In this world, there are always some bewildering, low-probability misunderstandings.
Like in movies, where the protagonists, reluctant to part after a breakup, glance back at each other dozens of times, yet each time their eyes just barely miss meeting.
Or like two people who accidentally bump into each other, and their phones instantly add each other on Tencent…
Su Qi once believed such misunderstandings could never happen to him.
But now, watching An Xiaoling fiercely argue with ‘Mouse’ right in front of him, Su Qi couldn’t help but marvel at fate’s odd twists.
He had casually lied, picking a yuri novel at random from tens of thousands of stories without thinking much.
As it turned out, it was a work by An Xiaoling, and as luck would have it, she overheard him talking about it with his good brothers.
The odds of that happening might be rarer than winning the grand lottery!
While Su Qi silently pondered the tangled matters between himself and An Xiaoling in his mind, the tension between An Xiaoling and Mouse grew thicker by the second.
An Xiaoling had already rolled up the sleeves of her adorable chiffon blouse, revealing her soft, pale arms. The verbal battle was on the verge of turning physical.
“Hey, you two, stop it. Su Boss is coming to the Cangyou Wildcat Team for the first time. If you’re going to fight, do it outside the entrance.”
At that moment, a sturdy middle-aged man with a simple, honest face, towering over two meters like a mountain, stepped out from the living room.
Perhaps because of his imposing height, Su Qi always felt like his big footsteps made him bounce slightly whenever they landed.
Seeing such a distinctive giant, Su Qi quickly matched the forum nicknames for the ‘Cangyou Wildcat Team’ in his mind.
Blood Princess was Senior Lin Xue.
Elf Lady was his classmate, An Xiaoling.
Brother Jianghu Hao must be the flashy young man with two dragons tattooed on his arms standing before him.
Brother Dunshan had to be this burly man.
That meant the only member of the Cangyou Wildcat Team he hadn’t met yet was ‘Mr. An Mian’!
While Su Qi was deep in thought, the burly man had already arrived at the entrance.
Facing the two arguing teammates, he expertly reached out his broad hands, grasping their collars like picking up kittens, separating them with ease. Then, he turned to Su Qi and gave a warm, simple smile.
“Su Boss, hello. I’m the main bodyguard of the Cangyou Wildcat Team. Just call me Big Mountain. I hope after today we can become teammates. The entrance is too cramped. Let’s go to the living room to talk. It’ll also give you a chance to meet the last member of the Wildcat Team.”
Hearing Big Mountain’s straightforward introduction and his faint smile,
Su Qi couldn’t help but relax a little.
Because, from what he’d seen so far, aside from the still-unseen An Mian, no one in the Cangyou Wildcat Team had shown any impatience or acted provocatively toward him, the new member.
It was much better than Su Qi had expected.
After all, nobody wanted to join a team where others looked down on them.
Following Big Mountain’s heavy steps like an earthquake, Su Qi nervously held the three little cats in his arms and headed to the 1501 living room.
Only two steps in, he felt a cool breeze mixed with a faint scent of jasmine from behind.
Sensing some mischief, Senior Lin Xue approached, and Su Qi instinctively wanted to retreat.
Just then, a light, youthful female voice whispered in his ear.
“Su Boss, don’t be too nervous. You might have already met Mr. An Mian without realizing it!”
Mr. An Mian, I’ve met him?
At that hint, Su Qi felt an inexplicable bad feeling rise within him.
Following Big Mountain’s footsteps into the living room, that ominous premonition became reality when he saw who was on the sofa.
There, sprawled on the spacious sofa of the 50㎡ living room in 1501, lay a thin young man, covered with a faint gray blanket.
Looking at the blanket, Su Qi felt an odd sense of familiarity.
As he stepped closer and saw the young man’s face, a huge question mark popped up in his mind.
Isn’t this Wei Mian from his class who had been napping in the corner from freshman year all the way into sophomore year?
Emmmmmm, what kind of place is this tail-end Class 18 that I’m in?
Not only is there the elf girl An Xiaoling, now there’s an ‘An Mian’ too.
Are they all just wolves in sheep’s clothing?
Although Wei Mian’s appearance was surprising,
with An Xiaoling’s example fresh in his mind, Su Qi quickly accepted the situation.
Gurgle gurgle~
While Su Qi was studying this classmate who’d slept through freshman and sophomore year, a sudden loud rumble of stomach protest echoed through the large Wildcat Team living room.
At that sound, the peacefully sleeping Wei Mian forced himself awake, zombie-like, climbing clumsily off the sofa.
With every inch he moved away from the sofa, Su Qi could distinctly feel his reluctance.
Finally, when Wei Mian shifted from a prone position to sitting up, he reluctantly opened his confused eyes.
Seeing Su Qi in front of him, a hopeful smile spread across Wei Mian’s face.
“Su Boss, you finally came. I haven’t eaten since last night waiting for you, so I’m counting on you to show off your skills tonight. By the way, if it’s possible, can the main dish be egg fried rice? It’s my favorite. Pleeeease.”
After saying that, Wei Mian’s eyes, like a lost internet connection, closed again, and he collapsed back onto the sofa like a boneless chicken strip.
Listening to Wei Mian’s ‘last words’,
Su Qi finally felt some relief.
On one hand, Wei Mian—the last member of the Cangyou Wildcat Team—was looking forward to dinner. He’d probably be a regular customer of Su Su’s homemade bento, which in a way was a form of acceptance.
On the other hand, it made things easier to understand.
As a newcomer to the team interview, chatting without doing anything would be awkward.
Not to mention, Su Qi had a secret identity he couldn’t reveal. If he slipped up and was suspected by classmates An Xiaoling or Wei Mian, it would be even worse.
Starting to cook (the interview) now would mean he could just focus on the task and not worry about that.
Bowing slightly, Su Qi gently placed the three little cats on the sofa, then turned to Senior Lin Xue.
“Senior Lin, since Wei… An Mian is hungry and it’s already dinner time, I’ll start cooking now. Where’s the kitchen?”
Before Lin Xue could answer, Su Qi felt his hand suddenly held by another soft, warm little hand, followed by an adorable loli voice rushing to answer for her.
“Su Boss, I’ll take you to the kitchen! This way, this way.”
Feeling An Xiaoling’s enthusiastic hospitality, completely opposite from her classroom demeanor, and seeing her now without the freckles and gloomy hairstyle she sported in class, fully transformed into a sweet, cute loli image.
Su Qi honestly felt a twinge of guilt, like he was toying with an innocent little girl. Though that was not his intention, that was just how it felt now.
While feeling this guilt, Su Qi also grew a bit worried.
To deal with his good brother Mo Yu’s occasional reading insights about An Xiaoling’s yuri novel, Su Qi had naturally read it too.
Reading it had, in some ways, opened a new world for him.
He’d never imagined the various ‘plays’ girls engaged in… friction play, bell play, endurance play, bathroom endurance play…
And thinking about how the author was An Xiaoling made Su Qi feel a little uneasy.
If she discovered his true identity, and since his Su Su ability wasn’t combat-oriented, a conflict could trigger some serious trouble!
“Su Boss, here’s the kitchen. Feel free to use whatever’s in the fridge.”
While Su Qi’s thoughts raced,
Unconsciously, An Xiaoling had already led him to the 1501 kitchen.
He had to admit, the kitchen was very high-end—one of those expensive integrated black kitchens, with all kinds of cooking tools neatly arranged above.
Just a glance at the kitchen sparked Su Qi’s Su Su ability, igniting his interest in cooking.
Just as he was about to find an apron and show off his skills,
An Xiaoling, instead of leaving after finishing the tour, surprisingly became a bit shy.
Her small, pale hands nervously twirled in circles over her flat little stomach, cute yet tinged with unease.
If some creepy old man had seen this scene, it would definitely trigger the “Song of the Feathered Clothes.”
Seeing An Xiaoling’s sudden change in demeanor, Su Qi was momentarily at a loss.
After a brief hesitation, he asked with concern,
“Elf Lady, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”
Hearing Su Qi’s caring question, An Xiaoling shook her twin-tail head vigorously like a rattle drum.
During the shaking, or maybe it was Su Qi’s imagination, he thought he caught a faint milky scent.
After making it clear she wasn’t unwell and about to leave, An Xiaoling cutely poked her two snow-white index fingers at her chest repeatedly, finally summoning courage to say,
“Su Boss, what Mouse said just now was all made up, don’t mind it!”
Knowing the truth already, Su Qi, following the principle of not making things harder for people, didn’t expose her lie and just nodded in agreement.
Seeing Su Qi’s nod and his clear, bright gaze, An Xiaoling briefly relaxed, then blinked her adorable, spirited eyes and continued.
“Su Boss, um, can I add you on Tencent like Senior Lin Xue?”
As she spoke, An Xiaoling pulled out her girlish phone from her skirt pocket, adorned with many cute pink rhinestones, and opened the Tencent QR code scanning screen.
Facing such an enthusiastic An Xiaoling, now disguised as ‘Su Su,’ Su Qi found no good way to refuse.
Luckily, he was prepared with two Tencent accounts.
He pulled out his phone from under his JK skirt, silently tapped the account with the avatar of the character ‘Su,’ and added An Xiaoling as a friend with the note—Su Su.
Looking at the new friend request and the note ‘Su Su,’
An Xiaoling silently murmured in her heart.
Su Su~~~
What a lovely name. So Su Boss goes by this.
The name really fits Su Boss’s image and temperament!
While admiring this,
An Xiaoling’s eyes happened to glance at Su Qi’s old phone, which he had tucked away.
A flicker of confusion appeared deep inside her.
Su Su’s phone? Why is it so old and shabby, with just a basic transparent case?
This style is completely at odds with her sweet aura—more like a straight man’s phone.
And was it just her imagination?
Why did this phone feel like she’d seen it somewhere before?