Song Qiuyu’s legs squeezed together in fright.
What was that noise? Was someone knocking on the wall? But who would be knocking on the wall in the middle of the night?
Unless it wasn’t someone next door knocking, but… from inside the wall…?
A ghost… inside the wall?!
That’s how it always goes in horror movies—a group tells ghost stories, then after they go to bed, someone gets up to use the toilet, and that person is the first to see a ghost.
Don’t tell me it’s really happening to me?
But I’m a steadfast Warrior of Materialism…
She shook her head, trying to shake off those scary thoughts, and squatted down. But then, thump, thump—the banging sounded twice more, but luckily, after those two knocks, it went quiet.
Song Qiuyu braced herself and finished in the toilet, washing her hands with a face full of cold sweat, not daring to look directly at that wall.
Wiping her hands with a tissue, she pretended to be calm as she strode out of the toilet and closed the door behind her.
Once she left the toilet, the bright light faded, and she was plunged back into a dim environment, her footsteps quickening with every step.
With a swoosh, she scrambled back into bed, curling up under the blanket, still hugging the edge of the bed and not daring to get too close to Jiang Xiao.
The safety of the blanket immediately made her relax quite a bit.
She squeezed her eyes shut, taking deep breaths over and over, trying to calm herself down.
The thunder outside the window gradually faded away.
Just as she was about to fall asleep, she suddenly heard a strange noise.
At first, Song Qiuyu was confused, but after listening for a bit, her face instantly turned red as she understood everything.
This hotel’s service attitude was five-star level, and the soundproofing was pretty good. Even when they were playing games late at night, they couldn’t hear any noise from the neighbors.
But now, Song Qiuyu wanted to correct her previous opinion.
You could still hear things, couldn’t you?
Maybe the decibel level was just too high?
Or maybe the thunder outside was too loud before, so she didn’t notice?
So those banging noises in the toilet earlier must have come from this too…
Thank goodness, so it wasn’t a ghost after all!
Feeling a wave of relief, Song Qiuyu curled up, biting her lip, most of her face buried in the pillow.
She’d always thought stamina like that only existed in novels. In real life, people had limits.
“Out of ammo” wasn’t just a saying, but how come the folks next door seemed to have unlimited firepower?
And it was so intense—could that sister really handle it…
How was she supposed to sleep like this?
Song Qiuyu clenched her fists, doing her best to suppress the restlessness inside, but certain parts of her body were gradually becoming unruly.
Especially her left waist and her butt.
She scratched at them a few times, and, with Haki Xiao’s foot so close, she couldn’t help but want to kick him a few times.
Soon, dawn broke.
Song Qiuyu was the first to get out of bed and start washing up, but the dark circles under her eyes made it clear she hadn’t really slept.
She was brushing her teeth when Sang Tian came in, carrying her toiletries.
Sang Tian looked like she’d had a good night’s sleep, her complexion was fine, but she did seem a little absent-minded.
Thinking about Sang Tian cheating last night, Song Qiuyu paused her toothbrushing for a moment.
Maybe she should ask about it now?
She opened her mouth slightly, “Sang Tian.”
“Good morning!”
Sang Tian suddenly turned her head and greeted Jiang Xiao, who was coming in with his toiletries.
Song Qiuyu was stunned.
Jiang Xiao nodded lightly in response. Seeing that there were already two people at the sink, he was about to turn and come back later.
“I just remembered a friend asked me to help fill out a survey yesterday, and I totally forgot. I’ll go do it now!”
“Song, let’s chat later!”
Sang Tian, holding her toiletries, quickly walked out ahead.
“A friend, huh.” Making up friends out of thin air.
Song Qiuyu rubbed her forehead, sighed, and felt a bit lost.
How was she supposed to clear up this misunderstanding?
Jiang Xiao walked up to the sink, and saw that the person beside him, almost as a reflex, turned on the water for him.
When he looked over, she very obviously avoided his gaze.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiao unconsciously lowered his eyes and glanced at her neck.
At that moment, she raised her hand to scratch there, her small, fair hand just so happened to block his view of her neck.ï¼»
The atmosphere between them was strange.
Jiang Xiao had some thoughts about this.
It must be because of what happened last night.
Actually, although he himself didn’t seem too affected, he had been quite embarrassed at the time. But in the end, wasn’t it all because Song Qiuyu wasn’t very bright?
And Sang Tian too.
He frowned slightly and started to fill his cup with water, then squeezed out some of the disposable toothpaste. But just as he squeezed out a bit, he heard Song Qiuyu deliberately cough.
“Jiang Xiao, good morning!”
Song Qiuyu was eager to break the strange atmosphere enveloping them, and awkwardly spoke.
Jiang Xiao’s lips moved slightly. He wanted to say the time for greetings had already passed, but after thinking about it, he just nodded again.
“Did you sleep well last night?”
Song Qiuyu lowered her head, a few strands of black hair slipping from behind her ear and brushing across her face.
She spat the white foam in her mouth into the sink along with some water. The foam left at the corner of her mouth was wiped clean with a dry towel.
“Not bad.”
Jiang Xiao answered and began brushing his teeth as well.
“Oh, then did you have any dreams last night?”
Song Qiuyu bit her lip. You slept well, but I didn’t!
She pretended to ask casually.
“How did you know?”
Jiang Xiao was stunned.
“Of course it’s because…” Song Qiuyu tossed her used disposable toiletries into the trash can, “You talked in your sleep!”
“Sorry if I disturbed you.”
He hadn’t thought he would talk in his sleep, so Jiang Xiao apologized.ï¼»”Talking in your sleep is normal, it’s no big deal.” Song Qiuyu forced herself to remain calm. Compared to talking in his sleep, what he did to her last night was far more shocking.
“Then I…”
Jiang Xiao looked a bit embarrassed.
“You said Xi’er’s cat is really cute!”
Song Qiuyu answered honestly.
Jiang Xiao fell silent.
And the tips of his ears turned red.
“Jiang Xiao, although I don’t know exactly what happened between you and that Xixi,” Song Qiuyu sighed, staring at Jiang Xiao seriously, “But I really miss the sunny and positive you from before, you know? Seeing you like this now, we’re all really worried about you.”
Jiang Xiao said nothing
Song Qiuyu also stopped there, not continuing to persuade him. She always felt that simply compensating him wasn’t enough—some things just had to be said clearly.
Jiang Xiao needed to realize for himself that he couldn’t go on like this.
After that, while the rain had lessened, they called a cab and left the hotel.
In the car, Sang Tian sat in the front passenger seat, using the car’s mirror to observe Song Qiuyu and Jiang Xiao sitting together in the back.
The corners of her lips curled up slightly. She was a bit regretful that, because she got up late, she hadn’t managed to see them still sleeping in bed together.
But there would be plenty more chances.
Naturally, most of their discussion was about the video’s stats, which kept climbing.
After just one night, their followers had already shot up by tens of thousands.
Breaking a hundred thousand was just around the corner.
The mood in the car was lively and cheerful. Song Qiuyu secretly glanced at Jiang Xiao
It seemed that what she said this morning hadn’t had much effect on Jiang Xiao.
Just like that, they made their way back to the dormitory.
The thunderstorm continued for a whole week.
It wasn’t until the day before National Day that the weather finally cleared up completely.
But the storm had brought one benefit: for that week, their classes moved online temporarily, and the time they spent gaming and hanging out in the dormitory multiplied several times over.
It was basically like having a vacation.
602 Dormitory took the chance to shoot another cheerful dormitory skit and posted it online. With their editing and filming experience, this time it took them much less time.
The video was still well received, continuing the popularity of their previous one, and their followers successfully surpassed one hundred thousand.
Jiang Xiao still messaged Shen Xi regularly.
Judging from the emotions in his words, everything seemed normal. Everything appeared to be moving in a good direction.
But Song Qiuyu couldn’t bring herself to smile.