"It's alright. But you know..."
Xia Wenxi sighed and joked, "I've never had such a packed schedule before. I feel a bit low on energy and need to recharge."
Upon hearing this, Lin Shen simply took off his shoes and got into bed.
When she was held and laid down again, Xia Wenxi was still a little dazed.
"Um... in the office, isn't that inappropriate?"
Lin Shen chuckled and gently pinched Xia Wenxi's ear. "What are you thinking?"
Knowing she had misunderstood, Xia Wenxi wasn't embarrassed. Instead, she asked Lin Shen, "Aren't we going to eat?"
"The food won't run away; the important thing now is to recharge the stream."
Xia Wenxi listened and thought it made sense, so she relaxed and nestled comfortably in Lin Shen's arms.
"Didn't you just say you were worried I wouldn't be able to sleep tonight?"
"Yes, so fifteen minutes."
Actually, after they had spoken, Xia Wenxi was no longer sleepy, but the two of them just lay there quietly, without speaking or kissing, just lying there doing nothing.
When you do nothing, time seems to stretch out.
After Xia Wenxi felt her energy return, she nudged Lin Shen and said, "We can get up now. I feel like I'm fully charged."
After she finished speaking, she even took a look at her phone. Only twelve minutes had passed since she last checked it.
Xia Wenxi jumped out of bed, ran to the bathroom to wash her face, and came out as the fully recovered Xia Wenxi.
She rushed straight to Lin Shen, jumped on him, and kissed him on the cheek.
Lin Shen smiled and hugged her tightly. "Hmm, looks like you're fully recovered. Now it's time to fill your stomach. Let's go eat."
"good!"
Xia Wenxi has no classes tomorrow morning, so she will stay at home today.
"I'm staying at the school tomorrow night, do you want to come and check it out? You can also drop by your sister's place while you're there."
Lin Shen nodded. "Then I'll pick you up from school tomorrow afternoon, and we can stay there together tonight. But I shouldn't visit your sister's place; it might scare her if I suddenly go to visit her."
The siblings' relationship is better than before, and they often get together at the old house, but they still don't visit each other regularly.
"But I can let you know in advance that I'll go with you this weekend so you can familiarize yourself with the place. That way, if there's an emergency, it'll be easier to find them."
Xia Wenxi agreed. Although she felt there was probably nothing urgent, since they lived in the same neighborhood, she should naturally pay him a visit.
The two ate at the same private restaurant they used to frequent; they'd practically made it their go-to place for eating out.
The next morning was still a professional class, and it started with the familiar routine—self-introduction.
She has now memorized her self-introduction lines very quickly, which has reduced her pressure a lot.
When her classmate invited her to go to the cafeteria together at noon, she didn't refuse. She felt that she should interact with her classmate. Otherwise, if she just left after class, she probably wouldn't be familiar with anyone even after three years.
The four girls who shared a dorm room with me during my undergraduate years left after class; they had their own plans. So, the only ones who ate were Xia Wenxi and the other two girls.
Both girls were admitted from other schools and now live in the same dormitory. The more outgoing one is named Lin Ruoqing, and she was the first to speak to Xia Wenxi yesterday.
The other one was named Joey. She was quiet and spoke softly.
A pair of roommates with very contrasting personalities.
"Wenxi, why don't you stay in the dormitory? Is your home very close to the school? Otherwise, if you have classes in the morning, you'd have to get up quite early, right?"
The one asking the questions was, of course, Lin Ruoqing.
Xia Wenxi nodded, without going into details, only saying, "We live nearby, so it's quick to get to school."
"Oh, that's quite convenient. I'm so envious. I've been far from home since college, and now I'm even farther away after taking the postgraduate entrance exam."
"Maybe I'll be able to live closer to home once I start working."
“Now that we’re all here, who wants to go back? Of course, we want to stay in the big city. My parents hope I can stay.”
You can do it.
Upon arriving at the cafeteria, Xia Wenxi quickly changed the subject, asking the two of them what they wanted to eat.
"I'm craving mala tang (spicy hot pot), but Wenxi, are you used to it?"
"Oh? Of course."
"I thought people like you wouldn't eat this kind of thing."
Xia Wenxi smiled but didn't say anything. She was just an ordinary person, how could she not like spicy hot pot?
When it was time to eat, Xia Wenxi noticed that Lin Ruoqing was very talkative and enthusiastic, but there was one thing that wasn't quite right.
That's so gossipy.
Xia Wenxi herself is someone who enjoys gossiping, but she really doesn't dare to gossip about others in front of them.
But Lin Ruoqing was different. She not only ate her melon in person, but also came to her, the "person involved," to verify.
Xia Wenxi was inevitably struggling to cope.
"Wenxi, I heard online that your boyfriend is the president of the Lin Group. Are you still together? How did you two get together?"
The news about Xia Wenxi and Lin Shen has been out for who knows how long. In this new media era, many news items disappear and are forgotten after a couple of days.
Xia Wenxi bet that this news would only be found online by specifically searching for keywords.
"We're still together. As for how we met... it seems like we just suddenly met."
"You two fell in love freely, it wasn't an arranged marriage, was it?"
Xia Wenxi choked on her words at the question. The spicy hot pot hadn't even been served yet, so she had no choice but to answer, "It's not an arranged marriage. My family doesn't do that."
As Xia Wenxi spoke, she prayed that her hot pot restaurant would call out her number soon!
Five minutes later, thank goodness, we could finally eat.
Qiao Yi didn't say a word from beginning to end, and Lin Ruoqing seemed to be focusing on her alone.
“I’ve heard of the Lin Group and Hengyuan Group in my hometown. I even asked my dad before if they were distant relatives of the Lin family.”
Xia Wenxi: "It's so spicy! I need to go buy a drink!"
...
Because Lin Shen doesn't get off work until 6 o'clock and it will take him a while to get here, Xia Wenxi stayed at school for a while after class. However, she deliberately didn't stay in the classroom because she was afraid that Lin Ruoqing would catch her and want to chat with her again.
When Xia Wenxi saw Lin Shen, she immediately leaned her head against him.
"I'm out of power again, I need to borrow Xiaolin's pectoral muscles to recharge."
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