Chapter 84: Seeing him, she went straight up and forced a kiss

The delivery address of the individual swimwear shop was near Nancheng, so she received the goods the next day. Xia Xi couldn't wait to rinse them with water, full of anticipation as she went to Lan Jing Youyong Guan, hoping to run into Xu Yanfeng again.

This time she would definitely seize the opportunity, not make a fool of herself like she did last night at the barbecue restaurant. She would properly introduce herself to him, sincerely thank him for saving her life, then tactfully express her fondness for him, and finally ask if he would agree to be her boyfriend.

She would proceed step by step to achieve her goal.

Xia Xi was very pleased with her plan, having already rehearsed in her mind what to say when she saw Xu Yanfeng.

Unfortunately, she soaked in the swimming pool for two hours until her skin pruned, yet she didn't even catch a glimpse of Xu Yanfeng. She couldn't help wondering if she had come at the wrong time.

But she had run into him there the previous day around 2 p. m.

Naturally, Xia Xi wouldn't get discouraged; the next day she came again to check in.

This time she soaked from morning till night, aside from swimming a few laps in the pool, she spent the rest of the time on the poolside lounge chair playing on her phone. She wore a pale yellow halter-style swimsuit, her back almost bare, the fabric thin and snugly fitting her curves, accentuating her full bust, slender waist, and slightly lifted hips.

Instead of Xu Yanfeng showing up, she attracted two lechers who made flirtatious remarks to Xia Xi.

"Beautiful lady, you've been sitting here a long time—can't you swim? Let me, big brother, teach you."

"Yeah, hands‑on instruction, guaranteed to learn," the other guy immediately chimed in.

"If anything feels uncomfortable in the water, just hold on to me, big brother—I'll bring you ashore and guarantee you won't choke; you won't even need a swim ring, my arm will be your float."

"When we get tired from swimming, let's go across the street for a bite, rest a bit, and chat."

Across from Lan Jing Youyong Guan is a four‑star hotel.

Xia Xi felt nauseated by their words, grabbed a white towel from nearby and wrapped it around herself, then without hesitation dialed 110 on her phone. The two men's faces changed; they were startled by her action and hurried to defend themselves: "What are you calling the police for? Look at what you're doing—we were just joking, we meant nothing else. How can you not take a joke?"

Xia Xi wasn't one to be provoked either; she snorted and said, "Before you joke, think about your own sisters—if you don't have sisters, you at least have a mother. If your joke isn't something you'd say to your mother, then you shouldn't say it to any other woman either. Got it?"

The two men's faces flushed with embarrassment; unable to stay, they slunk away.

Xia Xi didn't wait any longer; she packed up and headed back to school.

*On the third day, regular classes began—full schedule in the morning, one big class in the afternoon, and another class at night. With homework to do in her free time, once she got busy she had no time to think about men, nor to loiter at the swimming pool waiting for luck.

After a week passed, Xia Xi's plan to chase after the male god had made no progress at all.

After finishing the last color class on Friday, Xia Xi caught her breath and pondered how to move forward.

That evening, everyone in the dorm went out for a meal off campus, and while walking back they chatted. Xia Xi wore a denim skirt and carried an oversized pink canvas bag; her roommates, carrying no bags, stuffed their phones, power banks, makeup, and everything else into her bag, almost pulling her shoulder out of its socket.

"To thank me for carrying your stuff, can you contribute something else?" Xia Xi found an excuse to speak up.

Zhao Lei took a sip of her milk tea: "For example?"

Xi Xi looked at them: "For example, teach me how to chase a guy."

She had previously boasted without shame in front of Liang Yuan and Zhou Du that chasing a guy wasn't hard—you don't need to have eaten pork to have seen a pig run. But now it seemed she had been overconfident; she had no idea where to start.

Zhao Lei was startled by her milk tea: "These past few days you've been quiet—I thought you'd given up."

Xia Xi: "Am I someone who gives up easily? No, it's just that I've been too busy—Professor Li Zongyu's assignments are enough to make one want to die; I drew seventeen sheets in a week, seventeen! I don't even know how I managed to get through it."

The others felt the same, since they'd gotten through it the same way.

Xia Xi steered the conversation back: "Help me out, you divine roommates."

Wu Qinglu had never seen her look so miserable, and she was amused: "Don't ask me—I have no tips for chasing guys; I've lived this long and never even touched a man's hand."

Xia Xi: "……" Well, no need to be that exaggerated.

Wang Qiuyu had been in two relationships, one of which she had pursued actively and succeeded in; she is currently single. She walked from Wu Qinglu's side to Xia Xi's, looking ready to impart her experience.

Xia Xi's spirits lifted at once, and she put on an attentive, humble listener's pose.

However, Wang Qiuyu said, "Chasing a guy is easy, but chasing Xu Yanfeng is not."

Only then did Xia Xi realize she had been tricked—Wang Qiuyu had pretended to be experienced just to make her think she could learn something, when in fact it was all a prank on her.

Wang Qiuyu took off after saying that, and Xia Xi chased after her to hit her.

The two tussled for a while, then stopped, panting. Zhao Lei remarked timely: "Xi Xi, you ought to buy a box of ibuprofen in advance—chasing guys is quite a headache, and the pill will take the pain away."

Wu Qinglu burst out laughing: "Hahahaha."

Wang Qiuyu also started spouting nonsense: "Why not, next time you see him, go up and kiss him forcefully? Xu Yanfeng is hard to catch by conventional means, so we have to resort to unorthodox tricks."

Xia Xi: "If I force‑kiss him, are you all going to collectively take a taxi to the police station to watch me?"

Wang Qiuyu: "What does that have to do with the police station?"

Xia Xi: "Won't they sue me for sexual harassment?"

Wang Qiuyu: "You're a beauty—some crimes committed by beauties can be forgiven. Come on, Xiaoxi, you can do it!"

Xia Xi rolled her eyes: "I don't believe a word you say."

The girls chatted all the way back to the dorm, yet came up with no workable plan. Xia Xi was very disappointed with their performance: "Everyone says when one side is in trouble, all eight sides come to help—but with me it's just one side in trouble and all eight sides adding chaos; at the crucial moment, not one of them is useful."

"Don't say that too soon—wait a moment." Wang Qiuyu had just thought of something; she was now holding her phone, leaning against the bedpost, sending a message: "I have a fellow townsman who lives in the same dorm building as Xu Yanfeng—I think he's on the same floor. Let me ask him if we can get Xu Yanfeng's WeChat."

Xia Xi's expression changed in a flash; she raised both hands over her head to make a heart gesture: "I take back what I just said—you're all my half‑sibling roommates!"

After a while, Wang Qiuyu's fellow townsman replied and sent her a screenshot—it was Xu Yanfeng's WeChat ID. Wang Qiuyu rejoiced for Xia Xi, jumping up on the spot: "Got it! My fellow townsman said he's played basketball a few times with Xu Yanfeng's roommates, so he's fairly acquainted, and he asked you to keep it secret—don't say it came from him."

Xia Xi nodded eagerly: "Got it, got it—help me thank your fellow townsman, and just say that if I and Xu Yanfeng become a couple, he gets the head table." She paused, then added, "You all get the head table."

Wang Qiuyu choked a little: "You're just drawing pie in the sky."

Xia Xi got Xu Yanfeng's WeChat ID, treasured it like a prize, immediately typed it into the search bar, tapped lightly—and there it was!

Xu Yanfeng's WeChat avatar is a white miniature architectural model; his nickname is plain and unremarkable, just a string of English letters plus a few numbers, fitting his style.

Xia Xi didn't hesitate and sent a friend request.

She had a feeling that maybe he wouldn't accept it at all.

Just as that thought crossed her mind, the screen suddenly switched to their chat window, and a line of text appeared: "I've passed your friend verification request—now we can start chatting."

This this this… it actually went through? Xia Xi felt like she was dreaming, her head all fuzzy.

Seeing her dazed expression, the three roommates leaned in, staring at her phone; when they saw that Xu Yanfeng had accepted her friend request, their reactions were even stronger than hers.

"Holy shit!!!"

(End of chapter)