Tan Xingwei laughed out loud at Su Xu’s “straight girl” comment.
This disturbed Xue Fu, who was busy with her flowers. Xue Fu turned to glance at Tan Xingwei, then looked back down and continued snipping away at her flowers. “What’s wrong? What are you laughing at? Let me in on the joke.”
Tan Xingwei composed herself. “Sister said I’m a straight girl.”
See, it was pretty funny. Xue Fu understood immediately and laughed as well.
After laughing, she even joined Su Xu’s side. “She’s right, you do seem pretty straight,” she said, even adding a bit more teasing. “I’ve always seen you as so capable and assertive. How come you turn into such a little girl when it comes to romance? I almost don’t recognize you anymore.”
“We’re not dating yet,” Tan Xingwei said.
“Alright, alright,” she started singing again. “Ambiguity makes one suffer…” She paused for half a second before changing the lyrics, “…makes one enjoy all the sweetness.”
The singing made Tan Xingwei a little embarrassed.
After singing, Xue Fu added, “Be confident. You’re Tan Xingwei.”
Tan Xingwei wasn’t lacking confidence, she was just…
She had simply believed for too long that Su Xu only saw her as a little sister. Even though she could now clearly feel that Su Xu treated her differently, it was still hard to change her mindset all at once.
“Su Xu likes Tan Xingwei.” Those words seemed so strange to her, so unfamiliar.
Su Xu had her skills. She didn’t say she didn’t like her, nor did she say she did. She dangled the hook just enough to keep Tan Xingwei guessing, making her too scared to ask any more questions. If she asked, she’d probably get scolded.
It was getting late. Xue Fu had a “closing time sale” and gave Tan Xingwei a lot of things.
Not only were there flowers for the vase at Su Xu’s place, but she also gave her many small vases with matching little flowers, which would look beautiful anywhere.
Su Xu was also busy that evening, so Tan Xingwei took it upon herself to arrange Xue Fu’s flowers on the shoe cabinet, the TV stand, the balcony, and the dining table.
For each spot, Tan Xingwei took a picture for Su Xu and told her, “They’re all so beautiful, and they have a faint fragrance.”
Tan Xingwei: “Your place smells so nice now.”
Tan Xingwei: “Xue Fu told me how to care for each type of flower.”
Tan Xingwei: “But I’m not going to tell you.”
Tan Xingwei: “So what should we do? I guess I’ll just have to come over and take care of them.”
Tan Xingwei: “While Big Sister Ah Xu is away, I’ll take good care of the house for you.”
After sending these messages, Tan Xingwei was very pleased with herself. Wow, who wouldn’t see this and say, “Tan Xingwei, you’re such a flirt.”
Feeling smug, Tan Xingwei took a taxi home.
Halfway through the ride, Su Xu replied. She said, “Then I’ll have to trouble Little Sister Xingxing.”
It wasn’t much, but Tan Xingwei smiled instantly. “Okay, okay.”
This back-and-forth made it quite late. When she got home, the living room was almost exactly as she had left it. Even Tan Yinqing’s posture on the sofa hadn’t changed.
After Tan Xingwei entered, Tan Yinqing stared at her all the way from the entryway to the bathroom door.
Tan Xingwei was naturally confused. She took half a step back and turned to look at Tan Yinqing. “What?”
Only then did Tan Yinqing retract her gaze. “What were you doing tonight?”
If you hadn’t asked, it would have been fine.
Tan Xingwei turned to face Tan Yinqing, her arms crossed. “What did you say about me to Big Sister Ah Xu this time?”
Tan Yinqing: “If you hadn’t done anything, would I have anything to say?”
Tan Xingwei laughed. “Did I do something?”
Of course, Tan Yinqing couldn’t list anything specific. She could only smack her lips in a sarcastic manner, but nothing sarcastic actually came out.
Tan Xingwei copied Tan Yinqing’s expression, smacking her lips.
On Friday nights, people tend to catch the “don’t want to sleep” bug. Even if their biological clocks made their eyes unbearably sleepy, they still wanted to stay up and play on their phones a little longer.
After a few days of letting things settle, Tan Xingwei had recovered and was ready to update her Weibo.
She had learned her lesson this time. She wrote it in her notepad first, then moved it all over once she was done.
However, she was still somewhat affected by last time. What Little X wrote this time was a bit bland. The passionate moments became just a few words in her hands, like compressed biscuits. Plus, she and Su Xu hadn’t seen each other for several days, so she really couldn’t write anything interesting.
The whole post read a bit like a running account, but because she had spent a lot of time on it, Little X couldn’t bear to delete it. After checking it over, she confirmed that this was the best she could do. Then she thought for a moment and added a final sentence to the post, inspired by her feelings.
“Little X seems… to have felt Sister A’s affection.”
This sentence was actually a bit embarrassing, but because it was late at night, and emotions tend to run high in the dead of night, she thought, Su Xu won’t see this anyway, so what’s the harm in writing it?
Select all, copy, open Weibo, tap “new post,” paste, send.
Tan Xingwei opened a bottle of mineral water and took a big gulp, having settled one matter.
The comments came quickly and grew more numerous as time passed. But Tan Xingwei hadn’t expected that for a post she considered so mundane and conversational, everyone’s reaction would be…
“Ahhhh so sweet ahhhh.”
“Waaah you guys are so sweet! What is happening!”
“Waaah I’m crying, this is too sweet. This is what I deserve after slaving away for five days.”
“Ahhhh I knew it, I knew there was major progress.”
“Oh my god, so this is what Sister A is like when she flirts. I’m dying.”
“Sister A is so bold ahhhh, I love it!”
“I’m so jealous of Little X. Where can I find a Sister A like that?”
…
This woke the sleepy Tan Xingwei right up. Even though she had just written it herself, she curiously went back to read it again.
Ah, is it really that sweet? It’s alright, I guess. Hehe.
As the comments rolled in, everyone’s favorite routine began. They all asked in unison: “When are you getting together?”
The readers really knew how to get to Tan Xingwei. Just a few simple comments made her lips curl into a smile.
And so, that night, Tan Xingwei dreamed of Su Xu.
There was absolutely no warning, and they hadn’t discussed anything like it during the day, but she just dreamed it.
In the dream, she and Su Xu… did it.
Hahaha… ahem.
It was just too fast, and the process was very blurry, like swallowing a date whole. There were no details. She just knew what had happened, and just like that, Tan Xingwei woke up.
So hot. Her heart was beating so fast, her breathing heavy.
She lay in bed for a while to recover. Her palms were warm. Just a second ago, she had been touching Su Xu. It was really quite embarrassing.
At this moment, Tan Xingwei was even more dazed than in the dream. She felt that if she kept reliving it, she’d be a goner, so she simply picked up her phone.
The screen showed the time as 6:48. She hadn’t closed Weibo yesterday, and the bottom of the screen was full of yellow unread notifications from Weibo.
Tan Xingwei squinted and opened Weibo first. How interesting, what a coincidence. The top-liked comment this time wasn’t yesterday’s neat queue of “When are you getting together?”
Instead, it was a comment from some netizen at four in the morning: “If that’s the case, does that mean the fanfiction Little Scissors wrote back then is just around the corner?”
Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Combined with her dream, Tan Xingwei’s face turned red hot.
Tan Xingwei stopped looking at her phone, pulled the blanket over her face to calm down, then took a couple of sips of water to calm down some more, and finally turned on the fan.
A few minutes later, the whooshing wind blew away Tan Xingwei’s heat. Drowsiness washed over her, and she fell asleep again.
This time, she slept soundly and dreamlessly. She opened her eyes again because of a knocking at the door, which gave the half-asleep Tan Xingwei a huge fright.
“Awake yet?” After a few knocks, Tan Yinqing opened the door a crack and peeked in.
Tan Xingwei’s morning grumpiness exploded. “What?”
Hearing how full of energy Tan Xingwei’s voice was, Tan Yinqing also raised her voice. “What time is it? Still sleeping.”
Tan Xingwei: “Do you need something?”
Tan Yinqing let out a “ha.” “I sent you a message. Did you see it?”
Tan Xingwei pulled the blanket over her head. “No. What is it?”
Tan Yinqing huffed, said nothing, and closed the door.
Tan Xingwei stayed under the covers for three seconds, then threw them off with a whoosh. Knowing Tan Yinqing, if she was acting this cocky, it had to be good news.
So Tan Xingwei quickly opened her phone and tapped on WeChat. There were messages from Tan Yinqing and Su Xu.
Tan Xingwei read Su Xu’s first. There was only one message: “Little piggy, still not awake?”
Tan Xingwei’s morning grumpiness vanished instantly. She replied to Su Xu with a sticker: 【Awake now】
Then she went to Tan Yinqing’s chat.
Nine o’clock.
Tan Yinqing said: “Want to go to the mountains? Two days, one night.”
Tan Yinqing: “We’re leaving at noon.”
Ten o’clock.
Tan Yinqing: “It’s ten o’clock, piggy.”
Tan Yinqing: “If you don’t wake up soon, we’re not counting you in.”
Ten-thirty.
Tan Yinqing: “Still sleeping. I give up.”
Tan Yinqing: “Don’t you regret it.”
After reading, Tan Xingwei thought it was just okay. Although she usually clamored to join Tan Yinqing and her roommates’ activities, Su Xu wasn’t going this time, so she didn’t care.
So she continued to get out of bed slowly and lazily, brushed her teeth unhurriedly, and then went to the living room unhurriedly.
Tan Yinqing had been sitting properly on the sofa, but when she saw Tan Xingwei come out, she immediately crossed her arms and put on that cocky look.
Tan Xingwei found it funny. She sat down next to Tan Yinqing. “What time are we leaving?”
Tan Yinqing said impatiently, “At :45. We’re going to Haicheng East Station.”
At :45, which was only 15 minutes from now.
“What are we doing at the East Station?” Tan Xingwei was puzzled.
But Tan Yinqing didn’t answer that question. Instead, she asked, “So are you going or not?”
Tan Xingwei felt there must be a reason why Tan Yinqing was still acting so cocky. So she asked, “Who’s all going this afternoon?”
Tan Yinqing, looking like she had her completely figured out, held out her hand and ticked off the names on her fingers. “Me, Chen Jing, Yaoyao,” she paused, then added, “Ah Xu.”
Tan Xingwei sat up straight. “Huh? Big Sister Ah Xu is going too?” Her brain couldn’t quite process it. “Isn’t she in Tancheng?”
Tan Yinqing was also confused. “How did you know she went to Tancheng?”
Tan Xingwei said without thinking, “You told me.”
Tan Yinqing grew even more confused, but she didn’t seem sure if she had said it or not, so she dropped it. “She’s coming back early,” she said, her cocky attitude returning. “So are you going or not?”
Only then did Tan Xingwei realize why Tan Yinqing was acting this way, and why she was going to the East Station.
Fine. The ridiculous one was Tan Xingwei.
“Sis~” Tan Xingwei immediately linked her arm with Tan Yinqing’s, acting clingy. “Take me with you, I want to go~”
Tan Yinqing: “Ha.”
Tan Xingwei leaned on Tan Yinqing’s shoulder. “Sis, you’re the best, sis.”
Tan Yinqing: “…I give up,” she said. “We already counted you in. I knew you’d want to go.”
Tan Xingwei beamed. “You’re my real sister.”
Tan Yinqing almost laughed. “What else would I be?” she said. “Are you going to wait at home or come with me to the station to pick up Ah Xu?”
Of course, Tan Xingwei said, “To the station.”
Tan Yinqing: “Go change your clothes.”
“Alrighty,” Tan Xingwei suddenly felt a sense of urgency. She quickly stood up but also asked, “Do I have time to put on makeup?”
Tan Yinqing rolled her eyes at her. “Who are you putting on makeup for? Just change your clothes and let’s go, your Big Sister Ah Xu is arriving soon,” she added. “If you want to do your makeup, then wait at home. I’ll go pick her up myself.”
Tan Xingwei immediately put on a playful grin. “No makeup, no makeup. I want to go pick her up.”
Tan Yinqing only gave Tan Xingwei ten minutes to pack everything she needed for the night. Tan Xingwei could only pack whatever came to mind.
She came out pulling a small suitcase, startling Tan Yinqing, who had only brought a backpack.
“Why do you have so much stuff?” Tan Yinqing complained.
Tan Xingwei: “What do you know.”
Tan Yinqing: “Yes, yes, Princess Tan.”
And so, Princess Tan and Princess Tan’s sister went out.
From the moment she woke up until she was in the car, Tan Xingwei felt like she was in a dream. How was she suddenly going on a trip? How was Su Xu back? How was she going to see Su Xu in just a moment?
Of course, someone soon revealed the mystery. On the way to the station, Tan Yinqing explained everything bit by bit. She said they had also decided on this activity spontaneously this morning. The reason for the decision was that Su Xu’s work had finished early, and she no longer needed to go to Huicheng. Coincidentally, Huicheng and Haicheng were on the same line, so she could come back directly.
And while Tan Xingwei was sleeping, everyone had already arranged everything. Chen Jing and Yaoyao went shopping, and Tan Yinqing would be the driver this time, first driving to the station to pick up Su Xu, then picking up the two shoppers.
“Then why didn’t you come wake me up earlier?” Tan Xingwei said after hearing the explanation.
Tan Yinqing didn’t even think about it. “Complain one more time and I’ll throw you out of the car.”
Tan Xingwei immediately started laughing. “Not complaining, not complaining.”
“One more thing,” Tan Yinqing added. “Your Big Sister Ah Xu’s ‘that person’ might be coming too.”
Tan Xingwei had just been about to grab her phone but instantly put it down. “Huh?”
Tan Yinqing adopted a lecturing tone. “So you need to be more careful today. Don’t be disrespectful and annoy people. Don’t follow Ah Xu around all the time. When she arrives, you have to call her ‘sister,’ you know? And don’t keep staring at her just because you’re curious.”
Tan Xingwei gave a half-smile. “Did Big Sister Ah Xu say that person was coming?”
Tan Yinqing: “She said it’s not certain. She went to ask, but they haven’t said if they’re coming or not.”
At that, Tan Xingwei seemed to understand.
A certain someone was still being very quiet.
She likes to play games.
Fine.
Tan Xingwei opened WeChat and sent a message to Su Xu: “What’s the meaning of this, sister? Not saying anything?”
Su Xu was indeed doing it on purpose. She replied instantly: “We’ll talk when we meet.”
Wow. Tan Xingwei felt she had become so smart, so good at this push-and-pull.
Tan Xingwei: “How could you be like this?”
Su Xu: “I’m bad.”
Because Tan Yinqing was sitting right next to her, Tan Xingwei could only pinch her own cheeks.
Although it was true that they were delayed by a few minutes because of her, Tan Xingwei still blamed Tan Yinqing for the bad timing. They were just a little too late, and Tan Xingwei missed her chance to meet Su Xu at the station exit.
The two met in a crowded walkway. They saw each other at almost the exact same moment.
Having not seen her for a few days, Tan Xingwei was a little shy. She didn’t dare to look at Su Xu as she walked over quickly. When she reached her, she snatched the suitcase from Su Xu’s hand without room for negotiation and refused to walk side-by-side, insisting on following one step behind her.
Su Xu didn’t say much, just smiled and went along with whatever Tan Xingwei wanted.
The parking lot was bustling today, and Tan Yinqing’s car was parked quite far away. They walked one behind the other without saying a word, arriving quietly at the car.
“You get in the car, I’ll put the luggage away,” Tan Xingwei said when they reached the car.
Su Xu: “I thought you weren’t going to talk to me anymore.”
Tan Xingwei huffed.
After a moment.
Tan Xingwei: “Why are you still following me? Get in the car.”
Su Xu: “I won’t.”
Tan Xingwei scrunched her nose at Su Xu.
Whatever she wants.
So Su Xu followed Tan Xingwei to the back. She stood beside her, watching as Tan Xingwei opened the trunk and put her suitcase inside.
“Tan Xingxing.”
Just as Tan Xingwei raised her hand to close the trunk, Su Xu called out to her.
Her voice was very soft.
Tan Xingwei turned her head. “Hm?”
Just then, Su Xu tilted her body, leaned in, and planted a kiss on Tan Xingwei’s lips.
Tan Xingwei gasped and quickly covered her mouth.
Her eyes widened in astonishment. The Su Xu before her was wearing a triumphant smile.
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