Chapter 224 My sister-in-law is really amazing!
[Li Chen: Mine is here too.]
[Yan Xi: Okay. Wang Qiang will hand in his phone at 10 PM. You should also go to bed before 11 PM.]
[Li Chen: I still need to review and organize my notes.]
[Yan Xi: You stayed up late last night.]
Li Chen stared at the screen.
He just looked at the chat history a little longer last night.
She included that in her calculations as well.
[Li Chen: I know.]
[Yan Xi: Good girl.]
Li Chen's fingers stopped.
This word came out of nowhere.
He looked at it for two seconds before placing the phone face down on the table.
Zhao Zixuan happened to see that his ears were red.
"Brother Chen, did your wife expose you again with just one sentence?"
Li Chen remained expressionless.
"Keep Wang Qiang in check."
Wang Qiang didn't hear it.
He was looking at his phone again.
Lin Duo replied: 【Okay. Next time I'll take a smaller portion of rice.】
After reading it, Wang Qiang rolled around on the bed.
She said next time!
Zhao Zixuan was also excited.
"Next time! She said next time again!"
Chen Mo remembered it very quickly.
"The key phrase 'next time' has been repeated. Yesterday's joking reminder has transformed into a pre-planned scenario for dining together. The relationship is clearly progressing."
Looking at Wang Qiang's silly expression, Li Chen suddenly found it a little funny.
Just a few days ago, I only knew about chicken wings and games, but now I can be this happy because of just two words.
He thought about himself.
It seems I don't even have the right to laugh.
He still hasn't recovered from Yan Xi's simple "good boy".
9:59 PM.
Wang Qiang held his phone as if it were a corpse.
"Brother Chen, could you do it at 10:05?"
Li Chen glanced at his phone.
Yan Xi's message arrived right on time.
[Yan Xi: Received.]
Li Chen reached out his hand.
Wang Qiang painfully placed the phone in his palm.
"I'll take one last look."
Li Chen flipped the screen over.
"You'll be even less able to sleep after reading this."
Wang Qiang was paralyzed in bed.
"Love is so painful."
Zhao Zixuan was amused.
"You're not in a relationship yet."
Wang Qiang closed his eyes.
"But I've already suffered enough."
Chen Mo added a sentence.
"To be precise, it's a withdrawal reaction."
Li Chen put Wang Qiang's phone in the drawer and took another picture of Yan Xi.
[Li Chen: I've accepted it.]
[Yan Xi: You accept it too.]
Li Chen looked at the three words and hesitated for a second.
[Li Chen: I'd like to talk to you for a bit more.]
There was a ten-second silence on the other end.
[Yan Xi: Two sentences.]
Li Chen smiled.
[Li Chen: I miss you today.]
Yan Xi did not reply immediately.
Half a minute passed.
[Yan Xi: One sentence.]
Li Chen stared at the screen.
There's one more thing.
He thought about it a lot.
I want to talk about the cup holder, I want to talk about the milk, I want to talk about her "goodness".
In the end, only four words were sent.
[Li Chen: See you tomorrow morning.]
Yan Xi replied quickly.
[Yan Xi: Seven o'clock. Gloves.]
Li Chen put down his phone.
Wang Qiang tossed and turned in bed.
"Brother Chen, what if she messages me in the middle of the night?"
Li Chen glanced at him before turning off the light.
"Then I'll go back tomorrow morning."
"What if she thinks I'm cold?"
"Won't."
How did you know?
Li Chen pulled the blanket up.
Yan Xi said, "A person who really wants to talk to you won't miss one more night."
In the darkness, Wang Qiang fell silent.
After a long while, he whispered, "My sister-in-law is really amazing."
Li Chen closed his eyes and touched the scarf beside his pillow with his fingers.
"Um."
The phone in the drawer suddenly vibrated.
It's not Li Chen's.
It belongs to Wang Qiang.
The entire dormitory fell silent at the same time.
Wang Qiang suddenly sat up in the darkness.
"Brother Chen..."
Li Chen opened his eyes and reached out to pull open the drawer.
The screen is lit.
Lin Duo sent a new message.
Are you asleep?
Wang Qiang stared at those four words, even his breathing became soft.
"Brother Chen."
He kept his voice very low.
She asked me if I was asleep.
Zhao Zixuan poked his head out from the top bunk.
"Is that even a question? Did you go back to sleep?"
Chen Mo turned on the table lamp.
"It is not recommended to reply immediately."
Wang Qiang almost broke down.
"Why? They've already reached out to me; wouldn't it seem pretentious if I didn't reply?"
Li Chen held the phone but didn't give it to him immediately.
He glanced at the time.
10:08.
I just put my phone away nine minutes ago.
The fact that Lin Duo sent the message at this time indicates that she was also hesitant.
This message is not just casual conversation.
It's a test.
He opened his phone and sent the message to Yan Xi.
[Li Chen: Lin Duofa: Are you asleep?]
Yan Xi replied quickly.
[Yan Xi: Don't rush.]
[Li Chen: How long?]
[Yan Xi: Three minutes.]
Li Chen looked at the time.
Wang Qiang sat on the edge of the bed, his hands on his knees, looking as if he were awaiting judgment.
"Brother Chen, isn't three minutes too long?"
"Won't."
Will she withdraw her request?
"Don't ask any further questions after you withdraw your application."
Wang Qiang opened his mouth.
Then it closed again.
Zhao Zixuan sighed.
"Qiangzi, you're more nervous than when you're getting your calculus grades."
Wang Qiang glared at him.
"You can retake advanced calculus if you fail it, but if you fail this, you don't get to retake it."
Li Chen didn't laugh.
Because he knew Wang Qiang was genuinely panicked.
This kind of panic is very familiar.
The first time Yan Xi forced him to eat steak, he didn't know where to put his hands.
He was just lucky.
Yan Xi was too aggressive, giving him no chance to act recklessly.
Wang Qiang is different.
Lin Duoman.
Therefore, Wang Qiang must go even slower.
We'll be there in three minutes.
News has arrived regarding Yan Xi.
[Yan Xi: Reply: Not yet. Just about to go to sleep. What about you?]
Li Chen read it to Wang Qiang.
Wang Qiang immediately reached out his hand.
"I'll do it myself."
Li Chen handed him the phone.
Wang Qiang typed in one character at a time.
Send it out.
The entire dorm room was glued to the screen.
ten seconds.
Twenty seconds.
Lin Duo replied: [I'm not asleep yet either. I was just looking at vocabulary words, and it gave me a headache.]
Wang Qiang's eyes lit up.
"She was telling me about her."
Chen Mo nodded.
"Low-intensity self-disclosure".
Zhao Zixuan: "Don't say anything, let Qiangzi be happy for five seconds."
Wang Qiang had already looked at Li Chen.
"How should I reply?"
Li Chen lowered his head and sent a message to Yan Xi.
[Li Chen: She said she gets a headache looking at vocabulary words.]
[Yan Xi: Don't tell me to drink more hot water.]
Li Chen almost burst out laughing.
He looked up at Wang Qiang.
"What did you originally want to reply to?"
Wang Qiang scratched his head.
"Drink more hot water?"
Zhao Zixuan collapsed onto the bed.
"Damn it, my sister-in-law sniped me in advance."
Yan Xi is next.
[Yan Xi: Reply: Then don't look at it anymore. Memorize it tomorrow. My brain is too tired to remember.]
Wang Qiangzhao posted.
Lin Duo replied: 【But we have a dictation test at 8 AM tomorrow.】
Wang Qiang panicked when he saw the message.
"What can I do? I can't help her memorize vocabulary words."
Li Chen was about to send it to Yan Xi when he paused.
He suddenly remembered what she had said that afternoon.
Let Wang Qiang be more authentic.
Don't teach too much.
He looked at Wang Qiang.
"Think about it yourself."
"what?"
"She has a dictation test tomorrow, what can you do?"
Wang Qiang was stunned.
He looked down at his phone and thought for a full half minute.
"Could I... remind her to go to bed earlier?"
"Then?"
"Send her a message of encouragement tomorrow morning?"
Li Chen didn't speak.
Wang Qiang thought again.
"Could I... bring her a steamed bun if she hasn't had breakfast?"
Li Chen asked, "Do you know what kind of steamed buns she ate?"
Wang Qiang became mute.
Chen Mo spoke calmly from the side.
"Unknown preferences, feeding is not recommended."