Chapter 112

At this time, Shen Li had almost walked to the bottom of the teaching building and was just about to go up the stairs when her phone rang.

She looked down at the message.

It was a voice message from him: Where are you?

Shen Li put the phone to her ear and listened. His casual voice, carrying a bit of careless laziness, felt like a feather lightly sweeping across the tip of her heart.

Her fingertips typed a few words on the screen and replied: Downstairs.

Walking up the steps, just as she was about to return to the classroom, she suddenly bumped into Zhao Zhouyuan in the corridor. The two met eyes and she noticed that her eyes were wet and red, as if they were a bit swollen from crying.

Zhao Zhouyuan reacted first and, expressionless, walked into the classroom ahead of her.

Shen Li didn't pay much attention. As for what her emotions were about, ever since she and Xie Qin moved from behind her to the first group, even when they were in the same dormitory, they rarely communicated.

As soon as she walked into the classroom, she met Xie Qin's gaze. He was propping up his head, hooking his lips, as if he were specifically looking in this direction, waiting for her to arrive.

Shen Li walked toward his direction.

Seeing her arrive, that group of people started making a scene again.

Zhang Zixin was sitting in front of her, turned around, and smiled somewhat maliciously, "Shen Li, I didn't see that coming. You're actually quite..."

Shen Li put her bag into the desk and looked at her in confusion: "What?"

"Quite unable to hold back. Didn't you say you wanted to wait a bit longer? How come in less than a day, you agreed again!"

Unable to hold back—thinking about this term applied to her, it seemed it could be said that way.

Xie Qin sat beside her, his hands crossed in front of him, looking down at her with a smile, his lips tugging, not saying anything, but he looked to be in a very good mood, also listening to how she would respond.

Shen Li turned her head to look at him. Should she say it was because she saw he was about to cry that she softened her heart and agreed?

Otherwise, forget it. She didn't really want to recall Xie Qin at that moment, though it was indeed her who took the initiative to kiss him first.

She responded quietly and nodded: "Mm, I couldn't hold back, so I agreed."

Xu Zhouyuan: "Damn!"

Zhou Mingyu: "Holy crap. Buddy, did you cast a spell?"

Qiao Lang: "..."

Xie Qin laughed: "Alright, you guys, why do you keep staring at my wife?"

Zhang Zixin felt he was a bit carried away. Seeing Xie Qin's gaze looking over, he lifted his chin at her, and he said: "Keep her in check."

Xu Zhouyuan: "Pfft, just because you have one. Making it sound like I don't."

Turning his head, he complained and reported to Zhang Zixin: "Wife, look at him. Let's not play with him in the future."

Her arm was being held, and she raised her hand to stroke his dog head, "Did you wash your hair last night?"

"Drank too much, forgot."

It wasn't like he saw the official announcement Xie Qin posted on his social media and got so excited he pulled up his pants and came right over.

Zhang Zixin changed her face as soon as she said so, slapping him on the head, "Didn't wash your hair, it's so oily, and you're still leaning over? Get lost."

"Hmph, mm~ you dislike me..."

The two people in the front row started flirting.

Shen Li had seen this scene more than once or twice. From the start of school until now, Zhang Zixin and he had a very good relationship, and this was their way of getting along. She hadn't paid much attention to it before, but now... she felt Xie Qin shouldn't be like him.

She was stunned for a moment, imagining some scenes in her head.

If... he were like this too, she didn't seem to find it hard to accept.

But that was just a thought.

Xie Qin shouldn't be like this.

The second half of the afternoon class started quickly.

Xie Qin raised his hand naturally to help her tidy up the stray hair by her ear, "Can you be a bit more conscious? Send a message to your boyfriend when you sleep and wake up. Can you report in?"

Xie Qin's few phone calls in the morning had also made her quite depressed.

"Xie Qin." Shen Li called his name, with a bit more seriousness.

Seeing her so serious, Xie Qin thought something was wrong, "Speak."

She accused him, and then negotiated with him in a good tone: "If I tell you I'm sleeping, can you not call and disturb me next time?"

Xie Qin lowered his eyes and narrowed them, "Have you ever seen a couple who don't go to class together?"

Shen Li thought about it and shook her head: "No."

"See. A relationship that doesn't stick together isn't a relationship. You were so fierce to me this morning, which shows that not only do you not like me, but you also don't take me to heart. I said I shouldn't have let you get me so easily. You! Don't! Cherish!"

Was it that serious?

Hearing what he said, Shen Li pursed her lips, frowned slightly, and reflected on her behavior of not taking him to heart.

Xie Qin continued his accusation: "I waited downstairs at the dormitory for so long, almost half an hour. You don't know how many girls came over to harass me. What if they took advantage of the situation, just like last time? You tell me, right?"

Shen Li thought silently in her heart: It really was very serious.

She told him, "Mm, I'll try my best not to stay in bed in the future."

Xie Qin curved his lips.

Shen Li also caught the point of his words: "Did you wait a long time?"

Xie Qin: "What do you think?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't know that dating meant having to go to class together. I don't have much experience in this area. If I had known you were waiting for me downstairs for so long, I wouldn't have let you wait that long."

Xie Qin's expression was normal, and he said generously and understandingly: "I'll forgive you this time."

The teacher walked into the classroom outside and started the lecture.

Shen Li spread out her book, and after thinking about it, fearing he was angry or minded, she looked at him again.

Xie Qin was playing a game. Noticing her gaze, he thought she had something to say and raised an eyebrow.

Shen Li: "I'll send you a message when I wake up in the future."

Xie Qin's lips curled slightly, "You wouldn't have been thinking about me so much last night that you couldn't sleep, and that's why you stayed in bed and were late?"

Shen Li didn't deny it and nodded: "Mm."

The smile on Xie Qin's lips deepened a bit, and the dimple appeared beside the corner of his mouth. He raised his hand to rub her head, "Why are you so fun?"

She hadn't experienced such things before. Thinking of that kiss, her heartbeat couldn't help but accelerate.

Xie Qin's social media feed didn't block anyone, including being visible to family. If they were dating, they were dating; it wasn't like it was something shameful.

Di Du.

Xue Jingshu had Xie Qin's class schedule and specifically called him at his time. Fearing he wouldn't answer, she didn't use the office landline but used her private phone.

At the same time, Xie Qin saw the incoming call and didn't feel the slightest bit guilty. Instead, he had no intention of hiding anything and answered the phone in front of Shen Li.

Xue Jingshu: "Son, are you dating someone at school?"

Xie Qin said to the person on the phone: "... You even have to manage this?"

"No! Mom means that if you're dating well, bring her back for Mom to see. But looking at this photo, it doesn't seem to be the little girl I saw last time."