Back to the dormitory
On their way back to the dormitory, some classmates whispered about them, but they didn't pay any attention to it.
After walking a little further away, Xu Feifei said, "Lin Yuan, I'm sorry. I used you as an excuse when I rejected Zhang Jiayi just now."
"It's okay, I'm just not feeling well."
Lin Yuan continued, "And you?"
"Me? What happened to me?"
Why did you refuse?
"Me? Me?!"
Xu Feifei thought for a moment, hesitating whether to speak or not. Finally, she said, "Actually, I felt the situation was a bit awkward... If it were a private invitation, I might still go. But in front of so many people, I felt a little..."
The answer was right there on the tip of his tongue, but he just didn't know how to organize his thoughts or how to say it properly. He gestured with his hands a few times and vaguely said, "Uh... well, uh... you know what I mean."
Finally, he added, "Besides, you're not feeling well, how could I abandon you?"
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "I don't quite understand. You just said you might go in private. What if he asks you in private?"
Xu Feifei felt a little embarrassed, her eyes darting around as she said, "I probably shouldn't go. How could I leave you behind and have fun alone? Right?"
After saying that, she laughed and giggled beside Lin Yuan. Leaning on Lin Yuan's shoulder, she said coquettishly, "Right? Right! Right!"
Lin Yuan looked somewhat helpless and smiled, "I'll believe you for now."
On the way back to the dormitory, there were far fewer people. It was Friday, and lunchtime, so everyone was heading out of the school or towards the cafeteria after watching the basketball game.
The summer evening breeze was a bit stuffy, but it felt very comfortable on my skin.
The two changed into slippers at the entrance of their dormitory. The moment Lin Yuan opened the dormitory door, a blast of stuffy heat rushed towards them.
Xu Feifei entered the dormitory, opened the window for ventilation for Lin Yuan, and asked, "Lin Yuan, where is your air conditioner remote?"
"Here it is." Lin Yuan found the remote control and handed it to her.
Xu Feifei turned the temperature down to the lowest setting and said as she pressed the button, "Can I turn the air conditioner down to the lowest setting and then turn it back up after it cools down?"
"Um."
Xu Feifei has a habit of opening the window and turning on the air conditioner as soon as she enters the room. She used to do this often at home. Once, her mother saw her doing this and gave her a good scolding and a lecture.
Her mother bombarded her with three questions in quick succession: "You're running the air conditioner and opening the windows, doesn't that cost money? Are you developing a power plant? Are you rich? Do you pay for the electricity?"
Xu Feifei was scolded so badly that she huddled to one side like a quail, not daring to argue back. She silently closed the window and turned the air conditioner back to 26 degrees Celsius.
With repeated exposure to the problem, this habit gradually changed. However, after entering the world of novels, this habit resurfaced.
Xu Feifei sometimes wondered if she had never truly changed this habit. It was only under her mother's pressure that it fled into the shadows, lurking beside her. And when her mother was gone, it reappeared.
Once the room was well ventilated, Xu Feifei closed the windows.
"Bang!" The moment the window closed, Xu Feifei's stomach rumbled.
Xu Feifei touched her stomach and realized she hadn't eaten dinner yet.
So he asked Lin Yuan, "Lin Yuan, is there anything you want to eat? I'll go to the cafeteria and get some for you."
"No need, I'll go with you!" Lin Yuan said, standing up.
"You can rest in your dorm. I can manage on my own." Xu Feifei walked over to Lin Yuan and sat down, pressing her shoulder.
"I'm fine, we can go together."
"No, you should rest for a while! Besides, I already told Zhang Jiayi and the others that we're not going because you're not feeling well. It would be so awkward if we ran into each other in the cafeteria!"
Seeing that she had refused him again and again, Lin Yuan finally had no choice but to nod and agree.
Seeing this, Xu Feifei smiled happily and said, "Then you should lie down on the bed and rest quietly until I get the food. By the way, can I take your key back with me? It's more troublesome without the key."
Lin Yuan smiled, handed her the key, and said, "Okay, go ahead!"
Xu Feifei happily walked to the door with her keys, then suddenly remembered something and asked Lin Yuan, "What do you want to eat?"
"It's up to you. I'll eat whatever you eat."
Xu Feifei hesitated for a moment, then finally said, "Okay!"
Upon arriving at the restaurant, I went straight to the fifth floor. I found an empty seat in the lobby, looked at the menu, and immediately went to the congee section. There weren't many varieties of congee.
Xu Feifei directly ticked the seafood porridge and millet porridge, handed the menu to the waiter, and held up her black card, saying domineeringly, "Two servings of seafood porridge and one serving of millet porridge to go, swipe your card."
After taking the card and menu, the waiter said, "Okay, please wait a moment."
When Xu Feifei got her black card back, she was overjoyed. She could finally experience what it felt like for the domineering CEO in the novel to swipe his card.
Waiting around was getting a bit boring, so I picked up my phone and just as I opened the screen...
My phone vibrated several times, mostly with spam notifications from mobile apps and messages from WeChat.
Because she had just transmigrated and fallen into the lake, Xu Feifei's old phone was ruined. This new phone was recently purchased, and her WeChat account was also newly created, with only a dozen or so friends. She opened WeChat and found that quite a few people had tried to contact her.
Among them are her mother, Zeng Hao, Zhang Jiayi, and most surprisingly, the male lead is also in it!
Xu Feifei was the first to open the male lead's chat interface, which contained two messages.
1. I saw Lin Yuan come back. Did you tell Lin Yuan that Lin Xi'er wanted to see her?
2. I sent her a message, but she didn't reply. What's wrong with her?
Xu Feifei shook her head and clicked her tongue, saying, "You're the one who cares most about the female lead."
She replied: Not yet, I'll talk to her later. Lin Yuan wasn't feeling well, so she didn't reply to the message immediately.
Then she opened her mother's message and saw that her mother was asking her when she was coming home.
Xu Feifei made up an excuse, saying that she would be staying at school this week.
After replying to Zeng Hao and Zhang Jiayi's messages, Xu Feifei opened the game. Once the game was over, the porridge was packed up and served.
The three bowls of porridge stacked together were quite heavy, and it was rather difficult to lift them with one hand. Xu Feifei separated the three bowls, carrying two in her right hand and one in her left hand as she left the restaurant.
She returned to Lin Yuan's dormitory, panting heavily, and struggled to find the key to open the door.
The moment the door opened, a blast of cold air rushed out. Xu Feifei instantly perked up. Lin Yuan happened to come up, and Xu Feifei exaggeratedly complained to her, "It's so heavy! My arms are about to break!"
Lin Yuan took the porridge from her hand and asked, "Why aren't you eating in the restaurant?"
"I want to come back and eat with you! I bought seafood porridge and millet porridge. I heard that millet porridge is the best for sick people."
"If you don't want millet porridge, we also have seafood porridge. I bought two servings."
Xu Feifei sat on the sofa, looking at Lin Yuan with starry eyes, as if to say, "Come and praise my thoughtfulness!"
Lin Yuan smiled and said, "You're so thoughtful!"
Xu Feifei's eyes crinkled with laughter after receiving the compliment. As she sat down, she noticed Lin Yuan had changed her clothes, her hair was a little messy, and there was something strange about the top of her head. She tentatively asked, "Were you just taking a shower?"
"Yes, I went to take a shower while you were out."
Xu Feifei suddenly realized and said, "So that's how it is. No wonder your hair looked messy."
Lin Yuan's expression froze, and she stood up, saying, "Really? I'll go get it!"
Just as Xu Feifei was about to say goodbye, Lin Yuan had already entered the room and locked the door. Looking at the tightly locked door, Xu Feifei thought, "Lin Yuan still cares about her image, doesn't she?"
Xu Feifei is quite casual at home and doesn't care about her appearance at all. Her hair isn't just a little messy at home; her mother often says it looks like a bird's nest.
But she thought her mother was exaggerating. All she did was tie her hair in a ponytail and lie around, causing it to become loose and crooked. It wasn't that dramatic.
When Lin Yuan came out, she was all dressed neatly and meticulously.
Lin Yuan laid out the porridge one by one, and Xu Feifei obediently sat down beside her, waiting to eat.
The moment the lid of the porridge was opened, a fragrant aroma wafted out. Xu Feifei stirred it a few times with a spoon; the ingredients were plentiful, and the porridge was quite thick.
The seafood congee contained scallops, abalone, fresh shrimp, white fish meat, and some carrots and cauliflower. The ingredients almost outnumbered the congee itself, making it seem a bit overpowering.
But she loved this kind of attention-grabbing behavior and eagerly took a bite. She ended up scalding herself, exhaling sharply, opening her mouth, and fanning the flames with her hand.
Lin Yuan laughed when she saw her like this, "Be careful it's hot, eat slowly."
Xu Feifei nodded repeatedly.
After finishing a bowl of seafood porridge, she couldn't eat anything else. Lin Yuan digested the rest of the porridge.
Seeing that Lin Yuan had finished both bowls of porridge, Xu Feifei couldn't help but praise her, "Lin Yuan, you have quite a good appetite!"
Lin Yuan paused for a moment, then said, "You might not be feeling well, so eat more and replenish your body!"
"You're right. Are you full? Do you want me to go buy some more?" Xu Feifei asked, lying contentedly on the sofa.
Lin Yuan cleared the mess of cups and plates from the table and laughed, "Do you think I'm a pig? How could I possibly eat so much!"
Xu Feifei reached out and teased, "Yes! I've fed you until you're all plump and healthy!"
After Lin Yuan tidied up the living room, the two of them played on their phones on the sofa for a while. Xu Feifei then said, "I'm going back to take a shower, can I come over in a bit?"
"good!"
After returning to her dorm, Xu Feifei took a nice, relaxing shower. After quickly tidying herself up, she went to Lin Yuan's place.
She knocked on the door and called for Lin Yuan to open it, but no one answered. Suddenly remembering that Lin Yuan still had the key, she called out through the door, "Lin Yuan, if you don't open it, I'll just use the key!"
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement.
With a "click," the door opened. A rush of cold air rushed in, and Xu Feifei, who had just taken a shower, couldn't help but feel a little cold.
Xu Feifei walked into the living room and saw Lin Yuan curled up asleep on the sofa. She quickly went over and turned up the air conditioner temperature.
Squatting down next to Lin Yuan, Xu Feifei noticed an unusual flush on her face. She touched Lin Yuan's forehead, then touched her own. Lin Yuan seemed to have a fever!
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