All the goddesses in the world are lusting after my body.

Jiang Tang, worried that she might be bored, gave her a brush and ink, so she could doodle in her notebook.

Notebook refers to a draft or manuscript.

Jiang Tang himself lowered his head to read, immersing himself in the world of books.

After about ten minutes, he finally snapped out of his deep reading, looked up, stretched his slightly sore neck, and then glanced at Lilith beside him, his gaze settling on her.

To be precise, it was on the draft notebook that I handed to Lilith.

He saw a self-portrait of a girl whose features resembled Lilith's, but who was clearly younger and was smiling demurely like a lady.

When Lilith realized that Jiang Tang had seen her drawing, she looked shy and embarrassed, as if she had been caught scribbling in class by her teacher.

But her drawing skills are actually very good; it can't be called random scribbling at all. After all, she received a very refined art education from a young age, and painting was undoubtedly a very important part of that education.

When Jiang Tang's gaze fell upon the girl's portrait, it softened more gently than ever before, almost like water, or like a ray of sunlight as light as a cicada's wing.

"Is her hair blonde?"

Jiang Tang asked curiously, realizing that he had been influenced by Lilith's paintings and had also begun to have fantasies about the future.

Because all he gave Lilith was an ink brush, it was naturally impossible to depict the girl's dazzling blonde hair, or her calm, dark hair, as well as her snow-white skin and stunning beauty.

Her eyes and brows should be as gentle as Lilith's, but her mind should be like Jiang Tang's—rational, calm, intelligent, and extraordinary.

Otherwise... cough cough, Jiang Tang can't say.

If she inherits her mother's intelligence, the biggest risk would be that she would be deceived by a man like Jiang Tang.

Upon hearing Jiang Tang's question, Lilith blushed to the roots of her ears. She frantically tried to cover her painting, but with her delicate fingers spread wide, how could she possibly do so?

In the end, the portrait of the girl who looked remarkably like her became even more dazzling and beautiful under the classroom lights.

"It should be...black hair."

Lilith responded in her own words, feeling embarrassed and shy.

Jiang Tang tilted his head.

"Why? Isn't it nice to have blond hair like you? If it were a boy, I'd prefer him to have black hair."

Lilith suddenly bit Jiang Tang's arm lightly with her teeth. Jiang Tang felt no pain at all; instead, he found Lilith strangely cute.

"Normally, they all have black hair!"

Lilith argued.

"Darling's biology isn't even as good as mine. Since blonde hair is a recessive gene and black hair is a dominant gene, shouldn't the child born to a black-haired and a blonde-haired person be black-haired?"

“And... Darling’s genes are really powerful.” Lilith said, her face growing even redder.

"That's not entirely true. Even if the blonde gene you carry is recessive, there's still a chance it will be passed on to your child. It's just that the probability..."

"Ahem, why are we suddenly talking about this kind of thing!"

Jiang Tang realized this too late, and for a moment he even felt a little embarrassed to look at Lilith.

"It wasn't Darling who started it!"

"It's because you drew first."

"Not yet, darling...!"

The two continued their quiet but intense bickering.

A sweet "war" broke out in a corner of the classroom.

This "war" was only seen by the girl in the draft notebook, whose hair was either blonde or black.

It was as if her smile stemmed from this.

Her gaze was innocent, as if she had traveled through time and space from the future, gently watching the scene before her.

………………

Jiang Tang didn't think that taking girls home was a necessary thing in the past.

Until tonight, after evening self-study, he saw the unlit darkness and the chaotic crowd in front of him, and felt the girl next to him pinching his fingertips so tightly.

He pondered quietly for a second, then acted without hesitation.

“I’ll take you back, Lilith.”

"Ok!"

"It's not because I'm worried about your safety walking alone at night."

"……Um!"

For some reason, Lilith looked even happier after Jiang Tang said those words.

There is a distance of about one kilometer between the teaching building and the international student apartment where Lilith currently lives. It is both long and short.

The time it took for Lilith to rush to class felt incredibly long, but the time it took for Jiang Tang to take Lilith home felt incredibly short.

Lilith felt she hadn't had a chance to spend more time with Darling before she could see her student apartment in the distance.

It's worth mentioning that the international student dormitory was lit with a soft, warm orange light at that moment, which undoubtedly meant that Minamoto no Shiki and Miyamoto no Maizō had returned.

To avoid Darling meeting these two Japanese girls and causing unnecessary trouble.

Lilith suddenly stopped at the intersection not far from the apartment.

This surprised Jiang Tang, who had thought that Lilith would need him to escort her all the way to her apartment door.

"Let's part ways here, darling."

Lilith said softly, though she felt a little regretful inside.

Taking a girl home doesn't necessarily mean going all the way to her doorstep.

If it were during their school days, it would be to avoid running into the girl's parents.

As for now, it's about avoiding running into a love rival.

Jiang Tang didn't know if he had noticed Lilith's little scheme.

He looked at Lilith with a hint of lingering affection before speaking gently.

"Okay, I'll leave you here then."

"After you get back to your dorm, get some rest..."

He pursed his somewhat dry lips, making them moist and glossy in the moonlight.

Upon seeing this, Lilith suddenly moved closer to Jiang Tang.

This makes the already close distance between them even closer.

For a moment, even their breathing could be heard, and their fragrances could be smelled.

Then, under Jiang Tang's somewhat stunned gaze, Lilith narrowed her beautiful turquoise eyes, slightly raised her usual five-centimeter heels, and accurately kissed Jiang Tang's lips.

Lilith exudes an irresistible aura.

Gradually, even Jiang Tang became immersed in it, wrapping his arms around Lilith's slender and supple waist, closing his eyes, and looking completely lost in the moment.

It took them a long time to separate.

It took them both a little while to calm their excitement and slightly flushed cheeks before finally saying goodbye.

Bye-bye, darling~

"Goodbye."

"Darling, don't be too nervous these next few days. Just treat it as a guest coming to my house for a meal."

"I'm not nervous at all." Jiang Tang said this insincerely, while guiltily touching his nose.

Lilith didn't say anything, but just smiled and turned away.

Jiang Tang stood there, watching her retreating figure until she walked into the brightly lit entrance of the apartment, before turning away with a sense of relief.

Although it meant taking a longer route and spending more time getting home, Jiang Tang didn't think it was a big deal.

He walked along the dimly lit path, with bare plum trees on both sides. If it were winter, the garden would be full of plum blossoms, which would be a very beautiful sight.

It snows in Chengdu almost every year, which is quite rare in the south. It seems to be due to some geographical factors. Jiang Tang didn't pay much attention to this, as he wasn't a liberal arts student.

In winter, the city is covered in snow, and people come out to happily build snowmen and have snowball fights.

But Jiang Tang is different from most people; he doesn't like winter, and he is very likely not to like winter in the future.

In his memory, winter left him with images of a boy and a girl huddled together for warmth in a cramped room without air conditioning or heating.

It sounds innocent and ambiguous, but only those who have actually experienced it know that they would never want to go through that experience again.

Jiang Tang never wanted to see Shi Xue's weak face and trembling, pale lips again. Even when he tried to kiss her forcefully, he would only receive a cold, comforting, and dim gaze from her.

Shi Xue once suffered a serious illness in the winter.

At first, it was just a simple cold, but Shi Xue forced herself to work part-time to earn money, and didn't tell Jiang Tang even though she was sick.

Finally, they could no longer hide it and Jiang Tang discovered it. Shi Xue's illness had become serious, but at that time the two of them couldn't afford to go to the hospital, so they could only buy medicine and Jiang Tang took care of Shi Xue.

She endured the winter, and Shixue recovered from her illness.

So every winter, Shi Xue would be wrapped up like a "zongzi" by Jiang Tang.

Even as Shi Xue complained with a wry smile, Jiang Tang remained unmoved.

It's time to buy some winter clothes this year. Jiang Tang wrapped his coat tighter, looked up at the sparse stars in the sky, and suddenly thought of something.

Just then, a very faint sound came from behind Jiang Tang, as if someone had accidentally stepped on a fallen branch of a plum tree.

If it were someone else, they would probably mistake it for some small forest animal making rustling sounds.

But for Jiang Tang, such commotion easily reminded him of a young girl, Ren Qianning.

The impression she left on Jiang Tang can only be described as inseparable from him.

Jiang Tang walked on calmly with his usual pace until he suddenly turned around and his gaze instantly caught that of the silver-haired girl who was frozen in place.

It's a pity they weren't playing "Red Light, Green Light," otherwise Ren Qianning wouldn't have lost.

"I've found you." Jiang Tang smiled, his warm tone as if saying, "It's been a long time."