Chapter 96 Mint Flavor

  The weather is getting colder and the sky over the Mediterranean is mostly gray, but when the sun comes out occasionally, it feels especially warm and stunning.

  This winter in Zhonghai is colder than previous years, just as An Zhi Shui had expected. Experts predict there will be heavy snowfall, although not comparable to the ice disaster of 2008, but it still reminds citizens of Zhonghai to prepare for cold and freezing temperatures.

  In a city like the Mediterranean, electricity and energy are always prioritized, and no one rushes to buy winter gear. What's unsettling is that this winter's cold has become evidence for the 2012 doomsday party.

  2012 is just around the corner, but Christmas 2011 was still a joyful one.

  Christmas in the eyes of Westerners is similar to China's Lunar New Year, while Christmas in China is more like Valentine's Day, and the only thing that remains unchanged is probably the shops taking the opportunity to offer big discounts.

  Even in a city like Zhonghai that is open and Westernized, Christmas is filled with thick Chinese characteristics. Chinese culture has such a strong power that it either transforms outsiders or completely resists them, never truly being occupied.

  Ding-dong, the sound of Christmas carols can be heard everywhere, Santa hats appear on the heads of salespeople, apples start selling well, neon lights and colorful paper wrap around streets and alleys, "Merry Christmas" signs in Chinese and English cover store windows.

  Bustling with excitement.

  The Christmas atmosphere is not strong in the university campus, but it doesn't mean nobody cares. The small hotels and guesthouses near the university town have launched "couples' rooms", "romantic rooms" and so on, including various so-called package deals.

  Health product stores have launched special promotions for sanitary and contraceptive products, pharmacies have placed advertisements for "Yuetting" in prominent positions, and private hospitals have widely distributed flyers advertising "painless abortion".

  On Christmas Eve, Li Luyu still came to school because the school's COSPLAY club had a performance, and it was another crazy dance show. It was cold in winter, so everyone chose the theme of "Bleach" because the characters inside generally wore long robes, which wouldn't be too cold. However, the senior who played Rukia Kuchiki, Wen Chenxuan, had a very COSER spirit and decided to show off her own fair and delicate breasts, which were not smaller than those of the original character, so this event was destined to be extremely popular.

  Li Luyu originally could have played Mu Jianba and Da Gou, but he was best at playing the leading role of Xiaoya Zilei. However, he is no longer very interested in this now. Everyone's chaotic dance is indeed very fun, and before, he even felt like a character in a fantasy story when playing seriously. Now that he has become such a character himself, his mindset is naturally different.

  But he has already made a name for himself as the spokesperson for the online game "Lack of Beauty", and his status in the school's COSPLAY club is unparalleled, with him even receiving a high appearance fee. This has made people jealous, and to the freshmen who joined this year, he is like a god. Li Luyu wants to show off and encourage everyone while also taking a look at the senior's impressive volleyball skills, which are truly stunning.

  "Li Luyu, are you interested in rehearsing a scene with me?" Wen Xuan walked over, her tight-fitting clothes revealing a large area of white and tender skin, as well as the deep cleavage, which shook slightly as she moved, causing most of the male college students to keep their eyes fixed on it.

  Li Luyu admired this senior sister for making sacrifices for the club activities, and her pale skin was slightly reddened from the cold. However, Li Luyu didn't want to pair up with her because there were rumors that she had a crush on him, and he wasn't interested in girls like that, so he didn't want to get close to her.

  This senior sister's figure is really not bad, in the eyes of young men, a fierce figure can make up for many shortcomings, let alone she is good at dressing up. As the saying goes, there are no ugly women, only lazy women. She has perfectly interpreted this sentence, and Li Luyu has never seen her true face.

  "No, I just came to take a look, wishing you a successful performance." Li Luyu smiled and declined.

  "Tomorrow night there's a dance at school, are you going or not?" Wen Xuan continued to hint.

  The school's dance party is more popular among freshmen, and whether it can be successful depends on whether they can invite beautiful girls or not. Someone like Wen Chenxuan would naturally be invited.

  "I plan to stay up all night with people in the dormitory tomorrow." Li Luyu used Madrid as a shield.

  Wen Chenxuan was about to say something when Li Luyu had already rushed over to help the guy who replaced him as the big dog by putting a rice bucket on his head.

  "This dead bachelor. Doesn't give me any face." Wen Xuan continued to show off her huge breasts and walked away.

  "Senior, I saw your character model in the game "Gui Fa", so handsome!"

  The newcomer who came over and spoke with Li Luyu was Xinsheng.

  I also collected the official video of that performance by the incomplete beauty group, that 38 seconds and 38 seconds flash was really stunning!

  This is a former partner in performance.

  "I think compared to the seniors, Korea's Cheong Wa Dae is simply rubbish. You guys are far superior in both appearance and performance, I never thought that in my lifetime I could witness a Chinese COSPLAY work that is god-like!"

  Li Ruyu looked at him sympathetically, this little brother was probably not even twenty yet, speaking as if he had already been diagnosed with a terminal illness.

  After playing in the club for a while, Li Luyu decided to leave. On Saturday and Sunday, the school was not empty at all, but instead more lively. After all, most people usually attend classes in classrooms, dormitories, and canteens, and there are fewer people wandering around outside.

  "This fellow student, for your sake and hers, take contraceptive measures."

  Li Luyu went to wait for the bus, then a girl ran over and handed him a condom. Li Luyu looked at the acne on the girl's face and thought you have natural birth control measures, but he still politely accepted it and said thank you.

  "Please take care of it." The girl looked at him holding it in his hand and felt a bit uneasy.

  Li Luoyou reached into her pocket and then she ran away.

  Li Luyu couldn't help but sigh that the more famous the university is, the more enthusiastic its students are about doing things that seem meaningful.

  "Hey fellow student, join our team and let's boycott premarital sex together."

  Li Luyu and others took the bus, and encountered so many things. It seems that college students are really too idle. Li Luyu received a flyer, which turned out to be about the dangers of premarital sex.

  The girl handed it to Li Luyu and ran away, Li Luyu took a casual glance and saw a little girl following behind the procession, not holding any flyers but waving a small red flag, shouting slogans with everyone.

  The girl wore a thick down jacket, with her hat pulled over her head, the front strap tightly buckled together, only revealing a small face, and also wearing a mask, dressed a bit too bloated, walking like a waddling penguin.

  Li Ruyu ran over and walked up to her side, looked into her eyes, and recognized her as An Zhi Shui.

  "What are you doing here?" Li Luyou was shocked, he had called her today and asked if she was coming to school, An Zhi Shui muttered that she wasn't going to school, Li Luyou hadn't paid attention, who knew she would actually come to the parade.

  "Let's go... Let's march..." Although she was wearing a mask, An Zhi Shui knew her face was burning with embarrassment, even her ears were hot. Li Luoyu pulled her back and she didn't move anymore, nor did she participate in the parade.

  Li Rouyu saw how hard she was breathing and helped her take off her hat and mask, revealing a slightly flushed face amidst the beautiful hair, which on this cold winter day stood out like a bright color against the dull gray sky and the dim light around.

  "You actually deceived me." Li Luyu seemed very angry.

  "How can I tell you... " An Zhi Shui was anxious, if she participated in other demonstrations, she might drag Li Luoyu along with her, but this "oppose premarital sex, promote university students' self-love and self-discipline, healthy love" activity, if done with Li Luoyu together, would be too ambiguous, An Zhi Shui couldn't bear it.

  Li Luyu is actually understandable, it's just that seeing her muster up the courage and make a big effort to finally decide to participate in the parade, only to be exposed, looks really funny.

  "Come on, let's go buy some apples together." Li Luoyu didn't say this to her anymore, otherwise she would be anxious all the time, like a fledgling that has left its nest and can't settle down.

  "What's the point of buying apples?" Li Luoyu didn't pursue it any further, and An Zhi let out a sigh of relief.

  "Today is Christmas Eve, I'll buy an apple for each of my roommates in the dormitory, and have it delivered in your name... then I'll just be the porter you called to deliver them one by one." Li Luyu pointed to a fruit shop in the distance.

  "Why does everyone have to give one? I only want to give it to you." An Zhi Shui was a bit childish and stubborn, the others were just ordinary classmates, not even friends.

  "Winning people's hearts! Do you understand?!" Li Luoyu was furious at his failure.

  "Why..."

  "Where did you get so many whys from, curious baby? Just listen to me." Li Luyu pulled her sleeve, and An Zhi Shui was very afraid of being in public with Li Luyu, so she listened obediently.

  They arrived at the fruit shop, where apples were particularly expensive today. Some cost six yuan each, while others cost ten yuan each, which was too much of a rip-off. Li Rouyou and An Zhi chose the ones that cost six yuan each.

  A whole box of apples, Li Rouyu watched as An Zhi Shui and the shop owner haggled over prices. This time An Zhi Shui's fierce bargaining was in the right place, because they wanted a large quantity, and the owner also knew that after Christmas Eve, apples would depreciate and be hard to sell, so he sold a box of apples at half price to An Zhi Shui.

  Of course, this requires Li Luyu's cooperation. Li Luyu made a few fake attempts to leave and not buy it, which finally succeeded.

  An Zhi thought he was awesome just because he successfully haggled for a 50% discount for the first time, even Li Rouyou didn't think he was that capable.

  An Zhishui put on his mask again and told Li Luyu, "The entire boys' dormitory is filled with all sorts of stenches."

  "Alright, don't say I'm stinky later, I'll say you have a cold." Li Luyu shook her head.

  Delivering apples to each dormitory, only a small half of them were in the dormitory, and those who weren't also had some placed on their beds. An Zhishui is after all a great beauty, and on this day that makes single male university students feel especially sentimental, An Zhishui's apple delivery was still heartwarming.

  Although the class monitor of elementary school students usually offends people, after all, there is no deep-seated conflict, and they won't hit someone with a smile on their face. Moreover, it's about delivering things, so everyone laughed and made a small joke with An Chishui.

  An Zhī's face was flushed, but she reminded herself that she was playing the role of a patient with a cold, and Li Lùyú also reminded her, so she awkwardly replied a few words and then switched dormitories with Li Lùyú.

  Li Luyu's dormitory was empty, Madrid and several others had probably gone to play games in the ceramics room. Li Luyu also left an apple, anyway when they came back someone would tell them that it was sent by An Zhi Shui.

  Next is the girls' dormitory, An Zhi Shui can easily enter the boys' dormitory, but Li Luoyu needs to get An Zhi Shui's signature to enter the girls' dormitory, and Li Luoyu has to show her student ID to go in.

  Girls generally have more delicate thoughts than boys and can hide their feelings better, of course the atmosphere is more intense. The jokes are also more straightforward, some people started making fun of Li Rouyu, asking if he had a girlfriend to accompany him on Christmas.

  "It's hard to book a room now! Everywhere is fully booked!"

  "Dummy, Li Ruyu rents his own house."

  In the girls' dormitory, on their own turf, the girls were particularly bold. Moreover, Li Luyu had a good reputation and relationships among the girls, so they might not easily pursue her, but having a crush was a common thing, and as they talked, they got a bit crazy.

  "Li Luyu, don't you really have a girlfriend? Why not stay overnight tonight then!"

  The girl who spoke was called Zeng Lan. Normally quite bold, after she finished speaking, another girl hit her and laughed, saying "Do you want to give Li Rouyu some space?"

  "It seems that all of you have someone tonight, are you leaving me to watch the house? That's okay, as long as you can handle the dorm aunt. Li Luyou isn't easy to bully either."

  An Zhishui watched Li Luyu and the girls giggling, feeling uncomfortable in her heart. How could these girls speak so casually? Fortunately, Li Luyu was clever and kept a clear distance from them.

  They sat for a while, finished sending apples, and An Zhi reminded Li Luyu that they could leave.

  "Li Luyu, I've changed my number, you don't have mine yet." Another girl, Wu Xiangping, stopped him.

  "Go ahead, I'll take note." Li Luyu pulled out his phone from his pocket.

  A small plastic bag fell to the ground with a "slap" sound.

  Li Rouyu didn't notice, An Zhi Shui squatted down to pick it up, "You dropped something."

  Li Luyu is dialing Wu Xiangping's phone number without noticing.

  An Zhi picked up the water, her cheeks flushing red, then quickly dropped it as if scalded, staring at Li Luyu in disbelief.

  Something fell at Zeng Lan's feet.

  Zeng Lan picked it up: "Jie Shi Bang, peppermint flavor... does your girlfriend like peppermint?"

  Not every girl is as bold as Zeng Lan, girls usually joke around fiercely, but when they really see this thing, and with Li Luyu being there too, they blush and avoid eye contact with Li Luyu.

  "Sure enough, you have a girlfriend! Honestly confess..." Wu Xiangping exclaimed.

  Li Rou didn't have the energy to joke with them, turned his head to look at An Zhi Shui, An Zhi Shui's cheeks were red like blood, full of surprise, suspicion and disappointment, the pupils in her eyes trembled violently.

  "Th...". Li Lu opened her mouth, but before she could finish speaking, An Zhi Shui had already turned around and run out of the girls' dormitory.

  "Here, take it." Zeng Lan looked at An Zhishui's back in surprise, An Zhishui's reaction was too abnormal, she couldn't hide the truth in her heart and immediately said: "Good, you Li Luyu, you're playing with two boats!"

  "What's this? It was just now at the bus stop, a girl ran over and suddenly said something about 'for you and her', please pay attention to contraception measures, then handed it to me. I casually put it in my pocket." Li Luyu hastily explained that such rumors are easily spread wildly.

  "I also received it, but I happened to lose it." Wu Xiangping didn't have a boyfriend, so she naturally didn't want something like that.

  The other two girls also said that when they went to the cafeteria, they met someone sending at the door of the cafeteria.

  Joking aside, even if Li Luyu explained himself, no one would think he was lying. After all, Li Luyu usually didn't have any close female friends, except for An Zhi Shui who seemed to be targeting him and looking for trouble.

  Everyone understood when they saw An Zhi's expression just now. An Zhi usually targets Li Rouyu, and it's likely not really to cause trouble.

  "Idiot, hurry up and chase..." Zeng Lan pushed Li Luyu forward.

  Li Luoyu dropped the apple and hurriedly ran out.

  "Hey... where are you running to?!" The dorm manager aunt blocked Li Luyou.

  Li Luoyu broke free and ran to the door, looking left and right, but there was no sign of An Zhishui.

  "What's going on? Tell me clearly, or I won't return your student ID." The dorm aunt saw the situation and became vigilant.

  Li Rouyu didn't care about her student ID anymore, and was dragged out by the dorm auntie who grabbed her sleeve.

  Under the gloomy sky, in the quiet campus, that girl wearing a down jacket and looking like a penguin suddenly disappeared.