“Was this the person you went out with today?”
Yu Xueqin, wearing only a white undershirt, walked toward her, the fabric still swaying slightly.
“Yeah, and she’s a gentle big sister too.”
Su Xiaoxiao hadn’t fully woken up yet, her voice low.
“Gentle big sister?”
Yu Xueqin looked at her phone, then at the person on the bed, a bit unwilling.
“Get up and make breakfast now.”
“Uuuh…”
Su Xiaoxiao leaned her small head against the bedboard, still dazed.
“I’ll go right away…”
Yu Xueqin looked at the girl still lying on her big bed, not yet awake.
She was only wearing two pieces of underwear.
“It’s almost seven. If you don’t get up, you’ll go home very late.”
“Mm…”
Su Xiaoxiao hummed softly.
Suddenly, her body flopped back onto the bed.
“Heh, still sleeping.”
(Pinch)
“Awoo!”
Originally soft and limp on the bed, Su Xiaoxiao suddenly jumped up after being pinched by something unknown, her face hot.
“I’m awake, I’m awake, I’ll go cook.”
After speaking, the naked girl ran out of the room, not even bothering to put on clothes.
“Truly sensitive. Interesting.”
Yu Xueqin felt the lingering warmth in the bed and then returned her gaze to her phone.
[Big Sister of an Affair]: Hm? Didn’t we agree to go together next week? Did something suddenly come up?
[Xiaoxiao]: But… my family won’t let me go out during the break. Sorry, Sister.
This little one used to have no family, but now that she’s taken her in, Yu Xueqin should count as family too, though it’s a bit forced.
A gentle big sister?
Let her see just how big and gentle she is. Can she even compare?
Yu Xueqin didn’t notice the phone number in the upper left corner, since all her attention was on the chat.
After reading the message, she deduced that the other party was just someone Su Xiaoxiao met in her shop.
Exchanging contact info after just one meeting? So easy to be fooled.
“So much…”
After sending the message, a voice suddenly came from the doorway.
Su Xiaoxiao was hugging a pile of clothes.
“Mm?”
Yu Xueqin looked over, puzzled.
After asking, she found out Su Xiaoxiao bought them herself, which put her more at ease.
They helped each other organize clothes, then made food and ate together.
Tonight was fulfilling as always.
As expected, you can’t live your whole life just playing games.
***
“Bye.”
“Mm, bye, Sister Yu.”
Two hours later, Su Xiaoxiao walked out of the room carrying a big bag and said goodbye to her sister.
Today was another day of earning money through hard work.
She walked downstairs, originally planning to visit Xia Bingrou’s house to see the cat, but felt too shy and left instead.
Arriving at the familiar street, Su Xiaoxiao quickly took a shortcut home.
“Arrived!”
She let go with both hands, and the big bag of clothes fell onto the bed.
There weren’t enough hangers, so she hung some and folded the rest with her underwear, placing them under the cabinet.
It had gotten hot while cooking, and her whole body was damp, so Su Xiaoxiao took a bath before returning to bed to rest.
“My family won’t let me go out to play…”
She just turned on her phone and saw the message.
Obviously, it wasn’t sent by herself.
“No one else can touch my phone either…”
Su Xiaoxiao propped her chin with her small hand.
“Right, Sister Yu was looking at it while I was waking up!”
Understanding instantly, Su Xiaoxiao furrowed her brows.
Family disagrees.
The family here must be referring to Sister Yu, who sent the message at that time.
Su Xiaoxiao wondered why she did that.
Could it be… she was jealous?
Even though they’re just pretending to be a couple.
The girl began to recall the past few days.
Yu Xueqin, who took her in, was actually really nice to her, almost unbelievably so.
Su Xiaoxiao thought for a moment and made a decision.
[Xiaoxiao]: Um, I can sneak out to play if my parents aren’t home.
Sister Yao is also a nice person, and just as lonely as herself.
Refusing would be too cruel.
And Su Xiaoxiao didn’t think Sister Yao was into girls at all.
Yu Xueqin worried too much; nothing would happen.
After sending the message, she logged onto QQ and checked.
There were many unread messages.
At the top was one from Liu Yun.
[Liu Yun]: Do you want to go to Xiao Li’s house with me tomorrow morning? Meet at the school station.
Was this an invitation?
Su Xiaoxiao felt happy, since she’d been invited out to play again, but when she opened the chat, she froze.
[Liu Yun]: (A second-year senior confesses to a beautiful junior, the ending is super sweet!)
It was a forwarded post.
From the text alone, you could tell it was a romance gossip post.
She wasn’t very interested in such things, but Liu Yun added another line.
[Liu Yun]: Xiao Li is the girl being confessed to.
I used to sit next to her every day and had no idea. Damn.
[Liu Yun]: I messaged her this afternoon but haven’t gotten a reply yet.
I’m a bit worried…
Want to go together tomorrow?
The others seem to be busy.
The tone sounded like: the cabbage I’ve been growing suddenly got stolen, and it’s painful.
Not only was she upset, but so was Su Xiaoxiao.
She stared at the screen blankly for a long time before finally opening the post.
There were a few pictures.
They showed Xiao Li and a boy.
The boy seemed to have given the girl something—beautifully wrapped, the kind of thing girls like.
Xiao Li was faintly smiling in the photo, as if she had accepted something.
But… is this a confession?
Su Xiaoxiao looked carefully for a while.
She felt it was unlikely.
But she still felt uncomfortable.
And she even knew the boy.
Wasn’t he that ‘Fei-something’ person?
[Xiaoxiao]: Unbelievable. Let’s go together tomorrow!
After sending the message, she immediately found the message sent by the club president.
[Guo’er]: Xiaoxiao, the person you have a crush on was also caught up in their rumors.
I might not be able to handle it for now.
The hype is too strong.
Sorry.
Both are pretty well-known.
One is a handsome second-year senior, popular at big events, and the other is Xiao Li, a beautiful first-year ACG Club member with lots of lsp fans.
[Guo’er]: Xiao Li hasn’t replied today either.
It’s troublesome.
Do you know where she lives?
[Xiaoxiao]: I do. I’ll go find her tomorrow.
Su Xiaoxiao straightened her fingers and angrily typed on the screen.
As expected, them again!
These kinds of rumors are really bad for girls, especially those who care about their reputation.
Now Su Xiaoxiao just wanted to crush them all.
But even the club president couldn’t do anything—what could she do?
She could only try to comfort Xiao Li tomorrow and ask if it was true.
She was certain it wasn’t.
Su Xiaoxiao felt anxious.
After agreeing with Liu Yun to meet at nine in the morning, she set her phone and alarm clock aside.
But the more anxious she got, the harder it was to sleep.
Helpless, she could only scroll through her feed again.
(New chat record)
[Sister Yu who took me in]: (image.jpg) All cleared.
When she opened the screen, Yu Xueqin had sent a message.
Tonight, they’d added each other on QQ.
The picture was a screenshot of the 4399 Ice and Fire Two-Player Game.
All stages had three stars cleared.
“Amazing.”
Su Xiaoxiao stared blankly for a moment.
[Xiaoxiao]: Next time you have to take me with you…
[Sister Yu who took me in]: Still not sleeping?
[Xiaoxiao]: Uh, aren’t you the same??
[Sister Yu who took me in]: Not the same, because you’re still a kid.
Hm?
Su Xiaoxiao got annoyed and started to argue.
After that, they chatted for a while.
In a flash, dozens of minutes passed.
Feeling sleepy, the girl finally fell asleep.