Ye Qingliu heard the soft sound of a pen being put down. "He copied my solution to the last big problem in the physics competition last week."
Duan Shuce: “?”
Ning Xiwan: "Hahahahaha!" Her laughter nearly blew the roof off. "Wait, aren't you two from different schools? In the same exam room? No, the point is, you actually copied the answers for someone else? Ye Qingliu, your character is ruined!"
Ye Qingliu's voice remained calm: "He promised to help me organize my three-month chemistry competition notes."
Duan Shuce was helpless: "That was an exchange, not a copy."
Ning Xiwan laughed so hard that she slammed the table. Suddenly, she realized something was wrong: "Wait, you two made a deal behind my back?!"
After three seconds of silence.
Ye Qingliu: "I also wrote your advanced math homework."
Duan Shuce: "I looked up the information for your macroeconomics report last week."
Ning Xiwan: “…………”
She slowly squatted down with her head in her arms: "Is this the friendship of top students? Love it."
There were birds singing outside the window—it was surprising that there were birds at three in the morning at this time of year.
Ning Xiwan rubbed against the French window and rested her forehead against the cold glass: "Honestly, have you ever thought about..." She paused, "What would happen if humans didn't need to sleep?"
Ye Qingliu: "Social productivity increased by 37%."
Duan Shuce: "But the incidence of depression may double."
Ning Xiwan turned around, leaning her back against the glass and slowly sliding down to sit on the ground: "What I'm thinking is... this way we can play games all the time."
Two sighs were heard simultaneously in the headphones.
Ye Qingliu: "Your train of thought..."
Duan Shuce: "Very Ning Xiwan."
Ning Xiwan disagreed: "Isn't this the ultimate romance! Always awake, always with teammates!"
Ye Qingliu suddenly asked: "Do you know what will happen if you stay awake for more than 11 days?"
Ning Xiwan: "...will he become a superman?"
Duan Shuce smiled and replied, "He will die."
"Tsk—" Ning Xiwan stretched her legs to reach the bag of potato chips on the table, "You science students have no imagination at all."
Ye Qingliu heard the sound of pages turning: "There's a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience in 2018..."
"Stop!" Ning Xiwan interrupted quickly. "No academic discussions at three in the morning!" She crunched her chips. "We should talk about something deeper—like why eating potato chips makes you more addicted?"
Duan Shuce seemed to lie down, his voice filled with a lazy smile: "Dopamine secretion mechanism."
Ye Qingliu: "Or maybe you're just hungry."
Ning Xiwan looked down at herself: "...I think I am indeed hungry."
An idea suddenly struck her. "Do you think there will be a chef on duty in the Ning family kitchen right now?"
Ye Qingliu: "Three o'clock in the morning?"
Duan Shuce: "A wealthy family shouldn't have such an anti-human setting."
Ning Xiwan had already stood up and was moving towards the door: "I'm going on an adventure! Stay connected!"
Ye Qingliu: "Don't fall——"
"Bang!"
Duan Shuce: "...she bumped into the door?"
Ye Qingliu: "It's obvious."
Ning Xiwan's wailing could be heard from a distance: "Who put the vase in the corridor?!
She muttered into her headphones, "My kitchen is bigger than our school library..."
Ye Qingliu's voice was filled with a slight electrical noise: "The surveillance camera is in the upper left corner."
"What?!" She suddenly squatted down, her head hitting the open cabinet. "Hiss—how can a wealthy family do this..."
Duan Shuce chuckled: "You are also from a wealthy family."
"Oh, right." Ning Xiwan rubbed her forehead and stood up, suddenly stunned, "Wait, then can I..." She suddenly opened the double-door refrigerator, "Wow!!"
The light from the cold storage room poured in, illuminating her shocked face. Three layers of desserts were displayed like a luxury goods counter, and macarons shimmered in icing sugar in glass cups.
Ye Qingliu: "Calm down, your breathing rate has increased."
Duan Shuce: "Take the pink box on the left, your favorite strawberry mousse."
Ning Xiwan's finger hovered in the air: "...How do you even know about my refrigerator?"
Ye Qingliu: "Last week's housekeeping shopping list is in the family group."
Duan Shuce: "And you liked this pastry chef's post on Twitter."
Ning Xiwan slumped down in front of the center counter, holding a mousse cake, twirling the silver spoon between her fingers: "I suddenly feel like being a young lady isn't bad..."
Her voice began to drift, and the spoon poked a small hole in the cake.
The sound of turning pages came from the headphones. Ye Qingliu seemed to be doing a test: "Your speaking speed is 12% slower."
Duan Shuce's voice suddenly approached the microphone: "Wanwan?"
"Hmm..." Her chin gradually rested on the cool marble countertop. "I'll just close my eyes... for three seconds..."
The phone slipped from her fingers and landed on the wool carpet with a clatter.
Ye Qingliu: "The call lasted 4 hours and 29 minutes."
Duan Shuce: "Should we wake her up?"
Three seconds of silence.
Ye Qingliu: "She ran 3,000 meters in physical education class yesterday."
Duan Shuce chuckled: "Good night then?"
Amidst the hum of electricity, a very light keystroke could be heard. Ye Qingliu's last words before exiting the voice chat were: "...Let her sleep."
(The next morning)
The housekeeper found the young lady huddled next to the refrigerator, holding an empty cake box in her arms. Her phone screen was still lit: [Call ended 04:29:17]
The lock screen wallpaper was a photo of her and two boys - Ye Qingliu was hugged by the neck with an expressionless face, Duan Shuce was smiling and making a "V" sign, and Ning Xiwan in the middle was smiling so hard that her teeth were showing.
The sunlight shone through the gauze curtains onto her eyelashes, casting a small, gentle shadow under her eyes.
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