The anchor I was supposed to meet turned out to be my student.

Bi Antong was still taking a shower, and I had to wait for her to finish before I could shower. So, I had nothing to do, and I ended up watching the web series I'd been watching recently on the TV, which was connected to the internet. It was a web series adapted from an online novel. I don't usually like watching boring web series, but this one was about the innocent love between the male and female leads in high school and their efforts to get into the same university. It really touched a nerve with me. In high school, I only focused on studying and sports, and I never experienced that kind of pure love. This series filled that void for me.

It's such a shame I never had a relationship during my school years...

Bi Antong soon came out of the bathroom. She passed by the TV, glanced at the web series playing, scoffed, and muttered, "So childish," seemingly looking down on me, a grown man, for watching something only little girls watch.

I retorted calmly, "Oh dear, someone who's been single since birth is being sour here..."

Then something was thrown at my face, and at the same time, Bi Antong's voice rang out.

"Students who don't study properly and instead date are wasting their time and energy! Don't you, as a teacher, realize this?"

I picked up the thing that had been thrown at my face and took a look. It turned out to be Bi Antong's dress that she had changed out of. No wonder I said it smelled familiar. The quality was also great. It must feel even better to touch when she was wearing it.

Bi Antong may have thrown her clothes at me in a fit of anger, but when she saw me take them down, she quickly came to me and snatched the dress back.

"It is indeed a waste of time and energy, but I am simply stating the fact that you have never been in a relationship, right, Miss Antong, who has been single since birth?" I am also bringing up the old grudge of her installing a pinhole camera in the bathroom. I have to give her a good scolding so that she doesn't think I am kind and easy to bully, otherwise the position of the master of the house will be changed in the future.

Bi Antong was so angry that she trembled for a moment, and blurted out in a fit of rage, "So what if I've never been in a relationship? Is it something to be ashamed of?! If you're so experienced, then go and date me, teach me!!"

(Watching web series isn't just about padding the word count~ Guess who~)

Chapter 33, page 153. Central Air Conditioning

I was stunned. Are Gen Z people so direct when they're asking for love these days?

"How...how should I teach it? Maybe I should write a book?" I asked tentatively.

Bi Antong clearly realized that she had said something strange. She took her clothes and hurriedly went to the balcony to put them in the washing machine before returning to her bedroom. She was obviously embarrassed.

Hey, maybe I just said what she was subconsciously thinking. I'm really worried that she'll say it out loud one day, and then I'll wonder how I'll respond...

I'm not going to think about it anymore. I'll deal with whatever comes my way and let things develop naturally. There's always a way out.

Then I went to take a shower. When I returned to the bedroom, Bi Antong was memorizing vocabulary as usual. She really does stick to her plan every day, which I admire. Back when I was memorizing the CET-6 vocabulary, I memorized fifty words a day and managed to do it for a whole year...

I got into bed, and Bi Antong's gaze remained fixed on the book, but she shifted her body slightly toward the edge of the bed...

Am I a flood or a wild beast?

"You are a hypocrite."

I'm innocent, so I won't argue with her. As usual, I checked my phone before bed. I remembered something, found Ye Zhi's chat window, and sent her a message: Are you asleep?

"No."

"What are you doing?"

Are you concerned about me?

Indeed, what happened this afternoon made me realize that I had neglected Ye Zhi. It's really disloyal of me to only think of her when I need her help.

So I simply admitted, "Yes."

"Then go online and eat **, I just finished a game."

"I fucking..."

"?"

"I'm fucking online right now!"

She really shot herself in the foot. She could have just lay down and gone to sleep, but instead she had to ask her if she was asleep or what she was doing...

So I opened the game and looked for my headphones, only to find them in the office. Playing this game without headphones is like playing a completely different game. So I asked Bi Antong, "Tongtong, do you have headphones? Can I borrow them for a moment?"

Bi Antong didn't mind and gave me her earphones.

I put on my headphones and joined Ye Zhi's group. I turned on my speaker and heard Ye Zhi's voice.

"Turn on your mic."

So before I turned on my microphone, I told Bi Antong, "Tongtong, don't talk. I'm talking to someone else on my microphone."

"With whom?" Bi Antong looked over.

"Just a friend..." I said ambiguously.

Bi Antong pressed on, asking, "Which friend?"

"Ye Zhi..."

"Then give me back my headphones, I need to listen to my hearing test." Bi Antong's attitude changed abruptly.

"Weren't you memorizing vocabulary words?"

Bi Antong snorted coldly: "You know I'm memorizing vocabulary, while you're playing games with some young ladies over there, and you even lent me your headphones to play!"

As he spoke, Bi Antong ripped my earphones off, and Ye Zhi's voice immediately came through.

"Tusheng, is it ready yet?"

"That's such an affectionate way to address each other!"

Bi Antong put on her headphones, lay down, covered herself with the blanket, and looked sullen.

I quickly apologized to Ye Zhi for having other things to do and then logged out of the game. For a moment, I looked at Bi Antong and didn't know how to comfort her, because she was jealous again. She's practically the queen of jealousy in East Asia.

I unplugged her earphones and comforted her, "Tongtong, don't be angry, okay? I was just ignoring your feelings..."

"You're just a womanizer, what's there to ignore or not ignore!"

Being called a womanizer by Bi Antong gave me a strange feeling, as if it confirmed a question I'd pondered before: Am I a scumbag? I just didn't want to hurt them...

"Being a womanizer requires having a girlfriend first..."

"You don't need to make excuses anymore. I know Lu Xiaojun likes you, and Luo Yao likes you too. Her relationship with Ye Zhi is definitely ambiguous. Do you think I can't see that? Otherwise, would Lu Xiaojun wear a maid outfit to please you? Humph!"

My head suddenly started buzzing. It turned out that Bi Antong, as an observer, had seen everything clearly, which was something I had never expected.

"But I'm just friends with them..."

"What about me?" Bi Antong asked, her back still turned to me, her voice sounding a little nervous.

Although Bi Antong and I were indeed in a relationship that was more than friends but less than lovers, we could only be called friends in a serious sense. But Bi Antong would definitely not be satisfied with just calling us friends, so I said very sincerely, "You are an important person to me."

I don't know if Bi Antong will be satisfied with this explanation, but it is my honest opinion. She is indeed someone I care about a lot.

"Hmph, you're really deluding yourself. In my heart, you're just a stranger."

I exclaimed in surprise, "You must be really casual about it, sleeping in the same bed with a stranger every night..."

This was just a joke, but I didn't expect Bi Antong to suddenly sit up, look at me with a complicated expression, and ask, "Do you think I'm a very casual girl? I was the one who asked you to live together as soon as we met, and then I even made you sleep in the same bed with me..."

What started as a series of jokes actually triggered her. She's much more sensitive than I imagined, which is probably why she gets so jealous.

Seeing that I remained silent, Bi Antong said dejectedly, "You probably don't remember what happened two years ago, do you?"

"Two years ago?" I frowned and tried to recall. It was around the time I was graduating with my master's degree, but I couldn't think of anything related to Bi Antong.

"Just as I thought..." Bi Antong said disappointedly.

I explained, "If we really had any connection two years ago, it's normal that I forgot, because I was still dating my ex-girlfriend at the time and didn't pay much attention to other girls..."

"Then why are you so promiscuous now?"

"No, didn't I just say that I don't meet the criteria for being a womanizer at all..."

Bi Antong pouted and said, "Then you're like a central air conditioner, blowing wherever you need it... You've had a girlfriend for two years, but you still helped me without worrying about her misunderstanding..."

I tried hard to recall what happened two years ago, around the time when Bi Antong had just arrived at the university to register as a freshman... Freshman registration... Could it be...?

"Was it raining that day?" I asked.

Bi Antong nodded.

I was quite surprised and said, "So you're that girl. I picked up your umbrella when you dropped it the other day, and I think I even borrowed another umbrella for you."

When Bi Antong saw that I remembered, a smile finally appeared on her face. She teased, "That's why I said you're a central air conditioner. Look at the way your girlfriend looked at me back then, tsk tsk tsk, she was so insecure..."

So what if you're tall, pretty, have big breasts, and a nice butt? You're so smug about it...

"You're not much better. You even tried to get my contact information back then. Haha, do you think I didn't know what you were trying to say? I was just pretending not to know because I was focused on my girlfriend. It turns out I'm not a womanizer..."

When I exposed her, Bi Antong blushed and said hastily, "Who cares about your contact information? You're just narcissistic..."

I couldn't help but realize that I had known Bi Antong for two years. I think I understand why she was so less wary when she saw me again two years later; it turns out she had a good impression of the help I had given her two years ago...

(For details of the story from two years ago, please see the extra chapter at the top of the table of contents: The Fairy Tale Begins to Take Shape)

Chapter 34, page 154. Xu Lehan is the oldest.

Last night I still couldn't get anything out of Bi Antong. She simply wouldn't admit or tell me her motive for putting the hidden camera in the bathroom. But I'm not in a hurry. I'll take it one step at a time and eventually get something out of her.

However, something unbelievable happened this morning: when I got up, there were already two bowls of noodles on the dining table.

"You did it?"

Wearing an apron, Bi Antong looked away and nodded.

"It looks pretty good."

So I took a bite and found it to be fucking delicious. You wouldn't believe it was made by Bi Antong, who knows absolutely nothing about cooking...

"How...how is it?" Bi Antong asked nervously.

"It tastes great!"

Bi Antong's lips curved into a small smile, and she said smugly, "I knew my cooking skills were no worse than yours."

Sigh, let's give her some face. This is just what they sell in the store downstairs, as if I've never eaten there. I even know the owner's daughter; she's quite pretty, hmm…

Regardless, it was Bi Antong's kind intention, so I was naturally very happy. Her sudden change of heart was probably because our in-depth conversation last night had brought us a little closer together.

Before I left, Bi Antong scrutinized my clothes for a while, so I had to say they were new... but actually, they were designed by Lu Xiaojun...

After arriving at school, I messaged Lu Xiaojun telling her not to wake Xu Lehan up for class. Today I plan to catch her again in person and find out what she's been doing on the computer every day.

After 8 o'clock, when class started, Lu Xiaojun told me that Xu Lehan hadn't arrived at the classroom. So, I skillfully got the key from the dormitory supervisor and went straight to Xu Lehan's dormitory. At this time, she was definitely still sleeping, so I opened the dormitory door directly, just like yesterday, and then... I was stunned...

Xu Lehan was only wearing a white bra and panties, and she stopped in her tracks as she was about to put on her T-shirt when I appeared...