Chapter 107: Not giving him a title, and not being responsible

"You don't have to worry too much; they won't talk about it in two days."

Xie Qin raised an eyebrow, tapped his fingertip, let her listen to it again, and then leaned forward, speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear: "After listening, don't you have any other thoughts in your heart?"

In the eyes of other classmates, the two of them were already defaulted to be together.

They often walked together at school, and when other girls confessed to him, he rejected them to their faces. Who else could it be for?

Never expected Shen Li not only didn't get together with Xie Qin, but Xie Qin even had the labels of "simp" and "spare tire" added to him.

Furthermore, Shen Li's face was truly not bad, and Xie Qin being rejected seemed to have some rationality.

Beautiful but not demonic, her appearance was seductive, pure and lustful, giving a strong visual impact. Even without makeup, this face was terrifyingly authoritative.

Probably beauties had more picky eyes.

Previously, Shen Li had a small conflict with Song Yuewei, and Xie Qin called her to the corridor to stand up for her.

Maybe Shen Li still remembered this point and hadn't agreed so quickly.

He was indeed angry.

Shen Li smoothed his fur, finding that Sudoku book from the pile of books on the table: "Want to do it together?"

Xie Qin withdrew his phone, stared at her for a while, and said amusingly: "You're quite capable. Just rejected me, and now you're actively seducing me. Are you farming fish? Just not fishing?"

Shen Li didn't understand his words, but she heard the accusatory tone in his voice.

"Then... are you writing?"

Xie Qin didn't know whether to be angry or helpless. His lips curled, and he laughed lowly, his voice a bit seductive. He put his phone away: "Writing."

"How can I not write? As long as it's with you, doing anything is fine."

Shen Li gave up her time to listen to the class and then wrote Sudoku with Xie Qin for the whole class. This time he wrote it wrong, but Shen Li didn't tell him, giving him some face, as compensation.

He took the opportunity to get close to her, and an ambiguous atmosphere unfolded between the two, spreading in threads.

Suddenly, Xie Qin raised his hand to touch her forehead with the back of his hand. Shen Li didn't know if she was sluggish or forgot to dodge. She didn't resist his touch, nor did she hate it. She blinked, feeling the warmth from his palm.

"Took your medicine?" He touched it, it wasn't that hot, and he put his hand down to ask her.

Shen Li: "Took it."

Xie Qin: "It's been so long, and I haven't seen you get better."

It had been several days.

Shen Li shook her head: "Much better than last time, the fever is gone."

"Shall I take you to the hospital to check later?"

"No need, I've already been."

"Really no need?" Xie Qin looked suspicious: "No need, saving me money."

Shook her head.

She and Xie Qin seemed to have returned to their previous state.

Shen Li also liked this way of getting along with him.

The class ended.

Shen Li wasn't feeling well, so they just ate a little in the cafeteria in the evening, and she went back to the dormitory early to rest.

Zhang Zixin accompanied her.

In the dormitory.

Shen Li held a cup of hot water and walked to her side.

Zhang Zixin was applying makeup and looked at her: "Something up?"

She held the cup in her hand, it was a bit hot, and she took a small sip: "What does 'farming fish' mean?"

Zhang Zixin laughed: "Why ask this? Xie Qin said it to you?"

Shen Li nodded honestly: "He said, I'm farming fish, and I'm not fishing him."

Zhang Zixin applied eyeshadow and smiled: "This means there's no clear relationship between the two, maintaining a vague ambiguity, enjoying his kindness, but you don't give him a title and aren't responsible."

"Is that so?" So Xie Qin thought she treated him as a "fish"?

Shen Li thought about this sentence in her heart. If it meant that, it was indeed a bit of a jerk.

She said clearly: "I don't dislike Xie Qin."

"Baby, you don't have to struggle with this!" Zhang Zixin told her: "Not being together, not confirming the relationship, isn't without benefits. In case you can't like Xie Qin for long, with your conditions, you can find someone better than Xie Qin later, you can find someone handsome, rich, and dedicated."

"Just keep him, it doesn't matter."

Alright.

She couldn't seem to understand her way of saying it.

The possibility that Xie Qin didn't like her seemed even greater.

Suddenly, Shen Li thought of a sentence she heard on TV: "Ambiguity without a confirmed relationship is just being a hooligan."

Xie Qin must have treated her as an irresponsible hooligan.

"But I don't understand either, you like Xie Qin, why not be together?"

"I..." She didn't know how to speak: "Haven't thought it through."

Zhang Zixin looked over with a strange expression, stopping the eye brush in her hand: "... What's there to think about? If you like him, just be together. Not to mention Xie Qin, sometimes I don't understand you either."

Shen Li asked her back: "Is it shameless to like him but not be together?"

In this aspect of feelings, she was indeed clueless and had no experience.

"It's not that serious, at most it counts as... a jerk?" Zhang Zixin thought and said another sentence: "... Ah, but it doesn't matter anyway. In your fish pond, Xie Qin is the only fish, so it's not a capital crime."

Zhang Zixin finished her makeup and left.

Vocational college life was like this, without too intense studies. Besides going out to find fun, there was nothing else to do, and staying in the dormitory was even more stifling.

Shen Li pondered her words for a long while.

She was still worried in her heart that if the only fish in the fish pond ran away, Xie Qin wouldn't like her anymore later.

Night Bar, a gathering of their own people. The party started at seven-thirty, and by nine, they couldn't drink anymore.

Xie Qin was half-drunk, his hands in his pockets, eyes closed, his body slumped on the sofa without moving.

Xu Zhouyuan didn't understand him. Don't look at how he didn't care about being rejected after confessing today; he was probably already depressed to death in his heart.

He was silent alone and didn't say much. Rolling dice to compare sizes, when had he ever lost?

Just this time... he hadn't won once.

Zhou Mingyu was the first to be dead drunk, and Qiao Lang took him away after finishing his part-time job.

Xu Zhouyuan risked his life to accompany his brother, drinking a bit too much with him, and suddenly everything came out: "Brother! It's just a failed confession, losing face once, what's the big deal. I'll introduce you to one. I'll find you someone more beautiful than her. If that doesn't work! I'll find you someone who looks like her. There are so many women, I don't believe it."

"I know you like big breasts."

"Stop drinking so much and acting crazy here." Xie Qin gestured with his chin toward Zhang Zixin, his dark eyes deepening a bit.

"Don't listen to him, his brain isn't good, you know that." Zhang Zixin covered his mouth and looked at her phone: "Today he and I aren't going back to the dormitory, we're staying outside."

"How about you?"

"Do you want me to call Shen Li and have her come pick you up?"

"No need, you guys go first, I'll be a while." Xie Qin had half a glass in front of him and drank it in one gulp.

"Alright then. I'll take him first." Zhang Zixin helped Xu Zhouyuan out of the bar. Xu Zhouyuan was sticky when he drank too much, leaning his head on her shoulder: "Wife, you smell so good."

Zhang Zixin couldn't be bothered to talk to the drunkard and slapped him, and he became honest immediately.

Then she took out her phone from her bag and dialed a number.

Xianxing Education Institution.

Shen Li finished filling out the last piece of information. It was almost time for the dormitory to close, and she had to rush back.

Yang Zhou took the information she filled out and carefully put it into the file bag: "Look... how do you plan to arrange the training for the math competition."

Shen Li said to him flatly: "I still have classes, I don't have much time to participate in training. You just help me find the math competition questions from the national exams over the years."

"That... alright..." Yang Zhou rubbed his hands: "You have more experience than me. When the exam time comes, I will submit the registration form for you so you can compete on time."

He didn't have much he could help with either.

Shen Li nodded: "Mm."

Without extra words, she had to rush back in time.

Leaving.

Shen Li's phone rang with a ringtone.

She took her phone out of her bag and looked at the number on the screen.

It was Zhang Zixin.

She held it to her ear and answered.

"Xie Qin is drunk, do you have time to come pick him up?"

Shen Li pressed her lips, hesitated for a while, and then asked her: "Where?"

"Night Bar, table one."

Not far.

Shen Li had never been to such a place. Pushing open the big door, the music was deafening, the air was mixed with the smell of smoke and alcohol, which didn't smell very good. The lights were dim, and a thin layer of smoke was floating, so she couldn't see clearly.

Until the music on the stage ended briefly, she felt her heart vibrate strongly, and it eased a bit.

There were number plates on the tables, and Shen Li followed them all the way...

VIP booth, the waiter was cleaning up, accidentally bumped into a wine glass on the table, which rolled and fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Xie Qin was woken up by the movement and opened his eyes. The drunkenness on him hadn't dissipated, but suddenly he saw that familiar yet impossible figure fall into his eyes.

She walked down from the steps, her gaze just level with his. ===== CHAPTER 108 =====