Chapter 7: Ugh, My Love Rival Saw Me… I Want to Poke His Eyes Out!
I really want to see how clean the food she left behind was!
By the time Xia Changyu realized what he was thinking, he was a little shocked by his own weird thoughts.
“Xiaoxue, let’s go!”
After paying the bill, Xia Changyu didn’t even bother to look at it. He just wanted to get out of there as fast as possible.
He wasn’t a stingy person, really. But Gu Xiaoxue’s roommates…
They honestly gave Xia Changyu a kind of... well, a mental scar, you could say.
Lin Yibai stayed for a while to help the staff pack the food, then quickly caught up with Xia Changyu and the others.
If nothing unexpected happened next, they were probably heading to the shopping street?
But after leaving the Keke Xili Snack Restaurant, Xia Changyu just wanted to go back to his dorm.
He hesitated for a second, then said, “I’m kind of tired.”
“What, tired?”
“You’re a grown man, how can you say that?”
“If you really liked Xiaoxue, how could you say you're tired now?”
Due to the bad habits formed from being around Lin Yibai, Gu Xiaoxue's roommates expressed their dissatisfaction one after another, acting as if not bringing them and Gu Xiaoxue shopping, then he didn’t truly care about Gu Xiaoxue.
But for Xia Changyu, this wasn’t about money at all anymore. It was about the mental exhaustion, you know?
He took a deep breath, then forced a smile and said, “Shopping is fine… but maybe another day? I’m really just tired today. I want to go rest.”
At this point, Gu Xiaoxue noticed something wasn’t right. After all, not everyone is like Lin Yibai, who would put up with her roommates.
She was afraid Xia Changyu might just walk away for good, so she quickly stepped in to ease the tension.
“Come on, didn’t my Changyu say he’s tired already? He didn’t say no to shopping, just another day, okay?”
“Another day? Well… fine, I guess.”
“He better make it up to us next time! No backing out!”
“I’m already thinking about what to buy, hehe~”
“……”
Looking at Gu Xiaoxue and her roommates smiling so happily, do you think Xia Changyu felt comforted?
Not at all.
In fact, he was already feeling like, ‘Why do I feel so mentally drained and we just started dating today?’
Whatever, time to go.
Xia Changyu was afraid they’d follow him, so he quickly slipped into the crowd. Even a noisy street felt more peaceful than being with them.
Lin Yibai glared at him and followed right away.
“That’s it? That’s the love rival? Hmph.”
She saw everything Xia Changyu did, and snorted with sarcasm.
So weak! He really can’t handle anything!
Now that Lin Yibai was just here to enjoy the fun, if Xia Changyu didn’t go shopping with Gu Xiaoxue and her annoying friends, where would the fun come from?
“Useless guy.”
“I really want to hit him with a hammer.”
“Give me a knife, I’m going to stab his kidney, hmph!” (╬￣皿￣)凸
Lin Yibai couldn’t help but feel angry. Maybe it was because her gaze was so strong, that it was impossible to ignore.
After just crossing one traffic light, Xia Changyu noticed it.
“Huh? Who’s that?”
He was surprised.
All along the way, he felt like someone was staring at him, like he had this weird sense that his kidney was in danger.
Then he looked back and saw Lin Yibai, carrying lots of bags, holding the food she packed from the restaurant.
“Why is she here?”
“Wait… is she following me?”
But as soon as that thought came up, Xia Changyu immediately shook his head and dismissed it.
Was he being too full of himself?
She was such a beautiful girl, and yet he thought she might be following him?
“No way,” Xia Changyu shook his head again and said to himself, “It must be that Xiaoxue’s roommates scared me earlier, and now I’m just overthinking. But still, that girl…”
Out of curiosity, Xia Changyu slowed down his pace.
At the same time, Lin Yibai was startled, she thought her following had been noticed.
No!
She must not get caught in front of her love rival.
So now she had to pretend to be just a passerby, just someone walking in the same direction as Xia Changyu.
Since one of them slowed down and the other kept walking normally, Lin Yibai soon walked past Xia Changyu.
She was in front, and her love rival was behind.
Lin Yibai panicked.
Now the situation had changed. She was the one being followed. She could feel his gaze on her back.
“Is he going to hit me with something?”
“Is he going to stab me in the kidney?”
“Stupid love rival.” Lin Yibai could feel his eyes on her, so she muttered angrily under her breath. “Have you stared long enough? And where exactly are you looking? Want me to poke your eyeballs out?”
You’re wondering what Xia Changyu was staring at?
Well, she was really pretty, and she had a slim and beautiful figure.
She was also wearing short shorts.
Do you know how perfect her legs looked?
How smooth and soft her skin seemed?
And then he looked further up. Xia Changyu had never thought before that a girl’s hips could make his mind wander like this.
And then even higher—
“Whoa…”
This was bad. Really bad.
As Xia Changyu looked at her back, he saw something through her white T-shirt. There was no sign of a bra line.
That could only mean one thing.
“She’s either not wearing one… or just using nipple covers?”
She looked like such a quiet and graceful girl on the outside, but she wasn’t even wearing a bra?
That contrast was intense. The shock hit him hard. And then her little movements seemed to prove his guess.
It was a hot night in Fucheng City, and her white T-shirt was already damp with sweat. Unlike guys’ shirts, hers didn’t just stick flat to her body, it clung to her chest like a wet rag.
He looked around carefully, listened to his surroundings, and then gently pulled the shirt forward to create some space between the fabric and her skin.
“Phew…”
Because she wasn’t wearing a bra, her skin had started to feel sore from the shirt rubbing against it.
Lin Yibai hadn’t expected to change into this form, and it’s not like she could’ve brought a bra with her just in case, right?
So, she wasn’t wearing one. That’s just how it was.
But then something even worse happened. Xia Changyu suddenly came up to walk beside her.
And his eyes… they glanced at her chest.
She really isn’t wearing one, he thought.
Xia Changyu had no idea why he walked up to her like that, just to confirm if she really wasn’t wearing a bra.
But either way, he was starting to regret it.
Because when he looked into her eyes, he seemed to see a bit of anger.
Lin Yibai was totally panicking inside!
“I can’t lose face in front of my love rival. This is about dignity!”
So she quickly crossed her arms over her chest, still holding the packed food for her friends in the other hand.
Then she gave Xia Changyu a sharp glare, as if saying, ‘What are you looking at? Keep staring and I’ll stab your eyes out!’
But she forgot something very important. She wasn’t a guy right now.
So in Xia Changyu’s eyes, her glare and threat looked more like an embarrassed and angry girl.
‘Crap. She probably thinks I’m a pervert now,’ Xia Changyu suddenly panicked.
He wanted to explain himself, but before he could say anything, the girl had already rushed through the school gate like an arrow.
So… she went to the same school. But now she thinks he’s a pervert.