“Finally here, Sweet Xin, I’ve been waiting for you for so long~”
Facing Da Tianxin, who hadn’t seen her in a while and excitedly hugged her, Ye Xinglan smiled kindly while cracking her knuckles.
“Hey hey hey, no, Xinglan… Waaah!”
Xiaoxi sighed, ignored the pouncing Ye Xinglan, and walked into the second bedroom to help Da Tianxin clean up.
When she came out, the torture session was over.
Da Tianxin was kneeling on the sofa with her hands over her head, sobbing, while Xinglan sat to the side eating cookies with a pout, still not quite appeased.
Xiaoxi also noticed that Fox Momomo, the little fox girl, had handwritten a card.
Ye Xinglan had taken it out and placed it on the table.
It seemed everyone at the café had helped prepare this gift.
“Boo hoo, I know I was wrong, Lady Xinglan. It’s all because I’m a little fanfic writer who’s never been in love and can’t write my favorite CP’s story… By the way, Xiaoxi, do you ever get stuck when you’re writing? You understand me, right, Xiaoxi? People can’t write about things beyond their own experience!”
‘So this is your reason for writing CP fanfics with me and Xinglan as the protagonists…’ Xiaoxi twitched her lips.
She really couldn’t understand.
Since she started dating Xinglan, she never got stuck writing her school romance novels—her artistic inspiration was overflowing, ahem.
“And Xinglan, you’re way too obsessed with ‘Eternal Star,'” Da Tianxin mumbled with a pout. “Besides, everyone has their own tastes. Even if you’re a die-hard fan of Eternal Star, you can’t forbid me from shipping my favorite CP…”
Crack The cookie in Ye Xinglan’s hand crumbled into pieces.
Seeing the rich girl about to lose it, Xiaoxi quickly stepped forward and pushed Da Tianxin’s shoulders to lead her away.
“Alright, alright, Sweet Xin is tired from the trip. Let her go to her room and rest first. I’ll make lunch. Xinglan, come help me.”
Xiaoxi had specifically laid out a set of unused bed sheets and pillowcases, making the entire second bedroom look clean and tidy.
A resistance came from her hand—Da Tianxin was standing at the door of the tidied second bedroom, peeking through the crack of the master bedroom door, clearly misunderstanding something.
“I can actually sleep on the couch. You don’t have to clean out a room for me. I’d feel bad making you two squeeze into one room for my sake!”
“Ahem, you’re overthinking, Sweet Xin,” Xiaoxi blushed slightly. “This second bedroom was already unoccupied… Xinglan and I have been sleeping together all along.”
So the little fanfic writer Da Tianxin blinked blankly for a moment, then let out a long sound of sudden understanding, putting on a teasing expression.
“Oh—my friend, my bad, my bad. Of course a couple should share a bed in the same room~ Ah, youth is wonderful. At my age, I don’t have that much energy anymore, tsk tsk…”
Xiaoxi felt Da Tianxin patting her back vigorously… Wait, isn’t Da Tianxin a pure college girl?
Logically, Xiaoxi, as a working adult who already graduated, should be older! What’s with Da Tianxin’s tone of lamenting youth?
“It’s fine, Xiaoxi. Let me tell you, I sleep really well. As soon as my head hits the pillow, I’m out. No matter how much noise, it won’t wake me. You two can rest assured!”
Ye Xinglan, who had been on the verge of exploding in anger, suddenly perked up and leaned in. “Really?”
“Fake!” Xiaoxi pushed Xinglan’s head back. “Go, go, go. You go help me wash the vegetables. Stop meddling!”
After settling Da Tianxin, Xiaoxi went to the kitchen and immediately saw Ye Xinglan humming a tune, using a few tentacles to scrub vegetables… It actually looked cleaner than hand-washing.
Xiaoxi closed the kitchen door and locked it. It seemed Ye Xinglan hadn’t listened to what she said earlier at all.
……
“Hey, Xiaoxi, Sweet Xin said she doesn’t mind, didn’t she? What you said earlier—”
“That’s not okay! She’s staying in the room right across from us! If we make any noise and an outsider hears it, it’ll be so embarrassing! Can’t you just take a few days off… Even if you don’t rest, let me rest!”
Although she said that, Xiaoxi had no idea that Silver Bell next door had already heard all the noises she shouldn’t have heard.
She was still trying to hide it, which was a bit like plugging her ears while stealing a bell.
Xiaoxi blushed. Besides, Xinglan never made any noise.
Every time, it was Xiaoxi who couldn’t control herself and moaned.
If someone heard it, she would be the embarrassed one! The rich girl never thought about her at all…
Seeing Xiaoxi hissing like an angry kitten, Ye Xinglan quickly said “mm-hmm” twice and dropped the topic, even retracting her tentacles obediently.
But from her perfunctory attitude, Xiaoxi knew the rich girl definitely didn’t take her words seriously!
‘No, I have to think of a way to prevent Xinglan from making a move tonight. But how can I stop the rich girl from groping me when we share a bed? I can’t really go sleep on the couch, right? That would make Sweet Xin suspicious. No, no.’
Xiaoxi racked her brain but came up with nothing.
Even after lunch, when Xinglan and Sweet Xin were huddled together planning where to go, she was still sitting alone thinking.
Mainly, she really did need to rest these couple of days…
“Have you already made a guide?” Ye Xinglan put her head next to Da Tianxin’s phone screen. “Wow, so detailed, that’s scary… Ah, but this place is worth visiting. I went there with Xiaoxi last time, and it was pretty fun.”
“That’s perfect! Let’s go there this afternoon! And maybe get a manicure too, Xinglan? I’ve been seeing this trendy nail salon there that’s super popular~”
As expected, Da Tianxin was still an incredibly outgoing socialite at heart.
She was very interested in social activities like shopping, buying things, and getting manicures.
Compared to Silver Bell next door, even just leaving the house would be a victory.
“Eh—but I feel like getting a manicure means sitting there for a long time, which is boring.”
Ye Xinglan looked at the manicure display pictures with Da Tianxin, seeming not very interested.
But Xiaoxi, who was still deep in thought, caught the word “manicure” and suddenly brightened, leaning in.
“Manicure is great! We definitely need to get a manicure!”
Xiaoxi’s sudden outburst startled the two.
“I mean… ahem, I think getting a manicure would be nice. I’ll go with you this afternoon, Xinglan.”
Ye Xinglan blinked, not understanding why Xiaoxi had suddenly shown such strong interest in manicures.
Wasn’t Xiaoxi always indifferent to things like dressing up?
Even when Xinglan asked her to help pick out a cute dress to go out, she’d refuse!
Faced with Xinglan’s suspicious gaze, Xiaoxi gave an awkward laugh.
“Well, um, I just think you’d look really pretty with a manicure, darling. I want to see it.”
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