Tang Yuan looked at Su Xiaoxiao's somewhat stiff smile, his lips curving slightly. He said nothing, straightened up again, and ended his morning exercise.
"Senior, let's have breakfast together!"
When Su Xiaoxiao saw that Tang Yuan intended to finish, her eyes immediately lit up, and she proactively invited him.
"Su Xiaoxiao, when I gave you gifts yesterday, it was simply because I thought your singing was beautiful and you were very diligent. Plus, we're from the same school. Those gifts were earned by your own hard work, so you don't need to thank me, and you don't need to treat me to a meal."
"If my giving you gifts has caused you any psychological burden, then it goes against my original intention. So, just accept it calmly. Starlight doesn't fail those who travel, and you deserve applause and flowers."
Tang Yuan looked down at Su Xiaoxiao, his expression suddenly becoming very serious.
Facing Tang Yuan's sincere gaze, Su Xiaoxiao's heart trembled slightly, and she felt a sudden surge of emotion: "Senior, then as a junior, can I treat you to breakfast?"
"You can." Tang Yuan nodded slightly: "Then let me treat you to this first meal. After all, as a senior, it doesn't make sense for the junior to treat the first meal."
"Ah…"
"Alright then."
"Then I'll treat you tomorrow!"
Su Xiaoxiao had wanted to interact more with Tang Yuan, and now that she had such an opportunity, she naturally wouldn't refuse. So, she pretended to hesitate for a moment before agreeing to Tang Yuan's suggestion.
"I need to go back to my dorm and take a shower now. Should we meet at the cafeteria later, or will you come back to my dorm and wait for me?" Tang Yuancasually asked.
Go back to his dorm?
Su Xiaoxiao was somewhat tempted, but out of caution, she still asked Tang Yuan: "Will it be inconvenient?"
"It's not inconvenient at all."
"Our Gaojin College dorms are all apartment-style suites, with a shared living room between two bedrooms. If you come back to my dorm, you can wait for me in the living room."
Tang Yuan shook his head and replied to Su Xiaoxiao.
"Wow!"
"Your Gaojin College dorms are actually that good!"
"No wonder students from your college never talk about your dorm situation outside."
Su Xiaoxiao exclaimed, a hint of envy flashing across her face. This time, she wasn't faking it; she was genuinely envious. If the dorm conditions at her Foreign Language College were the same as Gaojin College, then she wouldn't need to rent a place outside and could just live stream from her own room.
Shanghai is incredibly expensive, and a small one-bedroom apartment alone costs 3,000 yuan in rent each month. If it weren't for her consistent live streaming income, she really couldn't afford this apartment.
After her exclamation, Su Xiaoxiao immediately added: "Since I have the chance today, I really must go inside and see what it's like."
"Then let's go, let's hurry."
Upon hearing this, Tang Yuan immediately led Su Xiaoxiao towards Gaojin College.
Along the way, Su Xiaoxiao was very lively and cheerful, good at chatting and finding topics. The two talked and laughed, and soon returned to Gaojin College.
Standing at the dorm entrance, Tang Yuan raised his hand to the doorknob, and with a "zzzt" sound, the door automatically opened.
"Your dorm actually has an electronic lock?"
Seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
Tang Yuan heard her and smiled: "You're thinking too much. Other dorms have normal key locks; only my dorm has an electronic lock."
Saying that, Tang Yuan walked into the dorm first. After putting on his own slippers, he got a pair of disposable slippers for Su Xiaoxiao. And after Su Xiaoxiao entered the dorm, seeing the luxurious decoration in front of her, her reaction was basically no different from Li Qiming's reaction when he first came in yesterday.
"Senior…"
"Are you saying you paid for the entire dorm to be redecorated?!"
After hearing Tang Yuan's explanation, Su Xiaoxiao's face was filled with shock, and her words were full of disbelief.
"Yes."
"Not bad, right?"
Tang Yuan stood in front of the island counter, poured Su Xiaoxiao a glass of lemon water, and handed it to her, responding with a smile.
"How much did that cost?"
"And the key thing is, you can only live in this dorm for two years!"
Su Xiaoxiao subconsciously took the lemon water, while muttering.
"The soft and hard furnishings combined cost nearly 1 million yuan." Tang Yuan opened the living room windows to ventilate: "How many two-year periods does one have in life? As long as I live comfortably, this money is well spent."
Facing Tang Yuan's answer, Su Xiaoxiao opened her mouth but said nothing more, because she had already realized that their values were not on the same level. It was like children from impoverished families would never understand why children from wealthy families would choose to eat vegetarian food when they could eat meat.
Su Xiaoxiao looked at Tang Yuan's back, a hint of fervor flashing in her eyes.
Women are always attracted to power, and a man like Tang Yuan held a deep attraction for Su Xiaoxiao.
"You sit and rest for a bit."
"I'll just take a quick shower; I'll be out soon."
Tang Yuan took his change of clothes from the bedroom, said something to Su Xiaoxiao, and then walked into the bathroom.
Soon, the sound of running water came from the bathroom.
Su Xiaoxiao, sitting in the living room, didn't know what she was thinking, but her cheeks quietly flushed a few shades.
"Click…"
Just as Su Xiaoxiao was in a daze, she heard a sound from the previously closed door in front of her. Immediately after, a sleepy Guan Yuntao, dressed in his pajamas, walked out of the room.
Since Guan Yuntao's room faced the sofa directly, the first thing Guan Yuntao saw after walking out of his room was Su Xiaoxiao sitting on the sofa.
In an instant, the scene became extremely awkward.
"I must be dreaming…"
Guan Yuntao rubbed his eyes hard, muttering to himself.
"Or maybe I opened the door the wrong way. I'll try again."
Guan Yuntao silently turned around, walked back into his bedroom, and then opened the door again, only to see Su Xiaoxiao still sitting on the sofa.
Seeing this, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't really remain silent anymore, so she stood up and greeted Guan Yuntao: "Hello, I'm Su Xiaoxiao, Senior Tang Yuan's friend. I'm waiting for Senior Tang Yuan to finish showering so we can have breakfast together."