Lin Guiying sipped the coffee and giggled. She glanced at Jiang Xiaoyun, who was also giddy. In her mind, she had decided to resign for the meantime. They could always fight it out later, couldn't they?

As she gradually relaxed herself in Zhou Lei's home...

'Wait, Zhou Lei's home?

'...In the first place, why did Zhou Lei invite me over?'

What was supposed to be the most pressing matter had been pushed to the back of her mind due to the presence of Jiang Xiaoyun. Now that she resolved it for now, the main problem resurfaced.

Mulling over the matter, she didn't realize that her incessant sipping already drained the coffee from her cup, down to the last drop.

'I'm out of coffee... I guess I have to get more from Lei!'

With a confused smirk, she stood up and made her way to the kitchen, where Zhou Lei stood idly.

He noticed Lin Hanying walking towards him.

"Ying, want another cup?"

"Sure." Lin Guiying entered the kitchen.

While Zhou Lei was filling the cup up, Lin Guiying took the opportunity to talk. "Say, Lei. Why... did you invite me over?"

A sense of antic.i.p.ation began to rise within her. Whatever his answer was, it shouldn't be a trivial matter, especially when he went as far as to tell her to visit his house.

As she waited for his response, Zhou Lei smiled at her, pouring coffee onto her cup.

Truthfully, he was a nervous wreck inside. Her voice sounded like it was laced with poison; if he answered wrongly, he would die in an instant.

'I, I can't just say "I needed you to drink my coffee" now, can I?!'

"Well... let's just say I wanted to hang out." He handed the coffee to her.

"Let's just say"!

The magical phrase that would cause the other party to overthink one's intentions!

Even though Zhou Lei had no ulterior motives in inviting her over other than to make her drink, for Lin Guiying, it caused her mind to overdrive.

'What do you mean "let's just say I wanted to hang out"!? Does he mean something else with hanging out? Like... like...!'

Lin Guiying's thoughts went into a frenzy, her face gradually turning red as she fell deeper into the rabbit hole.

Beside her, Zhou Lei carefully wiped the sweat off his forehead.

'Phew, safe!'

.....

A few hours pa.s.sed.

Lin Guiying had to head home since it was nearing nighttime. Although she was still curious as to why Zhou Lei invited her over, in the end, he decided to cancel his plans, so she felt a little unsatisfied.

Zhou Lei readied himself for bed, and it was then that Jiang Zi Yun asked.

"...Where should I sleep?"

Jiang Zi Yun was quite embarra.s.sed when she said that. She was already freeloading at his house, but she still had the gall to ask him where she should sleep?!

Of course, Zhou Lei didn't think too deep into it and led her into a guest room. As he opened the door, he saw... a room he did not recognize. It was, quite frankly, a beautiful room. There was a note on the table: "Thank me later. - Your cute little sister."

"Well, um, I guess this is your room."

"Eh...? This beautiful room?" Jiang Zi Yun was dazzled by the sight of this room.

"Well then, ahem, good night."

Zhou Lei exited the room. Jiang Zi Yun felt warm inside. The phrase "good night" pushed her over the edge - never did someone say that to her before now.

"Oh my gosh, I totally have a crush on him now."

Jiang Zi Yun buried her head into the pillow and shrieked.

Suddenly, the door opened, Zhou Lei entering with a worried face. "What? What is it, why are you screaming?"

Jiang Zi Yun: "..."