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"Yanyan, do you have any donuts left?"

The night was serene, and the lights in dorm 0819 shone brightly. Xia Qingrou ran to Liu Chaoyan's room that evening, her face grinning.

Liu Chaoyan smiled slightly and pulled out a bag of donuts. "Sister Xia, what's up?"

Xia Qingrou leaned in with a cheerful grin. "Let's chat, it feels like it's been ages since we last talked. Cough, I'm not the type to choose love over friendship, you know!"

Liu Chaoyan covered her mouth and chuckled. "Of course, Sister Xia, you're like our big sister in the team, always looking out for us. How could you choose love over friendship?"

Nipping at a donut, Xia Qingrou licked her lips.

"These donuts are really tasty, I wonder why he just doesn't like them?"

"Are you talking about Shen Mochen?"

"Yeah, it's so weird, he can eat practically anything, but he just refuses to eat donuts, even when I offer them to him!"

"He must have his reasons, and not everyone likes donuts. You shouldn't worry about it, Sister Xia!"

Xia Qingrou nodded and took the cup of water Liu Chaoyan handed her, then fell silent.

The cup wafted a fragrance of expensive tea, and the room's lights shone on the tea, making it glisten.

After a long silence, Xia Qingrou slowly said, "Actually, I've felt it too. Lately, I've been feeling more overwhelmed... I don't know what's wrong with me, why I'm acting like this... It feels like I'm not myself, always doing silly things... and I always want to be near him, I miss him the moment I can't see him..."

Liu Chaoyan calmly consoled, "That's probably what love is—I've heard that lovers in the throes of passion act that way."

"Am I becoming love-struck?" Xia Qingrou suddenly said.

"To be honest, it does seem a bit like it..." Liu Chaoyan smiled wryly.

"Ah, how could this happen..."

Xia Qingrou held her head, emitting an agonized groan.

Liu Chaoyan laughed and consoled her again. "It's okay, you just started dating. It's normal to feel this way."

"In the past, whenever I read novels or watched dramas, I looked down on those who were love-struck... All that mushy love stuff, so cheesy!" Xia Qingrou blushed and complained bitterly, "Ah, I can't believe I turned into this!"

"'For a lifetime, for one generation, just two people, hard to calm in two places.' Love must be something like this," Liu Chaoyan said pensively.

"No, I must act more proper from now on, I can't be love-struck anymore!" Xia Qingrou declared, her cheeks still red as she clenched her fists, "I mustn't let the allure of men confuse me, I can't let stinking men drive a wedge between our sisterhood!"

Liu Chaoyan just chuckled softly, knowing that this reflection was still because of Han Muxue.

Suddenly, Xia Qingrou remembered her own persona, and her earlier words seemed as if she had portrayed herself as an inexperienced person in love. So, she casually scratched her head and pretended to be calm:

"Oh... How strange, when I was dating other guys, I was still very normal!"

"That's probably because Shen Mochen is special; maybe he's the first person you've truly fallen for."

Seeing that the other person hadn't become suspicious, Xia Qingrou barely relaxed and added carefully, "Maybe... Cough, I actually don't know if I really like him... Sigh, I've played around for too long, sometimes I can't even be sure of my own true feelings!"

Liu Chaoyan lightly continued the conversation, "At least from an outsider's perspective, Xia seems to like Shen."

"Ahem, let's not talk about that moron anymore, how have you been with that Zhao Young Master recently?"

"He, well, he's been calling more frequently and even said he wants to take me out for dinner next time I have a vacation..."

Xia Qingrou giggled and raised her eyebrows, "Is it because a super handsome guy moved in here that he's feeling threatened?"

Liu Chaoyan's expression remained calm, seemingly unaffected, "Maybe, Shen is indeed quite handsome."

"Didn't you tell him that he and I are dating?"

"Shen might not want his schoolmates to know about it, so I've just kept quiet. And..." Liu Chaoyan said, blinking mischievously, "don't you think it's good to keep him on his toes a little?"

"Oh—" Xia Qingrou let out a long, strange cry and pushed Liu Chaoyan, teasing, "Yanyan, you're so cunning!"

"But, if Xia has time later, maybe you can ask Shen, and if he agrees, I'll tell him."

Xia Qingrou waved her hand dismissively, "You don't need to ask him, just go ahead and tell your Zhao Young Master!"

Liu Chaoyan tilted her head, "It's better to ask Shen for his opinion just in case he doesn't want it known?"

"What, he wouldn't want people to know?" Xia Qingrou hesitated, then waved her hand, "Don't worry, I'll handle this little matter!"

Whenever she was free, she would also check out the First Middle School forum. Shen Mochen was quite well-known in First Middle School, and one out of every five posts was about him.

Based on this information, Shen Mochen was extremely low-key at First Middle School, never flirting or causing scenes. To stay under the radar, he even had his bangs covering his face for a long period, so no one knew what he looked like.

Xia Qingrou was very pleased with this, thinking a good husband-to-be should have such self-discipline; she wished she was the only one who could see Shen's face.

Unfortunately, Shen eventually got exposed. Although it was against his will, he became the heartthrob of the school and the secret crush of many girls.

Every day, when Xia Qingrou saw posts of girls fantasizing about Shen Mochen, she would get furious. "You vixens, stop fantasizing about my husband!"

"Is my husband someone you can just fantasize about!"

So she was eager for the girls at First Middle School to find out that Shen Mochen was already taken, to stop them from lusting after someone else's husband!

Shen Mochen probably wouldn't mind... No, this isn't something to be ashamed of! Why would he mind!

If he dares to mind, I'll kill this scumbag! Xia Qingrou clenched her fists secretly.

Hearing this, Liu Chaoyan didn't say anything more and just lowered her head to take a sip of tea.

"By the way, these past few days... we've been a bit too noisy, I'm really sorry, we'll try to go out more…" Xia Qingrou took a deep breath, scratching her face awkwardly.

"It's okay," Liu Chaoyan said. "At least Muxue and Xingshuang haven't mentioned anything. Plus, it's dangerous outside, and there aren't other houses nearby..."

We could be outdoors... Xia Qingrou thought.

"Outdoors might have snakes and bugs..." Seeming to sense what Xia Qingrou was thinking, Liu Chaoyan's expression turned a bit solemn as she cautioned.

Xia Qingrou awkwardly scratched the back of her head.

"But, you two really do get along well," Liu Chaoyan suddenly said.