After sitting down, Su first glanced at the book Mu Nanqiu was reading. Judging by the title, it seemed to be a translated work from abroad.
She wasn’t familiar with such things, so she didn’t comment.
“I joined a club.”
As soon as Su Yao said this, Mu Nanqiu’s eyes, which had been on her book, narrowed slightly and shifted to Su Yao in front of her.
“It’s the badminton club……”
“Why the sudden interest?”
Mu Nanqiu wasn’t against Su Yao joining clubs or engaging in other social activities, but Su Yao didn’t seem like the type who enjoyed sports. Most of these ball game clubs had a core group of members, who were usually talented and socially adept, able to gather like-minded friends.
“I thought you wouldn’t be interested in these hobby-based clubs.”
Though being interested and having the courage to go were two different things, Mu Nanqiu lumped them together as one. Looking at Su Yao, who seemed to be waiting for praise, she said this line.
“…..Nanqiu, you don’t want me to join?”
Mu Nanqiu felt that was true, but since it would deny Su Yao’s individuality, she shook her head.
After seeing her shake her head, Su Yao visibly relaxed, then watched as Mu Nanqiu reached out a hand. She didn’t dodge. Those long, slender fingers pinched her cheek, and she watched as Mu Nanqiu’s beautiful face shifted from expressionless to a slight, eye-narrowed smile.
“Yao Yao, are you that free?”
Hearing this, Su Yao flinched, sensing something bad was about to happen, and she couldn’t help lowering her head.
Not good, not good!
She wanted to say her life was actually quite full, but she was a step too slow—Mu Nanqiu cut her off.
Mu Nanqiu tilted her head slightly, speaking softly.
“Since Yao Yao is so free, shouldn’t you pick up some of the things you stopped doing for so long?”
Gulp.
Looking at Mu Nanqiu’s look that allowed no refusal, Su Yao could only nod her head in reluctant agreement.
“……”
She understood that her evenings from now on were going to belong to Mu Nanqiu. Although being coached in piano was hard, if she could spend time alone with Mu Nanqiu, it wasn’t so bad. Still, being trained until midnight every day, not falling asleep until one a.m.—it was bound to feel a bit tiring!
Mu Nanqiu’s hand left her cheek and moved to her head, ruffling her soft hair, and only let her go after enjoying it for a while.
The New Semester’s Report Registration had officially ended, and now it was the proper class period. After a month-long break, many people weren’t used to getting up early. Most of them looked listless in the first class.
Su Yao read for a while, then looked at Luo Yu beside her, who looked even sleepier than she did.
Her deskmate and best friend looked like she could fall asleep any moment. There was a dreamy look in her eyes—a sure sign she had stayed up late last night.
Luo Yu rested her head directly on the desk, her chin pressed to the surface, eyes struggling to stay open. Sometimes, she’d keep one eye open and the other closed while looking at things. Su Yao was a little impressed by her.
Looking at Luo Yu, Su Yao asked curiously.
“What did you do last night?”
Luo Yu slowly turned her head toward Su and weakly muttered a reply.
“Played games.”
“Games?”
The word sounded strange coming from Luo Yu’s mouth. Su Yao knew she almost never played games—usually reading novels, comics, or watching videos, or hanging out on the Forum and other social sites for fun. Who would have thought she’d be gaming, and even staying up late for it?
But, seeing Luo Yu’s current state, Su Yao wondered if the “game” she mentioned was really what she thought.
With this thought, Su Yao gave Luo Yu a weird look and asked cautiously.
“This game of yours……is it proper?”
“Su Yao, when did you get so dirty? Who taught you that?”
Luo Yu’s eye twitched. If she had the strength, she’d have rolled her eyes at Su Yao.
Su Yao puffed out her chest slightly and stared at her.
Luo Yu realized—oh, she must have infected Su Yao with her own dirty-mindedness!
During Break, after the second class, Luo Yu finally sobered up a bit and explained what happened the night before.
“I played online with that friend of mine, all the way till two or three in the morning.
Then my mom got up to use the bathroom, saw the light under my door, came in and caught me gaming. She scolded me, told me to go to sleep, even knocked me on the head—it still hurts now.
If it hadn’t been for my mom, I could have kept playing……”
Listening to her, Su Yao was shocked and teased her.
“You……can’t you control yourself?”
Luo Yu was speechless. Looking at Su Yao’s innocent face, it didn’t seem like she was talking about anything weird, but her words just sounded off!
Could it be my problem?
Thinking about it, Luo Yu decided not to dwell on it. She turned her head away, avoiding Su Yao’s gaze, clearly choosing to escape. Su Yao blinked, still very curious. Was Luo Yu’s friend a normal friend?
Su Yao leaned in a little and said,
“Can’t you say no?”
“It’s not that.”
“Then why? Is the game that fun?”
“Not really, it’s just that someone played with me. It’s rare, so I didn’t want to stop that soon… Anyway, there’s no class this afternoon. I can go home early and catch up on sleep.”
After saying this, Luo Yu stretched lazily and invited Su Yao to go with her to the bathroom, then to the snack shop.
Su Yao nodded in agreement.
Her words really struck a chord with Su Yao. Watching Luo Yu beside her still yawning nonstop, Su Yao’s curiosity grew, but she didn’t keep asking. After all, it was someone else’s business. Even as friends, you shouldn’t keep prying out of curiosity.
After classes ended for the day, the two went to the cafeteria for a meal. Seeing that Su Yao didn’t look like she was planning to go back, Luo Yu asked,
“You still got something to do?”
“I joined that club Ji Yun mentioned.”
“You really joined?”
“Yeah.”
Su Yao nodded, then looked down at her legs, reaching to pinch her thighs wrapped tightly in dark pants. They felt soft and pleasant to touch—so comfortable to squeeze or knead. Because of this, she said in a dispirited voice,
“I think I gained weight……”
“That’s normal. Everyone puts on weight after the New Year. You’ll slim down again by summer.”
Luo Yu shrugged, saying weight fluctuations were completely normal and not to worry too much.
Unfortunately, her words had little effect. Su Yao still minded her body weight. When hardly anyone was left in the cafeteria, she went to weigh herself—only to find out she already weighed fifty-one kilograms!