Standing before the washstand and looking at his wet face in the mirror, Jiang Mingyuan felt the past month had been utterly surreal.
First he was tangled up with a "man-eater big sister", then had a messy encounter with his "dear younger sister", and finally, his childhood friend of many years harbored improper designs against him.
Jiang Mingyuan couldn't help burying his head in his hands.
"There is just no way to look at this and think it's right!"
A rat-a-tat knocking sound came from the dormitory room door, and Jiang Mingyuan hastily dried his face with a towel before turning and running over to the entryway.
The knocking lasted only a brief moment before stopping. Jiang Mingyuan stood inside the door, faintly able to hear the sound of someone constantly pacing back and forth outside.
A worried expression appeared on Tang Wulin's face. He wished he could travel back in time and slap himself twice.
During the remainder of the vacation, Jiang Mingyuan kept hiding inside the Spirit Pagoda, and Tang Wulin simply had no chance to see her.
Now that school had started, Tang Wulin finally summoned up his courage and came to Jiang Mingyuan's door.
"Who is it?"
Hearing the voice, Tang Wulin hastily stopped his panicked pacing. He straightened his body, patted his cheeks, and cheered himself on inwardly.
"Brother Yuan, it's me."
The moment Jiang Mingyuan heard Tang Wulin's voice, her heart instantly tightened. Her thoughts involuntarily drifted back twenty days.
Jiang Mingyuan had been tossed around by Na'er for several days and couldn't get out of bed, barely managing to recover her physical strength. Then Tang Wulin had begged her with eager eyes, hoping she could accompany him around Shrek City.
Heaven knew how much effort she had expended to escape from under Na'er's