After half a year of getting along with Lu Wenxi, Li Si knew his temperament very well.
She knew exactly when she could push her luck and when she should stop while she was ahead.
Now was clearly not the time to keep acting spoiled.
“I understand…”
Her voice was soft and sweet, carrying a barely perceptible trace of grievance.
“Good girl.”
Lu Wenxi rested his chin on top of her head, gently nuzzling it, his arms wrapped around her tightening more and more, as if to lock her firmly in his embrace.
【I really can’t stand this! Why is the Male Lead so good to a female supporting character?】
【They’re so intimate with each other, they’re practically a couple already.】
【How are they a couple?! They haven’t even kissed. He just treats her like a pet—no different from hugging the family dog.】
【Don’t be too hard on the Male Lead. He just hasn’t met the Female Lead Baby yet, so he doesn’t know what real love is. That’s why the female supporting character is taking advantage.】
【Relax! Our tags say double purity!】
The two of them cuddling was a common occurrence, but Lu Wenxi would only ever go this far—things had never progressed any further.
In the past, Li Si hadn’t understood why he never touched her. Only after seeing the bullet chat did she realize—it was because the Male Lead had to stay “clean.”
So he couldn’t kiss anyone other than the Female Lead?
Then if she kissed him, he would lose his qualification as Male Lead—and then maybe he wouldn’t be stolen away?
Li Si’s heart grew wicked. She wanted to steal a kiss from Lu Wenxi.
But she didn’t dare.
Just like she couldn’t bring up going to school with him, there was a line in Lu Wenxi’s heart. Crossing it would be dangerous—she might be thrown out on the spot. She really didn’t dare take that risk.
Lawinston Noble Academy.
In a magnificent lounge, three handsome young men of different types were playing billiards while chatting idly.
Si Yueying sank a red ball, straightened up, and asked the two across from him: “I heard Wenxi suddenly ran off in the middle of class again?”
He had that beautiful, pretty-boy kind of face—an oval face with gorgeous, almost bewitching features, and slightly wavy golden hair that made him look even more stunning.
His eyes were golden too, with slightly downturned corners, like a lazy cat. He spoke in a casual, languid manner—after all, he was a lazy person by nature, often skipping class to sleep in the lounge.
Shen Xingye leaned over to take his shot, answering carelessly: “Said the stray cat he picked up wasn’t feeling well.”
He was the wild, sexy type of handsome—short wine-red hair, bold striking features, sharp brows and bright eyes, thick long lashes, a high nose bridge, his whole body exuding an untamed, rebellious air. Dangerous and captivating.
The ball didn’t go in. He looked annoyed and sneered disdainfully: “It’s just a stray cat of lowly bloodline, and it’s got so many problems already.”
“Sisi, right? Wenxi is pretty devoted to it.”
The one who chimed in was Tang Yi.
He had a head of smooth black hair, clean and fresh, with little tiger teeth showing when he smiled. At first glance he seemed sunny, handsome, and guileless—but he happened to have a pair of captivating peach-blossom eyes. That contradiction between innocence and allure gave him a unique charm.
“These past few months he’s been so mysterious, never acting together with us, running home whenever he has a spare moment… By the way, have you guys seen that cat?”
“Nope. It’s just a stray cat—what’s there to see?”
Si Yueying yawned, looking rather uninterested.
When Lu Wenxi mentioned Li Si to others, he always said she was a stray cat he’d picked up, and he took calls away from her too, so all three of them believed she really was just a cat.
“So is he coming to the celebration party tonight or not?”
Shen Xingye had recently competed in the Supercar Championship and brought home a championship title, so friends in their circle were organizing a celebration party for him.
As a core member of their group of four, it would be hard to justify Lu Wenxi not showing up.
Si Yueying said, “I’ll call him.”
He set down his cue stick, went aside to grab his phone, and placed a video call to Lu Wenxi.
At that moment, Lu Wenxi had gone to take a shower, leaving his phone in the pocket of his jacket.
Hearing the incoming ringtone, Li Si, as if possessed, took his phone out.
【OMG, she’s actually snooping through the Male Lead’s phone!】
【Speechless. She really thinks she’s his girlfriend? The Male Lead never said he liked her, okay?】
【Don’t tell me she’s going to answer the call? So shameless!】
【Get lost!!! Don’t touch the Male Lead’s phone!】
Li Si ignored the bullet chat cursing her and looked at the caller ID: “Yueying.” The name sounded like a girl’s.
Her heart tightened with a strong sense of crisis.
Could this Yueying be the Female Lead? Or some other girl who had feelings for Lu Wenxi?
Lu Wenxi had never told her anything about those three people, so Li Si had no idea who Si Yueying was.
Under these circumstances, if she answered and said Lu Wenxi was in the shower, the girl on the other end would surely back off, right?
If Lu Wenxi blamed her, she’d say she was trying to grab his phone for him and accidentally tapped answer—it wasn’t on purpose.
Yes, that’s the plan!
Li Si steeled herself and pressed the green answer button.
Si Yueying was lounging on the sofa waiting for Lu Wenxi to pick up the video call, but when it connected, the face on the other end wasn’t Lu Wenxi’s—it was a stunningly beautiful face he had never seen before.
The laziness in his eyes faded, replaced by astonishment, and before he knew it, he had sat up perfectly straight.
“Who are you? Why is Wenxi’s phone in your hands?”
“I…”
Li Si hadn’t expected Yueying to be a man, and caught off guard by his pointed question, she didn’t know how to answer.
Say she was Lu Wenxi’s girlfriend?
But they had never confirmed any relationship, and she didn’t even know what she was to Lu Wenxi.
Just as she was trying to figure out how to respond, there was a “click”—the bathroom door opened.
Guilty, she hung up the video call and slipped his phone back into his jacket pocket.
Lu Wenxi came out with no clothes on, only a white bath towel wrapped around his waist, his hair still dripping wet.
Water droplets ran down his cheeks and pooled in the hollow of his collarbone.
His muscles were beautifully defined—tight and smooth, especially the muscles at his waist, full of power, a complete contrast to his cold, ascetic face.
【Hss haa, the Male Lead’s body is unreal!】
【Those pecs, those abs, that V-line—I’m drooling!】
【So handsome, so handsome! A dripping-wet hottie, a feast for the eyes!】
Li Si was in no mood to join the bullet chat in admiring Lu Wenxi’s flawless physique; her mind was entirely occupied with how to explain taking his phone.
She tried to sound as casual as possible: “Your phone rang just now. I wanted to take it out for you, but when I pulled it out, I think I accidentally hit the answer button. Do you want to call the person back?”
With that, she took the phone out of her clothing pocket right in front of him.
Lu Wenxi’s hand paused as he was drying his hair. He took the phone and saw the message at the very top of the list.
Yueying, video call, 7 seconds.
His face darkened instantly. “Did you talk to him?”