"Amidst the crowd, her smile is akin to a glance, making the world's colors seem like dust."

This line is from a poem titled "Butterfly Lovers" by Wang Guowei.

It describes a girl who is extraordinarily beautiful, beyond just standing out, possessing a beauty that transcends the mundane world.

This is how Yu Xinyan's classmates perceive her.

Perhaps Yu Xinyan is the most beautiful girl at Jiangdu University.

Not long after the school started, many people knew of Yu Xinyan, a girl who combined beauty, figure, temperament, studying in one of the best schools at Jiangdu University.

In reality, no one would be bored enough to select a campus belle or create a ranking of them.

But there are indeed many who believe that Yu Xinyan should be the most beautiful girl at Jiangdu University.

This Friday, unlike Xu Lin, Yu Xinyan's military training was going to last five more days.

In the evening, while eating in the cafeteria, Yu Xinyan ordered a gaming headset worth about 5000 on an online shopping platform.

Razer Barracuda, pink, very pretty, meant for gaming.

Yu Xinyan's university dormmates were curious when they saw her order a gaming headset.

"Yu Xinyan, do you play games?"

Yu Xinyan's three roommates are named Li Weiyan, Gu Qing, and Yan Caiyu.

The four girls usually eat together.

Xu Lin had previously advised Yu Xinyan to make some friends in college and had mentioned it several times, which is why Yu Xinyan was now trying to integrate into the group.

Xu Lin truly didn't want Yu Xinyan to be isolated by her roommates at university; humans are social creatures.

The one who asked Yu Xinyan the question was Yan Caiyu.

Typically, girls aren't that interested in electronic products.

Especially girls from top universities.

Like the gaming headset Yu Xinyan just ordered, they would be even less interested.

These students, as top university students, are a bunch of gifted individuals, none of whom got there through sheer hard work — you spend two hours solving a math problem, and they just take a glance and write it down.

And the school Yu Xinyan is currently in is one of the two strongest schools at Jiangdu University, with few students, only one major, and only thirty slots each year. Each student has a professor to guide them, meaning they are likely to become pillars of the nation or influential people in certain fields, or attain a fairly high level of governmental positions.

Every school has underachievers and top students, and Jiangdu University, as a top-tier university, has top students who are even stronger than usual — it's unimaginable.

Therefore, the three girls were quite curious when they saw Yu Xinyan buy a gaming headset.

But they themselves didn't play games.

Among them, Li Weiyan was the strictest; she only got a phone after graduating high school and received her own contact information. She truly ignored everything outside her studies, didn't even need her parents to supervise her — she had incredible self-control and wasn't influenced by entertainment at all. To her, the phone was just a tool for daily use.

When Yan Caiyu asked, Yu Xinyan replied, "I bought it for my boyfriend!"

Li Weiyan said, "Yu Xinyan, your boyfriend must be very happy!"

Yan Caiyu smiled and remarked, "Of course! Which guy would refuse a gift from his girlfriend?"

Gu Qing didn't have any particular reaction to this.

During the military training, quite a few boys attempted to pursue Yu Xinyan but were all rejected.

Yu Xinyan said she had a boyfriend, and he was at Finance University.

In Gu Qing's view, Finance University is just an average school. Could Yu Xinyan's boyfriend keep up with her?

In the eyes of many, those emerging from top universities are imagined to also be ordinary, some even fantasizing about Jiang University graduates delivering meals or driving for ride-share services.

But Gu Qing felt that maybe those from Jiangdu University's less prestigious schools might end up ordinary, but talents like them, from the two best schools, with such gifted backgrounds, mediocrity was not an option.

What is the structure of this society?

As time progresses, the future trend is more and more highly-educated talents entering various fields, levels, and social structures, from the bottom to the top. Overall, the level of education is rising, the layers of colleges are becoming increasingly impressive and balanced. And what does balance mean? It means those graduating from general schools rarely appear in higher social strata — at most, only a small number can climb up.

This is the mechanism of society's operation.

Talents dictate the progress of this country and era.

Could Yu Xinyan's boyfriend keep up with her pace?

Gu Qing expressed doubt.

Don't be fooled by Jiangdu University and Finance University both being key universities, but when broken down, they're far apart.

So, she wasn't optimistic about Yu Xinyan and Xu Lin's relationship, but Gu Qing wouldn't say such things out loud.

Soon, night fell.

Yu Xinyan messaged Xu Lin, wanting to visit him tomorrow, but Xu Lin hadn't replied yet.

Yu Xinyan missed Xu Lin very much. Coming to Jiangdu, unfamiliar with anyone, she relied on Xu Lin even more.

In Yu Xinyan's life, Xu Lin plays a significant role, though he might not even realize it.

Because Xu Lin always seems carefree.

"Xu Lin, have you had dinner?"

"What are you doing?"

Yu Xinyan lay on her books, inhaling the scent of the pages, her beautiful eyes fixed on the phone screen, waiting for Xu Lin's response.

But on Xu Lin's end, he had a bit of a headache.

With his extraordinary innate talent, Xu Lin also went through special physical training later on.

Furthermore, he was only eighteen years old.

Anyone who's had a girlfriend at eighteen would know: at that age, even without exercise, you're pretty robust, as your body functions are at their peak condition; even staying up late would hardly be an issue, waking up refreshed the next day.

When you're young, your body is resilient.

Overall, Xu Lin was quite strong.

Thus, Ning Yuhuan started crying at around eight o'clock, three times already, making Xu Lin unable to feel at ease.

Whenever Ning Yuhuan cried, Xu Lin had to comfort her.

Xu Lin felt truly at a loss, unsure whether Ning Yuhuan was too fragile or if he was too strong.

"Senior, please don't cry, okay?"

Xu Lin wiped her tears away.

"Mm-hmm."

Ning Yuhuan nodded, rubbed her eyes, and said, "I won't cry."

In the end, Ning Yuhuan weakly murmured, "Honey, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay."

Xu Lin stroked her long hair, which was now untied, allowing it to cascade; only then did Xu Lin truly understand what 'hair reaching past the waist' meant. To be exact, Ning Yuhuan's hair fell just above her backside, while most girls' long hair, when let down, only reached the waist.

He loved this long hair; it felt silky and smooth to touch, exceptionally pleasant.

Xu Lin wasn't sure if he had a fondness for touching hair or perhaps a fixation on long hair.

In any case, Xu Lin stroked it for quite a while.

"Let's sleep, Senior!"

Xu Lin didn't want to push her any further. After all, it was her first time; maybe she couldn't handle it, so he'd take it slow later on.

However, Ning Yuhuan rejected Xu Lin.

"No, let's continue!"

"I can learn!"

As soon as Ning Yuhuan spoke, Xu Lin saw her covering her face, sitting on his lap.

But there she was, covering her face, feeling very shy.

Ning Yuhuan was unable to let loose.

Xu Lin found it amusing, not in a ridiculing way—he just thought Ning Yuhuan was adorable.

A uniquely charming adorableness.

Are other girls like this too?

Xu Lin felt a bit puzzled.

After all, Xu Lin was also in his first relationship, entirely inexperienced.

But before Xu Lin could speak, Ning Yuhuan suddenly reached out and covered his eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"Don't look!"

"Alright, I won't look!"

Xu Lin really wanted to laugh out loud.

She couldn't loosen up—not only covering Xu Lin's eyes but also with the room lights off, leaving a dim table lamp on, resembling the faint glow of a candle, but for lovers, it had quite a romantic ambiance.

Time unknowingly passed to around eleven at night.

Usually, during military training, Xu Lin would sleep around this time, occasionally past midnight.

Ning Yuhuan fell into a deep sleep.

Xu Lin was about to sleep, but before that, he habitually checked his phone.

He found many messages.

From Yu Xinyan, Rong Xiyi, Lei Haolong, and his mom, Ms. Ren.

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