At the sight, a cold sneer flickered across Gao Shiqi's face. She hurriedly said, "Right, right, Cheng! I already knew about your relationship with Little Cake."
Xue Ruigao tightened her hold on Wen Xiancheng's arm and tugged him toward home. "All right, let's hurry back. I'm really hungry."
The three of them returned home.
Wen Xiancheng had only bought the ingredients; he had not cooked them yet.
Xue Ruigao was not upset. Instead, she helped chop the vegetables while humming a little tune.
From the look of it, she was in a good mood today.
As Wen Xiancheng cooked, his gaze kept drifting toward Xue Ruigao, and he marveled inwardly.
Xue Ruigao really was a good girl.
Completely different from Gao Shiqi.
His gaze flicked toward the bedroom doorway, and Wen Xiancheng shook his head.
Gao Shiqi was rummaging through Xue Ruigao's wardrobe, hiding a pair of her panties in her backpack.
She also slipped a note beneath the pillow at the head of Xue Ruigao's bed.
Only after hiding the note did Gao Shiqi glance guiltily toward the bedroom door. She let out a long breath, then walked out of Xue Ruigao's room with a smile.
How did Wen Xiancheng know all this?
Because his Mouse Clone was hiding in a corner above Xue Ruigao's wardrobe, watching everything!
"Little Cake, your room smells so nice!"
Gao Shiqi came out of the room, smiling as she spoke.
Xue Ruigao laughed. "Oh, it does not!"
Wen Xiancheng kept his head down and cooked, ignoring their chatter.
Meanwhile, his Mouse Clone had already scurried down the wardrobe and climbed onto the head of Xue Ruigao's bed.
He dragged the note out from beneath the pillow.
There were several lines written on it: "Um, I already have someone I like. I was too embarrassed to tell you before, but today I really can't keep it to myself anymore. I'm sorry. Let's call off our engagement! If you really still remember everything my parents did for you, you should agree to this and not make things difficult for me."
Even the handwriting was a lifelike imitation of "his"!
Most importantly, even the way it addressed her was right.
In his memories, the original owner of this body had always addressed Xue Ruigao with "um," rather than her name or a nickname.
The Mouse Clone flicked his long whiskers.
That bitch!
I've never done anything to you, yet you pull something like this. Today, I'll make you pay!
He dragged the note outside the window and chewed it to shreds.
Only then did the Mouse Clone climb back inside and hide in a corner, continuing to watch Gao Shiqi.
Wen Xiancheng and Xue Ruigao finished cooking.
After the three of them ate, Xue Ruigao was about to take a shower.
A faint, cold smile curled at Wen Xiancheng's lips. He said to Xue Ruigao, "Um, let me get your clothes for you!"
Xue Ruigao froze for a moment.
Cheng had always helped wash and fold her clothes.
But whenever she was around, he would not even enter her room.
Now he was actually offering to get her clothes for her shower?
Was this part of a man's transformation too?
A little joy welled up in Xue Ruigao's heart.
Since she had come back this time, Cheng had truly given her a wonderful surprise.
Remembering that the two of them already had that sort of relationship, Xue Ruigao blushed a little, but did not refuse. She said softly, "Th-then thank you, Cheng. Can you find them?"
Wen Xiancheng said, "I'm the one who puts all your clothes away. How could I not find them?"
Sweetness filled Xue Ruigao's heart.
Cheng had finally wised up.
Although his words sounded ordinary enough, he would never have been able to say them before.
Especially in front of a girl he barely knew, like Qiqi.
Gao Shiqi watched the scene coldly, feeling sick to her stomach.
You damned shut-in. You think you deserve to be so close to Little Cake?
You're nothing but a toad!
Little Cake is a swan!
Just thinking about you touching Little Cake's clothes makes me want to throw up!
But today is your last day!
Once Little Cake goes to bed later, you're finished, you damned shut-in!
Wen Xiancheng walked past Gao Shiqi without so much as a sideways glance.
He entered Xue Ruigao's room and opened the wardrobe.
Wen Xiancheng feigned surprise. "Oh!"
Hearing his startled cry, Xue Ruigao hurried out wrapped in a bath towel. "Cheng, what's wrong?"
Standing before the open wardrobe, Wen Xiancheng pointed inside with a puzzled expression. "Before I went to pick you up, I refolded your clothes. I remember perfectly clearly that your white panties were right here, but now they're gone!"
Xue Ruigao walked over, asking doubtfully, "Could you have put them somewhere else?"
Wen Xiancheng shook his head. "Impossible. I remember very clearly!"
Gao Shiqi's heart lurched.
But she quickly calmed down.
There was no way he could know she had taken them.
And she certainly wouldn't let him search her backpack!
What was there to be afraid of?
With that thought, she remained seated as though nothing had happened.
Xue Ruigao searched through the wardrobe too, but found nothing. She could only say, "Forget it. I'll buy a new pair another day."
Wen Xiancheng looked rather apologetic. "Um, I'm sorry. Oh, since you're here, find some clothes for Qiqi too, and go shower together! I don't know her well, so it wouldn't be appropriate for me."
With that, he walked toward his room. "You two go shower. I'll play a round of my game."
Xue Ruigao nodded. "Okay."
After finding two sets of clothes, Xue Ruigao carried them toward the bathroom and said to Gao Shiqi, "Qiqi, let's go shower together."
Gao Shiqi ran over with a smile, tossing her backpack onto the bed. "Sure, Little Cake."
With that, Xue Ruigao took Gao Shiqi's arm and walked into the bathroom.
Wen Xiancheng came out of his room, picked up Gao Shiqi's backpack from the bed, and opened it. He sneered at the panties inside.
Carrying the open backpack to the bathroom door, Wen Xiancheng bit his finger and dripped a drop of fresh blood onto the edge of the panties. Only then did he put on a look of "surprise" and say, "Um."
Xue Ruigao asked in confusion, "What is it, Cheng?"
Wen Xiancheng said, "Did you buy a new bag? It's pretty nice."
Xue Ruigao said, "No, I didn't bring a bag back today."
Inside the bathroom, Gao Shiqi had just finished stripping off her clothes. At those words, her face went deathly pale, and she was about to rush out.
But then she heard Wen Xiancheng say, "Um, if you bought one, you bought one. Why lie about it? Your panties are in here too!"
"Who said you could touch my bag?" Gao Shiqi hastily pulled her clothes on, yanked open the bathroom door, and snatched the backpack from Wen Xiancheng's hands, roaring at him.
Wen Xiancheng pointed at Gao Shiqi's backpack, looking puzzled. "This is your backpack? I thought it was hers. When I went back to keep looking for her clothes, I found her panties in the bag. I thought she'd put them in there earlier for her shower and then forgotten."
"That's nonsense! These are my own panties. Since I was spending the night with Little Cake, I brought them to change into," Gao Shiqi insisted.
Wen Xiancheng's expression turned cold. "No! I wash all her clothes. When I washed these panties, I accidentally scraped my hand raw and bled, staining the edge red. You're saying you brought these? Don't tell me the edge of your panties was stained with blood too?"
Gao Shiqi was utterly stunned.
Xue Ruigao came over and reached to take the panties out of Gao Shiqi's backpack.
But Gao Shiqi clutched them tightly, refusing to let go.
Wen Xiancheng frowned, his face darkening. "Why did you steal her panties?"
Xue Ruigao's expression turned ugly too.
(End of chapter)
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