"Ah, compared to your suitcase full of clothes and accessories, my newly acquired chunky bag isn’t as appealing." Yan Yufei feigned a sigh, but her face was all smiles.

"What’s a chunky bag?" Wu Xiangxiang asked curiously, as the girls in the dorm weren’t very knowledgeable about these luxury items.

Yan Yufei then leisurely picked up a black bag placed nearby and carefully took out the purse inside.

Perhaps the exclamations from their dorm were too loud and drew the attention of people from the adjacent dorm.

"Wow, the same brand as Wanwan’s!"

"What are you guys up to?" A girl with highlighted hair and dimples asked from the doorway of their dorm.

"Ha, we’re gaining insight!"

"Ah, what’s going on? Let me have a look too." The girl with dimples walked in.

Compared to topics about men, clothes, jewelry, and bags are more likely to spark enthusiasm among girls.

For lunch, Lin Wanwan deliberately changed into new clothes, a classic little black dress paired with a white short jacket, along with a matching double-C pearl necklace, and carried a transparent tumbler downstairs.

Xiao Chong, still holding a black umbrella single-handedly, stood in the rain, resembling a distant yet vivid traditional Chinese painting.

People who passed by seemed to be touched by his aura, unable to resist glancing back at him, and some groups already had candid photos of him with the umbrella.

Lin Wanwan walked under his umbrella, raised the tumbler in her hand, and smiled as she explained, "Our dorm mate from Guangdong Province often takes your fruit, and insisted I bring you a cup of her herbal tea in gratitude."

Xiao Chong responded nonchalantly, "If there’s any gratitude, it should be towards you; it has nothing to do with Mr. Xiao. The fruits I prepare are only for my fiancée."

Lin Wanwan laughed as she took Xiao Chong’s arm, "In our dorm, fruit and snacks are shared among all roommates."

With Xiao Chong, she could socialize freely without any worries, which made Lin Wanwan very happy.

Generosity was a natural part of her personality, and she greatly enjoyed sharing.

In a blink of an eye, it was early November, and Lin Wanwan’s birthday arrived.

In previous years in Yongcheng, one only needed to wear thin autumn outfits during this time. However, Beijing was cold enough to require thick coats.

This day happened to be a Friday, and shortly after midnight, Xiao Chong sent a voice message, being the first person to wish her a happy birthday. Lin Wanwan, who kept a regular routine and never stayed up late, didn’t notice.

The first thing she did upon waking was to reach for her phone and open an app to check her messages.

She cuddled her pillow, covered with a blanket, and hid behind the light-blocking mosquito net, setting her phone’s volume to the lowest level to repeatedly listen to Xiao Chong’s voice message sent at midnight, feeling secretly delighted.

She hadn’t told her roommates about her lunar birthday.

Three of the people in the dorm were city dwellers, and they all celebrated their birthdays according to the Gregorian calendar. Only she celebrated according to the lunar calendar.

On such a morning, she only needed the blessings from Xiao Chong and her grandpa.

In previous years at home, her grandpa would definitely cook her a bowl of longevity noodles early in the morning, along with a beautiful fried egg.

This year in Beijing, she wouldn’t be able to eat her grandpa’s noodles, but her grandpa would definitely remember to send her a video.

Lin Wanwan was very sure of that.

Every day, her grandpa had the smart speaker call Lin Wanwan for a video call to ensure her safety, and definitely wouldn’t forget her birthday.

Sure enough, at seven o’clock, her grandpa’s video call came through.

Lin Wanwan answered it directly from bed, making sure to lower her voice as she talked to her grandpa.

Grandpa Lin told her to buy herself a bowl of noodles today and not forget to add an egg, to which Lin Wanwan naturally agreed.

After ending the call, Lin Wanwan got out of bed.

Wu Xiangxiang, who slept on the bottom bunk diagonally across from her, suddenly lifted her curtain and asked, "Wanwan, your grandpa is really nice to you, calling you every day. Don’t your parents call?"

While wearing her thermal socks, Lin Wanwan casually retorted, "I haven’t seen your parents call you either."

Wu Xiangxiang laughed, "Yeah, now that we’re in college, who still talks to their parents every day, haha."

Lin Wanwan smiled and turned around to take a plain cashmere dress from the wardrobe, put it on, and carried her washbasin out to wash up.

Wu Xiangxiang was generally okay, kind-hearted, but had a penchant for probing into others’ privacy, which Lin Wanwan didn’t like.

Even as roommates, interacting with each other should have boundaries.

While she was halfway through washing in the washroom, her dorm mates gradually came over to wash up as well.