Walking back to his seat, sure enough, the takeout was already sitting on his desk.
He sat down, still feeling a little anxious inside—he had no idea if Qin Nanfeng had overheard anything just now.
Damn, that blonde!
He even walks without making a sound! If I’d known, I would have locked the dorm door too. Got careless!
Hopefully he didn’t hear anything…
But even if he did, it’s fine.
Just brush it off, be a bit thicker-skinned.
I’ve got to be more careful next time. If he gets found out, not only will the plan fall apart, but the consequences would be unimaginable.
Sigh… this damn blonde, never lets anyone have a moment’s peace…
He let out a sigh, opened the takeout package, and decided to eat first before thinking about anything else.
He hadn’t had breakfast, and now he was finally eating!
Lin Xinyuan knew that skipping breakfast was a terrible habit, but it wasn’t something that started just yesterday or today.
As for whether he’d get sick from it?
Honestly, he’d never really thought about it that much, and over time, he just stopped caring…
He took a bite of roast duck, chewed it with a mouthful of rice, one hand tapping the keyboard as he entered his password and logged onto his desktop.
He opened HuaZhan, found a video, and started watching while he ate.
Not long after, Qin Nanfeng came in as well.
From the sounds, he’d probably just finished in the bathroom and made a phone call, but Lin Xinyuan couldn’t make out the details.
After all, there was a door and some distance between them, and the voice wasn’t loud.
After giving some instructions to his subordinates over the phone, Qin Nanfeng returned to the room.
At a glance, he saw Lin Xinyuan happily eating and watching a video.
He hadn’t thought much of it at first, but suddenly realized something was different about this guy today.
Looking closer… hmm, after just one day apart, not only was his skin a bit fairer, but even the acne marks on his profile had faded quite a bit.
Qin Nanfeng grew curious, recalling that, besides the sound of running water, he’d heard some other noises in the bathroom earlier.
Could self-soothing really make your skin better?
What a load of crap.
Still, while the change was noticeable, it wasn’t exactly unexplainable, so he didn’t dwell on it.
But at the same time, he felt the urge to mess with him a bit.
After all, this guy’s reactions were always so amusing…
With the faintest hint of a mischievous smile at the corner of his mouth, he walked straight over to stand behind Lin Xinyuan.
Lin Xinyuan had been keeping an eye on the blonde’s movements, and when he sensed him standing behind, a sense of impending doom washed over him.
He was just about to turn his head when a strong hand landed on his shoulder.
“Yo, watching videos, huh…” Qin Nanfeng lightly patted his slender shoulder, again and again.
“Wh…what do you want?” Lin Xinyuan mumbled nervously.
The young man saw right through his guilty conscience and smiled slightly: “Tsk tsk tsk, I say, Old Six, what exactly were you doing in the bathroom just now?”
As he spoke, Qin Nanfeng jerked his chin in the direction of the balcony, eyes full of mischief.
Just as expected…
Lin Xinyuan was panicking, but not surprised.
Forcing himself to stay calm, he swallowed the food in his mouth, turned his face slightly, and answered with righteous indignation:
“So what… I can’t let off a little steam?”
Qin Nanfeng found it even more entertaining. Usually, this guy would stammer over questions like this—why was he being so blunt today?
“Sure, but it’s no fun if you don’t invite your bro to watch too. Let me take a look.”
“You’ve got a girlfriend, why are you watching that stuff? Isn’t real experience better than theory?” Lin Xinyuan was confused by this.
Qin Nanfeng shook his head, putting on a serious face: “You don’t get it.
Theory is the foundation of practice. My real-life skills have hit a bottleneck—I urgently need improvement.”
Seeing Qin Nanfeng act like a shameless old hand, Lin Xinyuan was embarrassed:
“What’s it got to do with me! Go find a website yourself!”
“Hmm… hand it over! I think that instructional video you were watching just now must be pretty good. That little song was sung so well, the voice was lovely—I bet it’s exciting and really gets you in the mood!”
Hearing this, Lin Xinyuan felt like puking. For some reason… this damn blonde’s teasing always made him uncomfortable…
Especially since, according to the blonde, the so-called female lead in the video was actually himself in female form. That was even weirder.
Although he looked down on Qin Nanfeng’s words, he knew the blonde was just being an ass again, so he snapped back, a little annoyed: “Get lost, get lost!”
“Alrighty!”
Qin Nanfeng agreed, but his hand didn’t leave Lin Xinyuan’s shoulder:
“Oh… oh ho, just noticed you seem a bit more girly? It’s only been one night… could it be… heh heh.”
“Co…could it be… what…”
Lin Xinyuan was completely focused on the end of his sentence, suddenly feeling anxious and uneasy inside. Could he have been found out?
Impossible, impossible…
Could anyone even imagine such a thing?
Caught in his anxiety, his voice unconsciously grew softer.
Luckily, Qin Nanfeng’s next words were just as Lin Xinyuan had hoped.
“Did you use powder?”
Lin Xinyuan exploded, shaking off Qin Nanfeng’s hand from his shoulder: “Are you kidding me? I’m a real man, tough as hell! Do you think I’d do the stuff girls or those pretty boys do?”
“And besides, this is called getting more handsome! What’s girly about it? My skin just got a bit better, that’s all! I’ve been staying up less lately, isn’t it normal for my skin to improve?”
Lin Xinyuan, now fired up, started pinching and rubbing his own face.
This scene made Qin Nanfeng want to laugh, and his mood brightened considerably, but he decided not to tease him further.
Over the past year or so, although Lin Xinyuan was the least sociable in the dorm, he was actually Qin Nanfeng’s favorite to talk to, because his reactions were always so amusing.
After a while, he’d figured out where the line was when it came to teasing Lin Xinyuan.
Qin Nanfeng laughed: “Alright, alright, I was just joking. You really are looking more handsome—you’ll definitely catch the girls’ attention now. Won’t be single for long.”
“Of course I’m ridiculously handsome!”
Lin Xinyuan was pleased, holding his head high, and continued shoveling rice into his mouth.
Watching Lin Xinyuan like this, Qin Nanfeng really thought the guy was just like a kid—like an elementary schooler, reacting so dramatically to everything.
“Yeah, handsome as hell.”
With that, Qin Nanfeng went back to his own seat.
“Hey, na sha… nu ci fan lu mei? Hic～”
Getting the stamp of approval from the famously handsome Qin Nanfeng, Lin Xinyuan was thrilled.
In a good mood, he kept eating from his lunchbox, looking over at Qin Nanfeng and mumbling with his mouth full, even burping.
Sitting at his own desk, Qin Nanfeng looked over at Lin Xinyuan’s terrible eating posture: “Can’t you swallow before you talk? You’ll choke yourself one of these days.”
“Oh…”
Lin Xinyuan chewed hard, swallowed the food, and repeated his question: “I was asking if you’ve eaten yet?”
“I ate outside. Anything else?” Qin Nanfeng nodded, opening his phone and scrolling through his green bubble chat.
“Wanna play Blocks later if you’re free? I still haven’t finished building my Shua Guai Ta from last time…”
Lin Xinyuan wasn’t really into competitive games, but he did like sandbox survival games like Blocks and Ruya.
The other guys in the dorm weren’t interested in these kinds of games, so basically only Qin Nanfeng would play with him.
That was partly why Lin Xinyuan didn’t want to fall out with Qin Nanfeng—rare to find someone he could actually play with.
And besides, it didn’t seem wise to fall out with Qin Nanfeng just because of that Li Xue incident—after all, others might not even know the real story.
Even though Qin Nanfeng was definitely a damn blonde…
But not getting a little payback on this blonde was impossible—he’d at least have to teach him a lesson for being such a playboy! Messing with his ex-girlfriend like that!
“Sure, let’s play when you’re done eating. I’ve got nothing else to do anyway.”
Listening to Lin Xinyuan jabber on, Qin Nanfeng didn’t find it annoying. Since he had some free time, he agreed.
With that, Lin Xinyuan started eating even faster.
The way he was shoveling food down was really something else, making Qin Nanfeng shake his head helplessly…
This guy, really…
Is he a little kid or what?