They are in their final year of high school and are heavily dependent on me.

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But now, her roommates just laugh at her.

With no other option, Xu Lingxi had to dry her hair bit by bit with a bath towel, even though it was slow and difficult for a girl to dry her hair that way. She also worried about catching a cold under the air conditioner.

"Hey, turn the air conditioning down a bit, it's so hot!"

"Open it."

"."

Xu Lingxi looked down and saw her shoes again.

Are the shoes I cherish after wearing them for two years fake?

The girl sighed resignedly.

Heartache, like the freezing air, swept into her lungs along with exhaustion.

It turns out that her anxiety that afternoon was not unfounded.

She would have a really hard time without him.

"You came back so early yesterday, and you're so late today?"

Bai Limeng leaned against the door frame, as if she had been waiting for Lin Mo for a long time, as Lin Mo had not yet explained his "confession" that morning.

"It's my goddess's birthday, so I went to order a cake for her," Lin Mo replied.

"Aha?"

"Here, this is your little cake." Lin Mo took out a small, palm-sized boxed cake.

"For me? It's not my birthday." Bai Limeng took it. "Why is there a pineapple on it?"

"These are scraps, just eat whatever you have." Lin Mo slipped into the room.

"Hey, are you serious?"

"Goddess"

"No, not this one!" Bai Limeng rolled her eyes. "This is definitely fake. What kind of goddess could you possibly find? Did she specifically ask you to buy her a cake?"

"Just admit you're a glutton!"

"Okay, then it's true that I like you." Lin Mo slumped on the sofa and started playing with his phone.

"..." Bai Limeng knew that this dead man was lying when he admitted it so directly.

"You scoundrel," she snorted.

"Really, from the bottom of my heart." Lin Mo replied to the socially awkward cat's concerned inquiries online.

"It all started that day, Old Bai, don't you remember? When we were little, that night, we were taking a bath together, and I saw you."

"Aaaaaah! Are you sick?! You've been this perverted since you were little!" Bai Limeng blushed instantly, pounced on him, punched his chest, and covered his mouth tightly.

"Stop talking! You pervert!"

"Bai Limeng, you're starting to forget our past friendship." Lin Mo broke free, pointed at her with a smile, "We used to spank each other, and whoever cried first was the dog."

"You always cry first, so hurry up and keep your promise."

"That was when I was a child!" the girl said, both embarrassed and angry.

"You're in fourth grade already, and you're still calling me a kid? You've been naughty since you were little, forcing me to eat your saliva."

"If you're so capable, then eat it now."

"You scoundrel, die!"

"."

A moment later, Lin Mo had several marks on his neck from being pinched, and several red marks on his waist from being pinched by Bai Limeng's toes.

Fortunately, it made Huang Mei so angry that she went to bed early.

Without some trump card, it's really hard to get her to sleep.

I need to discuss something with the teacher tonight, and I can't let Bai Limeng find out.

"Hello? Hey, Teacher Ni, it's me, it's me."

Lin Mo took his phone to the balcony.

"Yes, yes, Zhihan told you? Oh, I just mentioned it to her, about changing dorms, right? She wanted to help her classmate out."

"What? I didn't threaten her, I didn't threaten her. And of course, we weren't dating. Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"Uh, what? Zhihan said... that you should retire? This... this isn't my idea. This is my problem. I'll try to talk to Zhihan about it."

Lin Mo hung up the phone, his expression grave.

Teacher Ni was clearly frightened. Lin Mo thought that he should ask Li Zhihan to back him up. Under the young lady's authority, the process of changing Xu Lingxi's dormitory would be faster with the teacher.

He only asked her to help write a letter and send it to Lao Ni. Did he not expect the letter to be so harsh?

Lin Mo opened his phone and looked at Li Zhihan, who had sent him harmless red beans on QQ. Hmm.

[Mo]: You want to make Lao Ni retire?

[Han]: The teacher kept saying in class that it would be good to retire early.

[Mo]: He was just saying that out of anger, because he was annoyed by the troublemakers in the class. He didn't really want to retire.

【涵】: Oh.

[Mo]: It's alright.

【涵】: Something has happened.

[Han]: Are you going to stay in the dormitory with her?

[Han]: Will she finish my milk?

She was referring to Xu Lingxi, of course.

Between the lines, Li Zhihan's tone seemed too hurried, to the point of sounding like a resentful woman confined to her boudoir.

No, baby, your possessiveness is a bit scary, isn't it? Everyone's like that, right?

Don't get involved. The yandere industry is very complex; you can't handle it.

[Mo]: No, no.

【涵】：Yes, yes.

[Han]: I saw that you gave her another box.

[Mo]: That's extra.

【Han】: Hmm.

Lin Mo broke out in a cold sweat.

He could vaguely guess that Li Zhihan was holding back a big surprise by replying with only one word each time.

【Han】: But I only have one box.

Lin Mo's eyelids twitched, and he quickly tapped his phone.

[Mo]: I'll give you two boxes starting tomorrow.

[Han]: Thank you.

I'm about to be completely drained.

[Han]: I'm a little scared.

Upon seeing this, Lin Mo suddenly felt relieved.

Well, Li Zhihan isn't really greedy.

However, he was the only one she could confide in, and if he couldn't reciprocate with the same attitude, it would naturally make her worry.

This is very similar to how children interact.

I'm good to you, so you should be good to me too.

If I treat you the best in the world, then you have to treat me the best in the world too. If you treat others the best in the world as well, I will be very sad.

That's what Li Zhihan meant, and that's why she's temporarily anxious.

The establishment of friendship is inevitably accompanied by a crisis of trust.

He and Li Zhihan had only just begun to open up to each other; there was still much to be done.

Lin Mo thought for a moment and realized that the way to deal with a crisis of trust is not to let the other party know how trustworthy you are.

Showing vulnerability can build the best foundation for trust.

[Mo]: Actually, I'm scared too.

[Han]: Is Lin Mo also afraid?

[Mo]: I'm afraid of everything. I'm afraid you'll overthink things, or that you'll get angry or unhappy, which could make you stop talking to me. That's what I'm most afraid of.

After the message was sent, Li Zhihan replied after a while:

[Han]: Lin Mo, is it just me too?

"Also" is very important.

This implies another layer of meaning to the statement.

In her world, there was only him.

Because he's the only one, she feels anxious with no way out.

Lin Mo finally understood; it was like a sudden enlightenment.

Li Zhihan's "fishing" quotes over the past two days are actually a concrete manifestation of this anxiety.

She would keep telling him, intentionally or unintentionally, that she only did this to him, that this was the first time she had ever done this to anyone.

That's expressing her unease.

After all, Lin Mo was introducing her to unfamiliar things, unfamiliar people, and unfamiliar perceptions, and in this world that was unfamiliar to her, only Lin Mo was a familiar stranger.

Lin Mo's appearance was initially a shock to her, but after she opened her heart, the shock turned into a pleasant surprise. However, whether the pleasant surprise could be retained was another shock.

So, he's the same.

[Mo]: You are the only one who is truly special.

Li Zhihan replied instantly.

【Han】: Okay.

Lin Mo couldn't help but laugh; the balance of power between offense and defense had shifted.

Unexpectedly, he also started spouting fishing quotes.

It was oily, but it was just right for Li Zhihan.

Finally, I sent a "heart-shaped little soybean" message to end the evening.

Li Zhihan copied and pasted as always.

[Han]: (Sending a heart shape with a little soybean)

[Han]: I like your soybean.

Baby, be confident. Just take the first four characters. Take it back. I'll allow you to resend it once.