At that moment, she seemed bathed in the purity of an angel, unbelievably beautiful, yet untouchable.
"Then... let’s just see him off."
Zhou Wang watched in a daze for a moment before speaking into the phone.
...
In the afternoon, Zhou Wang took Jiang Mo to the legendary Qingmei.
After all, since it was one of Huaxia’s top universities, Zhou Wang thought he might as well check in as a tourist stop.
After dropping Jiang Mo off at the classroom, Zhou Wang wandered around the Tsinghua campus with Miao Ying. At first, Zhou Wang thought that walking in such a place might purify him with the spirit of knowledge. Later, he realized he was overthinking it.
Although Tsinghua University was open to the public, it only allowed entrance to the campus scenery. As for the campus buildings, you could take a photo, but those not affiliated with the university couldn’t enter.
Originally, Zhou Wang saw a building with unique features and wanted to sneak in for a look, but as soon as he reached the entrance, a stern-looking female teacher stopped him.
Feeling somewhat disappointed, Zhou Wang ended up taking a stroll around the campus supermarket, at least counting as having entered a building.
Finding the visit to Tsinghua not as interesting as he had imagined, Zhou Wang decided to take Miao Ying to the side. On Tsinghua’s left stood two adjacent and famous gardens.
One was the Yihe Garden, and the other was the Yuanming Garden.
Unfortunately, there were too many tourists, and many of the gardens’ buildings had been restored. Zhou Wang couldn’t find that sense of historical gravitas he imagined, feeling slightly disappointed.
He was someone who quite enjoyed lively places, but he didn’t care for pure noise.
After a short visit to the martyr’s monument in Yuanming Garden and a brief tour of Yihe Garden, Zhou Wang realized that exploring the entire garden would take three or four hours. So, arriving at the corridor with a view of Kunming Lake, Zhou Wang prepared to call Miao Ying to head back.
Zhou Wang hadn’t yet had the chance to speak when he suddenly heard a voice full of amazement and joy beside him.
"Zhou Wang?"
The voice was familiar to Zhou Wang, and when he turned his head to see who it was, he connected the voice with the face. In his surprise, he laughed and stepped forward to slap the person on the back.
"Song Rui? What are you doing here!"
The one who stopped Zhou Wang was a slightly chubby young man with trendy perm, dressed impressively. He was Song Rui, whom Zhou Wang had met through the flight attendant Cheng Yiyi.
Song Rui used to be relentlessly devoted to Cheng Yiyi, but he unexpectedly got along well with Zhou Wang. After an awkward incident at the Hang City BSK nightclub, Zhou Wang hadn’t contacted him since and didn’t know if he had moved on...
At that time, Zhou Wang had even sent a spiritual mentor from their side to help him lift his spirits.
Song Rui appeared clearly delighted to see Zhou Wang, but his hands were full of several bottles of water, or else he seemed like he might have hugged Zhou Wang.
"I came with... some friends to look around. What about you, is this your girlfriend?"
When Song Rui mentioned "some friends," he hesitated for a moment, but quickly regained his composure. He glanced at Miao Ying, who stood quietly some distance away, waiting for Zhou Wang, and raised an eyebrow as he asked.
Meanwhile, Song Rui couldn’t help but praise Zhou Wang internally. Zhou Wang was indeed Zhou Wang. He didn’t even bring up Cheng Yiyi, who was a scar not fully healed yet, let alone Jiang Mubai, who had obviously thrown herself at him. She was a big Internet celebrity pursued by countless men yet chose to approach Zhou Wang herself...
Now, this ponytailed girl beside Zhou Wang might not be breathtaking in features, but had a rare heroism between her eyebrows that made her stand out.
Undoubtedly, she was another high-grade beauty.
If he weren’t too embarrassed to ask, Song Rui really wanted to learn a few moves from Zhou Wang...
"A friend."
Zhou Wang simply smiled and said, ready to ask Song Rui what brought him to Beidou when a voice of discontent came from behind Song Rui.
"Song Rui, what took you so long to buy water? Xiaojing and the others are still waiting, you..."
The rather crisp voice halted midway, and its owner was a tall girl, about 170 cm, with prominent features, a slender waist, straight legs, and a short skirt showing off her legs in the early autumn weather. It was Cheng Yiyi.
So, as vast as the world could seem at times, it could also be small. Someone you thought you’d never see again could suddenly appear with just a turn.
Zhou Wang was only slightly surprised to see Song Rui still entangled with Cheng Yiyi, but Cheng Yiyi instantly fell into a daze...
"Zhou, Zhou Wang..."
She called Zhou Wang’s name with a slightly trembling voice.
Seeing this man again, Cheng Yiyi’s gaze dodged, emotions swirling turbulently inside her.
This was the first man to whom she decided to lower her pride and give him a chance.
But she never expected that her "shameless" pursuit would end with Zhou Wang’s "humiliation"...
That night, after returning to her hotel, Cheng Yiyi cried all night.
She cursed Zhou Wang with the harshest words, yet in her moments of breakdown, she repeatedly whispered his name because she couldn’t understand what she lacked for Zhou Wang to treat her that way.
Cheng Yiyi, who had always been cherished by others, faced the first major setback of her life.