Wang Xiaoliang's question left Wei Zijin stunned for a moment.
Leaning against the headboard, she tilted her head and thought for a long while before answering uncertainly, "I... suppose I know her."
"Tell me everything you think of her, good and bad, subjective and objective." Wang Xiaoliang's voice was low. He needed enough information to piece together a new picture of Li Lanxiang.
Seeing how serious he looked, Wei Zijin realized he wasn't joking and sat up straight too.
"Actually... we only really became close after that gathering where we pretended to be a couple."
At the mention of it, Wang Xiaoliang couldn't help smiling. He reached out and pinched Wei Zijin's cheek.
Back then, to fool their roommates, the two of them had steeled themselves and pretended to be a couple at the girls' dorm's final gathering. The memory was as sweet now as it had been nerve-racking then.
"She was the one who approached me." Wei Zijin sank into her memories. "After that, she kept calling me, chatting about this and that. Once, she even came all the way to my workplace and said she was picking me up for a meal. It wasn't until we got there that I realized you'd come too."
"After that, she kept inviting me over. We'd curl up on the couch and talk about all sorts of... very private things. As time went on, that was how we got close."
Wang Xiaoliang immediately pressed her. "What private topics?"
Wei Zijin rolled her eyes at him. "Women's things. What's a grown man like you prying for?"
Wang Xiaoliang didn't pursue it. He tried another angle. "Then is there anything about her that left a particularly strong impression on you?"
That question made Wei Zijin fall silent.
She thought for a long time before