Chapter 3 What Are You Here for?

"Do we still need to take photos?" Ji Xiaonuan frowned.

"Of course! How else will my Young Master Chi know what all the candidates look like?"

"Why not let them provide their own photos?"

"Don't you know how terrifying the three great sorceries of Asia are? What if they're artistic photos or photoshopped? My male god would be at a huge loss! Don't worry, my male god won't do anything bad with these photos."

Ji Xiaonuan was completely unmoved and quickly shook her head. "No way. What if I'm selected..."

"Ji Xiaonuan, you're really thinking big. I even want to put you on my list of love rivals!" Xu Wenwen stared at her in disbelief. "Do you know how many people signed up for this preliminary selection? It's said that there are nearly a hundred thousand people! One in a hundred thousand. Do you think you can be selected?"

"A hundred thousand people!" Ji Xiaonuan was amazed. It was really rare to see such a "central air conditioner" that could "warm" a hundred thousand people at once. "A thousand yuan per person, that is... a hundred million yuan? Rich people are really different. This selection of a surrogate mother is just like selecting a concubine!"

"How can selecting a concubine be compared to my Young Master Chi?" Xu Wenwen said with admiration on her face. "They don't give money when selecting a concubine! My Young Master Chi is really generous. He must want to give us little fans some pocket money. He's really thoughtful."

"After all, aren't you just doing it for that thousand yuan..." Lin Xin, who was still in bed, sneered.

"Aren't you?" Ji Xiaonuan looked at her in surprise.

"I'm really aiming for that one in a hundred thousand chance," Lin Xin rubbed her throbbing temple. "The odds are still higher than winning the lottery, right?"

"Didn't you just break up with your boyfriend?" Xu Wenwen was anxious. "You even went out drinking yesterday. How did you get over the heartbreak so quickly?"

"Precisely because I broke up, I need my male god to help me get out of the shadow." Lin Xin said seriously.

Ji Xiaonuan was completely convinced. No wonder Xu Wenwen regarded her as a love rival.

"However, my male god's taste is really picky." Lin Xin lay on the bed and said.

"Yeah, there's still a second-round selection after the preliminary one, but with so many people participating now, not a single one has passed the preliminary selection!" Xu Wenwen sighed.

"So give up. You don't have a chance."

"Why don't you give up?!"

These two were really something. But this matter had nothing to do with her. Ji Xiaonuan frowned. "I don't care about his thousand yuan. Hurry up and..."

Before she could finish her words, they heard a boy shouting loudly downstairs, "Mengxue, Li Mengxue! I love you! I miss you so much that I can't sleep..." The three people in the dormitory all felt goosebumps all over their bodies. Xu Wenwen was even more furious. "Damn it, that scumbag Su Qingyu still dares to come and disgust us! Xiaoxi, you wait here. I'll teach him a lesson!"

"Hey—" Ji Xiaonuan just wanted to stop her, but Xu Wenwen had already rushed into the bathroom, picked up half a bucket of water, and headed towards the balcony. Ji Xiaonuan sighed helplessly. "I have nothing to do with him..."

"This is no longer just about you and him," Lin Xin got out of bed with a serious expression. "Su Qingyu has gone from disgusting you alone to disgusting the whole dormitory building. This time, I support Wenwen!"

Ji Xiaonuan helplessly pressed her hand to her forehead.

"Also, thank you for what happened last night." Lin Xin said as she poured water.

"No need to thank me. You'd better go to that kind of place less in the future." The events of last night instantly flashed through her mind. Just thinking of Chi Jun'an's mischievous smile, Ji Xiaonuan couldn't help but frown.

"I know," Lin Xin turned around and asked, "You didn't get taken advantage of, did you?"

"...No." Ji Xiaonuan said dejectedly.

"That's good," Lin Xin let out a sigh of relief. "Wenwen said you brushed your teeth for half an hour last night. I was so scared that I thought something had happened to you."

Ji Xiaonuan became even more depressed. "I didn't brush for half an hour..."

There was a loud splash on the balcony, and then Su Qingyu's angry shout came from downstairs, "Who is it?! Who splashed water on me!"

"Me!" Xu Wenwen roared. "Su Qingyu, you're such a weirdo. What are you yelling for so early in the morning? Stop coming to the downstairs of our girls' dormitory to disgust us!"

"I'm not looking for you..." Su Qingyu had been furious at first, but when he saw Ji Xiaonuan appear on the balcony, he immediately fell silent.

"Get lost!" Xu Wenwen shouted at him. "If you dare to come and shout downstairs of the girls' dormitory again, I'll splash water on you every time I see you!"

Su Qingyu downstairs was helpless. He let out a cold snort and slunk away.

Immediately, there was a burst of applause and cheers from upstairs and downstairs.

Ji Xiaonuan originally wanted to scold Xu Wenwen a bit, but upon hearing these sounds of people cheering in approval, she didn't have the nerve to say much.

"This guy is still afraid of you," Xu Wenwen sighed. "Look at him. He's like a mouse seeing a cat when he sees you."

"Do you want to be afraid of me too?" Ji Xiaonuan asked with a half-smile.

"No, no." Xu Wenwen shook her head quickly.

"Then find a way to cancel my registration!" She gritted her teeth in anger.

"Why are you still thinking about that? There's no such thing as canceling an online registration," Xu Wenwen wailed. She thought for a while and said, "Didn't you say your mother's birthday is coming up soon? You can just use this money to buy her a gift." This statement really hit Ji Xiaonuan's heart, and she was somewhat hesitant.

"Besides, you're just going to accompany me to the preliminary selection that day," Xu Wenwen looked at her pitifully. "You surely can't bear to let me go alone, right? After all, it's a selection for a surrogate. I'm also afraid that there will be some strange procedures! If you're not by my side then, I won't even be able to call for help! Dear Xiaoxi..."

"All right, all right!" Seeing that Xu Wenwen actually started to act coquettishly towards her, Ji Xiaonuan had no choice but to say helplessly, "Just this once, and no more next time! Otherwise, I'll make you know what it means to be afraid!"

"Okay, okay, okay!" Xu Wenwen agreed happily.

At the Chi Residence

Chi Jun'an unlocked the drawer of the study and took out a thick book.

He opened the book, and his gaze fell on the photo sandwiched in a book. Looking at this photo in silence, Chi Jun'an felt a bit sad.

Was she... still alive?

The door of the study creaked open. Chi Jun'an casually closed the book and looked up unhappily.

Seeing who it was, Chi Jun'an felt somewhat helpless. "An Ziyun, please learn to knock on the door."

"Okay." An Ziyun's hand was inserted in his pocket. His beautiful peach-blossom eyes were lazily narrowed, and there was a cynical smile on his lips. "I'll learn to knock when you have a girlfriend in the future."

Ignoring his teasing completely, Chi Jun'an put down the book and asked calmly, "What are you doing here?"

"Do you think I want to come?" An Ziyun casually pulled out a chair and sat down. "My old man sent me here. He wants to ask what you're really thinking. Do you really want to find a woman to carry on the family line, or were you just pushed too hard by those old guys in the Chi family, so you deliberately made such a big fuss to piss them off?"