Chapter 96

Anubis watched her mouth slightly open, looking a little surprised but accepting it quickly, the emotions in his eyes complex.

Li Yi held forth for a long time until it was very late at night, and everyone went back to their own rooms by tacit agreement. Qiao Suisui had long planned to leave; she didn't like such crowded occasions, but Li Yi always cued her, making it seem like she was his straight man and he couldn't tell his gossip without her.

"Bi, are you leaving?"

Anubis nodded and was about to walk out, but both of them were put in a headlock by Li Yi.

"Don't go, don't go, you guys sleep here tonight. My roommate isn't coming back, I'm scared."

Anubis expressionlessly removed his arm from his neck and directly refused ruthlessly: "I'm not used to sleeping with others."

Li Yi immediately turned to Qiao Suisui and said: "Qiao, then you stay and keep me company. At worst, I'll give my bed to you and I'll sleep on the floor."

Just kidding, how could she, a girl, sleep in the same room as Li Yi? And it wasn't convenient to shower either. Just as she was about to refuse, Anubis said first: "He can't." After he finished, he was stunned himself.

"Why can't he?" Li Yi asked.

"He has bad sleeping habits."

Qiao Suisui: "?"

Li Yi: "Have you slept with him?"

Anubis: "."

"In short, no."

After Anubis finished speaking, he ignored Li Yi's reaction and directly grabbed Qiao Suisui's wrist, pulling her out of 703, leaving Li Yi crying and begging behind them.

The two returned to 702, closed the door, and finally shut out that 'noise'.

Anubis and Qiao Suisui looked at each other, then hurriedly returned to their own rooms.

Qiao Suisui was puzzled, but didn't pay much attention to his strangeness today. After returning to her room, she prepared to shower, but at this moment she received a message on her light brain from Ka'er.

【Hello.】

Qiao Suisui:?

【I am Ka'er, perhaps you still remember this person?】

Qiao Suisui: Something up?

【I would like to invite you to have dinner with me ^-^】

Qiao Suisui: No time.

【Again.】

【It's starting again.】

【Still angry?】

Qiao Suisui typed a long string of accusations about how his behavior that night had put everyone in an embarrassing situation, then deleted it word by word, and finally replied with only two words: Very busy.

【Are you so busy that you don't eat all day?】

【Don't lie to me...】

【Are you going out with someone else?】

Qiao Suisui: Want to fight?

【Understood.】

【But, Boss, I really have reflected on it. Can you give me a chance to make up for it?】

Qiao Suisui didn't want to deal with him anymore and was about to log off when she saw another message Ka'er sent: 【I'm going on a mission soon. Can you help me keep my room? PS: 6867 seems to be malfunctioning, it keeps freezing.】

Qiao Suisui: What did you do to it??

【It bumped into my foot.】

【But I have thoughtfully fixed it and upgraded the chip. However, this chip requires a password to start, so...】

Qiao Suisui: Are you holding 6867 hostage now?

【^-^】

Just as Qiao Suisui was typing, her light brain suddenly received a deposit, showing that Ka'er had transferred 100,000 Star Coins to her.

Qiao Suisui: Are you crazy?

【Prepaid rent.】

Qiao Suisui: That's too much.

【The rest is 6867's mental damages.】

Qiao Suisui was simply defeated by him. She knew Ka'er's shamelessness; if she didn't turn the page on this, he would keep pestering her. So, she casually sent him the school's location.

【What a coincidence, isn't this my alma mater? Junior.】

Qiao Suisui: Stop talking nonsense. I don't get out of class until six tomorrow, you'd better come at that time.

【I don't accept specified times.】

Qiao Suisui:? Then when do you plan to...

【Six o'clock.】

Qiao Suisui was so angry she threw her light brain onto the bed.

"Psychopath."

She kicked off her slippers and walked angrily toward the bathroom, ignoring the light brain that kept making notification sounds.

At the same time, in the flower bed downstairs of the apartment building, it was pitch black all around, and only the light from the light brain screen reflected on the man's face, letting people know that someone was sitting there.

Ka'er was watching the dialogue box with eyes full of smiles.

After waiting for a long while, the last few messages he sent were still unread, so he looked up at the room with the lights on on the 7th floor of the apartment building.

"So hard to coax..." he muttered to himself with a bitter smile.

He skillfully put a cigarette to his lips, but his movements froze the moment he lit the flame.

Ka'er extinguished the flame, took the cigarette down, and then slowly touched his own lips.

The feeling of kissing her was still fresh in his memory; those short dozen seconds had made him completely remember her taste.

Clear, sweet, soft, slippery—addictive.

Ka'er had endured for many days without contacting her, not because he was afraid she would throw a tantrum while angry, but because he was afraid she would treat him like she did that day, as if he were invisible. He was afraid of Qiao Suisui's indifference; that was more painful than death. Being able to message her like this now was already an extremely happy thing for Ka'er, but when he saw her cold reply, his heart still felt a sting.

In the past, he had never shown favor to any female. In his eyes, females were luxury goods, vases for display; he didn't think he necessarily needed a mate. But until he saw her, he didn't realize what it meant to be slapped in the face.

Ka'er looked up at that room in the deep night, as if he had found his faith.

Upstairs, Qiao Suisui turned off the shower and was just about to pull open the bathroom door when she heard Li Yi's voice from outside.

"Please, take me in, I really can't sleep alone, wuuu..."

Her heart jumped violently, and she looked at herself in the mirror. Amidst the misty steam, there was only a blurry silhouette of a young man. At this time, the Illusion Pill hadn't worn off yet; except for herself, everyone else saw her as a male, and there were no flaws.

She let out a long breath, put a towel on her head, and checked her clothes one last time to confirm there were no problems. Just as she was about to pull open the bathroom door, it was pushed open from the outside first.

"Can't hold it, can't hold it!"

Li Yi rushed in, taking off his pants while looking for the toilet. The whole speed was too fast, so fast that Qiao Suisui couldn't stop him.

Hearing the sound of water being released behind her, Qiao Suisui's entire face turned bright red instantly.

She couldn't care about anything else and ran out in a daze. Just as she stepped out of the bathroom door, she ran straight into a hard chest.

Anubis reached out to catch her almost as a conditioned reflex, just happening to wrap his arms around her waist. First, the scent of lily of the valley rushed toward him. Before he could think, he looked down and saw a small, panicked face, with water droplets flowing from her hair tips down to her cheeks. The person in his arms was like a little flower nourished by rain, her rosy lips slightly parted, looking as if she had been badly frightened.

The young man's eyes darkened a bit, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.

Qiao Suisui held onto his shoulders to steady herself, stammered a "Sorry," and hurried back to her room.

Anubis turned back and saw her fleeing figure. His gaze lingered on her bare feet until she closed the door, and then he shifted his gaze to the faint footprints on the ground.

He looked down at his own palms, lost in thought.

Li Yi pulled up his pants and walked out, seeing Bi still standing at the door, and asked foolishly: "What are you spacing out for? Can't you bear to leave me? You even have to wait for me to go to the bathroom."

Anubis rolled his eyes at him, not wanting to say a word, and turned to go straight back to his room.

(End of chapter)