I met my whole family through Baidu Tieba.

Just as Shen Kang was about to take a shower, the doorbell rang again.

"...Damn it, if it's the two of you again, I'll really get angry!"

Shen Kang muttered to himself as he walked to the door and opened it.

Thankfully, this time it wasn't those two.

He Qiuzhu stood alone at the door, holding a bag in her hand.

"What's wrong?"

"I want to take a shower, but the showerhead in my room is broken."

"?"

Shen Kang found it quite strange. How could such a big, well-known hotel have such a thing?

But you never know, university cafeterias sell duck heads, anything can happen.

Thinking this, Shen Kang stepped aside, saying, "Well, there's no other way, you can wash here."

He Qiuzhu's eyes flickered with excitement as she walked in, following the path Shen Kang had cleared. She thought to herself that Shen Kang was really stupid, so easily fooled by her.

After closing the door, Shen Kang turned on the TV and sat on the sofa to watch it quietly.

He Qiuzhu seemed to have genuinely come to borrow a place to take a shower, and went straight into the bathroom.

After Shen Kang watched TV for a while, He Qiuzhu came out and changed into a silk nightgown. The nightgown was quite conservative, covering her body fairly well.

Shen Kang glanced at it and said, "It's fine. Where did you get these pajamas?"

Their decision to come for a late-night snack and stay here was made on the spur of the moment, and no one brought spare clothes or pajamas.

"Ruan Yue bought it."

As He Qiuzhu spoke, she muttered "It's so cold" and started to crawl into bed.

Shen Kang got up from the sofa, walked over quickly, and stopped her. "Dry your hair first."

"Oh." He Qiuzhu obediently responded and was then led to the bathroom by Shen Kang.

Shen Kang pulled up a stool for her to sit on, while he stood behind her, holding a hairdryer in one hand and constantly running his fingers through her long hair with the other, carefully drying her hair.

There was a mirror in front of the two of them.

As you can see, He Qiuzhu was initially a little uneasy, seemingly wanting to finish blow-drying her hair as quickly as possible. But as she continued, she calmed down, her eyes slightly narrowed, like a kitten that had just been petted and felt comfortable.

"Shen Kang".

He Qiuzhu suddenly spoke up, "After we get home, can you blow-dry my hair like this every time I wash it?"

Shen Kang remained noncommittal: "It depends. I might not be available."

"oh."

He Qiuzhu fell silent again, continuing to enjoy the moment with her eyes half-closed.

After blowing her hair for a long time, He Qiuzhu finally managed to dry it completely. She stood up impatiently, muttering "It's so cold," and rushed out of the bathroom.

Shen Kang ignored her, closed the bathroom door, and took a shower.

There was a noticeable fragrance in the shower room, probably left by He Qiuzhu when she took a shower earlier. The smell made Shen Kang feel restless and agitated.

After taking a shower and drying his hair, Shen Kang went out and found that He Qiuzhu had already crawled into bed. Most of her body was tightly wrapped in the blanket, with only her small head sticking out and her eyes darting around.

Her long, flowing hair was also spread out.

The moment Shen Kang came out, He Qiuzhu closed her eyes, and at a glance, she seemed to have fallen asleep.

Shen Kang ignored her, took another spare quilt from the closet, walked to the bedside, threw it on the bed, unfolded it, and then crawled into the quilt, lay down next to He Qiuzhu, leaned against the headboard, and watched TV.

He Qiuzhu listened to the commotion for a while, then secretly opened her eyes a crack and looked over. From this angle, she saw Shen Kang intently watching the television.

Suddenly, Shen Kang, who was watching TV, spoke up: "Why haven't you showered or gone to bed yet?"

"Ruan Yue has always been with me."

"You came over right after she left?"

"No," He Qiuzhu firmly denied, "I was planning to take a shower after she left, but I found the shower was broken and I couldn't shower, so I came here."

"Uh-huh."

Shen Kang accepted her explanation and then asked about something else: "You've still been in contact with your uncle, haven't you?"

He Qiuzhu hummed in agreement.

The answer was actually quite obvious, not unexpected by Shen Kang, and quite normal—you can't say that He Qiuzhu severed her blood ties after being adopted, can you?

Shen Kang wanted to ask another question, but he sensed movement beside him.

Looking down, she saw He Qiuzhu, who was crawling towards her like a white worm. However, Shen Kang had tucked the side of the blanket that was facing her under her bottom, so she couldn't pull it out and crawl in.

Seeing Shen Kang looking over, He Qiuzhu blinked, looking somewhat innocent and pitiful, and said, "Cold."

"There's nothing we can do about the cold."

As Shen Kang spoke, he thought for a moment, then lay down, reached out his right hand, slipped it under He Qiuzhu's neck, and hugged her. "Two quilts, that's the most we can manage."

Shen Kang continued the previous topic, "Is your uncle good to you?"

He Qiuzhu: "Very good."

"Do you like your uncle?"

"I like it."

"What is Ruan Yue's relationship with your uncle? Is she your aunt?"

"Ruan Yue is Ruan Yue, I don't have an aunt."...

The two of them asked a question and answered it, and as they talked, the conversation gradually fell silent.

Shen Kang turned his head and saw that He Qiuzhu's face was facing him, her eyes were closed, and she had fallen asleep without realizing it.

Shen Kang's arm was still under her neck, and he tried to pull it back. But as soon as he moved, He Qiuzhu frowned slightly, and then stopped moving.

That's all for now.

As Shen Kang thought this, he turned his head to stare at He Qiuzhu.

He realized that this kid really didn't understand anything; he just simply wanted to come and sleep with him...

Unbeknownst to him, Shen Kang's eyes slowly closed, and he fell asleep.

next day

When Shen Kang woke up, he opened his eyes and saw that He Qiuzhu had already woken up and was staring at him with her head turned to the side.

Such a stunning face, so close, so intimately connected, is truly impactful.

Even though Shen Kang had his heart sealed with cement, he had long been used to this face and was momentarily dazed.

"You're awake."

Seeing Shen Kang wake up, He Qiuzhu spoke up, "Shen Kang, we slept in the same bed for one night. Am I pregnant and about to have a baby?"

"..."

Shen Kang was about to say, "What kind of stupid question is that?"

But when he saw He Qiuzhu's serious expression, he suddenly had a thought and remembered what Ruan Yue had once told him.

She didn't start learning first-grade elementary school courses until she was 12 years old.

She completed in 6 years what others take 12 years to learn, and did quite well, which clearly shows that she spent a lot of time learning academic knowledge.

She didn't have a mother, nor even an aunt; she only had an uncle.

Although Ruan Yue was her friend, she was just a friend.

Therefore, there are some common-sense things that girls of this age might not know.

So Shen Kang said, "No, it's not like if a boy and a girl sleep in the same bed for one night, the girl will get pregnant and have a baby. Babies don't come about that way; it's not that simple."

"Oh……"

He Qiuzhu seemed both relieved and regretful.

Then, she recovered and asked, "Shen Kang, how did you get that child? Can you teach me how to give birth?"

"..."

Looking at such a stunningly beautiful face so close to his face, and hearing her say such things, asking him to "teach her how to have a child," Shen Kang found it really hard to bear. He instantly became agitated and was about to explode.

Is this something that humans can withstand?

But looking into He Qiuzhu's innocent and kind eyes, he forcibly suppressed his restlessness and began to ramble on to distract himself.

"That's a good question. I asked the director of our orphanage before. He told me that he was Ma Liang with his magic paintbrush, and I was drawn by him."

"But that's just nonsense, after all, his surname wasn't Ma. The real Ma Liang couldn't draw, he could only code..."

Shen Kang himself didn't know what he was saying; it was pure nonsense.

After a series of incoherent ramblings, he finally managed to pull He Qiuzhu out of bed and rush her to the bathroom to change her clothes.

He himself, with his right arm completely devoid of feeling hanging limply, thought to himself, what a terrible thing to do.

By the time He Qiuzhu had changed her clothes, Shen Kang's right arm had almost fully recovered.

He made a few phone calls and learned that everyone was already awake. He then led He Qiuzhu out the door, ready to go back to school. But as soon as he opened the door, he saw Ye Jintong standing there, looking like she was about to ring the doorbell.

Seeing that the door opened by itself, Ye Jintong said directly, "Boss, I just knocked on Qiuzhu's door, but no one answered..."

As they were talking, Ye Jintong saw He Qiuzhu peeking out from behind Shen Kang.

This made her words come to an abrupt halt, swallowed back down. She looked at Shen Kang, then at He Qiuzhu, her expression complex: "You guys are only freshmen. I'm already a junior, and I've never experienced anything like this before!..."

"..."

Shen Kang was speechless. "What nonsense is this? She got up early and came over to chat with me. She's not sleeping here."

"real?"

"Really, you can ask her if you don't believe me."

Ye Jintong then looked at He Qiuzhu, who obediently nodded.

This made Ye Jintong feel a little better: "It's alright... No, I need to find someone quickly too, and get it done before you guys, after all, I'm already a junior in college..."

Shen Kang ignored her rambling and went to each room to knock on doors, call people, and gather them together.

After gathering everyone, they returned to Yang University of Science and Technology, taking the same bus as before.

After arriving at the school, everyone went back to their dorms, went to 211 universities, or went to class. They all dispersed like monkeys.

After Shen Kang escorted He Qiuzhu back to her dormitory, he stood at the dormitory management office for a while, but he still couldn't remember if he had any classes that morning.

"This is fucking amazing! As a college student, I don't even know if I have classes on certain days..."

Then I looked up at the sky.

The weather was lovely today, sunny and cloudless. As winter approaches, the temperature wasn't high, feeling around ten degrees Celsius. The warm sunshine felt wonderful on my skin.

"With such nice weather, I should just go back to my dorm and relax."

Shen Kang squinted at the sun, thinking this, and then went back to his dormitory with a clear conscience.

As soon as I entered the dormitory, I saw the other three people in the room.

Wang Pan was playing on the computer, Feng Moquan was using Shen Kang's computer, and Jin Chao was lying high on the bed, engrossed in a mobile phone, seemingly reading a novel.