Wei Mu stood right there accompanying Kong Ning, watching her type, watching her play games.
The noise downstairs was exceptionally chaotic, making the spot the two of them shared feel quite intimate.
After a long while, Kong Ning finally looked up; she couldn’t pretend anymore.
Seriously, why was her archenemy clinging to her like this?
She really wanted to tell Wei Mu to snap out of it, the two of them were not good friends right now.
Just as Kong Ning was about to speak, a male student who looked to be in junior or senior high school appeared behind Wei Mu. He was dressed exceptionally formally and bore a deliberate air of nobility. He was overly attentive to his own image, to the point where even his walking posture was practiced, strutting on high, terrified that others wouldn’t realize he was a young master from a wealthy family.
What normal person walks like that?
Kong Ning rolled her eyes.
So pretentious.
This illegitimate child, a real wolf in sheep’s clothing, was walking around with his tail held high in the sky.
“Sister, long time no see.” Wei Xingqing stepped forward and bowed slightly, putting on a fine show of being a good younger brother, though the disdain in his eyes betrayed his malicious intentions.
Seeing that Wei Mu ignored him, not even giving him a single glance and continuing to look at Kong Ning, Wei Xingqing raised his wine glass, intentionally giving it a slight flick. Raising his eyebrows, his expression was filled with provocation.
“We will be seeing a lot more of each other in the future, Sister.”
His mother had told him: since they let him return, the Wei family estate would belong to him from now on.
This cowardly sister of his didn’t deserve it at all.
Wei Mu still ignored him, though she wasn’t doing so deliberately.
In Wei Mu’s heart, Wei Xingqing was merely a clown. Including her so-called “stepmother,” Wei Mu didn’t particularly care to look at either of them.
A waste of time.
She never paid attention to their words, treating them no differently from thin air.
“We haven’t even met a handful of times, what’s with the fake familiarity?!” Kong Ning couldn’t stand it anymore. She turned around, shielding Wei Mu behind her, and looked down condescendingly at this brat.
Stinky kid, really doesn’t know how to talk. Who wants to see you?
“A little kid acting so tough, are you even an adult yet? What are you drinking wine for? Look at you, thinking you’re all that.” Kong Ning, who had only recently turned eighteen, snatched the glass right out of Wei Xingqing’s hand.
Crooked-mouth war god, he must’ve watched way too many TV dramas.
She just couldn’t stand people flexing in front of her.
Wei Xingqing was, after all, still a kid. Stunned by Kong Ning’s tongue-lashing, his glass-holding hand remained frozen in mid-air, his eyes opened wide.
His mother had never taught him what to do in a situation like this.
“Beat it. Don’t go hovering in front of Wei Mu in the future if you have no business here, and even if you do, don’t come either.” Kong Ning poured the wine from the glass into a nearby flowerpot with disgust, then waved her hand to shoo the nuisance away.
“You! You!” Wei Xingqing was too short, standing at only 165 cm. Standing in front of the 175 cm Kong Ning, he lacked any aura of authority.
“Hurry up and leave, stinky kid. I’m not as easygoing as your sister.” Kong Ning grabbed Wei Xingqing’s head and manually turned him around.
“So what if you’re tall?! I’ll definitely grow taller than you in the future!” He turned his head back to glare at Kong Ning.
“If you don’t leave right now, I’m kicking you.” Kong Ning smiled wickedly, her leg already poised to strike.
“Hmph.” Wei Xingqing backed away with his hands raised, putting on a defiant face.
Seeing that he had left, Kong Ning felt a bit at a loss. Wei Mu hadn’t said a word just now, could she be feeling really sad?
“Hey, don’t be sad. They’re just stone spirits; they don’t have hearts, they can just talk.” Kong Ning was accustomed to telling cold jokes to comfort people.
Just then, the person in front of her actually started acting unusual.
“Sigh, here we go again.” Looking at Wei Mu’s lowered eyes, Kong Ning suddenly felt helpless.
She had simply been poisoned, poisoned by a drug called “kindness.”
Whatever, just consider it payment for that bowl of noodles.
“Let’s go. Where do you want to go?” Kong Ning tugged at the corner of Wei Mu’s sleeve.
The next second, light flickered in the other girl’s eyes.
“Come with me.” Wei Mu took Kong Ning’s hand and walked briskly. They stepped down the stairs, wove through the crowd, and ran into the wind out of the noisy venue.
“Hey, you pulled me without my permission again! Exceptionally last time, alright!” Kong Ning protested, though she didn’t pull her hand back.
Just letting her pull it one last time. I can’t let my archenemy hold my hand as she pleases, as if I have a good temper!
“Okay.” Wei Mu’s long eyelashes veiled the gentle affection in her eyes. Her dark, unreadable gaze was immensely tender. “Next time I’ll definitely ask you, okay?”
“Tch.” Kong Ning turned her head away awkwardly.
She felt that the tree beside them actually looked quite nice.
Still, is that certain place really that special? Why did Wei Mu’s expression change instantly the moment I agreed?
Could she be tricking me?
The further they ran, the more off Kong Ning felt. How did they end up running to the park near her house?
In the center of the park was a lake, split into two halves by a multi-arched bridge. On the opposite bank of the left side of the lake was a large lawn, where an ancient camphor tree stood.
It had a thick trunk, a lush canopy, and branches full of green leaves, giving off a vibrant sense of life. Standing out strikingly on the lawn, there were quite a few people taking photos and admiring it.
The clear blue sky, the emerald green lawn, and this leafy, magnificent tree combined to give a fresh, natural, comfortable, and pleasant feeling.
On a bench not far away, someone quietly got up and left.
“Let’s go sit over there.” Wei Mu pointed her long arm and pulled Kong Ning over to sit down.
Wei Mu didn’t say anything either; the two of them just sat there quietly.
There were pure white clouds in the sky, a spacious lake before them, and that camphor tree behind them.
Together, they created a serene atmosphere.
Kong Ning felt that feeling the breeze here was actually quite nice. This really was a suitable place for taking photos.
“Do you want a picture? Should I take one for you?” As soon as the words left her mouth, Kong Ning regretted it. People who took photos here were either good friends or young couples, what was she doing taking a photo for Wei Mu?
“Sure.” Wei Mu crossed her hands, her legs tilted playfully, and a faint smile appeared on her face.
Like a refreshing spring breeze.
That phrase popped into Kong Ning’s mind.
Sunlight filtered through the sparse branches, scattering over Wei Mu. Her eyes were clear and bright, reflecting the clear autumn sky, making the calm and gentle aura around her even more pronounced.
Got it, she was being bewitched by Wei Mu again.
Wei Mu’s posing posture was quite relaxed, and their overall atmosphere was very leisurely. For once, Kong Ning didn’t say anything mood-killing or hostile.
In such an environment, she and Wei Mu were surprisingly like family, enjoying the beauty of that idle moment.
“I captured the tree behind you in the shot too, am I awesome or what?” Kong Ning boasted.
“Did you remember it? This tree,” Wei Mu said.
And us back then.
“Remember what?” Kong Ning looked completely confused.
“Nothing.” Wei Mu’s tone sounded a bit disappointed.
Someone had once said to her when passing by this place: As long as this camphor tree exists for a day, I will stay by Wei Mu’s side forever.
“You said when you were little that you wanted to climb this tree, but unfortunately, you fell several times and couldn’t climb up.”
Since she didn’t remember, she would just say whatever she wanted.
“No way, right?” Was she really that childish? That couldn’t possibly be her!
“You also said you wanted to play hide-and-seek with me here forever, the lifelong kind.” Wei Mu looked steadily at Kong Ning.
“Is that so?” Kong Ning knocked on her own head. Did she have juvenile dementia? How could she have lost so many memories? But Wei Mu didn’t look like she was lying.
“Sister Kong, come play hide-and-seek with me~” Wei Mu slightly pouted her lips, her eyes curving into lovely crescents, the corners of her eyes subtly upturned.
She murmured softly in a sweet, gentle tone, every word carrying a sense of coquettish spoiled behavior that melted one’s heart.
Where did this little green tea bitch come from?!
Kong Ning felt her face burning up. “You… you… fine, let’s go.”
Kong Ning despised herself once again, she had said “fine” several times today. Why was she listening to Wei Mu so much?
You’re still too soft-hearted, Kong Ning.
However, this doesn’t mean you like playing with Wei Mu, that’s right.
In the sunset glow, the two exhausted girls finally sat back down on the bench.
“Meow, meow, meow~” A little stray orange cat was meowing. The two of them chatted while playing with the cat.
“Kong Ning, I was very happy today. Thank you.” Wei Mu wasn’t unaffected by the sadness; she simply forced herself not to care.
Her father’s wedding reminded her once again that she was an unloved child, not a child born out of anticipation from her parents.
None of that mattered, though. She had Kong Ning, and that was enough.
“Oh.” Kong Ning smiled.
She didn’t understand why Wei Mu was so happy.
She only knew that today’s sunset was quite nice, and the person sitting beside her was somewhat pleasing to the eye.
One day, Kong Ning was lying on her bed.
Shen Nanxi said she was “a lying corpse.” Ever since Kong Ning stopped acting tough, she had contracted “lazy cancer.” Her roommates couldn’t catch a glimpse of her on weekends (no comments on that), but from Monday to Friday, Kong Ning was truly glued to her bedboard.
When everyone ate, Kong Ning said she ordered campus delivery. Yes, campus delivery, a new great thing Kong Ning discovered, delivered right to the dorm room by fellow students working part-time, specifically serving lazy people like her.
When everyone went out to play, Kong Ning said she wanted to sleep.
She even hired a proxy runner for the mandatory campus run.
Well, “everyone” specifically referred to Le Xiu and Yu Lingbo. Shen Nanxi also stayed in the dorm all day typing code, but at least she was sitting up, commonly known as the “Sitting Buddha.”
The only benefit was that both of their romantic prospects vanished into thin air.
Nonsense! If people couldn’t even see them, how could anyone harbor a secret crush or date them?
It was simply wishful thinking, a total waste of a pretty face!!!
That last part was added by Yu Lingbo.
Every time she looked at those two in the dorm, she wanted to sigh. If those two just went out more often, how could the entire dorm be single dogs?
She heard that if one person escapes being single, the whole dorm benefits. Sigh.
Thus, in Dorm 203: two living people, one lazy king, plus one sitting living Buddha, complete!
However, Kong Ning was not someone who settled for the status quo; she liked to act up out of nowhere.
That day, she was lying in the dorm scrolling through short videos as usual.
Suddenly, in the silent room, Shen Nanxi heard the neighboring bedboard shake. She raised her eyes to look.
Kong Ning flipped straight up like a carp, standing upright on the bed with her fists clenched.
She declared, “Youth is right beneath our feet! The train goes straight to Wuan Mountain!”
If you ask how Shen Nanxi knew:
Well, when Kong Ning stood up, she was taller than her bed curtain.
When that girl installed her bed curtain back then, she stubbornly refused to install a top canopy, claiming at the time that it was for “good ventilation.”
Now everyone knew the truth: she was just lazy!!!
“Little Shen, are you going?”
“No, you go ahead.” Shen Nanxi pulled at the corner of her mouth, looking at her helplessly.
If the image could be visually described, it would be the six dedicated black ellipses used when someone is speechlessly exasperated in Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf.
She let out a faint sigh and immediately went back to typing.
Kong Ning’s execution power was inexplicably formidable.
A dozen minutes later, she told Shen Nanxi that Le Xiu and Yu Lingbo had agreed to go, and she had already booked the high-speed rail tickets and hotel for everyone.
“Have fun.” Shen Nanxi didn’t even lift an eyelid, focusing intently on typing, she was a heartless typing robot.
A few minutes later, she watched Kong Ning run out carrying three bags.
Short videos are really amazing, Shen Nanxi marveled.
They could even make the Lazy King so diligent that she even packed Le Xiu and Yu Lingbo’s luggage for them.
Before resuming her typing, Shen Nanxi skillfully opened her chat window with Wei Mu.
Shen Nanxi: She just had a sudden stroke of inspiration and said she wanted to go to Wuan Mountain. They’ve already left.
Wei Mu: Received.
…
Shen Nanxi was already thoroughly accustomed to “selling out” Kong Ning’s whereabouts to Wei Mu.
She was a person who kept her promises.
Seeing that the other party already knew, Shen Nanxi tossed her phone aside and continued typing.