Chapter 74: Before One Wave Settles, Another Rises

Seeing the dorm room door open, Jiang Miao panicked, and the egg pancake in his hand instantly became unpalatable.

He turned to look at the door and saw Wang Xin walk in with his backpack on his back. When he saw Jiang Miao standing in the middle of the room, staring at him, he paused in puzzlement and looked down at his clothes.

“What’s up?” Wang Xin checked himself over—no wrinkles, no stains, and his collar wasn’t crooked.

“Nothing. I just got up to stretch after sitting too long.” Jiang Miao pretended to look at the door by coincidence, twisting his neck and waist before returning to his seat.

While observing Wang Xin’s movements, he quickly took out his phone and sent a message to Senior Sister.

[Miaomiao is Deep in Thought]: What are you doing?! Couldn’t you have just come down directly?

Sure, having a girl in a boys’ dorm room was unusual.

But Su Huaizhou was their class assistant and his debate team leader, so it was perfectly reasonable for her to stop by and deliver a congratulatory egg pancake.

With this explanation, even if Wang Xin became a little suspicious, it wouldn’t have been a big deal.

But now?

Things were completely different!

If Senior Sister got down from Jiang Miao’s bed right now…

Putting aside whether there would be a misunderstanding or not, Wang Xin would probably be terrified.

[Zhouzhou Loves Congee]: Sorry!

[Zhouzhou Loves Congee]: I just… panicked… and instinctively shrank my legs…

[Zhouzhou Loves Congee]: What should we do now?

[Miaomiao is Deep in Thought]: Stay up there and don’t move. Wait a bit.

[Miaomiao is Deep in Thought]: When Wang Xin comes back at night, he usually cleans up first and then goes shower. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

[Miaomiao is Deep in Thought]: Wait for him to shower, then quickly sneak out.

[Zhouzhou Loves Congee]: Got it!

On Jiang Miao’s bed, because Wang Xin had entered so quickly, Su Huaizhou had retracted her legs and didn’t dare to move, maintaining a prone, kneeling posture.

Lying on his bed, she placed her phone on the mattress, communicating and planning this secret operation with Junior Brother.

Her heart was racing incredibly fast, and she was even more nervous and excited than when Jiang Miao had princess carried her.

If not for the bed curtain, she had no idea what she would have done.

“You guys made it to the next round of the debate competition, right?” Wang Xin asked while cleaning.

“Mm-hmm.”

“Are you first or second?”

“Should be first.” Jiang Miao thought for a moment. They had won three out of three debates, so they were definitely advancing as the first seed.

“Not bad.” Wang Xin showed a rare smile, lighting up his fair face. This smile should be quite lethal to girls. “Our team is also first. This way, we’ll meet in the finals.”

“Ahem… I might not necessarily go on stage.” Jiang Miao smiled awkwardly, his eyes darting to the bed from time to time. He really wasn’t in the mood to chat.

However, he had no choice but to talk to Wang Xin to distract him so that he wouldn’t notice Senior Sister on the bed.

For some reason, Jiang Miao felt as though someone had barged in to check on him while he was having an affair.

He was nervous and guilty.

“Aren’t you going to participate in any of the matches?” Wang Xin was puzzled. “I thought you’d at least take part in one.

“You and Senior Sister Su get along pretty well, don’t you? Is she the one who doesn’t want you to go on stage? Did you two have a fight?”

Jiang Miao said, “… No, Old Wang. Your thoughts are jumping too fast.”

Wang Xin wasn’t particularly interested in other people’s personal matters. He only brought it up in passing before continuing cleaning.

After tidying up most of the room, Wang Xin went to the balcony to get his clothes and prepared to take a shower.

Just as he was about to step into the bathroom, Su Huaizhou felt a little uncomfortable from kneeling on Jiang Miao’s bed and adjusted her knees slightly.

The next moment, Wang Xin heard a wooden creaking sound coming from Jiang Miao’s bed.



Before he could even turn his head, Jiang Miao abruptly stood up, his chair scraping loudly against the floor.

“What’s the matter?” Wang Xin looked puzzled. “Need to use the bathroom?”

“N-no…” Jiang Miao laughed awkwardly and rubbed his waist. “I’m a bit stiff, just getting up to stretch.”

“Oh.” Wang Xin didn’t think much of it. He entered the bathroom, locked the door, and prepared to shower.

Hearing the bathroom door locking, Jiang Miao hurriedly urged Su Huaizhou on his bed, “Senior Sister, quick, come down. Wang Xin’s in the shower.”

“Okay.” Su Huaizhou quickly extended her leg and stepped on the ladder to climb down.

But the next second, the bathroom door unlocked again.

“Senior Sister, stop! Go back!” Jiang Miao whispered anxiously.

Su Huaizhou was startled and quickly retracted her leg.

As for Jiang Miao, he was doing chest stretches, pretending that everything was fine. He looked at Wang Xin walking out of the bathroom and asked innocently, “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing.” Wang Xin, now shirtless, walked out to grab a clean towel and headed back into the bathroom. “Just forgot something.”

Seeing him enter the bathroom again, Jiang Miao heaved a sigh of relief.

Unlike others, Wang Xin had a particular habit of using three towels. After each towel use, he would immediately wash it and switch to another one the next day.

They had almost been harmed by that towel.

Jiang Miao listened closely and heard the sound of the bathroom door locking again.

But this time, he wasn’t in a hurry to call Senior Sister down. He waited until he heard the sound of running water from the bathroom before whispering urgently, “Senior Sister, come down! Now, go!”

Su Huaizhou, her forehead sweating from nervousness, quickly stretched out her leg towards the ladder.

However, just as she was about to step on the ladder, the sound of a key turning in the lock of the dorm room door rang out again.

Jiang Miao cursed silently.

This time, Su Huaizhou didn’t need his warning. In a flash, she pulled her leg back, her face flushed.

Jiang Miao was utterly speechless as he turned to look at the door.

“Brothers! I’m back!” Before the door even opened, Xun Liang’s loud voice came from outside. “Did you miss me?!”

Jiang Miao only wanted to strangle him now.

This guy was always either showing off his relationship in the dorm room or going out on dates with his girlfriend.

Normally, he wouldn’t return this early, but now, of course he had to show up as if on cue!

Jiang Miao looked at the time. It was almost 10 p.m.

It was normal for Xun Liang to be back at this time.

But…

What about Senior Sister?!

If this blabbermouth Xun Liang knew that Senior Sister was hiding on his bed, Jiang Miao guaranteed that the entire school would know about it tomorrow.

[Zhouzhou Loves Congee]: What should we do now?

Su Huaizhou bit her lip, barely daring to breathe.

[Miaomiao is Deep in Thought]: Don’t worry, Senior Sister.

Jiang Miao took a deep breath and sat back down at his desk, ignoring Xun Liang. He needed to be calm.

[Miaomiao is Deep in Thought]: Xun Liang usually doesn’t stay in the room for long. I bet he’ll go to another room soon. When he does, you can slip out.

[Zhouzhou Loves Congee]: Got it!



After confirming Plan B, Su Huaizhou remained kneeling nervously on Jiang Miao’s bed. Her knees were beginning to ache, so she wanted to crawl a bit farther inside to lie down.

With the lesson just now, she moved very carefully and didn’t make any risky sounds.

It wasn’t until her head was resting on Junior brother’s pillow and her chest was pressing on the mattress that she finally exhaled a sigh of relief. At least she could straighten her legs.

But when she thought about how she was lying on Junior Brother’s bed, smelling his familiar scent from his pillow, Su Huaizhou blushed.

She felt her entire body heat up.