Song Qiuyu didn’t get angry with Gu Nian.
She quietly took out two basins, prepared laundry detergent, and tried to turn on the faucet, but didn’t dare to open it too much.
Thus, in the silent summer night, the entire dormitory only had some intermittent, faint sounds of water.
When enough water had accumulated, she began to diligently scrub the pants in the basin.
This might become her routine every month from now on: secretly getting up at night to wash her underwear when her period came.
The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard! Let’s go!
Thinking so, Song Qiuyu gently sighed, wrung out the pants that had been washed once, put them in another basin, then tilted the basin full of water, very carefully pouring out the water, fearing that a louder movement would wake her roommates.
The more she washed, the more melancholy she felt; the more she washed, the more nervous she became.
She was completely in a thief’s mindset now, feeling like everyone’s attention would easily focus on her.
She earnestly hoped that when her roommates woke up tomorrow morning, they wouldn’t suddenly notice two more pairs of pants on the drying rack and then question her about the specifics.
Especially Jiang Xiao.
After having that dream, her concern for him became more sensitive, and her fear increased.
She was afraid that her unintentional actions, or the unintentional words of others, would create a terrible butterfly effect, making this person, whose mind was full of his online girlfriend, discover that his roommate had many similarities with her, or rather, it wasn’t just similar, it was exactly the same.
And then he would deduce the whole story, piece by piece.
She absolutely could not let him detect the slightest anomaly!
Jiang Xiao’s mind was very clever; once he suspected her, it would basically be over.
Just then, a cold voice suddenly sounded behind her, “Why are you up in the middle of the night washing pants and underwear?”
“Eek!”
Song Qiuyu’s small hands, which were scrubbing the pants, trembled violently.
She let out a small gasp of fright, then quickly clamped her mouth shut.
This voice… this voice sounds like Jiang Xiao?
She didn’t dare to move.
Jiang Xiat5aao’s eyes showed deeper confusion.
Actually, he had already been stirred awake by the noise Song Qiuyu made earlier when she almost fell down the stairs, but he hadn’t opened his eyes or moved.
From the very beginning, when she frequently went up and down her bunk and rummaged through the wardrobe for clothes, he was already curious and puzzled by her actions.
When she got off the bed again, she even secretly glanced at him a few times.
Her actions were furtive.
Like a thief.
But Song Qiuyu was opening her own wardrobe.
Even so, he still pretended to be sound asleep and didn’t move at all.
It wasn’t until Song Qiuyu turned on the faucet and the sound of her scrubbing something reached his ears.
Only then did he open his eyes and turn his head to look at the balcony.
Song Qiuyu was indeed washing clothes.
In the dim light, he couldn’t see the expression on her face.
However, her movements were overly reserved, overly cautious, which could be understood as not wanting to disturb the rest of other roommates.
But it also seemed to be more than just that.
So, following his curiosity, he got out of bed.
What exactly was Song Qiuyu doing?
Suddenly getting up in the middle of the night to wash things was already very strange.
Why was she even washing underwear?
Song Qiuyu swallowed hard, mechanically turned her head, and met Jiang Xiao’s calm gaze.
Her hands, still in the basin holding the small underwear, tightened their grip.
The real feeling under her fingertips reminded her of what she was doing.
Oh no, when did Jiang Xiao stand behind her and watch her wash pants?!
Why was there no sound at all!
Her body involuntarily wanted to block Jiang Xiao from continuing to look at the pants in the basin.
The curiosity and confusion almost overflowing from his eyes made her scalp tingle and her heart feel like it was about to explode.
However, the height difference ensured she couldn’t block him, and any more extreme actions would only backfire, making him more suspicious.
Song Qiuyu’s lips moved.
The thought that what she had just done was likely seen clearly by him made her choke.
Before she could squeeze out half a word, her face was already flushed, and her entire body was burning hot.
“Jiang Xiao, shooting practice requires the best mental state. I’m going to sleep after hanging up the clothes, you should go to sleep quickly too!”
Song Qiuyu’s reply was irrelevant.
“…”
Jiang Xiao naturally noticed she was changing the subject, but more importantly…
“You look terrible.”
“Oh, oh, I just have a bit of a stomach ache. The medicine th
😜e school doctor prescribed last time isn’t finished yet, I just took it!”
Song Qiuyu desperately suppressed her inner panic, turning around with forced composure to give her pants a final rinse.
“I guess a good night’s sleep will fix it.”
Jiang Xiao’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he said nothing.
“Shhh, they’re still sleeping. Let’s not talk anymore; go to sleep quickly.”
Song Qiuyu said, wringing out her pants and underwear, picking up hangers, and hanging them all on the drying rack.
After hanging them, she ignored Jiang Xiao’s gaze fixed on her, didn’t look back, and mumbled something about looking forward to tomorrow’s shooting practice as she climbed back into her bed.
Jiang Xiao silently followed, climbing back into his own bed.
Song Qiuyu nervously touched the bedsheet, feeling lucky.
If the sheet had gotten dirty, it wouldn’t have been something she could just secretly wash like pants!
She lay in bed, covered herself with her small blanket, and a look of worry gradually appeared in her eyes as she stared at the ceiling.
Her period had started; what should she do next?
Once her period was discovered, her gender wouldn’t be able to stay hidden, and she’d only have more trouble, not less!
Perhaps she should find an opportunity to move out of the male dorms later?
But renting was too expensive, and she didn’t want to add more pressure to her mother, who was working to support the family.
It seemed the only solution for now was to find a way to make money first.
She lowered her eyes, thinking about tomorrow’s shooting practice, feeling the intermittent cramping in her stomach.
Although she knew she shouldn’t go tomorrow, she still wanted to touch a gun.
Those were real guns! Who could refuse that?
Could she avoid taking leave?
Song Qiuyu curled up pitifully, her hands clasped together.
The intermittent abdominal pain tormented her, and she didn’t sleep a wink all night.
Fortunately, when dawn broke, her stomach suddenly didn’t hurt as much.
Strangely, she also didn’t feel the warm flow mentioned in online resources.
Seeing that Jiang Xiao and the others were still asleep, she quietly crept out of bed again, went to the bathroom, and pulled down her pants.
The sanitary pad was exactly as it had been when she put it on.
Song Qiuyu was utterly confused.
She adjusted her pants, came out, and quickly searched on her phone.
“Oh, so the flow for a first period is usually very light.”
Although she was already a university student, she had only recently become a girl, so this first period counted as her menarche.
After reading the search results, Song Qiuyu nodded, a relieved smile appearing on her still somewhat pale face.
Great, she wouldn’t have to ask for leave!
She cleared her Browse history and started washing up first.
Her roommates began to wake up one after another.
She pretended to be calm, helping Jiang Xiao get water, handing him toothpaste, and even fetching him a towel.
When Jiang Xiao looked at her, she smiled back, feeling guilty but determined, showing two rows of white teeth.
Her usual thoughtfulness, in the eyes of the other roommates, turned into a scene of a benevolent father taking care of his cubs.
“Pfft, Song Qiuyu, are you raising a child?”
Gu Nian couldn’t hold back his laughter.
“This is called ‘Godfather’!”
Xie Zhuran corrected him seriously.
“What’s wrong, jealous?”
Song Qiuyu raised an eyebrow, smiling outwardly but panicking internally.
If human memory could also be cleared with one click, she would definitely erase Shen Xi from Jiang Xiao’s mind immediately.
However much happiness Shen Xi had once brought Jiang Xiao, that’s how deep the shadow she left him with now was!
She wondered how long it would take her to lead Jiang Xiao out of that shadow and help him accept other girls again.
Gu Nian didn’t answer, just smiled, changing the subject.
“Oh, by the way, did you guys hear that very faint water sound last night, and the sound of washing clothes?”
Song Qiuyu froze.
“Hmm, now that you mention it.”
Xie Zhuran thought for a moment, then his eyes lit up, and he snapped his fingers crisply.
“I think I did hear something!”
Song Qiuyu’s heart pounded, and she secretly glanced at Jiang Xiao.
Jiang Xiao didn’t seem to have any intention of interjecting.
He quietly walked out of their discussion, cleanly taking off his pajamas, revealing his strong back, and began to put on his military training camouflage uniform.
“So you guys also—”
Lin An nodded.
The other three roommates also agreed.
“What about you, Song Qiuyu?”
Gu Nian threw the question to Song Qiuyu.
Song Qiuyu was startled, shifting her gaze from Jiang Xiao’s enviable back muscles.
She cleared her throat seriously and pointed to the drying rack above their heads.
On the slightly high drying rack hung one pair of her little yellow chicken pajama bottoms that she had been wearing when she first went to sleep… and only that one.
“Oh, okay, I’ll confess. Actually, I suddenly got thirsty last night and got up to drink some soda, but I spilled it on my pants. I only brought two pairs of clean pants, so I figured the sooner I washed them, the sooner they’d dry. So I just went ahead and washed them.”
Seeing all her roommates looking at her, Song Qiuyu said with a composed expression.
It was a good thing she was clever; last night, when hanging the clothes, she had hidden her underwear inside the pants.
Otherwise, she really might not have gotten away with it.
“Tch~ boring. I thought someone had a wet dream last night.”
Gu Nian supported his forehead, feigning regret.
“You had a wet dream! Your whole family had wet dreams!”
Song Qiuyu took a shallow breath, trying hard to think of the most normal reply, feigning an annoyed tone.
If they saw underwear, it was a wet dream; if they didn’t see underwear, it was a soda stain! Hehehe!
Watching Song Qiuyu’s defiant look, Jiang Xiao silently glanced at the mineral water bottle on her desk, then thought of the underwear she had washed last night, but said nothing.
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