"Hat Guy, you... why didn't you put him on the grass beside you just now?"
As soon as he entered the room, Xia Yan heard the not-too-loud female voice of a game character.
He hung his suit jacket neatly on a hanger, then saw Mu Feng sitting silently in front of the computer, apparently lost in thought.
"What's wrong? Can't get past the scene?"
Bare-chested, Xia Yan walked over to Mu Feng and asked curiously.
His perfect muscles, defined abs, and streamlined waist like a cheetah's were exposed to the air??—enough to make any woman who saw him lose all restraint, throw herself into Xia Yan's arms, and rub against him wildly while taking advantage of him??.
Even Xiang Guan, a white-sock athlete from the Sports Department who ranked as a T1 existence, couldn't compare to him in physique.
Mu Feng sighed softly, his eyes bewildered as he pressed Win + Tab to close the game he had loved for so long. "Brother Yan??..."
"I don't know what the meaning of traveling is anymore??... My life has no meaning anymore!!??"
"My... my King's Power, aaaaaaaah??????!!!"
"Huh?"
Xia Yan patted Mu Feng, who was clutching his head and sobbing, and said helplessly, "Speak human."
Although he didn't play, he still knew a little about these memes. Only...
To everyone else, the popular, well-adjusted Xia Yan didn't play on platforms like these, right??.
"I just want to be a cameraman~ guide~ guide~ museum~ juice~. Don't mind him, Brother Yan. Genshin Impact players have always been like this; their emotions change along with the plot."
"You! How dare you slander my innocence out of thin air!"
Mu Feng glared at him with a Red Temperature expression, his eyes bloodshot??.
"How did the Student Council interview go?"
Xiang Guan poked his head out from the bed and mercilessly ignored Mu Feng.
"I was just about to tell you guys."
"How about coming to the Student Council next week and helping me out?"
"It's for the freshman gala."
"What's in it for us??? (vigilant)" ×2
Mu Feng suddenly returned to normal, then looked at Xia Yan with Xiang Guan, both of them somewhat fearful.
They had already had enough of the dirty, exhausting work of moving desks and carrying books during this period. There were only twelve boys in their class, so naturally the work had fallen to them??.
And now they were going to be laborers again...
"Your Comprehensive Evaluation and credits will be maxed out. If that's not enough, come to me and I'll make up the difference."
"Lolis, Mature Sisters, and black long straight hair. If that's not enough, come to me and I'll make up the difference."
Xia Yan picked up a chair, sat down beside Mu Feng, and spoke righteously.
"Let's do it. (excited)??" ×2
However, Xiang Guan hesitated briefly before adding, "If there's something going on at the Sports Department, we may have to go there instead. After all, once the freshman gala is over, the sports meet will be coming up soon."
"You brought Mu Feng along too?"
"That's right. I was afraid he'd play ○ until all four limbs atrophied, so I brought him to the Sports Department to exercise and build up his body."
Surprisingly, Mu Feng didn't argue. Instead, he lay face-down on a mouse pad printed with various female characters and clicked the mouse silently, like a shut-in.
Ming Dynasty, download. (heartbroken)
"Sounds good." Xia Yan nodded. Then, looking at Xiang Guan getting out of bed and Mu Feng acting like a shut-in, he thought it over briefly before deciding to tell them about Hua Xin.
This freshman gala was a great opportunity to make Hua Xin curious about social interaction.
"Besides that, I'd like to ask you two for one more favor."
"I'll treat you to a meal afterward."
"Where's the food? (keyword triggered)??" ×2
The moment they heard there would be food, their eyes lit up as they looked at Xia Yan.
"Come on, kids. Listen while I keep it short."
With a mysterious expression, Xia Yan pulled the two of them close.
For good brothers sharing a dormitory, there was nothing one meal couldn't solve.
And if there was—
Then double it and add an egg??.
......
"Waaah, sob, waaah."
Hua Xin silently shed tears?? while wolfing down a bowl of Kang Shuaifu hot-and-sour beef noodles. After blowing her nose with a tissue, she continued staring teary-eyed at the man and woman on the computer screen.
The double stimulation of delicious food and emotional fury made the girl let out soft sobs.
"Why can't Hyun Woo and Hae In just be more honest with each other..."
"Isn't it just saying 'I love you' and rolling around on the bed?!!??"
She then became indignant. With broth still clinging to the corners of her mouth, she adorably clenched her little fists at the screen????.
"Freaking hell, being disgusted by that dog of a psychopath, Yoon Eun Sung, every day. If I were there, I'd really punch him and see if he'd keep having a fit????."
The Korean drama she was watching was nearing its end, so the girl reluctantly got up to clear away the dishes.
A thin stream of water washed over her fair little hands and the greasy bowls.
Her long hair kept getting in the way and blocking her view.
In fact, what she had felt after hearing the words of her "number-one internet son" just now hadn't been merely disappointment.
More than that, she had begun to question whether Xia Yan had an ulterior motive in wanting to become her "friend."
The little hand washing a bowl stopped moving.
Hua Xin couldn't help pondering it carefully.
Why would someone like him—a ridiculously popular, well-adjusted guy who clearly wasn't lacking in friends, or even girls—go out of his way to get close to her and become friends with her??.
Thinking about it carefully, Xia Yan had even been the one to ride his motorcycle over and pick her up for school from the very beginning.
At that time, they had barely exchanged a few words beyond asking for leave.
Moreover, he had taken the initiative in everything, while rarely saying much during the process...
The girl slowly raised her head. Her exquisite, stunning face was reflected in the mirror, her beautiful eyes calm and seemingly lost in thought. Her bearing was as otherworldly and dazzling as a cold, noble young lady from a respectable family.
"I'm so pretty??..."
"Hehehehehe??..."
Unfortunately, she couldn't keep up the act for long. The more Hua Xin looked, the more she couldn't help wanting to lick the mirror.
First, she could rule out the possibility that he had discovered she was a girl.
If he found out, Xia Yan definitely wouldn't be able to hold himself back. Even if he were a gentleman, seeing even a strand of her hair would definitely make him go crazy. (confident)
That left her with no clues.
Since her identity hadn't been exposed and the two of them weren't particularly close, what was Xia Yan after!!?
Couldn't he simply want to be a good person, could he?
Hua Xin scrubbed the bowl vigorously with baking soda, rinsed it clean with a thin stream of water, and finally placed it in the dish rack.
She couldn't figure it out.
Besides, why was she making such a huge fuss over Xia Yan??
Hua Xin fell silent.
Had an ice cream really been enough to buy her loyalty? Was there any need to cry and fuss over that detestable popular guy? What kind of behavior was it for a grown man to cry all day long????.
As she walked, the slime with nothing restraining it—only a bandage covering the pink nub—surged up and down.
Ugh...
Her body might be that of a cute girl, but her heart would always belong to a man.
He was just a man. He could do whatever he wanted. Why should she care so much? She might as well watch more dramas and care for her 2D wives.
Thinking this with tsundere-like stubbornness, Hua Xin returned to her room.
"Huh? Who added me to this WeChat group?"
The girl stared blankly at "Loving Family (4)" on her phone, looking utterly confused.
Then, a familiar name appeared before her eyes.
I love playing QQ Speed: "Welcome, welcome~"
Hua Xin silently opened his profile. Her beautiful eyes remained as calm as ever.
Haha... What a coincidence??.
Who could this be? (smiling face)
Her expression unchanged, the girl put down her phone and muttered to herself, "Should I stab your kidney??, stab you in the heart??, or... cut that thing off??."
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