Chapter 15: Good buddies, sleeping in the same bed?

Seeing Lin Qingya’s bewildered expression, Cheng Minghao couldn’t help but speak, trying to comfort her.

“It’s fine, I’ll go negotiate with the locksmith.”

Cheng Minghao patted Lin Qingya’s shoulder, then stood up again.

When he reached the doorway of Lin Qingya’s bedroom, he frowned.

Lin Qingya sat at the head of the bed in the bedroom, her delicate brows also furrowed.

She glanced around the girl’s room, looking at the pink and blue posters and stickers on the walls.

It was clear that Lin Qingya had been a girl full of youthful spirit.

This was her little nest.

As she was observing, the sound of arguing rose from outside.

Cheng Minghao said:

“Although we can’t find the property deed right now, you can ask the neighbor. As long as you ask the neighbor, can’t the problem be solved?”

Hearing Cheng Minghao’s words from outside, Lin Qingya’s eyes lit up, happiness welling inside her.

That’s right, Cheng Minghao was her neighbor.

Cheng Minghao could testify for her.

The locksmith’s voice sounded again outside:

“Neighbor? That works. I won’t make it hard for you. Just bring a neighbor to prove it.”

Lin Qingya, delighted, hopped out of the bedroom.

She watched as Cheng Minghao went to knock on doors.

There were six ‘rooms’ on each floor, which meant six households.

This was a Bachelor Apartment area, so there were more residents on each floor.

But most were either single or Little Couples living together.

“Bang bang, is anyone there?”

“Bang bang, excuse me, is anyone there? I’m from next door…”

Cheng Minghao knocked on each door, but no one was home.

At this point, Lin Qingya frowned.

The locksmith spoke up, too.

What about this household? Why aren’t you knocking on this one?

The locksmith pointed his left hand at Cheng Minghao’s own door.

That was right across from Lin Qingya’s door.

“Uh…”

Cheng Minghao was embarrassed.

He explained, “If you call out this household’s owner, will you acknowledge it too?”

“Of course!”

The locksmith was very certain, looking like he wouldn’t go back on his word.

Then he urged them:

“I advise you Little Couple not to play any tricks. I’m busy and short on time. One minute. If you can’t solve the problem in one minute, I’ll close the door and call the police.”

“Call the police?”

Lin Qingya frowned, then suddenly her expression cleared.

Actually, if it’s calling the police, isn’t that okay?

After all, she really was Lin Qingya.

There’s no rule that says someone with amnesia can’t return home, right?

Hearing Lin Qingya muttering on the left, both the locksmith and Cheng Minghao looked at her.

But the locksmith didn’t care about the little girl’s words, feeling the young man was easier to communicate with.

Cheng Minghao, however, frowned and warned the locksmith,

“Then I’ll go get someone. Don’t leave, and don’t deny it.”

“Alright, alright, hurry up.”

The locksmith said impatiently, even crossing his arms.

He wanted to see what kind of trick this Little Couple was trying to pull.

Within seconds, Cheng Minghao opened the door with a click.

He stepped out from behind the locksmith, whose face was a mix of calm and slight shock.

“Ahem!”

Cheng Minghao went inside, took off and tossed aside his hooded jacket, now just in a white T-shirt.

Then he explained to the locksmith:

“Hello, I’m the owner. Is there something you need? Just now, that was my twin brother…”

“Bang!”

Lin Qingya’s door was kicked shut by the locksmith in an instant.

“Hey, hey, hey! Big Uncle, Big Uncle!”

Cheng Minghao and Lin Qingya squeezed together, both explaining at once.

“I’m really the owner!”

“She’s really the owner!”

Lin Qingya and Cheng Minghao said in succession.

“Hmph!”

The locksmith snorted disdainfully and headed downstairs.

“You young ones don’t behave. I won’t even call the police. Wasting public resources.”

“But even if you find a proper neighbor, according to police regulations, it still doesn’t count.”

“If you want to open the door, either find someone else, or remember the property deed and come back.”

“Hey! Big Uncle!”

Lin Qingya and Cheng Minghao, left and right, tugged at the locksmith Big Uncle.

The locksmith Big Uncle struck first.

“Little Girl, don’t mess around, or I’ll accuse you of harassment!”

The locksmith pulled his left arm free, then pried open Cheng Minghao’s hands.

Then, amid Lin Qingya and Cheng Minghao’s confusion, he ran straight downstairs.

“This…”

After the locksmith left, Lin Qingya and Cheng Minghao looked at each other.

“Heh~”

Cheng Minghao spoke helplessly.

“How about this—my bedroom… you stay a while longer?”

“Anyway, there’s only one semester left until the High School Entrance Exam. By then, the two of us… might part ways.”

Maybe by then, they’d both work their own jobs, save up for University tuition, and go to University.

Or perhaps they’d skip it and head straight into Society, becoming regular office workers.

Primary School, Middle School, and High School all had compulsory education or government Orphan Support.

But by University, everyone was considered an adult, and the support stopped.

So Lin Qingya and Cheng Minghao both had to work their own jobs, take on their own shifts.

They still needed to work hard to earn money for the chance to go to University.

So even if Lin Qingya and Cheng Minghao lived together for a long time, except for some neighbor gossip about early dating and cohabitation, it didn’t really matter much.

“Live in your room?”

Lin Qingya asked.

“Then what about you? Where will you sleep?”

After last night’s ‘incident,’ Lin Qingya had become honest, learned her lesson, and understood.

She understood the ‘depth’ of male and female biology, and even more how Cheng Minghao had zero resistance.

She also knew she herself had no resistance at all.

She could only turn into a sobbing mess with her legs raised high, mouth open in a silent cry.

Sometimes, she would even cling to the man like an octopus.

Even if the man tried to separate, it was impossible.

So knowing both her own nature and his, Lin Qingya was determined not to ‘sleep together as buddies’ again.

As for things like bathing together, she’d learned her lesson.

She absolutely didn’t dare say anything about another three hundred rounds.

That referred to ‘sitting.’

That was a true lesson where you could sit down for real!

“I… I’ll sleep on the sofa. Cough! The sofa is plenty big and spacious for one person. Just don’t come crowding in.”

Cheng Minghao said.

“Hmph!”

Lin Qingya, embarrassed, stamped her right foot and turned away.

“Who wants to crowd you or climb onto your… bed.”

Her voice grew quieter.

The last two words, ‘bed,’ Cheng Minghao didn’t hear at all.

Lin Qingya’s face was already flushed, and she quickly walked toward Cheng Minghao’s bedroom.

To be honest, Lin Qingya’s own room was too girly for her to get used to.

Instead, Cheng Minghao’s room made her feel comfortable, letting her sleep peacefully surrounded by his scent.

“What did you say about climbing?”

Cheng Minghao asked instinctively, a suspicion forming in his heart.

He remembered the scene in the bathroom, with Lin Qingya crawling all over the floor.

Of course, after that came the delivery boy selling newspapers.

Reading and selling at the same time—he was the little newspaper seller.

Of course, he only sold to himself; to others, not a chance.

“It’s nothing. Hmph! Open the door.”

Lin Qingya stood at Cheng Minghao’s door, stomping her foot, determined to stay in his room.

“I wonder if this counts as… being kept.”

Lin Qingya muttered.

These past days, she’d eaten Cheng Minghao’s food, used his things.

Aside from giving him…

Service!

She hadn’t paid Cheng Minghao a cent!

Thinking this, Lin Qingya’s face burned even hotter, feeling more and more like she’d found herself a sugar daddy.

Just like being kept by a sugar daddy.

“So embarrassing!”

Lin Qingya stomped her foot and shook her head.

“Kept? Embarrassing?”

Cheng Minghao, standing to Lin Qingya’s left as he moved to open the door, heard her muttering.

He asked plainly.