Oh no! I've only been a freshman and I've already been targeted by a mean upperclassman.

Li Chen's action of changing the wallpaper was caught red-handed by Wang Qiang, who was craning his neck to peek.

"Damn it! Old Li, that's enough!"

Wang Qiang let out a bloodcurdling wail, "I can tolerate being fed dog food by you two outside, but when we get back to the dorm you're going to blind my eyes with your wallpaper?"

Zhao Zixuan and Chen Mo also came over.

"Tsk tsk, that smile, it's like spring flowers in full bloom."

Zhao Zixuan stroked his chin and commented, "Old Li, tell me honestly, did you give your sister-in-law some kind of love potion?"

"Based on micro-expression analysis, Yan Xi's smile shows obvious contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle and lifting of the zygomaticus major muscle, which is a genuine 'Du Xiang-style smile'."

Chen Mo explained in a serious tone, "This shows that she was extremely happy and relaxed at the time."

Simply put,

He concluded, "She's got her eye on you, and even Jesus couldn't stop her."

Li Chen ignored the three clowns' teasing; he was in a good mood.

He clicked on Yan Xi's WeChat profile picture and sent her a message.

The wallpaper is beautiful.

Yan Xi replied almost instantly after the message was sent.

A cat emoji with its eyes rolling.

Immediately afterwards, another voice message came in.

Li Chen clicked on the app, and Yan Xi's voice, tinged with a hint of laziness and laughter, rang out in the dormitory.

"You've really grown up, learning to act first and ask questions later?"

Wang Qiang and the other two immediately fell silent and pricked up their ears to listen.

Li Chen quickly turned down the volume on his phone and sent a voice message back.

"I couldn't help it, my girlfriend is too beautiful, I couldn't resist."

Yan Xi was silent for a few seconds, then sent over a screenshot.

It was a wallpaper on Li Chen's phone, with Yan Xi's smile prominently displayed on it.

The screenshot also shows a red circle around the time in the upper right corner.

[Yan Xi: It's 8:07 PM now. I'm giving you one hour. Before 8:07 PM, I want to see a real-life version of this wallpaper downstairs in the dorm.]

[Yan Xi: Otherwise, you'll bear the consequences.]

Looking at this message, which was both domineering and slightly coquettish, Li Chen's smile deepened.

He stood up, grabbed his coat, and prepared to go out.

"Hey, hey, hey! Old Li, where are you going again?" Wang Qiang asked.

"How dare I disobey the Queen's summons?" Zhao Zixuan answered for him.

"Alas, what a misfortune for our family!" Wang Qiang pounded his chest and stamped his feet in despair.

Li Chen ignored them and walked out of the dormitory humming a little tune.

……

Meanwhile, in girls' dormitory 505.

Leng Qingge sat cross-legged on the bed, applying a face mask while watching Yan Xi giggle at her phone.

"Alright, Miss Yan, you're practically drooling over the screen," she couldn't help but complain. "It's just a candid photo, why are you so happy?"

Yan Xi put away her phone and rolled her eyes at her.

"What do you know?"

"I don't understand." Leng Qingge peeled off her face mask and leaned closer. "All I know is that someone used to be someone who would say 'Don't touch me within ten steps,' but now he seems to want to be glued to me every day."

"I heard that your junior from elementary school really made you look good this afternoon?"

"He knocked out the vice president of the martial arts club in just three seconds?"

Yan Xi raised an eyebrow, neither confirming nor denying.

"You're quite well-informed."

"Nonsense, everyone in the school knows this now." Leng Qingge picked up her phone, opened the forum, and said, "Look, you two have even created a CP super topic called 'Chenxi Couple,' and the number of fans has already exceeded 10,000."

She handed the phone to Yan Xi.

Yan Xi looked at that super topic and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

"It's alright, the name sounds nice."

"It's more than just good-sounding!" Leng Qingge scrolled down with a gossipy look on her face. "Look at these posts: '108 Sweet Moments of Chenxi Couple,' 'How the God of War Was Tamed by the Queen,' 'In-Depth Analysis: Senior Yanxi's Adorable Gap in Front of the God of War'..."

"Qingge," Yan Xi suddenly interrupted her.

"Um?"

"Are you very free?"

"Huh?" Leng Qingge was taken aback.

"The student council is currently organizing a campus cultural and creative design competition, and I think you have some great ideas." Yan Xi's tone left no room for argument. "Put the proposal on my desk tomorrow morning."

Leng Qingge's face instantly fell.

"No way, Xixi, I was wrong, I'll never gossip again..."

Just then, Yan Xi's phone rang.

She glanced at the caller ID; it was Li Chen.

"Feed".

"I've arrived, I'm downstairs."

"Okay, wait for me."

Yan Xi hung up the phone, stood up, and began to change her clothes.

Leng Qingge shook her head helplessly at her impatient look.

That's it, I'm completely finished.

Yan Xi changed into a simple white T-shirt and jeans, going makeup-free, yet still stunningly beautiful.

She went downstairs and immediately saw Li Chen standing under the streetlight.

He was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, his hands in his pockets, looking down at the ground, the streetlight casting a long shadow of him.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up and saw her.

His eyes shone brighter than the stars in the night.

"Have you been waiting long?" Yan Xi walked up to him.

"No, I just arrived." Li Chen took out his phone and waved it in front of her.

On the screen was a photo of her smiling, her eyes crinkling.

"Reporting to senior, I've come to inspect the goods."

Yan Xi couldn't help but laugh when she saw his serious expression.

She reached out and pinched his cheek.

"You're smart to know what's good for you."

The two had no specific destination; they simply walked slowly along the paths on campus.

"Thank you for today," Li Chen suddenly said.

"Thank me for what?" Yan Xi asked knowingly. "For watching you fight, or for buying you chestnuts?"

"Thank you," Li Chen said softly. "Thank you for standing by my side."

Yan Xi paused for a moment.

She turned her head and looked at him.

The streetlights cast a soft glow on his face, and his eyes were earnest and clear.

"Li Chen," she called his name.

"Um?"

"Do you feel like I've done a lot for you?"

Li Chen nodded.

"Do you feel like I've been protecting you all along?"

Li Chen nodded again.

Yan Xi suddenly smiled.

She tiptoed close to his ear and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear.

"fool."

That's not called protection.

"That's called declaring sovereignty."

Her breath was warm, carrying the fresh scent of shower gel, and brushed against Li Chen's ear.

Li Chen's heart skipped a beat.

Before he could react, Yan Xi had already retreated, her face returning to its lazy expression.

"Let's go, take me home. I have early class tomorrow."

She turned and walked towards the dormitory.

Li Chen stood there, touched his burning ears, looked at her back, and smiled foolishly.