Chapter 10 010 Spring Sleepiness You're a fan of my and Pei Yan's CP...
Even after talking with [Valuri], I'm still really into summer sleep.
This resulted in her not falling asleep until 3 a.m., and by the time she got up to order takeout the next day, it was already noon.
During the National Day holiday, only Qiao Yilin remained in the dormitory.
While the two were waiting for their takeout, Xia Mian noticed several times that Qiao Yilin across from her would glance at her casually, as if she had something to say.
"Is there something you want to tell me?" Xia Mian felt uneasy under her gaze and couldn't help but get straight to the point.
Qiao Yilin took a deep breath and finally blurted out what she had been holding back: "Xia Mian, you made a lot of noise last night."
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." Xia Mian immediately thought of her late return. Qiao Yilin was already asleep at that time. She had been very careful when she came in, but she still couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't make noise. "I did come back a little late. Did I wake you up?"
Qiao Yilin coughed and explained, "It wasn't when you came in, it was in the middle of the night."
“What noise did I make in the middle of the night?” Xia Mian was shocked and felt wronged. “I don’t sleepwalk, and I don’t have the habit of talking in my sleep.”
"Yes, he doesn't sleepwalk or talk in his sleep." Qiao Yilin hesitated, her eyes becoming incredibly complicated.
But in the end, she still said it: "But you were smiling foolishly in your dreams, Xia Mian."
Summer Sleep: "Uh..."
“I heard it when I got up in the middle of the night.” Recalling last night, Qiao Yilin looked puzzled. “You would laugh every now and then, which sounded really eerie and scary late at night. I almost didn’t dare to go back to sleep.”
"I'm so curious, what did you dream about last night?" Qiao Yilin asked, wanting to get to the bottom of it after seeing her embarrassed expression. "What could have made you so happy?"
"Ah, this..." Xia Mian chuckled dryly.
Okay, I guess I'll just dig a hole and bury myself in it.
You can't say that she was so excited and happy that she was even smiling in her dreams because she was thinking about Pei Yan and reminiscing about the music festival all night, right?
Xia Mian only told Qing Lan about her crush on Pei Yan, and didn't want to expose it to Qiao Yilin in such an awkward way.
"Oh dear, I forgot." Xia Mian spread her hands.
Amnesia is the best excuse.
Qiao Yilin didn't ask any more questions, and the sudden ringing of the cell phone on the table saved Xia Mian from disaster.
It seems that the new ringtone, "Pink Lightning," really does have a mystical luck boost.
In the world of summer sleep, the greatest compliment to a song is to set it as your phone's ringtone.
She had originally planned to set it as her alarm, but she really didn't want the song to be ruined by her morning grumpiness after only a few days of novelty.
"Have we caught up with the flower wall?" Qiao Yilin recognized the lyrics.
"It's alright, it's alright." Xia Mian chuckled, hurriedly putting on a coat over her pajamas. As she slipped out the door, she didn't forget to leave a crack in the door and turned back to remind her, "Don't close it completely, I'm too lazy to use my access card to open the door when I come up later."
I ran downstairs, and on the way I received a call from Qiao Yilin, who said that her takeout had also arrived and asked her to help me pick it up.
It's common for roommates to help each other out, so Xia Mian agreed without hesitation. After finding two takeout orders, she carried them up the stairs while humming a song.
Her singing was out of tune, but it couldn't hide her joyful mood.
At 12:30, breakfast became lunch.
Xia Mian set out the takeout, set up her tablet, and started watching an episode of Friends from her cloud drive.
Halfway through the meal, I suddenly remembered something, picked up my phone, and opened TikTok.
Last night she chatted with "Qinglan". "Qinglan" asked her a question, but she was a little shy and didn't answer. She doesn't know what "Qinglan" said after that.
Xia Mian glanced at the message bar and indeed saw several unread messages.
1:20 AM
【Valuri】: Perhaps it is also my favorite song.
【Valuri】: Good night.
Huh? Who is it? What song is it?
8:12 AM
【Valuri】: Good morning.
Qinglan woke up four hours earlier than her!
[Spring fatigue]: Good heavens, what are you doing getting up at eight o'clock?
[Spring fatigue]: Why are you up so early!
[Spring fatigue]: Oh, right, sorry, you need to study.
Xia Mian felt incredibly stupid. She knew perfectly well that Qing Lan was only going to relax for two days, yet she went to the library to study again today, and she even acted all flustered just now…
【Valuri】: Yes, I do need to study.
【Valuri】: What about you? What do you plan to do during your vacation?
[Spring Fatigue]: I don't really want to do anything. I've had enough fun, so I'll lie in bed for a couple more days, then do my homework and help out in the lab.
[Valuri]: Is that all?
【Spring Fatigue】: What a strange tone. Do you mean you can help me fulfill some wish?
[Spring Fatigue]: What? You've switched careers to become a fortune teller?
[Valuri]: ...
【Valuri】: Never mind if I didn't ask.
[Spring fatigue]: But I took it seriously!
[Spring Fatigue]: Ahhh, can I really make a wish?
【Valuri】: You tell us first.
[Spring Fatigue]: If you're going to dream, dream big.
[Spring fatigue]: I want Pei Yan to sing "Pink Lightning" for me.
【Valuri】: What else do you want to dream about?
[Spring fatigue]: This is fine, I'm not greedy.
[Spring Fatigue]: Oh, one more thing! He should wear a pink jacket, it'd be more fitting for the season~
【Valuri】: Anything else?
[Spring fatigue]: No.
[Spring Fatigue]: Asking such detailed questions. Or do you really have divine power to make my dreams come true?
【Valuri】: Perhaps.
[Spring fatigue]: Hehe, okay.
Although Valuri replied, she didn't take it seriously, treating it as a joke and not paying any attention to it.
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Holidays always seem to fly by.
Xia Mian felt like she hadn't done anything while lying in her dorm, and half of the eight-day National Day holiday was already over.
She's supposed to go to the lab to help out tomorrow, but she's too lazy to do the assignments for her major courses.
Xia Mian really felt that writing lab reports was a complete waste of her life.
But she insisted on writing by hand, which made her hand go numb every time.
In reality, she and her classmates were basically just copying; it didn't involve any technical skill, but it took a lot of time.
After finishing two lab reports in one go, Xia Mian rubbed her sore fingers and couldn't help but recall the time she sought help from "Qing Lan" when she was sick more than ten days ago.
Perhaps... we can try again?
Unable to contain her restless desire, Xia Mian opened WeChat and hinted at Qing Lan with an amusing joke about having someone else do her homework.
Qinglan replied a few minutes later, and without hesitation: "[2] + unsubscribe".
"Ah!" Xia Mian was heartbroken and aggrieved. "You were too decisive! I hadn't even explained in detail yet."
"There's nothing I can do, honey, you're an engineering student." Qinglan said helplessly. "I won't help you and make things worse. You can finish it yourself by working overtime."
“I didn’t do anything wrong.” Xia Mian recalled the PPT from last time. “You’re obviously very good at it. The one you made for me last time was praised by the big director.”
“Last time? What last time?” Qinglan retorted.
Good heavens, Qinglan even denied making the PPT last time in order not to help her with her homework.
Xia Mian stopped struggling and replied listlessly, "Never mind, forget I said anything, I'll do it myself."
“okk.” Qinglan replied with an adorable emoji.
Xia Mian scoffed inwardly: Heartless woman.
If we remove the postgraduate entrance exam factor, Qinglan's senior year was much happier than Xia Mian's.
Xia Mian knew that Qinglan only had two courses this semester, and the first and second halves of the semester were alternated, which meant that she only needed to attend one day a week.
Homework was simple, taking only an hour or two to complete. Even the final exam consisted of just writing a short paper.
And the workload of summer hibernation...
Complaining was useless, so Xia Mian honestly started writing her lab report.
One experiment can generate a report that is over thirty pages long, and there are more than one experiment.
By evening, Xia Mian felt like her eyes were about to go blind from staying up so long; the thick stack of lab reports was covered with dense handwriting.
Xia Mian stopped writing; she couldn't write any more.
She was just thinking of relaxing by scrolling through Douyin (TikTok), but as soon as she opened it, she saw a video of a flower wall at a music festival shared by [Valuri].
You have time to play on your phone, but no time to help her with her homework, right?
It's one thing to play it secretly, but why share it with her?
[Spring fatigue]: Hmph.
【Valuri】：?
[Spring fatigue]: Leave me alone.
[Spring Fatigue]: I begged you to help me with my homework, but you wouldn't. We agreed I could ask you for help anytime!
The other party remained silent for a long time before seemingly giving in.
【Valuri】: Okay, it's my fault.
[Spring Fatigue]: Ah! No, no! I was just pretending to be angry, I didn't really mean to blame you!
Good heavens, how come "Qinglan" has such a good temper?
Actually, helping with homework is not Qinglan's obligation, and Qinglan has the right to refuse.
【Valuri】: So tell me, what do you need my help with?
[Spring Fatigue]: Ahem, I'll continue with the process.
【Spring Fatigue】: Hello Ms. Qing, this is Homework Salon. You have a homework writing appointment for tonight. If you can come, please reply with [1], otherwise please reply with [2]. To cancel this service, please recite the full text of "Free and Easy Wandering".
【Valuri】: ...a different way of addressing someone.
[Spring Fatigue]: Isn't Ms. Qing nice? Elegant and graceful.
[Spring Fatigue]: Okay, then... Hello Valuri?
【Spring Fatigue】: Ahhh, stop worrying about this! Reply to me again, and don't select 【2】 or unsubscribe again!
Seeing Qinglan's cold reply earlier, I realized she was truly heartbroken.
【Valuri】：【1】
[Spring fatigue]: Yay!!
[Spring Fatigue]: (Desktop photo x1)
[Spring fatigue]: I just bought some new lab report paper today and finished writing an experiment.
[Spring fatigue]: My hands are already sore, they're covered in marks of my pride QAQ
【Valuri】: Send me the course materials you want to copy to my email.
[Spring Fatigue]: Wow, you're really good at this!
[Spring Fatigue]: I've got it, I've got it, there are three in total.
[Spring Fatigue]: But should I give you these stacks of lab report papers first?
【Valuri】: No need.
[Spring fatigue]: Huh?
【Valuri】: I have many here too.
[Spring Fatigue]: How come you have this... Oh, did Pei Yan's roommate, Song Zhiyang, give it to you? To use as scratch paper?
Once Xia Mian saw the draft paper Qing Lan used for her postgraduate entrance exam, she would never again say that draft paper was unnecessary for literature postgraduate entrance exams.
Qinglan used the most primitive yet most effective method, memorizing one page and writing it down one page at a time; this tenacity is unmatched by ordinary people.
【Valuri】: I guess so.
[Spring Fatigue]: Well... I'll come to your dorm to find you after you finish writing. Thank you for your hard work.
【Valuri】: No need.
【Valuri】: Come to the library and get it from me.
[Spring fatigue]: Oh, okay.
【Valuri】: There's one more thing.
【Valuri】: Scan your completed lab report into a PDF and send it to me.
[Spring fatigue]: Huh? Why?
【Valuri】: To minimize the handwriting differences between several lab reports.
[Spring fatigue]: Wow...
How thoughtful! She even considered whether the teacher would recognize her. She herself hadn't thought of that; she was just focused on getting through the test.
However, what does it mean to "make the handwriting differences between lab reports less significant"?
Could it be that "Qinglan" would imitate her handwriting?
Xia Mian was skeptical, but at least trusted Qinglan's reliability, so she scanned the experimental report she had written and sent it to Qinglan's email address.
Two days later, in the afternoon.
"Qinglan" sent a message on Douyin.
【Valuri】: I'm done writing. Let's go to the library.
[Spring Sleepiness]: Okay! Love you, love you!
Xia Mian headed straight for the library, and as she entered the lobby, she bumped into Pei Yan, who was just coming out of there.
She was too nervous to speak, and with her homework on her mind, she simply smiled and nodded at him as a greeting.
Pei Yan nodded in response, and then the two passed each other.
Xia Mian rushed to the study room that Qinglan had mentioned and saw Qinglan holding a stack of lab reports as thick as a book, dozing off.
He was obviously waiting for her.
"I'm here, I'm here."
In the study room, Xia Mian was anxious, but she still kept her voice down.
"Here you go." Qinglan handed her the lab report.
Xia Mian took the lab report and blinked, "Thank you so much, my dearest!"
"Ouch." Qinglan crossed her arms. "Why is this so cheesy?"
Ten minutes ago, Song Zhiyang went out for a while. When he came back, he handed her this stack of lab reports and asked her to give them to Xia Mian later.
Qinglan glanced at the handwriting and guessed that it looked like Xia Mian's. She figured that they had the same homework and were copying each other's work.
Xia Mian would lend her homework to Song Zhiyang, probably because Song Zhiyang was Pei Yan's roommate.
Isn't this a case of loving someone because of their loved ones?
"Qinglan..."
Just as Xia Mian was about to say a few more words, she saw a boy stand up across the table and gesture towards Qing Lan.
He must be Song Zhiyang, Xia Mian glanced at him again.
Summer-dwelling socially anxious person doesn't like interacting with unfamiliar people, and can only say that Song Zhiyang is relatively familiar to her.
Seeing that the two of them were exchanging papers, Xia Mian figured they were probably going to discuss some questions, so she stopped standing there and hurriedly said goodbye to Qing Lan: "Then I'll go first."
After leaving the library, Xia Mian began to carefully examine the experimental reports.
To her surprise, she discovered that "Qinglan" could indeed imitate handwriting; the densely packed words on the lab report paper looked just like her own handwriting.
Of course, she herself could see the difference upon closer inspection, but others would not suspect anything at all.
"Qinglan" is a rare talent for doing homework for others.
Summer Sleep is truly admirable.
With the strong support of "Qinglan", the last two days of the holiday provided several times more free time for summer hibernation.
Thinking that it had been many days since I sent "Qinglan" a video of a handsome guy, and that she herself hadn't watched it for many days either, I couldn't help but feel a little itchy.
As always, the recommendation page demonstrated its high level of big data capabilities. Xia Mian hadn't even swiped her phone a few times when Douyin recommended a handsome internet celebrity, A, that she really liked.
She is of very high quality, has a cool and aloof demeanor, and has very long legs.
She wore a loose, all-black hooded sweatshirt, her short hair was soft and slightly curly, messy in front of her forehead, but it couldn't hide her beautiful eyes.
Of course, I should share beautiful things with "Qinglan".
What's more, "Qinglan" just did her such a big favor.
[Spring Fatigue]: (Video of Internet Celebrity A x1)
[Spring Sleepiness]: So beautiful, I'm impressed, I'd give you my life, my life, my life, my life...
Xia Mian typed those four words dozens of times, filling the entire chat screen.
The person on the other end, 【Valuri】, remained silent and didn't reply with a single word, only sending a video to share.
Wow, the blogger is [Pei Yan V].
The video is old; Xia Mian has watched it eight hundred times.
Of course, no matter how many times I've watched it, Xia Mian still enjoys watching it.
Why is Valuri sending this now?
What is this guy doing?
[Spring Fatigue]: Ahem, although I really like Pei Yan, I also need to check out some new faces occasionally.
[Spring Fatigue]: Stop sending him! I was admiring the stunning good looks of other handsome guys when his face suddenly popped up. I felt a strange sense of guilt...
It's hard to explain, it's as if she's wronged Pei Yan.
Xia Mian shook her head vigorously and started to criticize herself again: There's really no need for this. There was only one hand-holding between them that wasn't really holding hands, they weren't actually dating.
Summer hibernation! I can't let my imagination run wild anymore and add more drama to my life!
In order to calm down as much as possible, Xia Mian decided to look for new videos of handsome men.
Although handsome men are not common in real life, they are plentiful on Douyin.
Before long, summer hibernation yielded new results.
[Spring Fatigue]: (Video of Internet Celebrity Handsome Guy B ×1)
[Spring fatigue]: This one is also good, I sincerely recommend it.
【Valuri】：（【Pei Yan V】Video ×1）
[Spring Fatigue]: (Video of Internet Celebrity Handsome Guy C ×1)
[Spring Fatigue]: Look at his collarbone!! *Hissing sounds*
【Valuri】：（【Pei Yan V】Video ×1）
Spring fatigue: etc.
[Spring Slumber]: Are you a die-hard fan of Pei Yan?
She posted a video of a handsome internet celebrity, and 【Valuri】 responded by posting a video of Pei Yan.
Xia Mian was somewhat bewildered by Valuri's protectiveness towards Pei Yan.
But the way this is done is to make her watch Pei Yan's videos without watching other handsome men?
[Spring fatigue]: Incorrect.
[Spring Sleepiness]: You're a fan of my pairing with Pei Yan?
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