After his shower.
Xu Shi sat at his computer desk, switched on a little desk lamp he had made himself, and browsed his portfolio with a serious expression.
His graduation project was still his most presentable work.
While designing suits for Xie Yanci, he had entered a design competition that only required design drawings rather than finished pieces, and had taken second place.
What he lacked most now was time.
"Creak-"
The door slowly opened.
Xu Shi closed his laptop and instinctively looked back.
Xie Yanci had just come out of the shower, bare-chested, with only a bath towel wrapped around his lower body.
He had blow-dried his hair, but the water droplets on his body had yet to dry.
Xu Shi could clearly see the droplets sliding down from his neck, slowly passing over his collarbones, pecs, and abs before disappearing into the towel.
Xu Shi admired the sight for a moment, then frowned slightly. "Why aren't you wearing clothes?"
He had even blow-dried his hair, yet he hadn't dried his body?
Had he forgotten, or had he deliberately left it wet?
It felt like someone was a peacock showing off his feathers...
Xie Yanci rubbed his hair with a towel and said without a trace of guilt, "Oh, I forgot to take my clothes in."
Xu Shi: "..."
The clothes were right there on the bed, and after coming out of his own shower, he had specifically reminded someone to take them in.
Was it deliberate, or was it deliberate?
Xu Shi frowned, so utterly speechless that he laughed.
When had Xie Yanci, that stuffy old prude, become so calculating?
Who had taught him?
"Still working?" Xie Yanci coughed lightly, feeling a little bashful himself, the tips of his ears red.
He walked toward Xu Shi, step by