No? Can I read the mind of my mortal enemy?

(ฅᐞ˶⦁༝⦁˶ᐞฅ My darlings, I felt like I didn't get to write the last chapter properly, so I added about 400 words. The plot hasn't changed much, haha. If you're interested, you can take another look, muah~)

Shi Qiao asked about the fitting room. The men's clothes were fine and she could put them on herself, but she needed someone's help to put on her clothes.

Especially the bow or similar ties at the back.

And it was a white dress.

This left Shi Qiao at a loss as to how to conceal her blemishes.

What if someone works so hard to make the lining, and then gets it on their clothes because they didn't do a good job of setting their makeup?

Foundation is even harder to wash off.

Shi Qiao eventually set her sights on the first-aid kit, pulled out a few pieces of dog-skin plaster and stuck them directly on her neck.

Fully armed.

Fortunately, Pei Jingnian held back yesterday, otherwise she would have wrapped herself up like a half-mummy.

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On the way to school, Pei Jingnian felt sorry for Shi Qiao, who had applied so many ointments, and she was like a little puppy, sitting on one side for a while and then on the other.

"Is it so shameful for me to bite you? Honey, it hurts to tear these off like that."

Shi Qiao kept checking her phone to make sure she hadn't missed any posts. "No...embarrassing."

"But it's still not good if others see it."

"Why not?" Pei Jingnian casually loosened his collar, revealing red marks of varying depths on his collarbone.

Shi Qiao reached out and, like a stubborn old man, straightened Pei Jingnian's collar again.

"Because those things are our private matters, and revealing them publicly might offend others."

"You'll be embarrassed because people won't know where to look then."

Pei Jingnian lowered his head and watched her carefully straighten his collar, her lips opening and closing as she "preached".

"But wife..."

Shi Qiao placed a finger against Pei Jingnian's lips. People kept passing by, so she pulled Pei Jingnian a little further into the corner.

"Tell me what you want to say in your heart."

It's probably some kind of shady stuff again.

But wife, they say a wife's kiss mark is a husband's badge of honor.

See? That's what she said again.

Just like small animals feel proud to wear collars given to them by their owners.

Shi Qiao pulled her collar tighter. "Nonsense."

She tiptoed slightly and gently brushed aside Pei Jingnian's overly long bangs. "Besides, who really treats themselves like a dog?"

Pei Jingnian leaned forward slightly, lowering his head a little, adjusting it to a height that Shi Qiao could easily reach.

【Uh, it won't work?】

"Then I'd like to ask, what kind of dog do you see yourself as?"

[Maltese or teacup dog.]

Shi Qiao stopped and walked in the opposite direction of the multimedia classroom, breaking Pei Jingnian's silence. "Why?"

When she thought of Pei Jingnian's huge size, almost twice her size, she still thought of him as a small dog.

Funny to think about it.

Pei Jingnian took Shi Qiao's cool little hand and put it into his pocket, saying, "It feels like you can put such a small dog like this into your pocket."

"That way I can go wherever my wife goes."

Shi Qiao was amused by Pei Jingnian and laughed, revealing eight teeth. She took out her phone and said, "Looks like I'll have to change your contact name."

Pei Jingnian tilted his head and used his height advantage to peek over.

"Hmm... its name is 'a certain large canine.'"

Shi Qiao covered her phone, blushing, and said, "Why were you looking at my phone?!"

Pei Jingnian feigned innocence, "I didn't peek. I just wanted to see you, but my wife's head is small, so she couldn't completely block the screen."

He bent down, getting closer, "So, what new nickname is my wife planning to give me in her contact list?"

Shi Qiao tapped with one hand and retyped.

[A large canine that shamelessly thinks it's a teacup dog]

If there weren't a limit to the number of notes, Shi Qiao felt she could add even more.

She looked up and bumped into Pei Jingnian's camera, and then a close-up photo of her face was captured.

In the photo, she is looking down at herself in an exaggerated way, making her appear top-heavy and like a little bean sprout.

"Delete it!"

Pei Jingnian put his phone in his pocket. "No."

"Damn it, you just wait!" Shi Qiao broke free from Pei Jingnian's tightly clenched fingers, ran to the multimedia classroom, grabbed the doorknob, and made a face. "You'd better sleep with one eye open tonight!"

Pei Jingnian automatically clicked the one-click follow button and slowly caught up with Shi Qiao. "Okay, I'll wash up and wait for my wife obediently."

Shi Qiao was too lazy to argue with him anymore. When she entered the multimedia classroom, she immediately saw two sets of clothes on mannequins.

Men can wear their own clothes, so Pei Jingnian took the clothes and went to the changing room next door.

Juliet's costume only had the inner lining finished; after confirming it fit snugly, the decorations were added separately.

The advantage of this is that the lining can be used as pajamas for the scenes in Juliet's bedroom, reducing the workload for the costume department.

When Jiang Youran saw Shi Qiao, she rushed over and said, "You're finally here, Qiao. Here, the clothes are all ready."

"The changing room is over there, let me help you change... Oh my god, you're injured?"

Jiang Youran placed her hands on Shi Qiao's shoulders and carefully examined the medicated patch on her neck.

"No, something's definitely not right."

"I've been so busy with the clothing business these past few days that I haven't had a chance to ask you," she said, a maternal smile creeping across her face, "Tell me honestly, is the reason for this ointment... serious?"

Shi Qiao coughed lightly and moved towards the dressing room. "What's so improper about it? I... I just had a stiff neck."

"Is it a real stiff neck or have you become the Pillow Princess? What a coincidence~" Jiang Youran nudged Shi Qiao before closing the dressing room curtain.

"Don't try to hide it from me. Based on what you said about Pei Jingnian's true feelings, there's no way he could possibly talk to Su."

She helped Shi Qiao tie her long hair, which was hanging down to her waist, into a simple low bun and then used a pen to secure it.

"You two, a man and a woman alone in a room, young and full of energy, like dry wood meeting a raging fire, what do you think are the chances that nothing will happen?"

"And look at Qiao's rosy complexion..."

"Alright, alright, Edogawa Yuuyu, I confess, I'll confess everything."

Shi Qiao lowered her voice, "It's... about last Friday."

Jiang Youran removed the lining from the mannequin, her eyes shining.

"So what does it feel like?! Bestie, tell me quick! I'm so anxious!"

Shi Qiao turned her back and took off her top, spreading her arms out to wait for Jiang Youran to help her put on her inner lining.

"Actually, my mind was just... completely blank. At first, it hurt a little, and I also... um... couldn't do it, but it got better later."

Jiang Youran squatted down, "It just hurts for a moment and then feels great, right?"

As she gave the instructions, she subtly inhaled and tightened her corset, adding, "But I'm curious, how did they manage to pour this XL size into an S-sized bottle?"

Shi Qiao: ?!

Although the words are rough but the reasoning is sound, Youyou's words are really too rough!

"Youyou, I beg you, this is not a lawless place!" Shi Qiao said, her face flushed.

Jiang Youran toned it down a bit, "Alright, our Qiao'er is just shy."

"By the way, are you going to the class reunion this time?"

Shi Qiao, like a caveman, asked, "Class reunion? When was there a class reunion?"

Jiang Youran had already gotten used to Shi Qiao's 2G network. She took out her phone and found the "Beijing Affiliated Hong Kong Study Group" that she had created a long time ago.

The message count inside is 99+ again.

"When we graduated, we were supposed to collect information, so this was a way to help each other and build a platform in a sense."

"Each cohort has its own large group of students staying in Hong Kong."

Jiang Youran glanced at it and said, "I saw it. Several of the boys who used to chase after you in high school are all coming."

"If you publicly announced that you have a boyfriend, this gathering would be much less frequent."

Shi Qiao nudged her, "Don't talk nonsense, Youyou."

Jiang Youran raised an eyebrow. "I'm not making this up. Most of your previous suitors were probably cut off by Pei Jingnian, right?"

"They probably think this is just a gathering for this year, and without Pei Jingnian's interference, they want to see if they can play matchmaker with you and rekindle their old relationship."

Shi Qiao shook her head. "Never mind, I'm not going."

Pei Jingnian was jealous; during the day, others suffered, but at night, she was the one who suffered.

"Anyway, you probably won't go, Youyou. You used to scoff at these kinds of activities."

Jiang Youran suddenly became a little shy, "Actually... it's just... I really have a reason why I have to go."

"But it would be too awkward to go alone, so I thought I'd ask you to come..."