Zhou Lan sat silently, his face calm, but the frustration boiling beneath the surface was palpable. He wanted to immediately prove to this girl that there was absolutely nothing wrong with him in "that area." And who had told her about his past weight of over 200 pounds?!

But he suppressed these emotions, smoothing his composure. After a brief apology, he asked casually, “What did you usually do at university?”

Li Shu replied, “I spent most of my time in the dorm or the library.”

Zhou Lan probed further, “Didn’t you ever go out to have fun?”

She shook her …