Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

The moon rises above the treetops, people meet after dusk.

Today is the last day of September, and the majority of students have already left the campus. Plus, it’s now past nine o’clock, so there aren’t many people around the school’s artificial lake.

At this moment, the moonlight casts an elegant glow, the lake surface twinkles, and the sound of frogs and insects can be heard from the grass. Besides these sounds, there’s a faint hum of girls’ voices mixed with the lapping water.

When it comes to Zhou Yuwen, he’s quite bold tonight, lacking the steadiness of a thirty-year-old, more like an eighteen-year-old boy just out of his teens, acting all impatient.

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He purposely parked in a secluded place, and now there’s no one to be seen around him. Zhou Yuwen sits in the passenger seat, pulling Zheng Yanyan into his arms.

Zheng Yanyan might be shy, but she’s a lot bolder than other girls. Blushing, she teases Zhou Yuwen, "What’s poking me?"

"Ah? I’m not sure, should I take it out to show you?"

With that one sentence, Zheng Yanyan’s face turned even redder, and she couldn’t help but hit Zhou Yuwen, "What are you talking about!"

Zhou Yuwen took out his phone: "Oh, was it the phone that poked you?"

"You!" Zheng Yanyan was at a loss for words.

Zhou Yuwen, however, pushed his luck and asked her, "Hey, why did you hit me? Wasn’t it just the phone poking you? Or was there something else? What was it? Tell me."

Zhou Yuwen’s words made Zheng Yanyan blush even more. She bowed her head, saying you’re terrible, I’m not talking to you anymore.

Zhou Yuwen chuckled lightly, saying, "But weren’t you the first to be naughty?"

The conversation winding down, Zhou Yuwen wrapped his arms around Zheng Yanyan’s waist and leaned in to see her lowered face. Frankly, this was the first time Zhou Yuwen had seen Zheng Yanyan with such an expression. In their previous life, Chang Hao had put Zheng Yanyan on such high pedestal that she always seemed unapproachable.

It turned out she could also show the appearance of a little girl in his arms.

Zheng Yanyan slightly lifted her head and stole a glance at Zhou Yuwen. In the dim light, her eyes glistened brilliantly. In a sweet and soft voice, she asked, "What are you doing?"

This time, Zhou Yuwen didn’t waste any words and kissed her directly. The kiss lasted for over ten minutes, and Zheng Yanyan didn’t resist. In fact, during the kiss, she actively wrapped her slender jade hand around Zhou Yuwen’s shoulder, participating in sync with him. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

By the artificial lake, the sound of the water’s gentle humming continued.

In the student dormitories, half the lights have gone out. Most of the students left in a hurry after participating in the department’s recruitment activities in the afternoon to catch the high-speed train.

Not to mention the others, Zhou Yuwen’s dorm-mate Lu Yuhang had packed up and left on his own at three o’clock in the afternoon. Chang Hao and Li Qiang were not in the dorm at the time, and only when they returned did they learn that Lu Yuhang had already departed.

Li Qiang muttered at the time, "That Li Yuhang, left without even saying goodbye to his brothers."

In the past two days, Li Qiang had been in a fairly good mood. In the afternoon, he joined the Ministry of External Relations, whose minister, Meng Lei, was from the same county as him, making them fellow townsmen.

During Li Qiang’s interview at the Ministry of External Relations, Meng Lei put an arm around Li Qiang’s shoulder and introduced him to others, "This is my fellow townsman, take good care of him in the future!"

This made Li Qiang feel valued, and in the evening, Meng Lei took him and a few other new members out for a simple barbecue and a couple of beers, discussing part-time job opportunities for the National Day holiday.

Meng Lei said, "This part-time job was not easy to find for you guys. Show some gumption there, work hard, and don’t embarrass me."

The freshmen Meng Lei recruited looked quite naïve and sturdy. Originally, Meng Lei intended to recruit only males, but in the afternoon recruitment, Liu Yue wanted to join the Ministry of External Relations.

After being noticed by Li Qiang, he told Meng Lei, "Brother Lei, this is my classmate."

Meng Lei saw that the girl was a bit plain, but had a decent figure; it was just her clothes that were unimpressive. A bit of sprucing up and she would probably be quite pretty.

So he warmly said, "Oh, Qiangzi’s classmate, then it’s all in the family. Just consider yourself approved!"

Liu Yue had lost hope but to her delight, it turned out to be so simple.

Her first choice was actually the student union, but the competition there was too fierce. It was said that the acceptance rate was 1:3, with only one person being admitted for every three applicants.

Most people would think that such student departments would accept anyone who applied, right?

Unfortunately, Liu Yue was one of those who were eliminated.

By then, she thought the Ministry of External Relations wasn’t so bad either and offered the chance to take part-time jobs from time to time.

Then, during the dinner that evening, Meng Lei casually invited Liu Yue along.

Liu Yue felt this Minister Meng, despite his dark complexion, was quite nice.

Originally, her dormitory had planned a dinner together that evening, but Liu Yue had to cancel, saying that the minister was treating them to a meal that night.

"Yo, look at you, Liu Yue, your minister asked you especially, huh?"

"That means he’s interested in you."

Ma Tian and Li Jing began teasing Liu Yue.

Liu Yue modestly replied, "Don’t talk nonsense, all the new members went, including Li Qiang."

"Who’s Li Qiang?" Ma Tian thought for a while before remembering, "Oh, I remember now, that’s Zhou Yuwen’s roommate, right? The big guy,"

The dinner, initially stated to be Meng Lei’s treat, turned into a collective act when Meng Lei stepped out to take a call and Li Qiang suggested, "Hey, fellas, the minister has been so good to us, letting us join the Ministry of External Relations and introducing us to part-time jobs. We can’t let the minister pay for the meal, right?"