"Then I'm heading upstairs." Chen Yuying stood at the entrance of the building, cradling a warm milk tea, and turned back to speak to Lin Li.
"Okay." Lin Li smiled and nodded. The scent of the girl's body wash and shampoo from their recent hug still lingered at the tip of his nose.
Baby, hurry up and leave. I can't wait to give the clothes on my body an epic lung cleanse after you're gone.
"See you tomorrow, my young master~" With a perfect head tilt and a smile, Chen Yuying jogged into the building, though she kept looking back now and then.
Lin Li smiled and waved.
After Chen Yuying had come downstairs, the two of them had not actually done much. They had simply held hands and taken a walk downstairs.
Even then, they had only started holding hands after making sure they were beyond the range where people in Chen Yuying's home could see them with the naked eye.
They had not walked for long, either. Chen Yuying's excuse had been that she was going downstairs to pick up a delivery and buy a drink. If she stayed too long, Zhong Deng would inevitably become suspicious.
So, the time they had spent together downstairs had not even amounted to ten minutes.
But it was enough.
They were not in a long-distance relationship, nor did they attend different schools, or even different classes. Chen Yuying had insisted on coming downstairs simply because she felt that Lin Li had taken ninety-nine steps for this meeting, so no matter what, she had to take one step too.
She could not let Lin Li be the only one putting in effort.
He had shown that he liked her, so she had to show that she liked him too.
Once Chen Yuying