Chapter 27: The Vicious Fake Young Master of a Wealthy Family · 27

Su Wenyu felt that what Zhou Xu said sounded strange, as if there was a veiled sarcasm directed at him.

But after checking with 520 and getting confirmation that the Villain Value hadn’t increased, he figured he was probably overthinking it.

Since Zhou Xu was praising him so sincerely, Su Wenyu humbly smiled and said, “Actually, I also think my memory is pretty good.”

Zhou Xu: “…”

Bang! The dorm door was shut mercilessly by Zhou Xu. The gust of wind it created blew Su Wenyu’s bangs right off his forehead, startling him.

“Bro! I forgot my card!” Su Wenyu clutched his half-finished fruit tea and knocked loudly on the door.

Although he didn’t understand why Zhou Xu suddenly seemed to be throwing a tantrum, he instinctively and automatically apologized: “I was wrong, my memory is terrible, your memory is the best!”

Zhou Xu stood inside the door, frowning deeply, lost in thought.

Su Wenyu’s stream of “good brother” pleas made Zhou Xu’s frown deepen even further.

After a moment, Zhou Xu reopened the door. He didn’t pay any attention to Su Wenyu, who was plastered against the doorframe trying to discreetly read his expression. He went to the wardrobe, grabbed a set of clean clothes, and headed straight into the bathroom, planning to wash off the sweat.

Su Wenyu scratched his cheek as he entered, truly unable to figure out what he’d done wrong just now.

But the Villain Value hadn’t changed; it seemed more like Zhou Xu was just suddenly in a mood.

Su Wenyu sat in his chair for a while. After finishing the remaining half-cup of fruit tea, he felt a little sleepy.

But he was used to using the bathroom before sleeping, so he was forced to doze off on the desk, waiting for Zhou Xu to finish his shower.

Unexpectedly, before Zhou Xu came out of the bathroom, he heard footsteps stopping at the door.

Just beginning to drift off, Su Wenyu’s ears instantly perked up. He straightened from the desk and turned to look at the door.

It couldn’t be… could the new roommate really be arriving this early?!

Hearing the beep of an IC card being pressed to the door lock, Su Wenyu suddenly felt nervous.

His gaze kept darting towards the bathroom, hoping Zhou Xu would come out soon. He didn’t want to face the new roommate alone!

Alas, Zhou Xu failed to fulfill his wish.

Click. The door handle turned, and a familiar-looking boy squeezed through the doorway, carrying a silver suitcase and a large bag of the school-issued bedding.

“Huh?”

When their eyes met, both of them froze for a moment.

The boy was the first to react, his face full of surprise: “Senior??”

This boy was unmistakably the one they’d just met on the road!

“What a coincidence! Senior, why are you in this dorm room?” The boy’s eyes were wide, clearly having never expected to see Su Wenyu here.

“I only applied for dorm housing this semester. The only empty beds were on the freshman side,” Su Wenyu explained simply.

The boy’s eyes sparkled: “We’re so fated to meet!”

Su Wenyu thought so too. S University had so many freshmen, and more than one dorm building. Who could have imagined they’d coincidentally be assigned to the same dorm?

As soon as he spoke, a cool, clear voice came from outside the door: “Don’t block the doorway while you’re talking.”

The boy hastily shuffled inside with his luggage a few steps, saying to the person behind him, “This is the senior I was just telling you about! We’re actually in the same dorm!”

Only then did Su Wenyu realize there was someone else outside.

A tall boy wearing a light-colored T-shirt walked in carrying his luggage. His eyes swept the dorm room and paused briefly when they landed on Su Wenyu.

“Hello, my name is Shen Yi.” The boy with a cool, aloof demeanor politely greeted Su Wenyu.

Su Wenyu hurriedly nodded in response: “Hello, I’m Su Wenyu.”

The boy who’d entered first smacked his forehead, suddenly remembering: “Right, I never told you my name!”

“My name is Xia Yehang, nineteen years old, freshman in the School of Physical Education.”

Shen Yi temporarily set his luggage aside, his movements pausing slightly at this before he added to Su Wenyu: “Law School.”

Su Wenyu blinked, not expecting them all to be in different colleges.

“I’m in the School of Humanities.”

After Su Wenyu finished, he pointed towards the bathroom. “There’s one more inside, also a sophomore like me, Faculty of Science.”

Only then did the two newcomers notice the light on in the direction of the bathroom.

The sound of the shower inside had stopped at some point. As Su Wenyu was pointing towards the bathroom to introduce him, Zhou Xu happened to open the door, dressed in fresh, clean clothes, his short hair slightly damp.

“Ah, it’s you.” Xia Yehang now noticed Zhou Xu. “The one who carried the senior away at the hospital.”

Zhou Xu held a towel in his hand, casually wiping his hair. He nodded in greeting to the two new roommates in the dorm: “Zhou Xu.”

Four people from completely unrelated majors had, by a stroke of fate, ended up living together.

Xia Yehang looked from Zhou Xu to Su Wenyu, feeling that these two sophomore seniors living together in the same freshman dorm room seemed very close.

But Xia Yehang wasn’t tactless. Meeting them for the first time today, he wisely didn’t ask anything. Instead, he turned to Shen Yi and asked, “There are two more bunks. Do you want the one near the balcony or the one near the door?”

Shen Yi: “Whatever.”

He paused, then added, “Didn’t you say earlier you wanted the one near the balcony?”

Xia Yehang chuckled: “No, I’m honestly fine with anywhere. If you don’t care, I’ll take this bunk by the door.”

Saying this, Xia Yehang tossed the bedding he was holding onto the top bunk near the doorway, directly opposite Su Wenyu’s bunk.

Shen Yi cast a flat glance at him, said nothing, and carried his luggage over to the desk near the balcony.

Su Wenyu, seeing they had a lot of luggage and feeling he’d be in the way standing below, went to use the bathroom. After coming out, he said to Zhou Xu, “Bro, help me up, I want to get in bed.”

Xia Yehang caught his form of address for Zhou Xu: “Bro?”

“Yeah, he’s my older brother.” Su Wenyu grabbed the ladder with both hands, used his uninjured foot to step onto the third rung to boost himself up, then called, “Bro, come help me a bit.”

Xia Yehang blinked, put down his suitcase, and said, “You can’t climb this ladder? Want me to help? I’m strong, I can lift you right up.”

“No need, no need. I hurt my ankle so I can’t put much force on it. You just take care of your own stuff.” Su Wenyu wasn’t used to physical contact with people he wasn’t familiar with yet, so he politely declined.

But just as he finished speaking, 520’s somewhat uneasy voice sounded in his mind: [Um… something’s not right, the Villain Value is increasing too fast…]

Su Wenyu tilted his head in confusion: “?”

Before he could figure out what he’d said wrong this time, a pair of warm, large hands gripped his waist from behind. Zhou Xu’s voice sounded deep: “Lift your leg.”

Su Wenyu’s entire body was lifted by him. One leg raised, and he was directly hoisted onto the bed.

Even when he was kneeling steadily on the top bunk, Su Wenyu’s mind was still blank.

Wait, how did he just get up here?

The ladder had, for a moment, become completely redundant.

Xia Yehang raised an eyebrow at the sight and muttered, “He’s pretty strong.”

Shen Yi was wiping his desk surface with an alcohol wipe and didn’t offer his opinion.

After Su Wenyu sat down, leaning against the inner side of the bunk, he looked over at Zhou Xu, who was similarly climbing up to the top bunk. A slight puzzlement stirred in his heart.

Just now, 520 said the Villain Value had spiked abnormally. After thinking for a long while, all he could come up with was that he’d told other people Zhou Xu was his brother.

Could it be that Zhou Xu actually really hated having him as a brother and disliked admitting he was his brother in public?

Su Wenyu racked his brain for a moment and thought this was a possibility.

He snuck a glance at Zhou Xu, considering whether it was worth clarifying right now, telling everyone they weren’t blood brothers, to try and salvage the situation.

But suddenly adding that now would seem a bit forced. After thinking a bit more, Su Wenyu dropped the idea.

Let the Villain Value rise.

The higher it went, the greater his chances of surviving.

Su Wenyu flipped open his blanket, found a comfortable position in his bed, turned on his side, and started playing on his phone.

Xia Yehang agilely climbed onto his own bed, ready to make it first.

Looking up and seeing Su Wenyu tucked under his blanket, Xia Yehang slightly softened his movements and asked, “Are you going to sleep? Will our unpacking bother you?”

Su Wenyu put down his phone and, realizing Xia Yehang was speaking to him, quickly shook his head: “No bother, I’m not sleeping. I’m just lying down to rest.”

Relieved, Xia Yehang knelt on his bed and focused on spreading out his bedding.

Su Wenyu secretly observed them from the corner of his eye. He noticed Shen Yi was very skilled at making the bed, quickly spreading the fitted sheet over his mattress and putting the duvet cover on the blanket with practiced ease.

Xia Yehang, on the other hand, was much more clumsy; he clearly wasn’t used to housework at home. After wrestling with the duvet cover for a bit, he finally managed to get his bed made after some effort.

Afterwards, both of them climbed down to organize the rest of their things. Even though Su Wenyu had said he wasn’t sleeping, they still kept the noise level down. Only the occasional soft thud of an item touching the desk surface could be heard.

Listening to these trivial sounds, Su Wenyu secretly yawned.

Then, despite firmly stating he wasn’t going to sleep, his eyes closed, and he just mysteriously fell asleep.

Xia Yehang had been about to ask Shen Yi when they should go pick up their military training uniforms, but turning to see Su Wenyu sleeping, he immediately swallowed the words on his lips and sent Shen Yi a message instead.

Shen Yi glanced at his phone, picked up his IC card, and pointed towards the door, signaling they should go now.

Xia Yehang grabbed his phone and card and left with Shen Yi.

When Su Wenyu woke up, the sky outside already held the colors of sunset.

Blearily, he turned over, leaned over the edge of the bed to look down. Shen Yi was sitting at his desk, working on a laptop. Zhou Xu was also down there, wearing headphones, doing something unknown.

Xia Yehang was out of sight, but the bathroom light was on, so he must be inside.

Su Wenyu rubbed his eyes, sat up, and checked the time.

5:40 PM.

Xia Yehang finished his shower and came out of the bathroom, spotting the newly awake Su Wenyu. He smiled: “I was just thinking about whether I should wake you up. It’s getting late, want to go get dinner together?”

Shen Yi’s fingers paused briefly on the keyboard. He saved the document with the mouse, closed the laptop, and said, “Okay.”

Xia Yehang gave him a strange look. “Didn’t say you were invited.”

Shen Yi ignored him, took off the silver-rimmed glasses he wore when using the computer, and looked at Su Wenyu: “Together?”

Su Wenyu naturally couldn’t refuse. “Okay, let’s go together.”

Su Wenyu called for Zhou Xu to help him down, then limped to the bathroom to splash cold water on his face to wake himself up.

Just as Su Wenyu finished washing his face and was wiping it with a towel, 520 appeared.

Using its mechanical voice, which Su Wenyu was extremely familiar with, it very abruptly issued a mission.

[Mission Issued: Host Su Wenyu, please deliberately leave Zhou Xu behind and have dinner together with Xia Yehang and Shen Yi.]

After issuing the mission, 520’s voice sounded very cheerful: [Forming cliques in the dorm to isolate and exclude the Male Lead is also a villain’s mission.]

[Wenyu, do your best! I believe you can definitely do it!]

Su Wenyu maintained the pose of wiping his face with the towel: “…”

He fell into a profound silence.