Prince charming, your persona has collapsed!

Zhou Yuwen and Li Shiqi probably hadn't seen each other for about four months, during which Li Shiqi did make contact to chat a few times with Yuwen, but each time the conversation was brief, barely extending beyond a few words.

For instance, in November, Li Shiqi took the initiative to message Zhou Yuwen: "It's getting cold, remember to wear more clothes."

Zhou Yuwen replied: "Okay, thanks."

And that was the end of it.

Life is not like a novel; besides the designated ones, anyone can be the female protagonist, yet everyone might also not be the female protagonist.

At the beginning of the school term, Zhou Yuwen and Li Shiqi indeed seemed to have promising prospects.

Li Shiqi liked Zhou Yuwen.

And Zhou Yuwen felt that dating Li Shiqi, a talented student from Nan University, wouldn't be a loss.

But then Zheng Yanyan pursued him too passionately.

Zhou Yuwen couldn't resist.

And then, the matter of Zheng Yanyan and Zhou Yuwen dating, those not paying attention wouldn't care, but those slightly attentive would know.

Moreover, at that time Zhou Yuwen even changed his couple's profile picture.

When Li Shiqi knew that Zhou Yuwen was in a relationship, she indeed felt a painful sensation in her heart.

But what could she do?

She didn't have a family to back her up; if she didn't work hard, she wouldn't even know if anyone could help pay her tuition next year.

But Zheng Yanyan was different.

Zheng Yanyan even used Zhou Yuwen's WeChat to post on Moments to announce their relationship officially.

Li Shiqi saw it.

The girl in the photo was glamorous, clearly from a wealthy family.

It was said that she even came from the Capital city.

Her suitors were numerous.

Compared to Zheng Yanyan.

Li Shiqi didn't know what advantages she had.

So she didn't continue contacting Zhou Yuwen.

One undeniable thing was, Zhou Yuwen suddenly coming into her life that September brought a different light, making her inadvertently harbor some expectations for life.

But that was it.

In the months Zhou Yuwen was romantically involved, Li Shiqi's life remained unchanged; she appreciated that Zhou Yuwen had introduced her to a tutoring job, which effortlessly provided her with the means to live, allowing her more time to stay in the library and learn more.

She always remembered Zhou Yuwen, but that was just it.

Even a few days ago, when Zhou Yuwen's news suddenly became popular.

A heated discussion unfolded in the high school class group, many said that the character Shen Xiaoyu in Yuwen's novel was modeled after Li Shiqi.

Even a few of her college roommates thought so.

The character Shen Xiaoyu had many inconsistencies, but if one really said who inspired Zhou Yuwen.

Zhao Yuan and the others unanimously thought, it must be Li Shiqi!

Previously Zhou Yuwen had come here to pick up Li Shiqi, Zhao Yuan also knew about his existence.

At that time, they even gossiped with Li Shiqi, asking what relationship she had with Zhou Yuwen.

Li Shiqi always stated: it's just a plain friendship.

"This is a plain friendship? Shiqi, he even wrote you into the novel! And as the female protagonist, this shows he truly cares about you!" Zhao Yuan said, blinking her eyes.

Hearing this, Li Shiqi merely forced a smile, said nothing, and kept her head down, looking at a small bruise she accidentally got today while working part-time at the coffee shop.

At the time, it didn't feel painful, but upon returning, she realized it had turned blue.

No matter the university, 18-19-year-old boys and girls are always inseparable from love.

Li Shiqi's roommates, just like every other girls' dormitory, would gossip about some handsome guy in school and share fun times with their boyfriends.

Of course, they occasionally teased Li Shiqi with Zhou Yuwen's affairs.

But these things had nothing to do with Li Shiqi.

None of it belonged to Li Shiqi.

She was different from them.

These little princesses at home, when out of money, need only make a phone call, act coquettishly, and could easily ask for spending money.

During holidays, they would also always buy some new clothes, discussing where to go to eat and check-in on Saturdays and Sundays.

Li Shiqi had nothing.

She knew these things didn't belong to her, her only belief was to study hard, graduate with excellent grades, and completely escape from that original family environment.

All her life was like a tense string, never daring to slack off; usually, she would go to the library, staying until it closed before returning to the dorm.

It wasn't because she had bad relations in her dorm, her roommates were quite considerate of her feelings.

But still, different is different.

Li Shiqi didn't want her roommates to accommodate her when they talked about certain topics.

She also didn't want to be the one spoiling the mood.

After the news about Zhou Yuwen writing a novel broke out, Li Shiqi downloaded this novel to read, and to support Zhou Yuwen, she even registered a special account to subscribe to this novel.

But honestly, Li Shiqi found it hard to get into this novel.

Everyone said that the character Shen Xiaoyu was based on Li Shiqi.

But Li Shiqi knew that was just their imagination.

She was nothing like Shen Xiaoyu; she couldn't possibly become Shen Xiaoyu, and in Li Shiqi's view, this character was too presumptuous.

Of course, maybe girls from the mountains are indeed pure and simple-minded, maintaining traditional thoughts, just believing that girls need a dependable man to rely on.