At the Music Academy, Jiang Qiuyi's grades in her major courses were beyond question.
But when it came purely to general education classes, Jiang Qiuyi had always been severely unbalanced.
Chen Wen, on the other hand, had not chosen accounting for himself; it had been picked by his family, and he did not particularly like it.
Still, undergraduate courses were not especially difficult. For an economics-related major like accounting, as long as he attended class seriously and finished his assignments, he could easily pass.
So for Chen Wen, final exams were not something that required special preparation.
Even his three former roommates used to come to him for class notes and key exam topics.
"You don't need to worry about yourself." Jiang Qiuyi argued unreasonably, grinning as she said, "But you have to help me review my general education classes too, Teacher Chen~"
"Oh." Chen Wen responded, already immersed in his work as he carved and drew on the white peach wood.
Jiang Qiuyi had flirted with thin air and found it boring. She pouted helplessly and ran out of the workshop to watch dramas.
Chen Wen did not notice. Once he had fully immersed himself, he sketched the initial lines, then took out a wood saw and cut out the blade of Lambent Light.
Compared to zitan wood, white peach wood was a little softer and much easier to sand.
After the hellish difficulty of sanding zitan wood, making Lambent Light was obviously much easier.
But compared with the previous Interpreter, Lambent Light had one tricky point: its circular guard.
Its guard was not on the same plane as the blade. Instead, like a wrist guard, it wrapped in a circle around the hilt.
It looked good, but seemed rather impractical.
This circular guard needed to be curved, so it definitely could not be made from hard white peach wood.
Chen Wen planned to use high-frequency flame heating to soften oak into the required shape, then combine it with the white peach wood blade.
The design drawings had long since been completed. Now, he only needed to follow the steps and make it.
Since white peach wood was easier to sand, he estimated it would be finished in four or five days.
He might have to edit the video for Interpreter first over the next few days, so Lambent Light should be ready by next weekend.
At ten that night, after giving the blade its initial sanding, Chen Wen turned off the camera. After cleaning up the workshop, he headed for the bedroom.
The moment he entered, he saw Jiang Qiuyi in pink pajamas lying on the bed, scrolling through a drama on her phone.
Jiang Qiuyi was already sleepy. Holding her phone, her head kept bobbing as though she could fall asleep at any moment.
But as soon as Chen Wen entered, Jiang Qiuyi immediately perked up. She lifted the covers, slipped underneath, and wrapped herself up tightly.
"..." Chen Wen took some fresh clothes from the wardrobe and said as he headed out, "Don't fall asleep. Remember to go back to your own room later."
"Got it~" Jiang Qiuyi agreed verbally, but a sly smile appeared on her face, like a kitten that had stolen a bite of ham sausage.
Once Chen Wen left the bedroom for the bathroom, Jiang Qiuyi quickly took out the eye drops she had prepared and hid them beside her pillow.
More than ten minutes later, when she heard footsteps in the hallway, Jiang Qiuyi immediately took out the eye drops, put two drops into her eyes, then lay on her side on the bed and pretended to sleep.
Thus, the moment Chen Wen walked in, he saw Jiang Qiuyi already asleep on the bed.
This was going to be difficult...
Chen Wen walked to the other side of the bed, lifted the covers, and sat down, unsure whether he should lie down.
This was the apartment he rented in Hu City. Since he had thought he would be living alone, he had not gotten a very large bed.
So the bed in his bedroom was not a standard double bed, only slightly wider than a single bed.
Two people could certainly lie on it, but once they lay flat, their shoulders and feet would inevitably brush against each other, perhaps even touching more intimate places.
For Chen Wen, who had only just begun to adapt to things like holding hands and hugging, this put him in a difficult position.
Maybe I should wake her up...
Thinking this, Chen Wen lowered his head to look at Jiang Qiuyi on the bed, then froze.
Jiang Qiuyi was crying...
What was going on?
Chen Wen found it strange. He leaned closer to inspect her and discovered that Jiang Qiuyi really was shedding tears.
Her delicate little face was turned to the side, tears streaming down her fair cheek. Anyone who saw it could not help feeling sorry for her.
Could she have dreamed of something frightening or sad?
Chen Wen scratched his head. Just as he was about to wake Jiang Qiuyi, she opened her eyes on her own.
"Chen Wen..." Jiang Qiuyi's eyes brimmed with tears, and she looked pitifully fragile. The moment she saw Chen Wen, she threw herself into his arms and hugged him tightly.
Chen Wen's legs had still been outside the bed, but in order to hold the girl in his arms, he had no choice but to move them onto the bed. Otherwise, his poor lower back would not be able to take it.
Chen Wen had never dealt with anything like this before. He stiffened on the bed, able only to hold Jiang Qiuyi mechanically without saying a word.
After a long while, Chen Wen could not help saying, "Should I take you back to your room to sleep?"
"No." Jiang Qiuyi shook her head and lifted her face to look at Chen Wen pitifully. "I had a nightmare."
"..." Chen Wen did not know what to say, so he could only ask, "What did you dream about?"
"I dreamed that He Ran was feeding you at the school cafeteria."
"I also dreamed that she called you Master, Master, then threw herself into your arms."
"And she was even holding your arm while walking around the school with you."
"In the end, you even watched her dance..."
Jiang Qiuyi spoke with a pout. The more she said, the sadder she became, until real tears began to flow again.
After saying that, she buried her face in Chen Wen's chest once more. "I don't care. I'm sleeping with you tonight. Otherwise, the moment I close my eyes, I'll see that dream again. I'm scared~"
Held tightly by Jiang Qiuyi, Chen Wen's thoughts were still stuck on what she had just said, and he was even a little confused.
"Um... who is He Ran?"
"Pfft..." Jiang Qiuyi could not hold it in any longer. She burst into laughter in Chen Wen's arms. "Y-you, how can you be like this?! The mood was so good just now, and you ruined it all!"
Chen Wen was speechless.
They had met a week ago and had not seen each other since. It was normal that he did not remember her name, right?
But none of that was important.
Jiang Qiuyi looked like she had emerged from her nightmare, so Chen Wen suggested again, "Should I take you back?"
"No!"
Jiang Qiuyi willfully flopped to the side and pulled up the covers, leaving only her bright eyes exposed. "I don't care. I'm sleeping here tonight."
Chen Wen stared at Jiang Qiuyi until the girl closed her eyes with a giggle.
Seeing that there was no salvaging the situation, he could only shake his head helplessly, turn off the light, and lie down.
The moment he lay down, his arm bumped into Jiang Qiuyi beside him.
Because of the hot weather, Jiang Qiuyi's pajamas were cool and thin. Chen Wen could even feel the smooth skin exposed at her waist.
His hand immediately recoiled, and he shifted himself a little closer to the edge of the bed.
Turning to look at the girl's profile beside him, faintly visible in the moonlight, Chen Wen glanced at the air conditioner again—24 degrees.
It was very cool.
Then why did he feel so hot?
[Pu Jie Ri Ji]: My sister dragged me out to play mahjong today, and I won two hundred yuan~ Then when I got home, Mom dragged me off to install curtains... I only started writing very late tonight, so there will probably only be this one chapter today... On Sunday, which is tomorrow, this book will get a trial recommendation. Follow-up reading data is very important, so I hope everyone can check the latest chapter every day! It affects this book's future recommendation slots and is very important to me! Thank you all in advance~
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