"Right, one more thing. Once Pei Wen finishes up his business, Uncle Shen might need to find us someone else to help out. So, let's try to get these initial tasks done quickly. When that person arrives, we can just have them run errands for us." Qiu Xi remembered what Shen Yingjun had mentioned before, to which she had agreed.
Liang Yunfei nodded. "Okay!" She understood; after all, the two of them still had their studies to manage, and it would be good to have someone to assist with certain matters.
"Alright, then that's settled for now. We'll discuss specifics later."
"Send me a copy of that proposal later, and I'll help you revise it." Qiu Xi was considerate enough to share the burden with her partner. Otherwise, if her partner collapsed from exhaustion later, it would ultimately be her own downfall.
"Okay, I'll send it now."
"Mhm."
...
"Xiao Xi~ Xiao Feifei~"
"We're back~"
Just as Qiu Xi finished tidying up and was about to take a bath, Shen Yan and Song Daiyao returned.
"Yo~"
"Looking so lovey-dovey, did you two ditch your boyfriends and go out together?" Liang Yunfei teased, sitting on the bed, unable to hide the smile on her face.
"That's impossible!"
"Yan Yan and I bumped into each other at the stairwell and came back together." The naive Song Daiyao hadn't quite grasped the situation yet.
Liang Yunfei smiled and raised an eyebrow. "Oh~"
"..."
"No!"
"Xiao Feifei! Why are you acting so weird?" Song Daiyao looked up at the gossipy Liang Yunfei and asked directly.
"You'll have to ask the person next to you~"
"The person next to me? Yan Yan?" Song Daiyao turned. "Yan Yan, what did you do?"
"..."
Shen Yan knew she couldn't keep it a secret, but she hadn't expected Daiyao to be so direct. And all of this before she even understood what was going on. Shen Yan looked up and shot a reproachful glance at Liang Yunfei on the bed. She might as well have said it outright; now she was too embarrassed to even utter a word.
Qiu Xi, eager to get to the bathroom, watched for a moment and then said, "Why don't you, Yan Yan, take a moment to compose yourself? I'll go take a shower first?"
"..."
"Compose yourself?" This was just a futile attempt to stall. However, Shen Yan glanced at her watch. Lights out was approaching. So, she nodded repeatedly. "Okay, I'll talk about it later."
"Let's all wash up first." It would be better to talk after lights out, lying down, than now.
Alas, Shen Yan was still young!
...
"..."
Someone tell her! Why were the four of them now huddled on the dorm floor!!! Making a makeshift bed??? Shen Yan, sitting on the mat Liang Yunfei had spread on the floor before the lights went out, was still bewildered. She was completely stunned! This wasn't what she had imagined! Shouldn't they all be lying in their own beds, listening to her talk? After thinking for a long time, Shen Yan began to mentally prepare herself. It's fine! It's pitch black anyway. I'll find a spot near the ladder for the bunk bed, and after I finish talking, I'll climb right up!
However, just as Shen Yan was almost ready, with a swish, several small lights flickered on. They were soft, warm yellow, creating a very atmospheric mood. If it were any other time for whispered secrets, Shen Yan might have been excited. But... Shen Yan was truly taken aback this time! Her girlfriends were really going all out! And at that very moment, Song Daiyao, grabbing a draft notebook from who-knew-where, rolled it up and held it in front of Shen Yan like a microphone.
"Here you go, maiden!"
"Tell us your story!"