UWP - Chapter 7 - Fools Rush In

"Dammit, I should've brought more bottles..."

It was after the last class of the day, and Bai Zhi was heading back to his apartment, holding a glass vial barely two fingers wide in his hand. Looking at the clear fluid within, he sighed regretfully.

The chemistry lab session had been uneventful. Since the lab was well-stocked with various reagents, Bai Zhi had planned to whip something up and bring it home with him, but alas, he did not have the necessary authority to take any chemicals he pleased.

It was true, "Bai Zhi" had earned his place at the university by virtue of his excellent academic performance, but so did many of his peers, and in this much bigger pond, he had been surpassed by a few of his classmates. Besides, "Bai Zhi's" grades had tanked, owing to his addiction to video games. Could someone without the privileges of being top student be allowed to freely access the school's resources?

Preposterous.

"Hmm... I have no choice but to reinstate myself as one of the academic elites as soon as possible. That way, I can also secure some funding from scholarships..." Bai Zhi stroked his chin thoughtfully as he laid down plans for the immediate future.

"...Huh?"

While he was deep in thought, he ended up at the empty lot in front of the Teachers' Residence, where he noticed something.

A schoolboy carrying a bag, who looked like they had just been let out of school, seemed to be chasing his own shadow and making a thoroughly fun game of it.

Bai Zhi thought it all childish, but gave the kid a wide berth anyway, just in case the kid stepped on his shadow*.

At that very moment, not far from Bai Zhi, Lin XiaoYi was hiding in a corner diligently writing the words "Young At Heart" into a notebook.

Next to Lin XiaoYi, her involuntary companion Xia Wen buried her face into her hands as she lamented, "XiaoYi… I think you're taking this too far."

"If people ever found out that we were stalkers, nobody will want to marry me, not even in my next life..."

"Who says we're stalking?" Lin XiaoYi spoke with all seriousness, wavi

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*There is a Chinese belief that harming ones shadow harms the person. Having one's shadow stepped on is akin to getting cursed...

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