The pretty girl who plays with people's feelings is going to be severely punished.

Yu Lian returned to her dorm room, where only Gu Yitong was there. Gu Yitong had just applied a glossy lip gloss, making her look like a glossy, glass apple.

"Little Lianlian, you're finally back!" Her voice sounded as if she had been waiting for Yu Lian for a long time. She was wearing a slightly sexy halter top and hot pants with a pink belt. Half of her back was exposed, revealing a snake bone tattoo on the indentation of her spine.

"I'm exhausted... Wait for me." After finishing the exam and walking all the way back, Yu Lian's already dwindled energy. She tossed her hair into a mess, squatted down, and nestled under the air conditioner like a mushroom to dry off.

Gu Yitong handed over a wet wipe: "Yeah, final exams are over. We're going to a club for a get-together. Do you want to come?"

"Who? I don't know them, I'm not going." Yu Lian was so tired that she wasn't interested in anything, and her voice was listless as she pressed a cool, damp towel to her cheek to cool down.

She knew that Gu Yitong had a large social circle, including men and women both on and off campus, all of whom Gu Yitong didn't know.

Yu Lian, whose social skills are comparable to those of an immature paramecium, would find it extremely difficult and torturous to hang out with this group of trendsetters.

"There aren't many people." Gu Yitong walked over and squatted down with Yu Lian, the scent of her freshly sprayed perfume wafting over her. "I saw you at the restaurant last time, Chi Wang, the one with the white hair. And Qi Sui, Chi Wang's cousin."

Yu Lian's dormant memories were awakened: "Qi Sui? Is he also from our school? I remember he called me junior."

Gu Yitong nodded and then shook her head: "Yes, but he has already graduated."

Qi Sui's face was the kind that was hard to forget after seeing it once; it was impeccably beautiful, yet not effeminate. His M-shaped lips were upturned, and his smiling eyes looked at people with a flirtatious, seductive air.

"How old are you when you graduate? 24? 25? He looks about our age."

Yu Lian muttered something. Gu Yitong was amused by her, touched her face which had been cooled by the air conditioner, and pulled her up from under the air conditioner.

"I'm not that old, I'm 23. So want to go have some fun? That club just opened, and it even has an arcade. It's not too noisy, and there are lots of things to do."

Yu Lian had never been to a bar or nightclub before, so she was a little curious, but it wasn't to the point that she absolutely had to go. She looked over with her eyelashes raised, about to refuse.

Hearing Gu Yitong say mysteriously, "I'll get you some male models, baby, they're good-looking and can dance."

What else is there to say?

Yu Lian has no shortage of men, and even more so, no shortage of handsome men.

But since male models are something she would never pay for herself in her life, she had to indulge in this curiosity when someone offered to treat her.



  

Lu Jiefei was very patient while waiting.

He wasn't like this before, but then he met Yu Lian, who was incredibly slow and dawdling. Even something as simple as going downstairs for dinner could take her so long that the food needed to be reheated. His patience was gradually worn down over time through their daily interactions.

That sounds like a good thing, but unfortunately, this patience only applies to her.

Even the longest summer day eventually comes to an end. As the sunset reflected on the car window, Lu Jiefei glanced at his watch; it was seven o'clock.

Knowing that she would finish her exam at 5 p.m. and worried that she wouldn't know how to do it and would hand in her paper early, he came over at 4 p.m. to wait for her.

So far, all I've received from her is an order to wait.

7:30.

The phone remained silent, but a familiar figure emerged from the school gate.

She was dressed up; you could see her lips were covered in a glossy layer of powder even from a distance. When she got close, she politely knocked on his car window, a rare occurrence for her.

Lu Jiefei saw the same thug who had ridden a motorcycle to her house in the middle of the night before following behind her, and a feeling of unease welled up in his chest. He rolled down the car window halfway.

He turned his head to the side, looking at her expressionlessly, waiting for her to whine and make those requests that he wouldn't grant.

Yu Lian clung to the edge of the car window like a kitten, looking up at him. Her eyelashes, curled and coated with mascara, were thick and black, with a few clumsily clumped together.

She was wearing colored contact lenses that were lighter than her own pupil color, making her eyes look watery and much smarter than before.

"elder brother."

"I'm going out with Gu Yitong, I'll be back tonight."

When she's negotiating with someone, her voice is soft and sweet, like a little girl who hasn't grown up yet asking her parents if she can go downstairs to play with her playmates in the community.

They hadn't grown up to begin with.

Lu Jiefei glanced at Gu Yitong beside her without making a sound.

He knew that Yu Lian had a roommate with whom she had a good relationship, whose personality was completely opposite to Yu Lian's—independent and mature. Logically speaking, as her brother, he should be at ease knowing that his sister had such a friend.

but.

"Where are we going?" Lu Jiefei asked calmly, rolling down all the car windows to stop her from making any more pitiful gestures that would soften his heart.

The car window disappeared, and Yu Lian, her arms folded against the window frame, looked as nervous as a primary school student being called on in class: "Um... the mall. Maybe have a meal and then do some casual browsing..."

Gu Yitong chimed in, "We'll just stroll around, maybe catch a movie or something. Don't worry, I'll take Xiaolian home before midnight... before eleven."

She had originally intended to say the time, but Lu Jiefei glanced at her and quietly changed her mind.

Lu Jiefei didn't respond to her.

He curled his fingers and tapped on the window frame next to Yu Lian's forehead, as if tapping her head: "Ten o'clock, I'll pick you up. It's okay to have fun, but don't go to places that are disreputable or dangerous. Aunt Yu is back, go home and see her early."

Yu Lian tried to struggle: "Stop criticizing my mom. I've been watching her for over ten years. What's wrong with playing for an extra hour? I'm nineteen years old, I'm an adult..."

Nineteen years old.

He repeated the number in a flat tone, his gaze shifting from her strapless dress that revealed her snow-white shoulders and neck to Jiang Shaoheng, who was a few steps away, pretending to be looking down at his phone but actually trying to eavesdrop.

"Besides a number appearing in the household registration system, what other part of you meets the standards of an adult?"

"Adulthood means having the ability to independently assume risks, and you are one of them."

He stopped there, not intending to utter any harsh words. A slight smile played on his lips as he turned his gaze back to her face.

He raised his hand and pinched the soft flesh of the girl's cheek, which was puffed up with anger. The touch was so delicate that his fingertips lingered there unconsciously, not letting go immediately.

He made such an intimate gesture, but his voice was even colder.

"Don't go where you shouldn't go, don't do what you shouldn't do. I need to see your location on my phone by 9:30."

"Adults must bear full legal responsibility for their actions. If someone sells you out of common sense, the police will not turn a blind eye to you just because you are a crybaby."

Since he said that, it meant he agreed. Ten o'clock it was. She'd get rid of him first, and then she could decide what time he came back. Yu Lian thought to herself, squinting at him with a fake smile, her cheeks puffed out with rosy cheeks, making her look incredibly obedient.

It looks like a monkey's butt drawn in a kindergarten performance.

Lu Jiefei scoffed inwardly, said nothing more, rolled up the car window, and drove away.

With less than three hours left and Gu Yitong nearby, the boy probably couldn't do anything.

He wanted to give Yu Lian more trust and space.

Over-discipline can cause children to develop a rebellious mentality, making them even more defiant and resorting to self-destruction to fight against their families. This is a sentence he recently came across in a must-read book for parents of teenagers.



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