Chapter 261: Touch Her Again and You’re a Dog, Then He Barked Right Away?
Being full every meal versus being full for just one meal.
Lin Yibai still understood the pros and cons of that.
Ever since she turned down the invitations from Zhou Ling and the others, her daily life had gone back to how it used to be. Aside from feeling a bit anxious about still not finding a job, everything else felt great, almost like flying from happiness.
After dinner, as usual, the two of them were getting ready for study time again.
Yes, real studying, but things were still a little… complicated.
There were just too many topics to cover for the civil service exam. Too much information, too many past exam papers.
Lin Yibai seriously doubted if she could learn everything in just one month, and still manage to stand out when 700–800 people were competing for one job?
She could only say, it was harder than climbing to the sky.
Holding a stack of books and practice tests, she headed back to the sofa.
Xia Changyu was already all set up and ready to go. He glanced at her and asked, “Is it really that cold today?”
Lin Yibai was confused. “What do you mean?”
Xia Changyu continued, “It just feels like you’ve been wearing more and more clothes lately. Thicker and thicker too.”
Right away, Lin Yibai flicked him on the forehead and said with a mix of frustration and disbelief.
“What the hell? So the colder it gets, the fewer clothes I’m supposed to wear? The more I wear, the less I should be wearing? What kind of logic is that?”
Xia Changyu patted his chest and said righteously, “Baiyi, you know me. I’m just worried about your health.”
Lin Yibai gave a cold snort and said, “Worried about my health, or about how much of my body you can’t see anymore?”
Xia Changyu: “Both?”
Lin Yibai took a deep breath, set her books aside, and pointed at him.
“Come on. Don’t think I don’t know what kind of dirty little thoughts are going through your head.”
Xia Changyu: “…”
She warned him, “I’m serious. I really want to study tonight. So stop messing with me, got it?”
At that moment, Xia Changyu suddenly felt ashamed.
How did he end up like this?
Thinking all day long about hugging and kissing his girlfriend… It was like he’d crashed into a sea of romance and couldn’t climb out.
But studying was important too.
He swore, no matter what happened tonight, he would stay pure. He would not try anything with her. And if he broke this promise, then he’d be a dog!
The apartment was really small, so even the sofa counted as a study spot.
Actually, Lin Yibai had already gotten used to sitting there, or rather sitting on the person on the sofa?
It was fall, turning into winter, and quite cold. That kind of sitting was warm and cozy.
There were just so many things to memorize for the civil service exam. Lin Yibai opened a new page in her book and started marking the parts she thought were important. Then she analyzed them and quietly repeated them to herself.
It was a pretty good study method.
Just as she was fully focused and studying hard…
Suddenly, a strange tingling feeling shot through her whole body, all the way up to the top of her head.
She didn’t even need to look, she knew someone was up to no good.
She grabbed the guilty hand and said, clearly annoyed, “You just couldn’t wait, could you?”
Xia Changyu: “Huh? Me?”
Wasn’t it himself just moments ago who said, ‘If I touch her again, I’m a dog’?
But seriously… she was just too attractive.
With a stunning girl like this sitting on your lap, was he supposed to act like some old saint from a legend, who stayed calm and untouched?
Xia Changyu was a normal guy. Young and full of energy. Who could resist that?
Well, he couldn’t.
And what about the dog thing?
[Woof!]
[Woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof!]
Was that enough? If not, go ahead and bark again.
Lin Yibai turned back with a pout and whispered, “I get that you probably have… needs or whatever, but can’t you hold back a little? It’s not like it’s impossible to wait.”
Come on, enough is enough!
To stop Xia Changyu from doing anything sneaky again, Lin Yibai grabbed his hand out from under the blanket and lightly bit one of his fingers, gently holding it in her mouth.
Let’s see you try anything now.
He wanted to pull away and quickly said, “Baiyi, don’t do that, my hands are dirty!”
Lin Yibai replied, “I didn’t mind, but now you’re the one saying your hands are dirty?”
Xia Changyu: “No, that’s not what I meant.”
Lin Yibai gave a little snort and asked, “Then what do you mean? Are your hands dirty because of what they touched, or just because they touched me?”
Alright, alright, let’s just say she had a point.
Xia Changyu had no comeback. All he could do was let her focus on studying.
They went back to studying for the civil service exam. Xia Changyu was actually a better student, and when Lin Yibai didn’t understand something, he often helped her, so you could say he was a bit like a tutor and a friend.
That night, nothing else happened.
The next morning, Lin Yibai got up early.
Since she had agreed to help shoot a public awareness campaign against scams, she didn’t let it go to her head or act like a diva just because she was pretty.
No matter how good she looked, she always kept a humble attitude.
Otherwise...
If it was just about looks, couldn’t she easily make more money by dancing around a bit online instead of looking for a job?
But Lin Yibai was always clear about who she was. She quietly said to herself.
“People should know their limits, both the bottom and the top. And for me, the lowest I’ll go will never be using my looks to please strangers online. As for my top goal… how about ‘serving the people’? Is that good enough?”
She hummed a cheerful tune as she got ready. She told her boyfriend that she didn’t need a ride, and just took the bus on her own.
So, why was she in such a good mood?
Serving the people. Isn’t that something to be happy about?
The place she went to was a small local police station in the somewhat remote Taihua District. Their media and publicity department was based there.
Once she arrived, she messaged her contact, and someone soon came to meet her.
In a small meeting room, Lin Yibai asked a bit nervously, “We’re doing a public ad shoot? How does it work? I’ve never done anything like this. Are you sure I’m okay for it?”
The man meeting her was named Li Tong. He smiled and said,
“It’s not really like a video ad or anything. Have you seen those public service posters? You look great on camera, and since you helped stop a scam case, we thought you’d be perfect to take a few photos. We’ll use them for posters and brochures.”
Lin Yibai scratched her head and said, “Oh, I thought we were filming a short video or something!”
Li Tong replied, “Well, the group next door is doing a video, but they hired a local internet celebrity, Miss Xiao Li.”
Lin Yibai: “Ah, I see!”
Li Tong added, “Of course, there’s no discrimination or anything. It’s just that you fit our campaign better.”
Lin Yibai paused, a little curious, “How so? What do you mean?”
Li Tong smiled and said, “We often go to schools to teach kids about the law, right? So we always need posters, or little booklets. And for that, we need someone who looks clean, friendly, photogenic, and ideally has done something related to legal education. That’s you.”
So, is Lin Yibai still jealous of the influencer filming next door?
Not at all! She wouldn’t trade places even for ten thousand yuan!
In fact, she didn’t even care about the payment anymore.
She said they could just use the money to print more booklets and hand them out to the kids, to help teach them about the law.
Because this kind of thing, even though it’s quiet and behind the scenes, it has a really powerful effect.