“At home, I only have two or three pieces of underwear. Even if you take me home now, you can’t expect me to keep wearing just those two or three, right?”
Liu Xie suddenly wrapped her arms around Liu Anran’s arm, pulling his entire limb snugly against her chest.
His arm was naturally sandwiched between those two large, soft mounds. It was quite warm, and rather distracting.
“But you only stay at home for the two days and three nights of the weekend, right?” Liu Anran countered. “I didn’t prepare many, but it should be enough, shouldn’t it?”
“Uh, well, actually… I recently found my size has gotten a bit bigger again. The old ones feel a bit tight and uncomfortable now.” “Are you serious?” Liu Anran asked back. “The previous ones were already the largest standard size. Any bigger and you’d need custom-made.”
Liu Xie was left momentarily speechless.
But it was true that they had gotten a bit tighter. Recently, when putting on her underwear, there was a noticeable squeezing sensation that wasn’t there before.
“If it’s custom-made, you probably can’t find your size in stores anyway, right?” Liu Anran said, glancing at the colorful array inside the shop from the doorway before looking away.
It wasn’t that he felt inexplicably intimidated by this scene; it was just that when faced with these things, he always inexplicably imagined them on Liu Xie.
Then he would start fantasizing about what it would be like if Liu Xie wore such things in front of him.
Honestly, if this kept up, he felt like something might go wrong.
“How about we make do for now? I can have custom ones delivered to our doorstep tomorrow morning. It’s just for tonight; it won’t affect anything.” Liu Anran tried to persuade her, hoping she’d give up on this idea.
“That’s perfect then. Let’s both go in and look at the styles. It’ll be easier to specify what we want when ordering the custom ones.” Liu Xie clung to Liu Anran’s arm.
As if afraid he might run away, she held on tightly, almost burying his entire arm in her chest.
Liu Xie’s light blue jacket was open, and the white top underneath was too thin. Liu Anran’s arm was close enough.
He even had an illusion—he felt like he could sense the texture beneath, like the patterns on clothing.
Or maybe it wasn’t an illusion.
“Are you serious?”
He looked down at Liu Xie beside him, as if to confirm her intentions.
Today, he couldn’t quite figure out his dear older sister—oh, now his girlfriend.
First, when picking her up after class to go home, instead of being her usual dawdling self, she had worn an inexplicably resolute expression for some reason.
Like someone facing death with righteous indignation.
Liu Anran had genuinely been a little scared at the time.
He was afraid some dirty spirit had possessed his dear sister and started wondering if the black dog blood Liu Xie bought on Pinduoduo actually worked.
Damn it, he hadn’t even possessed his girlfriend yet.
Though the two types of “possessing” were probably a bit different.
But later at school, she was completely normal again, keeping a proper distance from him as if terrified someone might notice something.
He knew his dear sister wanted to avoid her roommate’s eyes and ears, trying to prevent her roommate from finding out about this.
He didn’t know why, and even though he felt it would be discovered sooner or later, Liu Xie still wanted to keep it secret.
Fine, let her keep it secret. Whatever makes Liu Xie happy.
Then they got in the car. At that moment, Liu Xie seemed to have changed into a different person, staring intently at him as he drove.
This was strange. Since confirming their relationship, this was the first time Liu Xie had stared at him so intently, as if she wanted to devour him.
Liu Anran couldn’t figure out what Liu Xie’s intention was.
Although using the word “intention” to describe his other half felt a bit too distant, he also couldn’t think of another way to describe Liu Xie’s behavior—like a weasel paying New Year’s respects to a chicken.
Especially this kind of bewitching, sly weasel.
“Did you get sand in your eye?” Liu Anran asked, taking a moment to respond to Liu Xie, who was blinking at him.
“You!” Liu Xie was left speechless and flustered by his words but calmed down after a moment.
Then, while waiting for the red light to turn green and shifting gears, Liu Anran noticed Liu Xie’s legs moving closer.
He looked up and saw Liu Xie still gazing out the car window as if nothing was wrong.
Maybe she just happened to move her legs closer; it wasn’t a big deal.
But with these strange incidents happening one after another, Liu Anran couldn’t help feeling something was off.
So, the next time they stopped at a red light, he reached his hand toward Liu Xie’s side.
Liu Xie stretched her thigh over again, as if making it convenient for the driving Liu Anran to reach out and caress a beautiful girl’s thigh.
But Liu Anran just reached out and adjusted the volume of the car stereo.
He withdrew his gaze.
“Seriously, what are you doing?” Liu Anran paused. “It’s autumn. Spring is still far away, right?”
“I, uh, I…” Liu Xie scratched her cheek with her index finger. “What did I do? I don’t even know myself?”
Playing dumb.
“Hey, wait a minute. I want to buy something. Let’s not rush home just yet.” Liu Xie said, directing Liu Anran’s driving route.
Liu Anran gave her a suspicious look, utterly unable to guess her intentions.
And so, they ended up at the lingerie store.
“We’re just looking at styles, not buying anything on the spot.” Liu Xie pulled Liu Anran’s arm, trying to lead him into the store.
But Liu Anran stopped. This was one of the rare times he didn’t choose to follow Liu Xie’s lead.
It was simple: he smelled a rat.
“You’re acting really strange. How about we go check if there are any fortune-telling charlatans on the roadside instead?” When Liu Anran said this, he was being completely sincere.
He used to be a firm materialist.
“I just feel like browsing. Can’t you accompany me?”
Liu Xie chose not to explain or justify, merely repeating her request: “As a couple, have we ever done a single thing couples are supposed to do?”
Once these words were spoken, it was Liu Anran’s turn to be taken aback.
Even if he had said it himself, he might not have been this surprised.
“Weren’t you utterly unwilling just two days ago, squirming around on the bed like a caterpillar for ages before agreeing to sleep in the same bed with me?”
Liu Anran was truly baffled now.
“Just tell me, are you willing to come with me or not?” Liu Xie looked up, meeting Liu Anran’s eyes directly.
“Of course I’m willing, it’s just…”
“Then why say so much?” Liu Xie directly pulled Liu Anran into the store and addressed the clerk, “We’re a couple. Do you have any recommended styles?”