After the Beautiful Omega Was Targeted by His Straight Roommate - Chapter 6

Does Qi Yuxiao like him?

Is that for real?

Tao Ran’s mind was clearly filled with disbelief, but Zhuo Qiang’s words were so sonorous and forceful, carrying a heart-stirring energy, that Tao Ran felt lightheaded just listening to them. He could not help but be coaxed into believing it.

Under the repeated encouragement of Zhuo Qiang and Su Jialiang, he inexplicably found a bit of courage.

He lowered his eyes in deep thought.

Perhaps he really could try to take the initiative and reach out to Qi Yuxiao?

Even if they could not become friends, improving their relationship to the point of being casual acquaintances who nodded in passing would be fine. At the very least, it would not have to be as awkward as before.

Seeing the moved expression on Tao Ran’s face, Zhuo Qiang and Su Jialiang exchanged a look. Zhuo Qiang asked, “So, Tao Ran, have you made up your mind?”

Tao Ran looked up at him and suddenly said, “I still owe Qi Yuxiao money. He paid for my medical expenses, taxi fare, and dinner last night.”

Hearing this, Su Jialiang felt there was a chance and suggested, “Then use that as an excuse to start a chat with him!”

Tao Ran: ” ”

That is exactly where the problem lies!

Tao Ran’s voice grew faint. “But I do not have his WeChat.”

Zhuo Qiang: ” ”

Su Jialiang: ” ”

Zhuo Qiang was the first to break the silence. “Add him! Add him right now!”

This powerful voice gave Tao Ran a boost of encouragement.

“Mm.”

Tao Ran remembered that although he was not friends with Qi Yuxiao, they were both in the Room 421 group chat.

So, he opened his phone and went into WeChat to look for the dormitory group. Zhuo Qiang and Su Jialiang leaned their heads in from both sides to watch.

Everyone had their names set as aliases in the group, so Tao Ran quickly found Qi Yuxiao’s WeChat.

He clicked on the profile picture. Qi Yuxiao’s avatar was a black background with a burning red flame in the middle. It looked very cool.

As his fingertip hovered over “Add to Contacts,” Tao Ran’s heart pounded wildly.

Zhuo Qiang and Su Jialiang also became nervous as they watched Tao Ran click “Add to Contacts.”

The next second, a line of text popped up on the phone screen:

[The other party has disabled the ‘Add via Group Chat’ method.]

Tao Ran: “Huh?”

Zhuo Qiang and Su Jialiang were dumbfounded. No one had expected this situation.

Su Jialiang hurriedly tried to explain for Qi Yuxiao, “Maybe it is because too many people try to add him. Brother Xiao probably turned off the group chat friend request permission.”

“You have to understand the terrifying level of popularity Brother Xiao has. There are so many groups in university; plenty of people must try to find his WeChat ID through group chats to add him. If just anyone could add him, would his phone not explode?”

Tao Ran nodded, thinking this made a lot of sense.

Zhuo Qiang immediately opened his phone. “I will push his contact card to you right now. You will definitely be able to add him that way.”

“Okay.”

Tao Ran soon received Qi Yuxiao’s WeChat contact card from Zhuo Qiang.

He summoned his courage and clicked “Add Friend” again.

An instant later, the phone screen popped up:

[The other party does not allow users to add him as a friend.]

?

The three of them stood there in silence for a long while.

A wave of embarrassment washed over Tao Ran’s face. The spark of anticipation in his eyes gradually faded, and he began to retreat mentally. “Maybe I should just”

Zhuo Qiang suddenly had a flash of inspiration and remembered something else. “There is the phone number! You can add people via phone number too!”

After a moment of thought, Tao Ran handed him the phone. Refusing to believe it would not work, Zhuo Qiang typed in a string of numbers and briskly tried to add the friend again.

The next moment, the screen popped up: [User does not exist]

“Oh, I just remembered!”

Su Jialiang knocked his own head in frustration. “Back during military training, someone on the confession wall was selling Qi Yuxiao’s WeChat ID and phone number. Everyone swarmed to add him, which seriously affected his normal life. In the end, Qi Yuxiao just turned off all methods of adding friends.”

“It seems like if you want to add him now, you either have to get him to open his QR code for you to scan,” he added, “or have him take the initiative to add you.”

” ”

“Let us just forget it.”

The courage he had just mustered felt like a joke. Tao Ran’s eyelashes trembled; he was so embarrassed he did not know what to do with himself, wishing he could just dig a hole and crawl into it.

Su Jialiang and Zhuo Qiang glanced at Tao Ran awkwardly, wanting to say something but stopping themselves.

After a moment of reflection, Tao Ran turned back to his desk to rummage through his things. He told them, “I am going to the bank to withdraw some cash.”

Su Jialiang hurriedly asked, “What are you getting cash for?”

“To pay Qi Yuxiao back in cash.”

Tao Ran moved quickly. Holding his bank card, he turned to leave, dropping a quick “I will be back in a bit” behind him.

Su Jialiang and Zhuo Qiang stared at each other.

Su Jialiang was the first to complain: “It is all because of your rotten idea. Were Qi Yuxiao and Tao Ran not just a bit awkward? It is not like they are enemies who fight on sight and turn the dorm upside down. Why were you trying to force them together for no reason?”

Zhuo Qiang retorted weakly, “Was I not just trying to make our dorm more harmonious?”

“Well, great. Tao Ran is already introverted and timid. He finally worked up the courage to add him on WeChat, only to be rejected three times in a row.” Su Jialiang said worriedly, “I am afraid he has taken a hit and will go back into his shell again.”

“Then how about” Zhuo Qiang’s brain whirred as another idea popped up. “I push Tao Ran’s contact card to Qi Yuxiao?”

“Let us just let nature take its course.” Su Jialiang thought for a few seconds. “No matter how bad their relationship is, they will not get into a physical fight. Let us stop meddling.”

” ”

Tao Ran went to the school ATM. First, he withdrew 300 yuan in cash, but after thinking it over, he went back and withdrew another 300.

Since starting university, Tao Ran’s monthly allowance was 1,500 yuan. It was not much, but it was perfectly sufficient.

After all, he did not eat much, had very low material desires, and did not have a complex or frequent social life. Plus, the school cafeteria was quite cheap. From the time he arrived at school until now, he had not even used a third of his allowance.

He took out the cash, folded it neatly, and put it in his pocket. Tao Ran planned to camp out in the dormitory whenever he did not have class; as soon as he saw Qi Yuxiao, he would return the money.

Who would have thought that life is unpredictable? For several days in a row, Qi Yuxiao did not return to the dorm.

Tao Ran was in a different major, so the chances of bumping into him in the teaching buildings were almost zero.

The few red hundred-yuan bills were pulled out of one pocket and put into another, changing hands several times until they became a bit crumpled.

This week marked the start of the university’s general elective courses.

General electives are not limited by major or grade; any student who has not completed their credits can choose them. These classes are always “hot items” that everyone scrambles for during the enrollment period, often causing the school’s registration system to crash.

Tao Ran had also put in a lot of effort to snag one.

He had originally planned to leave for class on time today, but halfway there, he suddenly realized he had forgotten his textbook, so he doubled back to the dorm to get it.

This resulted in him arriving at the classroom right as class was about to start, while the sky was gradually turning grey.

As he walked in, he saw that the huge classroom was already packed.

So many people.

Fortunately, he entered through the back door.

Tao Ran hesitated for a moment, his eyes searching for a suitable seat.

His gaze quickly locked onto a spot in the fourth row against the wall. There were four seats in that row, and only the innermost seat was occupied.

Tao Ran squinted. Why did that person’s back look a bit familiar?

At that moment, there was some commotion on the other side of the classroom.

Tao Ran followed the sound and saw a girl stand up, encouraged by the students around her. She nervously patted her chest, her cheeks flushed a shy pink.

She walked over to the spot Tao Ran had been eyeing, leaned down, and tapped on the desk. With a sweet smile, she said something to the person in the seat, gesturing with her phone.

The person turned his head slightly, revealing clear features. His profile was traced in a cold silhouette under the lights. He had no expression on his face, and after a moment, his thin lips parted to utter a few words.

It was unclear what he replied, but the girl’s mouth fell open in a daze. A stiff, embarrassed expression appeared on her face as she bit her lower lip and ran away.

The students watching in the classroom let out a chorus of sighs and began whispering:

“Holy crap, even the ‘Flower’ of the Dance Academy got rejected when she tried to hit on him.”

“How many ‘Department Flowers’ have tried their luck since the start of the semester? Can someone tell me what kind of person Qi Yuxiao actually likes? Can someone just hurry up and win him over? Seeing more beauties get rejected by him is going to make my heart ache, okay?”

“If he does not like them, it would not matter even if the most beautiful woman on Earth showed up.”

“Hahaha, you call that heartache? I think you’re just jealous of the guy’s luck with women.”

“With luck like that, who would not be envious?”

“If you were even half as handsome as him, would you have to worry about that?”

Tao Ran blinked, only then realizing that the person sitting in that seat was the Qi Yuxiao he had been looking for for days!

So he and Qi Yuxiao had chosen the same elective. For such a small probability to occur, he had actually run right into him!

That girl just now seemed to have failed to get his WeChat too. Tao Ran felt a tearful sense of sympathy.

After all, as Qi Yuxiao’s roommate, his own attempt to add him had been full of twists and turns, and he still had not succeeded.

However, he had given up in time and come up with the brilliant plan of paying back in cash.

Tao Ran felt a bit self-satisfied. Taking advantage of the end of the commotion while the students were boredly looking at their phones waiting for class, he quietly moved to the side of Qi Yuxiao’s seat.

“Qi Yuxiao, I”

Ring ring ring

The bell for class rang without warning.

The professor, a little old man with white hair at his temples and reading glasses, arrived at the podium right on time. He cleared his throat: “Alright, students, let us begin the class.”

The transition was incredibly smooth.

Tao Ran’s intention was only to ask Qi Yuxiao how much the medical bills were last night, return the money immediately, and then go find another seat.

But this series of events gave him no time to react; he was caught off guard and completely dazed.

By the time he snapped out of it, the classroom was pin-drop silent, and he was the only one standing out.

Although the professor looked old, his eyes were still sharp. He quickly spotted Tao Ran and immediately offered his concern:

“Does this student have a problem? Why have you not found a seat and sat down yet?”

At the same time, the gaze of every student in the vicinity flickered toward him.

Tao Ran: ” ”

He shook his head violently and sat down at lightning speed.

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