The Senior Student (female) Is Not Human - Chapter 16
Chapter 16: Camping – “Want me to help?”
Xie Shiwei froze instantly!
The panic and confusion of having her secret exposed made her heart suddenly pound against her eardrums, creating a heavy “thump.” She couldn’t even clearly hear what she had instinctively blurted out.
Her face felt hot, her throat was dry, and her voice was strained.
Then, You Jiayi’s sharp words slammed into her:
“Of course you’re not worthy—”
“How dare someone like you stand next to Jiang Xiyao? Even if you worked as a waitress at the high-end restaurants she frequents, your month’s salary couldn’t pay for one of her meals. Where do you get the courage to covet her?”
You Jiayi’s words, one by one, drained the heat from Xie Shiwei’s face.
It wasn’t until her heart felt utterly cold and she suddenly shivered that she belatedly realized the answer she had mumbled:
“No, no, how could I dare… I, I’m not worthy…”
She abruptly shut her mouth.
She felt the night wind was particularly cold, chilling her to the bone, but seeing that You Jiayi was only angry and hadn’t done anything more extreme, a sense of relief washed over her.
She carefully pushed up her glasses, secretly thinking that it was good it was dark and the streetlights were dim. Her blushing just now must have… gone unnoticed, right?
However, You Jiayi had perfectly captured the guilty flicker in her eyes behind the lenses!
Thinking of how Xie Shiwei had brazenly appeared before Jiang Xiyao under the pretense of delivering Zhou Jiming’s chocolates, she couldn’t help but recall the love letter she had asked her to deliver earlier—
She agreed so readily; was she planning something else all along?
You Jiayi suddenly remembered when she casually mentioned her sexual orientation in the dorm at the start of the semester, politely declining her roommates’ invitation to go to a spa. Xie Shiwei had secretly watched her for a long time back then.
Later, when she talked about her ex-girlfriend, Xie Shiwei was seemingly the quietest, yet she would wildly use the excuse of going to the bathroom to repeatedly walk past her bed, trying to draw her attention.
You Jiayi had long figured out she was a lesbian.
But she had zero interest in her old-fashioned clothes and unremarkable appearance.
It wasn’t until the day she saw the campus goddess Jiang Xiyao, decided to pursue her, and wrote a love letter, that she unexpectedly saw the different scenery hidden behind Xie Shiwei’s large glasses while at the sink.
But You Jiayi had never imagined that Xie Shiwei, having failed to capture her attention, would greedily set her sights on Jiang Xiyao!
Even her own letter and Zhou Jiming’s chocolate had become stepping stones for Xie Shiwei’s secret agenda!
How dare she?!
The more You Jiayi thought about it, the angrier she became. There was an inexplicable, unnameable fury that made her unwilling to let go of this coward who dared to dream but wouldn’t admit it!
“People need to know their place, Xie Shiwei.”
“While no one has successfully pursued Jiang Xiyao yet, the competitors all know each other’s strength. Do you know what happens to a sheep like you who tries to steal prey from a pack of wolves?”
“Stop coveting things you don’t deserve, or the consequences will be dire.”
She saw Xie Shiwei painfully gulp, seemingly recalling Jiang Xiyao’s terrifying, fanatical, and stubborn admirers.
You Jiayi stared at her, confirming: “You won’t appear near Jiang Xiyao again, will you?”
Xie Shiwei hadn’t intended to stay near Jiang Xiyao anyway.
Every time she saw those pursuers, she wanted to hide as far away from the crowd as possible. How could she possibly want to repeatedly be the target of their hostility!
Furthermore, from You Jiayi’s current behavior of blocking and warning her late at night, she could already glimpse the even more excessive and aggressive methods Jiang Xiyao’s other suitors would use to eliminate rivals.
The small amount of shyness Xie Shiwei felt moments ago had vanished without a trace!
Especially considering the valuable tutoring income the Zhou family was currently providing her, which finally gave her hope of paying off her loans early.
If Zhou Jiming were to find out that she was earning his family’s money while coveting his family’s future mistress…
Xie Shiwei shuddered and nodded vigorously.
You Jiayi extended her hand: “Good. Give me that box of candy.”
Xie Shiwei was stunned, instinctively clutching the candy box tighter.
You Jiayi looked at her threateningly: “What, do you really want the whole world to see that Jiang Xiyao gave you a gift?”
She patiently told a horror story: “Don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
“A girl accidentally took Jiang Xiyao’s water bottle once, and within a few days, she started losing her hair badly and was hospitalized. Someone who was jealous of her had poisoned it.”
“Are you sure you still want to eat that box of candy she gave you? You’d have to make sure it’s in your sight at all times.”
Xie Shiwei: “…”
She suddenly felt that it would actually be better to buy a few boxes from an agent next year.
So, she quietly handed over the candy box that seemed like it might suddenly emit some strange, poisonous gas.
You Jiayi took the box. For some reason, she suddenly added:
“I won’t take it for free. I’ll return a few boxes to you another day.”
Xie Shiwei, however, no longer wanted anything to do with any of Jiang Xiyao’s pursuers and simply shook her head:
“No need.”
After safely leaving that secluded path, Xie Shiwei slowly exhaled a sigh of relief. Thinking of You Jiayi’s expression, which had transitioned from fury to calm at the end, she couldn’t help but wonder:
Since You Jiayi got Jiang Xiyao’s gift, will my life in the dorm go back to normal?
…
Camping Trip
What she didn’t expect was this—
Some time later, she went to the counselor’s office to submit an application for a work-study position at the school, but the counselor suddenly looked up and stopped her:
“Xie, aren’t you going to the college activity this weekend?”
Xie Shiwei was startled.
She remembered seeing the class president’s notice about it in the class group chat recently. Her roommates were also often discussing what to bring and what to wear for the outing in the dorm chat.
But when the dorm head mentioned it to her, she answered for her right after asking:
“The college has an outing in a few days. You’re probably busy working and don’t have time, right? I’ll decline for you.”
Xie Shiwei was rushing to class at the time and thanked her before leaving.
Now, seeing the counselor’s troubled expression and knowing that teachers disliked students who were overly individualistic and never participated in group activities, she carefully explained:
“Teacher, my part-time job that day…”
“I know your situation,” the counselor sighed, “but you are the first batch of undergraduate students our college has recruited this year, and this activity counts toward this academic year’s social practice credits.”
“I know life is hard for you, but are you really going to throw away your scholarship? If you don’t get enough credits to graduate, do you want to be scrambling to attend classes when everyone else is looking for jobs and writing papers in their senior year?”
“I know you’re determined, and I won’t make it difficult for you. If you really can’t spare the time, we’ll follow procedure. You’ll need to give me a proper leave slip—”
Amidst the counselor’s distressed sighing.
Xie Shiwei’s expression quickly changed from confused and surprised to determined: “I’ll go, Counselor. I’m going.”
The counselor looked at her suspiciously: “Are you sure? When your roommate asked for leave for you, she said your part-time job was very important and that you’d be fired if you missed work.”
Xie Shiwei, who had no idea the activity was tied to academic credits, could only offer a sweet smile:
“I’m a student; studying is the most important thing. Don’t worry, Counselor, I understand priorities.”
The counselor’s gaze clearly turned to satisfaction:
“That’s the spirit. I’ll update the list and sign you up.”
“You should participate in more activities when you have time. The college has arranged many interesting social practices for you. You can also interact more with your classmates and foster relationships, right?”
Xie Shiwei nodded repeatedly.
However, on the day she needed to interact with her classmates, her roommates frowned when they saw her on the bus.
You Jiayi looked at her coldly, “Didn’t you say you weren’t coming before? We went to the trouble of helping you ask for leave, only for you to use it as an opportunity to look like the obedient student in front of the counselor?”
Xie Shiwei quickly understood the source of the renewed hostility.
After the bus reached its destination, she realized that because the college had no experience organizing such a large outing, the counselor had simply arranged the hiking and picnic activity together with the Business and Art colleges.
When Xie Shiwei climbed to the mountaintop, breathing heavily with her backpack, she saw a figure sitting leisurely in a deck chair, bathed in golden sunlight, in the open green field.
As always, she was surrounded by a swarm of eager admirers.
Since being mimicked for her clothing style, Jiang Xiyao had custom-made a batch of new Chinese-style clothes. She was currently wearing a beige suit modeled after a Qipao.
The top was adorned with snow-white cloud embroidery, paired with a matching cream-colored long skirt. Lit by the sunlight, she looked like a flow of soft, golden sand.
As Xie Shiwei watched from afar, she was even momentarily blinded by a reflection of light coming from beneath her skirt.
[Is that an ankle bracelet? Oh my god, is she wearing an ankle bracelet?!]
[An ankle that already glows, now adorned with an ankle bracelet—that’s my life! Take it! I can’t even dare to imagine wearing such a restrictive piece of jewelry on skin as white as milk… I want to bite it.]
[Ah, ah, ah, I can’t do this! I only brought a pair of sleep shorts just in case! Do I have to change into them now? Wuwu, this is too much… But I really am wet.]
Xie Shiwei raised her hand to cover her disobedient face and turned to walk away.
Jiang Xiyao, who was throwing away someone else’s horrible barbecue skewers, paused her wrist movement.
She looked down at the boring golden chain hanging around her ankle, feeling that for some people, flooding was as simple as breathing.
When she looked up again, Xie Shiwei was gone, and someone else entered her field of vision.
“What a coincidence, we meet again.” You Jiayi conveniently blocked the direction Xie Shiwei had gone, her figure dominating Jiang Xiyao’s sight. She smiled and called out: “Jiang Xiyao.”
Seemingly aware that no matter how glamorous she looked, she couldn’t win the woman’s favor—
Before Jiang Xiyao could start her usual sarcasm, she sensibly sat down on the grass.
Everyone else was busy offering Jiang Xiyao iced drinks and food. Some even noticed she still didn’t have an appetite and contacted a five-star hotel in the city, asking them to send a helicopter to airlift fresh ingredients.
While the “power of money” was on full display, You Jiayi, contrary to form, just pulled out a box of candy.
When the familiar round metal box appeared, she noticed Jiang Xiyao’s gaze falling upon it.
She opened the box.
After taking a candy and putting it in her mouth, she offered the box:
“My roommate specifically gave this to me. Do you want one?”
Jiang Xiyao looked at her with a half-smile, half-sneer.
Specifically gave it to her?
She hadn’t expected anyone other than herself to see through Xie Shiwei’s unremarkable disguise.
[Jiang Xiyao really is looking at that girl differently… What, did Xie Shiwei deliberately take off her glasses to seduce her, like she did with me?]
Hearing this, Jiang Xiyao unhappily “tsk’ed.”
Her gaze fell on the candy box that was deliberately snatched away. After a moment, she scoffed:
“Are you deliberately provoking me because you’re full, or did a zombie eat your love-brain, and you’re suffering from senile dementia?”
“—Who gave you permission to show me this artificial garbage?”
You Jiayi’s movement froze.
She saw only complete disgust in Jiang Xiyao’s eyes, which usually gave people the mistaken impression of deep affection.
Unexpectedly, she didn’t feel the intense frustration of being rejected as before. Instead, she calmly said, “Oh,” and walked away from Jiang Xiyao’s line of sight with the cheap candy box.
Her calmness irritated Jiang Xiyao immensely.
…
In the Tent
Ten minutes later.
A helicopter carrying ingredients and a chef from the five-star hotel appeared over the suburban mountain peak. The propeller made a loud roaring sound, drawing everyone’s attention skyward.
Xie Shiwei found a corner far away from the crowd and laboriously set up her single tent, just preparing to lie down and spend the whole day hiding inside.
But when she turned around, she saw the glowing figure, who should have been in the center of the hill accepting others’ offerings, had appeared behind her!
She was shocked, her eyes wide!
Jiang Xiyao, however, leaned over and looked inside: “So small, so cramped. If you’re going to hide in a tiny place like this, you might as well write ten suicide notes in one night, right?”
Her tone was filled with contempt for the small tent.
But Xie Shiwei noticed she had no intention of turning around and leaving. In fact, with a toxic and disgusted tone, she sat down inside!
She heard someone in the distance asking: “Has anyone seen Jiang Xiyao? She said she was going for a walk in the woods. Why can’t I find her nearby? Did she get lost? Should we all go look for her?”
Xie Shiwei stiffened, instinctively pulling down the tent flap.
It blocked the dazzling figure inside.
Sure enough, the searchers soon saw her setting up her tent by the edge of the woods.
Xie Shiwei stiffly shook her head, “No, I haven’t seen her… I, I’ve been setting up the tent.”
The inarticulate, dull stuttering failed to arouse any suspicion.
As the tall figures walked into the woods, a hand suddenly reached out from the tent flap behind her, grabbed Xie Shiwei’s shoulder, and pulled her in—
A viscous, slightly magnetic voice laughed as it entered Xie Shiwei’s ear:
“Hiding your treasure?”
“You really don’t want anyone else to see me?”
The only answer was a sudden shriek!
[Ah, ah, ah, too close, too close, I’m going to die, I’m going to die, I can’t breathe! Wuwu, Grandma, have I already seen you? This happiness surrounding me now can only exist in heaven, right?]
[I’m willing to stop breathing right now! Just to feel Senior’s breath and temperature!]
[So soft, so soft. Did my shoulder blade just touch a soft restricted area? Oh my god, so soft! Is this a marshmallow I can touch?]
The pathetic voice made Jiang Xiyao pause her movement. She remembered she came to settle scores, not reward her.
So, she let go, allowing Xie Shiwei to slump weakly at her feet.
Looking at the girl’s hair, damp with sweat, her glasses slightly slipped down her nose and crooked, and her face flushed with a suspicious color, Jiang Xiyao coldly demanded:
“Why did you give the thing I gave you to someone else?”
In the small tent, the space was cramped, yet it felt as if it sealed off the outside world, creating a space all their own.
Xie Shiwei inexplicably felt a little safer and answered Jiang Xiyao’s question in a low voice: “I didn’t give it away… You Jiayi, she insisted on snatching it.”
Perhaps it was because her last few encounters with Jiang Xiyao hadn’t been as terrifying as she expected.
Or maybe, she just hadn’t seen her crush in a very long time.
While her face still showed fear, her heart couldn’t help but stir:
[What is that little mouth muttering about? I can’t understand. I want to kiss it.]
Jiang Xiyao’s eyebrows twitched.
She hadn’t expected the custard bun’s lustful courage to swell so quickly; she was already starting to fantasize mid-conversation!
However, she let out a soft laugh without changing her expression.
“Snatched? You can’t even hold onto something once it’s in your hands, you let someone else take it? Are you a waste, Xie Shiwei? Hmm?”
Xie Shiwei, who was suddenly insulted: “…”
She blinked, not daring to speak. She habitually curled up her body in the confined space, avoiding touching Jiang Xiyao, hugging her knees, and carefully leaning into the corner.
Jiang Xiyao thought she had been too harsh, but then heard the inner voice whispering faintly:
[Insult me all you want, but what’s with the ‘hmm’? The ‘hmm’ sounds so good—]
[Insult me a couple more times, and I’ll be completely turned on.]
Jiang Xiyao: “…”
She laughed in exasperation.
The high arch of her brow cast a deep shadow in her eye socket, giving the impression that her eyes always conveyed deep affection.
However, in this moment—
When Xie Shiwei cautiously looked up, she saw the smile on Jiang Xiyao’s face gradually turn menacing.
Having no idea why her mood had suddenly plummeted without warning, Xie Shiwei’s hairs instinctively stood on end, but she forgot that there was no way to escape inside the tent!
In the next second.
A slippery, slight coolness suddenly touched her ankle, and she was violently pulled down by the powerful force!
Jiang Xiyao had, at some point, taken off her golden, sparkling ankle bracelet. She shook it in front of Xie Shiwei’s eyes, and her smile widened as a brilliant idea struck her:
“Forget it. I’m always generous and willing to give people a chance to redeem themselves.”
“It’s fine if that cheap thing was stolen, but this chain is made of pure gold. Try losing it again, you dare?”
As she spoke.
Jiang Xiyao slowly and deliberately measured the gold chain against Xie Shiwei’s slender ankle.
Even though it had been worn by her for so long, the cold chain seemed to have absorbed none of her warmth, and it was still so cold that Xie Shiwei shivered violently.
The girl who had just been obsessively fantasizing moments ago was now suddenly wide awake. You Jiayi’s threat still rang in her ears, and outside, a group of frantic fans were searching for Jiang Xiyao’s whereabouts.
If they were to see jewelry that belonged on Jiang Xiyao’s body appearing on hers…
Xie Shiwei instinctively tried to pull her leg back, her hands fearfully covering her knees.
Her eyes showed terror, and she frantically shook her head: “No, no… Senior, please, don’t give me this. I, I can’t afford it…”
Even though her ankle was only held by three fingers, she couldn’t pull it away no matter how hard she tried.
Jiang Xiyao looked down at her: “What, the style isn’t pretty enough? Or do you think the weight is too small?”
Didn’t you like it a lot when you saw it just now?
Now that I’m giving it to you, you don’t want it?
You get bored of things even faster than I do?
Xie Shiwei could clearly feel the thin skin on her ankle being repeatedly rubbed by a thumb this time.
But the slight coolness from her crush, compared to the terrifying, time-bomb-like gold chain that was about to be put on, prevented any romantic thoughts from blooming.
She only felt like she was seeing her love rivals holding knives, gesturing at her…
Debating which part of her leg would be best to chop off.
As her terrifying association unfolded, a voice came from outside the tent:
“Did you find her? That’s strange. Where did Jiang Xiyao, that drama queen, deliberately run off to this time?” “Don’t tell me she’s secretly hiding somewhere with some shameless guy, having a fling?”
The midday sun cast the shadows of the two speakers directly onto the tent.
Xie Shiwei instinctively held her breath. Her eyes widened, and she saw the corner of Jiang Xiyao’s mouth suddenly curve up.
Even the red mole seemed to instantly become more alluring.
Seeing those rose-like lips about to make a sound at this moment—
Xie Shiwei found a burst of courage from somewhere, suddenly sprang up, and covered her lips with her hand.
Jiang Xiyao’s eyes narrowed, her eyebrows dangerously pressing down on her!
The sharp, warning gaze successfully made Xie Shiwei’s heart leap!
But she didn’t dare let go. She was genuinely terrified of her daily pranks. Glancing at the two shadows getting closer to her tent, she was so scared that tears streamed down her face.
[Don’t, don’t make a sound, we’ll be discovered, wuwu…]
[And, and don’t put the chain on, wuwu, they’ll see it…]
Plink, plink
In the silent tent, only the sound of clear water droplets hitting the canvas could be heard.
Jiang Xiyao’s initial displeasure at Xie Shiwei’s audacity in touching her without permission completely dissolved at the sight of her silently crying a river of tears.
She watched with interest as two lines of clear tears rolled down from the large sockets of her eyes.
Some landed on the edge of the annoying glasses frame, splashing into even tinier droplets that coated the lenses with a thin film of moisture.
For a moment.
Jiang Xiyao felt that the color of her tears matched the color of the transparent column of water in her fantasy.
Inexplicably, she actually felt a sense of lust from a pair of dampened glasses.
The strange association suddenly piqued her curiosity. Her palm suddenly released the imprisoned ankle and reached for the glasses instead—
The ordinary black-framed glasses were taken from the beautiful face.
Once in her palm.
In Xie Shiwei’s dazed expression, Jiang Xiyao flipped the glasses over and played with them for a while, but couldn’t find the strange feeling that had momentarily surfaced.
The figures wandering outside had long since left, but the tears on the face of the person in front of her had not yet dried.
Jiang Xiyao waited patiently until Xie Shiwei’s tears stopped flowing.
Then, she lazily tapped her cheek with the arm of the glasses: “Good crying.”
Her tone held a hint of praise, like an audience member’s satisfying review after a performance at a theater.
However, Jiang Xiyao quickly paused again.
Thinking of Xie Shiwei’s greedy roommate, who had her eyes on everyone, she suddenly warned:
“But don’t cry for anyone else to see.”
After saying that, she happily put away the gold chain and walked out of the tent.
Standing in the sunlight again, Jiang Xiyao finally saw the transparent moisture unintentionally staining her palm—it was the residue left when she touched Xie Shiwei’s glasses just now.
Watching the moisture slowly evaporate in the sun, disappearing without a trace.
Jiang Xiyao suddenly raised her palm and smelled it.
Although no scent was left behind, she frowned slightly in dissatisfaction.
…
The Aftermath
Not far away.
You Jiayi watched coldly as the energetic admirers, bored out of their minds, spread rumors that Jiang Xiyao was missing, mobilizing a group of people to go look for her. She, however, rarely felt the need to participate and just sat where she was.
When she saw Jiang Xiyao reappear, she was instinctively drawn to her but felt an unexplainable sense of regret—
I knew it. How could Jiang Xiyao mysteriously disappear in this desolate mountain and play hide-and-seek with those loudmouths?
However, while thinking this, You Jiayi couldn’t help but look in the direction she had appeared from.
If she remembered correctly…
Xie Shiwei had her backpack and went in that direction earlier, right?
Soon, at dinnertime, You Jiayi’s guess was confirmed.
Because it was their first time camping overnight, the counselors and class presidents from the three departments specifically took attendance before dinner and emphatically warned everyone that there might be dangers in the mountains at night and that no one was allowed to move around alone.
You Jiayi recalled the casual chat she’d heard from the Business students in the afternoon. Some said there was a place on the mountaintop where they could see a meteor shower tonight, and others said they’d found a small pond at a farmhouse and wanted to go fishing when no one was around.
She kept quiet but suddenly turned her head when she caught a faint, familiar scent.
She stared at Xie Shiwei, who happened to be walking past her.
Anyone who had pursued Jiang Xiyao would remember this unique scent, which no perfume could replicate. Now, that scent was clinging to Xie Shiwei.
You Jiayi curled her lip.
I knew it. Xie Shiwei hadn’t taken her warning to heart at all.
She had clearly said she wasn’t coming to this activity, but when she found out she could run into Jiang Xiyao, she came running anyway. Now she was even bolder, daring to secretly meet with Jiang Xiyao right under everyone’s noses.
You Jiayi didn’t remember when the safety briefing ended; she only realized what was happening when she had left the crowd.
She was now sitting alone in a spot that allowed her to monitor Xie Shiwei’s tent perfectly.
She couldn’t figure out if she wanted to monitor Xie Shiwei’s movements, wait for Jiang Xiyao, or perhaps catch them both red-handed.
In any case, she politely declined the invitations from both groups.
She wasn’t interested in fishing, nor did she want to see a meteor shower.
Jiang Xiyao, however, was as interested as ever in such unconventional activities.
After those people desperately and repeatedly invited her, her glamorous figure followed the group of students who quietly left the campsite as the campfire silently died out, disappearing into the night.
It seemed You Jiayi wouldn’t get the chance to catch Jiang Xiyao and Xie Shiwei meeting secretly tonight.
But she inexplicably didn’t want to give up and forced herself to stay awake by playing on her phone until three or four in the morning—
Suddenly, there were messy footsteps outside.
“Shh, quiet, don’t let them find us. Where are you planning to hide your share?”
“Who knows? Throw it in the lake for the fish, or bury it under a tree for the wild dogs. What, you’re not planning to take it home, are you? It smells so strong, do you want them to find out?”
“N-no, I just thought, I’ve liked her for so long, shouldn’t I keep a souvenir?”
You Jiayi found it increasingly strange.
A share of what? What kind of smell? What souvenir are they talking about?
She suddenly sat up and pulled open the tent flap, startling the two boys who had sneaked back in the dark.
But just as You Jiayi was about to speak, she realized there was no need to ask.
The shirts they wore were now clutched in their hands, forming bundles that were bulging and oozing a thick, coppery, rusty smell that assaulted her nostrils.
In You Jiayi’s stunned gaze, the two boys recognized her, exchanged a glance, and seemed to make a tacit decision simultaneously, looking at her in unison:
“You Jiayi, it’s a pity you didn’t come tonight.”
“Yeah, I remember you like Jiang Xiyao too. You missed a very interesting group activity.”
They smiled maliciously. A moment later, one of them threw the bundle in his left hand toward her.
“Here. We wouldn’t forget you either. You really like her face, right?”
“This one is for you. Remember to keep our secret.”
The item wrapped in the cloth seemed to be a spherical object.
It rolled across the late-night grass, right to her feet.
You Jiayi inexplicably swallowed. When she looked up again, the two boys had disappeared behind the trees.
They went to find a suitable place to bury their special souvenirs.
You Jiayi looked down at the big trouble at her feet, which was constantly emitting a strong, bloody smell and she didn’t know how to deal with.
After the night wind blew past, she joined their line of thought by some strange impulse.
Where should I hide my share?
The moment the thought popped into her head, she looked toward Xie Shiwei’s tent and had a brilliant idea—
The corners of You Jiayi’s mouth curved into a wicked smile.
Since Xie Shiwei likes to flirt with Jiang Xiyao so much, she must be very happy to be alone with Jiang Xiyao, right?
…
“Scratch!”
When the tent zipper was suddenly pulled open, Xie Shiwei, hidden in her sleeping bag, nearly threw her phone.
She was not used to sleeping outdoors. Her overly vivid imagination always made her think of various horror stories that happen in the wild, and the slightest sound would make her heart race.
She couldn’t sleep, absolutely couldn’t sleep.
But since she wasn’t at home, she couldn’t use her usual aids to help her fall asleep. She could only pull out her phone and secretly read some explicit literature in her sleeping bag.
At that moment, she was already clamping her legs together in the sleeping bag, covered in a thin, hot layer of sweat, but the sudden sound of the attack scared her so much that her sweat turned cold:
“Who is it?!”
When a muffled, nasal sound came out.
The only reply was a soft “thump!”
It sounded like someone had thrown something inside and then hurriedly ran away.
A strange smell permeated the air.
Xie Shiwei clutched her phone, afraid that someone was using her tent as a trash can late at night, and also afraid that someone was playing a prank and intentionally throwing a snake or some other animal in to scare her.
She was trembling, her heart racing, about to turn on her phone’s flashlight to look.
But she suddenly heard an arrogant voice:
“Xie Shiwei, don’t move.”
She was about to turn over in her sleeping bag, then paused, and asked very softly: “Senior… Jiang?”
“Mm.” Jiang Xiyao’s reply was comfortable and leisurely: “I’m playing hide-and-seek again. I’m hiding here with you for a bit.”
Again? Playing again?
At this hour? In the wilderness?
Xie Shiwei was stunned, wondering how much Jiang Xiyao liked hide-and-seek; she was practically a veteran player of the game.
She softly swallowed, then heard Jiang Xiyao deliberately ask: “Want to hear the rules of the game this time?”
She covered her head and ears in the sleeping bag, vigorously shaking her head.
[I don’t want to hear it, I don’t want to hear Senior’s chanting—]
After an unknown amount of time, she heard a muffled chuckle behind her.
Then came the familiar complaint: “So cramped. In such a small space, don’t move around. If you dare touch me, you’ll be sorry.”
Xie Shiwei nodded rapidly.
Even her legs in the sleeping bag instinctively pulled up.
It was the posture of wanting to curl into a ball again.
Jiang Xiyao, however, whether bored or impatient for the searchers to find her, was quiet for a moment, then spoke softly again:
“You’re not sleeping this late. Are you secretly doing something naughty behind my back?”
Xie Shiwei froze suddenly.
She suddenly remembered the plot of the novel she was reading before Jiang Xiyao hid in her tent.
As someone who liked to immerse herself in the story when reading such novels, she definitely wasn’t just reading.
In fact, before the tent zipper was pulled open, one of her hands was still tucked into her sleep shorts.
Now, suddenly being questioned, her mind involuntarily went back to her previous state… she was just one step away from reaching that climax.
The fear of being startled late at night vanished, replaced by the reality of being alone with her crush in a small tent.
The previous strange, pungent smell was blown away by the wind, replaced by the unique, faint fragrance, causing Xie Shiwei’s heart to beat faster uncontrollably.
She stammered, unable to speak.
Her inner voice was extremely honest: [What else can I do when I can’t sleep at night! I’m a good student, I can’t do shady things. At most, I’m just touching myself, is that not allowed?!]
[Forget it, forget it. Senior is so innocent; she definitely doesn’t know about this kind of thing.]
Jiang Xiyao heard everything clearly but pretended not to notice, even maliciously questioning:
“Speak up. What were you doing just now?”
[Don’t ask, don’t ask! So embarrassing, so embarrassing! I’m, I’m getting hot again! What’s the difference between this and secretly playing with a little toy under the covers late at night, only to have my crush suddenly pull the covers off and catch me red-handed?]
[No, I’m going to substitute myself into the scene again. This plot is so stimulating, QAQ!]
Xie Shiwei bit her lower lip, her face red, her voice a mere whisper: “N-nothing… I just couldn’t sleep…”
Inside the sleeping bag.
Her two relaxed long legs suddenly twisted tightly together again.
Even her toes curled up in tension.
The receding hot sweat returned silently.
Xie Shiwei, blushing, closed her eyes in self-deception, forgetting that she was facing away from Jiang Xiyao, and began to pretend to sleep.
Until that voice spoke slowly, with a hint of a smile.
As if being exceptionally helpful, she asked: “Want me to help?”
In that instant!
Xie Shiwei’s mind uncontrollably pictured a slender, fair hand with long fingers and crimson-painted nails suddenly covering her own self-sufficient hand.
As her actions grew more hesitant due to shyness, the owner of the jade hand leaned in and asked in her ear:
“Want me to help?”
Xie Shiwei: “!!!”
In that moment, her eyes went blank. All the bl00d in her body rushed simultaneously, her ears buzzed, and all sounds in the world left her!
Her vision was infinitely magnified, as if she was watching the reservoir at the foot of the mountain, its long-accumulated torrent suddenly bursting through the gates.
Xie Shiwei herself was unclear if she made any embarrassing sounds during that long moment.
She only remembered that when her consciousness returned, the skin on her thighs was slightly cool.
She lowered her head, burying it completely in the sleeping bag like an ostrich.
Just as Jiang Xiyao wondered if her long silence meant she had gone from pretending to sleep to actually sleeping.
She suddenly heard a sound:
[Wuwu.]
Followed immediately by extremely embarrassed whispers:
[I hate this.]
[Now I really used my sleep shorts as a diaper.]
Jiang Xiyao: “…”
Wow.
She can get off even to that?