After finishing dinner, Shen Xiyan hurried to the agreed meeting spot.
Qin Sheng was different from other girls—she was very punctual.
He didn’t know about others, but when it came to Shen Xiyan, she was always early rather than late.
Sometimes, even if Shen Xiyan arrived half an hour early, he could already see Qin Sheng waiting there, as if “waiting” itself was a kind of sweetness to her.
Many girls might say, “What’s the big deal if a guy waits a little longer?”
But they were mistaken. It’s not that guys can’t wait, it’s that they can’t stand being told “two more minutes” every single time, only for it to turn into half an hour. Like a fool wandering around.
Once or twice is fine, but after many times, it really starts to feel like the other person doesn’t love them enough.
Right now, Shen Xiyan didn’t even need to look to know that Qin Sheng, that silly girl, was definitely waiting there impatiently, turning into a “statue of a longing wife” by the second if he was late.
And indeed, that was exactly the case.
Across the street corner, a youthful and beautiful girl sat on a bench, naturally quite eye-catching, especially since she looked like she had stepped straight out of an anime world, with hardly any flaw in her appearance.
She sat there obediently, her eyes occasionally darting toward the street corner, clearly waiting for someone.
At times, she boredly fiddled with the bag in her hands. Her fingers were slender and elegant, worthy of the description “jade-like spring onions,” but unfortunately, they weren’t very nimble.
After a few spins, the bag flew off, she picked it up, spun it again, and it flew off once more.
That wasn’t right.
He knew how nimble Qin Sheng’s fingers were—maybe… she just hadn’t invested any “skill points” there?
Shen Xiyan lifted his leg and walked toward her, then an unavoidable inner debate began.
Should he let her see him immediately or surprise her?
Being seen was simple—just take a few quick steps forward and wave from afar. Qin Sheng would definitely see him.
But for a surprise, he would have to circle around and approach from behind.
In his mind, two little figures battled it out—one black, one white.
Black figure: “Why overthink this? Just walk up to her already. Do you really think this is a date?”
White figure: “Whether it’s a date or not is about the process. It’s just meeting up, after all. A surprise would make her really happy.”
Black figure: “Who is she to you? Does an ex-girlfriend need you to cheer her up? Being too soft-hearted will only backfire. You should be boring, so she loses confidence in you.”
White figure: “But she’s so looking forward to this. I just want her to be a little happier.”
Black figure: “If she’s happy, you might not be. Just slap her and solve everything. Why drag it out like this? Haven’t you forgotten how she treated Wenwen?”
White figure: “That was because I wasn’t paying attention. This time I’m prepared. Maybe I can slowly correct things.”
Black figure: “That idea is dangerous. If Qin Sheng could change, she wouldn’t be Qin Sheng.”
White figure: “Those things don’t matter. What harm is there in giving her a surprise and making her happy?”
Neither figure yielded.
***
At one moment, Shen Xiyan suddenly came back to himself.
Why was “just walk up to her”—the simplest and most direct answer—the black figure’s choice?
“Forget it… I’ll flip a coin. Heads, I’ll go straight over. Tails, I’ll surprise Qin Sheng.”
A crisp sound rang out as the coin spun high into the air.
At that instant, Shen Xiyan’s heart had its answer.
Flipping a coin was never about the result—it was in the moment the coin was tossed that you already knew the answer inside.
Shen Xiyan changed direction and broke into a light jog. It was a bit far, but nothing for him.
When he first started college, a gym opened near campus. Classmates were either getting chubby or skinny as a stick.
Qin Sheng thought that wasn’t acceptable—“You are who you hang around with,” she said, so both she and Xiyan had to be perfect. So she dragged Shen Xiyan and Wenwen together to get gym memberships.
But Qin Sheng could only run for half an hour. She barely lasted a week before complaining she was too tired and didn’t want to go to the gym anymore.
Then she turned and dragged Shen Xiyan to a hotel room to do squats on him.
And after that… well, there was no after.
The yearly membership card was only used for a week.
So yeah, gym memberships really were a gamble.
When you signed up, it felt like only a few bucks a day—super worth it. But actually, 95% of people can’t keep it up, so on average it’s a total waste.
***
Five minutes later.
Shen Xiyan jogged closer to Qin Sheng, then suddenly slowed his pace, took a deep breath, and feigned a casual demeanor.
He could only see Qin Sheng’s back now, but even that was sexy and alluring. The curve of her spine was beautiful—not just slender, but with a sleek strength.
It was the unique physique of a woman who worked out, like a mermaid line.
Her skin was flawless and pale as jade, her long hair tied back in a ponytail that bounced playfully. Her neck was fully exposed to the air, slender and delicate, adding to her radiant beauty.
He stepped lightly and stood behind her, seeing her phone’s chat window still open on his conversation. Qin Sheng’s fingers tapped vigorously on the keyboard.
“Still not here! Still not here! So annoying! I’m going to bite off your little ding-dong later!”
Shen Xiyan felt a chill down below.
Just as Qin Sheng was about to type asking what he was doing, a soft cough came from behind.
She turned around at the sound, her big eyes widening as if a light had suddenly turned on inside them. After a brief moment of surprise, she jumped into his arms, bouncing excitedly.
“Xiyan! How come you came from this side?”
“Have you been waiting long?”
“Not too bad…”
There was no hint of impatience in Qin Sheng’s eyes, only joy that she finally got to see him.
“Told you not to come out so early, but you wouldn’t listen!”
“How did you come out from here?”
“But I wanted to see you earlier!”
The sunlight cast a halo around Qin Sheng’s profile, making her face as radiant as the sun itself.
“You still haven’t said anything yet…”
Seeing Qin Sheng’s “surprised” expression, Shen Xiyan felt a little smug. His face remained expressionless. “Something came up, so I took a slightly longer route…”
“Oh, then wait for me a bit.”
Qin Sheng said, then jogged off toward the direction Shen Xiyan had come from.
She pulled two hundred yuan from her pocket and handed it to a middle-aged woman standing by the roadside holding a phone. The two fiddled with the phone for a while, then Qin Sheng ran back.
“What’s going on?” Shen Xiyan frowned, an inexplicable bad feeling creeping up.
Qin Sheng calmly scrolled through her phone and said, “Nothing… Just a fool who wanted to take a detour to surprise me, but he didn’t think that when he could see me, I could see him too…”
“???”
“For two hundred yuan, I bought a video of him running hurriedly over, then taking a deep breath and pretending to stroll over leisurely. It’s hilarious!” Qin Sheng said as she glanced at him with a strange look.
Shen Xiyan was stunned, then realized and blushed deeply, embarrassed and angry: “Then why were you so surprised just now?”
Qin Sheng squinted and chuckled, “You dummy! If I wasn’t surprised, wouldn’t you be disappointed?”
Those two words “dummy” carried a special charm.
Shen Xiyan thought: This world is not worth it.
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