"Forget it, what's there to be upset about? This is just my fate, I guess." The girl crossed her arms, shedding her previous image of a weak and vulnerable woman, looked him up and down, and said helplessly, "Well then, I hope you'll be happy."
Shen Moyu smiled slightly: "You too. However, I hope you can keep this a secret. After all, I don't want too many people to know."
"Oh, of course." The girl readily agreed, then shifted her gaze a little further back, finally rolling her eyes: "Your boyfriend's been staring at me for ages, I don't want to die, I'm leaving." With that, she dashed off.
Shen Moyu then turned around, and Su Jinning was leaning against the threshold of the teaching building, looking at him with a smile.
"Su Jinning?" Shen Moyu glared at him, ran over and kicked him, angrily saying, "You're here and you didn't even help me refuse? Do you know how embarrassed I am?"
Su Jinning smiled happily: "I just wanted to see how my boyfriend rejects other girls!"
Shen Moyu immediately felt like she'd been tricked: "You…"
"That shows how happy I am." Su Jinning put her arm around his shoulder and gently kissed him on the cheek. "So many people like you, I'm the luckiest one."
"Me too," Shen Moyu said.
"This is the main hall, be careful." Han An's slightly amused voice came from the doorway. Song Chengnan was seen with his arm around Han An's shoulder, watching the two of them without surprise.
The two of them jolted and turned around. Shen Moyu quickly pushed Su Jinning away from him, unsure of what to say for a moment.
The teachers all saw Su Jinning kiss him just now. He closed his eyes and glanced to the side.
To his surprise, Su Jinning, standing beside him, unabashedly took his hand and shook it again, saying, "Yes, ma'am."
That expression—confronting the enemy head-on, completely unfazed?
The two teachers smiled at each other and brushed past Shen Moyu, as if nothing had happened.
"Are you crazy?!" Shen Moyu exclaimed, raising his voice eight octaves.
"What are you afraid of? So what if you saw it? Are you ashamed to be with me?" Su Jinning raised an eyebrow.
"I didn't mean that at all!" Shen Moyu pursed her lips, rubbing her face in a mixture of anger and anxiety. "It would be so bad if the teacher found out."
Su Jinning stared at him, smiled incomprehensibly, reached out and took Shen Moyu's hand, rubbing it in her palm as if to comfort him: "Do you think there's any difference between them and us?"
"???"
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At nine o'clock in the evening, the dim light of the streetlights slightly illuminated the path. Downstairs in the dormitory building, many young couples stood there kissing sweetly, carrying their suitcases. Even though they had only been separated for two days, they made a big show of it as if they were going through a life-or-death separation.
It was Friday, and most students had gone to their dorms to pick up their luggage and prepare to go home, making the dorms and campus noisy. Chen Hang and Song Wenmiao were also hurriedly packing their bags, while Shen Moyu and Su Jinning watched the commotion from the sidelines, since they were staying on campus for the weekend.
"Hurry up and pack, don't waste our time together," Su Jinning urged, arms crossed.
Chen Hang, dragging his suitcase, was furious: "It's easy for you to say that when you're not the one suffering the consequences."
Halfway there, Chen Hang turned back, glaring at him and warning, "Don't you dare do anything on my bed!"
He will never forget what happened that day, and how much it hurt him.
"No." Shen Moyu turned to look at him calmly, "Your bed is too small; it's not big enough for all that fuss."
"..." Chen Hang slammed the door and left.
Su Jinning had just finished washing up when she saw Shen Moyu standing on the balcony. She quickly turned around, grabbed a coat, and draped it over him, saying, "What are you looking at? Are you trying to do something rash in the middle of winter?"
Shen Moyu smiled and tightened his coat. "Watching the young couple kiss."
"?" Su Jinning followed his gaze and looked down. Couples were scattered under the streetlights. Without Wei Teng's supervision, they were all letting loose. Some of them were kissing even though their faces were red from the cold.
"Wow!" Su Jinning suddenly noticed a man and woman kissing under the streetlight on her left and clicked her tongue, "That guy's technique is really good."
"You like this kind?" Shen Moyu raised an eyebrow.
Su Jinning turned to look at him, staring at his slightly pink lips, and smiled faintly: "Want to try?"
"Dream on." Shen Moyu turned and went back to her dormitory.
There was no heating in the dormitory building, but fortunately, electricity was allowed. Shen Moyu had bought two electric blankets a couple of days ago, and he was laying them out when Su Jinning suddenly hugged him from behind.
"I'm laying out the blanket, stop messing around." Shen Moyu struggled a couple of times, but didn't actually break free.
"It's cold." Su Jinning moved even closer.
Shen Moyu turned around, smiled, and flicked Su Jinning's forehead. "I just bought an electric blanket; I'll put yours on later too."
"No need, just use yours," Su Jinning suddenly said.
Shen Moyu didn't react for a moment, then pointed to another unopened electric blanket: "I specifically bought two."
"No," Su Jinning rested her chin on Shen Moyu's shoulder and whispered, "I said one is enough for tonight."
The profound meaning came to Shen Moyu's attention so suddenly that he was jolted awake.
"So..." Su Jinning's wicked hands climbed onto his waist, and amidst Shen Moyu's rapid breathing, he said, "How about we watch a horror movie together?"
Shen Moyu was stunned for a moment, then turned around and punched Su Jinning hard: "Go to hell."
"Holy crap!" Su Jinning clutched her shoulder and collapsed onto the bed.
The campus was quiet. Inside the room, only the tablet computer on the desk was playing terrifying images on silent. However, the two people on the bed didn't even glance at the computer.
The bed was a bit narrow, and through the cotton and linen fabric of her pajamas, Su Jinning buried her head in Shen Moyu's neck and shoulder. Warm breaths enveloped the two of them, and their ambiguous breaths suddenly intertwined.
"So, you want to watch horror movies just for... this?" Shen Moyu pushed the person away slightly.
"Haven't you ever been in the dorm before?" Su Jinning smiled and gently stroked him with both hands.