"????"
Chen Yi wore a puzzled expression. Why was she being so wary?
They were only going home. What was there to worry about?
But soon... Chen Yi remembered.
No, no.
If this had been his previous life, let alone going home together—even sleeping in the same bed, sharing the same blanket, or even going further—none of that would have been a problem. But in this life, the two of them had only just met.
This was the normal reaction.
Chen Yi cleared his throat and said, "I have a two-bedroom apartment, so you can have one room. It's already very late. If you want to go to a hotel, that's fine too, but it won't be cheap, and you can only sleep until seven tomorrow morning. Are you sure you want to go to a hotel?"
"????"
She glanced at the time. It was already nine at night.
Su Nuan had checked the hotel prices around here. Even the cheapest room cost more than a hundred yuan. After doing the math, she realized that a hundred-plus yuan would only get her ten hours of sleep. However she looked at it, it felt like a loss.
From that perspective, she felt he had a point.
She immediately said, "Fine, but let me make this clear first. If you dare do anything to me, I... I definitely won't let you off."
"Do I look like that kind of person?"
"(⊙o⊙)..."
Su Nuan thought for a few seconds. He really didn't seem like that kind of person.
Whether they had played games online or met in person, Su Nuan's impression of Chen Yi had always been very good. But that wasn't a reason to lower her guard.
One should not harbor the intention of harming others, but one must guard against others.
The same applied now.
She was even a little nervous on the way to Chen Yi's home, because this was the first time in her life that she had gone to a boy's house. But soon, Su Nuan felt that she shouldn't be thinking about this.
Wasn't going to his home just walking into a tiger's den?
After all, it was his territory.
She had to stay alert!
She did.
However, once she actually arrived, she found that there was nothing like what she had imagined.
Chen Yi's apartment was an old one, the kind built in the 1990s. It looked somewhat run-down from the outside, but once Su Nuan stepped inside, her eyes lit up.
The interior was decorated fairly well in a black-and-white style.
It looked very comfortable!
The furniture was comfortable too. Most importantly, the place was clean.
Seeing this, Su Nuan felt a little ashamed. Her own home seemed to be nowhere near as tidy as his. After they entered, Chen Yi took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet.
They were pink, size 37, and fit perfectly...
As soon as she had changed her shoes,
Chen Yi took a bottle of AD Calcium Milk from the cabinet and said, "Take a break and have something to drink..."
"?????"
If it had been anyone else, she definitely wouldn't have accepted.
But Su Nuan happened to love this kind of thing.
In an instant!
She was completely stunned. She didn't know why, but Su Nuan suddenly felt as if she were home. The perfectly fitting slippers, her favorite drink, and even the scent of the incense in the room—
They were all exactly to her taste.
It gave Su Nuan an unreal feeling.
She even had a strange thought. Had this person secretly investigated her?
It was as if everything had been prepared for her.
Sitting on the sofa and drinking AD Calcium Milk, Su Nuan enjoyed its sweet flavor and really liked the taste. But three seconds after she began savoring it,
her expression suddenly changed. Rule number three for meeting an online acquaintance:
Never casually drink something given to you by the other person.
What was she drinking now?
At that moment, Su Nuan had a terrifying thought. But soon... she felt that she was overthinking it. It was just ordinary AD Calcium Milk, and besides, after they came back,
Chen Yi had also been busy!
"These are the new bedding sets. You can sleep on this one... It's a double-layer quilt. If you get hot, undo the buttons at the corners and it'll become a single-layer quilt. As for toiletries, I prepared a new set for you."
"Huh? Oh..."
His enthusiasm was a little excessive, but Su Nuan didn't dislike the feeling.
At least not at this moment.
The more Su Nuan looked at Chen Yi, the more pleasing he seemed. Back in her hometown, she had faced criticism from her parents and judgment from her relatives. But here, there were so many things she liked.
At that moment, Su Nuan was even thinking about staying here.
The next second!
She rejected that thought.
No, wait.
She had only come here to make do for one night. She would leave tomorrow, so why had he prepared so much?
New bedding, new toiletries—
And these slippers!
Could it be...
Su Nuan couldn't help asking, "Did you know my identity long ago? Is that why you prepared so much?"
"How could that be!"
Chen Yi clearly panicked when he heard that.
Isn't that obvious?
You're my future wife, but I can't tell anyone about that.
Chen Yi quickly came up with an explanation and said, "I've always kept new things at home."
"Why?"
"You know that my damn parents had a daughter overseas. These things were prepared for them."
"No wonder!"
Su Nuan nodded. That was indeed true.
Chen Yi had mentioned it before.
Thinking about it that way, Su Nuan looked at Chen Yi with some sympathy. His parents had chosen a younger sister over him. She immediately said, "You've had it hard all these years!"
"..."
The corner of Chen Yi's mouth twitched slightly. He could only say... it was all right.
Whenever he thought of that younger sister, Chen Yi didn't know what expression to make. Their relationship hadn't been very good in his previous life, but it wasn't her fault. He had merely taken out his resentment over certain family problems on her.
However, after living another life, he had let all of that go.
Calculating the time,
his younger sister was thirteen this year. If they met in the future,
he would put their grudges aside and get along with her normally. As far as Chen Yi was concerned, as long as he and Su Nuan could live happily together,
nothing else mattered.
After Su Nuan accepted this explanation, she continued enjoying her little drink. In her eyes, she would be leaving tomorrow, so it didn't matter what happened today.
After Chen Yi had prepared everything, he tossed over a set of keys and said, "You'll sleep in the second bedroom, and I'll sleep in the master bedroom... These are the keys to the second bedroom."
After catching the keys, Su Nuan asked in confusion, "What are these for?"
"Look at you, acting so timid and cautious! You're making me nervous too. Aren't you just afraid something will happen? I'm giving you these keys now. Lock the door, and who are you afraid of?"
"I..."
"Besides, you should understand that you're very safe here."
He meant it literally!
Chen Yi wanted to say that Su Nuan was safe here and didn't need to overthink things.
Su Nuan hadn't thought much of it at first, but after hearing that last sentence,
her mind began racing.
Why did Chen Yi say that I'm very safe?
She didn't understand!
But when she looked down, Su Nuan's temper flared up at once. "Safe? What do you mean? Are you saying I'm small?"
"????"
No, no, no!
That was completely not what he meant.
But he couldn't deny it either. After all, in Chen Yi's eyes, Su Nuan really was rather small. He immediately cleared his throat and said, "That's really not what I meant!"
"That's exactly what you meant!"
Once her temper rose, Su Nuan became much more talkative, and the nervousness she had felt earlier vanished completely. In the end, Chen Yi forcibly changed the subject and said,
"Would you like some fruit?"
"No! I, Su Nuan, would rather starve to death or jump out of here than eat a single thing of yours."
"Strawberries! Are you sure you don't want any?"
"Uh... I'll have a taste..."
"..."
She changed her answer instantly.
After all, Chen Yi knew very well that Su Nuan had three great loves: strawberries, games, and AD Calcium Milk.
After pacifying Su Nuan, Chen Yi checked the time, cleared his throat, and said, "All right! I'm going to work. Take some time to get used to the place."
"Work? At this hour?"
"Don't let my appearance fool you. I'm a small-time streamer. I don't have many viewers, but I can still make a living. How about it? Want to become a streamer with me?"
Su Nuan spoke righteously. "No! I'm going to become the first female champion. I absolutely won't hole up here and become a small-time streamer."
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Chen Yi nodded. This wasn't a problem.
There was only one thing he was certain of.
No matter what Su Nuan did, he would definitely stay by her side.
After Chen Yi left, Su Nuan took a sip of AD Calcium Milk and glanced down at her perfectly ordinary chest, which barely qualified as an A-plus. She secretly encouraged herself, telling herself that she would definitely grow bigger in the future.
Mm!
Definitely!
Someone asked what the female lead was based on?
Let me put it this way... My current partner and I met online and eventually met in person too. Ahem, ahem!
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