“No, Chi Yao is worse than a dog.”
…
After these two sentences, his breathing remained steady.
“Asleep, huh?” Lin Zhexia said softly, “Clearly so tired, yet still fighting not to sleep.”
She tapped her phone screen, saw that the time displayed was already 12:30.
After confirming that Chi Yao was asleep, she tiptoed from the chair, walked to the door, turned the knob as slowly as possible. Standing at the doorway, she softly added, “Hope your competition goes well tomorrow.”
Lin Zhexia had checked out the articles Old Xu forwarded, which included the competition schedule.
Before bed, she confirmed the competition entry time once more, then calculated backward, setting a relatively safe alarm.
She was afraid that if Chi Yao couldn’t get up tomorrow, she would need to go wake him up early.
Chi Yao slept very deeply this time.
He only woke up when Lin Zhexia made her third call.
“Wake-up service,” at around eight o’clock the next morning, Lin Zhexia shouted on the phone, “you should get up now.”
The sounds from Chi Yao’s end were quite messy.
She heard a series of rustling and very soft sounds, which sounded like the young man not wanting to get up, burying his face deeper into the pillow.
Sure enough, the next second, Chi Yao’s voice was both hoarse and muffled: “What time is it?”
“Eight fifteen.”
“Hang up, call me again at eight twenty.”
“…”
Lin Zhexia found it amusing: “How are you still sleeping in?”
“Then you sleep for five more minutes,” she finally said, “I’ll come knock on your door in five minutes.”
Five minutes later, Chi Yao opened the door for her with messy hair, looking lazy and not fully awake. Lin Zhexia often saw him in this state when she visited his home on weekends, but now, being alone in a room, perhaps because the location was too unfamiliar, she rarely felt a sense of restraint.
She looked away: “Do you usually eat breakfast at the hotel, or order takeout?”
Chi Yao looked like someone with morning grumpiness, but still answered her question, opening the bathroom door: “Takeout.”
Lin Zhexia made an “oh” sound: “Then I’ll open the takeout app and have a look.”
After browsing for a while, she directly placed an order.
Just as Chi Yao knew her taste, she also didn’t need to ask what this person ate or didn’t eat.
Even though this person’s taste was quite picky.
After placing the order, the water sound from the bathroom also stopped.
Chi Yao finished washing up, opened the door, and walked out, his hair slightly dampened by water. He squatted down to rummage through his suitcase and said two words to her: “Get out.”
“?”
“I just placed the order, and you’re chasing me away,” Lin Zhexia complained, “how can you be so ungrateful?”
Chi Yao held a set of school uniforms in his hand and said coolly, “I need to change clothes.”
After a while, he added: “If you insist on watching, that’s fine too.”
…
Who wants to watch?
Lin Zhexia stood up from the chair: “I’m leaving.”
After Lin Zhexia went out, she returned to her room, waiting for the takeout to arrive before bringing it over. However, when she pushed open the door to go in this time, she heard that there seemed to be another person in the room, and that person immediately said, “Oh my.”
Xu Ting looked at her in surprise: “Young Lin?”
“…”
Lin Zhexia put down the takeout: “Surprised to see me?”
Xu Ting: “Very surprised, what are you doing here?”
In front of anyone except Chi Yao, Lin Zhexia could remain calm: “Oh, the pressure of studying has been too much lately, I’m feeling a bit desperate, so I came specially to Haicheng City to jump into the sea.”
Xu Ting: “…???”
Lin Zhexia: “But at the last moment, the desire to live overcame the thought of jumping into the sea. I feel that life is still beautiful, and I should continue to live on strongly.”
This statement was too impactful, and Xu Ting carefully said, “I can’t tell that you… have such great pressure.”
Lin Zhexia glanced at him: “You believed that? With your intelligence, are you sure you’ll be okay participating in today’s competition?”
Xu Ting: “……”
This person, Young Lin.
How could she be as annoying as Chi Yao?
Xu Ting changed the subject: “Have you both ordered takeout? I want to eat too.”