After finishing, Shen Ran stood at the door, waiting for his response.
The office was quiet, without the expected sound.
Shen Ran couldn’t help feeling a little disappointed; she really wanted to hear Su Yichen’s voice.
What left the deepest impression on her was Su Yichen’s pleasant voice, which was also the first impression the boy left on her in her memory.
The day before yesterday at Nuo Nuo Dessert Shop, Shen Ran looked up and saw Su Yichen for the first time precisely because of his voice.
At that time, she never imagined that with just that one glance, the relationship between them would now transcend that of classmates and ordinary friends.
Although they hadn’t known each other long, it didn’t prevent them from feeling they had met too late and hit it off like old friends.
Shen Ran felt this way.
‘Is it because I called him “Yichen”? I was a bit too intimate. Because I was happy to be coworkers with Su Yichen, I accidentally said it.’
“Su Yichen?”
Calling Su Yichen’s name again, she still got no response.
It was then that Shen Ran turned her attention to the desk at the other end of the office and found someone lying on the chair behind the desk.
‘Could he have fallen asleep from being too tired from work?’
Shen Ran gently closed the door and walked over.
When she reached the desk, she still couldn’t see clearly, only a large black chair back.
Whirr…
As she walked past, Shen Ran heard the buzzing sound from the air conditioner vent and subconsciously looked up at the air conditioner on the wall.
Twenty-one degrees.
‘The temperature is way too low, isn’t it? It is indeed hotter today than yesterday, but twenty-one degrees… Sleeping will make you catch a cold.’
Shen Ran first adjusted the temperature to twenty-six degrees, then found a blanket from the side cabinet.
She prepared to cover Su Yichen with it.
It was only eleven o’clock, and Shen Ran felt she could wait half an hour to let him sleep a bit.
‘Work is important, but Shen Ran felt… Given Su Yichen’s personality, he wouldn’t just sleep without doing anything. But… Should I help him while he’s sleeping?’
‘If there’s still a lot of work, I can share the burden. No need to worry about messing up the work. Remembering how I helped Mo Qingqiu with documents yesterday, I do know a bit.’
While holding the blanket and passing by the desk, Shen Ran casually picked up the documents on the desk and looked at them.
She found that most were already done.
“See, what was I worried about? Yichen is so smart, how could such a small amount of work stump him?”
Shen Ran covered her mouth, her eyes curving into crescents from laughter.
In the depths of her eyes seemed to hide an unstoppable tenderness.
‘I’ll just cover him with the blanket. When he wakes up… We can go have lunch together.’
Thinking this, Shen Ran moved to the side of the chair and spun the large, soft office chair around.
“Remember to cover yourself when sleeping…”
The girl’s voice suddenly stopped.
On the street below the Literature and Arts Union of Qingyue University.
Mo Qingqiu sat on a white plastic chair under a sun umbrella, next to a fresh-cut fruit shop.
The umbrella and chair were provided by the shop.
“Miss Mo, your fruit platter.”
The shop assistant delivered a cut fruit platter to the table in front of Mo Qingqiu, then quickly retreated.
“Let me see how far things have progressed.”
Mo Qingqiu opened her laptop, typed a few times on the keyboard, then placed her finger on the trackpad.
Soon, the scene from Su Yichen’s office appeared on the computer screen.
“Pfft! Shen Ran is not much better than me in this state. Seems like it’s not my problem.”
Mo Qingqiu thought for a moment, pulled out a pair of earphones from her pocket, and put them on.
‘Watching without sound lacks a bit of flavor. Hmm… Should I send this video to Tong Ya and Luo Yueli to see? At that time… It’ll definitely be very interesting, right?’
Inside the office.
Shen Ran stood in front of Su Yichen, staring blankly at the face on the sofa that was fast asleep.
She found it hard to believe, but the fact was right in front of her, telling her this was Su Yichen.
“Su… Yichen?”
The girl bit her lip, turning her originally pink lips red, moist, and tender.
“Gulp.”
Saliva in her mouth secreted faster, and in no time, she swallowed several times.
‘So… so handsome… So beautiful… Such a good-looking boy… Shen Ran was stunned. Why hadn’t she noticed before… Su Yichen is this good-looking?’
‘Red lips, white teeth—a living, breathing handsome youth. Shen Ran swore she had never seen a man more handsome than the boy on the sofa. He’s simply a sleeping beauty. So he takes off his glasses when sleeping… Wait… Glasses?’
Shen Ran abruptly turned her head and found the glasses she had dubbed “the world’s ugliest” placed on the sofa beside her.
‘No wonder I didn’t realize Yichen was a handsome youth… It’s because of those glasses. Those glasses should be thrown into the trash.’
Shen Ran slowly extended her hand, her fingertips gliding over Su Yichen’s flawless cheek.
‘Tender and soft.’
She was completely unaware that she had unknowingly moved so close to Su Yichen.
With a lift of her hand, she could touch him.
‘If Su Yichen wore a nice pair of glasses… How would that be?’
Shen Ran’s breathing suddenly became rapid and heavy. She remembered the glasses Mo Qingqiu had given her yesterday.
The rimless glasses with gold frames.
Shen Ran glanced sideways at the office door, bit her lip hard, staining its original pale red into a blood-red hue.
She quickly went to lock the office door, then returned to Su Yichen and took out the glasses from her small bag.
Slowly, she put them on him.
As if sensing someone touching him, Su Yichen let out a moan typical of deep sleep.
“Mmm…”
He slowly turned his head to the side.
This sudden movement startled Shen Ran so much she held her breath.
When she confirmed Su Yichen hadn’t woken up, she set her mind at ease and slowly helped him put the glasses on properly.
At the moment the glasses were perfectly on, Shen Ran felt her mind go blank, almost losing the ability to think.
‘Pleasant to be with, handsome features, especially with the glasses on. This is the lover she has dreamed of.’
The girl stared blankly at the sleeping Su Yichen on the sofa, reached out her hand, and drew closer and closer.
‘I… I’ll just touch you… It’s okay, right?’
When her fingertips touched Su Yichen, the girl’s arm suddenly bent, threading behind his neck to hook around it.
‘I… we’re friends… Su Yichen, I’m sorry. I… I’m just stealing one, just one will do.’
Then the girl tilted her head slightly to the right and pressed her lips against his thin lips.
Her movements were clumsy and stiff, as if the experience wouldn’t be too pleasant.
But the moment she touched Su Yichen’s lips, Shen Ran’s pupils suddenly dilated and then trembled violently.