There was a lotus pond on the campus of Huaqing University.
The pink lotuses in the pond looked like maidens dressed in pink, wearing yellow seedpods on their heads as they stood there quietly. When a breeze blew past, the maidens began to dance.
There were also buds waiting to bloom, droplets clinging to them, so fresh and lovely in the sunlight they seemed ready to drip!
"Little Brother Jiang Fan, tell me, are these alluring lotuses prettier, or am I prettier?"
Qiao Yifei asked Jiang Fan with a charming smile.
Alluring lotuses?
It was the first time Jiang Fan had heard lotuses described as "alluring."
He checked the time remaining for the mission in his mind. Seven and a half hours left!
To complete the mission, Jiang Fan could only tell Qiao Yifei,
"You are prettier, ma'am!"
Qiao Yifei covered her mouth and giggled, then said with playful reproach,
"Little Brother Jiang Fan, I'm only three years older than you. There's no need to call me 'ma'am.' You make me sound so old."
"Oh!"
Jiang Fan nodded perfunctorily!
"They say a wife three years older brings a gold brick to hold. Little Brother Jiang Fan, do you like girls older than you?"
Listening to Qiao Yifei's syrupy voice, Jiang Fan found it rather torturous.
Thinking back now, doing research had been such bliss. Though he faced formulas, materials, equipment, and so on every day, it was far better than feeling uncomfortable all over while staying with Qiao Yifei!
Seeing Jiang Fan's slightly flushed face and his head lowered in silence, Qiao Yifei guessed he must be interested in her but was simply too shy to express it. A little brother was a little brother, after all. It looked like her credits were in the bag!
Just then, Qiao Yifei's phone rang. She opened WeChat and saw a message from her eldest uncle, Qiao Shan!
Qiao Shan: Yifei, how are the talks with Jiang Fan going?
Qiao Yifei replied with a grin: Everything is under control!
Qiao Shan: Keep it up. Once it's done, I'll also ask the president to grant you a Special Contribution Award!
Special Contribution Award?
Qiao Yifei's smile instantly grew even brighter. The Special Contribution Award was an extremely prestigious award at Huaqing University.
Every year, the students who received this award had either made major contributions to Huaqing University or to the country.
It was absolutely the highest honor at Huaqing University!
Hearing that her eldest uncle was willing to apply for it on her behalf made her immensely excited!
She immediately replied to Qiao Shan with an OK.
With the Special Contribution Award tempting her, Qiao Yifei prepared to unleash her ultimate move on Jiang Fan.
She first glanced at Jiang Fan, who was strolling ahead, and noticed that he had quite a tall, straight figure.
If he weren't so dull and clueless, his looks would actually make him quite suitable as my boyfriend!
Oh, no!
Qiao Yifei hurriedly banished the thought and berated herself!
I have no principles at all! How could I have such a thought? He's a kid who's only just become an adult.
At Huaqing University, everywhere I look, the men pursuing me line up in rows, though none of them has caught my eye.
But no matter what, I would never find myself a little brother three years younger than me as a boyfriend!
She gathered her thoughts. For now, she needed to complete the task her eldest uncle had assigned her. The credits and the Special Contribution Award were what mattered most!
The corners of Qiao Yifei's lips lifted slightly, and she cried out to Jiang Fan ahead of her!
"Ow!"
Hearing Qiao Yifei behind him, Jiang Fan turned around and saw her sprawled on the ground, looking as though she was in pain!
Acting on his instinct to save lives and help the injured, Jiang Fan hurried over and helped Qiao Yifei up!
Qiao Yifei deliberately slipped, going as limp as though she had no bones, and fell straight into Jiang Fan's arms!
A woman's delicate fragrance washed over him, instantly setting off the hormones in Jiang Fan's body!
His face reddened, his heartbeat quickened a little, and even his breath grew somewhat hot!
Qiao Yifei lay against Jiang Fan's chest, the powerful thump, thump of a man's heartbeat filling her ears.
Her skin pressed close against his T-shirt, with only that single layer between them. Feeling the body heat of the opposite sex, Qiao Yifei's face flushed slightly for no apparent reason!
Her heartbeat also quickened involuntarily, and she hurriedly pulled away from Jiang Fan.
She straightened her clothes in a fluster. "Little Brother Jiang Fan, I'm fine now. I accidentally fell just now!"
"Oh!"
Jiang Fan answered, then turned and continued walking! At the same time, he secretly made up his mind to keep as much distance as possible from Qiao Yifei for the remaining seven hours, or he would surely develop an irregular heartbeat!
Qiao Yifei calmed her thoughts.
Her original plan had been to pretend to fall and stir a man's desire to protect a woman. Once they had made physical contact, she would use a few more little tricks, and there would be no fear of Jiang Fan failing to take the bait!
But plans could not keep up with changes. When she fell into Jiang Fan's arms, she actually found her own heart fluttering with desire!
After walking with Jiang Fan like this for more than twenty minutes, she spotted some seats ahead and suggested resting for a while!
Jiang Fan agreed and sat on a bench. Along the way, he had found that Huaqing University's surroundings really were beautiful.
He suddenly remembered that Chu Ruoxi seemed to have been admitted to Huaqing University. If he came to study at Huaqing, the two of them would be fellow students, and they could stroll across the grass every day. It sounded rather nice!
But Jiang Fan merely entertained the thought. He would not actually do it, because his ambition was to become a great scientific researcher and make his own contributions to science and technology for Dragon Country and humanity.
Still, when he remembered the lively, adorable Chu Ruoxi teaching Liu Zhi a lesson for him, the corners of his lips could not help lifting!
Qiao Yifei saw this and grumbled inwardly. Looks like Little Brother Jiang Fan is the secretly lustful type. He has a thief's heart but not a thief's courage!
Qiao Yifei decided to tempt Jiang Fan again and make him fall completely beneath her pomegranate skirt!
"Little Brother Jiang Fan, it's so hot today!"
Hearing Qiao Yifei speak, Jiang Fan pulled himself out of his thoughts.
Seeing that she had successfully drawn Jiang Fan's gaze, Qiao Yifei deliberately tugged at her white gauzy top, fanning it back and forth.
"It's really too hot!"
With that, Qiao Yifei slipped off her white gauzy top, leaving only a camisole underneath and exposing a large expanse of snow-white skin below her neck.
Seeing this, Qiao Yifei felt immensely pleased with herself.
"Oh, Little Brother Jiang Fan, your shoelace has come undone. Let me tie it for you!"
Jiang Fan was just about to refuse, but Qiao Yifei squatted directly in front of him and bent over to help tie his shoelace.
"I... I can... can tie it myself."
Even his words came out in a stammer. His male hormones stirred once again!
He hurriedly looked elsewhere, but those eyes of his, which refused to obey him, stole another glance!
Qiao Yifei deliberately tied the shoelace at a leisurely pace. She glanced at Jiang Fan out of the corner of her eye and saw him staring straight at her.
She chided him inwardly.
Hmph!
Little lecher!
For the sake of the credits and the Special Contribution Award, I'll let you enjoy this, you little brat!