Tan Yinqing was going on and on in the group chat.
She said: “Just now, she was chatting with someone on her phone, smiling like a flower.”
She said: “I asked her what was going on, and she wouldn’t even give me a straight answer. She could have just said nothing was going on.”
She said: “I don’t know what message she received, but she insisted on going back to her room.”
She said: “She just got home, and not even ten minutes later, she went out again. She even said she wouldn’t be back for dinner.”
She said whatever came to mind.
She said: “She’s been acting more and more secretive lately.”
She said: “Sometimes she looks at me with such a guarded expression.”
She said: “If that’s not a guilty conscience, what is?”
She said: “Why would she have a guilty conscience?”
She said: “Why won’t she tell me?”
She said: “Why is she afraid to tell me?”
She said whatever she dreamed up.
She said: “Could it be that she’s fallen for someone and is afraid to tell me?”
She said: “Could it be someone I would disapprove of at first glance?”
She said: “Oh, I suddenly remembered that one of her friends drove her home late at night before.”
She said: “It couldn’t be that person, could it? That person is so ugly.”
She said: “I’m so done.”
She said: “Wow, no way.”
After saying all this, she sent a sticker: 【Punches through a wall】
Her speech ended, and Chen Jing chimed in: “I don’t think Xingxing would do that.”
Chen Jing: “I still trust Xingxing’s taste.”
Yaoyao also appeared: “I trust Xingxing too.”
Yaoyao: “From what I know of her personality, if she were to find someone, it would be someone especially handsome.”
Yaoyao: “Don’t worry, don’t worry.”
Su Xu asked: “What friend?”
Tan Yinqing answered Su Xu’s question first: “I don’t know, I don’t recognize them. Anyway, they weren’t good-looking, but they were incredibly attentive, even carrying her things and walking her to the door.”
Then she added: “This is so annoying all of a sudden.”
Tan Yinqing: “That girl is a tyrant at home, but is she a love-struck fool when she goes out? How could she be summoned away with just a single word?”
Chen Jing: “Maybe she just wanted to argue with you and didn’t want to tell you.”
Chen Jing: “Being in a relationship isn’t a big deal. I don’t think there’s any need to hide it from you.”
Chen Jing: “And why are you judging our Xingxing like that?”
Chen Jing: “Can’t she just be called out by a friend?”
Chen Jing: “Maybe she’s just going out to have fun with a friend.”
Yaoyao: “Exactly. It’s very possible that nothing is going on. Don’t overthink it.”
Yaoyao: “We laugh when we chat too, right? It’s normal to smile while looking at your phone.”
Tan Yinqing: “That’s true.”
Chen Jing: “You’re being ridiculous. Our Xing hasn’t even done anything yet.”
Chen Jing: “And you’re already picking on her.”
Tan Yinqing: “What! I didn’t say anything bad about her, okay?”
Yaoyao: “You’ve said so much it fills pages, and you claim you didn’t say anything?”
Yaoyao: “Besides, what if the other person is a super handsome guy?”
Tan Yinqing: “Hmph.”
Su Xu: “Does it have to be a super handsome guy?”
Su Xu: “Would anything else be okay?”
Tan Yinqing: “No!”
Tan Yinqing: “Nothing else is okay!”
Tan Yinqing: “I’m done for. Now that I think about it, it would be just as annoying if he were a handsome guy.”
Tan Yinqing: “I’m so mad. What’s a little kid doing falling in love?”
Su Xu: “You’re not letting Xingxing fall in love?”
Chen Jing: “Hello, she’s already 22 years old.”
Chen Jing: “How many relationships had you been in by that age? You tell us.”
Tan Yinqing: “I am me, she is she.”
Tan Yinqing: “Getting into a relationship before even graduating from university. Can’t she focus on her career?”
Yaoyao: “You’re being too controlling, big sister.”
The very Tan Xingwei who was being picked on by her sister was already in a car. Because Su Xu had given her the passcode to her apartment and asked her to take care of the flowers, Tan Xingwei’s heart was filled with contentment.
Lately, happiness was so simple, so easily obtained from Su Xu.
It was three in the afternoon, and traffic was light. It wasn’t too hot outside, and before long, Tan Xingwei arrived at Su Xu’s apartment.
She reported every step to Su Xu. A photo when she reached the residential complex, a photo when she was downstairs, a photo at the door, another photo after opening the door, and a photo of the flowers on the table. It was just that…
Tan Xingwei: “They seem a little dead.”
Tan Xingwei: “What should I do? Change the water or something?”
After Tan Xingwei sent that message, a video call from Su Xu suddenly popped up on her phone.
Tan Xingwei was completely unprepared and hadn’t expected a sudden video call. Just like when she clicked “don’t save” on Weibo a few days ago, she clicked “decline.”
But that was fine, that was good. Tan Xingwei quickly tidied her hair and turned on a small lamp.
After getting ready, she opened her phone again.
Su Xu: “Hmm?”
Su Xu: “Let me see the flowers.”
Tan Xingwei: “…”
Reading too much into it, Tan Xingwei called back with video and flipped the camera.
The other end picked up quickly. The screen flashed, a critical hit of beauty.
Tan Xingwei was completely stunned. “You’re so beautiful.”
Su Xu: “Wipe your drool.”
Tan Xingwei made a slurping sound. “Okay.”
Su Xu: “Where are you?”
Tan Xingwei pouted. “Didn’t you want to see the flowers?”
Su Xu first said, “To see you, this flower,” then she laughed at herself. “Never mind, that’s so cheesy.” She got straight to the point: “Turn it around.”
So cool, I love it.
So Tan Xingwei clicked to flip the camera again. The lighting was good, and Tan Xingwei was also very pretty. She giggled twice at the phone.
Su Xu’s eyes immediately curved into a smile, and she tilted her head slightly. “What’s this? So pretty and so cute.”
Before her own mouth could twist into a goofy grin, Tan Xingwei quickly flipped the camera for a third time. After mumbling a couple of “uh-huhs,” she aimed it at the flowers on the table. “Look at the flowers.”
Su Xu’s eyes curved even more. She drew out her voice and said, “O~kay.”
Tan Xingwei showed Su Xu the flowers from a distance, then up close, showing the flower heads and the stems. “Can they still be saved?”
Su Xu rested her chin on her hand and made a thoughtful sound. “Just throw them away. I’ve had them for a while.” She said, “There are new trash bags in the left cabinet under the coffee table…”
Tan Xingwei was listening intently at first, but Su Xu was just too beautiful. As she listened, she took a screenshot.
“Hmm?” Su Xu suddenly raised an eyebrow in the video.
Tan Xingwei quickly extracted the keywords. “Oh, okay. Remember to throw out the trash when it’s full, and please wash the vase for me. Thank you.”
Su Xu chuckled. “Getting distracted while talking to me?”
Tan Xingwei: “I… I wasn’t. No, I didn’t.”
Su Xu sighed. “Alright, I know. You didn’t want to answer my video call in the first place. I’ve made things difficult for you.”
Tan Xingwei’s voice grew louder. “I really didn’t!” But seeing Su Xu’s feigned look of grievance, Tan Xingwei wanted to laugh. “I hung up before because it was too sudden. I wasn’t ready. Just now, it was because I…”
Su Xu’s hand was still propping up her chin. As she listened to Tan Xingwei, she lifted her chin slightly, her eyes full of interest.
Of course, Tan Xingwei would continue, “You’re just too beautiful, so I took a screenshot.” It was a good thing the camera wasn’t on her right now; she was too embarrassed. “I didn’t miss what you said. I remembered it all.”
Su Xu slowly broke into a smile. “Am I that good-looking?”
Tan Xingwei: “Yes.”
Su Xu: “You’re so well-behaved.”
Tan Xingwei suppressed a smile. “It’s nothing special.”
Tan Xingwei’s face turned red from the teasing.
Time to get down to business. She couldn’t take it anymore.
“I’m going to put the phone down here for a bit, okay? I’m going to deal with the flowers,” Tan Xingwei said.
Su Xu: “Okay, thank you, Little Sister Xingxing.”
Tan Xingwei: “You’re welcome.”
She threw away the old, withered flowers, tied up the trash bag, and then washed the vase.
“Let me buy you new ones,” Tan Xingwei thought for a moment. “I have a friend who owns a flower shop. I can go get some from her right now.”
Su Xu was silent for a moment on the other end. “Tan Yinqing said you took a friend’s car home once, very late.”
The comment was so sudden that Tan Xingwei didn’t quite understand. “Huh? What?”
Su Xu was silent for another half-second. “Nothing.”
After washing the vase, Tan Xingwei figured out what Su Xu was talking about. “Oh, was that during the New Year?”
Su Xu: “I don’t know.”
“That was my classmate’s older brother. I was playing games at her house with a few other classmates that night, and her brother drove all of us home,” Tan Xingwei said, puzzled. “What’s wrong? Why did Tan Yinqing bring that up?”
Su Xu: “She said you seemed very off when you left home today.”
Tan Xingwei instantly felt a pang of guilt. “Ah… and then? What else did she say?”
“She said you were chatting with someone,” Su Xu said, then lowered her gaze and brushed her hair back. “You looked very happy.”
Tan Xingwei burst out laughing. She said in a low voice, “Who else could I be chatting with that would make me so happy?”
Su Xu: “Who?”
Tan Xingwei felt hot. “You.”
Su Xu: “Turn the camera around.”
Tan Xingwei immediately wiped the smile off her face and, yet again, flipped the camera.
But what was the use? The moment her face appeared on screen, she couldn’t hold back her smile.
Business first, business first. Tan Xingwei explained the origin of Tan Yinqing’s comment. “She asked me at home today. Maybe she was unhappy because I wouldn’t let her see my phone.”
Su Xu smiled. “She was quite unhappy.”
“So,” Tan Xingwei’s resolve wavered again, “should I tell her?”
Su Xu gave a half-smile. “Hmm? Tell her what?”
Tan Xingwei was at a loss for words.
Um… uh.
On the other end, Su Xu started laughing. She didn’t make things difficult for Tan Xingwei. “It’s all up to you. If you want to tell her, then go ahead.”
Tan Xingwei asked, “Tell her what?”
Su Xu pursed her lips. “You’ve learned some bad tricks, Tan Xingwei.”
Tan Xingwei felt smug.
Just then, the doorbell suddenly rang. Tan Xingwei froze for a moment and said into the phone, “Big Sister Ah Xu, someone’s here.”
“It’s a delivery,” Su Xu said. “It’s fine, go get the door.”
Su Xu didn’t have the leisure to play games with Tan Xingwei. Once Tan Xingwei brought the items inside and closed the door, Su Xu hung up.
It was cake and milk tea, accompanied by a WeChat message from Su Xu: 「Happy Weekend」
Tan Xingwei took a close-up shot of the cake, then a selfie with it, and posted it grandly on her Moments with the caption Su Xu had used: “Happy Weekend.”
Time to eat.
Halfway through, Tan Yinqing appeared, leaving a completely unrelated comment under her post: 「Come home early」
It really wasn’t Tan Xingwei’s fault for not revealing anything. The background of the cake photo was Su Xu’s sofa. If Tan Yinqing couldn’t recognize Su Xu’s beautiful throw pillows, that was really none of Tan Xingwei’s business.
Xue Fu’s shop wasn’t too close, but not too far either. Just like last time, Tan Xingwei brought snacks and drinks to the shop.
Xue Fu wasn’t very busy today. When Tan Xingwei arrived, she was watching TV with her legs crossed.
And the first thing Xue Fu said when Tan Xingwei walked in was, “Is your male god any good? How can he have the nerve to make a girl buy flowers every single time?”
After saying that, she forcefully threw a sunflower seed shell into the trash can.
Tan Xingwei didn’t know where to begin, so she said, “Let’s eat first.”
Tan Xingwei wasn’t actually in a hurry. Her only tasks for the long night ahead were to bring the flowers to Su Xu’s place, arrange them, and then go home. Just those two things.
But Xue Fu was in a hurry. A very big hurry.
Tan Xingwei had barely taken two bites of her food before Xue Fu had already asked 100 questions, and Tan Xingwei didn’t even have a chance to answer any of them.
Xue Fu finally quieted down because a customer came into the shop.
The customer had shoulder-length hair with choppy ends and was dressed very casually. She looked to be about the same age as Tan Xingwei.
If gaydar was a feeling, bells were ringing in Tan Xingwei’s head.
The girl didn’t sound very experienced. She said she was about to meet a friend and wanted to bring her a bouquet, but she didn’t know what kind would be suitable.
She added that her friend was very quiet, very beautiful, and liked the color orange.
At this point, Xue Fu asked, “Is she your girlfriend?”
The girl shook her head, a little shy. “Not yet.”
Xue Fu nodded. “What’s your budget? I’ll put something together for you.”
By the time Xue Fu was done, half an hour had passed. After the girl left, Xue Fu sat down, declared, “I’m starving,” and started eating.
Tan Xingwei was already full. She thought for a moment and asked, “Was that girl just now a lesbian?”
Xue Fu made a sound of someone who had seen it all before. “Yeah.” She quickly turned to look at Tan Xingwei. “What’s wrong, you don’t like lesbians?”
Tan Xingwei: “…”
“Maybe you just haven’t been around them much,” Xue Fu said. “Everyone’s the same. Girls who like girls and girls who like boys are all the same. You don’t need to find it strange.”
Tan Xingwei: “…”
If one person says it, it’s Tan Yinqing’s problem. If two people say it, Tan Xingwei, don’t you think you need to reflect on yourself?
So Tan Xingwei asked, “You’ve been around a lot of them?”
Xue Fu nodded. “Yeah, plenty of girls come here to buy flowers for their girlfriends. And they’re all so thoughtful. Some of them make me so envious.”
Tan Xingwei said “oh,” then added, “Well, what if I told you that my White Moonlight is also a girl?”
For a second, Xue Fu didn’t register what Tan Xingwei had said. The next second, it clicked, and her head shot up. She first looked at Tan Xingwei suspiciously, trying to determine if she was joking, then frowned as she fell into thought, and finally returned to reality in shock. “You… you’re gay?”
Tan Xingwei was amused. “Yeah.”
“No way…” Xue Fu stared at Tan Xingwei. “You’re not joking with me, are you?”
Tan Xingwei: “Nope.”
Xue Fu: “…”
“I’m so done,” Xue Fu laughed, speechless at herself. “What did I just say to you?”
Then she asked again, “You’re really not lying to me?”
Tan Xingwei: “I don’t make money by lying to you.”
Xue Fu: “Okay.”
At this, Xue Fu gradually sank into her memories. Judging by her expression, she was probably thinking of one thing, then another.
Finally, she snapped out of it and laughed. “So that’s how it is. No wonder.”
Her attitude did a complete one-eighty, and her tone became much gentler. “Since you’re buying flowers for a girl, then that’s fine, that’s fine.”
She added, “I really couldn’t tell. I didn’t see it at all.”
And then, “That’s great, that’s great. A gentle big sister, no less.”
Tan Xingwei: “You were just saying she was stringing me along. And last time, you said she was playing dumb.”
Xue Fu adopted a knowing look. “When a girl acts like that, she’s giving you a chance. If she didn’t like you, would she act like this?”
Tan Xingwei had been enjoying the fun of retorting to Xue Fu, but this sentence silenced her. Her whole aura weakened. “She likes me?”
Xue Fu was amused by Tan Xingwei. “What else?” But then she asked uncertainly, “Is she gay too?”
Tan Xingwei nodded. “Mhm.”
Xue Fu pointed a finger to the sky. “It’s a sure thing.”
Tan Xingwei: “Master, what do you mean by that?”
The master said, “If she were a straight girl, then it might just be pure friendship between besties, which would mean she’s a very nice person. But she’s gay. Does she not know what she’s doing by treating you like this? She’s doing it on purpose.”
Tan Xingwei was secretly thrilled. She picked up her drink. “Master, I toast to you.”
The master closed her eyes and nodded slightly. “Mhm, mhm.”
Knowing that the legendary White Moonlight was a girl, Xue Fu arranged the flowers differently. As she worked, she muttered about how this flower was good, this one was gentle and suited her sister, and this one was passionate and suited the two of them.
Watching Xue Fu’s dedicated back, Tan Xingwei sent Su Xu a progress report: 「My friend is picking out the flowers」
After sending it, she thought for a moment and sent another message: 「My friend just made a bold statement!」
A few minutes later, Su Xu replied: 「What statement?」
Tan Xingwei: 「She said you like me」
After sending it, Tan Xingwei’s heart started to race again.
The reply came quickly, almost instantly.
Su Xu said: 「And what do you think」
Tan Xingwei suppressed a smile. 「I don’t know」
Su Xu: 「You」
Su Xu: 「Don’t know?」
Tan Xingwei smiled even wider. 「Yeah, what about it」
Tan Xingwei: 「I don’t know」
Su Xu sent a sticker: 【Damn it!】
Followed by: 「I have nothing to say to a straight girl」
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