That night, both Qu Jing and Tao Tian couldn’t sleep.
For Qu Jing, it was because of a few words of encouragent from Zhou Yuwen. They gave her the illusion of having a connection with him, making her so happy she forgot how Zhou Yuwen had teased her earlier. In her eyes, it wasn’t teasing at all. Zhou Yuwen was actually quite gentle with her. She had an agenda—she wanted to stay by Zhou Yuwen’s side, just like Lu Lin, under his protection.
Qu Jing lay on her dormitory’s single bed, hesitant to ssage Zhou Yuwen, yet unable to stop herself from wanting to.
There was no denying that she was trying to seduce Zhou Yuwen. She believed she was attractive enough, so why could Zhou Yuwen fall for Zheng Yanyan or Lu Lin, but not her?
The dorm was dark after lights out, with only the faint glow of her phone at Qu Jing’s bedside. Every ssage she sent was t with a reply from Zhou Yuwen, giving her the impression that he might actually be interested in her.
Finally, she mustered up her courage, her manicured fingers typing out a ssage:
“Zhou Yuwen, why are you still awake? Can’t sleep?”
It was already past 1 a.m.
Zhou Yuwen replied partly because he found her persistence amusing. From his perspective, it was already a good thing that she didn’t hate him despite everything he’d done to her, and now she even seed clingy.
Lu Lin had once remarked that this behavior was a kind of Stockholm syndro. “Won like that are just bts,” she had said.
Zhou Yuwen replied with:
“What about you? Can’t sleep either?”
“I’m fine.”
“Really?” Zhou Yuwen asked teasingly as he turned to Lu Lin, reaching out to pinch her long, slender legs.
Lu Lin was wearing one of Zhou Yuwen’s shirts as a nightgown. Her slim figure in oversized n’s clothing had a distinct charm that piqued Zhou Yuwen’s interest, and round two began between them.
anwhile, Tao Tian lay in her bed shedding silent tears, while Qu Jing tossed and turned, replaying Zhou Yuwen’s words over and over.
Zhou Yuwen finally got up to shower after a satisfying session with Lu Lin. She lay on the bed, half-dressed in Zhou Yuwen’s shirt, her shoulder exposed, her cheeks flushed with a seductive hue.
Seeing Zhou Yuwen’s phone light up with ssages from Qu Jing, Lu Lin couldn’t resist teasing. She called out to Zhou Yuwen in the bathroom:
“Your little puppy is ssaging you again.”
“What?” Zhou Yuwen poked his head out, confused.
Lu Lin waved the phone at him.
“Oh, just tell her I’m in the shower,” he said.
“Should I really reply?”
“Go ahead.”
Taking Zhou Yuwen’s words as permission, Lu Lin typed back:
“He’s in the shower. It’s , Lu Lin.”
Qu Jing, who had summoned all her courage to ssage Zhou Yuwen, froze upon seeing the reply. She felt like she had been caught talking to soone else’s boyfriend.
“Oh, uh, I didn’t an anything by it. I just wanted to tell him sothing about Tao Tian,” she stamred.
“Okay, I’ll let him know later,” Lu Lin replied casually.
After a long silence, Qu Jing finally couldn’t help but ask:
“Lu Lin, are you... sleeping together right now?”
“What if we are?”
“No, I didn’t an anything by it. I just wanted to ask if Zhou Yuwen and Zheng Yanyan have broken up?”
“They haven’t,” Lu Lin replied.
“Ah?”
Lu Lin couldn’t help but smile at Qu Jing’s timid deanor. “Are you planning to tell Yanyan about
and Zhou Yuwen?”
“No! I’m not that kind of person!” Qu Jing denied vehently.
Lu Lin continued to tease, “Then, do you want to be Zhou Yuwen’s mistress too?”
“No, no, absolutely not!” Qu Jing stamred.
Lu Lin shrugged. “Alright, actually, Zhou Yuwen quite likes you.”
“Really!?” Qu Jing’s face lit up with joy.
Just then, Zhou Yuwen ca out of the shower. He noticed Lu Lin still holding his phone and chatting away. Curious, he asked, “What are you talking about so intently?”
He grabbed the phone and glanced at the ssages. After reading them, he frowned at Lu Lin. “You’re causing trouble again, aren’t you? Mistress? Really?”
“You’re not worried she’ll tell soone?”
“She wouldn’t dare,” Lu Lin replied lazily, propping herself up with one arm.
Zhou Yuwen shook his head at the nickna Lu Lin had assigned Qu Jing in his phone: “Little Puppy.”
“You’ve beco so unruly lately,” Zhou Yuwen scolded.
Lu Lin giggled, finding it amusing. She even showed him how she’d changed her own contact na in his phone to “Good Daughter” and what she had saved him as in her phone—“Daddy.”
Zhou Yuwen rolled his eyes. “Aren’t you afraid Yanyan will see it?”
Lu Lin crawled closer to him and asked, “Are you scared?”
“Of course, I’m scared.”
“Fine, I’ll change it back then.”
Zhou Yuwen pulled her into his arms. “Alright, no need to change it. But you’re getting too bold. Soone needs to teach you a lesson.”
As Lu Lin giggled uncontrollably, Zhou Yuwen playfully smacked her a few tis.
anwhile, Qu Jing was so happy about Lu Lin’s words that she couldn’t fall asleep, while Tao Tian was still crying over Zhou Yuwen, questioning why he treated her so coldly. She kept replaying their past interactions, wondering if she had done sothing wrong.
Tao Tian had even sent Zhou Yuwen a few ssages earlier in the morning, asking if there was any way for her to apologize to Zheng Yanyan and make ands. Zhou Yuwen had replied indifferently, pointing out the obvious:
“You’re a proud girl. Would you really want to share
with soone else?”
“I... I don’t know,” Tao Tian had admitted.
The fallout from the night continued into the next day, as rumors and conflicts escalated. Zhou Yuwen’s reputation among the students started to crumble, and Tao Tian, struggling with her emotions, beca the centerpiece of the drama. The chapter ended with tensions rising, everyone questioning Zhou Yuwen’s relationships and motives, and a phone call from Su Qing appearing on his phone screen.
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