Song Qiuyu wasn’t quite ready to sleep yet, but unable to resist the good intentions of her three roommates, she finally obediently climbed into bed.
After lying down, she pulled the bed curtain closed, sat up on the bed, and opened QQ on her phone.
Of course, she had already carefully logged out of QQ on her computer beforehand.
Then, cautiously peeking past the bed curtain toward Jiang Xiao’s direction, she switched to Shen Xi’s account.
Just the daily routine task.
［Jiang Xiao］: Xi’er, our first business order has been filmed and edited, and sent to Party A. Once Party A approves, it can be uploaded to the site. Song Qiuyu and the others are really looking forward to more business orders in the future. I’m looking forward to it too. At such an important moment, I really want to witness it together with you. After this period of training, my acting sense and filming skills have improved quite a bit. If you see this, you should be unable to help but praise me. Xi’er, I want my reward, just like three years ago—praise me…
“Mm…”
Song Qiuyu scratched her face.
She had to admit, Haki Xiao’s little essays were gradually becoming normal again.
No, rather… they seemed to have reverted back to the way they were before their reunion, like a program she had been modifying for a long time suddenly reset back to its old version.
But somehow, there seemed to be some subtle changes!
Jiang Xiao must be paying more attention to short videos now. He was becoming more positive, eager to step out into the world!
Thinking this, Song Qiuyu clenched her hands tightly, and an involuntary bright smile spread across her face.
Everything was getting better and better.
But then again, what exactly did that reward mean? Praise should mean verbal praise, right?
If that’s all it was, then she could just take any chance to praise him and try complimenting him a few more times.
One small hand propped up her slightly drooping face, her expression somewhat complicated.
Anyway, she couldn’t give him praise in any other sense.
Once she successfully pulled this guy out of the gloom, he probably wouldn’t send messages to Shen Xi anymore, and then she could just delete that account.
Thus letting the fictional Shen Xi disappear cleanly from the world.
Only, imagining that scene, she suddenly felt a little uneasy, as if a part of her heart was left empty.
Maybe it was because she had gotten used to checking Jiang Xiao’s messages every day during this time.
If one day she suddenly stopped, she definitely wouldn’t be used to it!
With that thought, Song Qiuyu switched back to her own account, closed her phone, lay down, and closed her eyes, drifting toward sleep.
Meanwhile, under the bed, Jiang Xiao continued sorting through private messages, blacklisting all the accounts that sent malicious harassment.
Besides the malicious messages, there were some rather abstract questions.
For example, “How was your experience using this set? If possible, I’m thinking about buying it to try.”
Jiang Xiao hesitated before replying.
That question was a bit tricky.
Regarding the product quality of Party A’s merchandise, as promoters, they were supposed to say good things.
But this wasn’t something like facial cleanser or an electric toothbrush or a shoulder massager they could personally test and then share their experience.
Among all of them, none had even used Party A’s Couple Umbrella, let alone had girlfriends…
He had Shen Xi as a girlfriend once, but…
So, he couldn’t really answer that question.
Beside him, Xie Zhuran and Lin An exchanged glances, the three sharing a look full of virgin despair.
“In this case, we can only trust Party A, then reply with ‘Everyone who’s used it says it’s great,’ right?” Xie Zhuran pondered quietly.
“That’s right. Since we’re responsible for selling it, naturally we have to praise it wholeheartedly without worrying too much. Go ahead, Lao Ji! After all, this brand isn’t small and is quite common on the market, so at least it’s guaranteed to be safe.”
Lin An also lowered his voice as he said this.
Jiang Xiao frowned slightly, feeling their words made some sense, so, as Xie Zhuran suggested, he sent the reply.
After handling related private messages, he quickly moved on and soon encountered a strange account.
The user had sent a photo.
In the photo was Song Qiuyu cosplaying Keqing while working part-time at a scenic area during the National Day Holiday.
The account’s user seemed even worse at photography than Jiang Xiao. Compared to the real Song Qiuyu, the photo was off by more than just a little.
Along with the photo was this message:
“I’m a photographer. May I ask if the coser in this photo is Teacher Lemon yourself?”
Jiang Xiao frowned again after reading, a fleeting expression of being lost in memory crossing his face.
In his memory, when Song Qiuyu worked part-time, there were countless people surrounding her to take photos.
He didn’t know who took this picture, but after looking at it for a while, his gaze involuntarily shifted to a small area of Song Qiuyu’s body.
In the photo, Song Qiuyu was still wearing the Keqing Cosplay Costume, so underneath, she should have been wearing women’s close-fitting underwear.
The memory of the white cloth found earlier in the bathroom suddenly awakened in his mind.
His sense of smell and touch involuntarily recalled the feeling.
Knowing full well that what he was doing was extremely perverted and disgusting, the only thing he could do was hastily cut off the recollection the moment he realized what he was doing.
He didn’t know what was wrong with him.
Only one thing seemed increasingly clear.
He seemed not to reject Song Qiuyu—not even the things on her body, not even her intimate clothing.
To put it crudely, his body wanted to fuck Song Qiuyu…
Jiang Xiao’s mouth twitched twice as he deeply inhaled, expelling the perverse thoughts from his body.
Maybe it was because Shen Xi had been gone for too long, and now someone a little like her appeared, and he turned into this.
Maybe he should consider seeing a psychologist.
If this continued, if one day he really couldn’t resist making a move on Song Qiuyu, it would be over.
This was no longer just his own problem.
He would hurt Song Qiuyu.
He wrestled with these thoughts, troubled, but as a result, he faced the direction of his desires more clearly.
Since their reunion, Song Qiuyu’s every little effort toward him deepened his inner guilt.
Now, thinking about it, Song Qiuyu was full of vulnerabilities all over. He suddenly felt a bit afraid of her giving personality.
Afraid that if she discovered his true feelings, she would choose to continue caring for him, submit to him just to avoid hurting him.
That would be even more devastating than outright rejection and disgust.
But despite the disgust, he also harbored some faint hope…
Jiang Xiao’s mood was extremely complicated. Clenching the mouse tightly, he looked at the girl in the photo, his eyes filled with confusion.
“I knew it. Those days when Lao Song was taking pictures of her every day, there’d eventually be trouble. Just as I thought!” Xie Zhuran’s voice chattered nearby.
“But the other side might be a professional photographer. Maybe we’ll get another business order, or even a partnership?”
Lin An’s voice was full of anticipation.
“That’s true. Lao Jiang, what’s wrong? Why are you frozen? Quickly reply to him!” Xie Zhuran shot a suspicious look at Jiang Xiao.
Jiang Xiao nodded lightly. It wasn’t really private information anyway. Since Song Qiuyu allowed photos during work, he definitely replied affirmatively.
The other side replied quickly.
［Aider］: Amazing! I’ve been searching for someone as beautiful as Teacher Lemon. Could I have your private contact info? Maybe we could collaborate on shoots in the future?
Faced with such enthusiasm, Jiang Xiao didn’t reply immediately. The people beside him had already picked up their phones and started searching Aider’s name online.
After all, this was an officially verified account.
Not knowing was one thing, but once they saw it, they were shocked. This was a big blogger with over a million fans—truly a professional photographer.
So shocked, Xie Zhuran nearly dropped his phone.
“Lao Song, you really are our lucky star!” Xie Zhuran exclaimed.
“But Qiuyu is already asleep. Such an important matter, better wait till she wakes up tomorrow to discuss.”
Lin An thought for a moment and said.
“That makes sense.”
Xie Zhuran gradually recovered from his initial shock.
Jiang Xiao truthfully replied to the photographer and, after getting a response, immediately moved on to other messages.
After finishing, he left the remaining work to Xie Zhuran and Lin An, then climbed into his own bed.
It was already very late.
But no matter what, he couldn’t fall asleep. Soon, the other two roommates finished up and went to rest.
The whole dormitory fell completely silent, but he still felt no drowsiness. His mind kept replaying the events from the National Day Holiday.
The rumors and misunderstandings from others about him always accompanying Song Qiuyu to work were like a nightmare, haunting him.
Even people online thought they were a couple.
Why had things turned out like this…
He picked up his phone, opened QQ, and looked at Song Qiuyu’s avatar and chat window.
After a breath, QQ suddenly popped up a reminder.
Song Qiuyu’s birthday reminder.
Three days left—her birthday was just three days away.
Jiang Xiao froze for a moment.
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The next day.
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