“Hmm.”
His voice was so pleasant to the ears, like heavenly music, yet it felt incredibly familiar.
She had just heard it.
Mu Qianqian now knew who the boy standing before her was—the one who had almost made her lose her soul with just a single glance.
It was Su Yichen.
“Mu Qianqian.”
Once they were standing outside after leaving the milk tea shop side by side, Su Yichen held the two packed cups of milk tea up to Mu Qianqian. “You choose. Which one do you want to drink?”
“This one, I guess?”
Mu Qianqian pointed to the matcha-flavored milk tea that she preferred.
“Here.”
Su Yichen smiled warmly. He reached out and helped Mu Qianqian tidy up a few extremely messy stray hairs on her head that refused to stay down no matter how much she pressed them.
“Didn’t I tell you not to rush? You ran out here in such a hurry.”
The boy’s actions were incredibly flirtatious, as if he were comforting a silly, somewhat clumsy girlfriend. It caused the girl’s face to turn red in an instant.
**[Mu Qianqian love value +10, current love value 10, current hatred value 0.]**
‘That’s more like it. This is my true lethality.’
After all, what he was best at was seducing girls into committing “crimes.”
However…
‘Isn’t the love value gain a bit too stingy? Only ten?’
Su Yichen strongly suspected his love value had been secretly skimmed. In the past, during a first meeting like this, his face alone would have netted him at least twenty.
In a situation like this, where he had even put in a bit of planning, thirty was possible.
How could it only be ten?
One had to know that a love value of ten was only equivalent to a chance encounter.
‘Does this mean I haven’t even started winning her over?’
Unlike Su Yichen, who was confused by the love value, Mu Qianqian was currently in a daze, as if she hadn’t fully woken up yet.
It felt as though she had been struck over the head by a giant meat bun falling from the sky.
‘A beautiful boy is going to live with me?’
“I… I was just afraid of making you wait for too long.”
As soon as she remembered her current state—no makeup and with sleep crust probably still in the corners of her eyes—Mu Qianqian wanted to bash her head against a wall and die.
The difference between them was just too great!
Additionally, she sensed hostile gazes… those were coming from the girls passing by.
Mu Qianqian, who was usually a bit thick-skinned, didn’t want to stay here for even another minute.
“Come with me. I’ll take you to get a room…”
“No, I mean, see the room! See the room!”
She took a gulp of milk tea to bolster her courage, grabbed Su Yichen’s hand, and started walking toward the residential complex.
‘How can a girl’s head be touched so casually? Since Su Yichen already touched my head, it shouldn’t be a big deal if I pull his hand, right?’
‘Yeah! I’m still the one losing out! I only pulled his hand, but he touched my head!’
Mu Qianqian’s face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her pace quickened.
In the hallway on the fourth floor, Mu Qianqian pointed at the thick security door in front of them and said, “We’re here, Su Yichen. This is it.”
“Hmm… wait, wait a second. Let me catch my breath.”
Su Yichen leaned one hand against the wall, breathing heavily in the hallway air, which wasn’t exactly fresh.
He really wasn’t faking it. Mu Qianqian’s pace had been too fast. From the supermarket to the building and then up to the fourth floor, she hadn’t stopped to rest once.
This was much more tiring than carrying Tong Ya. Tong Ya had only been carried for about 100 meters, and it was all on level ground.
Mu Qianqian was different; her walking speed was almost like a light jog for others.
“Ah… okay.”
Seeing Su Yichen’s out-of-breath state, Mu Qianqian nodded hurriedly, only to realize she was still holding his hand.
The girl finally reacted to the fact that she had been pulling the boy along the entire way.
“Hehe…”
Mu Qianqian reflexively let go and then rubbed the back of her head with a smile.
At that moment, the girl’s gaze became fixed on Su Yichen’s face.
Only in a quiet hallway like this did she have the chance to examine his appearance carefully.
Because of the recent exercise, there were fine beads of sweat on the boy’s forehead, and his cheeks were slightly flushed.
His skin was like flawless jade, and his features were as perfect as if they were God’s most satisfying masterpiece.
He had a high, elegant nose and rosy lips. Within those sapphire-like clear eyes, there was a sense of unrestrained spirit and nimbleness the girl had never seen before.
Even Mu Qianqian, who had seen many so-called “handsome men and beautiful women” in nightclubs, had never seen such a refined and ethereal boy, looking like a fallen immortal.
Compared to him, those other people seemed far too ordinary.
If there was one flaw, it was his height, which wasn’t particularly outstanding.
‘It doesn’t matter. I’m only 165 cm myself, so I’m not tall either. We’re a perfect match.’
As soon as this thought popped up, Mu Qianqian felt ashamed of her bold imagination the next second.
Su Yichen hadn’t even entered the room yet, and she was already thinking about…
‘Mu Qianqian! You have to be a proper lady! You promised your sister and even swore an oath!’
“Alright, things were a bit rushed outside just now.”
After resting for over a minute, Su Yichen recovered. He stood up and extended his hand toward Mu Qianqian. “Let me reintroduce myself. I am Su Yichen. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mu Qianqian.”
“I… my name is Mu Qianqian.”
After a second of hesitation, Mu Qianqian bit her lip and grasped Su Yichen’s hand.
‘His hand feels so comfortable!’
‘Damn it, I was too focused on rushing earlier that I forgot to take advant—forgot to experience this feeling!’
The girl wished she could just keep holding it forever, but fortunately, her sanity made her reel in her bold thoughts.
Mu Qianqian was more worried that if she did something wrong, he would decide not to rent from her.
Originally, she had been worried that he might be the type of pervert who intentionally looked for single girls to live with.
Because she and her sister were both girls with very little ability to protect themselves, Mu Qianqian had always preferred to take on more of the rent herself rather than rent out the empty room.
However, she recently had the idea of saving some money because… her younger sister, Mu Xia, was now in high school.
Mu Xia’s grades had always been poor, and she couldn’t keep up with the curriculum, but she really wanted to improve.
So, after thinking it over, Mu Qianqian decided to find a roommate to save some money to sign Mu Xia up for tutoring classes or something similar.
Mu Qianqian had started working right after middle school, so she couldn’t let her sister end up the same way. At the very least, her sister had to graduate from college.
Looking at it now, Su Yichen as a roommate… was simply perfect.
A pervert?
Mu Qianqian, who knew herself well, realized that in front of Su Yichen, she was likely the one who was the pervert.
“Can I see the room?”
Su Yichen looked into Mu Qianqian’s eyes, his starry eyes smiling with a gentle, shimmering warmth. “If I’m not a good fit, you can just tell me directly.”
“After all, you’re a girl living alone, and I’m a guy. You’ll definitely have your reservations.”
“It’s okay. Even if it doesn’t work out, meeting you as a friend makes the trip worthwhile.”
Mu Qianqian was momentarily speechless. Being looked at by the boy like that, she was actually becoming a bit intoxicated by it.
His beautiful eyes seemed as alluring as a demon’s, yet his voice was calm and steady.
It held a sense of politeness, gentleness, and a reassuring firmness that could only be found in a mature and well-mannered man.