Xia Lin's Sleepless Night After Seeing Su Bai's Physique

"Uh, Su Bai hasn't come back yet. He probably went to play basketball. I'll ask."

Wang Haoran gave a perfunctory reply, then sent Su Bai a message.

He told him the counselor was checking the dorms.

His instincts told Wang Haoran that Brother Bai would most likely not be coming back tonight. Usually, there was no need to report it to the counselor, but unfortunately, Brother Bai had bad luck and happened to run into Director Xia patrolling the boys' dormitory.

Xia Lin walked into the room and subconsciously sniffed.

The dorm carried that distinctive boys' dorm smell. It wasn't exactly unbearable, but it certainly wasn't pleasant.

The room was somewhat messy overall, with personal belongings scattered everywhere.

Underwear and socks hung from the bed rails.

As a graduate student and senior school sister, she had inspected dorms with the student union back in her undergraduate days. She had seen this sort of thing plenty of times, so she wasn't embarrassed in the slightest.

Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe, on the other hand, were shy to the point of awkwardness.

After all, Xia Lin was quite beautiful—prettier even than Xue Tao's girlfriend, Liu Yuanyuan. She wasn't quite top-tier, but she was more than enough to be called a goddess.

She wore fitted sportswear, carrying the faint fragrance of sweat from her recent run.

Her deep-brown highlighted hair was tied in a high ponytail behind her head, revealing her long, fair neck and pretty ears with a slight pink flush.

Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe almost didn't dare look at her.

Wang Haoran, who was usually rather introverted, felt nothing at all.

In his eyes, all real-life women were the same. None of them compared to Yuanshen!

"Your hygiene isn't too bad. Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe, remember to tidy up more often, especially the trash. Take it out every day, or it can easily breed bacteria and make you sick," Xia Lin advised.

"Got it, Director Xia." Both of them felt rather ashamed. Having a beautiful counselor see their sloppy state was a little socially fatal.

"Wang Haoran's doing well. Su Bai... Huh? Su Bai's bed is so neat."

"Director Xia, that's not because he's neat. He just doesn't have much stuff," Chu Mingzhe couldn't help saying. Then, he defended himself, "My place only looks messy because I have a lot of things—men's skincare products, original English books, a capsule coffee machine... and a ukulele. Oh, right, Director Xia, can you play the ukulele?"

"I don't."

"..."

Xia Lin gave Chu Mingzhe a baffled look.

Why had this kid suddenly started listing things off to her?

He was like someone who was bad at socializing but insisted on showing off his many hobbies during a blind date...

"Director Xia, don't be fooled by how clean Su Bai's desk is. Usually, he's about the same as us." Perhaps encouraged by Chu Mingzhe's speech, Xue Tao also chimed in. "These dirty clothes of mine are all taken home to wash on weekends. The washing machine at home cleans them better. Besides, I have a car, a Magotan 330. It's convenient for locals to drive home..."

"Oh." Xia Lin gave a perfunctory response while ranting inwardly.

Who asked you?

Xia Lin couldn't help sighing to herself. Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe really were just as their classmates usually complained—far too fond of showing off.

It couldn't be denied that their family backgrounds were indeed quite good among Jiangcheng University's students.

The problem was, how old were they? Showing off all day long, without a shred of student-like simplicity.

It wasn't as if they were truly rich young masters who spent money like water...

"Alright, there's nothing else. When Su Bai comes back, help me tell him not to return too late."

With that, Xia Lin left Dorm 510.

Everyone let out a long breath. Whew, this counselor had quite an imposing presence. Her temper was good, but she still gave off the feeling of being shrewd and capable.

Chu Mingzhe said thoughtfully, "I heard that Director Xia participated in a lot of student work during her undergraduate years and achieved outstanding results. She really does have the aura of a leader."

Xue Tao suddenly had an idea. "It'd be pretty impressive if someone could date Director Xia. She's only four years older, just a senior school sister. That's quite suitable."

"Suitable?" Chu Mingzhe sneered. "She's the type of outstanding career woman. Why would she ever date a demolition-compensation nouveau riche?"

"Fuck, who are you taking shots at?"

"..."

Just as another round of "Hu Ye versus local" was about to begin—

Xia Lin finished inspecting the other dorms and walked out of the building.

After thinking about it, she decided to call Su Bai and give him a warning.

After all, when she had run into Su Bai in the cafeteria earlier, the kid had said he was skipping class to work out.

And now he was coming back late again.

He didn't seem very obedient. He had the air of a troublemaker.

Actually, troublemakers among students were easy to spot. For example, in Dorm 510, everyone else showed more or less some fear when facing the counselor.

Su Bai alone had remained neither servile nor overbearing.

Of course, Xia Lin didn't truly intend to punish Su Bai. Even if he really spent the night out, it wouldn't be anything too serious.

She just wanted to give him a warning and remind him to take it easy and not cause trouble.

Xia Lin found Su Bai's WeChat and video-called him.

After waiting more than ten seconds, the call finally connected.

The image shook for a moment, then a swimming pool appeared on screen. Judging by the decor, it seemed quite upscale, like the pool of a luxury hotel.

Then the screen flickered and switched to the front-facing camera.

Su Bai, wearing nothing but swim trunks, stood before Director Xia with his tall, fit physique on full display.

"Director Xia, did you need something?"

"Ah, it's nothing much. I went to the boys' dorm just now and saw that you weren't there, so I wanted to check on you."

"Oh, I'm staying at a hotel tonight because some relatives came to see me. I was swimming just now and didn't check WeChat. Sorry about that." Su Bai smiled. "I was going to tell you, but I was having too much fun and forgot."

As he spoke, Su Bai picked up his room keycard and waved it in front of the camera.

"It's fine. As long as you know what you're doing. Stay safe."

Xia Lin quickly ended the video call.

She pressed a hand to her chest, breathing rapidly as her ample bosom rose and fell.

That kid had way too good a body.

Catching an unexpected glimpse of Su Bai while he was swimming had delivered a powerful visual impact to Xia Lin.

Xia Lin usually enjoyed exercising, so she particularly valued a man's physique.

Su Bai's body was definitely the best she had seen in her four years at Jiangcheng University.

He was over six feet tall.

His proportions were excellent, muscular in just the right way.

He was neither skinny nor awkwardly overbuilt like those hardcore gym bros.

Even more rare was that Su Bai not only had a great body, but a handsome face too.

Remembering the stunning image from the video just now, Xia Lin swallowed hard.

Good thing she had ended the call in time. Otherwise, she definitely would have embarrassed herself!

This was so humiliating. She had nearly... well, according to Jiang University tradition, counselors and students were more like senior and junior schoolmates, not teachers and students in the traditional sense.

It wasn't entirely unreasonable for her to drool a little over a junior's body!

Xia Lin comforted herself.

Then she realized something else.

The room keycard Su Bai had shown had the hotel's name on it.

JW Marriott.

It should be the one not far from Jiang University, only two subway stops away.

Even the cheapest room cost eight or nine hundred a night.

And that was only because it was the recent off-season for tourism. During peak periods, the price would double.

His relatives stayed at a hotel of the Marriott's caliber. They seemed pretty wealthy.

So was Su Bai's plain appearance because his family was truly average, or because he was simply low-key?

Hard to say. Hard to say.

That night, Xia Lin found herself inexplicably thinking about Su Bai over and over.

She couldn't sleep.

When she finally drifted off in a daze, she dreamed of herself and Su Bai... swimming together.