As soon as the phone rang, An Xi immediately answered, sweetly saying, “Hello?”
“…An Xi?”
The other party asked uncertainly, and the voice was clearly Dai Xue’s.
“Dai Xue… um, it’s me.”
An Xi’s voice instantly calmed down… her entire demeanor became composed…
“Yes, I need to go to the library this afternoon to write a report, and Ye Ling went to the gardening club…”
It turned out that since they were all out in the afternoon, she was worried about being lonely. Hearing Dai Xue’s words, An Xi felt warm inside… This is the feeling of having a best friend!
“It’s okay, I’m going to the garden party with a friend this afternoon,” An Xi replied.
“…”
Dai Xue was silent for a while, hesitantly asking, “That friend… wouldn’t happen to be someone I know, right?”
“…Cough cough.”
“…Director Yan Qing?”
“…Cough cough cough cough.”
“Okay… got it. See you later.”
After getting her answer, Dai Xue hung up even more decisively.
An Xi closed her flip phone, her face feeling a bit hot… Dai Xue was really… too smart… In front of her, she couldn’t hide anything…
Wait, what’s this feeling of being like a thief?!
“An Xi? What are you thinking about?”
An Xi was randomly thinking when Yan Qing’s voice came from directly above her… Was this a hallucination?
“An Xi?”
As if to confirm this was not a hallucination, the voice’s owner called her name again.
“Director?!” An Xi looked up, and indeed Yan Qing was standing right in front of her. She tilted her head and asked, “Director… didn’t you say… you’d call?”
“Yes, but your phone was busy, so I came to find you,” Yan Qing waved his phone screen in front of An Xi, which indeed showed the dialed number “An Xi”.
“Oh?!” An Xi hurriedly pulled out her phone, which indeed showed a missed call.
It was probably because she had just been talking to Dai Xue…
An Xi nervously stuffed her phone back into her bag, “Sorry, Director… I’ll… I’ll treat you to ice cream later!”
“Okay, but now… let’s go eat lunch first.”
The corner of Yan Qing’s mouth curved slightly, his voice soft, and An Xi swallowed… She hadn’t noticed before, but the serious Director Yan Qing looks really good when he smiles!
Happily following Yan Qing into the school cafeteria again, An Xi felt a bit unfortunate… because she had just eaten lunch.
“What would An Xi like to eat?”
Yan Qing and An Xi stood side by side under the menu. Yan Qing glanced at An Xi, who was staring blankly at the menu, finding it somewhat amusing… Do you need to think so hard about the cafeteria food you eat every day?
“I… um… that… I’m not very hungry, Director, you go ahead.”
An Xi awkwardly laughed. She was really full… Even if Director Yan Qing was treating her, she absolutely couldn’t eat anymore…
“Oh?”
Yan Qing looked her up and down, “An Xi is not fat and doesn’t need to diet.”
“No… not that…”
An Xi’s voice grew smaller, “I… I’ve already eaten…”
“I see, An Xi moves quickly.”
Yan Qing looked at his watch. From lunchtime to now, it had only been half an hour. It took him ten minutes to find her, which means An Xi had gone downstairs, eaten, and returned to the chair beneath the dormitory building in just twenty minutes… and even took Dai Xue’s call in between…
“…”
An Xi silently hung her head. She… she just didn’t want to waste time with Director Yan Qing!
“So An Xi… really wants to spend time with me?”
This sentence suddenly rang in her ear. An Xi could imagine that the 1.8-meter Yan Qing had slightly bent down and whispered it in her 1.63-meter ear.
“Yan…”
An Xi looked up, her heart filled with an inexplicable expectation.
“Please get one of these and two cups of… red bean soup.”
But the next second, Yan Qing had calmly ordered from the cafeteria auntie.
Throughout the meal, An Xi sat with a straw in her mouth, occasionally drinking some red bean soup and glancing at Yan Qing across from her.
Mm… red bean soup… An Xi took another sip…
Is this a coincidence?! In my previous life, I was also fond of the cafeteria’s red bean porridge, and Yan Qing often bought it for me to drink…
“Sorry for the wait, I’ve finished eating. Let’s go.”
Yan Qing ate elegantly, neither hurried nor slow, “An Xi… I’m very sorry to have kept you waiting for so long.”
“No… Senior Yan Qing, I should thank you for agreeing to go to the garden party with me.”
An Xi smiled and replied, then… she realized she had unconsciously called him “Senior Yan Qing”, which might seem a bit sudden…
“Senior…?” Yan Qing paused, a subtle smile crossing the corner of his mouth, “This form of address is not bad, An Xi.”
“!” An Xi felt a little excited inside…
“Let’s go! It’s about time… the garden party is about to start.”
Yan Qing didn’t give An Xi a chance to see his expression and went downstairs first… An Xi was stunned for a moment, then happily ran after him.
At this moment, Ye Ling was happily spending time with her flowers and plants. She liked wearing a comfortable light green dress, her hair loose, sitting next to her beloved plants. This made her feel very comfortable.
“…Miss Fairy?”
Suddenly, a boy in a white shirt appeared, holding a thick book, exclaiming in surprise while pointing at Ye Ling.
…Miss Fairy?
Ye Ling was confused… Was he calling her? Looking closer, the book in the boy’s hand was titled “Illustrated Guide to Monsters Ancient and Modern”…
Ye Ling instinctively stood up and was about to run.
“Wait!”
He called out anxiously, “Miss Fairy, I mean no harm! Really!”
Ye Ling turned her back, hesitating, and said tremblingly: “I… I’m not a fairy… Miss Fairy…”
“Miss Fairy, what’s your name?”
The boy, apparently unable to hear Ye Ling’s soft voice, asked again.
“Ye… Ye…”
Ye Ling mustered her courage to turn around and raised her voice, though her voice was still shaking.
“Ye Zi? Haha, what a cute name!”
The boy laughed, with a bright, shining feeling in the sunlight. Such a radiant person made Ye Ling stare blankly.
He thought for a moment and pointed at his nose: “I’m Yue Zijun, a second-year archaeology student.”
Ye Ling nodded, took a few steps back, and then quickly ran away.
And Yue Zijun looked thoughtfully in the direction she left… He had just happened to pass by here… and unexpectedly met the fairy girl…
So, Miss Fairy… will you come back here again?
Ye Ling ran back to her dormitory and leaned against the door, feeling frustrated.
Her heart was beating strongly…
What was this exciting feeling… At that time, she didn’t know…
But… this feeling wasn’t bad at all.
☆, Chapter Six
