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Chapter 488 Sense of Crisis

Yi Wenna ate the fish in small bites: "Sigh, I'm all alone in the dorm now. Every night after self-study, I can't even find anyone to talk to."

“At least you’re still in the girls’ dormitory and can talk to the other girls in your class. Chen Zili has been living alone since the start of the semester.”

Ai Liang suddenly interrupted Yi Wenna's complaints.

Yi Wenna opened her eyes wide and glared at Ai Liang with annoyance: "When school first started, having Fang Xinlei as a roommate was worse than not having her at all. Besides, didn't Chen Zili's roommate come today?"

Except for Chen Zili, everyone in the class was paired up and shared a dormitory room.

Therefore, if the new student is not a day student, they will definitely live with Chen Zili.

During casual conversations after class, Chen Zili complained about this more than once.

"That's quite interesting."

Ye Qing, holding her chopsticks, suddenly said, "Three people went abroad to study, but one of them came back."

Yi Wenna followed up, saying, "Indeed, it would be quite normal to go abroad to study in a year or two, when you're in your second or third year of high school."

It's really hard to understand why someone would drop out before even finishing half a semester, especially since it's only the beginning of the semester.

"However, it's also possible that something unexpected happened to Cheng Lejia's company."

Yi Wenna changed the subject mysteriously and said, "I heard from my dad that Cheng Lejia's old housekeeper seems to have died of a sudden heart attack."

Cheng Lejia's old housekeeper had always been in charge of managing the company's affairs. Now that the old housekeeper had passed away, Cheng Lejia had to handle those business matters himself.

This led to disagreements within Shengjia Group. The cooperation project signed with Europe in the summer encountered some problems, requiring Cheng Lejia to personally go to Europe to handle them.

Ye Qing swallowed the beef in her mouth and asked gossipily, "What about Jin Ping'an? Isn't he working in the criminal investigation team?"

Upon hearing Ye Qing's question, Yi Wenna's expression stiffened, but she quickly found a new reason.

"Well... you see, his best friend went to Europe, and Fang Xinlei also went to Europe with her father. How could he possibly sit still all by himself?"

Anyway, Jin Ping'an and Cheng Lejia are in cahoots. Getting his best friend to help with the paperwork is easy. With Cheng Lejia around, it doesn't matter if he loses his job in the criminal investigation team.

The more Yi Wenna spoke, the more she felt it made sense, and she even nodded repeatedly at the end, as if she herself believed it.

But Ai Liang and Ye Qing both took these speculations as amusement.

Ye Qing simply doesn't easily believe unfounded rumors, while Ai Liang knows the inside story.

The information Yi Wenna's father received was correct, but the old butler did not die of a heart attack; he was silenced.

After all, Ai Liang was right there watching when the old butler died.

Yi Wenna said a couple more words, but seeing that Ye Qing wasn't very interested, she decisively changed the subject.

One second they're gossiping about classmates, the next they're talking about skincare products.

As for Ai Liang, he rarely speaks during meals.

However, as time went on, Yi Wenna's face turned slightly red, and her tongue began to stumble when she spoke.

At first, Ye Qing thought Yi Wenna was just eating something that was too hot, but gradually she noticed that Yi Wenna's eyes were becoming increasingly gritty.

"Hey, Shana, are you alright?" Ye Qing asked with concern.

"Am I alright...?"

Yi Wenna shook her head and said, "I'm just a little dizzy and want to sleep... Wait, there's something wrong with Xiao Qing's dish!"

"The problem is with you."

Ai Liang put down her chopsticks and went to the coffee table to pour Yi Wenna a glass of iced tea: "Don't blame me for your own drunkenness."

"drunk?"

Ye Qing scanned the food on the table, her eyes finally settling on the tomato and potato stew with beef: "A Liang, you didn't add alcohol to the stew, did you?"

"I added about half a bottle of red wine for marinating and seasoning, but who knew she could drink so little?" Ai Liang placed the herbal tea in front of Yi Wenna and then returned to her seat.

Ye Qing looked at Yi Wenna, whose face was flushed and who was nodding sleepily, with a wry smile: "Sorry, I forgot to tell you before, silly Na actually gets dizzy as soon as she drinks alcohol."

I remember feeding her a piece of beer-braised duck at lunchtime once, and she didn't recover until her afternoon nap was over.

“My alcohol tolerance isn’t as exaggerated as you say. I was just feeling unwell at the time,” Yi Wenna couldn’t help but retort.

"If you weren't dizzy right now, this statement would be somewhat convincing."

Ye Qing sighed and held the tea to Yi Wenna's lips: "Drink some tea first to sober up, so you don't get drunk before you've finished eating."

As Ai Liang gazed at the dazed Yi Wenna, the image of Yang Xingyue suddenly flashed into her mind.

I remember once when we were in junior high school, we all got together for a meal, and Yang Xingyue accidentally got drunk.

However, Yang Xingyue is much more unruly than Yi Wenna when she's drunk.

"Ah Liang, what are you looking at?"

Ye Qing suddenly looked at Ai Liang: "You don't actually like the way Sha Na looks when she's drunk, do you?"

Yi Wenna had just brought the teacup to her lips when she heard Ye Qing's words and trembled in fright.

At the same time, she secretly observed Ai Liang's expression with a wary look in the corner of her eye.

Ai Liang looked away and picked up a piece of potato: "Yes, she's much more pleasing to the eye when she's quiet."

"you!"

Yi Wenna put down her teacup and glared at Ai Liang.

Ai Liang gave her a cold look, and she immediately shrank back and moved closer to Ye Qing.

Ye Qing patted Yi Wenna's head with a mischievous smile: "Ai Liang, don't scare her."

"Huh? How could I be scared!" Yi Wenna retorted loudly.

At that moment, she resembled one of those cowards who grab someone's arm and yell, "Don't stop me, I'm going to kill him!"

However, after being comforted by Ye Qing, Yi Wenna quickly regained her expression of enjoyment.

Buzz, buzz...

While they were eating, Ai Liang's phone suddenly rang.

He put down his chopsticks, took out his phone, and glanced at the incoming call information.

Unsurprisingly, it was Yang Xingyue calling.

"You guys eat first, I'm going to take this call."

Ai Liang took her phone, got up, and walked towards the bedroom.

This wasn't a deliberate attempt to avoid mentioning having dinner with Ye Qing in front of Yang Xingyue.

The main problem is that with Yi Wenna around, she's very likely to deliberately cause trouble.

Just like last time in the mall.

Ai Liang pressed the answer button, and Yue Qihua's pretty face appeared on the phone screen.

She first greeted Ai Liang: "Ai Liang, Merry Christmas!"

“Yes, Merry Christmas,” Ai Liang replied.

Yue Qihua propped her head up with one hand, revealing a bright smile: "Are you in the bedroom now? Have you already eaten dinner?"

"I've only eaten half of it, I haven't finished yet."

Ai Liang looked at her phone screen and asked, "Where's Xingyue?"

"We just finished eating, and she went to take a shower first."

Yue Qihua peered into Ai Liang's bedroom through the camera.

She keenly sensed something was amiss: "Why did you have to go back to the bedroom to answer the phone? Were there other people at the dinner table?"

Yue Qihua has a very strong logical thinking ability and often notices details that ordinary people overlook.

Ai Liang explained, "I had dinner with two classmates. It wasn't convenient to answer the phone at the table. You've met them before; they're Ye Qing and Yi Wenna, whom I ran into at the mall last time."

Click.

A sound like a mirror shattering came from the other end of the phone.

Yue Qihua's smile froze on her face, looking like her phone had stopped working.

"Haha... Is that so... Is that so..."

Yue Qihua gave a forced, dry laugh, trying her best not to show any emotion.

But unintentionally, a look of impending tears would flash across her face, creating a striking contrast: "Why...why are they spending Christmas at your house?!"

Ai Liang briefly explained the reason: "Ye Qing is a day student and lives right next to my house. She has to work during the day and doesn't have time to prepare dinner."

Since she also lives alone, we decided to spend the holiday together so we could keep each other company.

As for Yi Wenna… I explained her feelings towards Ye Qing to you before.”

Ai Liang's explanation did nothing to ease Yue Qihua's tension; on the contrary, it made her even more nervous: "Ye Qing lives next door to you?!"

Having strong logical and observational skills can also be a disadvantage.

When Yue Qihua talks to Ai Liang, she always manages to grasp the key points of every sentence.

The thought of that beautiful figure, living only a wall away from Ai Liang, made Yue Qihua's vision go black.

The other party clearly has feelings for Ai Liang, and more importantly, Ye Qing also lives alone!
Ai Liang can control herself, but will the other person be able to?

What if Ye Qing uses the excuse of "there's a problem with the bathroom" that's often used in movies to take a shower at Ai Liang's house...

Even if Ai Liang is cold and aloof, he is still a hot-blooded teenager, right?

Yue Qihua clearly remembered that the time she went to the flower bed to find Ai Liang before graduating from junior high school, he stared at her chest, which was soaked by the rain, for a long time!

Ye Qing's figure is no worse than mine, and this is just the two of us, a man and a woman alone together...

Yue Qihua's face turned bright red. The more she thought about it, the more agitated and pessimistic she became.

In addition, a hint of envy and jealousy surfaced in her heart.

You should know that during Yue Qihua and Yang Xingyue's three years of junior high school, Ai Liang only cooked for them once, just before their graduation.

But high school has only been going on for a short time, and Ye Qing has already had dinner with Ai Liang on Christmas.

And it happened at his house!
Yue Qihua was overwhelmed with a sense of crisis at this moment.

Ai Liang's expression remained unchanged: "Didn't I tell you before?"

"What do you think?" Yue Qihua said resentfully.

"Huahua... I'm done showering, do you want to come too... Ah, Ai Liang, good evening!"

Wearing a thin nightgown, Yang Xingyue sat down next to Yue Qihua while drying her wet hair, squeezing into the screen.

Yang Xingyue's skin was fair and rosy after taking a shower, and she looked more mature than usual.

Just as Yang Xingyue turned her head, intending to ask Yue Qihua what she had talked about with Ai Liang,

Suddenly, I noticed that Yue Qihua's expression seemed a little off.

Yang Xingyue's heart skipped a beat.

Did something happen?
She asked cautiously, "What were you talking about just now?"

Yue Qihua pulled Yang Xingyue aside and whispered a few words to her.

Soon, Yang Xingyue's expression also changed drastically.

However, unlike Yue Qihua who wore her emotions on her sleeve, she took the initiative to say, "Oh, I see. What dishes did Ai Liang cook tonight?"

Ai Liang immediately realized that Yang Xingyue wanted her to move the conversation from the bedroom to the dining table in the living room.

So he simply took his phone and kept the video call going all the way back to the dining table.

By the way, use Ye Qing as a shield to give these two sisters a warning.

After taking a picture of the dining table with an external camera, Ai Liang switched the camera back: "We'll probably be eating these things tonight."

Seeing the seating arrangement of the three people and the placement of the bowls and chopsticks on the table, Yang Xingyue secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, Ai Liang didn't sit with Ye Qing.

Furthermore, with Yi Wenna watching over things, there shouldn't be any ambiguous events between Ai Liang and Ye Qing.

Having dinner with Ai Liang on Christmas is something many people envy.

But it's just neighbors having a meal together; it doesn't mean anything.

Yang Xingyue comforted herself in her heart.

"Ah Liang?" Ye Qing called softly.

Ai Liang knew what Ye Qing wanted to ask and pointed the phone at her: "It's Yang Xingyue and Yue Qihua. You two met at a shopping mall in Nevada City."

Caught off guard, Yue Qihua and Yang Xingyue came face to face with Ye Qing.

The two said hastily, "Hello..."

"Hello everyone, Merry Christmas!" Ye Qing smiled and waved at her phone.

Yang Xingyue remained silent, while Yue Qihua forced a smile and said, "You too."

After exchanging greetings, Ai Liang put her phone away. As for Yi Wenna... she was just a freeloader, so it was best not to mention her, since she wasn't familiar with her anyway.

After Ai Liang turned her phone back on, she was about to speak when she suddenly felt something brush against her calf.

He looked down slightly and noticed a small foot encased in black stockings, restlessly dangling near his leg.

Just as Ai Liang was about to make a move, that slender foot seemed to have found an entrance, slipping through the gap in his trouser leg and slowly rubbing against his calf.

That soft, smooth, and supple touch is irresistible.

Ai Liang moved her body back a little, but that little foot seemed to have won a battle, pressing on and following her.

The dining table in the living room wasn't very wide; even if Ai Liang moved back, the other person's legs would still be long enough for them to touch her.

Ai Liang moved her phone away and looked at Ye Qing across from her.

The latter was still chatting quietly with Yi Wenna, seemingly unaware of what was happening under the table.

But when Ai Liang looked over, she secretly turned her head and winked at Ai Liang, revealing a sly smile.

It's obvious that Ye Qing did it on purpose.

"Ai Liang? Why is the screen black?"

A questioning voice came from the other end of the phone from Yang Xingyue.

Ai Liang put down her chopsticks, picked up her phone again, and pointed it at herself: "It's nothing."

Seeing that Ai Liang's expression remained unchanged, Ye Qing went even further, directly stretching her jade-like foot, covered in black stockings, onto Ai Liang's thigh.

Ai Liang wasn't going to be polite with Ye Qing anymore. He grabbed Ye Qing's calf and pinched it hard.

"Ah ah!"

Ye Qing's body trembled involuntarily as a tingling, electric-like pleasure spread from her calves throughout her body.

"Xiao Qing, what's wrong?" Yi Wenna, still drunk, asked groggily.

"No, it's nothing."

A hint of panic flashed in Ye Qing's eyes.

(End of this chapter)