51: Chapter 51 What exactly makes him so good?

The barbecue at noon ended amidst laughter and cheers.

After eating, Li Tong gathered everyone to divide up the cleanup work.

After all, this villa was rented for her by Zhou Zhengyi, and if it were left very dirty or messy, Zhou Zhengyi would probably have a hard time explaining it.

While cleaning up, many of the boys were just going through the motions.

Only Lin Yi was working exceptionally hard.

This was, after all, the new house he had just bought.

He didn't want it to be a mess on the very first day he moved in.

Naturally, he had to keep the place he lived in clean.

Seeing how diligently Lin Yi was working, Su Ming felt a bit more favorably toward this boy.

As the Student Union president, she usually appreciated people who were steady and responsible.

"Tongtong, this junior is a freshman who just entered this year, right? How did you meet him?"

Su Ming asked, curious.

Judging by the timeline, the freshmen had only just finished their military training this week.

Even the Student Union recruitment activities hadn't started yet.

At this time, freshmen really shouldn't have any interaction with people from other grades.

Yet, how did Li Tong specifically invite him to attend her birthday party?

And looking at the two of them, it was obvious they had a good relationship.

Li Tong was momentarily speechless, not knowing how to answer.

She hadn't expected that someone like Su Ming, a major school beauty who usually looked stern and unsmiling, would actually have such a gossipy heart.

Could she really tell Su Ming that she had only approached Lin Yi because she discovered he was very rich?

However, Li Tong's stammering reaction instead gave Su Ming another guess.

"A little boyfriend?"

Su Ming wore a mischievous smile.

Li Tong quickly shook her head.

"No, no, no, it's not..."

"Not yet..."

Hearing Li Tong's answer, Su Ming keenly spotted the key point.

"Not yet?"

"Then when will it be?"

"Are you chasing him, or is he chasing you!"

Su Ming leaned in close to Li Tong and whispered, pressing her for an answer.

Li Tong blushed, not knowing how to reply.

Even now, she dared not confirm whether Lin Yi had those kinds of feelings for her.

Although he had spent quite a bit of money on her, Lin Yi had never shown any sign of wanting to take their relationship further.

Li Tong actually wasn't that confident in her own looks.

Although her figure was good, boys were all about looks.

She felt her appearance could only be considered slightly above average in a crowd.

Especially now that a school beauty like Su Ming was by her side.

Li Tong suddenly felt some regret.

She felt that perhaps she shouldn't have invited Su Ming to this birthday party today.

Ever since Su Ming appeared, everyone's focus had shifted to her.

All the time she had spent dressing up carefully couldn't even compare to Su Ming's casual appearance.

"Senior, please don't tease me; he and I are just ordinary friends."

Li Tong explained shyly, wanting to quickly end this topic.

Unexpectedly, Su Ming was relentless.

"Really just friends?"

"I actually quite appreciate him."

"Since you don't have feelings for him..."

"Then I'm going to pursue him, okay?"

Li Tong was shocked; she hadn't expected Su Ming to actually take an interest in Lin Yi.

"Senior, I didn't say I didn't have feelings for him!"

Li Tong became visibly nervous.

Seeing Li Tong's protective demeanor, Su Ming burst into laughter.

Only then did Li Tong realize that Su Ming was fishing for information.

"Senior, you wouldn't really..."

Li Tong wanted to ask if Su Ming had really fallen for Lin Yi.

But the words died on her lips; she felt too embarrassed to ask.

After all, she and Lin Yi were at most just friends right now.

What right did she have to interfere with others liking Lin Yi?

Seeing Li Tong's hesitant expression, Su Ming understood everything long ago.

Su Ming revealed a beautiful smile.

"Don't worry, I'm just teasing you."

"I have a boyfriend; we might be getting engaged soon."

Hearing this, Li Tong finally felt completely relieved.

She hadn't expected Su Ming to already have a boyfriend.

A girl as outstanding as Su Ming—good-looking, capable, and from a good family background—her boyfriend must certainly be a very outstanding person as well.

But for some reason, Li Tong noticed that just now, when Su Ming mentioned she was about to get engaged, there was no sweetness or happiness on her face.

In Li Tong's imagination, being able to get engaged to the person one loved should be a very happy thing.

However, she didn't dwell on it; as long as she was sure Su Ming wouldn't compete with her for Lin Yi, that was enough.

...

Not far from Li Tong and Su Ming, Zhou Zhengyi pricked up his ears, eavesdropping on the two girls' conversation.

However, he only heard the gist of it.

He just heard Su Ming saying something about how she also liked Lin Yi.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhengyi was so hateful he nearly ground his teeth to dust.

What was so good about this poor loser?

To think that two beauties were both revolving around him!

What right did someone like this, who had to work part-time to subsidize his family expenses outside of his studies, have to gain the favor of these two top-tier beauties!

Especially Su Ming!

One had to know that ever since Su Ming started her freshman year, the people pursuing her had never ceased.

Not only were there people from inside the school, but there were even many from outside!

There was once a rumor in school that Su Ming would run into seven or eight people confessing to her just by going downstairs to buy a bottle of water.

Yet even under these circumstances, Su Ming had never dated anyone in four years.

It was said that Su Ming's family ran a company.

The car that came to pick up Su Ming to go home on weekends was a Maybach.

And it was even equipped with a full-time driver.

After knowing this, everyone understood.

This kind of high-quality "white, rich, and beautiful" girl was destined not to look favorably upon mortals like them.

Thinking about it carefully, it was really just that the school had broken down everyone's status barriers, placing people of different levels in the same place to study.

If it were out in society, presumably many people wouldn't even have the qualification to see Su Ming once in their entire lives.

Yet such an unattainable goddess actually said today that she liked Lin Yi?

Why?

Because he gave chocolate as a birthday gift?

Because he worked part-time at a barbecue restaurant?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhengyi felt increasingly unconvinced.

He pondered how to make Lin Yi lose face properly in front of everyone.

Meanwhile, Lin Yi was completely unaware of these things.

He had just packed up the trash that the girls had cleaned up and thrown it outside the door.

He walked back into the living room with an innocent look on his face and slumped onto the sofa.

"Exhausted..."

"Time for a sip of ice-cold cola!"

Lin Yi wiped his sweat while casually taking a bottle of ice-cold cola from the refrigerator.

This was something Zhang Hanyu had asked the sales office manager to prepare for Lin Yi yesterday when the house was handed over.

He said it wasn't good for the refrigerator to be empty when the new house was delivered, so he wanted to help Lin Yi fill it up.

Lin Yi hadn't refused at the time and had specifically asked the manager to buy him several cans of cola.

How could a good life be without "fatty happy water"!

Lin Yi took two satisfying gulps of the drink.

A look of satisfaction on his face.

Li Tong, however, asked curiously.

"Lin Yi, how did you know there was cola in this refrigerator?"

Lin Yi had been in the courtyard from the moment he arrived in the morning until now.

He had just entered the living room.

He hadn't even touched the refrigerator.

How did he know there was cola in there?