They are in their final year of high school and are heavily dependent on me.

Unexpectedly, the door wouldn't turn. She didn't know what was wrong; the dorm supervisor wouldn't lock the door if someone stayed overnight. Why couldn't she open it?

And unexpectedly,

The piece of fruit she took a small bite into contained a dark, sticky, and sour taste that lingered on her tongue.

It was so sour that she spat it out.

The pineapple isn't dry-packaged; it's wet-packaged or spoiled.

"."

The key was stuck in the lock, and the girl lost the ability to turn it.

In the dormitory corridor, the motion-activated lights went out one by one, until the last dim yellow light lingered on the girl's cheek for a moment before disappearing.

Xu Lingxi fell against the wall, the pain from the back of her head hitting the wall barely perceptible.

The girl hugged her knees and curled up.

His eyes were unfocused, fixed on the dim horizon.

She's so tired. She tried so hard to adapt to the new class, but the tests are still so difficult. She's really upset.

So she just wanted to eat some shumai to fill her stomach.

Then she thought, "I'll just eat some leftovers so I won't get too hungry."

In the end, all she wanted was a small piece of pineapple with a little cash—as long as it was dry-packaged, her favorite kind—nothing else mattered. It just wanted to cheer her up and lift her spirits.

She just wanted to eat a small piece of pineapple.

She was just a little rabbit.

She's just a little bunny who wants to eat a small bite of pineapple when she's very, very hungry and very, very sad.

What did she do wrong again? Why is she being treated like this?

Anyone who can help her, she really doesn't know what to do anymore.

As if responding to her innermost thoughts,

Suddenly,

One of the motion-activated lights that had been turned off in the distance turned on.

The rabbit, hidden in the darkness, looked around warily.

Nothing,

However, when she had to hunch over to protect her most vulnerable self,

The motion-activated lights in the distance lit up a second, a third, and a fourth time.

The footsteps grew clearer, and there was a faint sound of keys clinking.

"Has the dorm manager come to open the door?" she wondered.

The moment this thought took hold, the lights that had gone out because of her silence almost came back on, and the footsteps stopped abruptly, halting three or four meters away from her.

Everything around her was bright, except for the spot where she was huddled, which was pitch black under the light.

"Sorry, I thought your homeroom teacher had told you that you had moved to a different dorm room."

The familiar voice suddenly made her look up. She stared intently, momentarily stunned.

The other person took another step, stepping into the darkness where she was; the crisp sound of their footsteps brought the light back on.

Xu Lingxi also saw his face clearly.

Just for that one moment when I saw it clearly,

Rabbit's already red eyes widened instantly, then shrank back in a pitiful state, turning a bitter red.

Lin Mo gave an awkward laugh, touched his nose, and exchanged a few pleasantries first.

"Sigh, I just passed by and saw a fruit vendor using an overweight scale, trying to cheat kids. I stopped him and called the city management officers to arrest him. You see all sorts of people these days."

The girl looked at him, her pink lips pursed into a wrinkled expression, as if she were about to sob.

"Well, Sunday is your birthday. I told you before that I have to take the day off and not come, otherwise I wouldn't know what gift to give you."

The girl's tears had already fallen, but she stubbornly wiped them away.

"But now, it's 8:39 p.m. on Saturday."

Lin Mo pulled out a small cake from behind her. "Just kidding, I actually came on Saturday."

The cake was topped with a thick layer of pineapple, which gleamed sweetly under the light.

"."

Lin Mo didn't receive a reply from Xu Lingxi. He only saw the girl trembling as she hugged her delicate body, suppressing her last bit of pride.

He sighed.

He sat down against the wall, pressing his shoulder against hers.

"Go ahead and cry, nobody will know. I have a bad memory, I'll forget everything after a good night's sleep."

The girl clenched her small hands, about to turn her head to look away.

Suddenly, Lin Mo pulled out a lighter and flicked it in front of her eyes, creating a flame.

The fire flickered.

"call."

It was blown out again.

"Happy birthday, Xu Lingxi."

"woo"

"Stop crying," Lin Mo teased.

"You can lean on my shoulder for a while."

Hearing this,

The girl stared at him blankly for a long time.

Finally, as if relieved, she tentatively leaned against his shoulder.

The contact lasted only a second before her body, burdened by too much pressure, weakly collapsed, surrendering her entire weight to him.

It seems that at this moment they have found a lost source of comfort.

In the corridor, all the motion-activated lights, from near to far, turned on.

Because the tears that the rabbit had been holding back were now being released with its sobs, unleashing its pain back at this hateful world without restraint.

Thank you everyone for the monthly tickets, meow~ I'm still writing the extra chapter, meow. Monthly tickets and reader engagement on Monday are even more important~ Please help meow~

Chapter 62 The Little Rabbit and the Little Dog

"I really just want to eat pineapple!"

"I told him I wanted to eat dried pineapple. I only had five dollars, and he lied to me and said the pineapple was rotten. Waaaaaah!"

"Why is this so mean? I'm so hungry. I ran for so long and so far, my head is so dizzy, and my legs are so sore and painful."

"woo woo woo woo."

"And I'm so unhappy today. I couldn't write anything for the weekly test. I just really wanted to eat pineapple, why won't I get some? I...I..."

Xu Lingxi cried and sobbed, her words caught in her haste, and she lost the ability to organize her thoughts. In her panic, she bit Lin Mo's shoulder.

"hiss"

Lin Mo gasped. He had already told Xu Lingxi not to eat him if she was extremely hungry.

That's great, the boomerang hits the bullseye.

Let's just treat it like a snack.

Baby, let me nibble on it too.

Haha, just kidding.

He was also afraid that if he bit into her, he would be infected by Xu Lingxi and mutate into the ultimate arrogant and tsundere.

If that really happens, even if Bai Limeng locks him in a dark room, he'll still have to stubbornly insist:

'Hmph, it's not dark at all, I'm not afraid.'

'A whip? A necklace? Tch, I'm not afraid of that.'

'What? Squeeze me dry? Tch, I won't!'

Ding Han left his brother.

To prevent mutation, when Xu Lingxi was about to bite him a second time, Lin Mo pressed down on the girl's forehead.

"Okay, okay, anyway, that simple pencil vendor has been arrested, so don't be angry."

"What about my five dollars?"

Xu Lingxi whimpered and sobbed as he pushed her head.

Lin Mo was taken aback; it turned out he was worried about the five yuan.

Indeed, Xu Lingxi is a seasoned villager; losing five yuan could be fatal for her.

"It's nothing. I kicked him when I passed by. He'll be in pain for at least a week. The medical bills alone will cost more than five yuan."

"Hmm," Xu Lingxi said, feeling a little better.

In that instant, it seemed she had cried everything she needed to cry.

After watching him stare blankly for a while, then choke back a couple of sobs, the girl looked at the small cake in his other hand.

"Want to eat?"

No way.

"There are pineapples on it."

Upon hearing this, the girl shamelessly wiped her drool and clutched her stomach, which was rumbling loudly.

"Oh."

Xu Lingxi nodded softly, realizing that the two of them were standing far too close. She had just been crying on someone's shoulder, which was quite unseemly.

So, while Lin Mo was cutting the small cake, she shifted her position slightly, maintaining a ladylike distance.

But as soon as she moved a little further away from him, the girl moved back insecurely, and they stood side by side again until she could feel his body temperature through his school uniform, at which point she breathed a sigh of relief.

As the tide of disappointment recedes, the unease called shyness gradually rises.

"This is the girls' dormitory. How did you get here?"

Xu Lingxi tugged at her clothes and asked hesitantly.

"The dorm supervisor thinks I'm handsome."

"Tell the truth."

“I told her that my girlfriend was about to give birth in the dorm, and to avoid a hellish start for the baby, she let me in.”

"."

Xu Lingxi rolled her eyes, feeling both embarrassed and annoyed. What was this person saying?

It seems quite embarrassing, but upon closer inspection, the strange, blushing, and heart-pounding impulse disappears almost as soon as it arises.

Lin Mo cut the cake into pieces and peeled the pineapple, placing it all on her small plate.

The cake wasn't big, only seven inches. Lin Mo could show off two of them by herself, but for Xu Lingxi, who has a small stomach, it just goes to show that small has its advantages.

As for why he could move freely in the girls' dormitory and get a bunch of keys.

Actually, he got in using Li Zhihan's student ID.

In this school, Han Shen's face is the authority; he'll punish anyone who disagrees.

Even the seasoned dormitory supervisor was terrified upon seeing this and voluntarily handed over her ultimate treasure: the dormitory key.