Yang Jia squeezed out some cleansing foam: âNot that I wanna repeat but, that Ai Er Ge is hot as hell, but as girls we need to be responsible for ourselves, heâs definitely just playing with you, donât take it seriously, or youâll be the one suffering. Heâs a host man, no way you can out-play him.â
âI canât out-play him?â Xuan Mo didnât know whether to laugh or cry at her reaction, âIâm not playing with him.â
âWhat, youâre serious?! With him?!â Yang Ji freaked out, âno way! When it comes to feelings, the first person that gets serious loses! You shouldnât have trusted him, he definitely thinks youâre a good girl, so gullible and pretty, and, and rich! Heâs only playing with your feelings!â
Xuan Mo felt that her peaceful interactions with Ai Er Ge was definitely not because of her pretty appearance, or the fact that she was rich or whatever. Even if she were to give him ten lives he wonât dare pull anything with her. And so, sheâs pretty sure thereâs some civilisation gap between her and Yang Jia in their conversation. Therefore, Xuan Mo remained quiet as Yang Jia droned on urgently.
When Yang Jia saw that Xuan Mo remained unmoved, she started amassing support from around. She first found Yang Ni, and then even pulled over Zhang Yi Ke to share her worry and perspective. And so, the three girls surrounded Xuan Mo and started persuading her.
âMo Mo, you should break up with Ai Er Ge, weâre in no place to interrupt if youâre just playing around, but if youâre for real then itâs a no go, weâre not gonna sit and watch you get your heart broken. Trust me. Any random person in your league of suitors would be better than him in every other aspect, except for their looks, that is!â
âMo Mo, only in fairy tales do a rich girl and a poor guy have a happily ever after, you canât let fall for his trap!â
âMo Mo, Iâve been through and done that, when it comes to romance, you and your partnerâs backgrounds gotta match to a certain extent; if it doesnât, youâll end up in arguments sooner or later. If your partner is holding himself in for a very long time, then he definitely has an ulterior motive!â
Xuan Mo drank her water calmly, read her book, tidied her things, and changed her clothes. Even when she was finally got on her bed, her three roommates were still going on and on, as though theyâd gotten addicted to doing this.
âStop!â She said.
The three of them thought that she had something to say, and so they widened their eyes looking at her in anticipation.
Xuan Mo fell back down on her bed, commanding lowly: âSleep!â
âOiâŠâ Yang Jia was very unwilling to give up, but they had no other choice. And so, with reluctance, the three of them finally started getting on with their own things.
As exams neared, the variety of ongoing competitions also drew to a close. In celebration of their final freedom before their death â in the form of examinations â arrived, the finals for the variety of competitions started off with a bang, providing platforms for students to relax and unwind outside of their studying time.
Lu Yu Chen had been having too much fun playing previously, and so he could only hole up in school to catch up on all his work. Ai Er Ge on the other hand seemed to have caught wind that this period was their last lap before their examinations. And so, he took the initiative to not disturb Xuan Mo outside of their charging time. As Elge Planet was not a battle-centric civilisation, he viewed examinations as something even more important than Xuan Mo â aka the examination candidate â did.
And so, Xuan Mo was dragged out by the twins that day, a very rare occasion that they succeeded, and out the three musketeers went.
The twins used to go around with just the two of them, while Zhang Yi Ke would head out with her current boyfriend. Now however, the twins would insist that they have urgent questions relating to their studies and desperately needed Xuan Moâs help. And so, Xuan Mo closed both eyes on the two of them dragging her around.
This afternoon, after Xuan Mo was done with her core module, and was done with the military training, the twins came looking for her, and literally dragged her out to watch a basketball competition, saying that the different faculties were competing against each other.
Xuan Moâs faculty seemed to have competed in the semi-finals yesterday. The ongoing finals was between the twinâs Humanities and Social Science faculty, and the Military Commander faculty.
None of them were related to her, so Xuan Mo wasnât particularly interested. The twins however were surprisingly insistent, so she ended up going with them. The twinsâ classmates were already there, and theyâd also saved them seats â at the front row.
Not long after the competition began, Xuan Mo noticed something was off.
Firstly, the twins would often point at one of the guys to her. The guy was the forward position in the team; his appearance was probably within the definition of âcoolâ. He was rather expressionless, was a little fierce, and played very offensively. Apparently, he was very good, but Xuan Mo didnât know basketball, so she couldnât tell.
Next would be the constant gazes sheâd been receiving from the circle of Humanities students around her, coupled with the countless whispers that consisted of her name and a whole lot of other strange information.
Xuan Mo looked at Yang Ni who was sitting beside her meaningfully.
Xuan Moâs stare had Yang Ni embarrassed. At that she managed: âHehe, Mo Mo, watch the competition, look at Ling Yun, how handsome!â
âYouâre more handsome.â Xuan Mo said blandly, âreally.â
âCough cough.â
âWhat are you trying to do?â
âDonât worry, I am a principled roommate, I definitely wonât try to hook you up with someone or anything, I, I brought you over to hype people up!â
âOh?â
âUh, watch, Ling Yun is usually very cold, but heâs really good looking! Out of all the people chasing you, this is the person that we selected that matches up to you the most.â
What Ling Yun, what chasing her, whatâs all this!? Xuan Mo was confused, before she managed to figure some parts of it out: âAnd you say youâre not gonna matchmake?â
âFine, no oneâs forcing you, itâs just that just by you sitting here, Ling Yunâs abilities will skyrocket! Heâs usually not the high-key kind of person, and he doesnât really care about winning, it feels more like heâs here to help then to compete. But look now, the moment you came, just look at the number of times he scored!?â Yang Ni sighed, âwhat a shy child, look at him, heâs trying to look at you but is too shy to look over.â
Xuan Mo was too confused and speechless to talk. What exactly was all this?!
When she noticed Xuan Moâs expression, Yang Ni predicted the truth: âYou didnât know this person existed did you?â
ââŠâ
âOr should I sayâŠâ Yang Ni hummed, âyou didnât even know that you have suitors?â
Xuan Mo looked at where the basketball was travelling quietly.
âAhh! We helped to pass so many things to you, in the box beside your table, itâs never occurred to you to wonder where it all came from?!â
âItâs meaningless knick-knacksâŠâ Xuan Mo tried to explain, but felt very powerless.
âReally girl, youâre on a whole new level⊠how is it that youâve never felt anything even though you have so many and obvious suitors!â Yang Ni howled, âmy poor Major Yun!â
Xuan Mo tried to recall. Her entire semester had been very routine; the only things sheâd bothered to take note of were the golden stone because that was somewhat related to aliens, and Lu Yu Chen who was somewhat related to her, and then now thereâs an Ai Er Ge⊠oh, and she also participated in military training and sports day. As for all the other things and all the other people â she couldnât care less.
There wasnât anyone that had been incredibly powerful or strong that had caught her attention. There wasnât anyone that came too close to her that caught her attention either. The little gifts that sheâd received only elicited temporary confusion from her. When the things she received increased in quantity, she didnât bother giving a damn anymore. In other words, she lived in her own world, and had never bothered about the attention or interest of other people.
Even her mental-netâs had the ability to automatically filter unimportant information out.
Fine, perhaps if she did pay some attention to her so-called suitors, then maybe it wonât make her out to be this bad; but at the same time, that would cause her a lot more trouble.
She shrugged, therefore the moral of the story was â suitors and whatnot, she really was treating them as passing clouds.
Itâs not that she looked down on them, nor was it a deliberate effort, or that there was a disparity in identities, itâs just that she really, didnât notice them, thatâs all.
After some time, it was the game intermission. The Humanities team ran over to squat beside their coaches. Xuan Mo just so happened to be sitting behind their coach, so she could overhear the strategies that the coach was saying.
The Ling Yun guy was listening carefully to the strategies as he drank his water. He didnât even look in their direction. It was only until the whistle sounded did he sneak a glance over. His eyes were on Xuan Mo, his mouth moved, but he didnât end up saying anything before he returned to the court.
Yang Ni was very pitiful: âA bashful Major Yun!â
On the other hand, Xuan Mo found his gaze on her a little strange; she knew for sure it wasnât anything along the lines of admiration.
It felt more like fear⊠an emotion that sheâd seen countless times before in the past.