The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

Just as the brother and sister were completely immersed in the game world and forgot all about it, a mobile phone on the gaming table suddenly started buzzing.

Xu Nian glanced at it subconsciously and found that her phone was vibrating. She quickly reached out, took it, and pressed the answer button.

Jiang Xun's urgent voice came from the other end: "Uncle Xu, today's finance class uses mobile phone location check-in, so we can't call your name. Hurry up, you'll fail the final exam if you don't get checked in!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Nian was startled and quickly put down the game controller, stood up, and hurriedly put on her outdoor clothes.

"Hehe, brother got caught skipping class!" Xu Xi sat on the chair, propping her head up and swinging her legs, watching his flustered and panicked appearance, her eyes crinkling with laughter.

Xu Nian gave a wry smile, glanced at the level she was halfway through on the screen, and sighed helplessly, "There's nothing I can do, let's save this first, and continue playing when I get back from school."

"Okay~" Xu Xi obediently agreed, jumped off the ergonomic chair, took small steps to Xu Nian's side, opened her arms to hug his waist, pouted slightly, and asked for a kiss in a coquettish manner.

Xu Nian bent down, gently embraced her soft body, and slowly kissed her lips.

A soft, fleeting kiss landed, followed by a soft "pop." Xu Xi suddenly looked pained, pushed him away resentfully, rubbed her flushed cheeks, and grumbled, "Ouch, brother's beard is prickling me!"

Xu Nian touched his stubble and gave an awkward smile.

However, time was of the essence, and he didn't have time to shave. He grabbed his phone and keys from the table, rushed out the door, and ran wildly towards the school.

After rushing all the way to the classroom, Xu Nian finally managed to complete the check-in just before the countdown ended, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle Xu, over here!" Jiang Xun sat in the back row of the classroom, lowered his voice, waved vigorously at Xu Nian, and pointed to an empty seat next to him.

Xu Nian nodded, and while the teacher turned around to work on the PPT, she crouched down and quietly slipped over, quickly sitting down in an empty seat. She didn't forget to tidy up her messy hair, trying her best not to look so disheveled.

A college life without skipping class and getting arrested, rushing back to the classroom, is also incomplete.

He looked around and found that Jiang Xun, Xiao Chen, and Luo Chen were all there, but Su Zhe was missing.

He couldn't help but feel a little strange, so he leaned closer to Jiang Xun and asked in a low voice, "Where did Su Zhe go? Isn't he supposed to come and sign in?"

Xiao Chen leaned back in his chair and sighed softly, his tone full of envy: "They have the 'Imperial Decree' in their hands, so they can come to class whenever they want, and not come whenever they don't want to. They're so carefree."

"What do you mean?" Xu Nian was completely confused and asked with a frown.

Jiang Xun couldn't help but chuckle, leaned close to Xu Nian's ear, lowered his voice, and said mysteriously, "Uncle Xu, Lao Su and our counselor Qin Xin are dating! Now he's the counselor's boyfriend, getting a leave slip is a piece of cake for him, right?"

"What? Really?" Xu Nian's eyes widened in surprise, her eyebrows twitching involuntarily. "How come I had no idea? This kid was hiding his true abilities too well!"

"Of course it's true." Luo Chen muttered, "Uncle Xu, look at their WeChat Moments, they've been officially announcing it for several days now."

Xu Nian took out her phone, scrolled through her friends list to Su Zhe's profile picture, and clicked into his Moments. The first post was a photo of him holding hands with his counselor Qin Xin, captioned "Lucky to meet you, and we're a perfect match."

In the photo, the two are smiling sweetly.

He exclaimed in surprise, "Good heavens! No wonder this kid keeps going to the counselor's place every few days; he's there to build rapport."

"That's for sure." Jiang Xun shrugged. "But seriously, Director Qin is really beautiful and gentle, and she's still single. They say that marrying a woman three years older is like finding a gold brick, so Lao Su really hit the jackpot this time."

Xiao Chen leaned closer, chuckled, and said with a mischievous grin, "At the peak of their lives, they met the most passionate woman. I can't even imagine how happy they must be sexually."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Xun, Luo Chen, and Xu Nian couldn't help but chuckle in hushed tones.

But before they could be happy for long, a few soft coughs came from beside them.

The group instantly stopped laughing, stiffly turned around, and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

It turned out that Su Zhe had already sat down next to them at some point.

"Uh, well... Lao Su, what brings you here?" Xiao Chen cleared his throat, an awkward smile on his face, scratched his head, and quickly explained, "We were just joking, don't take it seriously, we definitely didn't mean anything by it!"

"It's okay, you're absolutely right." Su Zhe smiled frankly, rested his head on his hand, and said with a happy expression, "Sister Xin is really good to me. She's gentle and considerate. It's my blessing to have a girlfriend like her. I'm really happy."

Young boys in love often have negative IQs, especially at the age of seventeen or eighteen when they are just beginning to experience romantic feelings. They simply cannot understand the teasing in other people's words and always naively believe that they are sincere blessings.

"Hey Lao Su, didn't you go on your honeymoon with Director Qin? Why are you back?" Jiang Xun asked, suppressing a laugh.

Upon hearing this, Su Zhe's happy smile vanished instantly, replaced by a troubled expression. He sighed softly, his brows furrowing.

"What's wrong?" Xu Nian noticed his unusual mood. "Did you two have a fight?"

"No." Su Zhe shook his head and said helplessly, "It's like this, the school is going to hold a sports meet in a while, and Sister Xin said that our class should sign up for at least half of the events, so as not to look bad or drag the college down."

"But I just asked around in my class, and not many people are willing to sign up. Many projects are still short-handed, so... so I'd like to ask you all to help out. Could you sign up for a few projects?"

As Su Zhe spoke, his eyes were full of pleading.