As Yu Wei walked down to the dormitory building, she looked up at her room and was surprised to find that the light was still on.

He remembered not turning on the lights before he left.

As Yu Wei approached the door, he peered through the small window and suddenly felt a chill run down his neck.

Zhou Siyu sat upright in the chair in the room, one foot on the crossbar of the desk, holding a sharp dagger in both hands, carefully admiring it under the light.

“Si…Si Yu…I…”

Yu Wei closed the door, pressing his back tightly against it, as if taking another step would result in Zhou Siyu hacking him to death.

"You're back?" Zhou Siyu turned her head and looked at Yu Wei with a deep gaze, playing with the dagger as she "concernedly" asked, "You've been gone for so long? Shouldn't you get a checkup?"

"On the way back, I met a few people and chatted with them for a while..."

Zhou Siyu suddenly realized: "Oh, so the restrooms and the meeting room are on the same line."

"No, I..."

Before Yu Wei could even speak, the chill on his neck made him shut up instantly.

Knock! The two were clearly several meters apart, so how did he get there?

"You lied to me." Zhou Siyu was surprisingly calm, his amber eyes seeming to hold a thousand-year-old glacier as he repeated each word: "You lied to me."

"I'm sorry, I can't take you." Yu Wei gave in, lowering his head. "Tonight's meeting is very important; it involves classified information..."

"You could have just told me directly, why did you lie to me!" Zhou Siyu stared intently at Yu Wei, tears welling in her eyes. "Do you know how worried I was? You said you'd be back soon, you said it!"

"Yes, I..."

"You said you'd be back in a few minutes, I'd wait! But why did you lie to me?"

The bizarre and ever-changing scenes and all sorts of strange monsters switched before his eyes, while he heard the cacophony of rain, wind, thunder, lightning, and cannon fire.

He couldn't tell which was reality and which was an illusion.

The unkillable monster relentlessly pursued him. He wanted to escape, but when he thought about how anxious and sad Yu Wei would be if he didn't see him when he returned, he forced himself to stop and sit down to wait for Yu Wei.

"Don't be afraid, he'll be back soon..."

"What you're seeing is all fake, don't be afraid..."

He kept telling himself that what he was seeing was fake, but the scene in front of him became more and more real, and the sounds in his ears became clearer and clearer.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you, I'm so sorry." Yu Wei hugged Zhou Siyu tightly and wiped away his tears. "You can hit me, you can scold me, you can do whatever you want, as long as you can vent your anger."

"I want to kill you." Zhou Siyu hugged Yu Wei's neck, buried her face in her arms, and choked out, "I really fucking want to kill you with one blow!"

"I'm sorry." Yu Wei hugged Zhou Siyu tightly, resting his chin on his shoulder. "I promise it won't happen again. Except for classified missions, I'll report to you wherever I go, and I'll never lie to you..."

"Shut up!"

Zhou Siyu pressed down on the back of Yu Wei's head with one hand, and with the other hand on his shoulder, she tilted her head back and kissed his incessantly chattering lips.

It was more of a bite than a kiss.

Zhou Siyu bit Yu Wei's lips frantically until the taste of blood slowly filled her mouth before she released the restraints.

"Yu Wei, don't lie to me, okay?"

The almost pleading tone made Yu Wei's heart clench. The deep-set, red eyes and dark circles under the eyes revealed the exhaustion and vulnerability of the person in front of him.

Yu Wei gently hugged Zhou Siyu's waist, afraid that he might accidentally break the fragile porcelain doll in his arms.

"Absolutely not." Yu Wei raised his finger and swore solemnly, "May I be struck by lightning if I ever lie to you again..."

"Don't talk nonsense." Zhou Siyu covered Yu Wei's mouth, interrupting him. "Don't talk nonsense."

"I'm not going to say anything more."

Yu Wei picked up Zhou Siyu, placed him on the bed, took off his clothes and shoes, and pulled him into the cold blankets.

With the soothing effect of pheromones, Zhou Siyu calmed down considerably. The bizarre and fantastical scenes before her eyes disappeared, the noise in her ears subsided, and her stiff and rigid muscles relaxed. She curled up in Yu Wei's arms and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Yu Wei opened his eyes and was met with a pair of amber eyes.

"Woke up so early? Why didn't you sleep a little longer?"

Yu Wei yawned and ruffled Zhou Siyu's hair.

"I can't sleep." Zhou Siyu clutched the fabric of Yu Wei's clothes at his chest. "I'm afraid that when I open my eyes, you won't be there anymore."

He is a light sleeper and woke up many times during the night.

"Hmm..." Yu Wei stretched, got out of bed, put on his clothes and shoes, found some clean clothes and handed them to Zhou Siyu, saying, "You can wear my clothes first."

"Um."

Zhou Siyu wore a black T-shirt and frowned slightly. Yu Wei looked only a little taller than him, but the clothes were so much bigger than his, with the hem completely covering his buttocks, and the pants were also very long.

Has he gotten shorter?

"Too thin." After fastening the belt to the last loop, there was still about a fist's width of space at the waist. Yu Wei looked up at Zhou Siyu and said, "Why don't you wait for me in the dorm? I'll get some hot water for you to wash up."

"No."

Zhou Siyu shook her head firmly.

He almost jumped out of the window yesterday. What if he saw something and hurt someone else?

"Wait a minute."

Yu Wei walked to the desk, opened the drawer, took out a needle and thread, knelt down on one knee, and sewed a few stitches on both sides of the waistband. With a gentle pull, the waistband fit perfectly.

When did you learn to sew?

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