In that instant, Ge Xiaolun unconsciously held his breath.
The beauty smiled sweetly, and Xiaolun's heart soared.
Her brows were like distant mountains tinged with blue, her eyes like a pool of autumn water, her hair like drifting clouds, and her skin like peach blossoms in bloom.
Her hair was like light clouds veiling the moon, her graceful figure like swirling snow stirred by the wind.
Her handsome brows and bright eyes, her skin like ice and bones like jade, her refined beauty—one glimpse was enough to make anyone forget the vulgar world!
Ge Xiaolun had seen plenty of heavily edited photos of celebrities and internet influencers online: "the most beautiful woman in four thousand years," "a beauty with classical elegance," "a face that could topple cities and kingdoms"!
Then there were all the other edited photos of beautiful girls online, along with the pile of beauties Ge Xiaolun had saved on his computer.
Ge Xiaolun had long thought he'd seen it all and was immune to beauty.
But today, his perspective had been reset—not once, but twice.
Ge Xiaolun had thought the woman beside him was beautiful enough, but he hadn't expected the one in the car to be even more stunning.
As he gazed at the beauty in the car, the thing that tugged at Ge Xiaolun's heart most was the faint black beauty mark beneath her long, limpid right eye.
Rather than detracting from her delicate beauty, it made her seem all the more captivating, softening the cool, noble air about her.
At first glance, she made people involuntarily imagine what it would be like to marry her. She practically radiated the charm of a married woman.
Such a lovely woman was impossible not to pity.
Who in the world wouldn't want to be Cao Cao!
Ge Xiaolun felt a warm restlessness spreading through him.
His mind couldn't help wandering back to a question that had once swept the internet:
"If you had a wife like me, what time would you come home at night?"
And if someone told Ge Xiaolun right now that the woman in the car would be his wife in the future,
he would answer without hesitation:
"With a wife like that, I'd stay home every day! Why would I ever go out?"
Wife... he murmured inwardly a couple of times.
As for what Ajie was saying beside him,
Ge Xiaolun mechanically responded with two "Mm-hm"s.
It wasn't until Ajie patted Ge Xiaolun on the shoulder as he was about to leave
that Ge Xiaolun, lost in his fantasies, finally came back to his senses.
He watched Ajie and Rose get into the car. The woman in the back seat rolled up the window.
Only then did Ge Xiaolun belatedly remember to call a car back to his dorm.
In the back seat, Ashe had watched Ge Xiaolun's dazed expression.
She had no idea who he was looking at.
When she noticed Ge Xiaolun looking her way, Ashe simply returned his gaze with a friendly smile.
Then, while soothing Rui Mengmeng, who was resting on her shoulder, back to sleep,
she listened to Ajie and Ge Xiaolun's conversation.
Mm, nothing interesting compared to the original.
No need to listen, then.
But had Ge Xiaolun really been this smitten with Rose at first sight?
So it really was love at first sight, true love, huh?
Ashe glanced at Ge Xiaolun, who was clearly distracted.
She smiled indifferently.
It had nothing to do with her, and she wasn't about to give Rose up anyway.
Go ahead and stare.
As for why Ge Xiaolun kept looking down in her direction—
He was sneaking glances at Rose, obviously. He was too shy to look at her directly on their first meeting.
Ashe didn't take this little episode with Ge Xiaolun seriously at all.
After Rose and Ajie got into the car, she rolled up the window.
Only Rose seemed to sense something and glanced at Ashe in the rearview mirror.
But she didn't say anything.
She sat quietly in the front passenger seat.
The group made a few trips back and forth, helping Rui Mengmeng move into Super Seminary.
Afterward, Ashe found Qilin, who was waiting for her in the dorm.
She rode Ajie's car back to Juxia City.
During all this, though, Ashe secretly slipped back to the dorm room she shared with Rose.
She figured she probably wouldn't be back to sleep there tonight.
Ashe took the Brainwave Cinema Player out of Dark Plane Space.
With a smile, she hid it inside her pillow.
The player contained a video she'd secretly recorded the previous night while Rose was asleep—
a video of Rose hugging her as she slept.
Since I can't keep you company tonight, I'll be with you in your dreams.
Ashe gave herself a little pat on the back for being so thoughtful.
She hoped Rose would understand her kind intentions when she went to sleep that night.
A good roommate like her was hard to come by.
And so Ashe, Qilin, and Rui Mengmeng began their sightseeing trip around Juxia City.
They bought Rui Mengmeng a couple of new outfits and got Qilin two little accessories.
Ashe took in their smiling faces.
A quiet sense of happiness filled her heart, too.
Ten years in Super Seminary—she was so happy.
Though she still hadn't achieved her goal and still had to keep working hard,
the happiness before her was already enough to make her feel content.
No, not content.
That night, on the big hotel bed,
Ashe looked at the two girls on either side of her.
She took back what she'd thought during the day.
Mm-hm, there should still be room for two more on this bed.
With that thought, Ashe gradually drifted off to sleep.
Meanwhile, in a dorm at Super Seminary,
Rose, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly jolted awake.
She sat bolt upright.
Rose couldn't help recalling what she'd just dreamed.
In the dream, she had been nestled in Ashe's arms, looking utterly happy.
Rose bit her red lip and tousled her hair.
Rose decided she wasn't going to sleep again that night.
That dream had been too terrifying.
And so, the night passed quietly.
When the first rays of morning sunlight filtered through the curtains and into the room,
Qilin tried to play another prank, but Ashe saw it coming and turned the tables on her.
Finally, amid Qilin's flustered cry of "Don't do that, Mengmeng's still here!",
Ashe pulled Qilin into the bathroom.
All that remained was Rui Mengmeng, woken by their noise, sitting on the bed with a bewildered look.
She rubbed her eyes with both hands and watched Ashe carry Qilin into the bathroom.
A scene from a TV drama she'd watched as a child suddenly came to mind.
The bride and groom are going to their wedding chamber!
Then, driven by drowsiness, she wrapped herself up in the blanket like a dumpling and fell sound asleep again.
It was only when the sunlight grew painfully bright
that Rui Mengmeng, still groggy with sleep, was woken by Qilin, whose cheeks were faintly flushed.
"Mengmeng, Mengmeng, wake up!" "Get up and have some breakfast. We'll be heading back to Super Seminary soon."
"Okay, Sister Qilin."
She wasn't one to sleep in, so Rui Mengmeng got up when she was gently called.
She slowly walked into the bathroom.
Inside, Ashe had draped a towel around her neck.
She leaned forward slightly, comparing something in the mirror over and over.
She even muttered softly, "As expected of a First Generation Super Soldier. She's got a strong grip."
When Ashe noticed Rui Mengmeng enter the bathroom,
she straightened up again.
After greeting Rui Mengmeng,
she quietly walked out of the bathroom.
She raised an eyebrow and smiled at Qilin, who was packing her things nearby.
Qilin responded with an angry glare, but Ashe didn't care.
She stepped forward to help Qilin pack.
Rui Mengmeng was washing up in the bathroom, but the door wasn't fully shut, and she vaguely heard Ashe ask Qilin,
"How is it? I'm bigger now, right?"
"Get lost!"
Hearing Qilin's angry retort, Rui Mengmeng felt like Sister Qilin was flirting.
But what were they talking about being bigger?
She spat out the toothpaste foam in her mouth.
Rui Mengmeng shook her head, still not understanding.
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