Deliberately Approaching
Chapter 192: Dormitory Gossip

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Dormitory Gossip

Tang Xiaowan rolled her eyes and then pulled them both into the dormitory.

She hated people who betrayed their friends.

But right now, the hallway really wasn’t the place to talk.

The trio of sisterly friends had always been close like family, but now, to get words out of Chen Yu, they could even betray their own sisters—who knew what they might do next.

Maybe she was just telling the truth, not really betraying anyone.

Having more friends is always better than having more enemies!

Tang Xiaowan chose to temporarily trust her.

"What does it have to do with her?" asked Chen Yu, always thinking it was Song Jiaqi who disliked her, so she asked curiously.

"Don’t you know? Li Ying likes Chen Nan, has liked him since the first day of school, love at first sight kind of thing, but Chen Nan stood up for you around that time, helped you, just a few days before the autumn sports meet of freshman year."

Li Ying liking Chen Nan was something Chen Yu certainly knew, as did the whole class.

But she was unclear about the other details.

Back in freshman year, Chen Nan, how could he?

Hadn’t he just confessed and said he liked me? Could it be that before... No way!

Seeing Chen Yu’s bewildered face, Chen Siyao quickly stepped forward, lowered her voice, "It was when we put the little cat, the one we picked up, into your bag. Later, Chen Nan helped you take it out and even scolded the three of us fiercely. Didn’t you know? So Li Ying started to dislike you and always tried to embarrass you, but it was always Jiaqi who started it."

It was all because of Chen Nan?

Poor Little Yu’er, an innocent victim!

Tang Xiaowan shook her head and climbed onto Chen Yu’s bed, yawning one after another, feeling somewhat sleepy.

At this moment, Chen Yu had already begun to reminisce.

That afternoon, she had indeed been terrified, and in her panic, she had thrown her bag out and then laid her head down on the desk and cried for a long time until the class bell rang.

Students were swarming everywhere, noisy beyond measure, no matter if they were boys or girls, everyone was cheering.

Was it Chen Nan who took it out for me?

But back then, it seemed like we hadn’t even spoken, maybe we had, I don’t remember?

"Alright, alright, forget about that. Look, Jiaqi has already apologized to you, count me in as well. From now on, we’ll be good friends. We were wrong about the past, don’t take it to heart, okay?"

"But, that..." Chen Yu hesitated, her mind a mess.

She was still thinking about Chen Nan taking the cat away.

Originally, Chen Yu wasn’t particularly afraid of cats, just a little bit, but having one suddenly appear in front of her without any warning, especially in her backpack, was really scary.

The zipper opened, and a furry flowered head popped out—it indeed was frightening.

My scream must have been really ugly, right?

"Hey, what’s this? Chen Yu, is this the medicine you were applying?"

Chen Siyao quickly walked towards the desk.

Actually, she had heard about the medicine at the door, and after coming in, she had seen two plastic boxes, one white, one black, on the desk, but only now did she have the chance to ask.

"No, it’s not, I am—"

"Okay, okay, I already know I was wrong, let me borrow it... just for a few days. Mine is not that big, it won’t waste much, look, yours is all gone, isn’t it?"

As the words fell, Chen Siyao rolled up her trouser leg.

Chen Yu turned her head and saw, indeed, there was a black patch about 2 centimeters in diameter on the outside of her calf, definitely smaller than her original one.

"This was given to me by Xiaowan..."

Before Chen Yu could finish, Chen Siyao immediately turned her head toward Tang Xiaowan, "Xiaowan, is it okay? I’ll pay, no, won’t use it for free, really."

Her voice was soft, timid; she was quite afraid of Tang Xiaowan.

From the first day of school, every action in the girl’s restroom had been etched into Chen Siyao’s mind, the bright shiny little knife spinning casually in Tang Xiaowan’s hand, both cool and impressive.

She knew Tang Xiaowan had a bad temper, which was why she had dared only to ask Chen Yu.

However, there was no response at that moment.

"Xiao Wan, I really know my mistake now, look, Little Yu’er has forgiven me too," Chen Siyao continued, her voice still timid.

Chen Yu: "..."

"How about... lending it to her?"

Chen Yu walked over and gently patted Tang Xiaowan.

In the dormitory, the desk was below, and the bed was above; at this moment, Chen Yu couldn’t see Tang Xiaowan’s expression and thus wasn’t aware of her attitude.

Tang Xiaowan turned around and yawned.

If Chen Yu hadn’t just patted her, she would probably be asleep by now.

"It’s yours anyway, do as you please."

Before Chen Yu could respond, Chen Siyao cheerfully stuffed two boxes of medicine into her pocket.

All the bows, all the thanks directed at both Chen Yu and Tang Xiaowan, her words slick as if she was reciting a script.

Gradually, Tang Xiaowan fell asleep.

When she woke up again, she had been surrounded and discussed by three girls who had returned from showering for quite a while.

"So pale, even her neck."

"With Li Zishen being so rich, he must regularly buy her tonics or high-end skincare products; otherwise, how could she be so radiant."

"I really want to touch it; it’s so soft."

"Look at how nice her lips are shaped, naturally carrying a slight smile, red and plump, no need for lipstick at all."

"Oh, really, it’s just too unfair!"

Tang Xiaowan heard these comments by chance but intentionally kept her eyes closed.

Being praised was, of course, delightful; she wanted to listen more.

"Chen Yu, you’re the closest to her, spill it—how far have she and Li Zishen progressed? Are they going to get married?"

One of the girls approached Chen Yu with a big grin, while the other two also immediately turned around.

"Don’t ask me, I don’t know."

"Then, later... could you get me Li Zihan’s number? She definitely has it."

"You mean Xiao Wan?"

"Yeah, aren’t they often seen together? So close."

The inquiring girl was the dorm leader, from a well-off family, quite attractive, and usually very haughty. If it weren’t for her somewhat good relationship with Chen Yu and Tang Xiaowan, she’d hardly bother interacting with others.

"For things like that, you should ask her yourself."

"Why so... fine, forget the help then, I bet someone like Li Zihan who’s good-looking and Li Zishen’s brother won’t even consider us plain Janes."

"Hey, speak for yourself, don’t lump me in."

One girl rolled her eyes at the dorm leader and promptly climbed onto her bed.

"Look at you, can’t you take a joke!"

Another girl snorted with laughter and then said, "Still hung up on Li Zihan? The school belle was dying for him, and it was all for nothing, just forget about it."

"What does he even like?"

"It must be someone like Tang Xiaowan, right? Got money, got the looks."

"Wait, is she really that rich?"

"It’s obvious, isn’t it? Got a car, got a house, even has a personal driver for daily pickup and drop-off. Your family isn’t bad either, but do you have that? No, right?"

"If my family were from around here, I could too."

Hearing this, Tang Xiaowan suddenly opened her eyes and sat up briskly.

"What time is it? Shouldn’t we be going to class?"