drunk

Lin Yuan's breath hitched, his hands gripped the back of the chair tightly, his heart pounding with unprecedented tension, his eyes fixed on her, waiting for her answer.

"Hmm..., all I need is to hit *%&..."

Xu Feifei's speech became increasingly indistinct and softer. Her voice was barely louder than a mosquito's buzz. Seeing this, Lin Yuan couldn't wait to lean closer and hear what she was saying.

As soon as she approached, Xu Feifei happily hugged her and said, "Lin Yuan! Lin Yuan, what's wrong with you... what's wrong with you?" As she spoke, she stood up unsteadily.

Lin Yuan steadied her and grabbed her arm, asking urgently, "Feifei, what did you just say?"

Feeling uncomfortable from being gripped so tightly, Xu Feifei puffed out her cheeks, trying to see the culprit's face. Upon realizing it was Lin Yuan, she said, "Lin Yuan, you're...you're gripping me so...hiccup, so...Stand...stand still, don't sway, this is...this is an uncle's..."

Once the alcohol kicks in, everything in front of you starts to sway, your mind goes blank, and you start rambling incoherently.

Lin Yuan patiently guided her, asking, "Feifei, what did you say before? What did Su Huan mean by confessing to me?"

Xu Feifei frowned, thinking back, then chuckled at him, "I...I quickly realized..."

Suddenly a huge humanoid figure lunged at them, muttering angrily, "Don't...don't...abandon me."

Lin Yuan's mood was like a rollercoaster, soaring to a peak only to plummet back down. He closed his eyes listlessly, not wanting to see Su Huan for the time being.

When he patiently asked Xu Feifei again, he couldn't get any information out of her. Xu Feifei kept saying she was sleepy and wanted to go to sleep, as if she was being unreasonable.

Left with no other option, Lin Yuan had the driver take Su Huan back to her home and Xu Feifei back to her dormitory. After walking only a dozen meters, Xu Feifei swayed and staggered towards a tree beside the path.

Lin Yuan helped her walk, "Feifei, where are you going?"

Xu Feifei was still three steps away from the trees when she pushed away Lin Yuan's support, tilted her head back and looked up at the tree canopy, smiling and not saying a word for a long time.

After a long while, she staggered forward. Lin Yuan quickly supported her, but Xu Feifei shook off his hand and clung to a tree in front of her, calling out, "Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan..."

Lin Yuan couldn't help but chuckle as he watched her hug the tree and call his name. He squatted down beside her and said with a doting smile, "Feifei, I'm here."

Xu Feifei stared at him for a few moments, then turned her head away, continued hugging the tree, patted it, and called out, "Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, take me back quickly, to the tree."

Lin Yuan chuckled and took out his phone to record. Xu Feifei heard his laughter, turned around and glared at him, then hugged the tree and kept shouting for Lin Yuan to hurry up and leave.

After calling for a long time without any response, Xu Feifei started climbing up using both her hands and feet.

The camera swayed, and Lin Yuan quickly stopped her climbing, pulling her hand to stand up and coaxing, "Feifei, it's getting late, let's go back quickly."

Xu Feifei glanced at him again, then turned around, hugged the tree, and called his name, clamoring to go back.

Lin Yuan kept laughing, turned her head to look her in the eyes and said, "Feifei, look carefully, I am Lin Yuan."

Xu Feifei tried to turn her head away from him, but she was forced to stay still and couldn't turn it at all. Her cheeks were all squeezed together, and she pouted and stared at him with a pitiful look in her eyes.

Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He leaned closer to her and continued to coax, "Feifei, it's me, Lin Yuan. Shall I take you back to your dorm?"

Xu Feifei nodded slowly and heavily after a long while.

Lin Yuan helped her up, but as soon as she got up, Xu Feifei slid back down like a boneless snake, sat on the ground, and pulled Lin Yuan's hand, saying, "Waaah, Coucou isn't cold anymore."

"Shall I carry you back?"

Lin Yuan lifted Xu Feifei's shoulders and knees, but she resisted with various movements, refusing to be carried. Helpless, he asked again, "Don't you like being carried? How about I carry you back?"

Lin Yuan walked in front of her, squatted down, turned around and looked at her, saying, "Get on, I'll carry you back."

After a while, Xu Feifei slowly climbed onto his back. Lin Yuan picked her up and carried her towards the dormitory.

School officially starts tomorrow, so not many students are returning to their dorms tonight. The forest path is quiet, with streetlights on both sides casting long, long shadows of the two students.

The Beginning of Autumn had long passed, but the summer heat hadn't completely subsided. The evening was still incredibly hot, and the two of them, pressed close together, felt their skin burning.

A gust of wind blew, rustling the leaves of the trees along the path. Xu Feifei lay obediently on Lin Yuan's back, not moving around, occasionally murmuring Lin Yuan's name. Each time she called, Lin Yuan would respond, and the two of them went back and forth tirelessly.

The walk from the dormitory entrance to the dormitory is only five minutes, but the various dragging and dawdling along the way stretches the time to half an hour.

Although I haven't lived in the dormitory room for more than a month, I had the cleaning lady clean it a couple of days ago.

Lin Yuan placed her on the sofa and was about to get up to make some honey water when she was pulled back. She kept muttering something unintelligible, and Lin Yuan hummed in response, squatted down, and listened to her.

"Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, you...you are so good to me."

Lin Yuan smiled with relief and patted her head, saying, "You're very good to me too."

Xu Feifei, who was initially dazed, widened her eyes upon hearing this and stared at him intently with a grin, saying, "Lin Yuan, hehe, I like you."

At that moment, Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat, his pupils involuntarily dilated, his heart pounded violently, and his voice became hoarse.

"Feifei, what did you just say?"

He had been looking forward to this answer since the summer vacation. He even used methods to press and probe for the answer, but the final answer was not what he wanted.

Xu Feifei swayed her body, sat up seriously, and said with her eyes curving, "I said, I... Black Pineapple, you."

"I like you, I like you, I like you..."

"Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan..."

Xu Feifei kept repeating these words in Lin Yuan's ear. After saying them, she looked at him and secretly smiled. After smiling, she continued to talk, getting more and more excited.

Lin Yuan pulled her into his arms, buried his head in her neck and shoulders, and held her tightly, his body trembling with excitement.

"Me too..." Lin Yuan said these two words, then changed his words to "I heard you, I know, Feifei."

This was a sleepless night for Lin Yuan, filled with both surprise and joy, too excited to sleep. But as the dopamine in his system gradually subsided, a sense of melancholy slowly crept into his heart.

They were about to embark on a wonderful life, so why did the ending have to be a departure? Lin Yuan sat on the edge of the bed, holding Xu Feifei's hand, his eyes fixed on her greedily, not wanting to blink. He wished time would slow down, just a little slower.

Before the alarm clock rang, Lin Yuan turned it off. He watched as the sky outside the window began to lighten, and birds flew out of their nests to forage for food.

Lin Yuan walked to Xu Feifei's side and called out, "Feifei, wake up."

What time is it?

It's six o'clock.

Xu Feifei didn't even open her eyes, her eyebrows were furrowed, and she mumbled while covering her head with the blanket, "Six o'clock is still early, wake me up after ten o'clock."

Lin Yuan pulled her blanket down and said to her, "School starts today, and you haven't packed your things yet. Get up!"

Upon hearing the words "school starts," Xu Feifei jumped out of bed, looking around in confusion. After a long pause, she looked at Lin Yuan incredulously and asked, "What? School starts?"

"Today is the first day of school, have you forgotten?"

Xu Feifei took a deep breath. Oh no, she really had forgotten, completely forgotten. Once her mind returned, she hurriedly got out of bed and said, "Oh no, oh no! I was thinking of packing my things last night, and then... and then, and then I forgot..."

"Don't worry, I've already prepared everything you need for the start of school. The most important thing for you now is to go wash up; I've already put your clothes and towel in the bathroom."

Xu Feifei looked down and saw that it wasn't yesterday's clothes. She asked, puzzled, "Lin Yuan, did you help me change my clothes yesterday?"

Lin Yuan chuckled and teased, "If I didn't change it, would I change it for you?"

"You, you, you... I... I..."

Xu Feifei's face immediately turned bright red. She pointed at Lin Yuan, looking embarrassed and awkward, but couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

Seeing her reaction, Lin Yuan laughed and said, "Alright, you changed your clothes yourself. Even though you were drunk, you can still change your clothes by yourself, but I didn't feel comfortable letting you take a shower alone, so I didn't."

After realizing she had been tricked, Xu Feifei snorted at Lin Yuan and said, "You lied to me. You've gone bad."

Lin Yuan smiled and pushed her to take a shower, "Okay, go take a shower now. After you're done, go back to class. I'll go buy breakfast. I left the key on the table."

As soon as Xu Feifei stepped into the classroom, people began to surround her. One or two of them remained silent, but more and more people gathered around, all waiting to speak.

Uh... this group of people looks weird, but there's also a strange sense of familiarity about them. After a long pause, when no one spoke, I asked, "Are you collecting summer homework? Or do you want to copy mine?"

Although her grades were at the bottom of the class, she was still considered to be at the very bottom, and almost all of her answers were correct.

The people around her shook their heads, staring at her expectantly.

Speaking of the car, Xu Feifei stood up and looked around but didn't see Lin Yuan. At first, she thought he would be waiting for her in the classroom, but there was only breakfast on the table, and he was nowhere to be seen.

Xu Feifei asked again, "Have you seen Lin Yuan? Where did he go? I haven't seen him."

The people in the circle shook their heads and began whispering amongst themselves, their words unreadable. Xu Feifei watched this scene, finding it truly bizarre. Was some plot point about to be triggered, and her classmate, whom she hadn't seen for two months, had become a formatted NPC again?

"Classmates, please make way for me, let me in."

Zeng Hao's voice rang out from outside the crowd, and the students who had formed a circle quickly made way for him.

The shout was like heavenly music to Xu Feifei's ears; finally, someone who could speak had arrived. Xu Feifei looked at him gratefully and said, "You've finally come. Do you know where Lin Yuan went?"

Zeng Hao asked anxiously, "I was about to ask you the same thing. I heard my crush transferred schools. What exactly happened?"