"I heard you talking at night and sounded a bit nasal. If you’re uncomfortable, you can drink some Vitamin C."
"Goodnight."
Ahhhh!!!
Who said that guys studying computer science are straight and lack romance?
Look how thoughtful my boyfriend is!
As she read the message from her boyfriend on the screen, Liu Shuyao bit her lip and buried her head into the pillow.
Her cute little feet, excited, dug into the sheets, making soft, playful sounds.
What’s going on?
Li Meixun and Zhao Ying were confused.
After a moment, Liu Shuyao finally lifted her head from the pillow, gasping for air, and hugged her bunny plushie under her chin.
Though she was wearing loose pajamas, she had accidentally undone two buttons during her squirming, making the outline of her chest clearly visible. The neckline gaped open, revealing her full curves that tapered down, while her slender waist could be pinched with one hand. Her small face was flushed from the heat, lips rosy, and her eyes held a slightly moist glimmer.
But even in such a charming scene, her innocent expression created a huge contrast.
Indeed, unintentional gestures were the most alluring.
Li Meixun glanced over, shaking her head and making a couple of "tch tch" sounds.
"Shuyao, you’ve been acting strange lately."
"Huh?"
"Really?"
Liu Shuyao's breathing was still a bit labored, making her sound rather soft.
"Yes."
Li Meixun nodded confidently.
"Tell me, has there been any progress with Xiang Ran lately?"
"Um..."
"Well, it’s nothing much. Our relationship has just taken a step further."
"Further?"
"How far?"
Li Meixun and Zhao Ying spoke in unison, both looking somewhat surprised.
After all, they were aware of the accident involving the school beauty, unlike the guy who was lost in self-analysis every day.
If what the school beauty said was true, then they had taken a step forward, which meant Xiang Ran had agreed to pretend to be her boyfriend?
"So what did you two do alone for two hours?"
Zhao Ying knew that the school beauty had gone back to Xiang Ran, thinking something had happened in the lab.
"Not much. I was just waiting for him, and then I fell asleep."
"And then?"
"That was it." Liu Shuyao replied honestly.
"Ah... this..."
"Then what does this count as reconciliation?"
"But now we’ve started chatting!"
"And we even went for a walk later!"
"After I fell asleep, he even covered me with a blanket."
"He kept praising me for the presentation, saying I have a talent for story design!"
"And..."
The school beauty wasn’t one to share her life actively; she usually didn’t think there was much to talk about, except when it came to Xiang Ran.
Just mentioning him made her open up like a pearl from an oyster, guarded otherwise, but with Xiang Ran, she would share everything without needing prompting.
"Alright, alright, I know you’ve made progress. No need to flaunt your affection!"
Zhao Ying waved her hand, signaling she understood.
"Wait!"
"So after all that, what step are you two at?"
Li Meixun didn’t care about the walking and presentations.
"Shouldn’t we be at the reconciliation step? He has done more for me in the past two days than in the first half of the month combined!"
Liu Shuyao felt elated; after half a month of fighting, her dog food had almost turned into a daily cold war, which was unimaginable.
"No, no, no!"
"I’m not talking about that!"
"We're all young adults here; stop with the blanket cover-ups. What else? Anything else?"
"I’m talking about the kind of thing I can watch with my real name at 19!"
"Hahaha!"
Zhao Ying overheard and leaned in, their heads close together.
"I can watch with my real name at 20!"
Liu Shuyao blushed at Li Meixun’s words.
"Can you be serious for a moment?!"
She stammered, then, feeling embarrassed, buried her head into her bunny plushie.
"It’s fine; I’ll just listen. Once I'm done, I’ll immediately go copy the Diamond Sutra."
"+1"
Liu Shuyao looked at the two eager, gossiping eyes and quickly climbed down from her bed, declaring, "Actually, that day at KTV..."
"What happened?"
Their voices turned sly.
Suddenly, there was a loud "thud," and the dormitory was plunged into darkness.
"Time to sleep! Stop asking silly questions, kids!"
Liu Shuyao quickly turned off the light and crawled back into bed, pulling the blanket over her head.
Muttering softly, "I won’t satisfy your curiosity!"
---
Meanwhile, in the boys’ dormitory.
Zhao Xiaogang sent a message to Qi Dong:
"The basketball club has a practice match tomorrow afternoon. Are you coming?"
This message reminded Qi Dong of the drawing Zhao Ying had made in the art room a while back.
He quickly replied that he would go.
He wanted to see who this person was that could inspire Zhao Ying to put so much effort into a painting, even carefully protecting it.
Once a guy’s competitive spirit kicked in, he had to see who was better.
After replying to Zhao Xiaogang, he asked his roommates, "Do you have any plans tomorrow?"
"Yes, I’m going out to the movies with Xiao Qiao in the afternoon," the dorm leader replied while on a video call.
"I am too; I’m going out with them to watch a movie," the fat guy interjected, someone who usually couldn’t stand seeing others show off their affection.
After saying that, he received a pointed look from the dorm leader.
Following the direction of the look, he noticed two roses in a vase on the table, a casual setting that didn’t match the price of those flowers at all.
This silent hint reminded the fat guy of the night he got drunk and ruined the dorm leader’s date the next day.
"Hahaha!"
"Fatty, you’ve really made a name for yourself now!"
"Not only did you tear up the dorm leader’s flowers, but now you’re interrupting their date!"
Qi Dong caught on, laughing so hard his stomach hurt.
"Fuk!!!"
"Sister-in-law! Sister-in-law! I’m really sorry! I ruined your flowers when I was drunk that night. Next time, I’ll take you and the dorm leader out for dinner!"
"Absolutely the best standard in Ningzhou!"
The fat guy was quick to change his attitude; although he had to pay for the dorm leader’s flowers, he had still ruined their date, which was just wrong!
He completely didn’t fit the title of pure love warrior!
"Alright, alright, stop being a big lightbulb."
"Zhao Xiaogang just said there’s a practice match tomorrow afternoon; let’s all go together and make it lively."
"And let’s include Xiang Ran too!"
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