Reborn to Outshine My Ex and His White Moonlight-Chapter 34 - Always Wonderful People

Chapter 34: Chapter 34 Always Wonderful People

Chapter 34 -34 Always Wonderful People

“Maybe you should knead it yourself?” Lin Zhiyi puffed her cheeks as she chewed on the spare ribs.

Some reached out to try, but another roommate pulled their hand down.

“Lin Zhiyi, thanks for coming. Our dorm used to never have everyone around, and we’ve always been a bit envious of the other dorms.”

“Yeah, I don’t know why you always hung around with Shen Yan, especially since she…ouch.”

“Don’t have anything better to eat, huh?”

Another roommate intervened with a laugh to smooth things over.

Lin Zhiyi glanced at them and smiled, “Whatever you want to say, I already know. Actually, I should be the one thanking you.”

“Huh? Why?” The more naive roommate asked, puzzled.

“All this time, I trusted the wrong person, and you still invited me to have a meal. I’m really thankful.”

And thank you for helping me in my past life.

“As long as you see clearly, it’s okay. Shen Yan duplicated your keys and often came to our dorm when you weren’t there, saying you agreed. We didn’t feel it was our place to say much.”

“Right, she always played the poor, pitiful card in front of you. When we tried to warn you, you thought we were being paranoid. In fact, she bad-mouthed you behind your back, saying you looked down on her because she was poor and ordered her around, which made others reluctant to interact with you. We in the same dorm know you treated her the best, whenever you brought something nice from home you almost gave it all to her.”

They grew more and more upset as they talked, and another straightforward roommate waved it off.

“Let’s not talk about that now, we’ll all end up angry after a good meal.” She passed the menu to Lin Zhiyi, “See what you like and don’t be shy.”

“Okay.” Lin Zhiyi opened the menu but wasn’t really hungry and simply said, “Let’s drink some alcohol.”

“Okay.”

Soon each person had two cans of beer, not much, not enough to get drunk.

But who would have known, after they finished drinking, they kept drinking more and more, until everyone was in a half-asleep stupor.

Lin Zhiyi, propping her head up, had no outlet for her grievances. Her head tilted, leaning on the shoulder of a roommate beside her.

“Don’t go back to your hometown. I know you want to stay here.”

Her roommate gave a surprised “huh”: “How did you know I was thinking of going back home?”

Lin Zhiyi emphasized, “Listen to me, don’t go back.”

That roommate went back in less than six months and was coerced by her family into marriage, later suffering a miscarriage due to domestic violence.

She sighed, “I did get to interview at a company I really like, but I need to bribe them, where would I get that kind of money?”

“I’ll give it to you!” Lin Zhiyi immediately pulled out the card Gong Shiyan gave her, “Don’t go back, okay?”

“You…” The roommate was touched, nearly crying from the effects of the alcohol.

The others also tried to persuade her, “Your field isn’t bad, and your hometown is just a small city; it’s hard to advance in our line of work there. You’ve struggled to get out, slogged through your studies, just to go back?”

“Yeah, it would be such a waste,” said the more naive roommate, shaking her head.

Lin Zhiyi grabbed her hand firmly, “And you, don’t go to this company you’re interviewing with right now.”

The naive roommate laughed, “This company is really good; my mom got someone to refer me, and the salary and benefits are decent too.”

Too naive.

“You’re being paid so much more than the average intern, do you think that’s possible? I don’t mean to discourage you, but your grades are average, and half the company’s staff are overseas returnees; without competitiveness, why would they choose you?”

“Why?”

“Because…” Seeing your naivety, they plan to coax you into acting as a guarantor for the company’s loans, Lin Zhiyi couldn’t say it directly but tried to explain, “There’s a big show coming up, a busy time, just during your internship. To have an intern whose major is relevant and who can be ordered around is much cheaper than hiring a professional with experience. Once your internship ends, they’ll make up a reason to fire you, and you won’t even have time to cry.”

The roommate checked her phone, “Oh my, there is a big show. No wonder they’re rushing me to start! I need to talk to my mom about this.”

Lin Zhiyi then turned to the last roommate.

She panicked, “I’m not going to make it either, am I?”

Lin Zhiyi’s head, feeling woozy, spun around, “Do whatever you want.”

With a flop, her head hit the table. She was drunk.

The three roommates chuckled.

“I never realized not only is Lin Zhiyi beautiful, but she’s also quite cute.”

“If it weren’t for Shen Yan’s backstabbing, how could Song Wanqiu have been the campus belle?”

“Hey, it’s already half-past eight; let’s head back to the dorm.”

The three helped Lin Zhiyi to her feet and walked back happily.

Lin Zhiyi leaned against her roommate and didn’t pass out from drunkenness, but unexpectedly, she felt a sense of stability.

The four of them were happily babbling in their inebriation.

Even the autumn breeze seemed to carry a hint of warmth.

Suddenly, a roommate looked up and exclaimed, “Wow, what a beautiful starry sky.”

The remaining three looked up in unison, and tonight’s sky was exceptionally clear, with the moonlight bright and the stars twinkling.

Especially when viewed through the crisscrossing branches, it was as if they were hung on the limbs.

A pair of eyes twinkling like stars, a crescent moon for a mouth, the branches crisscrossing like strands of hair.

It was just like her Xingxing smiling.

“Mama, mama…”

“Mama, if there’s a next life, you can’t give up on your dreams, not even for me. I want Mama to take good care of herself.”

The occasional falling leaves drifted down, some even landing on Lin Zhiyi’s face, hiding the tears of longing.

Then, she smiled.

With a smile that outshone the starry sky.

She wouldn’t disappoint Xingxing.

Suddenly, an idea crossed her mind, and she sobered up instantly, tilting her head as she stared at the picture above.

The three curious roommates stood side by side, also tilting their heads.

“What are you looking at?”

“I have no idea.”

“This is going to give me a stiff neck.”

“Pfft…” Lin Zhiyi burst into laughter.

Finally, all four of them laughed together with their heads tilted.

This is what university life is all about; there’s always someone doing something silly, and others joining in the foolishness.

Although Lin Zhiyi only came to realize this at the end, she was truly grateful for such a beautiful conclusion.

She didn’t know that her smile, her radiance, had all been captured by someone in a car across the street.

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Chen Jin turned and asked, “Third Young Master, do you want me to bring Miss Lin over?”

Gong Chen gazed silently at the smiling Lin Zhiyi, as if… he really hadn’t seen her laugh in a long time.

He had forgotten the sixteen-year-old girl who once stood under a tree and secretly smiled at him.

She was equally innocent and joyful.

“Let’s go back.”

…

Heading back to the dormitory with her friends, they were in the midst of playful banter when they saw a figure standing at the entrance.

Shen Yan.

She watched the frolicking four, visibly startled, and then looked at Lin Zhiyi with a pitiful gaze, sweeping timidly over the other three.

As if someone had bullied her.

“Zhiyi, I’ve been waiting for you for more than an hour. I was really worried about you.”

The three roommates wanted to say something, but Lin Zhiyi pulled them back, signaling them to go inside the dormitory first.

When the door closed, Shen Yan grabbed Lin Zhiyi and whispered, “They didn’t say anything, did they?”

Lin Zhiyi rubbed her head and replied, “Say what?”

Shen Yan insinuated, “They often talk behind your back. I’ve always defended you, but it’s hard to fight against the majority. It’s better if you keep your distance from them.”

Lin Zhiyi didn’t want to waste words and nodded, “But aren’t you also talking bad about me online with that Journalist Chen? Shen Yan, I’m beginning to not understand you.”

She said this on purpose.

Shen Yan’s face turned pale, and when she looked up, she adopted a sorrowful expression.

“I’m sorry, I really did it because I was out of money, and I was deceived by that Journalist Chen. Zhiyi, for the sake of the past when I stood up for you, can’t you forgive me?”