Lin Xiao was slightly taken aback by Bai Youyou's initiative to show goodwill.
He wasn't a fan of sweets, so he smiled and declined.
"I'll leave it for now and eat it later," Lin Xiao said.
Bai Youyou was slightly disappointed. She lowered her head and softly said "oh".
She ate all the cookies he gave her, so why didn't he eat the ones he gave her?
Does he not like caramel cookies?
Why does he always carry caramel cookies with him?
He's so strange.
But she didn't take the cookies back, seemingly stubbornly insisting on sharing.
Lin Xiao was focused on reading and didn't notice Bai Youyou's emotional change.
Until he saw a sentence in the book—
Even a fool longs to be seen, understood, and loved. Sometimes, a small gesture can reveal what is in someone's heart.
This statement was very enlightening, and Lin Xiao suddenly realized something.
He looked up at Bai Youyou and immediately understood what was going on.
She was proactively sharing her favorite snacks.
She was repaying him for the caramel cookies he had given her yesterday.
He refused to let her share, so she was unhappy.
How could I let my sugar daddy/junior sister be unhappy?
So he reached out and took the caramel biscuit in front of him.
Just then, Bai Youyou reached out to take a cookie, and their fingertips touched.
Bai Youyou was startled and withdrew her hand as if she had been electrocuted. She looked at Lin Xiao nervously, her face slightly flushed.
Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows, suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, calmly took a cookie, and handed it to Bai Youyou.
"Thank you." Bai Youyou took it in a daze and whispered.
Lin Xiao smiled, took a piece himself, put it in his mouth, and ate it quietly, trying not to make a sound.
The male students from Jiangnan University who had been quietly watching this scene felt as if they had been unexpectedly fed a mouthful of lemons.
So sour!
"Oh my god, their interactions are so natural! It's so sweet!"
"Tsk, Lin Xiao is so lucky to get so close to Bai Xiaohua, he's the envy of everyone!"
"What kind of magic does Lin Xiao possess? Why is Bai, the school beauty, so special to him?"
"I've given her snacks before, so why doesn't she even look at me properly?"
"Lin Xiao is indeed a master. He handles such details so well. I need to learn from him."
"How did they get into physical contact so quickly? It feels like things are developing completely beyond my expectations."
People only envy those around them.
At this moment, Lin Xiao was the one being envied.
But he himself was unaware of this, because in his view, he was just working to earn money.
Soon it was dinner time. Lin Xiao and Bai Youyou packed their bags, left the library, and headed to the cafeteria.
Having learned from his previous experience, Lin Xiao deliberately avoided the second canteen this time and led Bai Youyou to the more secluded third canteen.
Sure enough, the five-person group that Sang Ting named "Rice People, Rice Souls" had new messages.
Sang Ting: [Want to have dinner together? @Everyone]
Bird Bro was the first to reply: 【I'm okay with that. @A Roar @White Streak in the Waves, what do you two say?】
Aquaman: [I've taken care of it outside. I'll definitely participate next time.]
Sang Ting: [@Yunyouyouyouyou, time to eat!]
Lin Xiao glanced at the group chat messages, pretended not to see them, and planned to reply later.
Bai Youyou looked at her phone, then at Lin Xiao, lost in thought.
He doesn't like crowds, just like her.
So she retracted her emoji: 【I'm here. Pig riding a bike animated emoji】
But it was clearly too late.
Sang Ting and Bird Brother, who were being spied on, saw it.
Sang Ting: [Youyou, why did you retract the message? I saw it!]
Sang Ting: [Youyou, tell me the truth, are you dating Lin Xiao?]
Bird sent me a meme of a little bear eating melon seeds.
Bird Bro: [@A Roaring Howl, have you gone back to school?]
Bird Bro: [@SmilingGoddessofFrenchJunior, looks like it's just the two of us left, wanna hang out again?]
Sang Ting: [Let's do it, Bird Bro! We must defend the spirit of the Rice-eating Group to the death!]
Bird Bro: [Okay then. See you at the entrance of the second cafeteria later?]
Sang Ting replied with a cute little dragon emoji.
Seeing that Bai Youyou hadn't followed, Lin Xiao glanced back at her, and fearing she might overthink things, explained, "Our friendship is purely platonic. Theirs isn't platonic; they like to talk nonsense. What do you think about us not bringing them to dinner?"
The fairy-like junior nodded blankly, indicating her agreement.
So she put away her phone and followed behind Lin Xiao.
After walking for a while, Bai Youyou suddenly stopped, tilting her head as if she couldn't understand: Why isn't he playing that game anymore?
Lin Xiao turned around, glanced at her, smiled slightly, and said in a relaxed tone, "What's wrong? What are you thinking about?"
Bai Youyou looked up, blinked, hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "You're not playing that game today?"
Lin Xiao was slightly taken aback, then smiled, touched his nose, and replied casually, "Games, you have to change them up. Otherwise, how boring is that?"
Bai Youyou, without suspecting anything, lifted her leg and followed.
"Do you get along well with your roommate?" she suddenly asked softly.
Lin Xiao hummed in agreement, "It's alright."
Lin Xiao glanced at the fairy-like junior and saw that she was hanging her head, like a kitten that had been soaked by the rain, looking helpless and aggrieved.
Lin Xiao couldn't help but raise his hand to pat the fairy-like junior's head, but worried that such a gesture might cause misunderstandings, so he paused in mid-air and then casually waved his hand instead.
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