Chapter 82: Old Wang, Let Me Explain

Ten minutes later, at the entrance of the cafeteria in Xiuye Commons.

Su Huaizhou and Jiang Miao finally caught up to Qi Lianyue. Just as they were about to explain, they saw Zhao Lu waiting nearby.

Seeing someone else present, Su Huaizhou, who hadn’t thought of an excuse yet, immediately fell silent.

“Huh? Sister Zhou and Junior Brother are here too?” Zhao Lu lazily raised his hand to greet them before grinning and holding Qi Lianyue’s hand.

Qi Lianyue felt a bit uncomfortable having her hand held in front of her best friend and struggled a bit.

However, Zhao Lu held her tightly, so she stopped resisting and blushed.

She even turned to look at Su Huaizhou and let out a soft harrumph.

Su Huaizhou: “…”

“Let’s go eat,” Qi Lianyue said. “We still have class in the afternoon.”

Seeing Zhao Lu and Qi Lianyue go upstairs first, Jiang Miao and Su Huaizhou followed behind.

“Senior Sister, what should we do?” Jiang Miao asked softly. “Why don’t I find some time to explain to her?”

“Forget it…” Su Huaizhou pursed her lips. After calming down, she thought about it and felt there wasn’t much worth explaining.

After all, Qi Lianyue’s suspicions weren’t wrong.

She had indeed snuck into Junior Brother’s dorm room and even spent the night on his bed.

It was just that nothing had happened between them. They were still in a very pure and innocent relationship.

But what was so bad about being misunderstood as being in a less-than-innocent relationship?

She did intend to develop a special relationship with Junior Brother… It was only a matter of time…

Besides, explaining things like this tended to make them more complicated.

Who else but the two of them would believe that they had really just slept in the same bed?

If someone else told her this, she would be the first not to believe it!

Anyway, it wasn’t the first time Yueyue had misunderstood her, so she was already used to it. She calmly went upstairs to have lunch.

And so, lunch ended in a very strange atmosphere.

…

Now, it was instead Qi Lianyue who felt confused.

During afternoon classes, she saw that Su Huaizhou still had no signs of explaining herself, so she couldn’t help pressing for answers. “Aren’t you going to explain?” Sёarᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

“Huh?” Su Huaizhou was startled.

“You said you had just woken up at home, but I saw you and Junior Brother coming out of his dorm. Aren’t you going to explain?”

“It’s… it’s not that easy to explain…” Su Huaizhou felt a bit guilty, but she quickly regained her confidence. “It’s exactly what you think.”

Qi Lianyue was stunned by her aura. “Didn’t you say you went home last night?”

“Well… it’s a long story…” Su Huaizhou had been holding it in for a long time, but she still couldn’t resist sharing the battle situation with her best friend. “So, it’s like this… then that happened…”

The two of them whispered and chatted for a while.

Qi Lianyue alternated between doubt and disbelief and shook her head repeatedly, feeling as though she were listening to a story.

“So, you haven’t taken down Junior Brother yet?” Qi Lianyue directly hit Su Huaizhou’s sore spot after hearing her tale of her night in Junior Brother’s dorm room.

Su Huaizhou: “…”

“Didn’t you confess?” Qi Lianyue asked curiously. “Since you’re sure you like him, why don’t you just confess directly? Are you afraid he’ll turn you down?”

“No…” Su Huaizhou fidgeted. “I told him before that I didn’t want to date. If I turn around and confess now, won’t it be embarrassing?”

“… You’re being dramatic.” Qi Lianyue curled her lips. “Are you seriously planning to wait for him to confess to you first?”

“What’s wrong with that?”

“Suit yourself,” Qi Lianyue said. “Just don’t regret it if another girl snatches him away.”

“That… that’s impossible…” Su Huaizhou mumbled defensively.

“Why not? Jiang Miao is quite the catch.” Qi Lianyue shook her head, thinking that her best friend was way too confident.

“Hmph.” Su Huaizhou dismissed her words. After all, Peach Jam had personally said that he liked his senior sister. “You don’t understand. I’m confident.”

“Confident in what?” Qi Lianyue gave her a sideways glance. “First of all, Junior Brother is handsome and has a good figure. I heard from you that he can play basketball. And since he could get into the School of Business, his grades shouldn’t be bad.

“It’s quite easy for a guy like that to find a girlfriend if he puts in a little effort. Why does he have to be hung up on you?”

Qi Lianyue’s analysis struck a small cord of crisis in Su Huaizhou.

“Don’t talk nonsense. W-we slept on the same bed yesterday…” Su Huaizhou tried her best to bolster her confidence.

“Didn’t you say nothing happened?”

“That’s because he respects me.”

“Or maybe he’s not interested.”



“No way!”

“Heh.” Qi Lianyue tapped Su Huaizhou’s forehead with her finger. “Zhouzhou, haven’t you noticed?”

“Huh?”

“You don’t usually speak in this tone,” Qi Lianyue pointed out sharply. “Whenever you talk about Junior Brother, your tone softens.”

…

Unlike the stormy situation on Senior Sister’s side, everything was calm on Jiang Miao’s end.

He attended two afternoon classes with his roommates and had dinner together in the evening.

Since the basketball semifinal match was tomorrow, Tuesday afternoon, Xun Liang dragged Jiang Miao to practice their coordination.

Fortunately, he had secretly managed to write a chapter on his phone during class, so the pressure of releasing wasn’t that intense.

Plus, after staying up all night full of excitement, heading to the basketball court was a good way to burn off some energy.

Otherwise, he might really get sick from bottling it all up.

In addition, Chen Haoshang disappeared as soon as class ended, and Wang Xin returned to the dormitory alone.

As usual, as soon as Wang Xin entered the dorm room, he put down his backpack and picked up a broom to begin cleaning.

However, as he was sweeping, he started feeling that something was wrong.

He adjusted his glasses and bent down to look at the floor. A look of confusion crossed his face as he noticed a few strands of long hair.

Thinking he might be mistaken and that perhaps a few slightly longer strands of hair had gotten tangled together, he squatted down to take a closer look.

Finally, he picked up a long strand of hair and examined it under the light.

From the tip to the end, it was about the length of an entire arm.

This definitely wasn’t the hair of anyone in their room!

Wang Xin’s gaze turned solemn.

He resumed cleaning, paying particular attention to the areas under the desks of his three roommates.

Then he found that almost all of the long hair came from Jiang Miao’s side.

Looking at the scattered strands of long hair on the floor, Wang Xin fell silent.

He usually only cleaned the room after returning from the library.

The last time he cleaned should have been after returning to the room last night.

Wang Xin recalled carefully. At the time, he had been chatting with Jiang Miao and hadn’t paid much attention to what he was sweeping. He had quickly finished cleaning and gone to take a shower.

If Jiang Miao had really brought a girl back to the room, when could it have been?

This morning?

Possibly.

But when he thought of the ambiguous relationship between Jiang Miao and Senior Sister Su, an astonishing guess formed in Wang Xin’s mind.

The next moment, his gaze turned to Jiang Miao’s bed. After pondering for a moment, he climbed up the ladder.

Sure enough!

He easily found a similar long strand of black hair on the edge of Jiang Miao’s bed.

If he wanted, he could probably find more at the head of the bed.

…

On the basketball court, Jiang Miao had worked up a sweat and felt refreshed.

During a break, he went to the stands, picked up his phone, and checked his messages while drinking water. He found that Wang Xin had sent him a private message.

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[Wash Hands Often]: Next time you bring Senior Sister to our room, it’s better to let us know.

[Wash Hands Often]: After all, it’s a bit inappropriate for a girl to spend the night in a male dorm room.

[Wash Hands Often]: I’ve cleaned all the hair on the floor, but you’ll need to clean your bed yourself.

[Wash Hands Often]: By the way, if that girl wasn’t Senior Sister, I wouldn’t have said anything. Don’t worry.

Halfway through reading the message, Jiang Miao sprayed out the water he had just taken a sip of.

Beside him, Xun Liang jumped back in surprise. “Brother Jiang, what are you doing?!”



“Cough, cough… Cough, cough, cough…” Jiang Miao quickly closed his phone, patted his chest to clear his throat, and tried to pretend that nothing had happened. “I-It’s nothing. I just choked a bit…

“Um… you guys continue playing. I’m heading back now.”

Jiang Miao gripped his phone tightly and walked away.

While walking, he typed a message to Wang Xin.

[Miaomiao is Deep in Thought]: Old Wang, let me explain. This matter is a bit complicated.