Do You Want to Come Help Me Change?

Chen Wen returned to the apartment, first setting up the camera before going to the wardrobe to look for the dark red shirt Jiang Qiuyi had mentioned.

He owned very few clothes, so he quickly found the shirt. Only then did he remember that it seemed to have been a birthday gift from Jiang Qiuyi last year.

After retrieving a pair of boxer briefs and pants that Jiang Qiuyi had washed for him the previous night from the balcony, Chen Wen took a shower and changed.

By then, about fifteen minutes had passed.

Wisely, Chen Wen went into the bedroom and read for over an hour before hearing the doorbell ring at seven thirty that evening.

Picking up the camera from the living room, Chen Wen opened the door and was immediately struck by the sight before him.

Jiang Qiuyi had already changed into her cosplay outfit: a short pink wig, a red-and-white formal dress that just covered her thighs, and knee-high boots wrapping around her calves.

The moment Chen Wen opened the door, Jiang Qiuyi lifted her skirt hem and spun in the hallway, revealing the smooth, fair skin of her thighs. It was quite alluring.

"Does it look good?" Jiang Qiuyi smiled shyly. "This is Lisbeth from Sword Art Online, a famous blacksmith."

Chen Wen had watched Sword Art Online with Jiang Qiuyi during their high school summer vacation after she dragged him into it, so he still remembered some of it.

His only thought at the time had been, why would a blacksmith wear a dress?

But Chen Wen had learned his lesson this time. He did not say anything unnecessary and simply nodded. "It looks good."

Satisfied, Jiang Qiuyi pulled Chen Wen into the music room in apartment 902.

Other than a white piano, the room contained only a sofa, two lighting rigs, a recording device, and a camera already fixed in position.

"Are you showing your face this time?" Chen Wen asked.

"No." Jiang Qiuyi shook her head. "I don't plan to show my face for now. I still have school, after all."

"Then why are you wearing a wig and putting on makeup?" Chen Wen asked curiously.

Hearing that, Jiang Qiuyi immediately put her hands on her hips in annoyance. "I dressed up for you to see, idiot!"

Chen Wen: "..."

Afterward, Jiang Qiuyi struck a few poses around the room and had Chen Wen record them as footage.

Naturally, they were all headless shots, showing only the parts below her neck.

After filming that footage, Chen Wen set up the second camera angle according to Jiang Qiuyi's instructions.

The piano recording began.

Beautiful piano music echoed through the room.

Although Jiang Qiuyi wanted Chen Wen to sit beside her, they were recording a video, after all, and she was not ready to expose her private life on Bilibili.

But she did not notice that she was still wearing the dark blue ring Chen Wen had given her yesterday, and it was all captured on camera.

While Jiang Qiuyi played the piano, Chen Wen did not sit idle either. He took out the Complete Book of Woodworking and continued reading to pass the time.

Recording videos was a tedious process.

Jiang Qiuyi had very high standards for video quality, so she would re-record whenever there was even the slightest flaw.

As a result, it was already past eight by the time she finished recording the first piano piece.

"Finished?" Hearing the piano stop, Chen Wen looked up blankly from the sofa.

"How could I be? I only finished Lisbeth's segment." Jiang Qiuyi came over and lay down beside Chen Wen, casually placing both legs across his lap. "Let's rest for a while~"

Because her hips were positioned lower, Jiang Qiuyi's skirt slipped down, exposing her smooth, alluring thighs.

"You bought four outfits, right? Are you going to record all of them today?" Chen Wen placed his book over Jiang Qiuyi's legs, helping her cover what was beneath her skirt.

"No. We'll finish Lisbeth and Suguha today, then record Asuna and Sinon over the weekend." Jiang Qiuyi shook her head, then shifted her long legs and covered her face shyly. "I'm so tired. Can you massage my legs?"

Chen Wen froze and looked down at the slender legs that countless girls would envy. "Wouldn't your hands be more tired from playing the piano?"

Jiang Qiuyi: "?"

Puffing out her cheeks, Jiang Qiuyi sat up and turned around. She placed her legs on the sofa armrest and leaned her upper body directly against Chen Wen's lap, pouting innocently. "My hands are tired too. Won't you massage them?"

Jiang Qiuyi held her small hands up before her chest, looking as harmless as a kitten.

Faced with such an attack, even someone like Chen Wen found it a little hard to withstand.

He reached out and held Jiang Qiuyi's slender, bonelessly soft hand. To avoid embarrassing himself, Chen Wen could only try to distract his attention.

"I've already decided on the theme for my next video."

"What is it?" Jiang Qiuyi closed her eyes, enjoying the kneading of Chen Wen's rough hands as she asked.

"I'm planning to make an Elucidator."

"An Elucidator?" Jiang Qiuyi opened her eyes in surprise. "Kirito's sword from Sword Art Online?"

"Yeah."

"Can you make that?" Jiang Qiuyi asked curiously. "I've never seen you make anything large before."

Chen Wen nodded. "I haven't before, but it isn't very difficult. There isn't much of a technical barrier."

"Then how long would it take you to make a sword?" Thinking of the Asuna she planned to cosplay, Jiang Qiuyi asked, "If you can, make a Lambent Light too~"

"Lambent Light?"

"It's Asuna's sword~" Jiang Qiuyi replied. Then her eyes suddenly lit up, and she abruptly clasped Chen Wen's hand in hers. "How about I buy you a Kirito cosplay outfit?"

Chen Wen: "?"

"There'll definitely be lots of anime conventions during summer vacation. How about we go together, one of us as Asuna and one as Kirito?" Jiang Qiuyi asked expectantly.

Cosplay... Chen Wen was stunned for a moment, unable to understand how their conversation had somehow turned to this.

Still, Chen Wen would not object if it was just cosplaying a male anime character. "Summer vacation works for me."

"Then it's settled!" Jiang Qiuyi happily raised both hands and climbed off Chen Wen. "I'm full of energy now~ Time to change clothes~"

At the door, Jiang Qiuyi had just run out when she poked her head back in, tilted it, and asked with a giggle, "Do you want to come help me change?"

"...No need."

Chen Wen turned to look out the window, feeling that life was getting a little difficult.

Jiang Qiuyi had been enthusiastic toward him before, but nowhere near as exaggerated as she had been these past two days.

And Chen Wen had never thought about their relationship in romantic terms before, so he had always treated Jiang Qiuyi normally.

But ever since he accepted Jiang Qiuyi's confession yesterday, her feelings had become like water bursting through a dam, utterly impossible to restrain.

It was a little too much for Chen Wen, who had only just begun adapting to being a boyfriend.

This was probably the trouble with dating, Chen Wen thought.

Ten minutes later, Jiang Qiuyi entered the music room with a golden ponytail, white thigh-high stockings, and a light green dress. After showing off in front of Chen Wen, she resumed recording the piano video.

It was around nine when the preliminary footage was finally completed.

Jiang Qiuyi got up, flopped onto Chen Wen, and held out her little hands again, signaling for another massage.

"Sorry to trouble you~"

[Public Information]: Chen Wen, a third-year student at the University of Finance and Economics majoring in accounting. Handsome, quiet, and taciturn; passionate about handicrafts; likes telling the truth; emotionally obtuse but normal. His follower count had just surpassed ten thousand.

Jiang Qiuyi, a third-year student at the Music Academy majoring in piano, also studying composition and vocal harmony. Sweet-looking, cheerful, and friendly; she had secretly loved Chen Wen since childhood, dropping both subtle and obvious hints before finally deciding to make the first move. She liked piano. Her follower count was just over one million, and she had not shown her face in any videos yet.