BXBX NOVEL Chapter 122 - Tradition?!
"Didn\'t you go on a lunch date?" Mia asked, "Were you both compatible?"
Yu Mei glanced at the girl before shaking her head. This girl was becoming a pro in catching up to trends. It was only yesterday when she did not understand the meaning of tabloids but look at her now.
\'\'It was not a date, Mia. He is a junior. I helped him with a few cool basketball tricks that I have learned from my brother and he treated me to lunch. That\'s it!"
She has always enjoyed watching basketball matches so after moving into the dormitory, she\'d usually got to the basketball court once in a where she saw the young captain of the Red Basketball team. While she was casually talking about his moves and flaws with Li Shuang, the guy overheard it and asked her to teach him saying that he needed a breakthrough.
Since he was polite with his request, she could not deny him and taught him and in return, he treated her to a meal.
"There are so many beauties around you. I don\'t know how you resist. If I\'d been in my original form and not in this child\'s body, I would have kept all of them for myself," Mia put the book aside and stood up from the bed as she stretched her body before cutting off their mind connection as she said, "I\'m going to sleep. Don\'t disturb me. See ya~\'\' Transforming into her fox form, she immediately disappeared.
Yu Mei pushed herself to her feet. Turning on her heels, she walked towards her study table and sat on the chair before getting her bag to her lap. She pulled open a small zip and took out a rose from inside a small pouch.
Putting her bag back on the table, she glanced at the rose in her hand. The purple rose was still fresh as if it just plucked.
It reminded her of many things...and of a certain person. The one who used to cook for her, sleep with her, tease her, bicker with her and dote on her. They used to spend nights talking to each other or gazing at the stars.
Her fingers slightly trembled as a teardrop rolled down her cheeks landing on the petal of the rose.
She wiped her cheek with the back of her hand and scoffed, "I don\'t want men. They are unreliable jerks," She murmured to herself before throwing the rose in the dustbin without hesitation.
Standing up from the chair, she went to the bathroom and washed her face. As her gaze landed on her reflection in the mirror, she found herself raising her finger to touch her cheek.
In the past two months, not only did she regularly work out and take her medicine, but she also had to take a small candy-like pill every week that Mia prepared for her. And it helped her lose her weight faster than before.
Now that she was not fat anymore, her features were very prominent. Although she looked like her past self, but it was not like a carbon copy. In fact, her face had retained the best features of both Han Mei and Yu Mei Zhen.
Yu Mei Zhen was not an ugly girl but because she did not take care of herself and ate all kind of unhealthy food, combined with her disease, her face was filled with acne and scars.
She removed her top revealing her black strapless bra as she stood in front of the mirror, she paused looking at the crimson crescent birthmark right above her chest which was complete now. Many changes in her body were because of this birthmark, according to what Mia said.
After taking a shower, Yu Mei got changed into a short nightdress and went to bed. Since exams were approaching, there were one or two extra classes every day and she was very exhausted lately.
As soon as her head hits the pillow, she will fall asleep.
Or that was what she thought.
Thirty minutes of twisting and turning, changing the position, hugging the bolster, counting the sheeps and she finally sat up on the bed, frustrated.
Tucking the loose strands of her hair behind her ear, she stood up from the bed and walked towards her study table before sitting on the chair.
She grabbed a book first, flipping through the pages only to realize she was holding it upside down.
Pursing her lips, she kept it back in its place.
From the corner of her eyes, she glanced at the dustbin begrudgingly.
Irritation, anger, and hatred appeared on her face as she kept glancing at the dustbin as if she was looking at a certain hateful scoundrel.
But not being able to control herself anymore, she opened it and took out the rose. She grabbed a few wet tissues from the table and carefully holding the rose from its stem, she wiped it gently.
\'\'I hope you\'re doing fine…" She softly mumbled and kept the flower back in its place before going back to bed.
This time, however, she had a very peaceful sleep, unaware of a certain octopus who was on his way back with his eight tentacles extended to cling to her tighter and forever this time.
The next day.
The students started whispering and discussing amongst themselves as soon as their Associate Professor finished announcing the matter of the Parents-Teacher meeting and walked out of the class.
\'\'What are we? Five?"
"Exactly, we are all adults. Why do they need to call our parents?"
\'\'It sounds like we are back to being kindergarten students when we must show our result sheets to our parents."
\'\'What are you all worried about? It\'s the Imperial University\'s tradition, anyways. We can\'t do anything about it.\'\'
"This tradition will get me out of my father\'s assets, you know?"
Imperial University was one of the most prestigious universities in China. Along with its high status came a \'weird yet firm\' set of traditions and rules that have never been broken ever since the University was established more than three decades ago.