Half-baked

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A moment of silence.
The air seemed to be filled with ambiguous flirting.

His eyebrows twitched when he missed someone, and the fingers holding up the phone trembled inadvertently.
The fingertips just touched the video on the screen, and the video was opened.

The volume of the mobile phone was turned up to the highest level, so when the video was first played, the car was filled with the noisy sounds of the bar.

Duan Huaian frowned and turned off the screen of his mobile phone without saying a word.
"Quarrel."
After a two-second pause, he asked, "Where did you get this video?"
Huai Nian said: "My roommate sent it to me."

"Who is your roommate?"
"Xu Fu." Huai Nian thought for a moment and explained, "She said the person who took the video is a friend of her boyfriend."

Hearing this, Duan Huai'an curled his lips, with a hint of arrogance in his sharpness: "I said, I asked someone to delete it, how come it got to you?"
Huai Nian was stunned: "Why did you ask someone to delete it?"

At the end of the video, it is obvious that Duan Huaian knew that someone was filming him with a camera, but he refused to retreat or give in, with an arrogant look as if saying, "I know you are filming me, you'd better take a clear picture of my handsome face."

Duan Huai'an's Adam's apple rolled out a faint smile, and he answered calmly: "If it gets out and people know about our relationship, you'll have to say - 'We are not in a relationship'. It's better to delete it."

The conversation fell into a deadlocked silence again.

Nostalgia tilted his head and looked out the car window.
The car was running all the time, and there was a big temperature difference between inside and outside the car. She let out a breath.
Suddenly, a white mist rose from the car window, obscuring the outside world.

"No." Huai Nian broke the silence and said softly, "If it gets out, I will tell you."
"say what?"

Huai Nian moved his lips and said, "We are in love."

For a long time after he finished speaking, there was no movement behind him.
Almost at the same time when Huai Nian turned around, she felt a heavy sensation on the back of her neck. Duan Huai'an grabbed her neck and forced her face towards him. A shadow covered Huai Nian's eyes, and she could smell the cool breath of Duan Huai'an. Then, he held her lips.

The sound of struggle and the sound of water from lips and tongues entangled together.
Miss: "Still in the car."
Duan Huaian mercifully stepped back, and also withdrew the hand that was pressing on the back of her neck, and held her jaw with his palm gently.
"Baby, you're so good at coaxing people." The breath from his smile blew on her face, warm and lingering.

The car was parked on the road outside the dormitory. Occasionally, a student would take a taxi back to school and the taxi would pass slowly. The lights in the surrounding dormitories were on, and the lights jumped into the car, illuminating each other's eyes.

Downstairs in the dormitory.
in the car.

No matter the location, nostalgia feels tense.
Huai Nian's chest rose and fell, and she said in a trembling voice: "I'm not trying to coax you. Also, this is at school, Duan Huai'an, don't mess around."

"I didn't do anything wrong, baby," Duan Huai'an said lazily, his dandy demeanor hidden under his cold exterior now showing, "It was just a kiss, how can a kiss be considered as doing something wrong?"
"..." Huai Nian still used her hands to block the two of them. She lowered her eyes and said in a muffled voice, "I want to go back."

The kiss just now was so intense that her coat zipper was pulled up to her chest during the movement.
Duan Huai'an chuckled and pushed aside her pajamas: "Why are you wearing pajamas?"

In case he said something shocking, Huai Nian promptly explained: "I stayed in the dormitory all day today, so I didn't change into clothes for going out."
After a pause, he added, "I'm not wearing pajamas because I want to see you."

"I didn't say you were wearing pajamas to," Duan Huai'an paused deliberately, dragging out the ending tone, "- to seduce me."
-
I missed her so much that I ran back to the dormitory.
But it was half an hour later.

Duan Huaian pressed her between the car door and the seat and kissed her for half an hour.
The kiss was so intense that the buttons of her nostalgic pajamas were undone, and her hands were wet.

There were wet wipes in the car, and Duan Huaian took a few to help her wipe her hands.
Missing her misty eyes, she glanced out the window and let Duan Huai'an wipe her hands carefully.
“…Still at school.”
"I'm not exposed." Duan Huai'an didn't care much, "Besides, I took off my pants, not yours."

Huai Nian took a deep breath and looked up at him with a blank look.

After wiping his hands, Duan Huai'an said, "Let's go back."
I miss him running out as soon as he opened the door, with that cold attitude of taking everything and ignoring everyone, without even looking back at him.

I miss the first thing I did when I returned to the dormitory, which was to wash my hands again.

I squeezed the hand sanitizer into my hands and rubbed out transparent foam. The sink was facing the door of the restroom.
When Xu Fu came out of the shower, she saw Huai Nian rubbing her hands vigorously. Looking up, she saw her messy hair, her open coat, her pajamas buttoned in the wrong place, and a very obvious tooth mark on her collarbone.

"I remember your mouth cracked a while ago." Xu Fu chuckled, "Duan Huaian's mouth also cracked."

"..." Huai Nian paused while washing her hands. She raised her eyes and met Xu Fu's malicious eyes.

"It just happened." Knowing that she was shy, Xu Fu patted Huai Nian's shoulder and made an excuse for her, "I know, it was just a coincidence. It definitely wasn't because you two bit each other's lips when you were kissing. It definitely wasn't."
"Just like the teeth mark on your collarbone, it was definitely not caused by Duan Huaian. It was the tattoo you just got at the tattoo parlor downstairs." Xu Fu said it very seriously, but there was a gleam of teasing in her eyes.

Miss holding down the tap.
He rinsed his hands and zipped his jacket all the way up.

She buried her whole face in her thick, warm down jacket, turned around sullenly, left the bathroom, and crawled back into bed to sleep.

I don’t know how long I lay there, and the lights in the dormitory were turned off at 11 o’clock.
Jing Yue suddenly exclaimed: "The lights are about to be turned off. No, I have to take a shower."

I was drowsy when the phone next to my pillow rang.
I miss swiping open the screen and clicking into the chat interface with Duan Huai'an.

Duan Huai'an: [I will be very busy recently and may not have time to meet you. ]
Miss: [Yeah.]
Duan Huai'an: [Why don't you ask me what I'm busy with? ]
Miss: [What are you busy with? ]

Duan Huaian did not send any more messages, but instead made a voice call.
The first second the voice call started, Huai Nian was so scared that she immediately hung up.

Duan Huai'an: [? ]
Duan Huai'an: [Continue.]

Miss: [There is someone in the dormitory. 】
Duan Huai'an: [Am I so shameful? ]
Huai Nian said silently: [Someone is sleeping, I am afraid of disturbing her. ]

However, it was of no use. Duan Huaian made another call request, but this time it was not a voice call, but a video call.

I miss staring nervously at my phone screen.
According to Duan Huaian's style, if she didn't answer the call tonight, he would probably call all night.
She found the headphones, connected them, and pressed the button to convert video to voice.

The call was connected, and Duan Huaian's light and somewhat mocking laugh was clearly heard from the earphone against the cochlea.
"You really don't want to talk to me?"
"You're not willing to say anything until I say it?"

Huai Nian pulled the quilt over her and buried herself in it. She was still afraid that her roommates would hear her and Duan Huai'an talking on the phone, so she only dared to speak to him in a whisper, "Didn't we just break up?"
"You're speechless right after we separated?"
"..." Huai Nian was too lazy to argue with others, and she didn't dare to confront Duan Huai'an. She brought up the original topic and asked him, "What are you busy with recently?"

Duan Huai'an: "Start a company."

Huai Nian suddenly remembered the day when Shang Jingze sent them home and casually mentioned that Duan Huaian had started a company.
Huai Nian was stunned: "Do you really want to start your own company?"
Duan Huaian nodded lightly.
Miss: “Is it hard to start your own business?”
Duan Huai'an said with a smile: "Baby, are you feeling sorry for me?" "..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the dormitory suddenly became dark.
Lights out.

Huai Nian rubbed his eyes, feeling sleepy: "I'm going to sleep, I have class at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Duan Huai'an heard the tiredness in her voice, "Go to sleep, good night baby."
-
In the following days, Huai Nian never went to Duan Huai'an again.
Duan Huaian didn't send her a message to ask her to come over.

As New Year’s Day approaches, the school’s annual welcome party is held the day before the New Year’s Day holiday, which is both a welcome for the new students and a welcome for the new year.

When the school student union and the college student union presidium met to plan the welcome party performance program, Huai Nian did not see Duan Huaian.

Huai Nian thinks that being the student union president is really easy for him.
No one has any problem with the school student union president who does nothing.
Everyone even had the feeling that the position of student union president belonged to Duan Huaian, and it didn't matter whether he showed up or did anything.

He has a kind of charm, or an innate ability, that makes people look up to him willingly.

Missing him is just a very small part among so many people who look up to him.

The New Year's Day holiday is right next to the final exam week, and the classes in their major have already ended.
Jing Yue went home for the holiday, Zhu Yutong celebrated the New Year with her bestie, and Xu Fu broke up with her boyfriend yesterday. Less than ten minutes after the breakup, she found a new boyfriend, and she also wants to celebrate the New Year with her new boyfriend.

Therefore, during the welcome party the day before the New Year’s Day holiday, I missed going to the school auditorium alone to watch the performance.

The auditorium was crowded with people, and there was a long queue at the ticket gate.
I miss going in through the side door with my work ID.

The performance hasn't started yet, but the auditorium is already packed with people.

I miss not having a ticket and just following the crowd to the backstage.
There are dressing rooms and VIP lounges backstage. NTU is a top university in China, so it doesn’t have to worry about finances. It often invites singers from the entertainment industry to hold concerts at the university. Occasionally, there are unified activities of the university to bring high-end art to campus, and the actors who come to perform naturally stay in the VIP lounge.

When passing by the VIP lounge, the people inside pushed the door open in a hurry and forgot to close it.

From this angle, you can just see the person sitting on the sofa inside.
The incandescent light in the room was so bright that Huai Nian almost thought he was hallucinating.

She saw Duan Huai'an.

From this angle, you can just see Duan Huaian's face.
His slender figure was wrapped in a well-tailored suit, with a tie neatly tied around his neck. He had lost his boyish air and exuded a high-level abstinence and coldness. His sharp facial features were sharp, and his eyes were emotionless and indifferent.

Huai Nian noticed that the person sitting on the sofa next to him was the school's vice-secretary, Duan Huaian's cousin.
The other middle-aged men also looked familiar. They were all school leaders who only appeared at the opening ceremony.

Duan Huaian was in the middle of it all, and he didn't feel the slightest bit of discomfort or restraint, looking very calm.
However, if you look closely, you will find that he reached out and turned the watch on his wrist.
This is what he does when he's impatient.

Nostalgia couldn't help but laugh.

……

Duan Huaian was indeed quite impatient.
But he was very calm and patient.

My cousin who was sitting next to me was talking to other school leaders and would mention him from time to time.
Duan Huaian would also make corresponding responses. When the elders were present, he would still behave in a gentle, respectful and modest manner.

Soon, the welcome party was about to begin and everyone stood up and went to the audience seats.
Duan Huaian fell behind in the back row, and his uncle seemed to have something to say to him, and also fell behind by a few steps.
Before the two of them left the lounge, Duan Huaian was stopped by his uncle.

Uncle: "I heard you are planning to start a company?"
Duan Huai'an: "Yeah."

After a long silence, his uncle said, "Your father told me about this. I agree with him that you should study abroad first. During your study abroad period, you can go to Osso and Baoteo to intern and learn technology. Your father and I have acquaintances there and can provide you with the best learning conditions."

"Both companies have branches in the country, so I can stay in the country to study."
"How can the resources of the head office be compared with those of the branch office?"
"Let's talk about it later." Duan Huai'an said calmly, "I still want to stay in the country."
"I heard that your father plans to focus the company on Europe. Isn't this a good opportunity for your family to reunite abroad?"

Duan Huaian frowned and slowly raised his eyes.
Just as he was about to speak, someone called his uncle, and his uncle responded, "I'm coming."
"..."

The conversation came to an abrupt end.

Duan Huaian tugged at his tie and started walking out. Halfway through, his gaze paused.
It stopped at the girl in the corner backstage.
The light was dim, and Nostalgia looked around aimlessly, his eyes bright like a little deer.

Someone walked up to her and talked to her, and she smiled, with her eyebrows and eyes curved into beautiful arcs.

Duan Huaian's patience reached its peak.
He clicked his tongue.
-
The show starts promptly at 7pm.
Six fifty.

Huai Nian was talking to the male host who was going to go on stage soon when the phone in her hand suddenly vibrated with messages one after another.
All from Duan Huaian.

【Stop laughing.】
【What did you talk about with him so happily? 】
[Can you stay away from that man? ]
【? 】
[Your man doesn't even look at me. ]
[When you were chatting with me, you never laughed so happily, did you? ]

"..."

My back stiffened as I missed her, and I felt guilty, and this guilty feeling was filled with the strong implication of an affair.
She subconsciously looked around.
Sure enough, about five or six meters away from her, Duan Huaian was standing there, with a very handsome but also very smelly face.

He lowered his head and pressed the phone again.

The next second, the nostalgic phone vibrated again.
Received a new message from Duan Huai'an.

Duan Huai'an: [Baby, I'm really upset now, please comfort me. ]

(End of this chapter)