I suggest you investigate; this person doesn't seem to be a first-time reborn individual.

Dinner is over.

Lin Ran checked the time; it was already past nine o'clock. He offered to take Huang Lingyue back to her dormitory.

Huang Lingyue shook her head: "I'm not staying in the dormitory now; I've rented an apartment off-campus."

Lin Ran was taken aback. No one was staying in the dormitory?

"Okay, then I'll take you home."

The two got out of the car in front of a high-end apartment building.

For some reason, Lin Ran followed Huang Lingyue upstairs as if possessed.

Huang Lingyue did not return to her rented apartment, but instead went to the place where her cousin Shen Weiyang lived.

When she arrived at the apartment building, she didn't knock on the door immediately.

Huang Lingyue's eyebrows were curved, and it was clear that she was in a very good mood today. She turned her head and looked at Lin Ran with a sly look in her eyes.

"Would you like to come in and have a glass of water?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Ran's eyes widened.

"No way! Don't even think about it!" Lin Ran pulled his coat tighter around himself.

Hey! You vixen, you're actually lusting after my body!

Watching his hurried departure, Huang Lingyue called out to him, "Lin Ran!"

Lin Ran stopped in his tracks.

"What is our relationship now?" Huang Lingyue asked softly to his retreating figure.

Lin Ran didn't even turn his head: "Friend."

"But I don't want to be friends with you anymore."

Lin Ran sighed slightly. Damn it, the human skin guy is here to ask for a reward.

When he turned his head, his face had a fierce expression.

"What? You want to be my enemy?"

He then hurriedly left the area, though his steps were somewhat hurried.

Huang Lingyue watched his retreating figure, a faint smile playing on her lips.

She decided to draw a few more checkmarks in her notebook later.

As soon as Lin Ran entered the dormitory, he saw Zhao Feiyu and Liu Zhihua huddled together watching Ding Facai chat with the robot.

Lin Ran quietly packed her things and lay down on the bed.

Today's events were a bit too fantastical for him.

He counted the time on his fingers and realized that he had misunderstood Huang Lingyue for a full sixteen years.

Ever since Li Futing's accidental death in his previous life, he had long since stopped believing in love. He thought that being reborn would allow him to protect Li Futing properly, but Huang Lingyue pulled this stunt again.

How could she not have cheated on me?

Pshaw, he's not a cuckold, how could Huang Lingyue cheat on him?

No, that's not right. In short, Lin Ran felt like the sky had fallen. His mind was in turmoil, and his face was full of worries.

He lay on the bed without saying a word.

"Fourth brother, what's wrong with you today? You seem so absent-minded."

The other three found it strange that Lin Ran seemed to be acting strangely that night.

Even the mighty Lin Laosi has met his end?

This kid has always been nonchalant since he enrolled, and seeing him suffer this setback for the first time instantly piqued the curiosity of the others.

"It's nothing."

"We're all brothers, what can't we say?"

"Yeah, brothers should lick each other's wounds!"

"Old Liu speaks in a rather pretentious, almost literary way... but what he said does make sense!"

Lin Ran rolled her eyes: "Licking wounds? Why didn't you lick Old Ding's wounds when his butt hurt?"

"Damn it..." Liu Zhihua had barely opened his mouth when Ding Facai and Zhao Feiyu pressed him back down.

"My butt's fine, let's talk about you first, what's wrong with you today?" Ding Facai asked impatiently.

The less Lin Ran said, the more he wanted to hear.

"It's nothing really, I'm just a little annoyed." Lin Ran rubbed his temples and sighed.

Upon seeing this, Ding Facai instantly perked up.

Damn it, I haven't settled the score with you, Lin Laosi, for pretending to be me, the rich and handsome guy, during the class meeting. Once I trick you into saying it out loud, I'll definitely make you laugh at me.

"Fourth brother, just say it, the brothers will give you some advice."

When Ding Facai's sincere voice came through, Lin Ran got goosebumps all over.

Looking at Ding Facai's barely suppressed smile, Lin Ran was speechless.

"You really want to know?"

The group nodded, like chicks pecking at rice.

"Okay, then I'll make it short."

"Wait a minute!"

Ding Fa opened the dormitory door a crack. He had already planned it all out. As soon as Lin Ran finished speaking, he would immediately look up at the sky and laugh loudly. Today, he was determined to ruin the reputation of the arrogant Lin Lao Si.

"Speak, Fourth Brother, I'm ready."

Lin Ran sighed: "It's about women."

Upon hearing Lin Ran's words, Ding Facai chuckled. The expression on Lin Laosi's face was exactly the same as when he was rejected by a girl. He secretly opened the door a little wider.

"A girl confessed her feelings to me today. Oh, by the way, you've all met her, she's the one in the photo."

"But I already swore to be good to another girl. What should I do?"

"..." Ding Facai silently closed the door.

Fine, I admit I was being a smart aleck today.

That damn Lin Laosi, what are you pretending to be, acting all high and mighty? I don't know what to do.

What the hell is there to choose from? He didn't believe for a second that there was anyone prettier than that girl in the yellow dress; he'd never seen anyone like her before.

As for Lin Laosi saying that the girl in the blue dress was prettier? That guy is definitely bragging.

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Three o'clock in the morning.

In the dormitory, only one lamp was still lit on Li Futing's desk.

There were four design drafts spread out on the table at the same time, and she had been looking at them for two whole hours.

Jiang Yunxin, who was waking up in the middle of the night, rubbed her eyes groggily and checked the time.

"Xiao Li, if you don't go to sleep soon, it will be dawn."

"Right away," Li Futing replied softly without looking up.

Jiang Yunxin climbed out of bed, muttering somewhat discontentedly, "I still have military training tomorrow."

She paused, stunned, when she saw the four design drafts on Li Futing's desk.

All four designs are highly complete, and each version is so perfect that it can be delivered and used directly.

"You made a fourth version? Weren't the first three versions enough? Does Lin Ran know?"

Li Futing shook her head, her voice very soft, afraid of disturbing her sleeping roommates.

"He didn't know that the first three versions had never been shown to him."

"Why? The first version was perfectly good."

Li Futing's pen tip glided slightly across the manuscript, her gaze gradually softening.

"Lin Ran... likes the number 4."

"So I want to collect four before giving them to him."

Her ears turned slightly red as she said this, but it wasn't noticeable under the dim light of the table lamp.

Jiang Yunxin's eyes widened: "So you stayed up all night just to collect these four?"

Li Futing did not answer, but silently and carefully wrote design descriptions on the design draft:

The inspiration, color scheme, and symbolic meaning of each version...

After Jiang Yunxin returned from the restroom, she stood behind Li Futing and sighed.

"Xiao Li, just tell him if you like him."

She felt a little irritated, and then she thought of Lin Ran's photo.

The dormitory was quiet, with only the soft scratching of Li Futing's pen on paper.

After a long while, her soft voice was heard:

"That's...good."