Cheng Minghao’s home.
It was still early morning.
“Click~”
Cheng Minghao entered, but as soon as he stepped in, his eyes suddenly widened, and then he slammed the door shut with a bang.
In his line of sight, Lin Qingya, with wet hair, bare butt, and feet, had just rushed naked from the bathroom into the bedroom after showering.
Then the bedroom door was slammed shut by her.
“Bang!”
“…”
Lin Qingya hid inside the bedroom, her face flushed and breath unsteady, anxious and worried that Cheng Minghao would **get angry and lecture her again.
Outside, a cough sounded, and after the cough, Cheng Minghao explained:
“Um, you put your clothes on, I’ll get your medicine ready. Take the medicine yourself, you’re still in school, don’t let your… belly… stomach hurt. Cough!”
Outside, Cheng Minghao looked embarrassed, his face slightly red as he hurried off to prepare hot water and a small bowl for Lin Qingya to take her medicine.
Inside, Lin Qingya leaned against the wooden door, listening to the sounds outside fade away.
She let out a soft breath, patted her burning face, and walked toward the bed.
She put on her clothes, then stiffened her face and slowly went out.
In the living room.
“Cough~” When Cheng Minghao saw Lin Qingya come out, he coughed and reminded her, “The medicine’s on the table. Take it yourself.”
“Mm-hm~”
Lin Qingya nodded and explained, “I’ll go next door to get some clothes. I just showered and haven’t changed yet.”
“Oh~ okay, then… let’s pour fresh hot water later.” Cheng Minghao explained.
“Then I’ll eat first.”
Lin Qingya approached, bent down to pick up the medicine, took it, and drank the hot water.
When she finished the medicine, Lin Qingya set the bowl down, then turned to the door.
“Going to change clothes.”
She explained.
“Mm, I’ll wait for you to come back.”
Cheng Minghao reminded her.
“Mm, got it, I’ll be back, you little perv… wolf~”
Lin Qingya said, face red, and dragged out the end of her sentence.
After heading next door, Lin Qingya changed clothes and washed them.
Then she returned to Cheng Minghao’s place.
Cheng Minghao had been waiting for a long time.
He’d wanted to go over, knock, and ask several times, but he held back, feeling he was being too restless.
So he kept rejecting the idea.
“You’re back?”
Cheng Minghao saw Lin Qingya had changed back into her blue denim outfit, including tight pants that outlined her hip and leg curves.
Lin Qingya had returned in pink slippers.
“Mm, there’s a mock exam coming up, and the homeroom teacher gave us requirements. Let’s read, go over papers, and solve problems.”
Lin Qingya proactively suggested studying.
Naturally, the goal of studying was to get into a certain performing arts school, to be closer to the future soldier Cheng Minghao, and not to affect his future.
“Alright, I’ll get the books.”
The books were in the bedroom, so Cheng Minghao immediately stood up and ran to fetch them.
Not long after, Cheng Minghao came out holding the books.
There were two copies of each book and paper, so naturally both had brought some back.
It was to make review during breaks more convenient.
“Come on.”
Cheng Minghao glanced at Lin Qingya, who was sitting on a small plastic stool between the coffee table and sofa, then sat down on the plastic stool to her right.
He placed the books and papers in front of him, hesitated a bit, and then picked out a paper, calling Lin Qingya over.
“Let’s look at the questions together. This one’s your paper.”
Although they called it joint review, it was mainly Cheng Minghao helping Lin Qingya study.
After all, since Lin Qingya said her grades had slipped, she needed more help.
The two leaned in to look at the paper, ate when hungry, and kept studying until late at night.
At some point, Lin Qingya ended up sitting on Cheng Minghao’s lap.
She held and flipped through the book, while Cheng Minghao gently stroked her waist as they read, their atmosphere unknowingly becoming a bit ambiguous as they looked at the same book.
Fortunately, Cheng Minghao didn’t go overboard, though his touch made Lin Qingya’s heart flutter.
But the slight heat and emotion could still be suppressed, allowing them to quietly enjoy the budding spring feelings as they read.
The two stayed in that hazy, ambiguous state—one holding the woman, the other being held by the man—as they silently read the same book.
Cheng Minghao glanced outside.
Night had deepened.
Cheng Minghao spoke.
“Go back and rest.”
Lin Qingya hesitated.
“You go wash up first. I’ll read a bit longer. Later, you sleep first, and I’ll find you after my shower.”
Cheng Minghao hesitated, testing her.
“It’s already so late. Since you shower every day anyway, how about you just shower tomorrow night?”
“Mm-hm~”
Lin Qingya shook her head and explained.
“I want you to have a fragrant wife, not a… cough!”
Lin Qingya lightly coughed, her face red.
Studying late had made her dizzy, and she wasn’t even sure what she was saying anymore.
She stood up, breaking free from Cheng Minghao’s arms.
“I’ll shower first. You keep reading a bit. You can wash up after.”
She set down the book and hurried into the bathroom.
After taking off her jacket and pants, leaving only her underwear, she suddenly shouted:
“Right, can you help me grab some underwear from next door? Both panties and a bra. If you want, you can grab a pair of black stockings too—as a reward for tutoring~”
After saying this, Lin Qingya’s cheeks turned red again.
She’d only just mowed the field in Egypt last night, and now she wanted it again?
Even as a reward…
A kiss would have been enough.
Why did she suggest such a thing?!
Outside, Cheng Minghao was stunned for a while, then asked, “Where’s the key?”
Lin Qingya stood in the bathroom, already having taken off her underwear.
She glanced at herself in the mirror—her curvy upper body—and her cheeks reddened.
She wrapped her right arm around her chest and replied with a light “oh.”
“It’s in my pants pocket. I’ll get it for you.”
While speaking, Lin Qingya walked over to the pants hanging on the wall and fished out the key.
She pulled open the unlocked bathroom door.
Because the bathroom door was broken, the L-shaped iron bar inside had long since been lost.
So if anyone outside pushed slightly, her entire body covered in bath bubbles could be exposed to Cheng Minghao at any moment.
And then they could pull weeds again.
So this was part of their little game, making Lin Qingya feel a mix of nervousness and anticipation during her bath, hoping for someone’s impossible arrival.
“Here~”
A delicate white hand, holding a bronze key, pushed the key out the door.
“Mm~”
Cheng Minghao’s voice sounded from outside.
Lin Qingya felt her palm itch, as if a large hand had brushed her small one, then headed outside.
Withdrawing her arm, Lin Qingya grew curious.
She quietly opened the bathroom door a crack, covering her chest with her left hand, and peeked outside.
A cool breeze rushed over her chest and face, making her shiver.
The fear and shame of being seen crawling like a dog by the neighbor last time made her glance left.
Sure enough, the window on the left wasn’t closed.
However, the widow across the way had shut her window and drawn the curtains, perhaps to avoid seeing any indecent scenes.
After all, she had a daughter and didn’t want her to be influenced.
Lin Qingya glanced at the corridor on the right outside, where Cheng Minghao was entering the inner room.
The thought that a man could pass by outside at any moment made Lin Qingya blush, her heart pounding with a strange thrill.
She hurriedly hid back inside the bathroom.