On Friday, Xu Ye called Qin Zhiwei to give him a heads-up: he'd be coming by on Saturday.

Ever since the guy had moved in with Shen Xinyi, nobody saw hide nor hair of him on weekends. Xu Ye had asked Shen Xinyi about it a few times. According to her, Qin Zhiwei wanted to finish all his credits early this semester. That way, come summer break, he could go straight into an internship and never have to set foot on campus again.

Friday morning, Xu Ye, Zhan Zifeng, Duan Wenjie and miHoYo's technical director interviewed more than twenty Zhejiang University graduates together. Xu Ye mostly just sat in and listened, since he didn't know the technical side. The ones really running the interviews were Duan Wenjie and the man from miHoYo.

Every résumé had looked great, but the interviews showed some real gaps between candidates. After talking it over, they picked only five. Xu Ye signed off, and Zhan Zifeng sent the five of them offers on the spot.

Once the company business was wrapped up, Xu Ye clocked out that evening and drove over to the Conservatory.

Shen Xinyi wasn't at the dorm.

Zhang Ruowei had had Zhao Ming pick her up and take her to his company as soon as her first afternoon class let out.

When Chen Qingqing got Xu Ye's message, she didn't go straight down. Instead she messaged him back: "It's just me and Jiang Yu in the room."

Xu Ye answered fast. "Then bring her down with you."

"Okay~"

Chen Qingqing got right up. "Come on, want to get dinner together?" she said to Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu asked back, "Isn't Xu Ye coming to see you today?"

"Oh, he's downstairs. Come down with us. Otherwise you'll have to walk to the cafeteria later."

"Fine."

Jiang Yu knew exactly what was going on. "Then I'll be the third wheel one more time."

The two of them came downstairs arm in arm and got into Xu Ye's car together. This time Chen Qingqing didn't take the passenger seat. She sat in the back with…