The weather in Jianghai City had been fairly mild these past few days.
The sun hung quietly in the sky, casting down warm rays. Cicadas chirped throughout the woods, adding a touch of irritation to the hot afternoon.
On Thursday afternoon, Shen Lang turned on his computer. Just as he was about to play a few games, a message from Su Lexuan popped up.
"No wonder some people say that once you start dating, you can forget about playing games. It really is true."
Shen Lang shut down the game client with an amused smile and opened Su Lexuan's chat window.
The next second, his blood surged, and he immediately sat up straight.
Su Lexuan had sent several selfies, most of them close-ups of her legs in white stockings.
Su Lexuan's legs really were nice. Especially in those white stockings, they looked soft and plump, like a cat's paw pads. Just looking at them made him want to take a bite.
In the scorching summer heat, staring at those pale, ice-cream-like legs made Shen Lang's mouth go dry.
But Shen Lang quickly calmed down.
Their relationship was good now, but not good enough for her to send such intimate photos.
Su Lexuan was not the kind of girl who liked flirting like that either. He guessed that she wanted him to rate those selfies for her.
The next second, Su Lexuan sent another message. "Shen Lang, do you think it's weird for me to dress like this?"
This was a trap question. Shen Lang could not possibly answer it wrong. "It's not weird. What's wrong?"
"Then why are people saying I dress so sluttily?"
"Huh? Who said that?"
"The people on our school forum. They all say I dress like a slut and don't look like a college student at all. But lots of girls in my class dress like this!"
1: I can't judge from just these photos. Send a few more for me to look at.
2: Silly girl, they're calling you a slut because they're jealous of you. If I had your figure, I'd want to go out naked.
3: You really are pretty slutty. Just looking at you got me hard!
Shen Lang could not be bothered to type, so he directly sent Su Lexuan a voice call.
Su Lexuan had been getting torn apart on the forum these past two days. Originally, she had not been all that well-known at Zhuhai University, and the title of Campus Belle had only spread among the freshmen.
But after the forum post suggesting she was dating became popular, a lot of snide comments inexplicably appeared below it, attacking Su Lexuan's everyday outfits and saying she did not dress like a college student at all.
Su Lexuan was furious, yet she did not know how to argue with those people.
She could only sulk by herself. She had barely had any appetite these past few days, and neither her roommates nor her best friends could talk her out of it.
"Shen Lang..."
Su Lexuan quickly accepted Shen Lang's voice call, but her tone was dejected. Those comments had clearly affected her quite a bit.
"Silly girl, what's the big deal?"
Shen Lang teased her with a laugh. "I guarantee that most of the people calling you a slut are girls. Only girls who are jealous of another girl would call her a slut."
Su Lexuan froze for a moment and felt a little better, but she still said indignantly, "But they said such awful things! And I checked—lots of the girls insulting me are upperclassmen!"
"Who cares whether they're upperclassmen or underclassmen? So what if they call you slutty?"
Shen Lang laughed. "If they're being all snide and calling you slutty, that just means they envy your figure. If I had a body like yours, I'd want to go out naked and let those girls praise me as hard as they could!"
"Hahaha, you pervert!"
Su Lexuan lay on her bed, laughing so hard that the foot dangling over the end of the bed kept swinging.
In just a few minutes, their conversation quickly shifted back to their Saturday date.
After these past few days, Su Lexuan's Favorability toward Shen Lang had finally surpassed 30!
Her roommates saw it all and could not help admiring the guy.
Just a few words, and he had cheered up his gloomy girlfriend so much. No wonder he had managed to win over Zhuhai University's Campus Belle!
At the same time, in Xia Shuyi's living room.
Xia Shuyi was playing mahjong with several old friends, while the children played and roughhoused in her bedroom.
Ever since she had nearly slept with Shen Lang last time, Xia Shuyi had not taken the initiative to contact him again. She was even too embarrassed to invite him over for dinner.
Yet she could not bear to let go of that sincere young man. Most importantly, he treated her daughter very well, and Mengmeng liked him a lot too.
Caught up in those complicated feelings, Xia Shuyi could only call a few close friends over to play mahjong and ease her terrible mood lately.
Every one of Xia Shuyi's friends was dripping with gold and silver. They wore luxury clothes, carried designer handbags, and drove expensive cars far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Some of their husbands owned oil companies, some worked in real estate, and others were in the tourism business. Every one of them was a major figure worth hundreds of millions.
The mahjong table formed by these four women was enough to equal one-fifth of Jianghai City's GDP.
Only in terms of looks and figures did these women pale somewhat in comparison. After all, they were older and had given birth.
Xia Shuyi was different. Naturally beautiful as she was, she did not need to spend money like these Rich Women to fix the flaws in her body. Her figure and looks still held up perfectly.
Walking down the street, no one would be able to tell that she was a divorced single mother.
A plump, heavily made-up wealthy woman looked at Xia Shuyi with interest. "Shuyi, your husband has been gone for so long. Aren't you thinking of finding another man?"
Xia Shuyi played a tile and replied with a smile, "I'm doing fine on my own. I can take good care of Mengmeng too."
"I don't think Sister Li meant taking care of Mengmeng."
Another woman teased with a smile, "She meant taking care of you, Shuyi. Especially at night."
"Hahaha..."
The women could not help bursting into laughter.
Women as mature as them loved making these lewd jokes with each other.
"Keep your voices down. It would be awful if the children heard you."
Xia Shuyi's pretty face reddened slightly as she complained, glancing toward the bedroom.
But at the same time, Xia Shuyi could not help recalling how she had nearly slept with Shen Lang in that bedroom last time, and her face slowly turned red.
Women Xia Shuyi's age really did have strong needs. She had originally tried her best to restrain herself and focus solely on taking care of her daughter.
But ever since that day, Xia Shuyi felt as though some switch had been flipped inside her, and she was becoming less and less able to control herself.
Every night before going to bed, she could not help thinking about what had almost happened with Shen Lang.
Xia Shuyi was rather conservative. Unlike these Rich Women, she did not have seven or eight personal trainers available at a moment's notice saved on her phone.
Other than Shen Lang, Xia Shuyi did not want to find another man. She could only buy some toys to comfort herself.
"Oh, oh, oh, you're blushing. Looks like you do want to find someone after all."
Sister Hong nodded in satisfaction. "I told you, you definitely aren't the type who can stay idle."
"Oh, come on, I invited you here to play cards. Why are we talking about this?"
Xia Shuyi refused to admit it and retorted in embarrassed irritation, "It would be awful if the children heard us."
Just then, the bedroom door suddenly opened.
Xia Mengmeng ran out holding a purple toy and shouted, "Mommy, they're trying to steal your toy!"
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