Chapter 358: A Little Bit Closer

A "ding" sound.

A small sound came from the phone, indicating that all the files had finished transferring.

Jiang Baobao suddenly snapped back to her senses, hurriedly grabbed her phone, and said at a rapid pace, "I've sent all the most basic information about the game to your phone now. If you really want to learn about it, just take a look at it when you have some free time."

"Information?"

Upon hearing this, Li Beijue looked at Jiang Baobao with a hint of amusement.

Was she trying to stop teaching him and use some information to brush him off?

Li Beijue's gaze flickered for a moment, and just as he was thinking about what other excuse to find to continue "studying," he suddenly thought of something else.

Sending himself information wasn't a bad idea, as it just so happened...

A dark glint flashed across the depths of Li Beijue's eyes, and he suddenly spoke, "That works too. Let's exchange WeChat contact information so it'll be more convenient to talk if anything comes up in the future."

He and Jiang Baobao had known each other for so long, but they had always communicated via phone calls and text messages and had never added each other on WeChat.

Jiang Baobao's hand, which was in the middle of sending the email, paused slightly.

She hadn't thought of this at all, and before she could recover, she saw that Li Beijue had already pulled up his QR code for adding friends.

Jiang Baobao: "..."

Was it too late to say she never used WeChat?

Jiang Baobao muttered a complaint to herself in her heart, and seeing the QR code right in front of her, she had no choice but to pick up her phone and scan it.

With a "beep," the option to send a friend request popped up on the screen.

Jiang Baobao didn't look closely and clicked send immediately.

Li Beijue accepted it in a second on his end.

The next second, a cute Q-version avatar appeared in her WeChat contact list.

"Ding—"

Li Beijue's phone displayed that the files had been successfully received.

Jiang Baobao let out a long sigh of relief and hurriedly said, "Alright, you can go back and read them slowly. It's getting late, I need to rest."

As she spoke, she stood up, her gaze sweeping over Li Beijue before looking toward the door, as if waiting for the person in front of her to leave.

Li Beijue understood immediately and finally didn't linger any longer, turning to walk toward the door.

Jiang Baobao followed right behind, intending to lock the door from the inside in a moment.

The two walked one after the other, their paces surprisingly in sync.

Listening to the footsteps behind him, Li Beijue suddenly couldn't help but feel a bit of a desire to tease her.

"By the way..."

Li Beijue deliberately came to a sudden stop, and as he spoke, he suddenly turned around abruptly!

Caught off guard, Jiang Baobao was startled. With a "thud," she bumped into his back, and for a moment, she lost her footing and swayed violently!

"Careful!"

Li Beijue's hands were quick; he reached out and grabbed Jiang Baobao's wrist, easily pulling her into his arms with the momentum.

Everything happened in an instant.

Jiang Baobao felt the warmth of someone's embrace, her brain not yet having reacted to what was going on.

A trace of a smile flashed quickly across the depths of Li Beijue's eyes.

It was just as he had expected...

Just as he was thinking this, the next second he felt the person in his arms suddenly bolt away like a cat with its fur standing on end!

Jiang Baobao pushed Li Beijue away and instantly took a big step back.

"I... I'm fine, you should go back and rest!"

Jiang Baobao said loudly, feigning calmness, while her mood was subtle to the extreme in that instant.

Looking at her appearance, Li Beijue smiled and continued what he was saying earlier, "I just wanted to say, thank you for explaining things to me tonight. Good night."

After finishing, he turned and left in a good mood, not forgetting to thoughtfully close the door.

Jiang Baobao immediately stepped forward two paces and quickly locked the door from the inside!

She then leaned against the door, slowly sorting through her thoughts, which had long since become a mess.

Li Beijue clearly hadn't done anything excessive tonight, so why did she have the feeling of being teased?

This feeling of knowing someone likes you is really...

Jiang Baobao's gaze stalled for a moment; for a while, she couldn't find the right adjective to describe her current mood.

Could it be... that she had felt wrong that night?

Had Li Beijue not kissed her?

Jiang Baobao's brows furrowed slightly as she thought about it, then she quickly shook her head.

Self-deception was useless.

She couldn't have been more sober that night.

"Sigh..."

After a long while, she let out a long sigh, but then suddenly thought of something and picked up her phone.

On the screen, a strange and fresh name lay in the chat list.

The other party's nickname was just a capital "L."

The avatar was a stiff, formal-looking office.

Jiang Baobao recognized at a glance that it must be Li Beijue's office at Li Corporation.

"Tsk... why does it feel so awkward looking at this?"

Jiang Baobao muttered to herself, stared at the screen for a few seconds, then suddenly reached out and swiped on Li Beijue's chat box, clicking "Don't show this chat" without hesitation.

Then she threw her phone onto the bed.

Her expression, however, remained somewhat vacant.

How should she give Li Beijue a hint?

He hadn't confessed yet, so she couldn't just rush up and say she didn't like him, could she?

……

On the other side, Li Beijue was lying on the bed, admiring the only newly added "pinned" chat on his screen.

He tapped on Jiang Baobao's profile picture, only then seeing clearly the content of her cute avatar.

It depicted two little boys who looked exactly alike, and a little girl wearing a princess dress.

There was also Jiang Baobao, standing behind the three of them in a formal gown.

It was clearly a miniature version of the family portrait they had taken together last time!

Li Beijue looked at the familiar signature in the bottom right corner and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

When did Yanbao draw this picture?

How come he didn't know?

He would have to find a chance later to make Yanbao add him to it as well...

Li Beijue thought to himself, then casually tapped into Jiang Baobao's social feed.

It was completely empty, only showing messages from the last three days.

Jiang Baobao had been truly too busy lately to bother sharing her life.

Li Beijue, however, was satisfied; he tapped on Jiang Baobao's profile picture, then tapped on her social feed, looking back and forth several times before finally putting the phone down.

His eyes were also filled with undisguised amusement.

Did this count as having made a little bit of progress?

It was just that... she seemed very nervous about his proximity.

Li Beijue shook his head with a smile and casually turned off the overhead light.

He should probably restrain himself a little more lately, lest he accidentally scare her away for real...

……

A few days later—

The fifth season of Dream Island officially kicked off.

This was a competition that the whole world was watching.

It would select three top teams from several continents respectively, and then gather them together to hold the World Championship.

Jiang Baobao's Star Team represented Europe last year and took home the World Championship in one fell swoop; this year, they were representing their home continent—Asia.

One hour before the competition started—

In the Star Team's lounge, Xiao Ding was jumping around with his phone, occasionally letting out "Whoa!"

"Good grief!"

"Impressive!"

And other such exclamations.

Jiang Baobao looked at Xiao Ding speechlessly, and just as she was about to speak, she saw him holding his phone and running up to her.

"Boss! There are at least hundreds of posts on the forum placing bets on whether we or Shadow will win today!"

【Author's Note】

I'm about to write about Tiantian acknowledging her ancestors and returning to the clan.

As for the male and female leads, they will also be very happy very soon.

For Li Xiao and Cai Xiaotang, whom everyone is looking forward to, I will try my best to make it sweet.

Finally, regarding Liu Xin'ai, Qin Yiyan, and Jiang Chenghao, who would you prefer to see paired up as a couple? Tell me in the comments section.

Also, recommending a book: Mao Xiaojiu's "From Now On, No Heart to Love the Good Night".

Synopsis: Yao Suisui chased her idol for three years, and just when she was about to hit a home run, she slept with the wrong person.

Overwhelmed with shame and anger, she had no choice but to run away while pregnant.

Yi Nan had never suffered such a great grievance; he had been chased for three years, only to be abandoned just like that.

"Yao Suisui, if you dare to come and provoke me again, I will..."

"You will what? Chase me for three years too?"