"Cough, cough..."
Hua Xin weakly wiped the sweat from her face. The lingering effects of her cold had not completely faded, and the intense exercise had left her coughing a little.
The last time she went out with Xia Yan to complete their assignment, she had worn too many layers, carried a camera, and run too fast, working up a sweat before riding a motorcycle into the wind the entire way.
As a result, just as expected, the unexpected happened????.
She had missed class all day Thursday and Friday that week, asking her counselor for leave. The frail girl could only curl up under a small blanket on her bed, sleeping and recuperating.
She had only started feeling a little better this morning.
It seemed that ever since Niu Niu disappeared, her body had become unusually weak.
Could it be that... Niu Niu had not only taken away her descendants, but also her health (wrong)?
??
Even eating more calcium and vitamin tablets could not improve things!
In the more than a month since she had transformed, she had already gone through two bottles of calcium tablets, and her stock was almost gone??.
Feeling all the strength in her body completely drained, Hua Xin lay weakly on the bed, her long hair spread out as she pulled up her shorts and boredly scrolled through her phone.
Twice today was enough. Any more would be bad for her health...
She opened her photo album. It was filled with photos of her own legs taken from all sorts of angles, prison guards, and that thing... as well as game screenshots and photos of the food she had made??.
As a beautiful girl, taking the occasional selfie to admire her own beauty and perfect figure was perfectly normal, right?
The photo album was filled with pale, creamy flesh??, but unfortunately, apart from Hua Xin herself, no one else could appreciate those pictures, which were so devastatingly alluring they could make a man die on the spot.
Yet there was now clearly a video of a slender man lying in the album.
The girl suddenly froze, realizing that something was wrong.
That day, had Xia Yan used her phone to record the interview?
????????
When taking photos or recording videos, the phone showed the last photo taken in the lower-left corner.
If he had seen her... wouldn't that mean...
Exposure, dismemberment, suspicion, social death...
The girl's heart immediately sank??. She hurriedly sat up and looked at the photo before the recording. It was...
Fried rice with cookies, mung beans, and chili sauce.
Thank goodness...
Hua Xin slowly let out a breath, and her taut nerves finally relaxed.
She casually tossed the wontons she had just wrapped beside the bed onto the floor, then collapsed onto the bed once again.
The crisis was over.
But speaking of that video...
The girl's scrolling paused. Before she could react, her hand had already instinctively opened someone's WeChat chat window.
"It's fine, Hua Xin!"
"You two are friends now!"
"You don't need to hesitate over sending a message to a friend!"
The girl encouraged herself, though her beautiful eyes were filled with nervousness.
After spending half a month together, she had truly come to regard Xia Yan as a trustworthy friend. After all, from middle school until now, Xia Yan was the only person who had approached her without malicious intent.
Hua Xin was just about to type, but she had no idea how to begin.
Um??...
What should she call Xia Yan?
It seemed that ever since they met, she had never properly spoken to him...
Should she just call him Xia Yan?
That felt a little too disrespectful.
Brother Yan?
She could not bring herself to say it.
Huo Huo Huo?...
I... you...?!
At the thought, a less-than-pleasant memory surfaced in her mind, making her feel somewhat annoyed.
After thinking it over, the girl decided to keep calling him Class Monitor.
Hua Xin: "Class Monitor... How did our assignment turn out last time?"
Meanwhile, inside a hotpot restaurant not far from Magic City University.
"Bzzzt."
The sound of a vibrating phone.
Xia Yan gentlemanly used the serving chopsticks to place the cooked beef into the Mature Sister's bowl across from him. Then he picked up his phone and glanced at it, a hint of amusement appearing in his eyes.
Lin Qingyu smiled faintly and said playfully, with a ladylike air, "Junior Xia is quite the gentleman..."
"Then I won't stand on ceremony."
Xia Yan tapped the keyboard a few times and replied with a touch of humor, "Being a gentleman is a required course for men."
After setting his phone down, he did not pick up his chopsticks. Instead, he leaned back in his chair and asked seriously, "So, Senior Lin, was there something you wanted to discuss over this meal?"
After the interview, Xia Yan had been about to return to his dorm when he saw that the department head had sent him a message.
Let's have lunch together. There are some things that weren't convenient to say during the interview.
Lin Qingyu raised her head in confusion. A flash of cunning crossed her eyes before she tilted her head and said with feigned innocence, "What other reason could there be for a senior to treat her junior to a meal?"
Xia Yan smiled and tapped his fingers rhythmically against the table without saying anything.
This Senior Lin... She seems to be playing at a very high level...
Xia Yan had understood from the beginning what this senior was really after. He even knew that she had personally come to conduct the interview because she had probably seen his name on the application form.
Based on what he had found out on the way there... no other department head had gone to participate in the interviews.
It was not because Xia Yan was overly narcissistic.
It was because he was simply too outstanding (sigh).
Yet no one knew how much he had sacrificed to become so outstanding and sunny.
Xia Yan: "It went very well. The teacher gave us an excellent rating, and lots of classmates want to meet you."
He then sent a sticker:
Hua Xin: "Ahaha, that's truly wonderful."
The girl replied while sweating profusely, but the happiness in her eyes could not be concealed.
"Heh heh heh..."
"I knew this young master could do it!!"
After rolling around on the bed smugly, Hua Xin could not wait to share the fact that she had made a good friend and completed an impossible assignment outdoors!
Who should she tell...
Of course, her own Number One Son Online!!
She opened QQ. There was only one friend listed there.
Invincible Cat Fist: "I made a new friend recently!??"
The reply came almost instantly.
Number One Son Online: "A man or a woman?! A man or a woman??!!????"
He seemed extremely concerned about whether the friend the girl had made was male or female.
The corners of Hua Xin's lips curled upward, and the amusement in her eyes deepened. It seemed that this pervert really did care about her.
Invincible Cat Fist: "A man. He's gentle, handsome, and treats me well."
Number One Son Online: "Cut ties with him immediately!!???? Wife, think about it carefully!?? No one approaches someone for no reason without having an ulterior motive!?? Especially a beautiful girl like you, Wife. Where are you? I'll come protect you right now!!????????"
That offhand remark seemed to wake her up.
The girl froze.
That was right... No one would approach an eccentric, isolated mental patient who did not fit in for no reason.
Why had Xia Yan come to befriend someone like her?
Perhaps he had come with some ulterior motive, just to make fun of her.
Hua Xin gradually lowered her head, her vision slowly blurring. She set her phone aside and stopped paying attention to the messages continuously arriving on QQ.
She was the only one who had foolishly believed she had made a friend.
Only her.
Foolishly.
"Who are you chatting so enthusiastically with? Your little girlfriend?"
Lin Qingyu placed a peeled oyster into Xia Yan's bowl. Seeing him typing nonstop, she frowned slightly before asking as if casually.
On the surface, she was teasing him, but in reality, she was asking whether he was single.
"A close friend."
"I'm not planning to date right now."
Xia Yan still wore that faint smile as he gave her the same answer.
"Yeah... Dating really isn't that fun."
"Be at the activity center at seven tomorrow morning to rehearse the program."
"Your tasks are a solo performance and hosting the entire event with me. I'll teach you, so don't worry."
"You won't blame me for not telling you in advance, will you?"
Lin Qingyu wound her long hair around her hand. The smile in her eyes and her absolute confidence were impossible to miss. Before Xia Yan realized it, he had already fallen into her trap.
Xia Yan froze, clearly not expecting Lin Qingyu to do this.
Interesting.
"Then I'll thank you in advance, Senior Lin."
"I'll be troubling you from now on. I hope you won't get annoyed with me. How could I blame you?"
He showed no sign of anger. Instead, he stood and thanked her.
"I have something urgent to take care of. Thanks for the meal, Senior Lin."
Lin Qingyu smiled calmly. "See you tomorrow."
There was not the slightest trace of displeasure toward Xia Yan in her voice.
Without touching the oyster in his bowl, Xia Yan picked up his suit jacket and left the private room, his fingers flying nonstop across his phone.
Why wasn't she replying??
Damn it...
At the thought, Xia Yan could not help turning red with anger??.
Could some unknown wild man have stolen his home???????
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