Chapter 16: I want to know everything about you, senior~

While Liang Rou was lost in her own thoughts, Xia Rui had already walked over with a cup in hand, filled with freshly cooled hot water at just the right temperature.

“Here~ Senior, I poured this for you. Drink it quickly, or it’ll get cold soon~”

Xia Rui beamed as she handed the cup to Liang Rou.

Although Liang Rou was still a bit suspicious of her, seeing how busy Xia Rui had been running around, she felt embarrassed to say anything and could only accept the cup, taking a small sip.

Just then, Liang Rou’s phone lit up with a new message.

[Deer: Rou Rou, Mentor praised me for doing a great job~]

Seeing a message from her girlfriend, Liang Rou grabbed her phone, just about to reply, when she happened to meet Xia Rui’s gaze—her eyes locked tightly on the phone screen.

Ah~

Well, isn’t this perfect? She’d been suspecting Xia Rui might have a crush on her, but couldn’t just ask outright.

If she started talking about her girlfriend, it’d sound like she was Strictly Controlled by Wife.

Now, her girlfriend had just messaged her, and Xia Rui saw it too.

This was her chance to casually say something like “Ah, my girlfriend is amazing,” show off a little, and let Xia Rui know to back off…

Uh, but this way of thinking was a bit too Confident Common Girl, wasn’t it? Thinking a rich, Hot Girl Rich Second Generation would like her…

Although she felt a little ashamed, Liang Rou still opened her mouth and said:

“Ah, my girl—”

Before she could finish, Xia Rui interrupted her.

“Senior, you two have such a great relationship~”

Eh?

Liang Rou froze for a second. She looked at her phone, then at the yellow-haired Hot Girl in front of her.

What did that mean?

Looking at the genuine envy in Xia Rui’s eyes, Liang Rou’s mouth fell open slightly as she thoughtfully nodded.

Oh, so Xia Rui had already noticed she had a girlfriend! Wait, didn’t she mention it to her in passing before…? She couldn’t quite remember.

Anyway, that sigh from just now left Liang Rou feeling a bit embarrassed, and a little self-mocking.

She should’ve known—Xia Rui was beautiful, a Rich Second Generation, how could she ever be interested in someone like her? Plus, Xia Rui did her nails; she probably didn’t even like women.

Sigh, she was just overthinking it. Truly a Confident Common Girl!

Shrimp Head!

“Ahaha~ Of course! She’s so outstanding and treats me so well. I really like her, so of course our relationship is good~” Liang Rou blushed and scratched the back of her head.

Xia Rui frowned slightly, feeling like something was off about that sentence.

Do best friends usually use the word “like” with each other?

But thinking carefully, she herself often told her besties things like, “Baby, I like you the most,” and other mushy things, so maybe it was normal after all.

As for why she looked so envious, it was simply because she could feel the closeness between Liang Rou and “Deer.”

She just wanted to be that close with her senior as well.

“Oh, oh,” Xia Rui nodded, “That’s great! You two seem really close. You must’ve been together for a long time, right?”

Liang Rou tilted her head and thought for a moment.

“Oh, not really. It’s only been a little over three months.”

“Three months and you’re already this close? You must have a lot in common!”

“Uh… That’s true, but the main reason is that she’s gentle and obedient… I really like that about her!”

“Eh—! So she’s the gentle type?”

“Of course! I’m especially happy when I’m with her!”

“Wow~ Then Senior, you have to keep being happy!”

“Absolutely~”

The two of them chatted like this, each talking about their own thing, but somehow the conversation kept flowing, and they both felt the other’s questions and answers were reasonable (facepalm).

Xia Rui did sense a hint of weirdness, but her brain kept reminding her, “Senior said she doesn’t have a partner,” and she couldn’t remember what her original question had been.

Just like that, Xia Rui busied herself, taking care of Liang Rou until the medicine started to take effect and she began to feel sleepy.

“Xia Rui.”

Before falling asleep, Liang Rou softly called out to Xia Rui.

Xia Rui immediately leaned in close, not minding at all that Liang Rou had a fever, nor was she afraid of catching anything.

“Cough, cough~” Liang Rou turned her head away. “You should get some rest too. I’m getting sleepy, so you don’t need to keep looking after me…”

It was a bit of a hint to leave, but since Xia Rui had been caring for her for so long, she couldn’t just tell her to go.

Still, she was exhausted, so she could only suggest Xia Rui rest at her place for now.

“Mhm, mhm!”

Xia Rui nodded quickly. “Senior, just rest easy!”

Liang Rou couldn’t fight the sleepiness any longer and slowly closed her eyes, drifting into dreamland.

Xia Rui stood quietly by the bedside, gazing at Liang Rou’s sweet, lovely face.

In the end, she couldn’t help herself, twirling Liang Rou’s soft hair around her finger, again and again.

“Senior…”

She leaned closer, holding her breath, afraid even her breathing might wake the other girl.

At this moment, she was like a lovesick perv sneaking into someone else’s house, staring unblinkingly at the girl sleeping on the bed.

“What a shame…”

She regretted that Liang Rou was only asleep because she was sick today, and not because she’d been drugged.

Otherwise, she could’ve done whatever she wanted, even pulled her into her arms.

“I really like you~”

A look of obsession appeared on Xia Rui’s face.

She bent down, kissed Liang Rou’s hair, then smiled contentedly before finally, reluctantly letting go.

“Then let’s wait for this weekend, Senior~” She licked her dry lips, her gaze growing deeper, her smile more and more wicked.

“I really want to have some physical contact with Senior… But with the way things are between us now, Senior definitely wouldn’t agree. So, I’m sorry, Senior, you really can’t blame me~ I just like you too much~”

She let out a laugh, her beautiful face looking more and more twisted.

Since her senior was sleeping, she might as well go cook.

That way, she could score some points in front of her and speed things up—maybe they’d get together even sooner! Xia Rui thought this, feeling quite pleased.

“Hmph hmph~”

She even started humming a little tune.

Just as she turned around—

“Bzzz~”

Liang Rou’s phone vibrated again.

Xia Rui’s body froze. She slowly turned back and glanced at Liang Rou’s phone screen.

[Deer: Hehe~ Of course! I’m the best~]

Ha—?

“Gulp~”

Xia Rui swallowed, gave Liang Rou a look, and saw she was still sleeping soundly.

She bent down and picked up Liang Rou’s phone.

She really, really wanted to look.

A strange blush crept over her face.

“Everything about Senior… I want to know it all~”

She looked at Liang Rou again.

“Anyway, Senior won’t know I checked her phone, right?”