XYLFTL Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Anping and Xia Xing returned from their vacation and, upon entering the room, saw Jiang Shixue and Su Zixuan sleeping on the same bed in what seemed like an ambiguous situation.

Anping exchanged a knowing smile with Xia Xing, and the two tiptoed inside, waiting for the other two to wake up and explain.

As soon as the two sat down on the chairs, Su Zixuan jumped up and said, “Why aren’t you gossiping, or taking pictures?”

“Oh? So you wanted us to take pictures of you?” Xia Xing immediately pulled out her phone, ready to snap a photo.

Su Zixuan quickly said, “No, no!”

Then, holding Jiang Shixue’s hand, she said, “Hehe, we’re both out of singlehood too.”

Anping and Xia Xing calmly said, “We know.”

Jiang Shixue and Su Zixuan thought: ?

Then they asked, “Why are you so calm?”

“The sparks between you two were already flying long ago,” Anping said.

“Exactly, they were so bright that Anping and I couldn’t even look,” Xia Xing added.

Su Zixuan was shocked, “Really?”

Anping and Xia Xing’s affirmative and firm gazes left them with no choice but to believe it.

Then Jiang Shixue said, “Everyone in our dorm is out of singlehood, should we celebrate?”

“We can bring family members, because we have them too, hmph!” Su Zixuan added.

“This is the first thing I’ve heard Shixue say since I walked in,” Anping said.

Xia Xing nodded vigorously in agreement, “I thought dating had rendered you mute.”

Jiang Shixue was a little embarrassed and changed the subject, “Where should we go to eat?”

Everyone could see that Jiang Shixue was already shy, so they didn’t press the issue further.

Before a place was even chosen, Anping and Xia Xing both notified their girlfriends.

Anping sent a message to Shen Xiaoyou, “Are you busy?”

Shen Xiaoyou replied, “Okay, just got home.”

Anping knew that this “home” was the one she didn’t want to return to, where Father Shen and Mother Shen would call her back to say a lot of things.

Shen Xiaoyou then asked, “What’s up?”

Then she put down her phone. Since she was already here, she would definitely go see Grandmother Shen first.

After seeing the message, Anping directly said, “Shixue and Zixuan are together! They said we should all go out to eat together!”

“Hey, you only came for a short time and they got together, you’re a truly invisible wingman.”

“I’ll wait for you to come back, and we’ll discuss the time.”

“I’m going to eat, have you eaten?”

…

Anping kept sending messages, knowing that Shen Xiaoyou must be busy, so she wasn’t in a hurry for her to reply.

During the meal, Su Zixuan asked, “Anping, what did Xiaoyou say?”

“She’s a bit busy right now and hasn’t replied, but I feel like she should be able to come,” Anping said.

Xia Xing calculated the time and said, “Oh my god, it’s been several hours, if my girlfriend didn’t reply to me for several hours, I might be angry.”

Anping asked in confusion, “Why?”

Xia Xing explained, “I don’t think anyone can be so busy that they can’t reply to a message, and even if they’re busy for an hour or two, there’s always time to rest.”

Anping only felt this anxious at the beginning, when they hadn’t yet confirmed their relationship, but not now.

Jiang Shixue immediately said to Su Zixuan, “You can’t not reply to me!”

Su Zixuan said, “Definitely not.”

“I think Xiaoyou is definitely busy and hasn’t looked at her phone, maybe if you call her, she’ll pick up,” Jiang Shixue said.

Anping felt conflicted, she knew Shen Xiaoyou was busy, but she also felt that Xia Xing’s words made sense.

“I don’t know, I’m just like this with my girlfriend, because we’re both students, I don’t think she can be that busy,” Xia Xing said.

Anping still decisively made the call.

Shen Xiaoyou immediately answered, “Baby.”

Anping could tell from her voice that she had been drinking and said, “Are you drunk?”

Shen Xiaoyou obediently nodded.

“I haven’t looked at my phone, I came back and chatted with Grandmother Shen and then was called to eat and toast the elders, I don’t like this, it’s so annoying…”

Then Shen Xiaoyou said a lot, and Anping patiently listened.

The three people sitting there all felt the strong presence of dog food. Su Zixuan and Jiang Shixue could still lean on each other, but Xia Xing just looked on longingly.

“Are you going to keep drinking?” Anping saw someone pouring her more wine.

“I don’t want to drink,” Shen Xiaoyou said.

Anping looked worried, “Is it okay if you don’t drink?”

“Yes,” Shen Xiaoyou said.

Then, when she stood up, she said, “My girlfriend won’t let me drink anymore, Grandmother Shen, Father Shen, Mother Shen, I’m going back to my room.”

Then she left.

“Oh my god, such an obedient girlfriend, I want an obedient girlfriend too,” Su Zixuan said.

“Who are you saying is disobedient?” Jiang Shixue asked.

Su Zixuan immediately panicked, “No, I’m not talking about you.”

Anping watched Shen Xiaoyou return to her room and hung up the phone after watching her wash up.

After Anping hung up the phone, she suddenly looked at them.

They asked, “Is Xiaoyou okay?”

Anping shook her head, “I saw her lie down and hung up, she’s fine. If something happens, she’ll call me later.”

The three of them nodded.

Su Zixuan curiously said, “Did you two see a long time ago that there were those sparks of being together between us?”

“My girlfriend saw it a long time ago and asked me,” Anping said.

Su Zixuan’s eyes widened, “Wow, did you secretly have a crush on me a long time ago, Jiang Shixue?”

“Yes, so what?” Jiang Shixue said.

Su Zixuan suddenly didn’t know what to say. She didn’t expect Jiang Shixue to say that.

Anping and Xia Xing exchanged glances and snickered.

Su Zixuan instantly turned as red as an apple.

Just then, Shen Xiaoyou called, and Anping said that she was going back to the dorm first and walked outside to answer the phone.

“Hey? Why don’t you ask us to go together?” Su Zixuan asked in confusion.

“Are you stupid? Xiaoyou is drunk, she might say embarrassing things,” Xia Xing said speechlessly.

Jiang Shixue also laughed at her, and Su Zixuan exploded, “Anyone can laugh at me, but you can’t!”

“Why? I’m just laughing,” Jiang Shixue said.

Anping, walking on the road, heard Shen Xiaoyou on the other end of the phone, “Baby!”

“I’m here.”

“Wife!”

“I’m here.”

…

Shen Xiaoyou said a sentence, and Anping replied with one.

Shen Xiaoyou suddenly said to Anping, “Wife, why are you so good?”

“What are you doing? Are you drunk and saying pretty things to me?” Anping asked.

“No, it’s because you’re just very good, I miss you,” Shen Xiaoyou said coquettishly.

“I miss you too, you’re a very good wife too,” Anping said.

“If only you were by my side, sob sob!” Shen Xiaoyou said.

“I want to be too, it’ll be good when I graduate, we’ll be together all the time,” Anping said.

Shen Xiaoyou said a lot to Anping, and Anping thought Shen Xiaoyou was cute.

Why does this person talk so sweetly when they’re drunk? Anping even secretly recorded it.

After arriving at the dorm, there was no more sound from Shen Xiaoyou, and Anping thought she had fallen asleep.

Anping turned the volume up to the maximum, put her phone on the table, and then packed her things.

She planned to wash some clothes, and after finishing packing, she would put the clothes in the washing machine and come back to turn on the computer to work.

She put on her earphones, listened to the sounds on her phone, and worked.

The three of them came back after dinner and went about their own business. After working for an afternoon, Anping saw that the call had been going on for four hours, and it was dark outside.

Shen Xiaoyou still hasn’t woken up, Anping thought.

But she still didn’t hang up the phone.

When Anping was eating dinner that night, Shen Xiaoyou’s voice came from the earphones to her ear, “Baby.” Anping immediately picked up her phone in response to the hoarse voice.

“Are you awake?” Anping asked dotingly.

Shen Xiaoyou hummed in agreement and said, “Why didn’t you hang up?”

“I didn’t want to, I was afraid you’d wake up and find I wasn’t there,” Anping said.

“You’re too good, I like you so much,” Shen Xiaoyou said.

Anping said dissatisfied, “Can’t you say ‘I love you’?”

The three people in the dorm were all watching Anping like gossipers.

Anping waited for the answer on the other end of the phone.

“I love you, Anping,” Shen Xiaoyou said.

Anping’s mouth gradually curved upwards into a smile and said, “Hmph, that’s more like it.”

The three of them understood when they saw this expression and silently returned to their positions.

Su Zixuan and Jiang Shixue were snuggling together, and Xia Xing really couldn’t stand it and ran to the balcony to call her girlfriend and complain.

After Anping finished her call, she asked, “Where’s Xia Xing?”

“Balcony!” Su Zixuan and Jiang Shixue answered almost at the same time.

Anping walked to the balcony and asked Xia Xing, “Aren’t you cold?”

Xia Xing said, “My heart is already cold, you’re all showing off your affection.”

“Don’t you have Jia Jia?” Anping asked.

Xia Xing didn’t speak.

Anping squatted down and asked, “What’s wrong? Did you argue? About what?”

Xia Xing couldn’t help but shed tears when asked like this.

Anping immediately comforted her and patted her back.

Su Zixuan and Jiang Shixue noticed and immediately came over. The three of them surrounded Xia Xing and squatted on the balcony, asking what was wrong.

Xia Xing sniffled and said, “I just argued with her on the phone just now because of a small thing.”

“Oh, it’s okay, it’ll be fine in a few days, don’t be sad,” Su Zixuan said.

Jiang Shixue hit her, and Su Zixuan immediately shut her mouth.

Xia Xing said, “It’s okay, I’ll just think about it myself.”

Anping patted her and said, “You can cry if you want to, but you have to tell us after you’re done crying, we can help you analyze it.”

“After all, you definitely wouldn’t want to keep it from us if Shen Xiaoyou and I argued, right?” Anping added.

Xia Xing nodded and said, “I’ll tell you.”

Anping nodded and left to sit in the dorm, letting Xia Xing be alone for a while.

Su Zixuan and Jiang Shixue seemed to be summarizing any experiences and things they might encounter in love.

Anping thought: She and Shen Xiaoyou really haven’t had any major arguments.

Anping was very grateful and very lucky.

“I’m so lucky to have met you,” Anping sent to Shen Xiaoyou.

Shen Xiaoyou had fallen asleep again and didn’t reply.

Xia Xing happily came in again later because her girlfriend had called her.

The whole dorm was happy for her.

Anping also laid down on the bed with peace of mind.

But Anping couldn’t fall asleep all night and got up several times.

Until the sky was slightly bright, Anping didn’t sleep anymore.

She got up and sat on the chair. After Jiang Shixue got up, she saw Anping and asked, “Anping, why is your face so red?”

“Ah? Is it?” Anping didn’t know, and asked blankly.

Jiang Shixue shined a light again and confirmed, “Yes, it’s especially red.”

Jiang Shixue reached out and touched Anping’s forehead and said, “It’s so hot? Do you have a fever?”

Hearing these words, Xia Xing and Su Zixuan didn’t sleep anymore. They got up and turned on the light and looked at Anping in shock, “Wow, it’s too red, isn’t it?”

Anping looked at herself in the mirror but didn’t know what was going on.