Why are you always thinking about dating me?

Xu Qinghuan and Su Yuejin were in the same class, so she naturally saw Lin An, Su Yuejin, and Luo Shuishui, but she didn't know what they were talking about, so she asked now.

"We didn't talk about much, just some random, nonsensical things. Su Yuejin was the most normal one."

"So what's next? Just let things take their course?" Xu Qinghuan asked, her slender legs lazily crossed.

"Probably." Lin An nodded. He didn't know what Su Yuejin was thinking, but her intense emotions should cool down.

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In Su Yuejin's room.

She had just taken a shower and was wearing a slightly sensual black lace-trimmed slip dress, revealing her shoulders and collarbones, which were as white and tender as milk.

Her slender waist and the skin of her thighs were faintly visible beneath the hem of her skirt, creating a hazy, alluring beauty.

She stood in front of the mirror, took a picture in a duck-sitting position, without editing or adding filters, hummed softly, then found Lin An's contact information and sent it to him.

His reply came shortly afterward.

"You're so sexy."

"So, do you like it?"

In fact, Su Yuejin's cheeks were burning hot. Doing such a thing gave her a strange, exciting, and indulgent feeling. So she peeled a suspender from her shoulder to her arm, half-covering and half-revealing her appearance, took another picture, and then sent it to him.

This time, she gently licked the corner of her lips with the tip of her tongue, her eyes filled with seductive allure.

"Want to come to my house...and see me wearing black stockings?"

"Could you send me a photo instead? I'll just wait and see, then I won't come."

"That won't work."

"..."

………………

"hehe."

Xu Qinghuan looked at Lin An's phone and smiled at him.

Lin An looked at Xu Qinghuan helplessly. Xu Qinghuan leaned closer and said, "Ah? Does it look good? Hmm? Do you like black stockings? I'm short, so I don't have the long legs you like. I'm really sorry."

"I will always love everything about Miss Xu Qinghuan."

Xu Qinghuan rolled her eyes helplessly at his teasing manner, but still couldn't help muttering to Lin An's phone screen.

"That little slut."

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Trying to Escape

The autumn night was cool, and Lin An and Xu Qinghuan went downstairs for a walk together.

As for Su Yuejin, after Lin An gave her a few perfunctory replies, she fell silent, probably knowing that she couldn't stir his heart no matter what she did. She angrily threw her phone away and acted childishly, and it was unclear what she did next.

Downstairs from Lin An and Xu Qinghuan, not far from the riverbank, the water shimmered under the moonlight, layer upon layer. In the distance, searchlights flickered. Lin An and Xu Qinghuan stopped by the river, gazing at the water before them. A gentle evening breeze blew by, and neither of them spoke.

"When will this end, Xu Qinghuan?" Lin An suddenly asked, without being there.

This was a sentence that only Xu Qinghuan and he understood, but Xu Qinghuan did not answer. She just reached out, rubbed his head, her eyes full of affection, and then smiled softly.

Lin An didn't say anything more.

........................

On the other side, Su Yuejin was taking her anger out on the teddy bear in her room, punching and kicking it. She had sent Lin An such tempting photos. Which teenager in his adolescence wouldn't be aroused by those photos and want to... do something?

But Lin An ignored it completely, and casually mentioned that black stockings did add to her attractiveness, and then there was no further communication. Su Yuejin did not reply to any of her subsequent messages.

I have no idea what he's doing.

Su Yuejin was a little bored.

She lives alone in this house. Her father is also in this city, but he is very busy and rarely visits her. Her mother has gone abroad; apparently, her company has some overseas business, and she probably won't be back until the end of the year.

This 180-square-meter house is completely empty.

It's past eight o'clock now, and she hasn't had dinner yet. Normally, she wouldn't eat, or she would open an app to check nearby takeout options. But today, for some reason, she doesn't want to order takeout anymore. Maybe learning to cook would help?

Regardless of looks, figure, singing and dancing, a girl who can cook is the real plus, right? She suddenly thought of this, then opened Bilibili and started looking for some simple home-style recipes suitable for dinner.

So she decided to make a stir-fried loofah and a tomato and egg stir-fry. After all, she wasn't stupid. Cooking definitely has to be done step by step. However, she didn't have any ingredients at home, so she changed her clothes before going out.

Of course, I can't wear that sexy outfit out, but... if he comes to my house next time, I can still wear it to seduce him, and then not give him any food, just to annoy him, hmm.

With that in mind, Su Yuejin went downstairs to the supermarket in the community and bought two loofahs, two tomatoes, and an egg.

Then she went to the kitchen, turned on the kitchen light, and started studying the recipe in the video. It was actually very simple, but she couldn't even hold the knife properly. She was very careful when using the knife. After finally managing to cut the loofah and tomatoes, she started to beat the eggs.

About twenty minutes later, she looked at the plate of slightly grayish loofah and the plate of slightly burnt tomato and egg stir-fry on the table and began to worry.

Why does it seem so simple in the video, but I always fail when I try to do it myself?

Thinking this, Su Yuejin still opened the rice cooker. She had already cooked the rice, only scooped out a small bowl, and then carried the two plates of dishes to the balcony. She sat alone, holding the bowl, with the light on, eating and picking at the food in small bites.

Although it tasted terrible, at least I made it myself, so it wasn't too bad.

She was full of confidence when she was cooking, thinking that she would send the finished product to Lin An and tell him that she had also learned to cook a little bit... "Next time you come to my house, you can try what I made." But when she saw the two dishes she made, Su Yuejin gave up.

I guess I'm going to get laughed at by that guy again.

However, Su Yuejin still insisted on eating that small bowl, comforting herself that it was okay, and she could do it better next time if she paid more attention. She should learn these two dishes first, and take her time with the rest. Anyway, she had plenty of time every day, and she was alone every day anyway.

There is plenty of time.

Just sitting there in a daze, lost in thought, Su Yuejin herself didn't even know what she was thinking. She walked to the window, opened it, felt the autumn night breeze, and gently licked the corner of her lips with her tongue.

Lin An had never been completely obedient to her... So why did she suddenly become so bewitched that night, so eager to prove something to him, so desperate to gain love from him?

Lin An had already explained to her that these were all tricks, illusions, things she had imagined, but Su Yuejin still wanted someone by her side, preferably Lin An.

But he wasn't there, nor did he want to come. He had his own life. In his world, even though she had paid a heavy price, she was still an insignificant person.

Why would you think that... Su Yuejin? What's wrong with you?

Su Yuejin tapped her head, a bitter smile playing on her lips. She cleared the table, washed the dishes, and returned to her room. On the table was the note he had left when he left last time.

"I cooked some porridge, it's in the pressure cooker in the kitchen. Be careful it's hot when you drink it. Don't order takeout anymore, and eat less oily and salty food if you have a sore throat."

That was the note Lin An left after she fell asleep last time. Su Yuejin didn't throw it away; she just left it there and carefully kept it.

Su Yuejin took out her phone and glanced at it. The boy with the pink loli profile picture replied to her message at that moment.

"I had to go out for a bit, but I'm home now."

"Hmm... I understand." Su Yuejin replied. After thinking for a few seconds, she said, "I just cooked for myself, but it tasted terrible."

"The first time is always like this."

“But I want to learn.” She typed these words on the screen, and after a few seconds, the reply came: “If you want to learn… next time I cook for you, you can learn a little bit from the side. I can teach you, Su Yuejin.”

"Mmm! I'm all alone in the house...it's so boring."

"Is it boredom or loneliness?"

"I'm so bored and lonely. The room is empty and there's nothing there. I can't talk to anyone. You're not here, nobody's here, I'm all alone."

"Wasn't I just chatting with you?"

"But you're not here with me... Lin An, I hate you so much, you hardly ever talk to me."

"You're the one who should hate me, Su Yuejin."

"But I want to see you so much right now... so much."

"What are you doing right now?" Lin An asked.

"Playing on my phone while lying in bed."

"Now walk to the window, look down, and you should be able to see me."

Su Yuejin was startled. Almost instantly, like a carp leaping out of the water, she sat up in bed without even putting on her slippers. She walked to the window and pulled back the curtains. The boy downstairs seemed to be looking up at her as well.

Su Yuejin's eyes widened, and her previously dull eyes seemed to be instantly filled with the color of dazzling fireworks.

Lin An waved helplessly at her.

"I'll wait for you to come upstairs," Su Yuejin texted him.

She was going to change into some sexy, pretty clothes, and show them to him, and then she was going to pamper him properly this time. This guy... finally took the initiative for once.

So you're really itching to try it, aren't you, Lin An?

As the girl thought this, a sweet, secret joy welled up inside her, though she didn't realize that this joy was nothing but poison.

..............................

Lin An certainly wouldn't have come to Su Yuejin without a purpose. He could accept being corrupted by desire once, but he couldn't accept it happening a second time.

He was kicked out of the house by Xu Qinghuan.

After returning home, Xu Qinghuan, sitting cross-legged on the sofa, suddenly said to him, "Why don't you go out and find Su Yuejin?"

"……what?"

"I suddenly remembered something interesting. Go find her, but there's a condition: you can sleep with her, but you can't have sex."

"...Ning has a fever?" Lin An reached out to touch her forehead.

"No, this is a test for you, my silly little brother. If you can do this, I'll go out with you during the National Day holiday, have a date, do whatever we want, just like... a couple." Xu Qinghuan said, tilting her head and winking at Lin An.

Lin An, of course, could not resist such a temptation.

"Are you sure? Then I'll go."

"Okay, go ahead. Of course, there's no punishment if you don't succeed. But... maybe I should think about whether there's something wrong with my thinking. But I still choose to believe you, Lin An. When you come back, just tell me whether you did it or not. I believe your answer."

Xu Qinghuan's eyes were sincere. Lin An stared blankly into her eyes, kissed her first, and then walked out of the small house.

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Lin An took the elevator upstairs, then opened the door to Su Yuejin's apartment. When he opened the door, he found the apartment was empty.

He slowly walked in, and after about two or three seconds, Su Yuejin came out of the room.

It was that hazy black halter top, made of a sheer fabric, that revealed glimpses of her fair skin, her snow-white shoulders, and her collarbone bathed in the white light from above.

Su Yuejin wore a pair of black stockings over her long, beautiful legs. The material was as thin as a cicada's wing. She was barefoot and walked towards him step by step, her skirt swaying and alluring.