Can't Take My Eyes Off You

C 114-115

Wen Xuehui was not willing to put down Moe after she carried it in her arms. She immediately sat on Jiang Yao's bed. At that moment, the door of the room was opened suddenly, followed by two people carrying a lot of luggage walking in.

"Hi." Wen Xuehui hid Moe away quickly, then stood up to greet them.

Jiang Yao walked towards them to help them with their luggage. She knew who they were—the tallest one in the room was Zhou Xiaoxia, while the other was Chen Siyang.

"Thank... you..." Chen Siyang thanked Jiang Yao who was helping her with her luggage awkwardly, then looked around the room and chose one of the empty beds with Zhou Xiaoxia.

"My name is Zhou Xiaoxia, this is Chen Siyang. We met each other at the university's main gate and we were surprised to know that we're living in the same dorm. What about both of you?" Zhou Xiaoxia had a strong Dong Bei accent and it was quite amusing.

"I'm Jiang Yao, and this is Wen Xuehui, who sleeps on the upper bunk." Jiang Yao smiled at both of them.

Right after Jiang Yao finished talking, some noise could be heard outside the door. They were the other two roommates, Li Yi and Lin Qiaoyu with their families.

"Xiaoyi, Qiaoyu, your roommates have arrived!" After they came in, Mrs. Li was the first to say something as she was standing in front. Her pair of eyes glanced at the four of them quickly. She was astute, and anyone who knew how to judge others could easily sense her intimidating aura.

Seeing that there were elders, four of them greeted them politely. Mrs. Li glanced at Zhou Xiaoxia and Chen Siyang quickly before laying her eyes on Jiang Yao and Wen Xuehui. She mumbled in her heart, 'Who are they? Is she somehow related to a lecturer? I saw them at the restaurant just now, she seems quite close to the owner. As for the other one, I saw her dress in a branded boutique. That dress costs a few hundred dollars, she doesn't seem like a girl from an ordinary family.'

"Xiaoyi, Qiaoyu, come in and meet your roommates." Mrs. Li urged the two girls behind her.

"Okay, Mom. It's getting late, you should go back. Didn't you book the train ticket for tonight? If you don't go now, you'll miss the train," Li Yi replied to her impatiently before greeting the four of them in the room. She walked inside and immediately sat on her bed.

"Yeah, Uncle, Aunty, it's getting late, you should follow my parents back. Do be careful when you get off the train at midnight." Lin Qiaoyu added and the adults finally left.

Seeing that the adults were not there anymore, Li Yi snuggled inside her blanket and mumbled, "They're so annoying!"

Lin Qiaoyu had already heard Li Yi's complaints when they were coming. She walked toward her and shoved her lightly. "Enough, they're worried about us as this is our first time living far from home, so they followed us here."

Wen Xuehui prodded Jiang Yao softly, then signalled at Jiang Yao with her eyes. Jiang Yao shrugged. She did not know what to do with this situation either.

On the other hand, Zhou Xiaoxia asked obtusely, "Wen Xuehui, I thought I saw you holding something white in your arms just now?"

Wen Xuehui responded instinctively, "Oh, you're referring to Moe!"

After she finished her sentence, she covered her mouth immediately and looked at Jiang Yao as she realized that she had spilled the beans.

"Uhm, do you guys mind if we keep a pet in the dorm?" Wen Xuehui helped Jiang Yao ask carefully. "It's very cute, just the size of a palm. It's very gentle. It doesn't meow aloud, it doesn't scratch others, and it's very clean!"

While she was talking, Wen Xuehui grabbed Moe which was hidden in the blanket and placed it on her palm. "This is Jiang Yao's pet and its name is Moe!"

Four girls took a glance and were all shocked. "Wow! It's so small! It's so cute!"

They were all teenagers who were eighteen and nineteen years old, how could they resist a little cutie like Moe?

"We don't mind! We don't mind!" Li Yi was the first to speak up. "I can even help to look after it!"

The other three of them shook their heads subsequently. Who would mind having a cute little pet? The girls' eyes turned into heart shapes and competed with each other to touch Moe.

"It's so gentle. It didn't run away nor did it meow aloud." Zhou Xiaoxia smiled while praising Moe. She then said, "No one in this room can tell others about this. If anyone ever spills the beans, she will be treated as a traitor to our dorm!"

Zhou Xiaoxia's words united the girls. The six of them looked at each other and all of them nodded more solidly than one another to give their assurance.

With the help of the group of girls, Moe officially became Jiang Yao's pet. It was even the hottest topic around the dorm. All of a sudden, Moe was treated as an emperor and it had five empresses to sleep with at any time.

That night, Moe was enjoying itself in the arms of the five girls by turns except for Jiang Yao. Moe's appearance erased all the awkwardness and anxieties of their very first meetup and started a group discussion straightaway.

Listening to the girls' laughter and chatter, Jiang Yao's lips curved up into a faint smile. She had never thought that her rebirth could even change her relationship with her roommates.

The atmosphere of their dorm was probably the most harmonious in the whole freshmen building. They talked about their hometown and their high school life. Someone brought up the topic of getting into a relationship as early as a high school teenager. Wen Xuehui subconsciously looked towards Jiang Yao and smiled at her. However, she did not mention that Jiang Yao was already married.

Speaking of the other four roommates in Jiang Yao's dorm, even she was not certain about them herself. In her previous life, she did not get along with them well but that was her own problem. They were very friendly to get along with, but Jiang Yao had always locked herself up in her imaginary room made out of glass, looking out to them but never daring to join them.

After she graduated, Jiang Yao had lost contact with all of them except Wen Xuehui. Later on, they even went to a small village and stayed there for a few years.

The next day, Jiang Yao and the bunch walked out of the study hall after they grabbed their books around eleven o'clock in the morning. Once she got out, she wanted to give a call back home because she wanted to report back to her parents about how she was doing in her school as she did not want her elders to worry about her. She also wanted to ask Mr. and Mrs. Lu about Lu Xingzhi after he returned to his troop.

Jiang Yao must admit that she missed the man dearly even though they had not seen each other for only a night.

Jiang Yao looked at the direction of the small market at her school. She remembered that there was a public phone booth at the market and she could make the call there. As she was about to notify Wen Xuehui and the others, she turned around and saw a man trying to get their attention.

"Ladies, do you know a freshman in the medical school called Jiang Yao? Do you know where her dorm is?"

Upon hearing the question, the five girls looked towards Jiang Yao subconsciously. Wasn't she the Jiang Yao that he was looking for? She was the only Jiang Yao among all the freshmen.