Chapter 226 Make him wash socks!
Exit the game.
Then I replied: [In my dorm. Just about to read a book.]
Zhao Zixuan witnessed this scene and stood up from his chair.
Holy crap.
Chen Mo also raised his head.
Li Chen watched as Wang Qiang turned off the game.
He knew that Wang Qiang wasn't faking it this time.
Because he really wasn't in the mood to play.
After sending the message, Wang Qiang looked up and found that all three people were looking at him.
He was a little embarrassed.
"What are you looking at?"
Zhao Zixuan pointed at the computer.
"You don't play games anymore?"
Wang Qiang touched his nose.
"One game takes forty minutes."
"so what?"
Wang Qiang looked down at his phone.
Lin Duo sent another kitten emoji.
He couldn't suppress the urge to smile.
"What if she contacts me?"
The dormitory was silent for two seconds.
Chen Mo wrote a line on the loose-leaf notebook.
"Core entertainment gives way to potential social feedback. Addiction transfer is complete."
Li Chen took out his phone and sent a message to Yan Xi.
[Li Chen: He doesn't even play games anymore.]
Yan Xi replied quickly.
[Yan Xi: Normal.]
[Li Chen: Is this normal?]
[Yan Xi: You didn't smoke before, did you?]
Li Chen's fingers paused.
As he looked at the sentence, he suddenly remembered the cigarette she had stubbed out on the terrace of the activity center.
He never touched it again after that day.
He thought it was because Yan Xi didn't like the smell of smoke.
Thinking about it now, it's more than that.
He didn't want her to frown.
Wang Qiang is in the same boat now.
I don't want to miss any news about her.
I didn't want her to wait.
I don't want her to feel uncomfortable.
Li Chen smiled.
[Li Chen: Understood.]
Yan Xi sent a voice message.
Li Chen opened it and held it to his ear.
Yan Xi's voice was very low.
"If you understand, come pick me up at 5:30."
Li Chen stood up to get his coat.
Zhao Zixuan looked at him.
"Where to?"
"Pick her up."
Wang Qiang looked up.
"Brother Chen."
"Um?"
Wang Qiang held up his phone, his eyes unusually serious.
"Could you ask my sister-in-law if I can talk to Lin Duo for ten minutes now?"
Li Chen hadn't typed anything yet.
News of Yan Xi has arrived.
[Yan Xi: Ten minutes. Stop when it's time.]
Li Chen showed the screen to Wang Qiang.
Wang Qiang immediately sat up straight.
It's like being granted permission to go to war.
As Li Chen reached the door, he heard Wang Qiang whisper into his phone:
"Then I'll only talk for ten minutes."
He had just opened the door when his phone vibrated again.
It's not Yan Xi.
It's a screenshot that Wang Qiang sent to group 302.
Lin Duo replied: 【Okay, I'll go read a book in ten minutes too.】
Li Chen paused for a second after seeing the "Okay".
The next message came from Yan Xi.
[Yan Xi: Tell him not to be too happy too soon tonight.]
[Yan Xi: Lin Duo's roommate has already noticed him.]
When Li Chen arrived at the foot of the teaching building, Yan Xi was already standing on the steps.
A camel-colored coat, with a scarf tied tightly.
She looked down at her phone, her fingertips swiping very slowly.
I'm not scrolling through my WeChat Moments.
He was looking at something.
Li Chen approached and first looked at her hands.
Not wearing gloves.
He frowned.
Yan Xi didn't look up.
"Your gloves are in your left pocket. Mine are in my bag."
Li Chen reached into his left pocket.
Sure enough, there was one.
It's not his.
It belongs to Yan Xi.
He took out his gloves and stood in front of her.
"You did this on purpose?"
Yan Xi finally looked up.
"You'll help me put it on."
Li Chen didn't speak.
He bent down and put the gloves on her one by one.
Her fingers were rather cold.
When Li Chen grabbed her wrist, he felt that her pulse was a little faster than usual.
"What were you looking at just now?"
"Lin Duo's WeChat Moments".
Li Chen stopped moving.
"You added her?"
"no."
Yan Xi pulled her hand out and flexed her fingertips.
"Leng Qingge has a group chat for foreign language majors. Someone in the group shared a screenshot of her WeChat Moments."
Li Chen looked at her.
"Isn't your intelligence network a bit excessive?"
Yan Xi walked forward.
"Don't you want to know?"
Li Chen followed.
"think."
Yan Xi's lips twitched slightly.
"Then stop pretending."
Li Chen smiled.
He reached out to take her hand.
Yan Xi didn't dodge; her fingertips slid into his palm.
Their fingers intertwined.
"Her roommate noticed Wang Qiang," Yan Xi said.
Li Chen recalled the message he had just received.
"How did you figure that out?"
"Lin Duo posted a message on her WeChat Moments this afternoon that could only be seen by three people," Yan Xi said. "The message contained a textbook and a sentence: Someone reminded me to go to bed early today."
Li Chen slowed his pace a little.
"Isn't this a good thing?"
"That's good," Yan Xi said. "But someone commented below: 'Isn't that the tall guy who threw the pen yesterday?'"
Li Chen understood.
It has been identified.
What started as individual interaction turned into dormitory gossip.
If this step is not handled properly, Lin Duo may become withdrawn due to her roommate's teasing.
It's not that she doesn't like it.
It's the pressure that will push her away.
Li Chen quickly reviewed Wang Qiang's performance over the past two days in his mind.
Throw away the pen.
library.
The cafeteria staff nodded.
We chatted in the evening.
The frequency is not high, but the events are too easily identifiable.
"So we can't let the temperature rise any further tonight," Li Chen said.
Yan Xi turned her head to look at him.
"good."
Li Chen felt a little lighter after being looked at by her.
He liked Yan Xi's eyes.
This is not a compliment.
It looks more like the inspection has passed.
He asked, "Then what should we do?"
"Make Wang Qiang disappear for half a day tomorrow."
"disappear?"
"Don't appear on Lin Duo's usual route," Yan Xi said. "Don't go to the library, don't go to the second floor of the cafeteria, and don't go near the foreign language department building. Make sure her roommates don't have anyone to tease."
Li Chen nodded.
"and then?"
"Reply to her messages normally in the evening. Minimize conversations. Don't mention her WeChat Moments."
"Wang Qiang definitely wants to ask that."
"So you're taking your phone."
Li Chen smiled.
"You've made things quite convenient for me."
Yan Xi stopped and pushed his scarf up half an inch.
"You don't want to?"
Li Chen looked down at her.
"willing."
Yan Xi's fingertips lingered on his chin for a second.
"Then you should listen to me."
Li Chen's Adam's apple bobbed.
He was about to speak when his phone vibrated.
Group 302.
[Wang Qiang: Ten minutes are up.]
Wang Qiang: I've stopped.
[Wang Qiang: She also said she wanted to go read a book.]
[Wang Qiang: What should I do now?]
Zhao Zixuan replied the fastest.
[Zhao Zixuan: Let's play games.]
Wang Qiang sent a silent emoji.
Wang Qiang: I don't want to fight.
Chen Mo: [After addiction shifts, the reward threshold for the original stimulus decreases.]
[Zhao Zixuan: Speak like a human being.]
[Chen Mo: He finds the game boring now.]
Li Chen showed his phone to Yan Xi.
Yan Xi glanced at it.
"Let him wash the socks."
Li Chen was stunned for a moment.
"What?"
"If he doesn't play games, he'll have nowhere to focus his energy and his mind will wander," Yan Xi said. "Let him do mundane tasks. Washing socks, brushing shoes, tidying up the desk are all fine."
Li Chen posted it in the group chat.
[Li Chen: Wash socks. Brush shoes. Tidy up the desk.]
Wang Qiang: [?]