Chapter 243: Pull Up Your Pants and Get Out of Here
Was everything... finally over?
The warm water washed away all the coldness and cleaned off all the dirt from Lin Yibai’s body.
She still couldn’t believe what had happened tonight. She was the one who took the first step and gave herself away? It didn’t feel the way she had imagined.
Lin Yibai thought she would be shy and that everything would end in a weird, awkward mess.
But it didn’t. Instead, she found herself in a very embarrassing situation now.
Maybe it was because her body hadn’t fully matured yet, so she still looked cold and expressionless. She had worried that choosing “double the pleasure” back then would make her lose herself in this kind of thing!
Looking back now, Lin Yibai thought, “Maybe that choice has long-term effects. If I really wanted to be with a guy earlier, I should’ve chosen to be a deeper part. But… would that really have made a difference?”
She shook her head and sighed.
Even if she had become a “deep” woman, so what?
If she couldn’t truly feel the same way other girls do, wasn’t she just like a soft, stuffed toy. A doll that’s alive but without real feelings?
At the very least, Lin Yibai didn’t want to become the kind of woman who gets used by someone and feels nothing. That was all.
The sound of hot water kept splashing in the bathroom. Only when it turned from burning hot to just lukewarm did Lin Yibai realize… maybe it was time to come out.
“Sigh~”
She let out a soft sigh.
This time, she finally put on her clothes properly.
The gray-and-white pajamas covered her curves but couldn’t hide her beauty.
When she walked out of the bathroom again, Xia Changyu had already cleaned everything up. His belt was back around his waist, though his pants, now missing a button, hung loosely and made him look messy and, frankly, kind of creepy.
The silk blanket had been flipped over and placed neatly on Lin Yibai’s bed. Xia Changyu looked a bit awkward and said,
“It’s already so late, and I can’t go out and buy you a new blanket… So, I guess let’s just make do with this one for the night.”
Then, Lin Yibai suddenly asked Xia Changyu to take off his pants again, which startled him.
Wait! Was there going to be more?
Xia Changyu’s voice shook a little as he swallowed nervously. His heart was racing as he asked, “B-Baiyi?”
Lin Yibai rolled her eyes at him and said, “The button on your pants came off. Take them off. I’ll sew it back on for you.”
Oh. So it was just for sewing the button?
Honestly... a little disappointing.
But Xia Changyu still did as he was told and quietly took off his pants. He looked around shyly, like he wanted to hide somewhere.
Seeing him like that made it hard not to laugh. Lin Yibai couldn’t help but mock him.
“That’s funny. You weren’t acting all shy under the blanket earlier! And now you’re pretending to be some kind of gentleman? What, are you saying I forced you or something? That red mark on my chest, I wonder who's giving hickeys while repeatedly saying 'I love you'? Hmph!”
She really hated guys like him, acting all eager before, and now pretending to be innocent.
Lin Yibai picked up the fallen button and began to sew it back on.
She even added extra stitching to make it stronger, so it wouldn't fall off again, especially not for another girl!
Xia Changyu couldn’t help but say, “I didn’t expect you to be good at sewing too?”
Lin Yibai replied, “Boys who can sew… well, I mean, girls who can sew, isn’t that just normal? We’re not like rich kids like you who just throw clothes away when they break.”
To be honest, some guys are actually pretty good at sewing. Since boys are usually more active and playful, their clothes often get damaged faster. If their parents are busy, they sometimes sew things themselves.
In college, the physical training during military drills is even more intense.
Back then, Lin Yibai ended up doing all the sewing for her dormmates.
(Who says guys can’t sew? The author once fixed the crotch of every pair of pants in his dorm!)
She didn’t feel like talking anymore. Lin Yibai handed the pants back and urged him, “Alright, alright, now hurry up and go! Hmph!!”
Xia Changyu scratched his head and said reluctantly, “Ah… You really want me to leave now?”
Lin Yibai shrugged and sighed, “What else do you expect? Do you want to spend the night here or something?”
Xia Changyu asked, “Really? Can I stay?”
Lin Yibai gritted her teeth and pretended to be angry, “Don’t push your luck!”
Only then did Xia Changyu wave his hands quickly and say with an awkward smile, “No, no, I was just joking! I’ll go now.”
Xia Changyu had already gained a lot tonight. He knew that he can't rush things in life.
You can’t eat a whole meal in one bite, or think you’ve completely won a girl over with just one move.
Even though they were officially a couple now, he still needed to be careful and respectful. He shouldn't act with just his lower body in mind, or behave like a clown who's always grinning and joking.
Lin Yibai got up to walk him out.
Creak~
Just as she opened the door, the door next to hers also opened.
The girl next door, the one who seemed to have a crush on Xia Changyu, her name was something like Zheng Siyen. She didn’t look very happy at the moment… after all, she had probably listened to those sounds all night long?
Zheng Siyen forced a smile and said, “Oh? What a coincidence!”
Lin Yibai replied calmly, “Yes, a real coincidence.”
Zheng Siyen glanced at both of them and curiously asked, “Where are you two headed?”
Lin Yibai immediately put on a look of satisfaction, with a rosy, glowing face, and said, “Oh, nothing much. My boyfriend is heading home, I’m just walking him out. What about you?”
The way she looked gave people the wrong idea.
That satisfied expression and blushing cheeks... people would easily assume she had just been thoroughly “taken care of.”
Since they were neighbors, Zheng Siyen knew how intense the "battle" had been.
It lasted quite a while, solid rounds of ten to twenty minutes, not the kind of one-minute nonsense where someone just switches positions seven or eight times.
She gave Xia Changyu a long look and thought to herself, ‘Wow... he’s really strong.’
Zheng Siyen replied, “Oh, oh~ I… I was just going downstairs to throw out the trash.”
It was still lightly raining outside.
Since Lin Yibai was only wearing pajamas, she didn’t go all the way down.
But as she turned around, she noticed Zheng Siyen was still standing there, watching her.
Lin Yibai raised an eyebrow, then gently rubbed her stomach and started walking in a wobbly way.
By now, Xia Changyu had already walked almost out of the apartment area. When he looked back and saw this scene, he felt extremely proud and laughed out loud.
“Did you see that? That’s the kind of girlfriend I like, she really gave me face today!”
He knew exactly how fake and two-faced Zheng Siyen could be. And Lin Yibai’s behavior was a warning to her, making it very clear how wild things had gotten between them earlier.
Otherwise, why would a girl have a stomachache?
Why would she walk unsteadily?
You’re saying nothing happened between them?
Who would believe that?
They had obviously already looked like… well, you know.