Before anyone knew it, the sky was beginning to lighten!
Envious of Ling Xuejiu’s devilishly slender figure, Li Mengjie, who originally had a voluptuous and bursting silhouette with very thin calves, had recently begun implementing a diet plan. However, as a result, she wasn’t waking up naturally each morning, but rather from hunger.
After tiptoeing downstairs, Li Mengjie had intended to rummage the fridge for some food. But, as luck would have it, she noticed that Xiao Yun’s bedroom door was not closed. Driven by curiosity, she peeked inside, and her mouth formed an ’O’ in surprise.
It turned out that Xiao Yun, fearing that Leng Xuan would leave, kept his hand in her grasp and didn’t let go even in sleep. Leng Xuan tried several times to pull away, but he didn’t want to wake her up. Gradually, feeling sleepy, he sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard to rest, though he had not fallen asleep. When he suddenly sensed someone approaching and opened his eyes, he saw Li Mengjie wearing a loose cotton cartoon pajama set, her busty chest and two fair, slender, and delicate legs exposed, and a stunned expression on her face. His face flushed red, and just as he was about to explain, Li Mengjie winked mischievously at him, then waved her little hand and walked away.
Leng Xuan knew Li Mengjie must have misunderstood something. He carefully pried Xiao Yun’s hand away and then walked out, unaware that Xiao Yun had already woken up as he turned his back and left.
In the living room, Li Mengjie was rummaging in the refrigerator when Leng Xuan approached and said, "Ahem, you... I..."
Li Mengjie, continuing her search, said, "What’s the matter? Cold Bodyguard?"
Leng Xuan knew she was feigning ignorance, but he was powerless since she had something on him. His face reddening, he said, "Things are not what you think."
"Oh?" Li Mengjie replied without turning her head, "Tell me, Cold Bodyguard, why do you feel the need to explain this to me? Could it be... that you’ve fallen for me, so you’re afraid I might misunderstand..." She paused, finally turning her head to look at Leng Xuan. The dim light in the room before, and her brief glance, hadn’t allowed her to fully take in Leng Xuan’s changes. Now seeing him in his school uniform, her eyes widened in curiosity, as if she’d spotted a UFO, probably thinking, ’How did Leng Xuan get handsomer overnight?’
Leng Xuan broke into a sweat, a multitude of black lines on his forehead thinking, ’This girl’s imagination really knows no bounds.’ He just didn’t want to be misunderstood, but this explanation seemed to have led her to think that he liked her?
Li Mengjie noticed Leng Xuan’s embarrassed face and giggled, "What’s up, Cold Bodyguard, are you embarrassed to tell me? It’s nothing, isn’t it? Our teacher said, ’A fair lady is a gentleman’s darling.’ Someone smart, clever, beautiful, and magnanimous like me, who has both the figure and the looks, and is so elegantly noble, it’d be abnormal if you didn’t like me!"
A fair lady? If she was a lady, surely the term was too commonplace in this world?
Leng Xuan almost fainted—was this girl intentionally teasing him?
He smiled wryly and said, "Anyway, there’s nothing between Xiao Yun and me..."
"Is that so?" Li Mengjie pursed her lips and deliberately put on a jealous tone, "Could it be that there’s something wrong with my eyes? I clearly saw your hand on Xiao Yun’s..."
"Ahem!" Leng Xuan jumped in shock. If these words got out, others would assume that he and Xiao Yun were an item, even if there was nothing between them. Xiao Yun was indeed a pretty girl and to say he didn’t like her would be a bit fake—he did, but that liking didn’t equate to love. He could only see Xiao Yun as a friend, for there was already a girl living in his heart, and it was hard for anyone to displace her from that number one spot. He quickly interrupted Li Mengjie, "Miss Li, could you please keep it down? It doesn’t matter if others misunderstand me, but Xiao Yun..."