Chapter 188

Little Treasure released another video on Douyin in the afternoon. The Fine Arts Club was having a club activity.

Originally it was going to be about guest speaker Mr. Ke, but the process was too embarrassing, the contrast was too stark, and Mr. Ke probably didn't want to show that side of himself either.

So it mainly focused on the scene of Xiaoqi writing Heart Sutra.

Xiaoqi didn't follow the official Douyin account of Henghua University. She also didn't know the follow up, but she added her deskmate on WeChat and saw the moments she posted on the way back.

She didn't expect her deskmate to be so good at making videos. The way she edited Xiaoqi making little bamboo purses made it feel very touching. It started with the bundled bamboo splints, then the process of her weaving them, even the scene where her finger was pricked and bled, wrapping hemp rope, making plaits with cloth to make straps, all packed into just fifteen seconds, but it was edited to be very complete, with a special charm. Even the music and the dorm background were made to look cute and fresh.

Xiaoqi didn't know she could look so ethereal making bamboo weaving in the video. Even she felt quite moved watching herself.

She showed a little bit of her face when she lowered her head to look at the blood on her finger. It made her feel as if she was an ancient young miss from a good family...

From interacting with Honey, Xiaoqi realized she was someone who liked praising others, and also liked being praised by others. Xiaoqi liked the video and commented "Filmed so well."

Honey quickly replied: Thanks to the master's guidance.

People who post on Moments know that getting more likes and comments puts them in a good mood. Honey got a lot of likes and comments on that post.

Her caption was "My Awesome Roommate."

Honey was quite lively and extroverted with lots of friends.

Not only did she get to know most of the classmates in their class since starting school, she also got acquainted with the two classes next door. Plus there was the student union and clubs. Even the aloof Li Weijin in their class she added on WeChat.

Li Weijin went to the Fine Arts Club to try to encounter Su Xiaoqi, but failed without even realizing it. He was somehow pestered by someone who went on and on though he only grunted twice in response.

As a result, he didn't get to say a single sentence to Su Xiaoqi.

He felt very frustrated.

Thinking of the other club Su Xiaoqi joined, the Running Club???

Should he go or not??

Li Taiping's idea clearly wasn't very good. Each time he went to see more of Su Xiaoqi, he discovered more of her outstanding traits, and felt even more that he didn't deserve her.

Truly, the aloof Li Weijin who had never dated before actually had such low self-esteem thoughts.

He didn't go back to the dorm and went straight to Suli's cafe to beat up Li Taiping first.

But when he got to the cafe, Li Taiping wasn't there. That brat, who knew where Wu Xinyue had ordered him to go again.

There weren't many people on weekends since most of them went home.

Li Weijin idly browsed WeChat Moments and saw a post from his classmate Chen Mier.

He remembered she was Su Xiaoqi's deskmate and dormmate.

Quite clever.

Li Taiping had said that the most convenient way to pursue a girl was by going through her roommate, taking down her roommate meant surrounding her.

So he reluctantly added Su Xiaoqi's dormmates.

But of Su Xiaoqi's dormmates, only this deskmate Chen Mier was easy to add. The other two were simply impossible.

The other two he tried to add as friends didn't even respond to the friend request. That silly Wei Cheng even cautiously asked who he was first. He had no choice but to reply with his full name before she accepted... Simply ridiculous, what indecent thoughts could he have towards that silly girl??

Yunshu was addicted to reading novels and didn't respond to the friend request at all. She wasn't into socializing.

So in the end, he only added Chen Mier on WeChat, and a Wei Cheng who was like an empty number since she never posted anything.

And gave the idea-giving Li Taiping another beating.

But now he actually saw Chen Mier update her Moments with "My Awesome Roommate."

He felt complicated but also a little excited as he tapped into it. There he saw the golden wallflower, light blue curtains, green bamboo strips? Then a pair of fair hands picked up the long bamboo branches. He hadn't seen that before and didn't know it was called bamboo splint, split from long bamboo. He watched as the bamboo strips were woven into a bag in the deft hands.

Then those hands nimbly twisted two stiff bamboo strips into a knotted handle for the bag. She was making the bag's handle. Then the bamboo slivers pricked her finger. She frowned slightly and glanced down. A drop of red blood rolled out and was swiftly absorbed by the fresh bamboo.

Next there was a bandaid on her finger though it was bleeding. She just put on a bandaid and continued.

She wrapped ordinary hemp rope around that handle, winding it finely as if it were a work of art.

She also cut open some linen and braided it into a strap, finishing up the small bag. Her face revealed a very confident smile, teeth neat, laughing merrily.

Li Weijin's gaze landed on that smiling face in the end. He unconsciously smiled too.

He couldn't help but like the video.

Then he belatedly realized she could actually do this, she could make a bag herself. Was she an ethnic minority?

Or were mountain girls all like this?

Thinking how she worked part-time jobs to pay her tuition, how she said she hadn't used such good brushes before, how she could make a bag herself, Li Weijin after all was already eighteen, and born in that kind of family environment. He wouldn't simply think bamboo weaving was just a hobby and interest. Seeing her proficiency, he could even imagine that in the distant mountains, it was likely how they earned a living. What others thought was a refined hobby, could just be her means of livelihood. So she especially needed money.

Thinking this, his heart felt like drinking a bottle of spoiled vinegar, both sour and astringent, and distressed. Thinking of her smile, he also felt the spoiled vinegar was a bit sweet, very sweet.

He downloaded and saved Chen Mier's video from that Moment.

In the afternoon Xiaoqi only had the Fine Arts Club activity. After it ended, she went back and went jogging again.

Having something to do all day today, Xiaoqi realized club activities were quite time consuming. She would have to be more selective about going in the future.

After jogging and showering back at the dorm, she went to the classroom for evening self-study.

Though it was Saturday today, the dorm had no lights out. But she felt it was still better to go somewhere with a studious atmosphere.

The dorm environment felt more lazy, not very suitable for studying.

Plus Xiaoqi kept some of her books in the classroom since the university textbooks were quite thick.

When she got to the class, even fewer people had come today. She thought of the essay homework Professor Ma Xihong assigned for Fundamentals of Marxism, and today going to the club activity gave her some inspiration to write about.

Though clubs weren't formal classes, some students seemed to have a strong sense of belonging and were very active.

Apart from clubs, Xiaoqi also thought of WeChat groups and QQ groups. Some people were very lively online but very quiet in real class. It seemed people played different roles in different groups.

After recording these thoughts, Xiaoqi didn't immediately start writing, just made a note of it.

Then she began reviewing all of last week's lessons. She had basically finished the calculus and English for accounting homework as soon as the teachers assigned it, so reviewing went quite quickly.

After going through a week's lessons, she felt more grounded, and previewing went faster too.

Once she finished previewing all the courses, she realized a long time had passed when the end of class bell rang.

There weren't many people in class on weekends, but it was noisier. Xiaoqi took off her earphones and heard students around her gossiping, saying it seemed the labor committee member and PE committee member were dating, they saw those two together...

Xiaoqi: ...So the speed of gossip really spreads fast. She had just seen them this afternoon, and hadn't told anyone, yet it was already common knowledge?

She wasn't interested in gossip. She packed up her bag and went back to the dorm.

She was meeting up with Grace tomorrow morning to cook at her place for the evening party. Grace lived in an apartment by the lake in the new district. She heard the scenery there was excellent, so she quite looked forward to it.

Xiao Qi's previous small house that the intermediary said was rented out, with a monthly rent of 1,800 yuan. The other party pays once a quarter, and when Xiao Qi receives the rent, she feels that the money is extremely reassuring. She suddenly becomes enthusiastic about buying a house. Looking at her interface, the daily money has accumulated to over 400,000 yuan again, which is so exciting.