Chapter 8: Am I handsome, or is he handsome?

Roughly speaking, there was over a thousand yuan.

With this much money, this electricity bill wouldn't even be used up by next year.

Zhang Zixin, "Two hundred is enough, just use that to tide things over for this month."

Electricity bills are paid separately, all split equally among the three people in the dorm.

The remaining money was stuffed back by him.

Xu Zhouyuan also found it strange; Xie Qin never enters the girls' dorm, yet he suddenly said he wanted to go take a look.

Xu Zhouyuan was just on his way to drop off his girlfriend.

"Vice Class Monitor, want some snacks?"

Xu Zhouyuan was carrying two large bags of snacks he had bought for Zhang Zixin.

Shen Li withdrew her gaze indifferently, didn't look at them again, and politely declined: "Thank you, no need."

"So polite? Don't feel shy just because our Brother Qin is here! Say a few more words; the first time is awkward, the second time is familiar."

This Shen Li was indeed quite pretty, the prettiest among all the girls he had come into contact with; compared to her, Song Yuewei still wasn't as good-looking as Shen Li, it was just that when she didn't speak, looking at people with cold eyes, she gave off a feeling of being too arrogant, looking as if she disdained interacting with them.

A type of person hard to approach, yet once she spoke, it was soft and gentle, even when scolding someone it sounded like she was acting spoiled, it was satisfying.

"Is the person above as handsome as me?" Xie Qin suddenly leaned over, one hand resting behind Shen Li's chair without touching her back, the other hand propped on the edge of her desk.

The streetlights outside were very bright, the rustling leaves casting mottled light and shadows on the balcony outside the dorm, and the inside of the dorm wasn't very dark either, enough to see some light.

Xie Qin suddenly leaned in close, Shen Li's breath hitched, her heart also rose, her hand under the desk rested on her knee, slowly clenching into a fist; in the darkness, Xie Qin tilted his head, his flirtatious, aggressive gaze landing on Shen Li's face, which didn't have much emotion.

An unusual atmosphere gradually heated up, circling around the two of them.

A bit ambiguous.

Xu Zhouyuan on the side, watching the fun and not fearing it was too big, teased with a laugh, "Hey hey hey, Brother Qin, doing this, the little girl will be shy."

"Am I, this lightbulb, still here?"

Xie Qin: "Then why don't you get lost!"

Xu Zhouyuan took a cold breath, "Fine, I'm getting lost, I'm going to go see my wife."

In a flash, the person ran off without a trace.

Now there were only the two of them left in the dorm.

In three years of high school, Xu Zhouyuan had only seen girls come to throw themselves at Xie Qin; he had never seen him be so proactive toward any girl. Had he just teased her?

"Am I handsome, or is he handsome?" Xie Qin suddenly asked again; he seemed to care a lot about this topic.

On Shen Li's desk was a celebrity photo card given to her by Zhao Zhouyuan; she didn't recognize him, it looked like a celebrity who had just come out of a talent show recently.

By comparison, he really wasn't as good-looking as him. Shen Li said in her heart.

His voice was very deep, magnetic, and also very pleasant to hear; there were very few girls who could withstand this inadvertent, lingering flirtation from Xie Qin.

The breath he exhaled landed on Shen Li's fair, delicate neck; she was uncomfortable and didn't speak, her heart trembling with nervousness.

Since she was small, Shen Li hadn't had much contact with the opposite sex; with such a sudden gesture, she couldn't quite put it into words.

"So cold and aloof?" He leaned in a few inches closer, his tone winding and rising, "Still need to hesitate?"

"If you can't see clearly... I'll get closer and let you see clearly again, hmm?" As he spoke, he leaned in a few more inches, the distance between the two of them only three centimeters.

Shen Li had a good temper since she was a child, rarely getting angry, and also rarely bothering anyone, but she wasn't ignorant of what Xie Qin's actions meant.

Shen Li stood up from the chair and put a few steps of distance between them.

"Xie Qin." Shen Li called his name with emotion, her tone melodic, sounding like she was acting spoiled.

Xie Qin raised an eyebrow slightly, "Hmm?"

Shen Li: "Stay away from me!" Her gaze was serious, yet completely devoid of any offensive power.

"Also, please leave; this is a girls' dorm."

It was rare for Xie Qin to be scolded by someone, but he just smiled and curled his lips, "So fierce! Sister Li?"

When Xie Qin smiled, there was a beautiful dimple at the corner of his mouth, very charming.

Xu Zhouyuan had been canoodling with his girlfriend downstairs for a while; he only came up after wrapping his arm around Zhang Zixin's waist. Seeing the person coming out of the dorm, he was surprised: "Brother Qin, why are you out?"

Xie Qin lit a cigarette in his hand and exhaled a puff of white mist, "Got kicked out."

He added two more words, "Scary!"

Xu Zhouyuan laughed with a 'pfft', "The Vice Class Monitor is capable."

"It's already good enough that others aren't afraid of you."

"Baby, let's go, give me a kiss."

The dorm door wasn't closed; Shen Li could hear them showing off their affection and the sound of kissing from inside the dorm, feeling somewhat helpless.

After Zhang Zixin returned to the dorm and plugged in the electricity card, the lights turned on.

Shen Li, "I'll give you the cash for the electricity bill tomorrow."

She still had to go to the bank card to withdraw money; her phone couldn't scan codes, nor could it make online payments.

Zhang Zixin was exhausted after playing outside all day; she sat on the chair with a thud and poured makeup remover into her hands, "No need, Xie Qin is a very generous person; the two hundred yuan just now doesn't mean much to him. Just don't tell Zhao Zhouyuan; I'll make her split this electricity bill with me, don't worry about it when the time comes."

She removed her eye makeup before remembering something and said, "Almost forgot, you and Zhao Zhouyuan have a very good relationship. Forget it, if you blab, I don't care." She shrugged her shoulders.

Shen Li didn't speak; she went to the bathroom to wash up, pulled down the blackout curtains, lay on the bed, and closed her eyes.

Below, Zhang Zixin was still rustling about; after about an hour, she finally finished her skincare and climbed onto the bed: "I'm turning off the lights."

"Mm." A soft response came from the bed.

Zhang Zixin was wearing a sexy camisole and turned on her game microphone; it was a five-man queue with Xie Qin's group.

"Do I need to wear headphones?"

Xu Zhouyuan's voice came through the microphone, "Baby, who are you talking to?"

"My roommate."

"Shen Li, tell me if you fall asleep, I'll mute my mic."

Shen Li's faint voice came through, "Mm."

Xu Zhouyuan, "Ask your roommate if she's coming, we're still one person short."

"Let me ask." Zhang Zixin didn't know if Shen Li was asleep or not, and it was already nearly eleven o'clock, so she just asked, "Shen Li, do you play games?"

Shen Li had the quilt pulled up to her chest, her hands resting outside, her eyes fixed on the snow-white top of the curtain, "No, I don't know how to play games."

"Oh, alright then." Zhang Zixin put her headphones back on and relayed the message to Xu Zhouyuan, "Babe, she said she doesn't play, let's start."

Xu Zhouyuan and Xie Qin and the others were staying over for the night; Qiao Lang was not in Xie Qin's apartment, so they were one person short for the ranked match.

Xu Zhouyuan sat on the floor by the sofa, while Xie Qin lay on the sofa, "Brother Qin, has your charm dropped this fast? A bunch of girls can't even get a spot to play games with you, and you... she didn't give you any face at all, that was a pretty thorough rejection."

"That business on Thursday, it seems she was really angry, or maybe she's even afraid of you; it's obvious she doesn't want to have anything to do with us."

Xie Qin remained unusually silent and didn't speak.

The game began.

Shen Li closed her eyes, but she felt no sleepiness; she kept listening to Zhang Zixin play the game, and didn't fall asleep until three-thirty in the morning...