On Valentine’s Day, they didn’t spend the day like other couples, to be precise, they attended classes together in the afternoon… However, An Xi quite liked this plain feeling.
In the evening, they planned to have dinner nearby and then return to their dorm. As soon as they entered the restaurant, they saw Chen Yi and Mu Rou cuddling together, feeding each other… This sight made An Xi stop in her tracks.
Hehe, looking at them, could one really eat comfortably?!
“Customers, this way please!”
Unexpectedly, the last table was available, and most other tables were full. An Xi thought for a moment and sat down.
The last table’s location was awkward, separated from Chen Yi and Mu Rou by just a corridor.
Mu Rou was wearing a rose-red outfit today, looking quite glamorous. Her face was clearly made up. She glanced at An Xi, rolled her eyes, and said coyly to Chen Yi, “A Yi, I want to eat this! Ah—”
Chen Yi was originally observing An Xi, who looked cute in pink today, but hearing Mu Rou call him, naturally shifted his gaze back, picked up food, and brought it to Mu Rou’s mouth.
An Xi shuddered silently on her side of the corridor… Could they not be like this?! She wouldn’t be able to eat when the food arrived!!!
Sighing, An Xi looked up at Yan Qing and saw a gleam in his eyes…
She shuddered… The name of that gleam seemed to be – eager to try.
★ Chapter Sixteen
The restaurant was somewhat noisy, probably because there were many customers… On the corridor side, Chen Yi and Mu Rou continued their “you take a bite, I take a bite”, while An Xi and Yan Qing’s food had finally arrived.
“…Mmm… So delicious!”
An Xi was already hungry, with the aroma of other tables’ dishes floating around, which was pure torture.
After holding back for a long time, she finally put the hot dish in her mouth, feeling nothing could compare to the fragrant, warm little cabbage leaf on her chopsticks.
Yan Qing sat silently across from her, eating elegantly… but his pitch-black eyes were mostly fixed on An Xi, as if she were an even more delectable dish.
“…” An Xi stuffed another piece of meat into her mouth, carefully smiling at Yan Qing across the table…
Well, if there’s something… just say it… don’t just stare at her…
“…” continued staring…
“…Cough, well, this is really tasty… Yan Qing, you should try some too!”
Being stared at with such intense heat for so long, An Xi felt she could hardly eat properly… so she picked up a piece of meat from a dish and placed it in Yan Qing’s bowl.
“Mm… delicious.” What An Xi gave him was naturally delicious.
Yan Qing’s slightly steamed glasses seemed to brighten, and he quickly ate the piece of meat.
When I returned to the dormitory building with desserts, it was around 8 PM, and the area below the dorm was filled with couples hugging and leaning on each other. The atmosphere was somewhat strange… as if… the mood was just right, and certain things would naturally happen.
Just like now, seeing several couples kissing passionately, their momentum was as if the other’s face was a watermelon rind that they were determined to devour completely.
“By the way, Anxi, this…”
Yan Qing pulled out a box from his pants pocket and handed it to Anxi.
“What? A Valentine’s Day gift?”
Anxi’s eyes curved as she joked.
“Yes.”
Unexpectedly, Yan Qing actually nodded.
“…”
Anxi lowered her head to look. The small box was pink, very much in line with her previous clothing preferences. The ribbon was silver, and even embroidered with faintly visible rose patterns.
Suddenly, she didn’t dare to open it… What if Yan Qing was proposing to her?! Should she accept? Or not? Ah… she was still a college student…
Anxi, lost in wild thoughts, decisively transformed into a “(///-///)” expression.
“Don’t worry, it’s just a small gift.”
As if seeing through Anxi’s thoughts, Yan Qing curved his mouth.
“…I… I know.”
Anxi answered forcefully… How strange, was her expression that easy to read? The kind of person whose inner thoughts could be seen at a glance… was that what she was like?!
Actually, she wasn’t that type of person.
It’s just that after observing someone for a long time, one could naturally see subtle details of their mood. Even thoughts could be easily guessed to about fifty percent…
“…Wow…”
Although she took a moment to compose herself before opening it, when she saw the super cute angel pendant necklace, Anxi couldn’t help but exclaim “Wow”.
Anxi never thought that the aloof senior Yan Qing would give her such a pink, kawaii gift!
“Let me help you put it on,” Yan Qing said, taking out the necklace from the box and walking behind Anxi, gently placing it around her neck.
He quietly looked at her fair nape, so beautiful it seemed like a perfect porcelain piece, making him really want to take a bite…
Anxi wasn’t much better… In this cold weather, those warm, light breaths became especially noticeable. Although her neck felt itchy, she remained motionless.
“Thank you.”
Anxi whispered her thanks, her fingers tangled together.
“Mm.”
He also responded softly.
“Then… I’ll go up first.”
Anxi lowered her head even more, taking small steps towards the dormitory.
“Wait a moment.”
Yan Qing’s voice came from behind again, making Anxi’s heart beat faster.
What was meant to happen was indeed coming! Everyone was saying goodbye with kisses… How could they not!
“What?”
She turned around, casually brushing aside her hair, and asked.
“Hehe.”
He quickly walked over, softly chuckling, raising the bag of desserts, “The desserts for your roommates… here.”
“…Oh, thanks.”
Anxi took the bag and flew towards the dormitory…
Based on Yan Qing’s understanding of her, he definitely knew what she was thinking…
—How embarrassing, so embarrassing!!!
Seeing Anxi flee like the wind, Yan Qing curved his lips pleasantly.
This time, he had enough patience to firmly keep her by his side… Once her heart belonged to him, everything else would belong to him too.
—So, he wasn’t in a hurry.
Anxi sat at the table in the dormitory with a silly smile.
Ye Ling’s expression was hidden by her bangs, but it was obvious that pink bubbles were emanating around her… She looked at the cute dessert in her hand, almost unable to bear to eat it.
Dai Xue first said, “Eating at night will make you fat, let’s put it aside,” but after a while, seeing Anxi lost in her silly smile, and Ye Ling busy taking photos of the dessert… she quickly picked up a fork, stabbed a large piece into her mouth, and pretended to continue studying.
But the soft, sweet taste spreading in her mouth… was actually quite nice!
These days, Ye Ling would still go to the horticulture club to see the flowers and plants as soon as class ended. Rather than having her do anything else or participate in school activities, she preferred to spend the whole day with these flowers and plants.
Strangely, every time she went to the horticulture club, that person named Yue Zijun, who was holding the “Monster Illustrated Guide”, would have a seventy percent chance of sitting there reading. When he saw her arrive, he would just smile and greet her. Then, they would each do their own thing, completely unrelated.
Perhaps out of habit, the first thing Ye Ling would do when she went there was to check if Yue Zijun was reading. Yue Zijun, who liked wearing all white, would always hold that book, sitting where sunlight fell, reading quietly…
—In any case, that feeling made Ye Ling’s heart flutter.
Seeing him reading there, Ye Ling would gradually calm down, holding a watering can, watering and trimming the flowers and plants. Then, she would feel that being with the person in the sunlight made her feel closer to the sunlight herself.
