EAY Chapter 44

Campus Idol

44

Li Tianyi spent almost his entire day sleeping. After sleeping in class in the morning, he went back to the dormitory and continued to sleep until Shi Ran woke him up in the late afternoon when the sun was setting.

By this time, photos of him and Qi Ye had already spread all over the campus. When the young master Li picked up his phone after dinner, he was greatly shocked.

“Qi Ye, I’ve become a campus idol too!” Li Tianyi shouted. Someone even took a video with funny dubbing, depicting the touching brotherly love of carrying a roommate to the 8 AM class. Posted on a certain short video platform, it already had about two hundred thousand likes.

Li Tianyi fantasized, “If this goes on, won’t I become an internet celebrity? Embarking on the path of a free vlogger, reaping thousands of business deals, and achieving financial freedom!” He hurriedly asked Qi Ye, “Should I open an account now? Hey, what do you think about me being a beauty vlogger?”

Qi Ye: “It wouldn’t work.”

“Oh, give me a good reaction, will you? It’s my first time tasting the sweetness of sudden popularity.” Li Tianyi swiped his phone again and found that more than a dozen people wanted to add him. He excitedly stomped his feet in place. “What should I do? What should I do? My intuition tells me that my spring is coming again!”

Li Tianyi was so excited that he couldn’t stop for several hours. Everyone else was getting ready to sleep, but he was still studying himself in the mirror, “I have the looks, but what kind of persona should I create?” He shouted to Qi Ye, “You do it with me, let’s work together to become bigger and stronger.”

Qi Ye: “You can dream on your own.”

Li Tianyi also knew that becoming an internet celebrity wasn’t that easy, but he thought he could at least be popular on campus. Unexpectedly, reality was cruel. He dressed up carefully and walked around the campus, but no one recognized him.

“There are too many trending topics now, no one stops to appreciate my beauty.” Li Tianyi blamed it all on the overly active internet era.

But there were still gains. Li Tianyi selected a very nice girl from the people who added him. They got along well when they met offline. She was the gentle and lovely type he liked.

Soon after, the two established a relationship. Li Tianyi completely forgot about his previous ambition to become a beauty vlogger and wholeheartedly indulged in his youthful and sweet love.

“Ah, love is so good.” Li Tianyi became a happy little white dove. Whenever you saw him in the dormitory, he always had a smile on his face. The other three looked at each other and secretly hoped that this relationship would last, preferably leading to marriage.

Because however sweet it was, it could be just as sad. They could all imagine how depressed Li Tianyi would be if this relationship failed, which they didn’t want to see.

The power of love is truly great. The laziest person in the entire dormitory could actually get up on time for the 8 AM class, and he was even the earliest. While Meng Nan was still groggily sitting up and getting dressed, someone was already humming a song and tidying up in front of the dressing mirror.

The first time Meng Nan saw it, he thought he was still dreaming. He pinched himself hard, but it wasn’t a dream.

When asked why he got up so early, Li Tianyi said smugly, “I’m going to have breakfast with Xiao Ning in the cafeteria. That’s the only time we can meet before the early class.”

Although Li Tianyi hadn’t formally talked to them about what kind of person Xiao Ning was, it could be seen from Li Tianyi’s changes that Xiao Ning was at least a good student who loved to study. Because Li Tianyi not only went to the 8 AM class on time, but he also went to the library to study! Although he still loved playing games, at least he didn’t stay up late anymore, and his routine had become healthier.

Based on these changes alone, the others in the dormitory felt that classmate Xiao Ning was truly great.

One day, young master Li, after finishing his date, returned to the dormitory and suddenly became listless, not saying a word of nonsense, constantly sighing in front of his desk.

“It’s over, it’s over,” Shi Ran said softly to Qi Ye, “A bad omen.”

Meng Nan was also afraid. When Li Tianyi was happy, he made others happy, but when he was sad, he would make others feel bad. He asked cautiously, “What’s wrong?”

“Ah—” Another long sigh, like a vengeful spirit, Li Tianyi looked at Qi Ye blankly, “I’m asking you, am I not as handsome as you?”

Qi Ye didn’t know what he was up to, but he secretly sighed badly. This setback in love wouldn’t have anything to do with him, would it?

Li Tianyi lay on the desk and said quietly, “Today, I invited Xiao Ning and her roommates to dinner. Her roommates accidentally let it slip that Xiao Ning added my WeChat because she liked Qi Ye at first. She’s quite smart. She knew that too many people would add Qi Ye and he wouldn’t look at it, so she added me, and then got to know Qi Ye after she was familiar with me.”

Shi Ran and Meng Nan both looked at Qi Ye. He hadn’t done anything, but he felt a sense of guilt.

Li Tianyi grabbed his hair: “I looked through our earliest messages, and she did mention it several times, like that we could bring roommates to hang out together next time, and she vaguely asked about your situation. It turns out the only person she really wanted to ask about was Qi Ye.”

Meng Nan said, “So what about her now? What did she say? Does she like you or Qi Ye?”

Li Tianyi: “She said she likes me.”

“Then that’s it. I think she must have recognized you when she agreed to be your girlfriend.” Meng Nan patted him on the shoulder. “You have to think of it this way. Although she liked Qi Ye at first, she’s now developed a liking for you, which shows that you are also very charming.”

Li Tianyi shook his head: “I don’t believe it. What if she’s with me just to get to know Qi Ye? It’s not impossible.”

Qi Ye repeatedly said, “Impossible, who would sacrifice their love like that?”

Meng Nan analyzed, “Your girlfriend’s feelings for Qi Ye should be like that of a fan chasing a star, still the type of casual fan who is attracted without understanding the situation. But after getting along with you, she still found you the cutest.”

Shi Ran, who was usually quite talkative, didn’t say anything. He felt inexplicably blocked in his heart, not jealous of Qi Ye’s great charm, but… he couldn’t explain it, he was just very upset, but he didn’t know who he was upset with.

This matter was resolved by the next night, which was the liveliest night in the boys’ dormitory this semester.

Because Li Tianyi’s classmate Xiao Ning actually ran to the downstairs of the boys’ dormitory to apologize to him, holding flowers and gifts in her hand, shouting at the top of her lungs downstairs with a loudspeaker, explaining the whole story clearly, and repeatedly saying that the person she liked now was Li Tianyi.

Such a brave girl was rare. The boys’ dormitory was like a monkey farm for a while, with shouts of “Ooh! Ooh!” rising and falling. Everyone was very supportive. Then, under the witness of everyone, the young couple reconciled sweetly.

It was the first time Qi Ye saw Li Tianyi so shy. After taking the bouquet, he stood foolishly in place. The girl took the initiative to pull him into her arms, and the two hugged each other.

That night, Li Tianyi stared at the bouquet on the table like an idiot, quietly savoring the surprise and shock his girlfriend had brought him.

Originally, this matter was perfectly resolved, and Li Tianyi’s love continued smoothly, everything was fine.

But Li Tianyi just liked to worry about unnecessary things. One day, he mysteriously asked Qi Ye, “How about I introduce you to a girlfriend?”

Qi Ye pushed him away: “No, thank you.”

Li Tianyi immediately stuck to him again, like an experienced and Twisty matchmaker: “Don’t be so quick to reject, meet her first, have a meal together, Xiao Ning and I will accompany you, if you think it’s good, try to get along, if it’s not good, don’t meet, just make a friend, it’s not a loss.”

Qi Ye had no waves in his heart: “I won’t meet.”

Li Tianyi immediately turned on begging mode: “Brother Qi, please meet her, please please, the girl has secretly loved you for a long time, she is your super fan, you have a meal with her, just as a welfare for fans, okay, please, for my sake.”

Qi Ye was about to say that your face is not worth anything, but the next second Li Tianyi already had an almost crying tone: “I have already promised them, I can’t lose face in front of my girlfriend, Brother Qi, please.”

Qi Ye sighed helplessly. He really didn’t know why Li Tianyi had so many things when he was in love, and he could always pull him in.

“I really owe you in my last life.” Qi Ye tried hard to push him away, but couldn’t move him, so he had to resign himself to fate, “When?”