"You're talking about us, aren't you the same?" the boy retorted.
Lu Yibei wanted to say that their situations were different, but then he realized that he was holding something soft in his palm.
After taking one look... Holy crap.
let go.
I didn't mean to.
Lu Yibei gave an awkward smile.
There were too many unexpected events tonight; he couldn't even remember how many times he had said that phrase.
Ji Qingqian's gaze was mocking.
You're just a coward.
Lu Yibei: ...
Two choices: A. Admit that you were too scared to notice, B. Admit that you deliberately grabbed Qingqian's hand.
Between A and B, Lu Yibei decisively chose A or B.
He didn't respond to Ji Qingqian and continued talking to the boy.
“We’ve already spoken to the dorm supervisor, so we can still make it back now.”
The boy was astonished. "This is possible?"
"They're gone."
Lu Yibei spoke to Ji Qingqian, and as the latter nodded, the girl seemed to grasp at a lifeline.
"Excuse me, which dorm building are you from?"
“…Ten buildings,” Ji Qingqian said.
"Great, I'm from Building 10 too." The girl breathed a sigh of relief and pleaded, "Please give me a ride...please!"
Lu Yibei nodded slightly to Ji Qing.
Ji Qingqian nodded to the girl.
The two men watched from a distance as the two women entered the dormitory.
Perhaps because the aunt saw that Ji Qingqian had a little tail following her, she couldn't be too blatant, so she quietly scolded them a couple of times before letting them in.
It was a close call, but ultimately safe.
"Dude, which dorm are you in?"
After Lu Yibei left the girls' dormitory, the boys followed behind him, wanting to hitch a ride like his girlfriend.
"I don't live in the dorms."
Lu Yibei's words shattered the boy's illusions: "I'm planning to climb over the wall to leave school now, do you want to come with me?"
Boy: ...
No? Bro??
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