Heartthrob, Your Ima Chapter 251: Our Tiny Times

"We are good sisters, after all!" Zheng Yanyan said matter-of-factly.

The living room of the suite was enormous. Zhou Yuwen was out on the balcony preparing instant noodles, and Shen Yu had already gone over to join him. The savory aroma wafted all the way across the room.

Honestly, taking a trip with a small group of friends, staying up late into the night, and sharing a piping hot bowl of food together was a profound kind of happiness. It brought a true sense of freedom.

The panoramic suite lived up to its na. Even at one in the morning, the night view of Suzhou remained a dazzling display of neon lights and bustling nightlife.

Shen Yu remarked on how wonderful it slled.

"It is a bit pungent, though. Will the sll linger in the room tonight?"

"It should be fine if we leave the windows open a crack," Zhou Yuwen replied.

During their dayti grocery run, they had picked up instant noodles, along with ham sausages and pickled chicken feet. Tossing these small snacks into the hot noodles made for an unbelievably delicious al.

Shen Yu was already getting impatient. She ntioned that she had never eaten anything this late before.

Zhou Yuwen told her that this was exactly what university was all about.

"Cherish your life as it is now," Zhou Yuwen said with a smile.

Shen Yu could not help but laugh. She did not quite grasp the deeper aning behind his words, but tonight was undeniably a wonderful experience for her.

"What are you two whispering about over there?" Zhou Yuwen called out to Lu Lin and Zheng Yanyan, who were chatting in the distance.

"Coming," Zheng Yanyan called back.

However, she still clung to Lu Lin's arm, picking up right where they left off and pouting coquettishly. "Linlin, I consider you my absolute best sister. You have to help . That Su Qing clearly hasn't given up on Zhou Yuwen yet. I am no match for her on my own, so please help , okay?"

Lu Lin replied, "Su Qing is in the past. Just let it go and you will be fine."

"How can I just let it go? I feel like Zhou Yuwen still has lingering ties with her."

Lu Lin said, "Then it is even simpler. Just break up with Zhou Yuwen."

"Stop joking," Zheng Yanyan laughed. How could she possibly break up with him? It had been hard enough to find such an amazing boyfriend.

Did people really think it was easy to find a university boyfriend who drove a BMW X7, owned a flat-level apartnt, had a loyal group of followers, and booked a two-thousand-nine-hundred-yuan suite for a trip?

Lu Lin replied that if she didn't want to break up, she should just endure it.

"That is exactly why you need to help !"

"Help you how?"

"You absolutely must help

drive a wedge between them!" Zheng Yanyan said playfully.

Lu Lin shot her a look of utter disdain. "You are so high-maintenance."

"Hehe, you are the best." Zheng Yanyan acted cute.

"What are you two whispering about over there? Are you going to eat or not?" Zhou Yuwen was getting exasperated. The noodles were about to turn to mush.

"Ah, we are coming!"

Zheng Yanyan agreed, walking over arm-in-arm with Lu Lin. "Hehe, it slls so good. As expected of my hubby's cooking skills."

Zhou Yuwen pointed out that making instant noodles required zero skill.

"But eating like this really hits the spot. It would be even better with a little alcohol," Zhou Yuwen said genuinely.

"I bought beer!" Zheng Yanyan imdiately declared.

Zhou Yuwen asked, "You really bought so?"

"Hehe, I even bought Rio!"

The mont the word 'Rio' was spoken, Zhou Yuwen felt a sudden wave of nostalgia. Good heavens, it had already been ten years.

Strictly speaking, Rio cocktails barely qualified as real alcohol, but their marketing was brilliant. They hired a few energetic youths to sing and dance in their ads and even bought the rights to the English song 'Everybody'. Back when Zhou Yuwen was originally in university, everyone around him drank it, and girls would always take photos with the bottles to post on their social dia circles.

Zheng Yanyan brought out both the beer and the Rio. For little girls, drinking Rio was more than enough. Shen Yu was still worried about getting drunk, but Zhou Yuwen assured her, telling her not to worry since the alcohol content was barely higher than a regular soda.

"Besides, even if you do get drunk, it's fine. We are all here," Zhou Yuwen added.

Hearing this, Zheng Yanyan covered her mouth and giggled. "Shen Yu probably doesn't trust you."

"Doesn't trust

with what?"

"Humph, what if you take advantage of her being drunk and do sothing to her?"

Zhou Yuwen deadpanned, "If I wanted to do sothing, I would just do it now. Why would I wait until she's drunk?"

"Zhou Yuwen, I think you want a taste of my Nine Yin Bone Claw!" Zheng Yanyan brandished her freshly manicured hands.

The young couple bantered back and forth, completely ignoring the shy Shen Yu, whose face had flushed entirely red.

However, given Zhou Yuwen's relationship with them, making such jokes was ultimately harmless.

Zhou Yuwen originally wanted to drink beer, but Zheng Yanyan insisted he hold a Rio.

Because she wanted to take a photo.

Alright, they struck a toasting pose against the backdrop of the night view outside and snapped a picture.

"Here's to our everlasting friendship!" Zheng Yanyan said with a wide grin.

The others laughed, though there was a slight hint of awkwardness. But Zheng Yanyan loved it. Not only did she want a photo celebrating their everlasting friendship, but she also demanded a couple's selfie with Zhou Yuwen. "Hubby, hubby, here is to our everlasting love! Hehe!"

"Yes, everlasting love," Zhou Yuwen chuckled lightly, clinking his bottle against hers.

"Haha, our very first university trip, and we are eating instant noodles. Ugh, how pitiful!"

With her cocktail in one hand, Zheng Yanyan held her phone in the other and began frantically editing the photos.

Shen Yu chid in, "Your boyfriend still has classes tomorrow."

Zhou Yuwen waved it off. It was so late already; what was the point of class? He simply wasn't going to go.

"Ah?"

A good girl like Shen Yu could not comprehend Zhou Yuwen's mindset. Weren't they on this trip specifically for the practical class? Skipping the afternoon session was one thing, but completely blowing off tomorrow as well?

Zhou Yuwen looked at Shen Yu solemnly and told her, "Let

teach you sothing. The very first rule of becoming an adult is that you must occasionally do sothing a little bad."

Shen Yu truly had never tried such a thing.

Yet, for so inexplicable reason, hearing Zhou Yuwen say this sparked a tiny feeling of anticipation inside her.

Especially when Zhou Yuwen smiled at her. His bright, radiant smile was incredibly infectious.

"Exactly! Youth is all about letting loose. Co on, cheers!" Zheng Yanyan leaned over, hooked her arm around Zhou Yuwen's neck, and giggled.

Zhou Yuwen groaned, "Get away from , you splashed alcohol all over my face."

"Oh, muah, let

lick it clean for you."

"Eww, you are disgusting."

Zheng Yanyan put on a pitiful expression for Zhou Yuwen, while he looked at her with pure disgust. Their antics made the others burst out laughing. Both Lu Lin and Shen Yu found it genuinely hilarious.

As for Su Qing, there was no way she was going to smile at that.

They started with the instant noodles. On a night when their stomachs were completely empty, the steaming hot food was an incredibly rare delicacy. In just a few large bites, they slurped down an entire instant noodle cup. Their stomachs instantly felt warm, leaving them craving for more.

"Mmm, that was so good. Hubby, are you done? I still want more." After finishing her own, Zheng Yanyan began eyeing Zhou Yuwen's noodles.

Zhou Yuwen called her a pig, wondering how she could eat so much.

"Hehe, I am your cute little piggy. Let

have a bite." Zheng Yanyan grinned, leaning over to slurp so noodles straight out of Zhou Yuwen's cup.

Zhou Yuwen pleaded with her to at least leave a single bite for him.

"Slurp~"

"Oh my, why was there so little? It was gone in one bite. Hubby, you aren't mad, are you?"

"..."

Zhou Yuwen was completely speechless at Zheng Yanyan's goofy antics.

He had only managed two bites from the entire cup. Truth be told, the craving for late-night instant noodles was hard to resist, even for a reborn person.

However, seeing Zheng Yanyan's pitiful look, Zhou Yuwen could not be bothered to scold her.

Zheng Yanyan bead and offered, "I will give you my egg to eat!"

"You look like an egg yourself."

At crucial monts like this, it was still his wife who was the most reliable.

Taking advantage of Zheng Yanyan's distraction, Su Qing swapped her own instant noodle cup with Zhou Yuwen's empty one.

Zhou Yuwen could not help but look up.

Su Qing wore a look of smug pride, as if to say, 'See? I am the one who truly dotes on you!'

At that mont, Zhou Yuwen felt genuinely touched. He loved these carefree days filled with lively noise. He had an understanding wife, a playful and cute girlfriend, an obedient and sensible lover, and oh—a close female confidante who was still completely in the dark.

Could anything be more comfortable than his current life?

After devouring Zhou Yuwen's noodles, Zheng Yanyan trotted off to pester Lu Lin.

She hovered nearby, asking, "Linlin, Linlin, are you not done with your noodles yet?"

Lu Lin shielded her food defensively and warned her not to get any ideas.

"I am not your boyfriend."

"Ah, you sound so distant. Aren't we good sisters?" Zheng Yanyan whined, acting just as spoiled as ever.

Lu Lin flatly responded, "Get lost."

"As of today, we are not."

"Ugh! Hubby, look at this cold-hearted, bad woman. Wait, how do you still have noodles?"

"Slurp~"

"Not anymore."

Zhou Yuwen practically inhaled the rest of the cup, finishing everything in a single massive gulp.

"Ah, you guys are so an!"

Zheng Yanyan instantly put on a victimized expression, acting as if they had all tead up to bully her, and ran over to tattle to Shen Yu.

Zhou Yuwen told her to eat less before she genuinely turned into a pig.

Shen Yu giggled from the sidelines.

The five of them continued their noisy, lively banter.

Zhou Yuwen mused that other reborn individuals usually built sprawling imperial harems with three palaces and six compounds. He wasn't greedy, though. Forming a big family with just these four should not be a problem, right?

After finishing their noodles, the five of them sat on the balcony for a while longer, chatting about everything under the sun. They talked about their university life this sester, and they talked about the future.

Zheng Yanyan was the most animated of the bunch. Leaning against Zhou Yuwen on her left and Lu Lin on her right, she declared that she did not regret coming to study in Jinling because it allowed her to et all of them.

"But the luckiest thing of all was eting my boyfriend," Zheng Yanyan added, throwing herself into Zhou Yuwen's arms.

Su Qing was probably the one struggling the most to blend into this joyous atmosphere.

However, she did not ruin the mood for the others. She rely stood by herself at the island counter, resting her hands on the surface, which was quite a bit higher than a standard dining table.

Normally, one would sit on the bar stools, but since there were only three, so had to stand while others sat.

Seeing her own husband holding another woman in his arms made it impossible for Su Qing to be happy.

While everyone else drank Rio, she stood off to the side, quietly drinking beer. In truth, Su Qing did not have a high tolerance for alcohol, and it wasn't long before her face flushed.

Zheng Yanyan definitely noticed the loneliness in her heart.

From the mont she had suggested drinking, Zheng Yanyan had gone around giving speeches to each of them. For example, she raised her first toast to Zhou Yuwen.

"Thank you, university life, for letting

et such an amazing hubby."

Her second glass was dedicated to Lu Lin.

"Lu Lin is my absolute best sister."

Then, she shared her third glass with Shen Yu. "Hehe, you are such a cute, good Southern girl. I just want to take a bite out of you."

Zheng Yanyan had consud quite a bit herself. She threw her arms around Shen Yu and affectionately gnawed on her cheek.

Shen Yu's face was also bright red from the alcohol. Being suddenly embraced by Zheng Yanyan made her even more bashful, to the point where she was completely at a loss for words.

Zheng Yanyan slurred her words slightly, "Shen Yu, did you know I am so jealous of you? How did your body develop like this? I wish I had your figure. Ooh, let

touch."

"What nonsense are you saying!" Seeing Zheng Yanyan actually tugging at her clothes, Shen Yu could not help but steal a shy glance at Zhou Yuwen.

"Ahem," Zhou Yuwen coughed, pretending he hadn't seen a thing.

Zheng Yanyan continued making her rounds of playful chaos.

She appeared completely wasted, but her mind was actually quite sharp.

She looked over at Su Qing, who was standing there nursing a drink in sullen silence.

"Hey,"

Zheng Yanyan had finished her Rio a while ago, and was now drinking beer as well.

"Let us just put everything in the past and move on, alright?" Zheng Yanyan's cheeks were flushed, but her eyes held a serious gleam. She raised her glass and spoke to Su Qing with absolute sincerity.

Su Qing glanced at her but remained silent.

Zheng Yanyan continued, "I know you hate . Back when school first started, I promised I would help you chase Zhou Yuwen, and I broke that promise. It is perfectly justified for you to hate . But I really, truly like Zhou Yuwen. Can you just consider it as letting

have him? At worst, I will introduce you to an even better guy later!"

Zhou Yuwen thought to himself, 'What kind of nonsense are you spouting? I feel like tossing you straight off the balcony.'

"Drink this, and we call it water under the bridge. I am downing mine!"

Zheng Yanyan had just opened this can of beer. After making her declaration, she did not even wait for Su Qing's response. Tilting her head back, she chugged the entire can in a series of rapid gulps.

A little bit spilled over, but she truly drained every last drop. Once finished, her gaze grew a bit hazy. Her sudden, aggressive drinking thoroughly startled Shen Yu, who quickly urged her to slow down.

But Zheng Yanyan simply shook her head. Having downed an entire can of beer, she flipped the can upside down to prove it was completely empty.

She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.

She stared intently at Su Qing.

Su Qing looked back at Zheng Yanyan without saying a word for a long ti. Dressed in a crisp white shirt and wearing her rimless gold-wire glasses, she exuded an overwhelming aura of icy elegance under the flickering, dim light.

Zheng Yanyan had indeed drunk too fast, but she forced herself to stand steady.

This was exactly the kind of dramatic flare that eighteen and nineteen-year-olds loved.

Shen Yu voiced her concern from the side, "You drank way too fast. Are you okay?"

Zheng Yanyan's head was undeniably spinning, but she bravely shook her head, keeping her eyes locked on Su Qing.

Su Qing's thin lips seed to press together slightly as she took a tiny sip of her drink.

Pondering for a mont, she shot a glance at Zhou Yuwen.

Zhou Yuwen averted his gaze. It wasn't as if he could offer an opinion on sothing like this.

Consequently, Su Qing raised her beer and lightly clinked it against Zheng Yanyan's empty can.

"There is no need to find

a boyfriend," Su Qing stated flatly.

As the cans clinked, Zheng Yanyan's face blood into a radiant smile. "Haha, deal! Then we are sisters from now on! The four of us will all be good sisters from today forward!"

Zheng Yanyan was as overjoyed as a child.

She was, after all, still just a child.

A single can of beer was enough to make her hot-headed and impulsive.

In contrast, Su Qing rely took the smallest of sips.

She watched as Zheng Yanyan went back to hugging Lu Lin and Shen Yu, loudly declaring them her sisters.

'Is this so kind of joke?' Su Qing thought.

'She steals my husband?'

'And expects to be sisters after chugging one can of beer?'

'She actually had the nerve to say that out loud.'

She cast another glance toward Zhou Yuwen.

She noticed that he was still staring out the window at the scenery.

'Faker!'

Unable to swallow her frustration, Su Qing reached under the island counter and kicked Zhou Yuwen straight in the leg.

Oh right, she was still wearing the hotel's cotton slippers.

She extended her slender foot and pressed it right against Zhou Yuwen's calf.

Zhou Yuwen felt sothing rubbing against his leg down below, like a small kitten, and lowered his head to look.

He then looked across the counter at Su Qing.

Zhou Yuwen smirked and raised his drink. "Co, here is a toast to you too, sister."

Su Qing narrowed her eyes.

They had, after all, been married once before.

With just a single look from Su Qing, Zhou Yuwen instantly deciphered her aning.

The ssage was incredibly simple, summarized in just two words: 'Get lost.'

And so, the five of them continued drinking deep into the night, munching on small snacks. When they had first started, the view outside was a vibrant sea of neon lights. Once the clock struck one in the morning, the city's glow gradually began to dim.

At that point, the moon in the sky beca far more pronounced.

Only then did they realize how extraordinarily bright the moon was tonight.

There were hardly any stars, and the sky was completely cloudless for miles around.

In the beginning, they had rely sat around the island counter chatting. By the ti it neared two in the morning, the bustling streets below finally grew quiet, and the dazzling neon lights extinguished one by one, sweeping from the horizon all the way to the hotel.

It was truly the dead of night now.

The girls had all drunk a fair amount of alcohol and were beginning to feel a sense of drowsy exhaustion.

Zheng Yanyan was undeniably intoxicated. Throwing all restraint to the wind, she began bouncing and jumping around, draping herself over Zhou Yuwen and demanding kisses. "Hubby, I am so happy today," she mumbled drunkenly.

After clinging to Zhou Yuwen, she turned her attention to Su Qing and tried to hug her as well.

She repeatedly babbled to Su Qing that they were now good sisters from this day forward.

"Good sisters."

Su Qing had zero desire to hug her. She bluntly replied, "You are drunk. Do not hug ."

"No, I want a hug, good sister! Let's kiss!"

With arms wide open, Zheng Yanyan puckered her lips and lunged toward Su Qing for a kiss.

How could Su Qing possibly let her do that? Seeing the impending disaster, she imdiately turned and ran.

Zheng Yanyan felt deeply offended, whining, "Why are you running away?"

"If you won't let

kiss you, then Linlin, let's kiss."

"Forget about it!"

Lu Lin also dodged Zheng Yanyan's advance.

Zheng Yanyan then set her sights on Shen Yu.

Soon, all three girls were fleeing. Thoroughly dissatisfied, Zheng Yanyan chased them right into the living room.

Su Qing hurriedly grabbed a throw pillow from the sofa and shoved it directly into Zheng Yanyan's arms.

"Go kiss that!"

"Hehe, don't let

catch you!"

All four girls were sowhat tipsy. With Zheng Yanyan leading the chaotic charge, the other three threw caution to the wind and gleefully joined in the ga.

Earlier, while they were chatting on the balcony, Shen Yu had put on so music. She had chosen quiet, ambient tracks that perfectly fit the mood, like Soda Green's 'A Little Love Song'.

When the playlist ran out, it switched to shuffling random tracks, eventually landing on a newly released May hit, 'Ti Boils the Rain'.

The wind blows the rain into flowers

Ti cannot catch up with the white horse

The dreamy words held in your youthful palms

Are you still holding them tight?

Zhou Yuwen leaned against the island counter, quietly listening to the music and sipping his drink.

He watched the girls go completely wild.

Any one of these girls would be hailed as a little goddess if they walked down the street alone. Yet right now, there wasn't a shred of ladylike grace left in any of them.

They were running amok in the living room, chasing and wrestling each other with reckless abandon.

Ard with a throw pillow each, they scrambled to evade Zheng Yanyan's clutches.

Eventually, exhausted from all the running, they collapsed onto the sofas.

Zhou Yuwen joined them, and they ended up putting on a movie.

Regardless, the girls seed to have no intention of sleeping that night. They drank, chatted, sang, and watched movies.

The living room had plush sofas and a thick carpet.

Zheng Yanyan had drunk heavily, and all the physical exertion had thoroughly drained her energy. Using Zhou Yuwen's thigh as a pillow, she lay down on the carpet and fell fast asleep, snoring softly.

The other girls had all consud their fair share of alcohol as well.

For example, Su Qing and Lu Lin were still sitting on the sofa.

But soon enough, they started yawning, leaning against opposite ends of the couch as their eyes grew heavy with sleep.

Shen Yu had claid a single-seater armchair on the side. She was incredibly talkative at first, but as the others lost steam, she found herself struggling to keep her eyes open too. After stifling a couple of yawns, her head tilted to the side, and she unconsciously drifted off to sleep.

Even in her sleep, a faint smile lingered effortlessly on her lips.

She was incredibly happy today.

She wasn't entirely sure why, but it was her first ti pulling an all-nighter.

It was also her first ti taking a trip with friends.

Regardless, it was a completely new experience for Shen Yu. Just as Zhou Yuwen had told her earlier—sotis, it was good to do sothing a little bad and experience a feeling she had never known before.

She had always assud the dynamic in their dormitory would remain irreparably stiff: Zheng Yanyan hanging out with Lu Lin, and herself sticking by Su Qing, maintaining this tense separation for all four years.

But after today...

It felt like everything could change.

It seed like they could finally clear the air.

From now on, they could be just like the other dormitories, living as loving, closely bonded sisters.

At this thought, Shen Yu's sleeping face curled into a sweet smile.

She slept for roughly two hours. Due to her awkward posture, she felt a bit of discomfort, keeping her in a state of light, restless sleep. Part of her mind remained conscious, clinging to the thoughts she had before dozing off—such as the lingering idea that being good sisters like this was truly wonderful.

Eventually, the stiffness in her body coaxed her to groggily pry her eyes open.

To her surprise, the screen was still playing a silent movie, bathing the entire room in a faint, flickering light.

Zhou Yuwen was lying on the carpet, leaning back against the sofa.

Zheng Yanyan was still sound asleep, resting on his lap.

Yet Lu Lin, who had been sleeping on the sofa, was propped up on her arms, locked in a deep kiss with Zhou Yuwen?