Chapter 123: Oh No, Why Did I End Up Doing What a Girlfriend is Supposed to Do?
Xia Changyu was deeply regretful!
People have different tastes in music. He had long known that Lin Yibai liked that song. A song she often quietly hummed to herself. But it was such an unknown song.
Unless someone really followed the game closely, how would they even know about such a niche fan-made remix?
So really, this wasn’t his fault.
But still, he couldn’t help feeling full of regret. And he remembered clearly what his roommates said, “That’s a song made for a male-female duet, you know!”
When the song ended, just from Lin Yibai’s clear and beautiful voice, he had already won the full approval of everyone in Xia Changyu’s dorm.
“A girl with a voice that pretty probably looks good too, right?” they thought.
Finally, one roommate couldn’t help saying, “She’s not like... some chubby 200-pound girl with a high-pitched voice, right?”
Xia Changyu got mad right away. “Shut up! How could she be a chubby girl with a fake cute voice? I hang out with her all the time, don’t I know how cute she is?”
His roommate gave him a sideways smirk. Then everyone else started laughing and teasing him.
They joked, “If your taste is so good, then how come your last girlfriend was that weird girl Gu Xiaoxue?”
“We’re just worried about you, man! We want what’s best for you!”
They kept pushing. “Just one look! Xia Changyu, ask her to let us see her just once!”
Xia Changyu shook his head. “No way.”
They pressed harder. “Wait, don’t tell us you don’t even have a photo of her! Is this just your one-sided crush? No way! Are you turning into one of those guys who chases without pride?”
A photo? A one-sided crush? Some "hopeless simp" nonsense?
They're all using voice chat right now. The speakers they’re using are worth thousands of yuan!
Did they really think Lin Yibai couldn’t hear them??
Lin Yibai furrowed his pretty eyebrows, hesitated for a moment, and then called out. “Hey! Hey hey hey! Can you guys hear me?”
Half a second later—
Xia Changyu: “Yes, I’m here. What’s up?”
Lin Yibai twirled his bangs around his finger and said, “If they really want to see, then just show them. It’s not like it’s some big secret. If you’re worried about privacy, I give you permission, just show them one picture!”
“That does make sense...”
Lin Yibai asked, “Hmm? From your tone, it sounds like there’s still a problem?”
After hesitating for a long moment, Xia Changyu finally said quietly, “It’s not really a problem… but the thing is… I don’t have any photos of you on my phone!”
Lin Yibai was surprised. “You didn’t secretly take any?”
Xia Changyu answered seriously. “I’m not that kind of guy.”
Lin Yibai smiled slightly and said playfully, “Wow, you’re really such a gentleman, huh? You don’t even dare take a secret photo of the girl you like? Can you still call that ‘liking’ her?”
“N-no... I'm very serious!”
Hearing how awkward and flustered his “love rival” was, Lin Yibai giggled.
“Hehe, I’m just teasing! Of course, it’s good to keep your morals! I mean, it might be okay to take a picture of me, but if your camera accidentally points at some random girl outside, who knows, you might get in big trouble!”
Xia Changyu nodded quickly. “Yes yes yes, you’re totally right.”
Lin Yibai continued, “So, should I just send you a photo now?”
Xia Changyu was overjoyed. “If you can, that would be amazing!”
“Do you want me to pose in any special way? Like a peace sign or something?”
Xia Changyu: “Anything you want!”
“Anything I want?”
You said it!
But... that brings us to a real question. Did Xia Changyu really not have any pictures of Lin Yibai on his phone?
Remember the last time we went to Binhai?
Didn’t we take a bunch of photos in the middle of the night while walking around the streets?
“Wait a minute...” Lin Yibai suddenly had the feeling he’d been tricked!
But… whatever, it didn’t really matter.
The only thing that confused him was why he even agreed to help that annoying rival in the first place. He heard that he wanted to show off a photo of ‘her’ to others, so ‘she’ just went along with it?
Lin Yibai couldn’t figure it out, so he just waved his hand and said, “Ugh, it’s just one picture! No need to overthink it! Don’t stress yourself out for nothing!”
He wasn’t the super shy kind of person either.
He didn’t do pouty lips or flirty expressions in photos. A simple peace sign like (^_^)V was good enough.
He carefully chose a good angle, one that wouldn’t show the boys’ dorm behind him or anything outside.
Then… Click. Send.
On the other side, Xia Changyu’s dorm exploded in cheers.
And sure enough, when they looked at his phone and computer, there were already a bunch of pictures from their last trip to Binhai.
All he wanted was to prove one thing.
“I’ve said it before, even without makeup, she’s still better-looking than those girls who think they’re the prettiest around.”
Also, anyone who takes lots of pictures with their phone knows a basic truth. Phone cameras make you look worse. To put it simply, the picture often doesn’t match how good you look in real life.
For example, if someone’s beauty score is 7 out of 10. A phone might make it look like a 6 or 6.5 if you're lucky.
Xia Changyu pointed at the girl in the photos on his computer and the selfie Lin Yibai just sent, proudly saying, “Honestly, she looks even better in real life than in the pictures.”
One roommate said, “Maybe… it’s dark magic?”
Xia Changyu burst out laughing and bragged even more. “Not gonna lie, this girl doesn’t even know the difference between foundation and skincare cream. Last time, she asked me to help her put on makeup. I personally did her makeup, okay?”
Roommate: “???”
Xia Changyu went on. “I’m telling you, I was totally blown away. She looked insanely beautiful.”
Roommate: “???”
Lin Yibai: “!?”
Come on, brother, your fancy, expensive sound system is still on!
Lin Yibai heard everything, every single word. His first instinct was to feel embarrassed, but then, strangely, he also kind of felt… flattered?
You’re praising me? Well then… I’ll accept it.
What’s next was obvious, it was Xia Changyu’s time to brag.
So Lin Yibai simply ended the voice chat on both sides. But they were still messaging each other.
While Xia Changyu was showing off to his roommates, he secretly sent a message to the girl he liked, “Hey, Baiyi, don’t be mad. I just wanted to brag about you a little and make them super jealous.”
Lin Yibai smiled and typed back, “I’m not mad. Why would I be mad?”
Xia Changyu replied, “But the way you typed that message… it makes me even more nervous.”
Lin Yibai smiled again and wrote, “I’m not like those other girls... I mean, I don’t mind if you brag about me to your friends. If it makes you feel proud, then I think that makes me kind of happy too.”
Wait! Why didn’t he mind?
Wasn’t that the kind of thing a girlfriend would do?
When he realized that, Lin Yibai slapped his smooth, white thigh and shouted. “Darn it! Why did I end up doing something a girlfriend is supposed to do!?”
So by logic, he should have minded, right? But since it’s that annoying rival… well… maybe it’s not such a bad thing.
After all, the message was already sent. And once something is sent, there’s no taking it back.
A man should keep his word!
Take it back? Oops, looks like he “forgot” how to do that.
Too late.
Can’t unsend it anymore.