Hearing Si Wen’s comment, Lin Xi’s pretty face blushed as she chided, "Si Wen, you’re so terrible! You know perfectly well that’s not what I meant~"

If Xue Yang really came over now, she would want to find a hole to crawl into and hide.

Si Wen crossed her arms and said with a laugh, "Someone here is both wanting it and afraid of it."

"I am not!"

"You two are engaged, so it would be perfectly normal even if something happened, right? Hmm... don’t tell me that after all this time, all you’ve done is talk under the covers. My goodness, that’s just too pure!" Si Wen’s eyes widened in exaggerated disbelief as she covered her mouth.

It was no wonder she was so surprised.

Si Wen had read, if not a hundred, then at least a thousand romance novels. In those stories, no matter how strong the male lead’s self-control was, it would crumble the moment he met the female lead. Some even did the deed on their very first meeting. At the very least, they would have won the female lead over in the shortest amount of time.

Yet Lin Xi and Xue Yang had been together for so long, and even lived and slept in the same bed, but they still hadn’t taken the final step. It was truly hard to believe.

Lin Xi’s crimson lips moved slightly. "Of course, we do more than just talk under the covers."

Si Wen leaned in closer. "So how far have you gone? Don’t tell me you two have..."

Her gaze was full of innuendo, so intense it felt like it could burn.

Lin Xi took a few steps back and sat on the bed, playing dumb. "What do you mean, ’how far have we gone’?"

"Are you going to tell me or not?"

"Oh, Si Wen, please stop asking~"

"If you don’t tell me, I’m going to tickle you." Si Wen reached her menacing "claws" toward Lin Xi.

Lin Xi gave her a pleading look and shook her head.

The next second, Si Wen’s "claws" were upon her.

"Haha! Si Wen, stop tickling, that’s so itchy~"

"Then hurry up and tell me."

"No~"

Showing no mercy, Si Wen pounced, pinning Lin Xi to the bed and tickling her relentlessly, which made Lin Xi beg for her to stop. But even so, Lin Xi’s lips remained sealed. How could she possibly say something like that out loud? It was far too embarrassing. Besides, they hadn’t actually... If she told her, Si Wen would definitely make fun of her.

"Didn’t you say you’d take things to the next level after you got into Yanbei University? School is about to start! If you don’t conquer him soon, I, as your best friend, will lose face."

"How do you lose face if I can’t conquer him?"

Si Wen sprawled on top of her, feeling her friend’s soft and lovely form. "I’m supposed to be the master strategist here! How can I hold my head high if I can’t even help my best friend win over a man?"

The position they were in was enough to make one’s imagination run wild.

"..."

Lin Xi blinked her lively eyes, at a loss for words. "Get up, quick! If someone sees us, they’ll definitely get the wrong idea."

"Isn’t this your room? Who’s going to see? Besides, we’re both girls. What could they possibly misunderstand? That we’re having a secret affair?"

Just as Si Wen finished speaking, Xue Yang’s voice came from the doorway.

"Yeah, it’s done. I’ll be back at work tomorrow. I’m at Xiao Xi’s place right now..."

Suddenly, Xue Yang seemed to feel two unusual stares. He looked up and saw two stunningly beautiful women with disheveled clothes on the bed, staring right at him. The sight of them was simply... ravishing.

This was especially true for Lin Xi. She already had a great figure, and now she was dressed up in a beautiful gown. During their earlier struggle, the gown had slipped, revealing... No man could remain calm at such a sight.

In comparison, Si Wen looked a little more decent. The only problem was that she was currently sitting on top of Lin Xi...

The visual impact was immense. Even Xue Yang, who was accustomed to Lin Xi’s breathtaking beauty, found it a bit much to handle. It took him a long moment to recover.

"Uh... I seem to have come at a bad time," he said, subconsciously starting to back out of the room.

"Xue Yang~" Lin Xi’s sweet, delicate voice called out.

Xue Yang stopped in his tracks. He suddenly realized something—this was his fiancée’s room. Why should he be the one to leave? Shouldn’t Si Wen be the one to go?

On the other end of the phone, Cui Hao had been rambling on without getting a response. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, he suddenly heard a voice so electrifying it made his blood surge, nearly causing a nosebleed. He hurriedly said, "Uh... Boss, it seems you have something else to attend to. I’ll hang up now."

Then he quickly ended the call.

After hanging up, his blood was still pounding in his veins. He couldn’t help but tilt his head back, terrified that his nose was about to gush.

Damn it. Just hearing her voice had such an effect on me. If I actually saw the scene... Cui Hao didn’t dare to imagine what it would be like.

Seeing him hang up, Yu Kexin, who was standing nearby, quickly asked, "Well? When did the boss say he’s coming back to work?"

Summer vacation was almost over, and they planned to release a new batch of skins before school started, so they needed to ask for Xue Yang’s opinion. On top of that, the team from League of Loafing had contacted her, hoping she could provide technical support. Yu Kexin knew this was part of a previous agreement with the boss. Normally, it wouldn’t be an issue. However, given that they had tried to withdraw the authorization before, Yu Kexin felt it was best to confirm the boss’s wishes first.

Cui Hao opened his mouth, his head still tilted back high. "He said tomorrow, but I have a feeling... he might not actually make it in tomorrow."

"Why not?" Yu Kexin asked, puzzled. "And why are you staring at the ceiling? Is there something interesting up there?" She glanced up but didn’t see anything special.

"I just... I think I heard the boss’s wife’s voice..." Cui Hao was still lost in that sweet, delicate voice. It had been staggering.

"Isn’t it normal to hear the boss’s wife’s voice? Why do you have that lovesick look on your face?" Yu Kexin eyed him suspiciously. Her intuition told her that whatever was going on in Cui Hao’s head, it wasn’t anything proper.

"Ahem! You’re a tomboy, you wouldn’t get it. I’m heading out."

My god, if my girlfriend ever used a voice like that with me, I wouldn’t just skip work tomorrow—I’d skip the day after, too, and it wouldn’t be a big deal. Work can’t compare to a sweet, delicate girlfriend. Oh, right, not girlfriend—fiancée.

An image of a big bad wolf pouncing on a little white rabbit had already formed in Cui Hao’s mind.

I can’t think about it anymore. If I keep this up, I’m really going to get a nosebleed. Or maybe... I should go try my luck at one of those massage parlors again tonight?

Having made his decision, Cui Hao resolved to go a little farther out this time, far enough that he wouldn’t run into anyone he knew.

Yep, that’s settled.

「Meanwhile, in Lin Xi’s room」

Realizing what she was doing, Si Wen scrambled to her feet. "Uh, Xue Yang, don’t get the wrong idea! It’s not what you think. We were just fooling around."