Before they knew it, the weekend had arrived. The young man’s company was still quite busy, but fortunately, they finally had time to meet in the evening.
During this period, Mother Lin had sent the girl a very important message: she had finally decided to stay in Tianbei City, and her job was right at Xu Ou’s shop.
Upon learning this news, Lin Xinyuan was very happy that her mom and Sister Ou had completely reconciled.
Moreover, this meant that from now on, it would only take her about ten minutes to go see her mom.
Everything was getting better. The girl spent each day with anticipation, living each day well, and everything felt fulfilling…
It was Saturday.
Early in the morning, Lin Xinyuan got up as usual. After washing up, she prepared to go downstairs for breakfast.
As expected, Li Tang and Liu Qingyan were still sound asleep.
To be honest, she was quite envious…
She also really wanted to sleep in until the end of time, but unfortunately, under someone’s supervision, she didn’t dare to be reckless.
That guy probably wouldn’t say anything outright, but who knows what bad ideas he’s hiding? He might find an opportunity to punish her severely…
Punishment… whimper…
Thinking this, Lin Xinyuan’s small face couldn’t help but flush red. Thoughts of some unspeakable scenes came to mind, making her legs tremble slightly.
She quickly gathered her thoughts, pushing those messy ideas out of her head.
She ate a bowl of beef brisket noodles in the cafeteria.
Remembering the request from the two lazy roommates last night, she also packed a portion of lean meat rice noodles and bought some steamed buns and soy milk before returning to the dormitory.
As soon as she got back, she woke up Li Tang with a mischievous intent.
Then, not to be outdone, Li Tang proceeded to rouse Liu Qingyan. Another noisy, bustling day in Dormitory 505 had begun.
Lin Xinyuan didn’t plan to go out today. After all, she and Li Tang had pretty much explored everywhere nearby, and honestly, she didn’t think there was much else worth seeing.
For her now, her weekend plan was simply to write in the dorm, occasionally watch videos, play games, and then spend the evening with Qin Nanfeng.
Sitting at her desk, Lin Xinyuan turned on her computer and was just about to start writing when her phone suddenly vibrated.
Picking it up, she saw it was a message from “Who’s Song Gently Sings.”
It was strange. Recently, this Sister Qin had clearly been chatting with her much more frequently…
Of course, ever since they met, their connection had never really been broken.
In fact, lately, Sister Qin had shown strong insights into clothing coordination. For example, her current outfit choices were largely influenced by the other’s suggestions…
So professional that the girl couldn’t help but wonder if her job was really just a “Resident Research Group.”
And as if hearing her doubts, Sister Qin finally told her that the research was just a side job, and her main work was actually fashion design and managing a shop.
Lin Xinyuan found this odd but didn’t dwell on it, merely feeling a bit surprised.
Regardless, aside from frequently discussing clothing coordination, they had slowly started talking about trivial matters from daily life…
One could say that even though they hadn’t met in person again since that time, their online relationship was clearly quite good.
However, for some reason, Lin Xinyuan felt an inexplicable sense of closeness to Sister Qin, something she’d felt since they first met.
This was a big part of why she was willing to continue talking and interacting with her. And after the summer vacation, that feeling of closeness had grown even stronger…
‘Sister, it’s the weekend. Are you free? It’s been so long since we met. How about meeting up?’
When Lin Xinyuan saw this message from Sister Qin, she couldn’t help but pause, a hint of wariness rising in her heart.
Although she had a good impression of this Sister Qin, they had only met once after all. As the saying goes, it’s wise to be cautious…
She didn’t reply immediately, wanting to see what else the other person would say.
As if guessing her thoughts, another message quickly followed.
‘Let’s meet at the Encounter Cafe near your school, okay? Do you know where it is? Hmm… that place is pretty decent…’
Seeing this, Lin Xinyuan finally felt much more at ease.
Because that shop was indeed very close to the school and very safe.
Even if the other person had ill intentions, it would be impossible… And since she had suggested such a place, she probably didn’t have any malicious intent.
Moreover, she didn’t think Sister Qin was that kind of person. Coincidentally, she was free now, so she didn’t have much reason to refuse.
But…
Encounter Cafe…
That was the place where she and Feng Ge… well, where they truly met for the first time…
Thinking of this, Lin Xinyuan involuntarily fell into reminiscence, making it even harder to refuse this invitation.
Even so, she didn’t think Sister Qin simply wanted to reconnect for no reason, since they had only met once. But she didn’t ask directly.
“Sister Qin, just saw this. What time?”
“Two in the afternoon. Remember to come~”
“Alright, I’ll stop here for now! Let’s chat more in the afternoon. I have some things to handle first. See you this afternoon, little sister~”
She typed.
“Okay…”
After responding to Sister Qin’s invitation, Lin Xinyuan put down her phone and continued with her work.
Since she had an appointment in the afternoon and needed to set aside time to be with Qin Nanfeng in the evening, only the morning was left for writing.
Although this time wasn’t very long—perhaps before, she couldn’t even finish two chapters in this time—with her recent increase in proficiency, her writing speed had improved.
It might not compare to those monstrously fast writers, but she could keep up with the general pace on the platform, occasionally even managing an extra update…
By the time the girl finished her writing quota for the day, it was already past eleven.
Just as she took off her earplugs, she suddenly heard a gasp of surprise.
Puzzled, she looked towards her two roommates. Li Tang and Liu Qingyan were sitting together watching a video, apparently having been at it all morning.
She got up and walked over, only to find they were watching a horror movie.
Each wearing one earbud, they were being scared stiff, now clinging to each other and exclaiming loudly. Yet, their eyes remained glued to the screen.
Noticing her approach, they turned around. Li Tang even pulled Lin Xinyuan over. “Finished writing? Then, A Yuan, watch with us! Reliving childhood memories!”
Hearing this, Lin Xinyuan realized she had probably seen this movie as a child too.
It seemed to be a Hong Kong film, called something like July and the Fourteenth? She didn’t know if it was famous, but her impression of it was quite deep…
Back in her ignorant days, she had genuinely been scared by this film, which is why she remembered the name so clearly.
She was about to say something when a terrifying face suddenly lunged forward on the screen.
Instantly, the girl’s scream echoed through the dormitory, lingering mournfully.
Even though she had some memory of it, Lin Xinyuan had forgotten most of the plot. The sudden jump scare made her instinctively shrink closer to them.
The three girls shivered. Li Tang and Liu Qingyan were scared but loved watching; she, however, was genuinely frightened!
She insisted that while her courage wasn’t huge, it wasn’t that small either…
It was just the sudden jump scare that caused this. Anyone would be startled by that, it’s not that she was cowardly… whimper…
Seeing the girl’s timid appearance, Li Tang and the other couldn’t help but laugh mockingly.
After all, Lin Xinyuan had lived as a boy for so many years. Who would have thought she’d be even more timid than them!
No wonder she was completely under that young man’s thumb…
The girl quickly came to her senses. Hearing their laughter, her face flushed red and pale alternately, feeling rather embarrassed.
But she was still scared, so she quickly moved away from them…