Chapter 41: Damn, what kind of peerless simp is this

They were chatting, and Zixin heard it all. She smiled and said, "Shen Li, you're really something. You're the first person to be in such a rush to hang up on Xie Qin."

"I haven't showered yet, and I won't be able to see clearly once the lights go out."

"Then did you have dinner tonight? There's still cake in the fridge, do you want to eat some?" Zixin looked at how thin she was; there was barely any meat on her bones.

"No thanks. I've already had dinner, I'm not very hungry."

The fridge in the dorm was basically stuffed full of all kinds of food by Zixin.

"By the way, if you don't think the food in the cafeteria is very good, you can boil some dumplings or wontons in the dorm. I have a pot in my cabinet, just take it yourself."

"The dumplings and wontons are all handmade."

"I can't finish them by myself, and they'll go bad by Saturday. I'm not in the dorm on the weekends, so remember to finish them all off for me then."

Shen Li: "Mm."

After showering, she got into bed and closed her eyes to sleep.

After Zixin finished removing her makeup, it was nearly eleven o'clock by the time she was done.

The dorm lights were out. After Zixin finished her skincare routine, still wearing a face mask, she turned on her phone's flashlight, climbed into bed with light movements, lay down, and glanced at her message page.

Xie Qin: Is she asleep?

Zixin turned her head to look at Shen Li in the bed next to her; her eyes were closed, her hands were resting naturally in front of her, her fingertips were slightly curled, and her breathing was light and shallow.

She replied: "Mm, she's asleep."

…

The next day, in the classroom, Xu Zhouyuan had taken Xie Qin's seat. Zixin sat in Xu Zhouyuan's seat, and the two of them listened to a pair of headphones while watching the latest horror movie.

Xu Zhouyuan was held in Zixin's arms, his whole body curled up, sweating coldly from fear. That female ghost, in the middle of the night, followed behind the female lead, drifting past in the bathroom mirror, and with the sudden, piercing sound effect, he shuddered, "Damn!"

Zixin was expressionless, eating potato chips, "Is it really that scary?"

"Wife, can we watch something more wholesome? Your husband's heart really can't take it."

No joke, Xu Zhouyuan's great-grandfather died of a heart attack.

Zhou Mingyu and Qiao Lang, who were sitting in front, were playing a two-player card game, "Xu Zhouyuan, keep it down. Anyone who didn't know better would think you two were doing something, you're so worked up."

"Let me see, what are you watching!" Qiao Lang stretched his neck to look, "A young couple watching a horror movie in broad daylight, how exciting."

"But you two should be careful. It doesn't matter to us, but consider Brother Qin's mood."

Zhou Mingyu opened the window next to them, and a puff of cigarette smoke drifted in, "Our Brother Qin is about to turn into a 'wife-waiting stone'."

For the sake of Shen Li, he doesn't even live in his luxury apartment anymore; he's started staying in the dorms. He gets up early in the morning to wait downstairs at the girls' dorm for her to go to class, and even buys her breakfast.

Damn, what kind of peerless simp is this.

Everyone thinks he's gone crazy.

Xu Zhouyuan: "Hurry up and close the window, it's boiling."

Xie Qin finished his last cigarette and pushed the door open from behind to walk in. The classroom had the air conditioning on, so Xu Zhouyuan fell backward with his chair and reached out to close the back door.

No one dared to let Master Xie close the door himself.

Xie Qin sat in the empty seat next to Shen Li, then picked up a book she had left on the desk, quickly flipping through it. It was filled with dense English letters and various translations, written quite properly, with error corrections and sticky notes attached.

It didn't look like the work of a student who wasn't doing well in high school.

However, at this moment, the back door was suddenly pushed open.

They thought it was Shen Li arriving.

Xu Zhouyuan: "Brother Qin, yours has finally arrived."

As the words fell, when he and the others turned their heads to look, they saw that the person who arrived was not Shen Li.

Zhao Zhouyuan was wearing a light blue shirt today with a white skirt. She wasn't wearing glasses, had air bangs, her long hair was draped down, and she was holding a book in her hands. Her outfit was clean and pure, not looking as dowdy as it did before school started; honestly, she even had a bit more of a scholarly air.

Xie Qin propped his head up, holding his phone in his hand, tapping the desk rhythmically. He tilted his chin at her: "Hey, where is she? Didn't she come with you?"

Zhao Zhouyuan reacted, and meeting Xie Qin's gaze couldn't help but make her nervous, "I don't know about her."

Xie Qin: "Give her a call."

Zhao Zhouyuan put the book down, returned to her seat, and said, "I already called her, but no one answered."

"Let's wait a bit longer. Ruanruan has never been late for class; she should be here soon."

Xie Qin glanced at the time on his phone; there were five minutes left until class.

He waited patiently for a while.

…

Xianxing Education Institution.

"Are you really not considering joining our team? It would be a real shame if such a great talent for mathematics as yours were buried like this."

"If you have any requirements, you can tell us directly. If you win an award in the competition, there will be prize money to share."

Shen Li held two luxury buffet vouchers worth 688 in her hand and refused with a flat tone, "No."

"I have my own things to do."

This was just an excuse she used to refuse.

She had participated in competitions like this countless times, big and small. She understood the process, and this time... Shen Li didn't want to tire herself out.

"Since you refuse, then so be it. If you change your mind, you can come find me at any time. But you've been here so many times, and I still don't know which university you're a student at."

Shen Li didn't tell him, in a hurry to leave.

Class was about to start soon.

…

Finally, with two minutes left before class, Shen Li arrived at the classroom right on time.

Shen Li was wearing a mask. Seeing that there was someone sitting in the seat next to her desk, her footsteps slowed and she stopped.

Just at that moment, the psychology teacher walked into the classroom.

However, she did not choose to sit down; instead, she took the Ideological and Moral Cultivation textbook from the table, walked to the last seat in the first row, and sat down.

Clearly, she was deliberately avoiding him.

Over there, Shen Li had just sat down.

Xie Qin slowly stood up, didn't even bring his book, and sat directly beside Shen Li.

Shen Li watched him sit down, her brows knitting slightly.

She still maintained a good temper as she said to him, "Can you sit somewhere else?"

Xie Qin propped his head up and looked at her: "Why... does this seat charge a fee? How much? How about... you name a price?"

He had the look of a scoundrel; Shen Li pressed her lips tight and said nothing.

When the teacher on the podium clicked open the PowerPoint and began the lecture.

Xie Qin, being stared at by her, was defeated immediately; he put away his playful grin and spoke up: "You do your thing, I won't disturb you."

"I promise! Absolutely! Won't bother you!"

A moment later...

He said again: "Deal?"

One

Two

Three

Counting to three silently in her heart.

Silence would be taken as consent.

Originally, Xie Qin had a whole heap of things to ask her, but now that she was here, not a single word could pop out.