Chapter 16
September 5th, the day Y University starts.
On the tree-lined avenue, some students were preparing for the freshman welcome activities.
Yu Li dragged his suitcase through the crowd, his expression dazed as he made his way to the dormitory.
It’s still early, and the other three roommates haven’t arrived yet.
Yu Li casually made his own bed, putting on clean sheets, and climbed up to take a nap.
After being woken up by that dream in the early morning, he just couldn’t fall back asleep. Now back in the familiar dorm environment, the drowsiness came over him.
But this sleep wasn’t very restful either, Yu Li kept having unpleasant dreams.
Around noon, he woke up drowsily, hearing the voices of Lin Jiafan and Xu Bin.
He pulled back the bed curtain and poked his head out, “You’re here.”
The busy Lin Jiafan got quite a fright, his head almost bumping the bed frame above.
“Ouch, you scared me to death! Oh, it’s you.” Lin Jiafan patted his chest.
Yu Li nodded, “I came early.”
“Living locally is so convenient, not to mention staying at the Yan residence, with a driver to pick you up.” Xu Bin, who was organizing the wardrobe, casually commented.
The four of them had a dorm group chat, and a while ago Yan Sui had casually mentioned that Yu Li was staying at his house.
Thinking of this, Lin Jiafan looked around the room with a puzzled gaze, asking, “Yu Li, Yan Sui didn’t come?”
Yu Li’s hand on the bed curtain slowly tightened, and he pressed his lips, saying, “I don’t know, I came by myself.”
“Yan Sui has already completed all his credits, so he probably won’t be coming to the dorm anymore.” Xu Bin closed the wardrobe door and glanced at Yu Li.
The young man’s complexion was a bit pale, with dark circles under his eyes, clearly having not slept well.
Looks like he had a fight with Yan Sui, it can’t be easy staying at someone else’s place.
Xu Bin calmly averted his gaze and went to get a basin to prepare for cleaning.
“Oh right, Yu Li, you’ve also completed your credits, are you planning to do an internship or take the postgraduate exam this year?”
Lin Jiafan spoke, then clicked his tongue in frustration, “My family wants me to take the postgraduate exam, but I don’t even know where to start. I envy you, your grades these three years have been so good, you must have a chance for guaranteed admission?”
Yu Li had already climbed down the ladder.
Hearing Lin Jiafan’s words, he calmly said, “I refused.”
Last semester, the counselor had talked to him about guaranteed admission.
But his family conditions were not good, so Yu Li wanted to start working and earning money as soon as possible, so he had refused.
Lin Jiafan was taken aback.
Everyone knew that Yu Li’s family conditions were not good, and when he was choosing his major, he was told that being a programmer could earn good money, so he chose software engineering.
But Lin Jiafan didn’t expect Yu Li to give up the chance for guaranteed admission.
The usually boastful Lin Jiafan hesitated for a moment, setting aside his complaints, and said, “Although it’s a bit of a pity, we don’t have to necessarily take the civil service or postgraduate exam.”
“Didn’t you win the first prize in the National University Student New Programming Competition in your sophomore year? You can use that to go to some of the major internet companies, the salaries there are also high.”
Yu Li gave a small smile.
“En, we’ll see.”
He hadn’t even untangled the clues from yesterday’s events yet, he’ll think about it slowly in the evening.
Yu Li also went to get hot water for cleaning.
In the afternoon, Yan Sui suddenly came to the dorm.
Yan Sui’s credits were also complete, and Yu Li had originally thought he wouldn’t be coming to school anymore, so he was a bit surprised when Yan Sui pushed the door open and came in.
But Yu Li just gave him a fleeting glance before turning his attention back to the information on his computer.
Lin Jiafan and Xu Bin weren’t here at the moment, so the dorm was only occupied by Yu Li.
Yan Sui’s gaze swept around the dorm, and he pulled his chair over to sit next to Yu Li, saying, “I woke up at noon and found you weren’t here, so I knew you must have come to school.”
Yu Li’s hand pausing on the mouse.
He slowly turned his head, observing Yan Sui’s expression.
No different from before, still smiling innocently, carefree.
It seems Yan Shiting didn’t tell Yan Sui about their argument last night.
Perhaps considering that Yu Li and Yan Sui are good friends, not telling Yan Sui is to avoid affecting their friendship.
But Yu Li no longer wants to have any more entanglement with them.
He turned his head back to look at the information, casually saying, “Your credits are complete, you don’t have to come to the dorm.”
Yan Sui touched the tip of his nose, “I’m going to take the postgraduate exam too, it’s more conducive to the study atmosphere here at school.”
“Postgraduate exam?” Yu Li was stunned again.
Grandma Yan has always been urging Yan Sui to join the family company, yet Yan Sui chose to take the postgraduate exam.
“Yeah, since I haven’t decided what I want to do in the future, might as well try the postgraduate or civil service exam like everyone else.”
Yan Sui looked at Yu Li.
He knew about Yu Li refusing the guaranteed admission last semester, “Yu Li, if you want to find an internship, why don’t you come to Yan Corportion?”
Yu Li put away the information, typing a line of code, “No need, I can’t just rely on you for everything.”
Yan Sui paused, then nodded in agreement, “That’s right, it’s better if you get in on your own merits. If I intervene, who knows what people in the company might say.”
“I believe in you!”
Yan Sui then cheerfully hummed a tune as he went to tidy up his own bed.
Yu Li stared at the few lines of code on the computer, silent for a long time.
Although he had decided not to have any more contact with the Yan family, actually putting it into practice was still quite difficult.
After all, Yan Sui knows nothing, so his sudden change in attitude must be puzzling to him.
Speaking of which, the information he was just looking at was also found by Yan Sui.
Yu Li furrowed his brow and sighed softly.
Alright, just act normal. Once he finds an internship and graduates, he won’t have much contact with Yan Sui anymore.
Yu Li could feel that by senior year, most of his classmates were somewhat at a loss.
Just tonight, several classmates came to their dorm to ask what they planned to do this year.
Learning that Yan Sui was also going to take the postgraduate exam, the visitors were all surprised, then grabbed Yan Sui and talked to him for almost half the day.
There were quite a few people in the dorm, and Yu Li took a water bottle to the water room to heat up some water, also taking the opportunity to get some fresh air.
As soon as he reached the water room, Yu Li heard someone mentioning his name.
“…That Yu Li has been following Yan Sui like a shadow, probably already curried favor with the Yan family, planning to intern at Yan Corportion, right?”
Recognizing the voice, Yu Li knew it was Lin Jiafan.
The year they competed for the national scholarship in sophomore year, in the end it was Yu Li who got it, and Lin Jiafan felt that Yu Li must have had Yan Sui pull some strings.
After that, Lin Jiafan has always had an unpleasant view of Yu Li.
“Can he get into Yan Corportion just through connections? It doesn’t seem quite right.” said Lin Jiafan’s roommate.
“Of course normal connections wouldn’t work, but that’s Yan Sui, the younger brother of the chairman.”
“Not necessarily, Yu Li’s grades are so good, he should be able to get guaranteed admission…”
Before the other person could finish, he saw Yu Li standing at the entrance of the water room.
He quickly shut his mouth, nervously elbowing Lin Jiafan next to him.
Lin Jiafan turned back, his gaze also meeting Yu Li’s.
His expression became a bit uncomfortable, but then he sneered in disdain.
Yu Li lowered his gaze, ignoring him.
The two had already filled their water bottles, Yu Li stepped forward and swiped his card.
Behind him, Lin Jiafan told his roommate to leave first, then held the water bottle and blocked the doorway.
“I really envy some people, as long as they cling to someone else’s coattails, their future can be directly turned around.”
Yu Li kept his eyes on the mouth of the water bottle, not responding to him.
Lin Jiafan was dissatisfied, raising his voice, “Isn’t what I said correct?”
The hot water had already filled the bottle.
For some reason, Yu Li suddenly felt quite angry, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t suppress it.
He understood that in senior year, everyone was a bit anxious, but what did this have to do with him?
Initially, because of last night’s events, his mood was already not very good.
Thinking of this, Yu Li suddenly withdrew the water card and turned to glare at Lin Jiafan.
“If you want to curry favor with Yan Sui, just go ahead and do it. What’s the use of getting jealous?”
“Since you’re so bored, why don’t you think about how to make up the credits instead!”
Lin Jiafan’s grades were still not bad when he was a freshman, but after entering sophomore year, his mind was no longer on studying, resulting in failing courses and skipping classes. Therefore, he still hasn’t completed the required credits.
Lin Jiafan was somewhat bewildered.
“You…” Something wasn’t right?
Normally, Yu Li was like a steamed bun, not caring even if he knew people were talking badly about him.
But how did he suddenly change?
Yu Li didn’t respond to him, huffily picking up the water bottle and leaving.
After returning to the dorm, Yu Li suddenly came to his senses.
That uncontrollable emotional state just now really felt unpleasant, leaving him somewhat bewildered in hindsight.
Yu Li pursed his lips, put down the water bottle, and picked up his phone to check.
Why the mood swings?
Numerous information popped up on the web page.
[Mood swings in early pregnancy…]
[Early symptoms of anxiety disorders…]
Yu Li’s gaze automatically skipped over the first entry, landing on the one about anxiety disorders below.
He bit his lip, his expression puzzled.
Could it be that he really had some psychological problem?
Yu Li sighed deeply.
It was probably just a temporary emotional instability caused by the events of yesterday. It might get better after some time.
–
A few days later, Yu Li felt his emotions had stabilized quite a bit, so he put his mind at ease.
The classmates around him had also more or less decided what they wanted to do, and the dorm no longer had the confused atmosphere like at the beginning of the semester.
Yu Li also started looking for internships.
After the new semester began, he spent time making a small data organization program, planning to bring it for interviews as a sample.
He submitted his resume to several Internet companies in Y City, going for written tests and interviews at various places in recent days.
However, the treatment those companies offered to interns was not very good, and their philosophies were somewhat at odds with Yu Li’s.
In the end, only one company, named Chuang Yi, a relatively large listed company, was left.
Four days ago, Yu Li attended Chuang Yi’s written test and successfully passed, earning an interview opportunity.
Today, the temperature dropped sharply.
There was a heavy rain last night, and it was chilly today, even Lin Jiafan, who was usually “only wants style, not temperature,” had taken out and worn a jacket, but Yu Li was still in a short-sleeved shirt.
Before going out for the interview, Lin Jiafan caught a glimpse of his attire and was surprised.
“Four Er, why are you just wearing this?”
Yu Li looked down at his short-sleeved shirt, somewhat puzzled: “Is it not appropriate?”
This was the formal shirt he had specially bought for the interview, and he had even put on a tie, so it shouldn’t be impolite, right?
“No.” Lin Jiafan shook his head, “It’s quite cold today. Be careful not to catch a cold.”
Yu Li reassured him with a smile, saying, “I think it’s still okay.”
He waved to his roommates and rushed to the company for the interview before ten o’clock.
As soon as he got out of the taxi, fine rain started to fall from the sky again.
Yu Li hurried into the office building, shielding himself from the drizzle. The receptionist lady saw that he had gotten wet and brought him a towel.
Yu Li thanked her, had just wiped the water off his face, and looked up to see a group of people coming out of the elevator.
Those people were all dressed in formal attire, exuding a strong aura of elites.
Right in the center leading the group was Yan Shi Ting.
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His roommate is Lin Jiafan.. And the one who badmouthed about him is also Lin Jiafan.. Are they same person ???
I was wondering the same thing
Reading more it seems that the author mixes Lin Jiafan and Xu Bin names up.
his roommate name is Liu Cong isn’t? not lin jiafan😅😅