I want to have a normal campus romance

The white pigeons around were dancing in the air along with the music in the square. It seemed that there were some bread crumbs scattered on the ground on our side by passers-by. From time to time, white pigeons landed near our bench, and a few brave ones even landed on Bai Yun's shoulders.

But Bai Yun was not frightened. Instead, she stretched out her other hand and touched the white pigeon with a smile. When passers-by saw this scene, they all looked at us sideways and some even thought we were shooting some kind of art film.

I always feel that holding her hand with such peace of mind will only appear in my dreams. At this moment, I just feel like a child who has received a beloved gift. While I am secretly happy, I am also afraid that everything in front of me will be fleeting.

However, the brief panic, with the passage of time, slowly turned into calmness. Even if it is just a mirage, at least at this moment, I am possessing the moon... isn't it?

Chapter 168 Omen

　 We didn't know how long it was like this until the white doves around us flew away. We slowly let go of each other's hands, and perhaps because of nervousness, our palms were sweating.

To be honest, if possible, I even hope to freeze time at that moment, of course... I also know that it is just my fantasy.

After all, whether it is the clock in the central square or the bells that ring from time to time, they are all telling me the passage of time.

But even so, I still feel the warmth from Bai Yun's hands on my hands.

"Thank you for shopping with me. This is my first time here."

After hearing Bai Yun's words, I was stunned. After all, Binjiang Avenue is a famous place in Tianjin. It stands to reason that no one has not been here.

But if you think about it carefully, it is normal. After all, unlike middle school, everyone in university comes from all over the world. What's more... Bai Yun is both good in character and academic performance in school. It is said that she can often be seen in the library.

Therefore, it is normal that she has never been to a place like Binjiang Avenue. After all, it is just a slightly famous pedestrian street and not a well-known place.

"Actually, I should be the one thanking you."

"Eh? Why?"

As if she hadn't expected me to say that, Bai Yun couldn't help but blink after hearing what I said, and I shrugged my shoulders, then put my hands on the back of the chair and said slowly:

"Because this kind of scenery is the first time I've seen it. Although I've been here before, I didn't know the square would be decorated like this today."

"Is this your first time seeing me?"

"Ah... well, this is indeed the first time I've seen it. I didn't even know there was an event here until today. Maybe it's just bad luck. I've lived in Jinhai for so long, but this is the first time I've heard of it."

If you just say you're welcome or it's okay in response to a girl's thank you, the topic may be forcibly terminated and the conversation will become cold. The cold atmosphere will continue until you find a new topic.

But if you accept it and say these are just small things, it will seem that you have ulterior motives. What's more embarrassing is that if the other party is just being polite to you, it is likely to have the opposite effect and the atmosphere will only become more cold.

So at this time, the best answer is the one that can obviously continue the previous topic and not make the conversation awkward. Although I am not an expert in love, I am still very skilled in using this little skill in interpersonal communication.

Besides...I didn't lie. After all, it was my first time coming here during the Chinese Valentine's Day. Of course, this also revealed a painful fact, which is that I don't even have a girlfriend who I can date for a year.

Thinking of this, I sighed secretly and mourned for my failed love life.

After hearing what I said, Bai Yun looked in my direction thoughtfully and did not continue my topic.

This made me feel a little embarrassed. I wondered if I was being too clever and ended up trying to draw a tiger but ended up drawing a dog instead.

Just when I was thinking about whether to bring up some new topics, Bai Yun suddenly turned her head and whispered to me for no reason:

"Um...put your hand out."

"Uh...ah? Reach out?"

After hearing Bai Yun's words, I was stunned. The contrast between the past and the present made me unable to react for a while. After all, we were just chatting, but now she asked me to reach out suddenly. The sudden change made me very confused.

Of course... Although I said that, looking at Bai Yun blinking her big eyes, I still reached out my hand. After all, Bai Yun rarely jokes with me or even plays tricks on me, so I wasn't too worried about what would happen, I was just curious.

However, when she saw me blankly stretching out my hand, she directly held my hand. The familiar coolness and softness made me swallow subconsciously.

What...what are you doing? Why are you holding my hand all of a sudden?

After seeing this scene, I was stunned at first... Then I suddenly raised my head and looked at Bai Yun who was sitting next to me. I saw that Bai Yun's ears seemed to be slightly red, and she even pursed her lips, but still did not let go.

Just as I was wondering what she was going to do, I suddenly felt a friction on my wrist, like a rope or something scratching my skin.

This is...isn’t this the four-leaf clover amulet that Bai Yun has been wearing on her wrist?

"Uh, didn't you just buy this? How come..."

You know, Bai Yun spent a long time choosing before she picked out this bracelet-shaped amulet. It looks like... it seems to be for me?

There is no reason. If he really bought it for me at the beginning, it is impossible that he would wait until now to give it to me. What's more, Bai Yun has been wearing the amulet on her wrist, so it doesn't seem like a gift for me.

"I heard that this amulet is related to luck, so I thought you might be able to use it. Although the old man's words are unreliable, but...just think of it as me sharing my luck with you."

Bai Yun said this as if she was afraid that the amulet I was wearing was a little too tight...she even carefully reached out and loosened the noose a little.

But what was a bit embarrassing was that the noose was still very tight. After all, the amulet was obviously for women, and Bai Yun's wrist was much thinner than mine, so I couldn't seem to wear it on my wrist properly.

"Uh--"

For a moment, I couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, even stunned, but Bai Yun misunderstood what I meant. She looked like a child who had done something wrong, and looked pitiful.

"Um...no...sorry."

"It's okay. This amulet doesn't say it should be worn on the wrist."

As I said this, I slowly took off the amulet in my hand, and then held it tightly in my hand. After all, no matter what, this was Bai Yun's gift of love. If Fatty and the others knew about it, they would probably find it too tight to wear it on their wrists.

I guess even if someone told you that this thing has to be tied around your neck, there would still be people who would try it.

"Are you really giving it to me? It's not too late to regret now."

Seeing that the atmosphere had become somewhat awkward because of the previous episode, I pretended that I had a million dollars in my hand, fearing that Bai Yun would go back on her word, and held the four-leaf clover amulet in my hand as if it were a treasure.

"Ah."

Seeing this, Bai Yun seemed to be amused by my action and nodded at me with a smile. Looking at that smile that seemed to be able to melt the ice and snow, I swallowed subconsciously.

I even felt my heart skip a beat, so I pretended to be calm and asked her:

"Shall I go get something to drink? What do you want?"

"Well...same as you."

She spoke to me very obediently, and I nodded calmly, then hurried to the nearby ice cream shop to buy some drinks, breathing heavily.

But when I left the bench, the amulet in my pocket fell to the ground with a plop, which gave me a bad feeling.

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PS: Three more updates are coming

Chapter 169 Textbook-like Pickup

I slowly picked up the amulet that had fallen to the ground. Even though it was just a small matter because my pocket was too shallow, this kind of small matter would always make me feel a bad premonition.

Although omens are mysterious and I don't believe in them too much, the uneasiness in my heart still made me quicken my pace. After buying two iced drinks from the clerk, I prepared to pay and turn back.

However, when I was about to pay, I noticed a few familiar figures. Upon closer inspection, they were the group of people who had just chatted with Bai Yun in the dessert shop.

Logically speaking, the Central Square is the center of Binjiang Avenue, so it's not surprising to meet the people I just met. However... when I accidentally discovered them, I found that they seemed to have been staring at me for a long time.

When I turned my eyes to them, they avoided my gaze as if they were guilty. Some of them were looking at the scenery, and some were looking at their phones, as if they were pretending not to notice me at all. This made me frown immediately.

These people...could they be looking for trouble because they just lost face?

But it doesn't seem like that. If they really came to fight me, why would I avoid looking at them out of guilt when I looked at them? Wouldn't that mean I'd already lost momentum before the fight even started?

What's more, they are not very strong, and the aura they exuded in the dessert shop just now was not enough. They are definitely not the kind of rebellious students who often fight.

"Sir...Sir?"

"Uh...ah? What's wrong?"

"Your two cups of iced fruit tea are ready."

After hearing what the clerk next to me said, I smiled awkwardly, paid the bill and took the two cups of fruit tea from his hand. But when I turned around, I found that the three people who were originally standing not far away had disappeared without a trace.

Huh? Ran away?

I haven't done anything yet, right? Why did you run away?

Could it be that he accidentally obtained the legendary "kingly aura", but was discovered by them, exclaimed "so terrifying" and then ran away?　

This made me speechless, but it’s okay this way... After all, it’s always better to have fewer troubles than more.

Thinking of this, I threw away the messy thoughts in my mind, and then prepared to go back with the fruit tea. However, when I went back, I found that there seemed to be a strange man talking to Bai Yun. Judging from his clothes and hair volume, he was probably not much different from my age, and should be in his early twenties.

He was wearing ordinary casual clothes, had no strange tattoos or accessories on his body, and was not even smoking a cigarette.

He doesn't look like a street thug. After all, this place is half a tourist attraction. The public security has always been good and I have never heard of any vicious incidents happening here.

However, the doubts and uneasiness in my heart still made me quicken my pace.

When I got closer, Bai Yun saw me coming back with two cups of fruit tea. She smiled and waved to me, then walked towards me. She didn't look like she was in any trouble, which made me feel a little relieved.

It turned out that I was thinking too much. The scenes of street thugs causing trouble basically appear in novels. Ordinary people rarely encounter such situations nowadays, and even if they do... they usually don't act too high-profile and basically won't choose to cause trouble in such places.

Seeing this, I handed the fruit tea in my hand to Bai Yun, and she smiled and thanked me, which immediately made me feel warm in my heart.

But at this moment, the young man walked towards us, and then said to Bai Yun beside me with a very sunny look:

"Thank you so much, classmates. You have been of great help."

After hearing his words, I subconsciously looked at Bai Yun who was standing next to me. Hearing the man's address...why did it feel so familiar? Could it be someone I knew? Seeing this, I couldn't help but whisper to Bai Yun:

"Is this someone you know?"

"I don't know him. He seems to be a student from a nearby university. He just said his phone was out of battery and he couldn't contact his friends, so he asked me to scan a power bank for him."

"Oh, that's how it is."

After hearing Bai Yun's words, I nodded in understanding and had a more or less understanding of the current situation.

If nothing unexpected happens, he is most likely an experienced senior sea king, at least much better than the guy I met in the dessert shop. At least he is also a veteran in the love field.

Because I am very familiar with this routine.

Nowadays, it is no longer as easy to strike up a conversation as it used to be, because the biggest difficulty in striking up a conversation is to establish a two-way connection between the two parties and to maintain that connection.

Especially for two people who have no intersection in life, it is more difficult to develop a relationship than to maintain a relationship. However, although it is difficult, the reason is very simple.

The simplest way is to make girls attracted by your own characteristics, which can be your personality, appearance, or even money and power.

Of course...this trick doesn't apply to most people, after all, most people cannot determine their innate conditions.

The method that works for most people is to create a scene similar to "the hero saves the beauty" and make the girl owe you a favor, so as to force a connection with the girl.

But this method has too many limitations and is far less proactive than the second method, which is to make yourself owe the other person a favor.

I could even guess what would happen next. He would first ask for the girl's WeChat, then say that he would pay her back later, and then pretend to have something to do and leave. Most people wouldn't care too much about such a small amount of money and wouldn't be too suspicious.

The second step is to delay paying, pretend to have forgotten, and play dead on WeChat to strengthen the other party's impression of you. Even a bad impression is better than no impression at all.

Later, they met again by chance, and he suddenly "remembered" to transfer the rental money to the girl.

However, he accidentally transferred too much money in order to change the girl's impression of him, such as: "stingy, petty-minded, a liar" and so on.

Most people, because the person involved is in front of them, would choose to transfer the extra money back.

At this time...you can smoothly follow up on this "little mistake" and use the money to treat the girl to a meal or milk tea as an "apology" for forgetting to make money, which can also reduce the girl's vigilance to the lowest level.

After having the experience of the first meeting, the difficulty of asking girls out or chatting with them will be greatly reduced.

From then on, a carefully constructed network of pick-ups, encounters, and acquaintances has been completed. The next thing is how to maintain this relationship.

It was a textbook pick-up.

Although I don't like to judge people by their appearance, the way he dresses and the tone of his voice make me feel naturally disgusted.

What's more, as a man, the heat and possessiveness in his eyes are almost overflowing in my eyes.

As for why I know this operation so clearly, as we all know... people who fail in love tend to learn a lot of messy knowledge when they are desperate.

"Oh, by the way... I almost forgot to give you the money. Let me add you on WeChat."

Haha, I see you here.

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PS: There will be more updates in the evening.

Chapter 170 Speech