What’s the value of sin(-1920°)?
A. -√3/2
B. -1/2
C. √3/2
D. 1/2
Shen Xiyan let out a scoff. These high school-level questions?
Please—ridiculously easy. And to think he once found them difficult?
He scribbled down the answer effortlessly when his phone suddenly buzzed.
Qin Sheng: [Xiyan, are you asleep?]
He glanced at the message and decided to play dead.
Things were getting dangerously out of hand—no way could he continue indulging Qin Sheng in this reckless emotional joyride.
Qin Sheng: [Don’t pretend to be asleep. I just helped you—this is how you show gratitude?]
Still playing dead.
He’d just say he went to bed early. It’s not like she had proof.
Qin Sheng: [You really want to force me to call you out? At this hour, I bet you haven’t even finished your homework.]
Shen Xiyan committed fully to the bit.
If he admitted anything now, knowing Qin Sheng’s personality, she’d definitely come up with some outrageous demand.
Qin Sheng: [Fine! You win!]
Just when he thought she’d finally backed off, his aunt burst in, foaming at the mouth from brushing her teeth, grabbed the phone on his desk, and took one look.
“She messaged you! Why haven’t you replied? She says it’s urgent!”
“What could possibly be urgent with her? It’s just an excuse…”
“When a girl makes an excuse, it’s not an excuse. Text her back, now!”
“Auntie… I already told you. I don’t like her!”
Jiang Xi froze. “Why not? She gives a great first impression. She’s literally throwing herself at you and you still say no? What are you thinking?”
Annoyed, Shen Xiyan got up and shoved his aunt out. “Ugh! You’re so annoying! Out, out!”
Back at his desk, the phone buzzed again.
Qin Sheng: [Your aunt said you’re asleep. So, asleep it is then. I should’ve known—you got your wish thanks to me, and you didn’t even say thanks. No way you’d ghost me like that. That’s not the kind of guy you are… Besides, your aunt wouldn’t lie to me, would she? She just used my card.]
That dagger of a message made it clear—there was no playing dead anymore.
Shen Xiyan: [What exactly do you like about me? I’ll change, okay?]
Qin Sheng: [I like that you don’t like me. Try changing that!]
Shen Xiyan fell silent. Now that he really couldn’t change.
The next second, a video call request came in from Qin Sheng.
Shen Xiyan declined without hesitation.
She was getting way too bold.
Qin Sheng: [You owe me. Can’t even give me a video call in return?]
Video on.
Qin Sheng appeared wrapped in a robe, bangs held back with a hair strip, a soft flush on her cheeks from a recent shower—charming and alluring.
“Xiyan, did you miss me?” she giggled sweetly.
He looked like he’d fallen straight out of heaven—neat white school uniform, one button undone, revealing his defined collarbones.
The light bounced off the tousled hair on his forehead, making his eyes sparkle.
Qin Sheng bent forward slightly toward the camera. “A little something for you.”
The robe was loose. Her chest was… generously framed.
Shen Xiyan kept his eyes straight ahead. “Are you done yet?”
“Did you know? Chatting with someone you like before bed, seeing their expression, the way they’re lying on the bed, but not saying a single word about love… it’s a really happy feeling.”
“I’m hanging up—”
“Wait! Xiyan, in psychology, it’s often easier to figure out what you don’t want rather than what you do. So if you think you don’t like me, that’s fine… but imagine this: tomorrow I become someone else’s girlfriend and smile at him the same way I smile at you—how would that make you feel?”
A storm surged in Shen Xiyan’s heart.
Their breakup may have lasted ten years, but in reality, it had only been a few hours.
His mind raced. Images from their past flashed: her cooking, mopping the floor, nagging nonstop, beaming when she got gifts…
And then, all of that was buried under the crushing disappointment of the truth he had discovered.
People change. Qin Sheng had a deeply obsessive heart.
Seeing his expression, Qin Sheng tilted her head, smiled, and said, “Just date me, okay? I promise you won’t regret it.”
“I already have a girlfriend.”
“It’s not like you’re married. That doesn’t matter.”
“I seriously don’t get it. We just met—why are you like this?”
“I don’t know either. I just feel that if I don’t end up with you, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life… and I don’t want that.”
Shen Xiyan caught the flaw in her words. “So when the day comes that you don’t feel that way anymore, are you going to break up with me? What do you take me for?”
“I would never break up with you!”
“Why not?”
“Isn’t today proof enough? I even gave you my first kiss… and if that’s still not enough, tomorrow I’ll let you do something even more outrageous. That way, even if we do break up, you won’t feel short-changed!”
Now he was actually angry.
“Qin Sheng! Can you please take yourself more seriously?!”
How had she become like this?
“I’m only like this with you. I’ve got five reasons.”
“Go on.”
Qin Sheng listed them off clearly: “First, I like you a lot.
Second, I may have a temper, but sometimes I’m pretty cute too.
Third, we look really good together—perfect couple vibes.
Fourth, I’ll make sure your school life is super comfy.”
“Comfy?” Shen Xiyan had a bad feeling.
“If you ever want to hug me, kiss me, or do… anything else, just hit me up. I’ll find a way to make it happen. My lips are really soft~”
She bit her lip seductively, her throat bobbing up and down.
“As for reason number five…”
She teased, then looked pitifully at the camera.
“I just really, really, really like you! No hidden motives. Nothing else.”
There it was again…
“Go to sleep.”
Shen Xiyan made a move to end the call.
“Hey! Wait!”
“What now?”
Qin Sheng raised one beautiful finger—slender, fair, delicate like a bamboo shoot after spring rain. Totally irresistible.
“You can hang up, but before that, could you at least say goodnight?”
“Just one ‘goodnight.’ That’s not asking too much, is it? I did help you, after all.”
Click. Shen Xiyan hung up.
He picked up his pen, but had no focus left to write.
Turning off the desk lamp, the room went still, bathed faintly in moonlight through the window.
In the dim room, Shen Xiyan stared at the ceiling in silence.
He knew Qin Sheng. He could feel her feelings weren’t a joke.
If it were the old him, he would’ve caved already. But now…
He was sure—he didn’t hate this feeling. Even if his words were stubborn, his heartbeat told the truth.
They were together for ten whole years!
He had made up his mind… but Qin Sheng’s irrational behavior had completely upended his carefully planned future. Shen Xiyan felt a twinge of panic.
This was so bad.
He got up and went to the bathroom to splash his face with cold water—especially scrubbing his lips. But no matter how hard he tried, the warmth she left behind stubbornly lingered.
He gave up and returned to his room, dazedly staring at the ceiling.
Ding-dong—
Qin Sheng: [Xiyan, you know how cats show possessiveness? They rub their scent all over you and destroy gifts from others. I’m not that different from a cat…]
Shen Xiyan’s heart was in complete disarray. Sleep was impossible.
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Bro aunt finna get him killed