mean it.

I just hope you can remember my warning last time and stop causing me trouble, OK?"

"I understand, I understand completely!"

Xiaoxue actually looked at me in a good light!

Zhou Haoyu, who had already prepared himself to be pointed at and scolded and to listen to Jinling's elegant words, was overjoyed. It must be my persistent pursuit that touched Xiaoxue. My persistence really worked!

Zhou Haoyu, who thought he had won Li Xue's forgiveness and favor, immediately struck while the iron was hot and said with a big hand: "How about this...

Xiaoxue and Laobai must be hungry after singing. It just so happens that everyone in our dormitories is gathered here. To celebrate the successful conclusion of Xiaoxue and Laobai's performance, I would also like to express my apologies.

How about I treat you all to a meal, anywhere you like."

"Yeah!"

Zhang Junjie and the others were overjoyed and agreed without hesitation. This could be considered a social gathering. They didn't expect such a good thing to happen.

"Is it really okay for you to treat so many people? It won't cost you too much, right?"

Chen Rongrong, who had been silent the whole time, looked quite hesitant, but in fact she wanted to agree immediately.

She knew Zhou Haoyu, a rich second-generation who drove a Porsche 911 and was also a good-looking guy.

The most important thing is that Li Xue obviously doesn't like Zhou Haoyu, so isn't that her chance? Although not the best Bai Chou, Zhou Haoyu is not bad either.

"Of course it's not good to ask him to treat us. In Bai Chou's and my performance, we are the protagonists. What does it have to do with him?"

Li Xue looked around the scene and said, "You can choose any place you want. Today I'm treating you. The reason Zhou Haoyu just mentioned is to celebrate the successful completion of Bai Chou and I's performance!"

In fact, Li Xue would rather find a restaurant with Bai Chou to have dinner alone, and prolong the happiness of the night as long as possible, just like the last time they went shopping alone.

There was no Kim Hyo-joo, no Zhou Haoyu, and no other messy people... It was a pity that he couldn't be alone, because Bai Chou's real girlfriend Kim Hyo-joo was there.

Chen Rongrong, Zhang Junjie and others were quite interested, and they all felt that this social gathering was their chance. Jin Xiaozhou quietly held Bai Chou's hand, interlocked their fingers, turned her head, raised her face with a smile, and asked Bai Chou with her eyes, "Is it okay?"
A few days ago, Kim Hyo-joo had hinted to Bai Chou to be prepared today, but if Bai Chou didn't understand or make any preparations, Kim Hyo-joo would neither lose her temper nor say anything more.

Anyway, it wasn't her who missed the opportunity.

"You guys just go to the dinner party. Hyo Joo and I have other plans." Bai Chou smiled and rejected Li Xue's invitation, gently stroking the back of Kim Hyo Joo's fair and soft hand with the tip of his thumb.

Just after rejecting Li Xue, a cell phone rang suddenly and everyone looked at Bai Chou.

"You guys chat, I'll go answer a call first." Bai Chou glanced at the caller ID. It was the presidential suite butler who called him in the morning.

After letting go of Kim Hyo-joo's hand and smiling apologetically at everyone, Bai Chou found a place near the roadside to answer the phone.

"Good evening, Mr. Bai. I am Grace, your suite's personal butler. I have now arrived at Gate 3 of the Nanchuan Fangshan Campus with the hotel's dedicated driver, as you instructed.

I just asked your school's security guard, and he said we can drive in. Do you want me to drive directly to the downstairs of your dormitory?"

"Okay, just drive to location XXX. It's relatively empty there and there aren't many cars around right now. I can just see you."

Bai Chou thought for a moment and decided to let Grace drive the car in. He had asked Grace to park the car at the door because he thought the security would probably not let the car in, but he didn't expect the security of Nanchuan to be so lax.

On the other side, Li Xue still wanted to make a final struggle. She pulled Kim Hyo Joo's arm and acted coquettishly, saying, "Hyo Joo, what are your plans with Bai Chou?"

Jin Xiaozhou thought of what Bai Chou mentioned last time, which was the Fong Sense Restaurant at the Jingfeng Marriott Hotel. He guessed that Bai Chou might have prepared the venue at the Jingfeng Marriott, so he laughed and said that we planned to go to the Fong Sense Restaurant in Baijia Lake for dinner.

Li Xue said again, "Oh, I know that restaurant. I went there when it first opened two years ago and the food was pretty good. Let's go together, I'll treat you."

Fong Sense Restaurant is not cheap, and the average cost per person is easily one or two thousand. For the two dormitories combined, a meal can easily cost ten or twenty thousand.

But Li Xue didn't care, it was just a little money.

Even if she couldn't be alone with Bai Chou, even if she had to stand aside in front of the legitimate wife Kim Hyo Joo, even if everyone present knew that Kim Hyo Joo was Bai Chou's girlfriend, she didn't care at all.

Li Xue clearly felt that she might have fallen in love with Bai Chou.

Whether this love stems from the vanity of shopping in luxury stores together, performing on stage together and being admired by thousands of people, or from the daily life of rehearsing together, or the suspension bridge effect when Bai Chou saved the day...

No matter how messy it was, Li Xue didn't want to go into details. In short, she was sure that she probably fell in love with Bai Chou.

But Bai Chou already has a girlfriend, his girlfriend is his roommate Kim Hyo Joo.

How to do?
Is she blatantly competing with Kim Hyo Joo for a man? It seems that doing so is consistent with her usual character and style, only caring about her own feelings, self-centered, and not caring about the feelings of others...

Li Xue was surprised to find that she couldn't do it. At least when dealing with issues related to Bai Chou, she always seemed to subconsciously prioritize Bai Chou's feelings, considering whether Bai Chou would like or dislike her actions...

For example, just now on the stage, when she realized that the audience had subconsciously thought that she and Bai Chou were a couple, she could have used some more intimate actions, such as hugging and kissing, to completely confirm everyone's misunderstanding.

At least, through those actions, she can openly declare war on Kim Hyo Joo: I like your boyfriend, let's compete, beauty is only worthy of the strong.

But Li Xue didn't do that in the end. She was afraid that her indifference would make Bai Chou embarrassed, and she was afraid that her blatant self-centeredness would make Bai Chou dislike her...

Just like those Bros who racked their brains to consider every word after finding a blind date, Li Xue racked her brains to be liked and not disliked.

But she doesn’t understand any of this at all, and has never learned these things!

The attacker didn't know how to attack, and was unwilling to let go. Although she had never experienced it, Li Xue knew that the feeling must be very uncomfortable and painful.

In this way, we can only use the limited operating space to deceive others and paralyze ourselves with self-deceiving and clumsy performances: What's wrong with the world of illusion?
Only tonight, she is the "protagonist" on stage with Bai Chou, the Romeo and Juliet that everyone talks about and blesses, and is considered by everyone to be a perfect match made in heaven.

How long can this misunderstanding last?

Li Xue didn't understand. She just wanted to be with her Romeo while the misunderstanding still existed and while she was still the protagonist.

It doesn’t matter even if her Romeo is someone else’s Liang Shanbo in real life. I can just continue acting as long as I don’t go off the stage.

(End of this chapter)