【Lazy Pear Mud】: This one’s okay.
Ruan Li felt this level of praise wasn’t enough.
She copied some more exaggerated flattery from the comment sections of some male streamers online and sent them all to the other person in one go.
【Lazy Pear Mud】: Just average, I only watched it 50 times.
【Lazy Pear Mud】: It’s not that I’m lustful, it’s just that the flowers are blooming so beautifully. If I don’t look, it would seem like I don’t appreciate the romance.
【Lazy Pear Mud】: You have one minute to take that back, or tonight my left eye will be thinking of you, and my right eye will be thinking of nothing but mosaics.
【Lazy Pear Mud】: Who told you to send such unhealthy videos? I’m going to punish you according to the law—I sentence you to be my mistress.
About a minute later, the other person leisurely replied.
【Tsuki】: Your boyfriend doesn’t mind?
【Lazy Pear Mud】: You don’t mind that I have a boyfriend, but my boyfriend minds that I have a mistress? Who loves me more—can’t I tell?
【Tsuki】: I’m the mistress?
【Lazy Pear Mud】: There’s an old Chinese saying: “The Dao gives birth to One, One gives birth to Two, Two gives birth to Three, and Three gives birth to all things.” So having a mistress symbolizes completeness.
【Tsuki】: I’m going to take a shower.
【Lazy Pear Mud】: Can I buy a ticket to watch?
Haicheng University, Male Dormitory.
When Jiang Siyan returned to the dorm, he saw his roommate Shi Yu staring intently at his phone, looking as if he were waiting for some important message, exuding an aura of “stay away, I’m crazy” that made the room feel two degrees colder for no reason.
After Jiang Siyan finished his shower and looked again, he saw Shi Yu holding his phone with a slight smile on his lips.
“Girlfriend?” Even though the two of them had had a bit of an unpleasant moment that afternoon, Jiang Siyan was quick to forget and took the initiative to ask.
Shi Yu was in a good mood. “Mhm.”
As Shi Yu tilted his phone unintentionally, Jiang Siyan happened to catch a glimpse of a few lines of the conversation. His fast reading ability made his mouth speak before his brain could process it.
“Brother’s waist isn’t a waist—it’s a deadly curved blade.”
“Brother, aren’t you hot wearing so much? I want to be your clothes.”
“???”
Before Jiang Siyan could continue reading, Shi Yu had already turned off the screen.
Jiang Siyan was shocked. “Is this… from your girlfriend?”
Shi Yu made an affirmative sound.
Though it was just one syllable, it revealed his good mood.
Jiang Siyan marveled, “What kind of person could actually pluck you, the unattainable flower on the high peak? I really want to meet this girlfriend of yours! What’s her name?”
Shi Yu paused.
Right, he still didn’t know her name.
He had only heard her family call her “Xiao Li” during the video call earlier.
On the other side, Gou Junjun’s eyes widened, like a large feline.
He couldn’t keep a secret at all, his mouth seemingly uncontrollable as he blurted out, “I kn—”
And Zhao Shen, as if he had long anticipated this moment, picked up the instant noodles he had prepared earlier and fed them to Gou Junjun.
The dorm atmosphere became inexplicably strange.
Jiang Siyan asked suspiciously, “Gouzi, what were you going to say?”
Gou Junjun looked like he wanted to cry but had no tears. “I wanted to say this question is too hard (munch munch) I can’t do it (munch munch).”
“Not right.” Jiang Siyan narrowed his eyes. “Why aren’t you surprised at all that Brother Yu has a girlfriend? Could it be—you already knew? Gou Junjun, you’re not being a good friend, keeping such big news from me?”
Gou Junjun was embarrassed.
He wanted to say: What’s the big deal? Brother Yu’s girlfriend is someone you know too—she’s your fiancée.
But he couldn’t say it!
He grabbed a handful of instant noodles and crunched away.
Meanwhile, Jiang Siyan perked up, leaning in to ask Gou Junjun, “So, how is she? Is your sister-in-law pretty?”
“P-pretty.”
“Is she from our school too?”
“Y-yes… I think so.”
Just as Jiang Siyan was about to press further, Zhao Shen spoke up, “I only saw her briefly last time. It was dark, so I didn’t get a good look.”
“Wait, you knew too?” Jiang Siyan couldn’t believe it. “So I’m the last one in the dorm to find out?”
He turned to Shi Yu, “Brother Yu, you have to bring your sister-in-law to the camping trip next week. I have to meet her!”
“Alright,” Shi Yu agreed.
“It’s settled then,” Jiang Siyan said happily. “I’ll bring Ruan Li along too. They’re both girls, so they should get along well.”
As soon as he finished speaking,
Zhao Shen’s hand, which was flipping through a book, paused.
And Junjun remained silent, just eating his noodles.