It was 10:30 p.m.
It was quite quiet in the 404 men's dormitory.
The three of them were playing a game together, each fiddling with their phone screens.
I was lucky today; I only played two games and already got my first chicken dinner of the day.
Liu Jie even went on the offensive as the team's top kill leader.
Normally, he would have jumped up long ago, shouting and bragging, pounding his chest and stamping his feet:
"Look at your dad's skills! That positioning, that level of skill, that rate of fire... Now that you've met the King of Soldiers, why don't you pay your respects!"
But today he was unexpectedly silent. Only after the game ended did he slowly let out a sigh of relief:
"...I'm so lonely."
Zhao Xun tucked his feet into the chair and turned around:
"ah?"
“It’s so quiet now that Laobei isn’t here,” Liu Jie said.
Hao Zhangwen curled his lip: "Is that loneliness you're talking about? That's jealousy."
“I’ve never seen you miss Lao Bei this much when he’s not around.”
Zhao Xun also scoffed: "You never used to think about Lao Bei—at least you shouldn't be thinking about him while playing games."
Liu Jie tossed his phone onto the table, turned his back, placed his hands on the back of the chair, and asked:
"Where do you think Lao Bei and Ji, the campus belle, are hanging out now?"
"Given Brother Bei's personality, he's either taking people out for late-night snacks or going for a walk now. Our Brother Bei doesn't go to bars or nightclubs, his nightlife is very simple... He can't exactly take people to internet cafes, can he?" Zhao Xun said.
"…Too."
Liu Jie nodded and then asked, "How far have things progressed between him and Ji, the campus belle?"
Zhao Xun looked at Liu Jie coldly:
"Although your father is very smart, he is not omniscient or omnipotent."
However, he still guessed, "Judging from how willing Ji Xuemei is to hold hands, they must be quite intimate."
His words reminded Liu Jie of the scene when the two of them held hands.
Two lemons appeared in Brother Jie's eyes:
"Is Lao Bei coming back today?"
"I sent the message, but haven't received a reply yet," Zhao Xun said.
“Give him a call,” Liu Jie said.
"They're all lovey-dovey and all sweethearts. If I make a phone call to them, are you trying to get Ji Xuemei to kill me? Don't try to murder your own father."
Zhao Xun said, glancing at the time, "But it's already this late, so he probably won't reply."
"Then tell Lao Bei to remember to escort the junior back to her dorm."
Liu Jie reminded him, "Last time we had a late-night snack together, he went straight back to his apartment via the road outside the campus. That won't do; he's too much of a straight man."
Zhao Xun looked at Liu Jie with considerable surprise.
Liu Jie said smugly, "Don't let your appearance fool you, I'm actually quite thoughtful."
"Sun'er is thinking, how can you compare to Ji Xuemei in terms of looks?"
Fatty Hao said, "If you, Brother Jie, have thought of this, how could Lao Bei not have thought of it?"
Liu Jie: ...
It's already this late. Even if Lao Bei isn't coming back, he's definitely on his way to take Ji Xuemei back to her dorm.
Thinking about how he and Ji Xuemei were hooking their fingers together, Liu Jie felt both proud of his son and incredibly jealous.
"...Won't they hug again before saying goodbye?" Thinking of this, Liu Jie felt even more bitter.
...
Lu Yibei is a relatively traditional young man.
He felt that people's feelings... at least in matters of love, should proceed gradually.
Confess your feelings.
Embrace.
Holding hands.
Kiss.
Proposal.
Living together.
got engaged.
marriage.
To give birth.
Please refer to this table.
Although there may be some discrepancies, the general direction should not be wrong.
That's why, before Zhou Zhou accepted his confession, he hadn't even held her hand.
But today.
The female knight Qingqian disregarded the rules and directly held his hand and hugged him—hugging his head counts as a hug too—and then kissed him, a three-part combo that left him somewhat bewildered.
They even proposed "cohabitation".
…Well, it's not exactly cohabitation, it's more like staying overnight.
But Lu Yibei lives in a studio apartment, which means there's only one room and one bed...
Lu Yibei had a misconception.
He's about to be speedrunned by the heroine Qingqian.
Most importantly, his first step, just as he was about to use the "confession" skill, was interrupted by Ji Qingqian.
How embarrassing. Lu Yibei thought to himself.
In principle, he should refuse the female knight's request to take her home.
"Click"
Insert the key into the lock.
Standing behind Lu Yibei, Ji Qingqian heard the sound of the lock being turned.
But he couldn't say no to her.
Lu Yibei rented a place in a rather old-fashioned neighborhood.
Judging from their appearance, the houses in this neighborhood have aged so much that the walls are peeling away, revealing glimpses of what we remember from our childhood.
Its advantage lies in its low price, and the interior is actually quite clean.
The door was indeed quite old, and it made a long, sour creaking sound as Lu Yibei pushed it in.
"First of all, let me reiterate."
Lu Yibei said to the girl who was following him, who had her hands behind her back and was leaning her head over, "...The room is really small."
Ji Qingqian nodded.
With the atmosphere already so tense, Lu Yibei couldn't very well turn her away, so he finally opened the door completely.
Ji Qingqian entered.
It is indeed very small, just a simple room, without even an entryway.
Lu Yibei bought a small shoe rack and placed it at the door.
Lu Yibei tossed her a pair of slippers.
It's not that it's so clean that you have to change your shoes before you can go in, it's just... since we're already at home, it's more comfortable to change into slippers.
As Ji Qingqian stomped off her Anta shoes and stuffed her white-socked feet into size 42 slippers, which were a bit too big for her, she observed where Lu Yibei lived.
The layout of the room was pretty much what she had imagined.
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