Chapter 219: Qi Shaobai (1)

Chapter 219

During the last summer vacation before university, Qi Shaobai was living a carefree life.

Some days he would stay in his room the whole time, intensely building Lego models for eight or nine hours straight.

Other times he would call up Wei Zhaonan to go out and play basketball together.

His uncle Cheng Xin, who lived abroad, had invited him to travel to the United States and visit his Lego collection with nearly a thousand different sets.

When Cheng Xin called, Qi Shaobai happened to be playing video games with his younger uncle Cheng Zhuo.

During this time, Cheng Zhuo came over with new video games every few days for Qi Shaobai to "compare skills", although it was more like a challenge.

As citizen Sheng Mumu walked by the living room, she saw the “Game Over” screen appear on Qi Shaobai’s side for what seemed like the nth time. She generously expressed her praise:

“Little Qi has superb talent in video games, as expected of my good boy.”

At the same time, she gave some tactful encouragement to Cheng Zhuo:

“Noob, keep it up - aren't you embarrassed to lose to Qi Shaobai? Hmm?"

Qi Shaobai: "..."

Cheng Zhuo: "..."

When it came to rendering two people speechless with just a few sentences, Sheng Mumu was undoubtedly very skilled.

Before the two could come up with a retort, Sheng Mumu was already clip-clopping out the door in her high heels, leaving behind a beautiful silhouette and a faint scent of perfume lingering in the air.

Qi Shaobai helplessly lowered his eyes halfway, gazing silently at the door.

A sigh.

She went out to play again without him.

He really wanted to complain - a certain someone had been especially close with a certain Miss Sheng lately!

The two visibly spent less time at work in the past week. At least three days they didn't come home for dinner, going out on dates to eat and watch movies every day instead.

It was as if the ones enjoying summer vacation and about to start university were them instead of Qi Shaobai, who had just received his admission notice.

Qi Shaobai’s resentment only lingered over his head for a little while before his attention was drawn away by the opening music of the next game.

The two were playing a multiplayer real-time strategy game. Players had to gather resources and build forces to destroy the opponent.

Qi Shaobai lazily sat cross-legged on the carpet and started showing off his professional-level control. Cheng Zhuo was so shocked that he stared blankly again and again.

At the end of the game, Cheng Zhuo gritted his teeth and said, "You've already secured a win this round - why did you have to ruthlessly slaughter me?"

In Sheng Mumu's words: “Little Qi, based on my initial observations, your three roommates are all extroverts. This is great. Even if you wanted to isolate yourself as an introvert, they would drag you out to socialize. How reassuring!"

Qi Shaobai was speechless for a moment: "..."

After settling in and finishing all the enrollment procedures, it happened to be 5 pm.

Watching the sun gradually sinking, it seemed Sheng Mumu suddenly thought of something as her eyes slowly lit up.

Qi Shaobai was extremely familiar with her subtle expressions. With just a glance, he understood what she had in mind.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he said in a deep voice:

"It's still early now that Qi Shaobai has finished enrolling. There's no hurry to go back."

Qi Shaobai thought his dad wanted to find a restaurant near the school for the three of them to have dinner together. His pleasant anticipation had just risen halfway when he suddenly heard Sheng Mumu's voice:

"I was thinking the exact same thing. If we go now, we might still be able to catch the sunset."

Qi bent down his head in acknowledgement. “Okay, I’ll drive faster.”

Qi Shaobai: ???

Setting off? To see the sunset?

Qi Shaobai was completely confused, clearly not understanding their cryptic conversation.

Only after Sheng Mumu explained a few sentences to Qi Shaobai did he suddenly realize - he was wishfully thinking again. They hadn’t planned on bringing him at all!

Sheng Mumu ignored Qi Shaobai’s slightly twitching lips. She happily pulled Qi’s outstretched arm towards the parking lot.

Less than ten minutes' drive from University of Science and Technology Jing City was a highly-rated homestay.

The top-rated comment on a certain review app said watching the sunset there makes the sun seem gentle.

Since the flower shop business had gradually gotten on track, she no longer needed to stare at the company all day. She started planning to expand the business scope.

After some investigation and discussion with Qi, she took a liking to the homestay chain project, believing it had great potential.

It just so happened they were in the area today. They could first experience it as customers.

While those two beautifully enjoyed the scenic homestay, Qi Shaobai began his first sleepless night tossing and turning in the dorm.

He was used to his own bed. Even though University of Science and Technology Jing City dorm conditions were pretty good, he still found it hard to adapt.

Adding insult to injury, the morning after he got up with dark eye circles, a senior student pushed open the dorm room door. He announced loudly to the room:

“Handsome and hardworking juniors, the report in place is short on manpower for the new female students. Come with me to show them around.”