I want to have a normal campus romance

"I opened the door before, it's not your responsibility."

When I heard her words, I couldn't help but be shocked, because I never expected that Mo Yuhan would bring up this matter again. Looking at the look in her eyes when she looked at me, I suddenly felt that I was being a little petty.

But it seemed that I stared at her for too long, and she slowly retracted her head behind the book and said to me:

"I forgive you! But don't...don't get too carried away..."

Her voice got softer and softer until I couldn't even hear what she said. But one thing I was sure of was that this girl actually forgave me?!

At this moment, I just felt like I was dreaming, or maybe I wasn't awake at all?

But at this moment, a flash of light appeared outside the window, and then the thunder came as expected with a roar, waking me from my thoughts.

Along with the roar of thunder, her body trembled, and the Oxford Dictionary in her hand fell to the ground. I also saw clearly what kind of expression she had as she hid behind the book.

A blush appeared on her fair face, and even though her owner tried her best to cover it up, it was of no avail. At this moment, she was like a little lion whose tail was stepped on, trying to cover up her weakness with a ferocious appearance.

I saw the whole scene. At this moment, I heard the sound of a door opening suddenly beside me. I turned around and saw the maid slowly opening the door and walking out. After meeting my eyes, she couldn't help but smile at me.

Mo Yuhan, holding her book, ran back upstairs without looking back. The maid looked at her, then at me, and the smile on her face seemed to become more intriguing.

"It seems that Mr. Lin and the eldest lady have a very good relationship."

"Ah? Really? Hahaha..."

This made me feel a lot more pressured. At the same time, I thought that Mo Yuhan looked cold, but I didn't expect that she had such a cute side. But after seeing that scene just now... I don't know whether I should say it was lucky or unlucky.

Until Uncle Chen came back and I got into his car, the girl didn't come out again, as if she was shy. Recalling the blushing and heart-pounding things before, I suddenly felt a little dizzy, after all, this was my first time to have such close contact with a girl.

But what is even more difficult for me is...what expression should I give her next time I see her?

Chapter 45 On duty

On Monday, after I finished my afternoon classes, I had planned to go back to the dormitory with Fatty and the others to slack off and have a rest. But unfortunately, my dream of slacking off has been far away from me since I became a counselor's assistant.

Today was my day on duty, so I had to say goodbye to Fatty and the others and went to Xiao Jingwen's office alone, but to my surprise, there was no one in the office again.

Wait...why did I add another one?

Although the empty office always makes me feel a little PTSD, I still do my own work. Of course...it’s not that I’m diligent, but I have a meeting of the Student Union to attend in the afternoon.

Even though I have already written the resignation letter required by the Student Union, I cannot just cancel the meeting organized by the Youth League Committee.

Although it was my first time to be a counselor's assistant, I was very familiar with the duty work. After all, I was often on duty when I was a student union officer. Also, Xiao Jingwen didn't assign much work to me, so I finished the work on hand in a short time.

I looked at the time and found that it was still early to leave the meeting, but there was not enough time to go back and forth to the dormitory, so I simply sat on Xiao Jingwen's office chair to rest. Anyway, there was no one else in the office except me.

I lay on my back in the chair, staring at Xiao Jingwen's desk in a daze. Her desk was very tidy. Apart from some daily office supplies, there were not many personal belongings. There was only a simple pot of green plants and an ordinary photo frame on the desk.

The strange thing is that there is no photo in this photo frame. Of course... Although I am curious, I don’t have the habit of prying into other people’s privacy. The last big mistake was enough for me to bear, and if there is another one... I am afraid I can’t bear it.

I thought the news of Xiao Jingwen's broken heart would spread widely. After all, with students having plenty of time and energy, once the news reaches one person, it will spread throughout the college within a few days. But unexpectedly, the news of Xiao Jingwen's broken heart did not spread.

It would be better to say...most people don’t even know that Xiao Jingwen has a boyfriend.

But this is not surprising. After all, there is no trace of a significant other in her life. If I hadn't accidentally discovered this secret at that time, I guess I would still be kept in the dark like most people.

But just when I was immersed in my memories, the office door was suddenly pushed open. I thought it was Xiao Jingwen who came back, but when I was about to get up, I found that the person standing outside the door was not her, but the counselor from the Finance Department next door who I met before - Zhang Yushu.

When he saw it was me, his face suddenly darkened. Of course, I didn't give him a good look either. But what surprised me was that Huang Tao was actually standing next to him, holding a stack of documents, looking like a follower.

When he saw me, his expression instantly became unsightly, just like Zhang Yushu's. Seeing the two of them acting like masters of face-changing, I couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"What's the matter with you two?"

Although I have a lot of personal grudges against both of them, I am on duty now, and judging from their looks, they are probably not looking for trouble, so I still asked.

However, Huang Tao seemed to still be upset about the last time I ruined his plan. He looked at Zhang Yushu beside him and immediately became confident. After hearing what I said, he took two steps forward, cleared his throat, and criticized me indignantly:

"Huh, don't you know how to greet the teacher when you meet him?"

"If you have something to say, say it. If not, get out!"

He didn't seem to have expected that I would be so disrespectful to Zhang Yushu. He was stunned and was about to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he seemed to want to say something but didn't dare to. The aggressive demeanor on his body instantly disappeared by more than half.

I guess he was frightened during the last meeting we had, and wanted to scare me, but he was afraid that I would really put a sack on him in the middle of the night and take him to a place where there was no surveillance and beat him up.

When Zhang Yushu saw that Huang Tao was speechless because of my retort, his face became even worse. However, I didn't play any bickering games with them. I directly turned on the recorder on my phone, then held it up to show them both.

Sure enough, when Zhang Yushu saw the phone in my hand, his face changed.

"what do you mean?"

"It's nothing, please continue."

Of course, I didn't really want to report them with the recording. I just wanted to scare them so that they would think carefully before speaking. But this scare was surprisingly effective.

Zhang Yushu seemed to think that I was really going to deal with him. Although he looked unhappy, he didn't say much.

"I'm looking for Teacher Xiao."

"Oh, Teacher Xiao is not here. If you have anything to ask, please come to me."

"Looking for you?"

After hearing what I said, Zhang Yushu couldn't help but reveal a look of disdain on his face. He was about to say something, but when he saw the phone shaking in my hand, he swallowed back what he was about to say.

"I'm Mr. Xiao's assistant. If not me, who else can you look for?"

"How did I not hear it being said?"

"Does everything that happens in school have to be reported to you?"

"you!"

Zhang Yushu seemed to be pissed off by me, and I leaned back in my chair, yawning as I watched the changes in their expressions. Suddenly, I felt a little regretful.

I miscalculated. I should turn on the video next time.

But at this moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the corridor. I looked up and saw Xiao Jingwen standing at the door. She looked at me, then looked at Zhang Yushu and Huang Tao, who were standing not far from me with extremely ugly expressions, and seemed to understand what had just happened.

"Teacher Xiao, Lin Ran...is your assistant?"

Before I could open my mouth, Zhang Yushu asked Xiao Jingwen who was standing not far away. His tone didn't seem very friendly, which made Xiao Jingwen frown.

"Yes, what's the problem?"

"Nothing, I just think his personality isn't very suitable for being a guide. Maybe you can..."

"Teacher Zhang!" Zhang Yushu was interrupted by Xiao Jingwen in a harsh voice just as he was about to say something. "I think it's better not to define students casually. If you have nothing else, please go back."

Not only Zhang Yushu, but even I was surprised by Xiao Jingwen's tough attitude. After all, Xiao Jingwen usually spoke softly when talking to us, and it was almost impossible to see her lose her temper.

And compared to the last time, this time no face was given to Zhang Yushu at all.

Zhang Yushu looked at me, then at Xiao Jingwen. After being humiliated twice in a row, his face looked very interesting. I could even see the veins on his forehead twitching. After a cold snort, he left on his own.

Huang Tao was left standing there alone with the documents in his arms, at a loss as to what to do. He was about to say something, but when he saw Xiao Jingwen standing next to me, he ended up saying nothing.

He just put the documents in his hand on the table next to him awkwardly, gave me a look that said "wait and see", and left with Zhang Yushu in dejected manner.　

For a moment, Xiao Jingwen and I were the only ones left in the office, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward. Seeing this, I quickly stood up and gave my chair to Xiao Jingwen, then closed the office door.

But then...something I didn't expect happened. The moment I closed the door, I accidentally touched the door lock. The "click" sound of the door lock was particularly harsh in the quiet office.

When Xiao Jingwen heard the sound of the door lock being unlocked, she paused, then slowly turned her head and looked at me with a meaningful look, while I froze in place.

If I say...this wasn't my intention, would anyone believe me?

Chapter 46 Interlude

Logically speaking, locking the door from behind is a very subtle signal, whether in movies, TV shows or animations, and usually means that something important is happening, especially when a man and a woman are alone in the same room.

I feel like I'm in such a weird atmosphere now, but it's not a big problem. After the last experience when I carried Xiao Jingwen back to the staff dormitory, her trust in me is probably around 60 or 70 points, if not 100 percent.

As long as I unlock the door and explain a few words with my excellent eloquence, these trivial daily matters may be forgotten by both of us in the blink of an eye.

Humph, it’s me as expected!

Thinking of this, I turned the door lock... Hmm... Hmm???

I twist...I twist!!!

Why can’t I open this door lock?

I turned it twice more, but found that the door lock didn't move at all, as if it was stuck.

Who designed this broken door lock? Why can't I turn it?

Unconvinced, I turned the doorknob again and even pushed the door, but found that the office door was motionless and was locked tightly by me.

In contrast, Xiao Jingwen looked at me with an increasingly subtle look, and even opened the drawer and fumbled for something, as if she was searching for some self-defense weapon.

Holy shit! Is my credit rating so low?

Although I admit that what I did just now looked like an office pervert who locked the door and then checked whether it was closed tightly, how could a pervert have a face like mine? It would be better if a fat man did it.

No, no, now is not the time to think about this, the key is to explain it clearly!

"Ah...that!"

But just when I was about to explain, Xiao Jingwen seemed to have taken what she wanted from the drawer and stood up all of a sudden, leaving me speechless for a moment, and the words I had prepared were completely forgotten in this instant.

It's over! Xiao Jingwen wouldn't take out some weird anti-wolf artifact from the drawer, right? Is it an electric shock device? Anti-wolf spray? Or something else?

At this moment, I only felt a cold wind blowing by my side, and the air around me solidified at this moment. My eyes slowly followed her body to the...key in her hand?

Huh? Is this some new weapon?

"This door lock is broken. Once locked, it can only be opened with a key."

When I heard what Xiao Jingwen said, I couldn't help but be stunned. From what she said, it seemed that she knew from the beginning that I had locked it by accident. Then, had I been worrying for nothing?

For a moment, I actually felt a sense of loss for no apparent reason. This sense of loss was not only due to the fact that I had just struggled with my thoughts for a long time, but in the end I discovered that... the clown was actually my own feeling.

Another small part was because she didn't seem to think about it that way at all, which made me suddenly feel inexplicably frustrated, but when I thought about it carefully, it was normal. This is a school... and it's in the office, not a shooting site of a certain Douban media.

But despite this, Xiao Jingwen didn't look scared at all. Wasn't she worried about what I might do? Did I look so safe?

"Is there anything else you want to do?"

Xiao Jingwen's voice sounded in my ears. I turned my head and saw that she was holding the key and was about to unlock the door, but her hand paused and a look of confusion appeared on her face.

Oh my god, how could she hear me? Did I just talk to myself? Or did Xiao Jingwen secretly practice mind reading?

Besides, I was just complaining casually just now. If I had done something real, I would have been socially dead on the spot!

So I quickly coughed a few times and forced a change of subject:

"Ahem... Sister Wen, Zhang Yushu is not a pushover. Be careful or he might trip you up."

"He and I are colleagues, he can't do anything to me, you should just take care of yourself first, don't get involved in adult matters."

???

How did I become a child?

Obviously, Xiao Jingwen is just a college student who just graduated from graduate school. No matter how you calculate it, she is only three or four years older than me, right?

"Sister Wen, you are only a few years older than me, right?"

"One year older is still older!"

As she spoke, she gave me a heavy blow on the head with her hand.

When I heard what Xiao Jingwen said, I subconsciously thought that with her appearance, I guess people would believe me if I said she was a college student in my grade, not to mention a counselor. But my eyes followed her cheek and looked down slightly...

Uh, okay...you are older, so you are right.

But at this moment, a complaint suddenly came from outside the door.

"Why is the office door locked?"

Just as he finished speaking, the office door was slowly pushed open with a crisp "click" sound, and a woman holding a cardboard box appeared at the door.

Although I thought this was just a common thing, but looking at her demeanor and eyes, I don’t know why, even though I don’t even have a girlfriend, I felt like I was caught cheating.

When she saw me and Xiao Jingwen, she was stunned at first, then looked at me, then at Xiao Jingwen, her gaze stayed on Xiao Jingwen's knife move, and finally looked at the door lock, then she showed a bright aunt's smile.

"Wow, I didn't expect Xiaowen, who is so young, to be so exciting!" She touched her chin and said slowly, "Should I avoid it?"

Huh? What's exciting? It's a new game... No, no, that's not the point. Who is this woman?