After hearing that, Tong Sui moved slightly but finally got up from the bed, albeit with some hesitation.
After freshening up, Tong Sui hugged his cream puff and asked, “How did the exam go?”
“All passed,” Chi Xingyu replied, “It wasn’t difficult. I took two subjects at once.”
Tong Sui responded with a sound of approval, “Impressive.”
Some crumbs of the puff stuck to his hand, and while Chi Xingyu had no interest in these sweet treats, he leaned over and said, “Let me have a bite.”
Tong Sui frowned, “Aren’t there more in the box?”
“I just want to taste the flavor.”
After hesitating for a moment, Tong Sui reluctantly extended the half-eaten cream puff towards him.
Chi Xingyu opened his mouth and swallowed the remaining half of the puff.
When Tong Sui tried to retract his hand, his wrist was caught. Chi Xingyu held onto him, lowering his head to lick up the crumbs from his fingertips.
He then satisfiedly remarked, “Delicious.”
Tong Sui’s face instantly turned red. He pulled his hand back and wiped it with a tissue, saying, “You take whatever I’ve already eaten. You really don’t mind at all.”
“Why would I mind?” Chi Xingyu said, “I actually enjoy eating what you’ve left behind.”
Tong Sui was startled by his words, as his eyelashes trembled slightly. Chi Xingyu seemed to gain momentum and moved the chair right beside Tong Sui, wrapping his arm around him.
This was a very ominous prelude.
Tong Sui quickly grabbed his hand and pushed away slightly, changing the subject, “The new neighbor came by earlier.”
Chi Xingyu’s posture froze momentarily, appearing a bit guilty, as he silently withdrew his hand, “You already knew?”
In fact, he was aware that it was impossible to keep it from Tong Sui; those people always found opportunities to slip through.
But he didn’t want to; he didn’t want those with impure motives to interact more with Tong Sui. It bothered him deeply. He once thought that as long as their relationship was close enough, such discomfort and anxiety would fade.
But it didn’t work that way.
The closer the relationship, the more fearful one is of losing it, and the more one cares.
Tong Sui said, “I didn’t let them in; I just closed the door and went back to sleep.”
Chi Xingyu was stunned, “Wh-why?”
“Because you don’t like them, right?”
Tong Sui’s words were casual, but to Chi Xingyu’s ears, they were the most beautiful love words. His heart raced wildly as it nestled back close, and his slightly rigid hair brushed against Tong Sui’s neck, “Baby, you’re so good to me. What if I end up liking you even more?”
Tong Sui was completely bewildered.
He hadn’t done anything; how was that being good to him?
Chi Xingyu always seemed to find reasons to feel happy.
Chi Xingyu nuzzled his nose against Tong Sui’s neck, encircling his waist with his hand, and whispered, “I want…”
Before Chi Xingyu could finish, Tong Sui guessed what he wanted to say and interrupted, “No, you don’t want to.”
Chi Xingyu said earnestly, “But I really feel something now.”
“…”
When have you not felt anything?
Because of spending time with Chi Xingyu, he hadn’t even been able to stream and his biological clock was all messed up.
Chi Xingyu said, “Then let’s take the opportunity to adjust it.”
What kind of twisted logic is that?
Tong Sui couldn’t withstand Chi Xingyu’s soft and hard tactics, and ultimately half-heartedly agreed.
During the time Tong Sui hadn’t streamed, Chi Xingyu had also disappeared; the two seemed to have evaporated from the world without leaving a trace.
Tong Sui’s latest Weibo was filled with frantic messages.
— Sui Baby, hurry up and come back to work!! (screaming) (twisting) (dark crawling) (rolling) (howling) (attacking indiscriminately)
— Damn, I can’t hold it in anymore, I’m about to go blow up the EV team’s base!!
By the end of the month, tens of thousands of people had crowded Tong Sui’s livestream, knowing he signed a contract with the platform that required a fixed amount of hours each month.
Chi Xingyu usually behaved in the same way, only streaming at the end of the month.
As expected, at 8 PM, both Tong Sui and Chi Xingyu went live at the same time.
The bullet comments flowed densely across the screen.
— Finally opened the door!!
— We’re live!! Am I dreaming?!
— Boohoo, I’m alive again! I almost ran out of all the recorded streams and shows during this time!!
— Sui Baby, you’ve kept us waiting for too long!!
— Where did you even go? You’re driving me mad!
Tong Sui felt a bit guilty. For the past few days, he had firmly insisted that Chi Xingyu shouldn’t leave any traces where he could see them, and by now it should have faded away.
“There was just… a bit of stuff to deal with.”
He didn’t specify what it was, but the bullet screen had already guessed.
Tong Sui looked at the occasional messages floating by, his cheeks flushed with embarrassment, his eyes darting around, clearly guilty to the core.
Because he hadn’t gone out during this period, his skin was pale as if it could glow. Once colored with red, the viewers in the live stream were captivated.
They no longer pursued the matter of how long he had kept them waiting.
By the end of the month, he had accumulated the necessary streaming hours, coinciding with the start of the new school term.
Chi Xingyu had already gotten his driver’s license and dropped Tong Sui off at the school gate when classes started.
Since it was the start of a new term, students and upperclassmen responsible for welcoming freshmen were bustling about.
Among the crowd, their figures stood out prominently.
Even passersby turned their heads for a second glance.
Some even took out their phones to stealthily snap pictures, and those who recognized them were excitedly covering their mouths, trying to suppress their exclamations.
As an established prestigious university, H University had an excellent campus environment with lush greenery.
The registration area was also easy to find.
The proportion of male students in the Computer Science department was higher than that of female students. The students responsible for welcoming newcomers had been busy all day, and just when they were about to pack up to go eat,