After Snow

  On Saturday morning, Zhao Zimo sat alone in the library to kill time. She was isolated by her dormitory's three roommates because they had waited for her at "Qili Xiang" for two hours last night and called her countless times, but she neither showed up nor responded.

  She was really depressed, after the top-quality handsome guy took that boy named Liang Jin away last night, she completely forgot to go to the snack street to meet up with them. As for the phone call, she only saw it when she returned to her dormitory, and by then it was too late to rush over again, they had already come back, and were declaring with a sense of justice:

  "Zhao Zimo, you have been isolated."

  But Zhao Zimo knew that those three so-called isolations could only be called "pseudo-isolations", because each of the three was very busy.

  Jiang Jiang, a renowned name, Jiang Erxuan, came from afar to attend Fengda University, solely to breathe the same city air as her childhood neighbor and friend, Qi Lei. However, Qi Lei had already graduated two years ago, and amidst the chaos, Jiang Jiang lost contact with him. Whenever she has time, especially on double rest days, she would search far and wide for his whereabouts, but so far, to no avail.

  Shi Xiaofei's real name is Shi Zizhou, a native of Fengcheng. Every weekend, he would not stay on campus but instead go to the famous 318 Mental Hospital in Yingchun City to volunteer as a nurse.

  About compulsory labor, it is a tradition of Maple University. Every year's freshmen must choose one compulsory labor in the city, and major hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, sanitation departments... etc. in the city. They must participate in at least one compulsory labor per month and record it by themselves. Upon graduation, they can obtain credits.

  Zhao Zimo had originally chosen to go to a mental hospital, and the quota had already been allocated. However, Shi Xiaofei took her place, saying it was closer to home and more convenient for commuting, and instead sent her to an old people's home to chat with the elderly. She had already fixed on accompanying Granny Fu every Sunday, but Shi Xiaofei spent both of her days off at the mental hospital. Although she felt some doubt, after all, it was someone else's business, so she never asked any questions.

  But Gu Cheng Xi, her good friend of nearly six years, had a deep affection for each other, but they never stuck together. Moreover, since entering university, she had been particularly concerned about a campus scandal: the broadcasting and hosting department's flower Su Ti was pursuing the business school's financial management genius Xiao Chuyan. If she wasn't mistaken, that girl should be secretly plotting something...

  Of course, apart from this, Gu Chengxi is also one of the many online writers who have emerged in recent years, specializing in writing tear-jerking love stories. Her pen name is "Xixi Shuoxiao", and she dedicates most of her free time to her beloved "Xigua Shuang" (Watermelon Frost).

  So, since entering university, Zhao Zimo had never spent a double holiday with those three.

  The early autumn sunlight is weak and lazy, passing through the glass window and shining in. She sits in a position by the window in the library, holding a book "Thick Black Theory" and basking in this warm golden light.

  A shadow fell silently over her, she slightly raised her eyelids, and Ji Anchen was already sitting across from her, not greeting her, but calmly reading a thick book on criminal law.

  Zhao Zimo continued to look at her thick and dark studies, not long after, a piece of paper was handed over from the opposite side, originally didn't want to pay attention, but the corner of her eye caught sight of the elegant and free-spirited words on the paper, and her gaze was stuck.

  "Zha Zi Mo, I'm very sorry for letting you suffer injustice and grievance, but my laptop was not stolen."

  "What's going on?"

  After pushing it away, Ji Anchen immediately explained: "It was my roommate Old Guo who took it to the office. At that time, the situation was urgent and he forgot to tell me. He didn't come back to school for the past two days either. I don't know if he knew I reported the case. He called me last night."

  Zhao Zimo slightly raised an eyebrow, almost understanding.

  His roommate Old Gu is definitely an extreme beauty.

  Seeing her not responding for a long time, Ji Anchen wrote again: "In order to express my apology, would you like to have lunch together at noon?"

  Zhao Zimo was about to directly refuse, but when he put pen to paper, it became: "The one who should be apologizing to me is that roommate of yours."

  She actually already knew about the twists and turns, and she was the mastermind behind this matter. Now saying such words is really a bit too much. However, she was extremely curious as to why the top-grade handsome guy would want to exonerate Liang Jin's crime. As a future talent in the legal field, this was indeed not behavior that should be had!

  Ji Anchen stared at this sentence for a long time and finally silently typed six dots indicating speechlessness.

  “……”

  Later, Zhao Zimo did not get the appointment with the top-quality handsome guy as expected. Instead, on Monday noon's campus radio broadcast, she heard Ji Anchen publicly apologizing to her.

  She was finally vindicated.

  However, this apology led to a direct consequence: the finance major Zijian Chen was thoroughly defeated by the journalism department's beauty in a war of wits and a lightning-fast battle.

  Why is it passed down like this?

  Because Cai Zi has already forgiven her thieving behavior and taken responsibility for it himself...

  Zhao Zimo silently asked the heavens, is this how rumors are forged?!

  What's even more hateful is that the next morning, Ji Anchen ran from afar from Fuxue Tower to Peony Garden at dawn, just to deliver a breakfast for her!

  His reason was very grand: "Zhao Zimo, since you won't agree to let me take you out for a meal, then I'll send breakfast to your place every day as a way of showing my apology!"

  It was when there were many people that almost everyone passing by would give them a curious glance, Zhao Zimo wanted to cry but had no tears: "Ji classmate, I've already eaten..."

  And I'm very full.

  Ji Anchen smiled kindly: "Zhao Zimo, I almost ruined your reputation, and you refuse me like this, my conscience is uneasy."

  Zhao Zimo smiled weakly: "You've already apologized and I've accepted it, so there's no need to show it again..."

  Ji Anchen smiled innocently: "Alright then, but I've already bought it today, and if you don't accept it, it'll be a waste."

  Zhao Zimo was puzzled. With such a clean and harmless, pure and kind smile, how did he get the reputation of being "romantic"?

  More and more people passing by couldn't help but turn their heads to look back, after weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Zimo stretched out his hand to receive it: "Alright then..."

  Before he had even finished speaking, the person had already run far away. Ji An Chen smiled triumphantly, a sly fox-like smile spreading across his face.

  Zhao Zimo soon discovered with a sense of tragic solemnity that the rumor about the department flower thoroughly fixing up Cai Zi had been confirmed!

  It's obvious that Cai Zi has been delivering breakfast to her repeatedly.

  The next day, Ji Anchen came again, and Zhao Zimo decided not to show up foolishly anymore. He used one catty of apples, two bags of melon seeds, and three packs of potato chips as bait, plus intimidation, and sent Shi Xiaofei down to deal with him.

  In less than five minutes, Shi Xiaofei arrived with his hands behind his back: "Comrades, it's settled!"

  Jiang Jiang and Gu Cheng gave her a thumbs up: Awesome!

  A stone that had been hanging in Zhao Zimo's heart finally landed safely.

  Shi Xiaofei solemnly reported the situation five minutes ago as follows:

  "Good morning, Brother Ji. I'm Shi Zizi from Ah Mo's dormitory."

  Ji Anchen smiled enchantingly: "Hello, she must have told you to come down, so would you mind passing the breakfast to her?"

  "Alright, don't forget to bring three more tomorrow morning."

  "No problem. Thank you, goodbye."

  After finishing the report, Shi Xiaofei handed over the breakfast sent by Ji Anchen with both hands, feeling relieved: Ah Mo's beauty finally has a use value, and her stunning face is not wasted.

  Jiang Jiang and Gu Cheng exchanged sly smiles.

  Zhao Zimo's head was emitting a burst of anger, his eyes blazing with fury: "You traitor who values lust over friendship!"

  Fortunately, a week passed and Ji Anchen did not have another episode, Zhao Zimo thought that this matter would pass like this, but she miscalculated.

  One afternoon on a campus road, Ji Anchen met her by chance and looked her up and down before saying something with a puzzled expression.

  "Zhao Zimo," he said, stroking his chin with a puzzled expression, "someone told me that if I were to catch you, the freshness period would only last for a month... they told me not to pursue..."

  Zhao Zimo was inexplicably surprised: someone actually told Cai Zi not to chase after her...

  Ji Anchen added seriously, "Originally I wanted to agree with him, but after thinking about it, I decided to consider whether to extend the shelf life. After all, a beauty like you is hard to come by in a hundred years..."

  Zhao Zimo was stunned: Is there such a blatant and upright flower thief like you?!