Is my roommate a caged bird? I'm stealing her away.

Why does this person keep bringing up old grievances? It's so annoying!

Zhou Suisui's ears burned a little: "I didn't say that..." She paused, her voice self-righteous, "I meant that Su Wei should talk about it next week... Let's put it off for now, and wait until she's really anxious before we talk about it."

Chen Boxu raised an eyebrow as he looked at the expression on her screen—a mixture of secret smugness and feigned task-assignment.

"Zhou Suisui," he called her name, his tone flat and somewhat nonchalant, "you'll have to pay a price for ordering me around."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Suisui's eyes widened slightly.

What?! She actually thought Chen Boxu had a change of heart! What price could she possibly pay? It's still the same old stuff. You big pervert! I won't let you get away with it.

Zhou Suisui pursed her lips, pretended to think for a moment, and then said seriously, "I think what you said makes a lot of sense! I thought about it later, and you are indeed right."

She paused, looking at him on the screen, his slightly puzzled expression reflected in his amber eyes, which appeared exceptionally innocent in the light.

"So, let's abstain from sex for a month. Let's calm down."

Chen Boxu looked at her feigned seriousness and remained silent for two seconds.

He leaned forward, making himself more clearly visible in the frame, his gaze fixed on her.

"One month?" he repeated, his voice low and tinged with danger. "Zhou Suisui, did you make this decision unilaterally?"

Zhou Suisui met his dangerous gaze, blinked, and looked even more innocent: "Isn't this what you meant? You told me not to be horny."

Chen Boxu chuckled softly as he watched her self-righteous and defiant act.

The laughter was short and lacked warmth.

"Zhou Suisui," he began, his voice deep and slow, "I told you not to be horny, not to suppress my desires."

Zhou Suisui's innocent expression faded slightly, and her tone carried a hint of bitterness she herself didn't realize: "You can ask Lin Xiao... You're not the only one for me."

Chen Boxu's eyes darkened instantly, and the faint smile he had just given vanished without a trace.

"Zhou Suisui," he called her name, his tone cold and hard, "take back what you just said."

Zhou Suisui was taken aback by his suddenly cold tone. She looked up at the screen, her voice carrying a hint of stubbornness: "...What?"

Chen Boxu stared at her, his gaze on the screen heavy and oppressive.

"What do you think?" he said softly. "Who I end up with is none of your business. Try mentioning Lin Xiao again."

Zhou Suisui's anger was completely ignited by the warning in his words. She raised her voice and said to the screen in one breath:

"Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao, Lin Xiao! What did I say? If you care about her so much, go find her! I'm leaving right now! It's been almost a month, perfect timing, I'm leaving next week."

Chen Boxu's face turned completely cold, his eyes sharp as knives.

"Zhou Suisui," he said, his voice even lower, almost squeezed out between his teeth, "if I really cared about her to the extent you think, you wouldn't even have the chance to stand here and mention her name to me right now."

He paused, his tone scorching: "Did you understand?"

Zhou Suisui was stunned for a moment, then her face turned red and her heart pounded in her chest. She quickly lowered her eyes.

What should I do? My face is burning hot.

After a long while, she finally spoke haltingly, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep now."

Chen Boxu glanced at her, understanding dawning on him: "Shy?"

Zhou Suisui glared at him fiercely: "No. Bye-bye!" She quickly hung up the phone and stared blankly for a while.

She washed her face in the bathroom, but still couldn't fall asleep. She randomly opened a video app and started browsing, eventually watching a video on how to cook cat food. Strangely, she didn't own a cat.

After reading half of it, she glanced down at the XX Tarot, "[XX Tarot, what does he think of you? What does he think of your relationship?]", hesitated for a few seconds, and Zhou Suisui herself didn't understand why, but she felt a little ashamed.

Nobody saw it!

She clicked on the video and then spent almost two hours watching various tarot tests.

There are quizzes about when it's okay to start dating, what his next move will be, and what your destined partner will look like...

The outcome was mixed, but after all the commotion, I finally calmed down and went to bed.

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At 1:30 p.m., Zhou Suisui arrived at the place she had arranged to meet Liu Weiwei a few minutes early, but Liu Weiwei had not yet arrived.

She received a message from Liu Weiwei after she woke up in the morning, asking her to meet here. The information she submitted via WeChat had not yet been reviewed.

When Liu Weiwei rushed over, Zhou Suisui was biting a straw, staring blankly at the ice cubes floating in the glass.

"Ugh, this is so congested!" Liu Weiwei tossed her handbag onto the empty seat next to her, sat down, and chuged half a glass of ice water. She took a breath before looking at Zhou Suisui, "How long have you been waiting?... What's with that expression? Didn't you sleep well?"

Zhou Suisui raised her eyelids to look at her, hesitated for a moment, then leaned forward and lowered her voice: "I have something to tell you."

"Speak," Liu Weiwei immediately perked up and leaned closer.

"Last night... no, it was early this morning, I had a video call with Chen Boxu." Zhou Suisui lowered her voice even further.

"A video?!" Liu Weiwei's eyes widened instantly. "The early hours of the morning? Why are you two video chatting at this hour? It's like you're a couple!"

"No... I had a few words with him." Zhou Suisui licked her lips, her eyes slightly unfocused. "Then... he said that if he really cared about Lin Xiao, I wouldn't have had the chance to mention that name in front of him."

Liu Weiwei froze for two seconds, forgetting to put down her water glass, and slowly uttered two words: "...Holy crap."

"He also said..." Zhou Suisui's voice trailed off, her cheeks flushing uncontrollably, "that I shouldn't arrange for him to see anyone. Anyway... that's the gist of it."

Liu Weiwei stared at her for several seconds, then suddenly reached out and poked her reddened cheek: "Zhou Suisui, you're finished."

"What's over?" Zhou Suisui slapped her hand away.

"He has you completely under his control." Liu Weiwei leaned back, crossed her arms, and looked like she knew everything. "He only said two words to you and you're already smitten."

"...No!" Zhou Suisui immediately denied, but her eyes darted away.

"Come on, you're kidding me." Liu Weiwei scoffed, then became serious again. "But seriously, you've been in pretty good shape lately."

Zhou Suisui stirred the ice cubes in her glass, looking puzzled. "Really?"

"Yes! When I first met you, you looked terrible, but you look much more energetic now," Liu Weiwei said casually, recalling their first meeting after graduation.

Zhou Suisui thought for a moment: "It's probably because I moved out of the apartment. I haven't seen Lin Xiao lately, and I feel much more relaxed."

Liu Weiwei hesitated for a moment: "You've been influenced by her too much. I never thought you'd go down this path, especially since you're not without wealthy suitors..."

Zhou Suisui paused, and after a long while, she slowly said, "I hadn't thought about it either."

"So what do you think now? About that video call between you and him."

Zhou Suisui's eyes became complicated: "I don't know, let's take it one step at a time, I think..."

She didn't know how to explain it; she was conflicted.

Seeing that she wasn't in a good mood, Liu Weiwei quickly changed the subject: "By the way, did you see about the class reunion?"

"What class reunion?" Zhou Suisui looked blank.

"Holy crap, it's our class! They were chatting until the early hours yesterday. Wang Jiaqi said she was going to have a class reunion! Didn't you see the group messages?"

"I blocked it a long time ago," Zhou Suisui said. She felt the class group was too noisy and hadn't been paying attention to it lately.

Are you going?

Zhou Suisui didn't answer immediately. She picked up her phone and opened the class group chat. There were 999+ unread messages. She immediately saw Wang Jiaqi's gathering notice to everyone.

Zhou Suisui was speechless: "No way, is she crazy? We've only been out of school for a short time."

"Oh dear, sister, you're so obsessed with Chen Boxu that you've gone crazy. Wang Jiaqi is so keen on organizing class reunions, what do you think? Could it be that she really misses her classmates?"