After dinner Xu Ye dropped the three of them back at the dorm, while Chen Qingqing stayed in the passenger seat as a matter of course.

The moment they were inside, Zhang Ruowei started shaking her head. "Love-brained really is a terrifying thing."

"You mean Qingqing?"

"Who else would I mean? Look at the state of her. Monday through Friday she drifts off and stares into space at the slightest thing, and then the weekend comes, Xu Ye shows up, and there's actual light in her eyes. She was holding his hand all through dinner just now. I couldn't watch."

Shen Xinyi was unimpressed. "They've been together a long time. It seems perfectly normal to me. You call Qingqing love-brained — I'd say Zhao Ming is love-brained. At least Xu Ye only comes on weekends. Your Zhao Ming comes to see you on workdays."

Zhang Ruowei looked smug. "That's because I trained him well."

"Yes, yes. Nobody's better than you."

"Hey — Xinyi, I've noticed you've changed a lot too. You talk more than you used to."

"Heh."

Shen Xinyi laughed. "Living in a dorm with a lunatic like you? How could I not change."

Zhang Ruowei said, "I don't think it has anything to do with me. I think it has to do with Qin Zhiwei."

"Bullshit."

"Have the two of you kissed yet?"

"No."

"I don't believe you. I'm going to check."

"How are you going to check?"

"One kiss and I'll know."

"Buzz off!"

"Come here, girlie. Don't run."

"You lunatic~"

"Mwah~ mwah~ mwah~"

Jiang Yu watched the two of them tussling and rolled her eyes. "Honestly. Something wrong with both of you."

…… Back at the hotel.

Xu Ye first took a call from Lü Cheng, who said they were meeting the team behind the Pets Online project tomorrow morning, and asked whether Xu Ye wanted to sit in.

On the principle that you don't hire a man you doubt and you don't doubt a man you hire, Xu Ye answered, "Handle this project however you see fit. You have my full backing."

With Xu Ye…