Chapter 53

Rainwater slid down the car window, and Shen Li leaned against the seat, watching the brilliant lights on the street slowly recede from her view.

Arriving downstairs at the girls' dorm.

Xie Qin watched her get out of the car and walk into the dorm.

Xu Zhouyuan turned around and couldn't help but ask Xie Qin: "…How long do you plan to date this time? Want to make a bet? I guess… no more than three months!"

Xie Qin crossed his hands against his chest, his tone flat and without waves: "Not dating."

Xu Zhouyuan was surprised: "Damn, really? When she lost her wallet, you didn't give her little money, and you still didn't take her down?"

"Then what did you two do for that half hour? Don't tell me you just watched her cry and didn't do anything."

Xie Qin's brows knit tightly, and he kicked out, his voice turning colder: "Is your brain filled with messy stuff? Do you want me to wash it for you?"

"Fine, fine, I won't talk about her."

"Use your brain when you speak in the future." Xie Qin's tone carried a hint of warning.

Xu Zhouyuan looked at him with a smile: "You're not even dating yet, and you're already protecting her like this. Xie Qin… you're done for, you've fallen in love."

Xie Qin: "Get lost!"

"Don't, wait a second!" Xu Zhouyuan did some operations with his hands, "Must pick a song for you to set the mood!"

The next second, a song started playing in the car, "Want to Be Your Man."

Xie Qin: "Are you fucking sick!"

…

Back in the dorm, Zhang Zixin had already showered, wrapped in a bath towel, hair wrapped up, and was applying a face mask. Hearing the movement, she looked outside the door, "You're back?"

"Mm." She took off the jacket she was wearing as soon as she entered, opened the closet, hung it on a hanger inside, and planned to wash it tomorrow; it was raining outside today, so it might not dry.

It wasn't very hot today, so she didn't turn on the AC and opened the balcony door for ventilation.

"Oh my, you even specially hung Xie Qin's jacket in the closet, afraid of getting it dirty?"

Shen Li shook her head and told her: "He wants me to help him hand-wash it clean. It rained today, and I'm afraid it won't dry."

Zhang Zixin laughed immediately upon hearing this, "Xie Qin is quite scheming, he even wants to wear clothes you washed. Shen Li… you have such a face of a heartbreaker, how did you still get played by him?"

Shen Li told her: "He said he has germaphobia and wants me to wash it clean for him."

"Germaphobia? Hahaha… you're so cute, he's lying to you."

"Is that so?" Shen Li's eyes were flat, and she shook her head again, "I'm not too sure."

She didn't understand matters of the heart very well, and her personality was slow to warm up; if she hadn't said that, Shen Li wouldn't have figured it out either.

"He's a playboy in the love field, full of sweet talk. You have to be careful with him, don't let him eat you up and leave nothing behind."

Shen Li pursed her lips tightly, listening particularly seriously and nodding: "I won't."

"Go take a shower quickly, or there won't be any water later."

"Mm."

They used a water heater for showers, and the dorm lost power at 11:30.

Shen Li took her change of clothes; she had also gotten a bit of rain on her today and needed to wash her hair, and it should take two hours to blow-dry it.

Her hair was quite long, and it was hard to dry with a hairdryer in a short time.

Just as Shen Li entered the bathroom, Zhang Zixin received a call, and she didn't need to look to know who it was from.

"I've almost become an intelligence officer for you two. Shen Li… went to take a shower."

"…"

"Okay, I know. When she comes out, I'll tell her."

Shen Li had just finished washing her hair, and the hot water in the heater had just run out.

She was clutching a towel, wiping her wet hair, and had just walked out of the bathroom.

The sound of the lock turning came, and the door was pushed open.

She turned around subconsciously and saw Zhao Zhouyuan returning.

She was clearly caught in a heavy rain, soaked through, not a single part of her was dry.

Water was still dripping from her hair.

Shen Li saw her glance at her coldly and walk past her.

Zhang Zixin had already climbed onto her bed with her phone, and seeing Zhao Zhouyuan, she also pretended not to see her, treating her like air.

She crawled under the covers and pulled the quilt over.

Then she remembered one thing.

"Shen Li, Xie Qin wants you to reply to his message."

Shen Li: "Mm."

She found her phone in the bag hanging on the closet, sat in her seat, pressed the power button, and realized the phone was out of power.

She plugged it in to charge.

Had to wait a while.

Zhao Zhouyuan took her soaked phone and data cable out of her bag and wiped them dry with a tissue; she used an iPhone, and fortunately, it didn't get water inside.

However, her books weren't as lucky.

In a minute or two, the bathroom door was slammed shut, making a dull thud.

Shen Li's phone happened to turn on automatically just as it had charged two bars of power.

Before Shen Li could react, Zhao Zhouyuan had already come out of the bathroom, walked straight to her, her face cold and dark: "You used up all the hot water?"

Shen Li looked apologetic and said softly: "Sorry, I just washed my hair, and the water happened to run out."

Zhang Zixin, who was sitting on the bed, exploded immediately and retorted sharply: "Zhao Zhouyuan, are you sick! Why are you venting your anger on her? Does Shen Li owe you something?"

"You came back soaked, who are you putting on a show for?"

Zhao Zhouyuan didn't say a word after being retorted, and finally just turned around, took her change of clothes, and went to knock on the door of the dorm next door.

"Shen Li, can you be a bit tougher! Zhao Zhouyuan dares to bully you, how can you put up with it? Next time, just retort back directly."

Shen Li: "What… happened to her?"

This temper came out of nowhere.

She didn't seem to have done anything.

Zhang Zixin said pointedly: "Didn't I tell you, she likes Xie Qin, and seeing him bring you back, she got jealous."

Shen Li: "…"

It took more than ten minutes to blow-dry her hair.

The phone wasn't fully charged yet, so she took it to bed to charge.

Opening the messages, she saw the message Xie Qin had sent: What time are you waking up tomorrow?

Shen Li thought he was asking about class time because he had asked several times; he didn't look at the class schedule and always couldn't remember the class time.

So she sent him the class schedule from the group and replied: Nine o'clock.

This message hadn't been sent yet.

When she saw he had called.

However, her phone was always on silent, so there was no ringing sound, and seeing it still startled her a bit.

Seeing that number, she hesitated whether to answer.

In the end, she hung up.

Xie Qin:?

Shen Li replied: I'm going to sleep.

Xie Qin: Just now… were you bullied by your roommate?

Shen Li: No.

She turned her head and glanced at Zhang Zixin, who was playing games on her bed; did she tell Xie Qin?

Xie Qin: Who are you lying to? You have my people around you, you want to hide it from me? You can't hide it, you know?

Actually, Shen Li didn't take it to heart, and she didn't know she would come back in the rain, otherwise… she would have left her some hot water.

Shen Li: Sleep.

Xie Qin: So cold? Was the jacket worn in vain?

Shen Li replied and added another sentence: Good night.

Xie Qin: Good girl, good night.

Around 9:50, Shen Li was truly tired, put her phone next to her pillow to charge, closed her eyes, put her hands on the quilt, and drifted off to sleep…