[Ordinary Girl] My boyfriend's brothers are all very curious about me.

Zong Yan ignored her. Lin Su, holding the hairdryer, didn't dare to continue drying him. It was almost dry anyway. She smiled and said, "It's done."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard the handsome yet fierce-looking guest scoff coldly.

Lin Su blinked, unsure of his meaning, and could only look at him helplessly.

Zongyan asked, "You know how to give massages?"

"I've studied it a little bit," Lin Su replied somewhat hesitantly.

"Do you get a commission for signing up customers?" he asked again.

"No," Lin Su replied honestly.

The boss is incredibly stingy; it's good enough if he doesn't deduct her wages.

He chuckled again, stood up expressionlessly, strode to the counter to scan the code, and a few seconds later, Lin Su heard the WeChat notification sound that 199 had been credited to her account.

She paused for a moment, then quickly went over to explain, "You scanned the wrong number. A shampoo costs ten yuan, but it's 99 yuan if you get a membership card."

Zong Yan started walking away as if he hadn't heard. Luckily, the boss hadn't arrived yet. Lin Su gritted her teeth and followed him out. "I'll give you the refund."

She chased after him to his car parked by the roadside before Zong Yan turned around, gave her a cold look, and said, "No need to return it, it's your tip."

Lin Su exclaimed in surprise, but she didn't chase after him for a refund. Although she didn't recognize the car, she knew that his car was very valuable.

The clothes he wore and his demeanor suggested that he was someone who was not short of money.

Perhaps people from big cities are just that generous. Lin Su was somewhat pleased and watched the particularly shiny car drive away.

This was Lin Su and Zong Yan's first meeting, which was anything but beautiful. She never imagined they would meet again, much less that Zong Yan would fall in love with her.

……

"I've heard that the patriarch of the Zong family is living a retirement life in your small town." Shao Huaizhi's voice brought Lin Su back to her senses.

"Yes, but they've moved away now."

After retiring, the patriarch of the clan enjoyed traveling around. He had visited almost all the famous tourist attractions and loved to find some obscure and hidden places.

He took a liking to the small town where Lin Su lived and was fortunate enough to stay there for almost half a year.

He was a serious-looking old man, and Lin Su had spent several months with him but had not been able to win his favor.

In fact, Zongyan couldn't either, and the old man even resorted to beating him with a stick.

"That's just the old man's personality, but we have a friend who's really good at winning him over. You'll meet him when he returns to Beijing," Shao Huaizhi said.

Lin Su blinked curiously and couldn't help but exclaim, "He's so amazing!"

He was indeed skilled at flattery and ingratiating himself, but Shao Huaizhi remained silent with a smile.

The car stopped in the outdoor parking lot of Peking University. Shao Huaizhi got out of the car, and Lin Su got out from the other side. She didn't know the way and looked at him awkwardly.

Shao Huaizhi smiled and said, "I'll take you there. I also need to go back to my dorm."

Lin Su immediately followed, pursed her lips, and said, "Thank you for your trouble."

Shao Huaizhi smiled again, "I said you don't need to be so polite."

The research lab's dormitories are a bit out of the way, and this building is newly built, making it even more remote. However, the school's infrastructure is very good, so it doesn't feel desolate.

The dormitory building has six floors. Lin Su's dormitory is on the fourth floor, room 406, while Shao Huaizhi's is on the floor below, room 306.

The two reached the corner on the third floor, and Shao Huaizhi said, "You don't have the tools to clean yet? Go to my room and get them first."

Lin Su realized she hadn't prepared anything and felt a little embarrassed as she followed him to his dormitory. When he opened the door, she stood there, too shy to go in.

At first glance, the layout of the entire dormitory was the same, except that his room had more personal items, especially stacks of books.

Lin Su was immediately filled with admiration. From childhood to adulthood, she had always had a special fondness for top students, especially after dropping out of school, she admired book lovers even more.

She wasn't a good student from a young age, and even with extra effort, she could only manage to get an average grade. Even after graduating from high school, she could only barely get a bachelor's degree.

But at that time, my grandmother was in poor health and no one took care of her. If she went to study in another city, she would just have to wait to die at home.

Moreover, she didn't have tuition fees for university, let alone living expenses, and her grandmother needed medication, so Lin Su dropped out of school.

I do have some regrets, especially after my grandmother passed away, but there's no going back in life.

Fortunately, she met Zong Yan.

When Shao Huaizhi came out with a mop, a basin, and a towel, he saw the woman standing at the door smiling—a gentle, light smile.

There was a light in her eyes, sparkling and inexplicably beautiful.

Shao Huaizhi chuckled and asked, "What are you thinking about? You seem so happy."

Lin Su said somewhat embarrassedly, "I was thinking of Zong Yan."

Shao Huaizhi paused for a moment. They had only been apart for a short time, yet they were already so affectionate.

Lin Su quickly took the basin from his hand, but Shao Huaizhi didn't give her the mop, saying he would take it upstairs.

Lin Su wanted to say it wasn't necessary, but she couldn't argue with him.

When they got upstairs, he wet the mop and offered to mop the floor for her. Lin Su felt extremely embarrassed and could only hurry up and wipe the table and bedside to avoid needing his help later.

As she wiped the table, she looked up and noticed that, probably because the cuffs of his white shirt were difficult to stretch, he had simply folded the sleeves up several times, revealing his slender yet not thin arms.

The slightly hunched arms still showed traces of her workout – a thin layer of muscle, very white and beautiful. Lin Su glanced at them again, somewhat surprised.

Shao Huaizhi turned around just then and caught her peeking at him. His eyes crinkled slightly. "Are you tired? Do you want to take a break?"

Lin Su shook her head, then nodded, afraid he was too tired to say anything.

Shao Huaizhi said, "Then let's take a break."

He placed the mop aside, pulled out the only stool in the room, and gestured for her to sit down. Lin Su waved her hand, "You sit, I'll sit on the bed."

Shao Huaizhi sat down and saw that she was sweating. A thin layer of sweat clung to her dark hair. Because she was sitting opposite him, she nervously brushed it away with her hand, which made her sweat even more.

"Is it hot?" Shao Huaizhi asked.

Lin Su nodded. She hadn't turned on the air conditioner because she wanted some fresh air, but despite sweating so much, the man opposite her didn't seem to be sweating at all.

She was still as refreshing and gentle as ever, with fair skin and a faint scholarly air, just like the academic genius she had imagined.

"Lin Su." The man opposite her suddenly called out her full name. His voice was also very pleasant, clear and magnetic, making people feel hot in the ears.

Lin Su looked up at him, somewhat bewildered. "What's wrong?"

"I want to apologize to you," Shao Huaizhi said. "I shouldn't have asked you that in the car just now. I'm sorry."

Ah, so that's what it was about.

Lin Su was even more at a loss after hearing this, because she never expected that anyone would apologize for this.

Especially since he was so serious about it.