Chapter 190

"Use."

"The host randomly selected Weicome's equestrian skills. Do you want to learn?"

Xiao Qi's mind was still filled with the romance between the protagonists in the storyline. As a result, when Weicome jumped out, he could be said to be the biggest villain in it.

Weicome was the son of Mr. Darcy's housekeeper. Mr. Darcy's father regarded him as a godfather and gave him some property. After the housekeeper died, he not only squandered the property but also owed a lot of gambling debts. He also attempted to elope with the sister of the male protagonist but did not succeed. Later, he ruined the reputation of the male protagonist and eloped with Lydia, the younger sister of the female protagonist... In short, he was not a good person.

He was not only bad and selfish, but also deceived women.

The system was always unexpected...

"Learn."

"The host has obtained expert-level equestrian skills."

Xiao Qi: ...

Probably this was Weicome's best virtue. It was not easy for a skill to reach the expert level.

Usually it started from the basics, then entry level, then expert level. Above that were master and perfect levels. Xiao Qi had not encountered the last two levels yet.

It was reasonable to think that Weicome, who always wanted to secretly elope with girls, must be very good at riding. He also had the experience of joining the army, being a deserter, and collecting gambling debts... He was very good at running away.

Xiao Qi couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

On the other hand, Wei Cheng posted on WeChat and felt nervous and uneasy. If Gu Yunshu was a lazy otaku who was too lazy to socialize, Wei Cheng was more of a shut-in otaku. She didn't dislike socializing. In private, she had a lively personality and would skip and jump when walking. She cheered up easily. She feared socializing. When doing anything, she was like stretching out an antenna carefully touching the outside world. As soon as she sensed something wrong, she shrank back. Therefore, she appeared particularly silent and cautious.

Not posting Moments was also a manifestation of her shut-in personality. She lived in fear that she might post something inappropriate and get criticized or ridiculed.

Today she finally plucked up the courage to post something on Moments. She just couldn't help staring at her phone for fear that she might need to delete it if it was inappropriate.

Previously, Xiao Qi was probably like this too, slightly better than Wei Cheng but not by much.

However, Wei Cheng didn't expect that within just a few steps, she received so many likes.

The comments were also praises: beautiful, gorgeous, so pretty, very artistic.

There was even a high school classmate saying she had become prettier since going to college!

The number of likes rapidly piled up into rows. Her heart thumped wildly.

There were also comments saying her roommate was so beautiful. She looked at them with a beaming smile. She truly felt Xiao Qi was good-looking. Maybe her appearance was not of stunning beauty that caught your eye at first sight. She was not like Wu Xinyue from the English department, who gave the impression of a great beauty at first glance. But she just found Xiao Qi good-looking and greatly admired her—that she could read original English books with such immersion and sing so beautifully while studying so hard and never slacking off from work. The longer they lived together, the more she admired and liked her.

As for Li Weijin, who had been summoned back home today, a pile of family troubles awaited him upon arriving home, his mother's nagging... He forgot all about Su Xiaoqi and didn't remember to think about her.

While browsing his phone, he just happened to see the WeChat Moments posted by Xiao Qi's silly and clumsy roommate.

After taking a look, his heart started pounding wildly.

She went to the library. She sat there reading a book. She was so beautiful. He carefully saved, collected and enlarged the image to take a closer look and went Heavens! ...An original English edition book... She was reading so attentively and enjoying it...

Li Weijin, who had failed the IELTS countless times, once again felt deeply ashamed.

He felt the gap between them was growing. Upset, he kicked the trash can in front of him, his mother's newly-purchased LV trash can... His mother had been developing increasingly quirky hobbies lately. She seemed determined to replace all the furniture at home with stuff the same color as this trash can.

After eating at the cafeteria, Xiao Qi and Wei Cheng went back to their dorm, also bringing meals for the two shut-in animals that had been cooped up in the room all morning.

In the afternoon everyone would go to English teacher Grace's house as guests and effectively attend a party. They still felt quite nervous, especially Wei Cheng, who even carefully showered and put on the white dress they bought together.

Xiao Qi felt a little nervous too, but considering that her main role was to teach cooking which she was good at, it was not so bad. Still, urged by her roommates, she too showered and changed into a dress... She really didn't like wearing dresses. But for the dorm's harmony, she put one on. It was the black dress Teacher Zhou had picked for her, simple and elegant, cinched at the waist with some flare in the skirt. The top was skintight, for once showing that Xiao Qi did have a little bit of a bust rather than a totally flat chest. The wide neckline revealed her fair collarbone. It might have a alluring effect on someone with an actual bust. Hers was still flat.

With her short bob hair, she some how managed to give off a pure and innocent girlishness despite it basically being a sexy little black dress, making her look even younger.

Mi'er had long finished getting ready. After wolfing down her meal she urged Xiao Qi to put on her makeup.

She wore a deep red knit dress. Her complexion was darker but the vibrant red of the dress didn't make her look darker. Rather, it set off her coloring brightly. The knitted fabric had slightly wavy finishes on the sleeves, collar and skirt hem with a skin-hugging fit that showed off her exceptionally good figure, especially her full bust and bottom. Her legs were also shapely and athletic, no doubt from always being on the go.

Her figure was probably what Westerners would consider ideally healthy, though a little too curvy by the current standards of young Chinese girls. Hence Mi'er herself always feeling that she was fat and hardly eating staple foods.

Yunshu also wore a dress, with a scalloped neckline and vertical blue and white stripes. Her mother had someone bring it specially for Mid-Autumn Festival, along with some mooncakes.

Since it was a gift from Yunshu's mother, her roommates gathered round to take a look and caught sight of the tag with an astounding price of 14,320—five digits! Over ten thousand yuan. Yet its gauzy fabric felt cool to the touch, looking like nothing special, a very ordinary dress similar to their school uniform skirts.

Xiao Qi received an education in the Miu Miu label...

Still feeling shocked that a dress could cost so much. She didn't get what made it so expensive. It wasn't encrusted with gems or adorned with frills and sparkles. It resembled a normal dress.

Wearing this dress, Yunshu looked very ladylike and well-behaved at first glance—that was the impression she gave anyway.

Yunshu also belonged to the flat-chested tribe with perhaps slightly more than Xiao Qi. Hidden under the scalloped neckline, the effect was not obvious. Similarly, her waist looked very slender, while this dress had artful detailing to make it appear looser there.

Anyway, it was a rather cute dress that suggested Yunshu's mom still viewed her daughter as a little girl.

Since they were attending a party, Mi'er insisted on doing Xiao Qi's makeup too.

Xiao Qi was totally in her element and worked fast, matching each roommate's makeup to her outfit. Originally she didn't want any makeup as she would be helping with the cooking. The oil and smoke would just ruin her makeup which was extra troublesome. Still, Mi'er forced her into the chair to have some simple makeup applied.

The four dormmates set off in high spirits.

Mi'er resembled a proud little peacock after her makeup, which complemented her red dress perfectly. Her features were naturally attractive and the groomed brows and flawless base makeup made her look dazzling. Yet her large round eyes added a lively cuteness and hint of saucy spirit like a charming young maiden—extremely pretty. She had already taken lots of selfies.

Xiao Qi was the most fulfilled with Wei Cheng's makeup, deftly enhancing her slightly square face into sophistication while keeping her freckles fresh. Her single eyelids looked open and steady, probably epitomizing Oriental beauty in Western eyes.

A little eye makeup was all Yunshu needed for a bright-eyed sweet girlish effect.

Xiao Qi knew herself best, but the black dress was quite sexy while she still didn't exude sexiness. So her makeup was more gender-neutral, suiting her short hair. Last time singing on stage in robes, her makeup had also been very neutral. Xiao Qi felt that style was well-suited to her somewhat bewitching eyes, just needing a bit of touch up.