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They rushed back to the dormitory before their curfew. Right now, Ji Nuan could not be idle. If she were idle, her emotions would interfere. The moment she returned, she took a shower.

After leaving the shower to change, she noticed that Bai Wei had brought over the gown she had bought her, placing it by her cabinet.

“What’s wrong?” Ji Nuan turned to look at her.

“The past few times I left it on your bed, you always gave it back,” Bai Wei explained. “This gown is too expensive. I can’t receive it. It’s sufficient that you previously suppressed Ling Feifei’s temper with it. Recently, she hasn’t been too outrageous. This gown should be returned to you.”

“It isn’t meant to suppress anyone’s temper. This gown really suits your temperament.” Ji Nuan turned around, picking up her own clothes and returning the box to her. “There’s no need to return it to me. Perhaps I’ll even cooperate with your company in the future. This can be considered building relations at T University. There’s no need to treat each other as outsiders.”

Hearing these words, Bai Wei could not help but glance at Ji Nuan again. “I’m not too familiar with Hai City, but I vaguely understand that the Ji family is one of the four large families in Hai City, right?”

Ji Nuan chuckled mildly. “I suppose so. Recently, our business hasn’t been that good. We probably won’t be able to hold onto our position in the top four families.”

“You sure are humble…”

“It’s the truth. Besides, among the students Professor Lin received this time, almost everyone has unique backgrounds. They’re all heirs or the future hope of various corporations. There is no point in comparing. Let’s just peacefully go through these three months.”

“That is true. In the future, we’ll see each other at every turn in the business world. It’s better to have a low profile so that we can greet each other amiably.”

The two chatted as they returned to the dorm room. When they entered, Ling Feifei had a face mask on and was stretching her body while doing yoga.

Among the four of them, no matter if it was about maintaining the skin’s health or other beauty aspects, Ling Feifei always came in first while Bai Wei was the second. As Bai Wei was already past twenty-five years old, she needed to take some steps to care for her skin, but she was not as extravagant as Ling Feifei.

As for Ji Nuan and Feng Ling, after washing their face, they would at times even forget about patting on some essence before laying down to sleep. However, because Ji Nuan’s skin was too good, even with her carelessness, her skin was much better than Ling Feifei’s. Even a rough person like Feng Ling had brighter skin than Ling Feifei.

Seeing that Ji Nuan had entered with Bai Wei, Ling Feifei narrowed her eyes at them with stretched feet. “Gifting a gown worth a million yuan indeed changes things. Even when showering, they have to go together…”

Bai Wei glanced at her. “Are you unhappy because the item you like has been taken away? Back when we were in that shop, facing against those old CEOs of the department store, where did your stubborn temper go? Back then, why didn’t you fight to use your own card to buy it? You’re unhappy when you think about it now, and you’re looking for trouble again? Can’t you be quiet for a day?”

Ling Feifei glared at her. Before she could speak, Ji Nuan indifferently asked, “That day, when you were trying on the other gown, did you ruin the zipper on it?”

Ling Feifei’s expression faltered. She immediately shifted her gaze away in embarrassment and did not look at them any further. She sat down by the bedside angrily and removed her sheet mask.

“That gown wasn’t cheap either, was it.” Bai Wei glanced at Ling Feifei with a cold smile.

Ling Feifei glared at Bai Wei. “Why do you care if it was expensive or cheap? Anyway, that brand has already been taken down from the department store. They don’t have the right to continue selling any products there. So, what if it’s spoiled? They won’t dare to look for me for compensation. Their legal department won’t look for me either. It was so frantic back then. Who can confirm if it was ruined by those unlucky employees helping me try the gown on or me? Even if you were to go act as a witness, it’s useless. You have no evidence. Besides, it’s been so many days, and they haven’t come looking.”

“Who said we have no evidence?” Feng Ling, who was laying on the bed half-asleep suddenly spoke up.

Ling Feifei’s expression faltered. She turned to see Feng Ling waving her phone screen at her. A two-minute-long voice recording was just paused; this meant that Ling Feifei’s earlier words were all recorded.

“What are you doing! Delete that now!” Ling Feifei was flustered. She got up and charged forward to snatch the phone away.

It was not that she could not afford the compensation, but she really did not wish to lose face! The past few days had been sufficiently humiliating with Ji Nuan around. If she were really called to the department store to provide compensation, her face would be entirely thrown away!

Feng Ling casually tossed her phone toward her bed, indifferently glancing at Ling Feifei. She sat up, cracking her knuckles. A clear, bone-cracking noise was released.

Ling Feifei instantly stiffened by her bedside and did not dare to move further. Her hands froze in midair as she glared at the cold and composed Feng Ling. “Delete that voice recording! Otherwise, I’ll go to Professor Lin tomorrow and tell him that you’ve been taking recordings without permission in the dormitory! Infringing on my privacy!”

“Go ahead. I don’t mind showing this recording to Professor Lin.” Feng Ling did not look at her any further. She casually stretched her feet on the bed, scaring Ling Feifei into taking a step back.

Seeing Feng Ling lay down to sleep, Ling Feifei glared at the phone placed by her pillow. She felt so hateful that her teeth were itching.

Ji Nuan returned to her bedside, picking up her phone to say, “Feng Ling, send me a copy of that recording just in case.”

Hearing this, Ling Feifei abruptly turned to glare at Ji Nuan. Before she could begin cursing, Bai Wei added, “Send a copy to me too.”

Ling Feifei was about to explode from anger. She picked up a mirror from her bedside and smashed it onto the ground.

Less than a minute later, the dorm manager auntie charged to their door, reprimanding, “What time is it? Who is making so much noise!”

Ling Feifei: “…”

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The next day, Ling Feifei was still angry. In the morning, when Ji Nuan was about to take some hot water, she handed her own bottle over.

“Since you’re going, isn’t your other hand free? Help me fill up a bottle as well.” Ling Feifei maintained an authoritative attitude. She refused to be suppressed by Ji Nuan’s temperament.

Ji Nuan did not even look at her and had stepped out. Ling Feifei abruptly stood up and was about to shove her bottle into her hands. However, the moment she stood up, Feng Ling, who was by the side, kicked the bottle in her hands away.

“Ah! What are you doing?!” Ling Feifei saw that Ji Nuan was already walking away without looking back. She turned to look at the cracked bottle on the ground before abruptly raising her eyes to glare at Feng Ling.

“If you want to drink water, go take it yourself. Who are you expecting to serve you?” Feng Ling sat down. Her tone was cold and indifferent.

“Why have you been protecting Ji Nuan since the moment you entered this place! Don’t tell me, you are the bodyguard she hired. You won’t even let me give her something to do!” Ling Feifei was driven mad by anger. At this rate, she really would not be able to stay in this dorm any longer!

“You’ve actually gotten it right. I am her bodyguard.” Feng Ling curved her eyes, smiling coldly.

“Tsk, that’s impossible!”

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The next afternoon, T University’s entrance was surrounded by cars. Each one of them did not seem simple.

The students stood by the side, whispering. They heard the two campus library buildings were about to be rebuilt. The person who came today was the CEO of a certain well-known corporation. He made a significant investment to support the rebuilding of T University’s library.

Previously, all the people who made such investments all became honorary principals. This time was no different. If the investment went through, this person would definitely receive the title of an honorary principal.

After all, T University’s library had nearly one hundred years of history. Taking into account their collection of up to one hundred million works, as well as the ancient architecture, if they were to rebuild the library completely, it would require a substantial sum. It was not an investment any typical corporation would be able to make.

“Aiya, did you hear about it? The person who wants to help rebuild the library seems to hail from Hai City…”

“Hai City, ah? Hai City is one of a kind within our country. There are quite a lot of wealthy people there. Many of our local, renowned corporate directors are also located there. It’s not surprising that this person has such a robust financial ability then…”

“Indeed. I wonder which company he is from. Rebuilding T University’s one-hundred-year-old library is an accomplishment that can be recorded into history. Doing this at no cost; it really makes one wonder who would be so generous…”

“Although he is generous, he isn’t simply rebuilding at no cost. T University is one of the top universities within the country. The rebuilding of the one-hundred-year-old library has always been put off because of how difficult it is. Now that it is going to be rebuilt, he will definitely receive a large amount of local publicity. No matter which company he comes from, in the future, T University and all the other local universities, including rising educational institutions, would all be widely implicated. The benefits he can gain from these are not something we can easily predict!”

“That’s true. The plans that the people in high positions have in mind, how would we be able to understand…”

Similar, quiet discussions could be heard throughout the entire T University. Especially among the business and corporate management students, the discussion was spreading like wildfire.

In the afternoon, Ji Nuan was rushing through the mock test questions Professor Lin had shared and did not have time for a meal. After class, she took advantage of the break time to buy some simple snacks at the cafeteria. On the way there, when she heard the discussions and heard that the investor was from Hai City, she subconsciously glanced out of the cafeteria windows to look at the T University gates.

From this distance, she could not clearly see the cars parked outside. She barely scanned the entrance before walking away with the food she had bought.

Hai City was indeed the most prosperous city within the country. It was where outstanding individuals tended to gather, and numerous wealthy corporations were situated. T University was also an educational establishment on par with Peking University and Tsinghua University; it was not surprising that the big shot of some investment corporation would suddenly gain interest in the education industry.

In the evening, a day of classes finally ended. Bai Wei said that she had plans to meet up with a friend she previously cooperated with and invited Ji Nuan and Feng Ling to come along.

The three brought their textbooks back to their dormitory and changed their clothes. All of a sudden, Ling Feifei ran in. She immediately began flipping through her clothes and frantically piling cosmetics onto her face. It was as though she was rushing off for a date or to meet someone important.

“Why are you all looking at me?” While frantically stacking powder onto her face, Ling Feifei narrowed her eyes at them. “You’ve all returned to change your clothes too? Are you hoping for a chance encounter with President Mo as well? Usually, you all look so uninterested, but when the opportunity arrives, you actually move much faster than me!”

Hearing the words ‘President Mo,’ Ji Nuan and Feng Ling’s expressions changed slightly.

On the other hand, Bai Wei stared at Ling Feifei as though she had gone mad. “What President Mo? What chance encounter? The temperature is dropping tonight so we returned to retrieve our coats.”

Ling Feifei clearly did not believe Bai Wei’s words. “Who are you trying to fool? Based on your abilities, you guys must also have heard that the party who made such a large investment for the library is Hai City’s Mo Corporation. Mo Corporation’s CEO has personally arrived to visit our T University. Many of the beautiful girls here have all rushed back to change their clothes and makeup, hoping to catch an eye of President Mo when he leaves tonight. It’s the Mo Corporation, ah! If I can have a romantic encounter with President Mo and take his car home or have a meal with him… just thinking about it makes me so agitated I might die!”

Bai Wei faltered.

She had naturally heard of the Mo Corporation. Her company had applied for several partnership requests with Mo Corporation, but they were always refused. For many companies within the country, a partnership with this corporation was what they all yearned for but could never obtain.

Although Mo Corporation had many partnerships within the country and owned many companies, its focus has never been placed on T City. It also had little connections with the education industry. Why was it that, all of a sudden, they would make such a large investment in T University’s library? Although this would open up a lot of advantageous paths in the education industry, based on Mo Corporation’s outstanding ability, along with the Mo family’s foundation, the local education industry did not match up to the investment prospects Mo Corporation had. Why would they suddenly interfere with this industry…

Bai Wei was still deep in thoughts. All of a sudden, she heard a ‘bang’ sound from the dormitory door.

In a blink of an eye, Ji Nuan had taken hurried steps to leave the dorm without giving a reason why.

“Ji Nuan?” Bai Wei thought something had happened. She quickly opened the door for a look only to see that Ji Nuan was walking really fast. She did not even turn back, as though there was something she had to rush off for.

“This is…”

Feng Ling composedly walked out, calmly saying, “I’ll go take a look.”

Ji Nuan walked out of the dormitory and hurried toward the school building.

Those few words kept repeating in her mind.

President Mo.

President Mo.

President Mo.

Typically, whenever there were important meetings or matters among the school management, they would have a meeting on the highest floor of the school building. Ji Nuan’s feet moved quickly. It took Feng Ling a long time to catch up to her.

The school building had more than ten floors. Students were not allowed to use the elevator at the end of the hallway. Ji Nuan climbed up the stairs step by step. When she finally made it up to the highest floor, she saw that the lights in the principal’s meeting room were indeed turned on.

“Are you guys T University’s students? Who allowed you to enter the management area? Students are not allowed to enter this floor; aren’t you guys aware of that?” The person who stepped out of the office was T University’s head of the teaching department. When he saw Ji Nuan and Feng Ling, he immediately knitted his brows in displeasure and began reprimanding them.

However, Ji Nuan’s gaze was fixed in the direction of the principal’s meeting room.

“Why are you still looking? Aren’t you going to leave?” The head of the department coldly reminded them.

The meeting room door was tightly shut. All she could see was the light through the gaps of the doors.

“May I ask, around what time will this meeting end?” Although the head of the department had a poor attitude, Ji Nuan still tried to be polite.

“I don’t know. The principal and several of the school heads are inside; there are a lot of issues they have to discuss. I’m not sure what time the meeting will end exactly.” The head of the department eyed her strangely. “Why are you asking this?”