"Wait—"
Xia Ming's voice rang out in time, stopping Wang Dong'er when she already had one foot out the door.
Wang Dong'er paused and turned back in confusion, her face full of question marks. "What is it?"
Xia Ming looked at her.
"You came at just the right time. In fact, I had planned to find you tomorrow as well."
"Huh?" Wang Dong'er blinked, seemingly unable to process it.
But in the next second, who knew what utterly absurd scene her little mind had suddenly conjured up.
Her cheeks flushed crimson at a visibly rapid pace, and even the tips of her ears turned red.
Her gaze wandered as she dared not look Xia Ming in the eye. Her voice stammered, filled with incredulous embarrassment and a trace of panic:
"Th-this isn't okay... Y-you're really...
At least, at least we should do it separately, one at a time... What would that even look like..."
Xia Ming was briefly stunned before realizing what kind of filthy thoughts filled her head.
His expression darkened, and his voice carried a hint of helplessness.
"It's something serious! Stop letting your imagination run wild!"
"Oh... oh!"
Only then did Wang Dong'er realize that she had completely misunderstood. The blush on her face did not fade.
Instead, her embarrassment made it deepen further, and she wished she could crawl into a crack in the ground.
She awkwardly rubbed her nose and muttered under her breath, "You should've said so earlier... You scared me..."
And so, Wang Dong'er, who had originally intended to leave, silently edged back into the room with the embarrassed flush still lingering on her face.
This time, however, she wisely chose a chair farther from Di Ruiqiu and closer to the door.
She tried her best to diminish her presence, staring at her