Just the private messages in the pink app were already like this… Xie Ci didn't dare imagine what it would be like on WeChat.

There would probably be voice call requests one after another, plus long voice messages and essays.

Just as he was getting a headache over how to appease this little princess in the US, a familiar citrus fragrance entered his nostrils.

Xie Ci turned his head. Ye Li was barefoot, her tender jade feet stepping on the white tiles of the mall, making them appear even more fair.

Her upper body wore a white women's shirt she had just changed into a very simple outfit, but the slightly tight fit perfectly accentuated her voluptuous figure.

Her proud bust made one worry whether the struggling buttons might burst open.

Her lower body wore a hip-hugging skirt, the hem wrapping around her graceful leg lines, reaching only to her knees, still showing a section of delicate calves.

She was acting like a little girl wanting to play a prank, making sneaky movements as if trying to startle someone, with both small hands extended in the air.

Her facial expression was smiling, only it had frozen.

She was staring at his phone screen with a strange look—

The large-scale leg photo Ling Xi had sent him. The prominent pure black arrow-through-heart tattoo was so conspicuous on the fair, voluptuous inner thigh. Two slender, graceful jade legs were crossed together, the high-slit skirt design making them appear even more stunning.

Obviously, that was from another woman.

Because those beautiful legs were too eye-catching, almost filling the entire screen with high recognition, easy to see at a glance.

At this moment, Ye Li hesitated.

The smile on her small face quickly crumbled, dejection appearing like a barometer, completely reproducing her aggrieved mood in perfect proportion.

Xie Ci was initially somewhat confused looking at Ye Li frozen there, but quickly reacted and hurriedly stood up.

"Ah..."

He wanted to speak but stopped.

"Um... hehe... I originally wanted to scare Little Ci, but you discovered me."

Ye Li forced a cheerful smile and made a playful expression.

"What's wrong? Ye Li, you don't look very happy."

"No, no."

She looked elsewhere.

"It's just... I'm planning to wear this outfit on the podium in a few days, so I wanted you to help me judge it. I originally wanted to give you a surprise, but it seems I was discovered..."

She tried to change the subject.

But her gaze kept uncontrollably looking diagonally downward. She was more concerned about the photo on the phone.

Even though Xie Ci was emotionally repressed and distant, he could clearly see that Ye Li felt unhappy because of those photos.

"Is that so..."

Xie Ci walked toward her, held up his phone, and said directly to her:

"This is an online friend of mine in the US, a Chinese person. She usually likes chatting with me and likes showing me the tattoo on her legs. This time I didn't reply to her for a while, so she got anxious and sent me a bunch of photos.

"Look."

Xie Ci scrolled through the screen, showing her the chat records without any reservations.

Using the most direct method to explain clearly what she was concerned about. This was the best method Xie Ci could think of and do.

As for what kind of attitude Ye Li would respond with and what effect it could achieve, that really could only be left to fate.

After his words came out, Ye Li blinked.

"Eh?"

She froze again, as if hard-controlled in place.

Then she patted her chest, exhaled, and with a red face, moved closer to Xie Ci.

"Little Ci doesn't need to explain these things to me. I won't restrict who you chat with or what you chat about..."

Miss Ye Li muttered with her head down.

"It's just that those legs really are very beautiful, with sexy curves and gorgeous tattoos. They really complement each other perfectly..."

I don't know why, when I've been used to disguising myself since childhood, used to putting on that perfect appearance in front of others, keeping things hidden, but in front of Little Ci, I can't hide even the tiniest bit of what's on my mind...

Only then did Ye Li realize she didn't understand Xie Ci's interpersonal relationships at all.

Over the past year, she had been exhausted dealing with the trash in her family, and in class management she had only fulfilled the most basic responsibilities, never deeply understanding anything.

Even with Xie Ci, whom she had been in frequent contact with for over a month, it was limited to the "role-playing games" between the two of them.

Until yesterday, that rainy night yesterday, in the pouring rain, he had gripped her hand tightly and used all his strength to tell her...

I want more, want to know more, want to understand more about his affairs.

"Little Ci, do you... often play games with her? You never mentioned her when you played games with me..."

"Because the games she likes and the games you like don't overlap. She prefers playing competitive games like Battlefield, Apex, Overwatch. Don't you prefer cooperative games like Minecraft, The Forest, It Takes Two? So you don't know about her, and besides, you never asked."

"What kind of person is she?" Ye Li asked carefully.

Xie Ci reviewed the impression Ling Xi had given him over these two years. The smile that had formed at the corners of his mouth sank down, his expression somewhat serious.

"She... is a very lonely girl, somewhat clumsy, but very sincere, and somewhat stubborn, and also somewhat..."

After speaking, Xie Ci turned to look at those amber-colored beautiful eyes and said with a smile.

"And also somewhat childish, just like you."

Xie Ci had always been rather observant. He could tell at a glance what emotional state others were in.

But regarding Ye Li's gradual transformation, he was quite puzzled.

How did that charming, elegant, mysterious female professor become somewhat anxious about gains and losses, and also somewhat childish?

Could it be because of me? No no, that's the most impossible conclusion.

Xie Ci had a clear understanding of what social class he belonged to.

"Isn't there another outfit here? Hurry and try it on. This work outfit also looks very good. Are you planning to wear it next semester?"

Ye Li took the bag Xie Ci handed her and quietly said "mm" with a red face.

Before leaving, she didn't forget to leave a comment.

"Little Ci... after we go back, can you tell me about her story..."

"Okay."

...

With a "click," the fitting room door locked.

Everything outside was shut out, leaving only this small space to accompany her.

But Ye Li's heart was in chaos.

"Ah... what's wrong with me..." She sat in the chair, holding her dejected little face.

Her fair hands touched her pretty face. It was very hot.

I must be red as an apple right now.

Her heart was also beating wildly like a startled deer.

Xie Ci's actions and words made her feel very secure and warm.

This was something she had never experienced in her 22 years of life.

She tightly covered the area of her heart, feeling the beating, as if afraid that feeling would slip away.

But thinking of those stunning legs, that pure black arrow-through-heart tattoo, with a few blooming plum blossoms adorning the sides...

An inexplicable competitive spirit quietly sprouted.

She stood up and looked down, she couldn't see her toes.

She touched her waist, gracefully slender. She pinched the soft flesh at her waist, soft and smooth.

With a "smack," her fair jade foot stepped on the chair, her grape-like crystal toes stretching and curling.

Her voluptuous, graceful legs had very beautiful lines, graceful and slender, with smooth curves, without a trace of excess fat.

I'm really beautiful!

From childhood to adulthood, the flattery Ye Li heard most was "this child is really a beauty." Regarding appearance, she had never worried, but she also wasn't blindly arrogant. It wasn't that she hadn't seen women with more perfect figures than herself, but she hadn't felt any different emotions.

But today, when she saw that leg photo...

She had to admit, those legs really were too perfect.

So Xie Ci sees such perfect legs every day, then he...

Ye Li suddenly felt somewhat dejected and a little angry.

She likes sending him leg photos, does she? Fine! I... I want to...

Ye Li had to take a deep breath. Just thinking about what she was about to do made her heartbeat quicken.

Ye Li: ⁄(⁄⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄⁄)⁄

"Little Ci, come here for a moment. I need your help with something."

Ye Li poked her head out from the fitting room.

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