Chapter 32.
The thick and dark curtains blocked the bright sunlight outside, but the strong sun still shone its light in through the gaps in the curtains. Only the slight sound of breathing could be heard in the quiet room.
Qian Yirong opened her eyes, feeling as if she didn't know what day it was. She felt that the discomfort in her body had subsided, but she still wanted to raise her hand to touch her forehead to see if it was still hot.
But she found that her hand seemed to be grabbed by something. She turned her head and saw Xu Baiqing sleeping beside her bed. In the dimly lit room, Qian Yirong could still see Xu Baiqing's current appearance clearly.
Xu Baiqing leaned his head on his hand, his head facing her, his long eyelashes casting some shadows under his eyelids, his delicate nose was accompanied by slightly open red lips, his thin white teeth and scarlet tongue were faintly visible, and his breath seemed to carry an ambiguous atmosphere, which made Qian Yirong's throat roll unconsciously, and she looked away a little embarrassedly.
Xu Baiqing was holding her hand in his other hand, so Qian Yirong had to carefully pull her hand out of Xu Baiqing's hand so as not to wake her up. After all, it seemed that Xu Baiqing had taken care of her in the room all night, and was even so tired that he fell asleep beside the bed.
Qian Yirong couldn't help but gently tuck the loose hair on Xu Baiqing's forehead behind her ears. Seeing that there seemed to be some tired dark circles under her eyes, she couldn't help but sigh. She covered her accelerated heartbeat, thinking that it seemed that controlling her heartbeat was a very difficult thing.
In fact, Xu Baiqing woke up when Qian Yirong first wanted to raise her hand, but she chose to pretend to be asleep. She did stay in the room to look after Qian Yirong last night, and then she fell asleep directly on the edge of the bed when she was tired.
She is not the kind of person who does good deeds without leaving her name. Of course, she wants Qian Yirong to know clearly what she has done for her. After all, Qian Yirong will not be touched if she just does it without saying anything. Since she wants to win Qian Yirong's heart, she naturally wants Qian Yirong to know what she has done.
Later, when Qian Yirong pulled out her hand, Xu Baiqing used a lot of willpower to suppress his subconscious desire to hold Qian Yirong's hand tightly, pretending to be unaware. Sure enough, he felt Qian Yirong's gentle gesture of tying his hair for him.
This made Xu Baiqing's heart skip a beat, but then she heard Qian Yirong sighing, which made Xu Baiqing a little confused. To be honest, she could indeed feel that Qian Yirong's gaze was on her many times.
But when she looked over, Qian Yirong pretended to be unmoved, which was really contradictory. Based on Xu Baiqing's understanding of Qian Yirong over this period of time, she was actually a domineering person. If he really had feelings for her, he should not stay away from her, but should find a way to be with her.
Xu Baiqing waited for Qian Yirong to take the initiative, but she endured for a long time. However, although she clearly felt something, Qian Yirong did not take any action and even seemed to avoid being with her.
This won't do. Xu Baiqing noticed that Qian Yirong's behavior was different from what she expected. Instead, she was retreating. She would not really let Qian Yirong get away with it. After all, she had been pretending to be a prey for a while, but she has always been a very patient hunter. But as the saying goes, the best hunters often appear as prey.
But now she realized that Qian Yirong was retreating in the face of her prey's disguise, so she could only resume her identity as a hunter and hunt in return. After all, she actually had the upper hand over Qian Yirong.
Of course, she prefers mutual affection to coercion, so the so-called hunting is just a way for her to become more proactive in her interactions with Qian Yirong. After all, if the mountain doesn't come to me, then I have to come to the mountain.
So Xu Baiqing naturally pretended to wake up and opened his eyes. When he saw Qian Yirong woke up, he rushed over with great "surprise". While Qian Yirong's pupils were shaking, he naturally pushed aside her bangs and touched his forehead against hers.
"Very good, the fever has subsided." Xu Baiqing said happily, and then naturally distanced himself from Qian Yirong.
Qian Yirong was completely stunned by Xu Baiqing's impetuous series of moves. Before she could react to Xu Baiqing's sudden approach, she had already distanced herself from him.
She didn’t know if it was Qian Yirong’s illusion, but she always felt that Xu Baiqing’s attitude had subtly changed. However, she couldn’t be sure of the specific change, so she could only put aside her doubts for the time being.
"It's getting late now. Rongrong, hurry up and wash up and change your clothes. We're going to eat. We can't miss too many classes." Xu Baiqing said, and then he started to unbutton Qian Yirong's pajamas.
"Wait... wait, what are you doing?" Qian Yirong reacted much faster this time. She grabbed Xu Baiqing's hand who was unbuttoning her chest, and her fair face turned red.
"Oh, I forgot that my sister is already well and still wants to take care of you," Xu Baiqing said, but her tone was vaguely filled with regret. Under Qian Yirong's vigilance, she had to withdraw her hand and said, "Then sister, come by yourself. I'll go to my room and tidy myself up."
With that, Xu Baiqing left Qian Yirong's room with light steps. Qian Yirong looked at her and saw that she closed the door for her considerately. Only then did she let go of her hand that was covering her collar. She felt that Xu Baiqing's behavior had become aggressive.
This was not a good thing for Qian Yirong. After all, it was already difficult enough for her to restrain herself from getting close to Xu Baiqing, but if Xu Baiqing took the initiative to get close to her, Qian Yirong would find it even more difficult to resist.
With a complicated and inexplicable mood, Qian Yirong took a simple shower in the bathroom of the room. She always felt sweaty because of the fever-reducing medicine and the quilt last night.
After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Qian Yirong felt much more comfortable. After leaving the room, she couldn't help but take a deep breath, adjust her mood, and then left the room.
Sure enough, she saw Xu Baiqing waiting for her in the living room. Because of her actions, Xu Baiqing looked over and came over with his eyes lighting up.
"Sister, Xue'er just sent me a message asking about your situation. After I told her, she said she would wait for us at the intersection to have dinner together. Let's go quickly and don't keep Xue'er waiting for too long." Xu Baiqing held Qian Yirong's hand and said as they walked.
This made Qian Yirong pause in her attempt to win over Xu Baiqing. She didn't understand why the two people who seemed to dislike each other suddenly became so close. She looked at the cheerful Xu Baiqing and couldn't tell that she had any negative feelings about meeting Qu Xueer.
"...When did you and Xue'er become so close?" Qian Yirong paused and couldn't help but ask.
"There is no conflict between Xue'er and me. After getting along with each other, we naturally feel that we are compatible with each other." Xu Baiqing said that the change in her relationship with Qu Xue'er was very natural. After all, she was hostile to Qu Xue'er because she regarded her as a love rival.
After knowing that Qu Xueer was in love with someone else and could help him, Xu Baiqing would naturally change his attitude towards her. Moreover, Qu Xueer was not a person who held grudges. After explaining things clearly to her, the relationship between the two of them actually progressed rapidly because of their shared sympathy.
"Sister Rongrong, Sister Baiqing, here, here." Qu Xueer's voice sounded in front.
Qian Yirong was interrupted when she wanted to go into further details. She looked at Xu Baiqing waving to Qu Xueer, and a strange feeling arose in her heart, but she quickly suppressed it.
"Sister Rongrong, are you okay?" Qu Xueer looked at Qian Yirong with concern after the two of them approached.
"Well, I'm fine now. Thank you Xue'er for your concern." Qian Yirong replied with a smile.
"That's good. Sister Rongrong, you don't know that when Sister Baiqing found out that you had a fever and were unconscious, her face turned pale with fright. Fortunately, I was smart enough to call the school doctor." Qu Xueer glanced at Xu Baiqing, puffed out her chest and praised herself.
"Hey, why are you still confusing right and wrong?" Xu Baiqing laughed angrily. She let go of Qian Yirong's hand, put her hands on her hips and said, "Your performance was no better than mine. You were so panicked that you bumped into the table. If I hadn't calmed down, you wouldn't have thought of calling the school doctor."
"Hmph." Qu Xueer snorted at Xu Baiqing after her weakness was exposed.
Xu Baiqing also glared at her. The two of them seemed to be very close, which made Qian Yirong, who originally wanted to adjust the relationship between them, confused.
Qu Xueer, who pretended to be angry with Xu Baiqing, winked at her, glanced at Qian Yirong secretly, and asked her how the situation was. Xu Baiqing nodded slightly and shook her head, indicating that there was some progress but not much.
Qu Xueer raised her eyebrows slightly and nodded to indicate that she understood. After watching her performance, when they went to eat together next time, Qu Xueer, who was walking on the other side of Qian Yirong, deliberately squeezed inwards, forcing Qian Yirong to get closer and closer to Xu Baiqing.
And Xu Baiqing also secretly gave Qu Xueer a thumbs up in the blind spot of Qian Yirong's sight. Qu Xueer continued to create opportunities for Qian Yirong and Xu Baiqing to interact with each other without revealing her achievements.
Lunch was treated by Qu Xueer, who was not short of money. When Qian Yirong accidentally got something on her sleeve and left to go to the bathroom to clean it up, Qu Xueer came up to Xu Baiqing and asked about what happened to them yesterday.
Xu Baiqing picked out some things to tell her. Qu Xueer was excited and envious, and couldn't help asking Xu Baiqing for help. Although she got Chang Xian's contact information, she didn't know how to get closer to her except sending her some polite words like good morning, good night, and pay attention to rest.
Xu Baiqing then gave her some advice, asking her to take a look at Changxian's circle of friends, see what Changxian likes, and cater to her preferences. She should increase communication with her first. Feelings will naturally deepen as time goes by. If she keeps sending some polite words, there is no way to narrow the distance. Qu Xueer said she learned from the advice and said she would try it and report back to Xu Baiqing when she has any news.
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