The early autumn morning was a bit cold, and Lin Jing shivered and asked, "The room next door?"
Sheng Kuang "mm-hmm"ed and stood up from his chair. He didn't know how long he had been outside, his clothes were already damp with the chill. "Are you still sleeping?"
"Huh?" Lin Jing shook her head. "No more sleeping. I have class today. I need to wash my face and head back to school."
Sheng Kuang acknowledged, "Okay, hurry up."
Lin Jing said nothing, walked into the bedroom she used to stay in through the balcony, and found disposable toothbrushes in the bathroom. Lin Jing unwrapped a new one, and after washing up, she looked around the room. On the table, she found a pack of tissues and pulled out two to wipe the water droplets from her face. Her peripheral vision caught sight of the bed next to it. It was even tidier than the one she had just slept in. The sheets and pillowcases were completely wrinkle-free, like a bed in a five-star hotel meticulously made.
The balcony door creaked open, and Sheng Kuang walked in after washing his face and changing his clothes.
Hearing the sound, Lin Jing turned to look at him. "You didn't sleep at all last night?"
Sheng Kuang paused his action of closing the balcony door, was silent for two seconds, glanced at the neatly made bed in front of her, and swallowed the words that were about to escape his lips.
Lin Jing wiped her face dry, truly puzzled. "Why aren't you sleeping?"
Sheng Kuang stared at her fair face for a moment. "What do you think?"
Lin Jing pondered for a moment. "Can't sleep in a new bed?"
Sheng Kuang gave her a look and then averted his gaze, appearing speechless and too lazy to speak.
Lin Jing blinked, recalling that he was playing games when she woke up. "Or are you trying to rank up in the national server and staying up all night for performance points?"
Sheng Kuang raised his hand to press his temples, which were aching from lack of sleep. "I'm not trying to rank up in the national server."
Before she could say anything else, Sheng Kuang, fearing he might be driven to death by her wild imagination, lifted his head. "I can't sleep."
Lin Jing blinked.
As if he knew what she was going to ask, he lowered his hand and looked directly into her eyes, saying, "You slept in my bed, and my mind was a mess."
Lin Jing blinked, thinking, *If I slept in your bed, why would your mind be a mess?*
She glanced in his direction and was about to ask what she was thinking when she suddenly realized something and opened her mouth to him.
The room became extremely quiet for a moment. Somewhere nearby, a pet dog barked.
The mist outside the window had dispersed a lot, and thin sunlight shone on the balcony railings, creating a tranquil scene.
Lin Jing's mind was filled with thoughts of why Sheng Kuang's mind was a mess.
She wasn't a naive girl. Some boys in her class would occasionally make crude jokes, but when girls were present, they would at least be mindful of their words.
Girls weren't like boys who would gather in dorms late at night to watch adult films. She didn't have that kind of curiosity to deliberately learn about such things.
Even if she understood things quickly when she saw them online, any girl who understood quickly would react slower than boys in real life in this regard.
But if she truly understood, Lin Jing found her own thoughts to be too indecent. Sudancheng Novel Network.
She actually started imagining what Sheng Kuang had been thinking about after watching her fall asleep last night.
Lin Jing glared at Sheng Kuang, unsure how to react.
Pretend to be clueless?
She wasn't a little girl anymore. He had made himself so clear, and pretending to be clueless would seem too coy.
If not pretending to be clueless, she didn't know how to respond to his words either.
Lin Jing thought for a moment and blurted out, "Then... did you take a cold shower last night?"
Sheng Kuang: "..."
The room became even quieter. Lin Jing looked at Sheng Kuang with a numb expression, wishing she could bite off her own tongue.
If she wasn't trying to save some face, she really wanted to clap her hands and praise herself, *Lin Jing, you're so amazing.*
After what felt like seconds, or perhaps tens of seconds, Sheng Kuang looked down at his phone. "The car is almost here. Shall we go?"
Lin Jing responded with a soft "Ah," not daring to look at Sheng Kuang. "Let's go."
She threw the tissue in her hand into the trash can, gathered her belongings, and followed behind Sheng Kuang with her head down, exiting the bedroom she had stayed in.
On the way back to school, Lin Jing pretended to be asleep the entire time.
When they reached the school entrance, until Sheng Kuang called her, she feigned opening her eyes in confusion, looking outside the car. "Ah? We're here?"
Then, hugging her bag, she slowly crawled out of the car.
She stood by the roadside and said goodbye to Sheng Kuang with a steady voice. After the car drove away, she raised her hand and desperately rubbed her face.
She really was a poisonous person.
Others' poison harmed others, but she, on the other hand, could always poison herself half to death.
Whatever, she thought, there was already no shortage of embarrassing moments in front of Sheng Kuang.
Lin Jing patted her face and told herself this in her heart, then instantly felt revitalized and turned to walk into the school.
After walking a few steps, someone suddenly called her. "Lin Jing."
Lin Jing turned around. It was He Lin. "Why are you here?"
"Just coming out to buy something," He Lin glanced at the 24-hour convenience store opposite. "What about you?"
Lin Jing opened her mouth when asked. "I'm also coming out to buy something."
He Lin. "Together?"
Lin Jing had no choice but to follow He Lin across the road into the convenience store.
She didn't really need to buy anything, but she still forced herself to pick a few items. When it was time to pay, He Lin said to the cashier, holding his phone, "Together."
Lin Jing quickly took out her phone. "No, no, it's okay."
He Lin looked at her silently. Facing the cashier's question about whether they wanted to pay together, he said, "Then separately."
After paying and coming out, He Lin looked at Lin Jing's bag. "I'll help you carry it."
Lin Jing moved the bag from the side closer to He Lin to the other side. "It's just a few things, I can manage."
He Lin didn't say anything more.
The two of them entered the school. As they neared the cafeteria, Lin Jing stopped. "Tingting is waiting for me to have breakfast."
"Okay," He Lin watched Lin Jing turn to leave, then called out to her again. "Lin Jing."
Lin Jing turned back. "Yeah?"
He Lin. "The exchange student spots for next year have been released, and applications are opening soon. You mentioned before that you wanted to go, should I get you an application form?"