After the exams were over, everyone was freed. Zhang Jingfeng bought a train ticket for that day and went home straight away, while Wang Sisi stayed at school for a part-time job, mainly to accompany her boyfriend. Su Ziyuan bought a ticket for the next day.
Song Luokui finished her last exam, then went back to the dorm to pack up and headed home. After changing into a new outfit, she went out again as she had a gathering with her girlfriends today.
The venue for today's gathering was not at a clubhouse, nor was there any male model, but rather at the villa of Weng Jiao.
When Song Luokui arrived, she saw Weng Jiao and Lou Sasa already in the swimming pool wearing bikinis, swimming freely like beautiful mermaids.
Near the pool, there were food and drinks laid out. Zhang Xiyue was sitting on a chair by the pool sipping a cocktail, with someone giving her a leg massage with essential oils.
Upon seeing Song Luokui, she asked the two masseuses to leave and stood up to welcome her, "Luokui, you're here!" she said, pulling her into a hug.
Song Luokui's face was buried in her soft chest, almost suffocating.
Song Luokui pushed her away and looked toward the people in the pool, "A pool party today?"
Zhang Xiyue said, "Did you bring your swimsuit? It's too hot, swimming would be so nice."
Song Luokui replied, "I haven't eaten yet, let me grab some food first."
As soon as Zhang Xiyue heard this, she followed her to the table filled with delicacies and sat down, "Now that we're on vacation, do you have any plans? We're thinking of going abroad for a trip, do you want to join us?"
Song Luokui asked, "Where to?"
Zhang Xiyue said, "Not decided yet, maybe a few places."
Song Luokui suddenly remembered Chi Yu mentioning taking her to Banras. After considering it, she decided to prioritize her relationship over her friends, plus her company might have some business to attend to, so she declined.
"I have things at my company. I won't go."
"Speaking of your company, I heard your brother gave you an entertainment company to play with. How's it going?" Zhang Xiyue rested her chin on her hand, "An entertainment company, huh? Your company must have lots of handsome guys and pretty girls. Why don't you bring some of them to our next gathering?"
Song Luokui glanced at her, "You make me sound like a pimp. The company just got on track, and we only have a few signed talents, all of them women."
"What do you mean no men?" The others walked over, their hair slightly damp and wearing bathrobes.
Zhang Xiyue said, "Luokui and I were talking about her company."
Weng Jiao went and sat on the other side of Song Luokui, "Oh right, we knew you started a company. How's it going? Need any help from us sisters?"
Song Luokui replied, "Not for now, but I'll definitely ask you if I need help." She picked up a drink and clinked glasses with Weng Jiao, but asked if it was really just a drink before drinking.
Lou Sasa said, "Ah! I can't believe the pleasure-seeking Luokui is actually doing business now. Remember us when you make money. I'll start sucking up to you in advance."
Song Luokui waved her hand, "I'm just playing around. You might not even care about that, Sasa. And who are you calling a pleasure-seeker? Compared to you girls, I'm a small-time player."
In their friend circle, her sisters were all intoxicated by wealth and indulgence, with extensive social circles. Today they would socialize here, tomorrow somewhere else - their lives seemed nothing like ordinary college students. Well, they weren't really ordinary students either.
Lou Sasa smiled shyly and turned to Tu Shanyue, "Xue, how about that blind date you mentioned before? It's been so long, what happened?"
Tu Shanyue was taking small bites of cake, "I went on a few dates, but didn't feel anything, so we're just friends."
Zhang Xiyue said, "Xue, you're quite popular, huh? Tell us about those guys."
Tu Shanyue replied, "If you girls went on blind dates, I'm sure you'd be even more popular than me."
Weng Jiao said, "Let's stop talking about that. Are we going to go play during the vacation?"
Zhang Xiyue pointed at Song Luokui, "Luokui said she can't, she has things at her company."
Song Luokui swallowed a mouthful of pasta, "I can't do a month or two abroad, but a few days should be fine, as long as I make arrangements to avoid business conflicts."
Weng Jiao shook her head, "Never mind then, let's not get in the way of Businesswoman Song making her fortune. After all, I want her to take me along to get rich too. What about the rest of you?"
Zhang Xiyue's eyes shifted as she thought of the freshman boy she had recently hooked, and raised her hand, "I don't want to go too long either."
Weng Jiao said, "Let's plan for a month then. We can come back in between if anything comes up, no need to stay out the whole summer vacation."
Zhang Xiyue hesitated for a bit, "When are we going?"
Weng Jiao replied, "As soon as we decide, we'll go. Tomorrow even."
Zhang Xiyue said, "Give me two hours to think about it."
Weng Jiao said, "No time to waste."
Zhang Xiyue nodded, "Got it, got it."
The rest had no objections to going either, as they had no commitments.
They played so late that they ended up staying over at Weng Jiao's villa that night. Earlier, Zhang Xiyue had secretly called her little boyfriend to reassure him before quickly announcing that she would be going on the trip too.
The next afternoon, the group flew abroad, while Song Luokui stayed home lounging around.
In the evening, she snuck out again to meet up with Chi Yu for a date. She grabbed Chi Yu's hand and said, "My girlfriends all went traveling, but I stayed for you. Aren't I so good to you?"
Chi Yu smiled, "Yes. So I've already made the arrangements for us to go to Banras. Just let me know when you want to go."
Song Luokui was surprised, "That fast?"
Chi Yu nodded, "Yes, you can go whenever. But going now would be better, I heard Banras is at its best during this time."
Song Luokui considered it, "How many days should we go for?"
Chi Yu asked, "How many days do you want to go?"
Song Luokui replied, "Maybe a little over a week or half a month would be enough, since you need to work too." She was afraid of being found out if they stayed too long.
"Okay," Chi Yu had no objections.
Song Luokui said, "Let me come up with an excuse when I get back."
Chi Yu replied, "No need, I've already thought of an excuse for you."
Song Luokui was puzzled.
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"So you're going to a summer camp?" Song Luosheng looked at the invitation letter.
Song Luokui nodded, "Yep, I was invited, so of course I have to go. I'm on vacation anyway, I want to go out and play."
Song Luosheng said, "But didn't you say yesterday that your girlfriends went out to play without you?"
Song Luokui whined, "Ah, this is different. I'm going for an exchange program. Anyway, I'm going."
Song Luosheng couldn't resist when she acted cute, "Alright, alright, go ahead. Let me check if it's legitimate first though."
Song Luokui assured, "Of course it's legitimate." Although she knew Chi Yu's arrangements should be fine, she was still worried about being found out.
Song Luokui added, "But you should still check."
"Okay then."
After investigating, it did appear to be legitimate. Song Luokui kept nagging as she packed her things, even wanting Li Bei to join her, but eventually had to cancel that plan since they couldn't accommodate another person.
Song Luokui breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully.
