Click!
A sudden clap of thunder outside made Su Nuo shudder in fright.
The black-haired straight-haired girl in front of her still smiled, her eyes unwaveringly fixed on Su Nuo, as if silently urging her on.
“Lin Chu Xi,” Su Nuo forced herself to speak, “is there some kind of misunderstanding here…”
“Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? Aren’t we just playing a game?”
Lin Chu Xi tilted her head slightly, her smile unchanged in the slightest.
“The Coin Toss Game, it’s very simple. I’ve already told you the rules. Want to play?”
It really was strange.
Su Nuo swallowed nervously and asked cautiously, “What’s the requirement?”
Lin Chu Xi smiled again, her silver bell-like laughter seeming to remind Su Nuo that she was just a young girl—nothing to worry about.
“Don’t worry, I’m not going to hurt you. It’s not a difficult thing, just a very simple little request. I’ll tell you what it is when the time comes.”
That burst of laughter seemed to disperse some of the lingering shadows, letting Su Nuo relax a little.
Yeah, they were roommates who saw each other day and night.
They’d even become close friends recently and understood each other quite well.
Why scare herself with unnecessary worries?
“Then let’s give it a try,” Su Nuo smiled back, “what if it’s heads?”
After all, a fifty percent chance was better than any gacha pull.
“Alright~”
Lin Chu Xi flipped the Commemorative Coin into the air.
The small round coin spun a few times before suddenly landing in her palm.
“Unfortunately, it’s tails,” she showed the broken rabbit’s foot on the coin to the well-endowed girl.
“You owe me one request now.”
But Su Nuo didn’t react much because when she saw the coin’s pattern, she was completely stunned.
A few minutes later, Su Xiao Nuo quietly peeked out her little head.
“Phew, she finally left. So scary… Ahem, it’s not like I’m running away at the last moment, I was just assessing the situation. It’s like a competition—one of us has to stay on the sidelines, keep a clear head to analyze the situation. We can’t both be clueless.”
Su Xiao Nuo rambled on about why she had hidden just now but got no response.
Looking closer, she found the pale white-haired girl standing dazedly as if frozen.
The little cutie immediately panicked, “Are you okay, Su Nuo? Are you really scared out of your mind?! Uuu, don’t scare me like that…”
Hearing the sobbing tone in her mind, Su Nuo finally snapped out of it and shook her head helplessly.
“No, it’s nothing. I just remembered something else.”
That Commemorative Coin just now—if she wasn’t mistaken—was the very one she had designed and carved with her own hands.
Seeing it made Su Nuo think back to ten years ago, to those prime and glorious days.
The name of the Club wasn’t very official; she’d even forgotten it herself, only recalling it was some Circle of Common Interests.
It was a happy time, the first time Su Nuo realized that school wasn’t just about classes and studying, but there were interests and hobbies to pursue.
Later, the teacher told them they couldn’t just do nothing in the Club; they had to at least do something meaningful or at least look like they were doing something meaningful.
So Su Nuo tried to organize some activities, and this coin was created to celebrate their success in doing “meaningful things.”
That year, mobile phones didn’t have much on them; traditional Clubs were mainstream.
That year, people were still very socially active; saying you liked the two-dimensional world would be met with strange looks.
That year, what you loved wasn’t yet your life…
“Su Nuo, you’re daydreaming again. What exactly did you remember?”
The little cutie’s voice pulled her back to reality.
“Just some old memories. What were you saying before?”
“I said that Lin Chu Xi’s behavior is weird,” Su Xiao Nuo said worriedly.
“You shouldn’t have agreed so easily.”
“Maybe a bit, but not as bad as you think. We’ve been together almost every day before the break.”
Su Nuo didn’t think much of it.
She had just been startled by the thunder, then distracted by the coin’s design.
She didn’t have the same feeling as Su Xiao Nuo.
When they first met downstairs, the girl’s expression was indeed a bit scary, but then she was smiling the whole time.
If she could smile, that meant she was in a good mood… right?
As for the Commemorative Coin, it had been left in the school Club after graduation, probably found by someone later.
How it ended up in Lin Chu Xi’s hands wasn’t so important; she could ask about it when she had the chance.
At that moment, the Rich Big Sister’s voice came from outside:
“Nuo Nuo, time to eat~”
***
Today’s meal at the Little Lin Family was steamed large bass, stir-fried Fengwei, green bamboo shoots with pork, boiled large shrimp, and Qingcai Meatball Soup.
“Try some,” Lin Yingluo said to Lin Chu Xi.
“All of this was made by your Sister-in-law’s own hands.”
As she spoke, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly.
Lin Chu Xi looked surprised.
“So Su Nuo knows how to cook all this? I had no idea.”
“Not much, not much,” Su Nuo hurriedly waved her hand.
“And not everything was made by me… the meatballs were made by a machine.”
Although no special skill was needed, it required strength and stamina, which the little cutie didn’t have for constant kneading.
Lin Yingluo found their conversation a bit strange.
“Aren’t you two roommates?”
After living together day and night for three years, wouldn’t you know what the other can do?
“Emmmm, actually, we only started getting close recently,” Su Nuo explained.
“Before, we just lived in the same dorm but didn’t interact much. Lin Chu Xi is very outstanding at school and very busy; everyone goes to her when they need something.”
The real reason was that Su Xiao Nuo preferred the wealthy and rarely shared any benefits with her.
Lin Yingluo glanced at her wife, then at her sister. “Is that so?”
“Yes.”
This time, Lin Chu Xi answered. She looked at Su Nuo with a half-smile and said, “Because before, Su Nuo was also very busy and didn’t have much free time.”
Su Nuo’s face flushed slightly, and she quickly urged them to eat while the food was hot, wanting to change the subject.
She really was busy before, but busy with what? Of course, busy kneading.
But she wasn’t the one kneading!
The Su Xiao Nuo in her mind didn’t care about this, lying there with eyes closed, enjoying the meal through sensory sharing.
“Su Nuo, your cooking is pretty good—fresh and with a home-cooked aroma.”
She even gave a review.
Su Nuo said nothing. With the Rich Big Sister and the roommate sitting beside her, it wasn’t appropriate to be distracted chatting with her.
The two women before her—one slept with her every night, and the other… also slept with her every night—so their relationship was quite close.
She never expected the three of them to be gathered like this today.
It felt somewhat strange.
Occasionally, she looked up, shifting her gaze from the dishes just in time to meet Lin Chu Xi’s eyes, receiving a smile from the black-haired girl.
A smiling face was the friendliest greeting, but for some reason, Su Nuo suddenly felt a chill down her spine.
Yet when she looked up again, the girl’s expression had returned to normal.
“Is something wrong?”
Lin Chu Xi noticed her gaze and asked.
“N-no, nothing. I just wanted to ask what you think of the taste?”
It must have been her imagination earlier.