"Young Master Xue Xing, please wait here for Miss Si Wen. I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll be on my way," Auntie Shen said.

Xue Xing replied very politely, "Okay, I’ll be fine waiting on my own."

Seeing such a handsome, well-behaved, and polite boy, Auntie Shen found herself liking him even more. She just wasn’t sure about his relationship with Miss Si Wen...

Just as she was thinking this, Si Wen happened to arrive.

Auntie Shen immediately called out, "Miss Si Wen."

"Hello, Auntie Shen," Si Wen nodded in response.

"Miss Si Wen, are you leaving now?"

"Yes, it’s getting late. We’re going to head back."

Auntie Shen glanced at the time. It was after eleven, so it was indeed quite late.

"Already?" Xue Xing asked, somewhat surprised.

Hearing this, Si Wen raised an eyebrow. "What, you don’t want to leave?"

"That’s not it. I’d just heard that once girls start chatting, they can go on for quite a while."

Xue Xing had been prepared to wait for a long time. He hadn’t expected her to tell him they could leave in less than half an hour. This was so different from what he’d imagined.

Si Wen jumped up and playfully patted his head.

"What are you always thinking about in that little head of yours?"

"Well, isn’t it true?"

"Of course not. Let’s go."

Xue Xing rubbed the sore spot on his head. "Oh..." he mumbled, following her out of the Lin Family Villa.

Sitting in the Rolls-Royce and gazing at the palace-like Lin Family Villa, Xue Xing still found it unbelievable. In just one day, everything he thought he knew from the past ten-plus years had been completely overturned.

"By the way, remember to stick close to me tomorrow. If anyone asks you anything, try to say as little as possible, whether you know the answer or not."

"Okay."

Si Wen turned to glance at Xue Xing and was about to say something more. But seeing his docile and obedient expression, she changed her mind. "Never mind. You don’t seem like the type to cause trouble anyway. This should be fine."

"Oh..."

Soon, the car arrived back at Xiangshan Villa. After spending the day together, the two of them were no longer as reserved with each other as they had been the previous night.

Si Wen first took the plushies she had won at the arcade to her room. Then, she changed into a comfortable set of loungewear and came back downstairs.

Xue Xing had also changed back into his own clothes.

The Xiang Naier clothes were certainly stylish, but they were so expensive that Xue Xing had felt awkward wearing them. Now that he was back in his own clothes, he finally felt like himself again. His own clothes really were a better fit. So comfortable.

"Are you going to do your test papers tonight?" Si Wen asked.

Xue Xing grabbed a throw pillow and hugged it. "I finished them all last night."

"Come play games with me then."

"Okay!"

Si Wen was momentarily taken aback by how readily he agreed. She only snapped out of it when the familiar game startup sound chimed from his phone, prompting her to quickly grab her own.

The two of them sat on the living room sofa and logged into King’s Game on their phones.

"Let’s establish a relationship," Si Wen suddenly said.

"Huh? What kind of relationship?"

"In the game, of course."

"Oh..."

Soon enough, Xue Xing received a relationship request from Si Wen. His heart skipped a beat when he saw the pink heart icon.

"Sister, this is the ’Lover’ status..."

"I know," Si Wen replied nonchalantly.

"And you still... want to bind with me?" Xue Xing’s voice was quiet, as if he desperately wanted to know her answer but was afraid of what it might be.

"There’s this guy who keeps pestering me to accept his ’Lover’ request every day. I keep rejecting him, but he just sends another one. I figured if the spot is already taken, he’ll finally have a reason to leave me alone. Thinking it over, you’re the most suitable person for the job. What, you don’t want to? If not, I can just ask someone else."

"No, that’s not it! I’m willing, I’m willing," Xue Xing replied quickly.

A small smile played on Si Wen’s lips. "Then why haven’t you accepted yet?"

"Oh, right!" Xue Xing belatedly tapped "accept."

As a large heart icon appeared on screen, a line connected their two accounts, binding them together.

...