by Dragon King
Tears slid down Xie Yujia’s face as she held the hot coffee in her hand quietly.
642 Fierce Competition
“Senior Sister… Can I sit here?”
While Xie Yujia wiped the tears with her fingertip, she heard a gentle voice beside her.
She slightly turned and saw Xu Ke, who was in first-year, sitting down in front of her with a smile on his face and a cup of coffee in his hand.
The rain got a little heavier outside, and there were still very few customers in the shop. With so many empty seats around them, Xu Ke still picked the seat opposite to Xie Yujia.
“What’s the matter, Senior Sister? Are you upset about something?” Xu Ke stirred his coffee with a little golden spoon and asked sincerely.
Xie Yujia looked at him and realized that she started crying while she was having her coffee. She was a bit embarrassed.
“I’m alright.” Xie Yujia slightly shook her head. Then, she pushed herself up from the table to stand.
“Senior Sister, you seem to be afraid of me. Why don’t you sit for a bit longer?” Xu Ke stirred his coffee while looking up at Xie Yujia innocently.
Xie Yujia thought for a little, looked at him, and slowly sat back down.
Xu Ke seemed to be here for Hao Ren. Xie Yujia felt a bit wronged, but she didn’t want to leave just like that since she was concerned about Hao Ren.
“Waiter, another cup of cappuccino please.” Xie Ke turned around and waved. Then, he smiled at Xie Yujia and said, “It’s on me, Senior Sister.”
“That’s ok. Let me pay for it myself.” Seeing the waiter bringing the coffee, Xie Yujia took out her money and handed it to him.
Xu Ke looked at Xie Yujia and smile. He didn’t insist on paying.
Hua… The rain got a bit heavier.
“Senior Sister, you are beautiful.” Xu Ke stared at Xie Yujia for a few seconds as he narrowed his eyes and smiled.
He looked exactly like a freshman who just got out of high school, innocent and excited.
Xie Yujia looked at him and asked after a few seconds of silence, “You are from the metal-elemental dragon clan, right?”
“Yes. Senior Sister, you are cultivating a human technique,” Xu Ke said.
“I don’t know what history you and Hao Ren have, but you are probably here for him, right?” Xie Yujia asked.
Xie Yujia was a bit discouraged as she spoke. Hao Ren didn’t mention much about Xu Ke to her. It seemed like he didn’t tell her a lot of things, and she was always worrying about nothing.
“My master is very interested in one of Senior Brother Hao’s techniques, so he wants me to borrow it.” Xu Ke sipped his coffee and said slowly.
“What if Hao Ren won’t lend it to you?” Xie Yujia asked.
“With my master’s bad temper, he might just kill him,” Xu Ke took another sip and said calmly.
Xie Yujia opened her eyes wide and looked at him in alarm.
She was wearing a colorful knitted sweater, and she was sitting in front of the grey window. In this scene, she seemed mature and beautiful. Even her surprised look was cute.
“Can I pursue you, Senior Sister?” Xu Ke suddenly asked.
Xie Yujia was almost at the same level of popularity as the Lu sisters, so many guys at school started to notice this beautiful but quiet girl. However, no one dared do anything since she was Hao Ren’s girlfriend.
Xie Yujia was stunned after she heard that.
“Senior Brother Hao doesn’t seem to treasure you very much,” Xu Ke continued.
This remark suddenly got to Xie Yujia’s heart. She gritted her teeth and replied, “I don’t need you to tell me anything.”
She seemed a little emotional today, but she still defended and protected Hao Ren when others spoke badly of him.
Hao Ren’s attitude was dubious, and it appeared that Zhao Yanzi had the upper hand.
Xie Yujia found herself to be a little silly. Even Old Grandma, who didn’t care about these things, didn’t think the relationship between Hao Ren and her would work out.
“If Senior Sister gets into trouble one day, it might be me instead of Senior Brother Hao who will protect you,” Xu Ke added.
“I’m not interested in you,” Xie Yujia picked up the umbrella beside her, and she stood up and walked to the door of the cafe.
She planned to poke around for Xu Ke’s information but didn’t expect him to change to such a topic. She got anxious immediately, and she walked toward the dorms in the South in the rain with her umbrella.
Xu Ke looked at Xie Yujia’s beautiful figure through the window, narrowed his eyes, and smiled as he thought, “If Hao Ren doesn’t treasure such a pretty girl, he’ll lose her one day.”
He… was fond of more mature girls like Xie Yujia.
Beep! Beep!
The jade pendant on Xu Ke’s neck made a sound.
“What’s wrong, Master?” Xu Ke asked with his head down.
“The situation in East Ocean is getting more and more complicated. Act soon! Don’t think there’s nothing I can do now that you are not in Taiyi Cave!”
“Relax, Master. I have already figured out a way,” Xu Ke answered in his usual calm manner.
“Humph,” The Taiyi Cave Master didn’t sound convinced. He continued, “One more thing I need to warn you. Do not bother Su Han. I’m nearly sure about her identity now.”
“What is her identity?” Xu Ke asked immediately.
“You don’t need to know that!” The Taiyi Cave Master’s stern voice came out of the jade pendant.
Xu Ke pouted and took a sip of his coffee, making a sound on purpose.
“I’ll give you two weeks to get the Mystic Water Sword Techniques. If not, don’t blame me for being ruthless,” The Taiyi Cave Master threw Xu Ke a warning madly before the jade pendant turned into its usual color.
At this moment, Zhao Yanzi and the Lu sisters looked around in Hao Ren’s dorm curiously.
“You have quite a lot of books!” Zhao Yanzi had her finger near her lips, looking up at Hao Ren’s bookshelf. There were many books, and they were all very thick.
The Lu sisters cleaned Hao Ren’s dorm with smiles on their faces. They hadn’t been here for a while, and Hao Ren’s dorm was as messy as a game room again.
Zhao Jiayi and the other guys weren’t back yet. They might have been stuck somewhere by the sudden heavy rain.
Zhao Yanzi was going to ask Hao Ren to take her to Hongji Square for dinner, but she gave him a break due to the rain. They went to the cafeteria in the dorm building instead. After dinner, the rain suddenly got heavier on their way back.
Zhao Yanzi suggested going to Hao Ren’s dorm to get out of the rain, and Hao Ren had to say yes.
Hua… The rain kept getting heavier. East Ocean City hadn’t seen any rain for a while now. Therefore, the past two days made them feel very refreshed.
The wooden door of the dorm and the glass door to the balcony were both closed. Although it was raining cats and dogs outside, the dorm room was pretty warm.
Zhao Yanzi climbed onto Hao Ren’s upper berth and flipped around the books by his pillow. It looked like she was trying to see if Hao Ren had anything inappropriate.
Hao Ren looked at her and shrugged, finding it very amusing.
When Zhao Yanzi climbed up, her little pink underwear was exposed under her blue uniform skirt, but she had no idea.
“Your bed seems pretty comfortable!” Zhao Yanzi lied on Hao Ren’s blanket to try out the bed.
Hao Ren thought, “Why are you making such a tempting move…”
“Get off; get off!” Hao Ren sighed as he waved at her.
“Are you hiding some dirty books here?” Zhao Yanzi carefully examined Hao Ren’s bed again to see if he were hiding anything inappropriate.
“No!” Hao Ren rolled his eyes.
Zhao Yanzi finally gave up searching; she looked a bit disappointed. She hopped off Hao Ren’s bed directly, and Hao Ren quickly reached out his hands to catch her.
Zhao Yanzi was too energetic to be quiet for even a minute.
The Lu sisters cleaned up Hao Ren’s desk in no time, and they moved on to Zhao Jiayi and the guys’ desks. If this weren’t the male dorm building, and it would be embarrassing to run back and forth from the washroom, they would even wash the dirty clothes Hao Ren left in the basin under Zhao Jiayi’s bed.
This small four-bed dorm room wasn’t enough for Zhao Yanzi to explore. She hopped onto the floor and pulled open the balcony glass door.
The chilly wind from outside blew in a few drops of rain.
Zhao Yanzi stood on the balcony and was stupefied for a bit. Then, she asked Hao Ren with a stern look, “Oh… your dorm building is very far from me?”
From Hao Ren’s dorm balcony, she could clearly see her classroom and dorm!
Hao Ren could easily spy on her every day, yet she had no idea!
“Um…Hao Ren didn’t know how to get out of this. Indeed, he watched Zhao Yanzi do morning exercises here every day. He could also see if she were paying attention in class through her classroom window.
A guy opened his balcony door from Room 304, the room next door. He got out to take his clothes back while he suddenly noticed a pretty little girl in her school uniform only half a meter away from him on the balcony of Room 302. He was suddenly stupefied.
“What are you looking at? Have you not seen a girl before?” Zhao Yanzi shouted
The guy blushed and quickly took his clothes before he went back into the room.
“There’s a storm outside. We can’t get back now!” Zhao Yanzi went back into the room. She touched her wet hair with her hand.
“I’ll take you back…” Hao Ren slightly sighed.
“I think your dorm is pretty nice,” Zhao Yanzi tilted her head and said.
“Um…” Hao Ren also tilted his head to look at her, not knowing what to say. “Are you thinking of staying over?”
“Um.” Zhao Yanzi nodded as she blinked.
Pu…Hao Ren almost had blood coming out of his nose. Although he had heard of girls sleeping over in the guys’ dorm rooms, he had no idea that this kind of thing would happen to him.
“Stop it, Zhou Liren and the guys will be back soon,” Hao Ren said.
His phone rang as soon as he said that.
“Are you at the dorm, Ren? It’s storming now, and we are going to spend the night in the Internet cafe. Cover for us if the dorm manager comes to check our room!” Zhao Jiayi shouted on the other side of the phone.
“Um…” He hung up before Hao Ren could say anything.
Due to the sudden storm, many guys would spend the night out. The dorm building seemed a little empty.
“Linlin and Lili, why don’t you guys stay over here too,” Hao Ren asked the Lu sisters who were still cleaning the floor.
Hao Ren was a bit worried about spending the night alone with Zhao Yanzi in the dorm room, but he realized that it came out wrong as soon as he said it. The Lu sisters laughed before he could put it the right way, “No, Gongzi. We won’t disturb you and Little Zhumu!”
They raised a red energy sphere hand in hand and flew out of the balcony door. It was just a storm, and it would be nothing for Zhao Yanzi.
However, since Little Zhumu was going to attack, they left her the stage.
643 Moved
“You sure… about staying over?” Hao Ren closed the glass door to the balcony after the Lu sisters disappeared in the rain. Then, he slowly turned back and asked Zhao Yanzi.
“Um, I already told my teacher that I am taking the day off to go home.” Zhao Yanzi nodded.
Hao Ren looked at her, realizing that she planned all this.
In fact, Zhao Yanzi wanted to spend today with Hao Ren, but Hao Ren’s dorm room wasn’t her plan A. She was hoping that he would take her to Hongji Square to watch movies all night. According to Ling, the theatre at Hongji Square had special events on Thursdays, and it was only 40-yuan for a couple to pull an all-nighter.
However, the rainy weather messed her plan up. They ran to Hao Ren’s dorm, and she didn’t want to leave. Since she already asked for the absence, she didn’t want to go back to school.
Tomorrow was Friday, and she only had half a day of class before she was going to go home again. This Thursday night appeared to be very precious.
Zhao Yanzi was a little jealous when she saw Hao Ren and Xie Yujia sitting together at the Athletic Games at her school. Hao Ren and Xie Yujia looked like a perfect couple no matter how one saw it. Even Luo Ying, Zhao Yanzi’s class advisor, thought Hao Ren was Xie Yujia’s boyfriend.
“Hu…” Hao Ren breathed out deeply. Zhao Jiayi and the guys were sure not coming back tonight.
Zhao Yanzi really wanted to spend the night in his dorm. Other than the fact that it was against the rules, it wasn’t that big of a deal.
“You can… sleep in my bed then?” Hao Ren looked at Zhao Yanzi and asked.
“Where… would you sleep then?” Zhao Yanzi asked immediately.
This question befuddled Hao Ren suddenly.
He was going to ask Zhao Yanzi to sleep on his upper berth while he took his buddy Zhao Jiayi’s lower berth.
But what Zhao Yanzi is saying mean…
“I am taking the lower berth,” Hao Ren hesitated for a little bit and answered.
“Oh…” Zhao Yanzi pouted with no change of expression.
Some guys were shouting in excitement in the corridor outside. The male dorm buildings were livelier than the female ones.
The atmosphere of Hao Ren’s dorm room suddenly got quiet.
In the past, Room 302 had always been the noisiest dorm room when the guys were here. This was because card games had always taken place in Room 302.
Today, other guys from this room and the guys from the adjacent room all went to the internet cafe. The end of the third-floor corridor appeared to be somewhat quiet.
The room had also been carefully tidied up by the Lu sisters. This gave Hao Ren a wrong impression.
“Is this my own dorm room?” he thought.
“Help me with reviewing,” Zhao Yanzi sat opposite to Hao Ren at the desk and took a pile of materials out of her little bracelet.
Hao Ren looked at her in surprise; he didn’t expect her to bring her reviewing material with her at all.
Zhao Yanzi’s bracelet could store some regular things. However, the space it had was nowhere close to Hao Ren’s necklace.
“Help me with reviewing!” Zhao Yanzi turned and yelled when Hao Ren stood there in silence.
“Oh…” Hao Ren walked over slowly, thinking to himself, “So the reason Zhao Yanzi wants to stay here is that she wants me to help her with her studies…”
Zhao Yanzi only finished half the mock test that Hao Ren gave her last time and never got around to finishing the rest of it. LingZhao Middle School had very high educational quality, and the excessive assignments tactic Hao Ren thought of was sure no news to the teachers.
Zhao Yanzi just entered Grade Nine, and her studies became busier. She had piles after piles of papers to finish, and she nearly had time to do all of them.
She missed the time when Hao Ren tutored her one on one. She also fancied the hand-written questions that Hao Ren wrote for her.
Although Hao Ren’s hand-written format was a bit weird, and some words weren’t very clear, they were all questions he carefully picked out for her.
Hao Ren had done all these questions once before, so Zhao Yanzi could feel his carefulness and patience as she answered these questions.
Zhao Yanzi was very clear about who was good to her and who wasn’t. She knew that there would always be girls who liked humble and gentle guys like Hao Ren.
“Watch me as I do it,” Zhao Yanzi gave Hao Ren another command.
Then, she picked up a ballpoint pen from Hao Ren’s pencil case, took out a blank piece of paper, and started working on the first fill-in-the-blank question.
Hao Ren pulled a chair over and sat beside her as he watched her solve the q
uestion. He overthought Zhao Yanzi’s sleepover at his dorm.
The storm kept going, and the sky became pitch black. However, the small dorm room was very warm.
Hao Ren instructed her through the whole process. He went over each question with her whenever she finished one.
Zhao Yanzi had a ponytail, and she looked very attractive as she did the questions carefully.
Her dark eyes scanned through the questions, and she felt at ease when Hao Ren was beside her.
Pa… The dorm room’s light was suddenly turned off.
It was the light-out time.
Zhao Yanzi stopped her pen in the dark, and Hao Ren picked up the emergency light on his desk and turned it on. There was some light in the room again.
The emergency light was for Zhou Liren and the guys to play cards. Therefore, they would always charge it during the day, so it could last about another hour after the lights went out.
Zhao Yanzi’s face reflected a mysterious light under the hasty light, and she looked cute and exquisite.
“You want some instant noodles?” Hao Ren asked.
“Yes!” Zhao Yanzi curled her little lips and nodded.
Then, Hao Ren took two bags of instant noodles from the desk and made two bowls of noodles with the hot water from the bottle.
Zhao Yanzi rested her chin on her hands and watched Hao Ren; her eyes were shining brightly.
As long as she was with Hao Ren, she was happy even if she had to eat instant noodles.
Hao Ren smiled at her, feeling a little guilty.
“Done!” Zhao Yanzi suddenly lifted her head; she was timing it.
She lifted the cap on her bowl carefully as hot air immediately burst out. She stuck out her tongue and quickly picked up her little plastic fork. It seemed like she got hungry now that it was already midnight.
The two of them sat opposite to each other with a bowl of instant noodle in their hands.
After Zhao Yanzi was done with her own noodles, she started to get some from Hao Ren’s bowl.
Hao Ren was still hungry himself, so he blocked her fork with his fork. However, Zhao Yanzi kept trying.