Chapter 80: A Birthday Party Encounter

  In five days, it will be the graduation exam of the first year of university. Bai Wei also devoted herself to the intense review like other classmates. The difference is that Bai Wei basically doesn't skip classes, so she doesn't need to work as hard as most of her classmates.

  On the first day before the exam, after lunch, Bai Wei came to the school library with her notes and other study materials. This place is quieter than the classroom. In recent days, because Ye Wenwen and Hu Chunyun didn't listen in class, they were anxious to get credits, so they had to bury their heads in books and didn't follow Bai Wei around to play, letting Bai Wei have a rare quiet time.

  It wasn't until after 4 pm that her phone suddenly started vibrating. Bertha picked it up and saw that it was a call from Yvonne. She didn't answer right away, but instead packed up her things and went outside the library before calling Yvonne back.

  "Why didn't you answer my call? Was it to save me phone charges?"

  "I was just at the library, it's inconvenient."

  "I think you're not that kind-hearted either. Let me tell you, tonight accompany me to attend a fellow villager's birthday party."

  "Why did your hometown friend invite me to his birthday party?"

  "Who else should I call? Who made me have no boyfriend? Or can you lend me Yang Yi for a while?"

  "Talking nonsense again."

  "No more joking around, let's meet at the dormitory at 5 o'clock."

  Bai Wei was originally going back to the dormitory, hanging up the phone and walking slowly. Unexpectedly, before reaching the dormitory building, Yang Yi was seen standing there in the distance, holding a bouquet of roses. After seeing Bai Wei, he walked towards her.

  "Xiao Wei, go to the library?"

  "How did you know?"

  "A girl from your dorm just told me."

  Bai Wei guessed it was Ye Wenwen, but others didn't know.

  "Thank you, Yang Yi, is there anything going on?"

  Bai Wei took the rose from Yang Yi and asked at the same time.

  "It's like this, there's a gathering with classmates tonight and I was thinking of inviting Xiaowei to come along, would she be willing to grant me the honor?"

  "What bad luck! I just received a call from a classmate at the library, asking me to accompany her to an old friend's birthday party, so I came back early."

  "Really?"

  Yang Yi looked at Bai Wei, seemingly wanting her to refuse that classmate and accept himself.

  Bai Wei was also somewhat embarrassed, this was the first time Yang Yi came to find her not on a weekend, if she hadn't agreed with Ye Wenwen in advance, Bai Wei might have really refused Yang Yi.

  "Yang Yi, this time it's really not possible, I just promised a classmate and it wouldn't be good to change my mind immediately."

  "Alright then, I'll come back another day and ask Xiao Wei out again."

  Yang Yi finished speaking and bid farewell to Bai Wei, then turned around and left.

  Deng Baiwei arrived at the dormitory and saw Ye Wenwen looking at her with a disappointed expression, still making a "tsk" sound with her mouth.

  "Tsk tsk, Xiao Wei, I wasn't being sincere. If I had known the handsome guy was going to ask me out, I wouldn't have called you."

  "It's not too late now, I won't go with you."

  "Don't even think about it, since your brother Yang Yi has already left, just obediently follow me."

  "What kind of hometown friend's birthday party is this? Who all went to attend?"

  "We've been classmates for a year, from the Mechanical Department. There are quite a few people participating tonight, and my fellow villager is quite active. Let me tell you, he's very handsome, don't fall for him."

  "Aren't you afraid I'll snatch him away?"

  "What's it got to do with me? They didn't even take a fancy to me."

  "Who is it?"

  "I won't tell you, you'll know when the time comes."

  Seeing Ye Wenwen's mysterious appearance, Bai Wei didn't think much of it. The two simply washed up and changed their clothes before walking out of school together, strolling slowly on the street.

  "It's just past five now, isn't it a bit early?"

  "It's getting late, we agreed to meet at 6 o'clock at the restaurant, fortunately it's not far from here, and walking there just takes the right amount of time."

  "Why didn't you call Hu Chunyun?"

  "She also called me? Still worried about not passing the exam, afraid to come back and retake it, she has already refused all social engagements and is now focusing on studying hard."

  The two of them had just walked into the restaurant's hall at almost exactly six o'clock, and saw that there were already about ten people gathered there, men and women, who looked like students from their attire. One of them came over to greet the pair, and Bai Wei immediately recognized him as Tanaka Rin, a student council member in the same grade as them.

  "Welcome, welcome, thank you for deigning to attend my humble birthday party, Bai Wei."

  Bai Wei just realized that it was Du Mu Lin's birthday.

  "Hehe, happy birthday."

  "Thank you."

  "Fellow countryman, isn't this how things are done? Only welcoming beauties, shouldn't I have come?"

  "Haha, Wenwen, we're family, no need to be polite!"

  At this time, others also came forward to greet Peri and Yvonne. Most of the people inside were not familiar to Peri. While listening to Yvonne and Du Mu Lin's introduction, she responded to the crowd.

  "Let's go, I've already booked a room, it's the largest suite in this hotel."

  When Bai Wei was outside the door, she found that this restaurant was quite luxurious. After walking in and taking a closer look, she felt that it was indeed an upscale restaurant. She really didn't understand why, as poor students, Tong Mu Lin would choose to celebrate his birthday in such a high-end place?

  Upon entering the room, she saw a large round table that could seat sixteen people. Tong Mu Lin warmly invited Bai Wei to take a seat and intentionally or unintentionally arranged her in the position of honor. Bai Wei wasn't very clear about these things, as before this, she had hardly ever attended a formal banquet, so she simply followed Tong Mu Lin's intentions and sat down. Ye Wenwen sat on Bai Wei's right hand, while Tong Mu Lin sat in the main seat, just next to Bai Wei.

  The wine and dishes were served soon, and as they were all young people, the atmosphere became lively after a few cups of wine. Almost everyone at the table started drinking beer, except for Bai Wei, who didn't touch the glass in front of her, no matter how much others persuaded her, insisting on ordering a drink instead. Due to physical reasons, Bai Wei had never drunk alcohol since childhood and still maintained this habit. Watching them drink beer one by one, their faces soon turned red. Bai Wei suddenly remembered Cong Ye, remembering that during the New Year's holidays, on the first day of the new year and on the sixth evening when visiting her grandparents and aunt's family, Cong Ye had drunk a lot of white wine. However, there was no change in Cong Ye's face at all. Afterward, Father even mentioned to Mother that Cong Ye's capacity for alcohol was not ordinary.

  More than an hour later, a boy couldn't sit still anymore. When he got up to go to the bathroom, his body was shaking all over.

  Xī jiān Bó wēi was not quite used to Duānmù Lín's enthusiasm. As soon as a dish was served, Duānmù Lín would pick up the communal chopsticks and diligently serve Bó wēi food, despite Bó wēi's repeated attempts to stop him. Later on, Bó wēi just let him be. Occasionally, Yè Wénwén would keep giving Duānmù Lín meaningful glances, and Bó wēi would look at Yè Wénwén with a puzzled expression, but Yè Wénwén would just smile back at Bó wēi without explaining anything.

  On the way here, Bai Wei and Ye Wenwen discussed it, since they came to attend someone's birthday party, they should bring some birthday gifts, but were stopped by Ye Wenwen. She said that as poor students, it was already good enough to just show up, no need to bring any gifts. Bai Wei heard Ye Wenwen say this, and since she wasn't her own hometown friend, if Ye Wenwen didn't agree, there was no need for her to insist on buying a gift, which would only make herself stand out in the end.

  However, from Du Mu Lin's unusual enthusiasm and Ye Wenwen's occasional eye contact, Bai Wei guessed that this time it was probably Ye Wenwen who took the initiative. Participating in Du Mu Lin's birthday party might have been at Du Mu Lin's behest. Thinking of this, Bai Wei immediately decided not to participate in similar occasions in the future.

  Just when they were almost done drinking, a boy suddenly stood up and rushed out with his hand covering his mouth. Du Mu Lin immediately shouted to another boy:

  "Hurry up and hold him, he's probably going to throw up from drinking."

  Get up and chase after him, the boy is not much better, his body is also a bit dizzy.

  Two people went out and didn't take long, they heard the sound of noise in the corridor, obviously two tongues that couldn't be straightened. Du Mu Lin stood up and said:

  "What kind of trouble have these two kids gotten themselves into?"

  One by one, they walked out. The other boys also stood up and followed them out, and two girls who were curious squeezed to the door of the room to watch the commotion. Ye Wenwen, who was usually eager for excitement, sat quietly beside Bai Wei, her eyes fixed on the doorway, lost in thought.

  "Wenwen, why don't you go take a look?"

  "What's so great about it? What's so exciting about spitting out wine?"

  Just then, I suddenly heard a familiar voice coming from the corridor.

  "Zongmu, is it you?"

  "Yang Ge, you're eating here too?"

  Ye Wenwen turned her head and looked at Bai Wei, saying:

  "How can it be Yang Yi's voice?"

  He stood up and walked to the door of the room, sticking out half of his body to look outside.

  At this time, there were only two people left at the table: Bai Wei and a girl named Liu Xiaojun.

  Bai Wei remained seated, unmoving. Ye Wenwen's words had stirred something within her. She too had recognized the voice speaking with Duanmu Lin - it was indeed Yang Yi. Unconsciously, she thought to herself:

  "When did Ye Wenwen ever hear Yang Yi speak? It was only when Yang Yi intercepted her in front of the teaching building for the first time that Ye Wenwen and Hu Chunyun followed behind. However, by the time Yang Yi spoke to her, the two had already walked far away and should not have been able to hear their conversation."

  Bai Wei's mind was still a mess when she heard Ye Wenwen calling her name from the doorway:

  "Ba Wei, come out for a moment."

  Bai Wei knew what Ye Wenwen meant, and hesitated for a moment before standing up. Before she had taken two steps, Yang Yi walked in with a smile on his face, looking at Bai Wei:

  "Xiao Wei, what a coincidence."

  "Really? How come you guys are also staying at this hotel?"