Chapter 146: He said he needed to calm down and wouldn't let her get close

"Stage? Dating... does dating have stages?" Shen Li said somewhat uncertainly. It was her first time dating, and she didn't know there was such a saying.

A shared table held the belongings of three people, with a power strip plugged in, and the pot was steaming.

Zhang Zixin lifted the lid to add cold water one more time; it would be ready after one more boil. She added the water, covered the pot, and looked at her with a smile: "Otherwise what? Let me give you an example: when he kisses you, are his hands restless? Does he touch you here, here... and here..."

They were all girls in the dormitory, and she talked quite openly; anyway, she wasn't subtle, and she pointed at her chest with a wicked smile.

Shen Li reacted immediately, and the back of her ears turned red at once.

This also reminded her of that time in the equipment room at the gymnasium.

She and Xu Zhouyuan were kissing, and then Xu Zhouyuan reached inside her hem.

Revisiting that scene, her face felt unnaturally hot.

Shen Li told her: "No, he has never done that."

Zhang Zixin didn't believe her and looked at her sideways: "Really? He can be that well-behaved with you? I thought he would have already... like me..."

She rushed over and touched Shen Li all over.

Shen Li felt a bit ticklish, laughed out loud, and tried to dodge her.

After finishing her 'oil-skimming', Zhang Zixin stopped. "Shen Li, I didn't expect you... to be quite well-endowed."

Shen Li really had a great figure; she had meat where there should be meat, and was thin where she should be thin.

It was just that she usually wore loose clothes, so it wasn't very obvious; if she wore something slightly form-fitting, she would at least be curvy.

This feeling...

It was really a bargain for Xie Qin.

If she were a man, she would chase her too.

And then be a beast, to her...

Hehehe...

Shen Li told her: "Really, no. We don't do that."

Just very ordinary kissing.

Hearing her say this, Zhang Zixin didn't doubt it. After spending a long time with Shen Li, she knew she wasn't a person who would lie, so she believed her. She didn't believe in Xie Qin's character, but she believed in what Shen Li said.

Given Xie Qin's credibility in her heart, it was the kind where you couldn't even get a penny from a bank loan.

"It's a pity he can endure it with you." Then she asked: "So you usually just hold hands and occasionally kiss? And haven't done anything else?"

Shen Li: "No."

It could only go this far.

But sometimes, they would go on dates by the artificial lake, and Xie Qin would hold her. After holding her for a while, he would become strange and tell her not to move around, but she didn't move around, and she didn't know what was wrong with him.

Sometimes, he would even make her sit aside first, saying he needed to calm down and wouldn't let her get close.

At this moment, hearing the sound of the toilet flushing, Zhao Zhouyuan came out, and their topic came to an abrupt end.

Zhang Zixin: "You go brush your teeth, I'll mix the dipping sauce for you."

Shen Li: "Mm."

Shen Li washed up quickly, in less than ten minutes—brushing her teeth for a few minutes, washing her face with some hot water, and then wiping the water off her face with a face towel.

By the time she came out of the bathroom, Zhang Zixin had already mixed the dipping sauce. "I put some sugar in for you, it's not too sweet, you can add more yourself."

Shen Li: "Thank you."

Zhang Zixin liked spicy food; Shen Li saw she had added a lot of chili, to a degree she couldn't tolerate.

Shen Li glanced at Zhao Zhouyuan, who was sitting in her seat, and in the end, didn't say anything.

After they were almost finished eating, she was responsible for washing the pot and cleaning up the trash.

When Shen Li came out of the bathroom, Zhang Zixin thoughtfully dried her hands and then applied hand cream to them. "Such beautiful hands, they must be well-maintained. If Xie Qin knew you were washing the pot, he would definitely want to have a private talk with me."

"He wouldn't." Shen Li's hands were grabbed by her, and she squeezed out a two-person portion of hand cream, rubbing it in her palms several times, not even missing the fingertips, applying it everywhere.

It had a faint avocado scent.

Zhang Zixin: "Baby, the Xie Qin you see is a bit different from the one we see. He treats friends and his partner quite differently."

She had never seen the way Xie Qin truly got angry behind the scenes; it was quite scary.

Zhang Zixin finally touched her hand once more: "Alright, your hands are fragrant, just right for holding hands with your boyfriend."

"Go take your exam."

Shen Li: "Mm."

After doing this, Shen Li just happened to receive a message from Xie Qin reminding her to go to the exam.

Before going out, she put on a pair of thick cotton socks, wrapped them over her long johns, then put on a blue sweater knitted by her grandmother, layered a cotton-padded jacket over it, wrapped a scarf, and put on a mask.

She was fully armed before going out.

Walking downstairs to the dormitory, Xie Qin was already waiting there. Seeing her wrapped up like a rice dumpling, he walked toward her with a laugh, "Is it that cold?"

He went to hold her hands; fortunately, they weren't that icy.

"It's going to sleet today, aren't you cold wearing so little?" Xie Qin only had a black jacket on, with a dark gray sweater inside; inside that, it should just be a short-sleeved shirt, and there was nothing else.

No matter how cold the weather was, his figure remained upright, his posture tall, clear, handsome, and coldly wild.

Shen Li was wearing almost four layers.

"Only weak men wear so much; your partner's physical fitness is better than you think."

"..."

"Did you bring your ID card, admission ticket, and school card?"

"I brought them."

"Let me check."

Shen Li gave him her bag.

Xie Qin took her bag and still carefully checked it for her. After confirming there were no mistakes, he carried the bag for her and held her hand with his other hand to go to the exam hall.

Xie Qin: "Are you nervous?"

Shen Li shook her head: "Not nervous."

"Not nervous is fine, strive to pass on the first try. If you can't pass, it's fine to take it again next year."

Xie Qin actually relaxed the conditions for her, afraid she would have pressure in her heart.

Shen Li told him seriously: "I will pass on the first try."

These days, Xie Qin hadn't spent less time studying English with her, checking her vocabulary, and listening to listening exercises. Fortunately, her foundation wasn't bad, so there shouldn't be any big problems.

The English Level 4 exam was 125 minutes, over two hours long.

Shen Li and Zhao Zhouyuan were in the same exam hall; they were the only two who signed up in the class.

Fifteen minutes before the end of the exam, Shen Li was the first to hand in her paper early.

The invigilator received the paper: "You can go."

Then he asked again, "Are there any other students who want to hand in their papers early?"

There were thirty people in the class, and many couldn't sit still anymore.

One after another, several people handed in their papers.

Xie Qin was waiting for her to finish downstairs.

After the exam, the two prepared to go to a hot pot restaurant to have a feast.

Hot pot is the perfect match for winter.

When they arrived at the familiar hot pot restaurant in the mall, Xu Zhouyuan and the others had already arrived; they hadn't gone back on Saturday either.

Xie Qin held her hand and walked into the private room with the warm air conditioning on, arriving last.

A four-quadrant pot, two spicy and two non-spicy.

The remaining two seats next to each other were specially reserved for the two of them.

Xu Zhouyuan: "You came just in time, the pot base just boiled, we were just waiting for you two, hurry up and get the dipping sauce, I'm starving to death."

Shen Li wasn't actually very hungry; the dumplings Zhang Zixin fed her in the morning hadn't been digested yet.

Xie Qin made a dipping sauce dish the same as Shen Li's.

After dating for so long, the two's tastes had gradually become consistent.

Xie Qin let her sit, went to the dipping sauce area himself, mixed it for her, and brought it over.

It just so happened that Shen Li didn't want to move either.

"Thank you for your hard work, thank you for your hard work, Sister Li... let me fill it up for you."

Xu Zhouyuan was very sensible, walked over, and filled her up with hot corn juice.

Shen Li: "Thank you."

After Xu Zhouyuan finished pouring for her, he poured a glass for Zhang Zixin: "Sister Li, are you and Brother Qin really going to repeat a year?" ===== CHAPTER 147 =====