Proud senior schoolgirl was tender and sweet, we fell in love

The little wild cat herself sent several speechless emojis.

Then, her focus was on, "Who took that photo of you!! Did they all see it?"]

Xie Xiao could basically imagine her collapsing expression.

But he still mischievously sent a nodding emoji, "I didn't notice when I was changing clothes, I didn't know my back looked like that either."]

["They said sister-in-law is quite wild."]

The wild sister-in-law herself buried her face in the pillow and silently screamed, thankfully, the lights had already been turned off.

Otherwise, everyone would have seen her ears turning red.

She didn't even realize she had scratched Xie Xiao's back like that.

The main issue was that in the afternoon, it seemed Xie Xiao was too mischievous, always pressing her to call him "hubby"...

At first, Luo Yanran was definitely reluctant.

But later on, she did call him that, and the scratches must have been made then.

She even bit him on the shoulder.

But...

But it was seen!!!

Luo Yanran didn't reply for a long while.

Xie Xiao thought about it and decided he still needed to cajole her.

He sent a message, "It's okay, this is all normal, others even have kiss marks all over their necks."]

There was still no reply from the other side.

Xie Xiao sighed, his girlfriend could sometimes be calm and bold, but most of the time, she was so shy that it felt like touching her lightly would break her.

He sent another message, "Jun An didn't return to the dorm tonight; when you see him tomorrow, they'll shift their attention away, there's really nothing to it."]

This time there was a long wait before a reply came, "I don't want to eat with your dorm anymore, the school is so big, there should be little chance of meeting. Goodbye.jpg"

Xie Xiao laughed out loud, this was too cute.

Lu Ci, who was playing games below, said nonchalantly, "Keep it down with the lovey-dovey stuff! It's affecting my game!"

Xie Xiao apologized with a laugh, "Sorry, but are you still playing?"

"Is it disturbing your rest? Then I'll stop playing."

Lu Ci said, "No morning classes tomorrow, just one more round, hold on a sec."

Xie Xiao quickly replied, "No, no, keep playing, I was just asking."

Lu Ci just made a sound of acknowledgment.

At this moment, Lin Yu's chat box suddenly popped up.

Lin Yu and his classmates had started school earlier than Xie Xiao, and their military training was quite harsh; they had all been dragged off to a training base.

After half a month of training, Lin Yu said that basically all the girls in his class had passed out at one point.

At this point, Xie Xiao arched an eyebrow and opened Lin Yu's message.

["Is the military training over?"]

["Wanna chat?"]

["Lonely young man waiting for a chat deep into the night!"]

This was really a bit saucy, and Xie Xiao got out of bed anyway.

The other two thought he was going to the bathroom and didn't pay any attention.

Xie Xiao walked to the balcony and gave Lin Yu a call.

The lonely young man was probably really lonely and picked up quickly, "Yo, that was fast."

"No, what's with the saucy chat in the middle of the night? Aren't you sleeping?" Xie Xiao asked, somewhat amused.

"Isn't it because I have nothing to do? Recently the city management has been promoting sanitary and civilized city policies, and they're not allowing street stalls." Lin Yu sighed as he spoke, "I'm thinking of sending grandma back."

This was something Lin Yu had been struggling with recently.

It was too hard for the old lady to come to this unfamiliar place to accompany him through his school years, especially since she had no friends here.

Lin Yu usually ran a stall, and when she wasn't, she spent time alone at home, mostly attending classes at school.

Sometimes, when there were many classes, she'd only help out at the stall in the evening.

"At least back home there are familiar neighbors and friends, it's too hard for Grandma to be alone here," Lin Yu's mood was downcast, "but I'm also afraid of her being alone at home, what should I do? I can't see her and wouldn't know if anything happens..."

Xie Xiao listened silently to Lin Yu's words, and then heard the sound of a lighter from the other end.
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He hadn't managed to quit smoking, after all.

Lately, he seemed to have given up on trying as well.

Previously, Xie Xiao had guessed that he wanted to quit smoking mostly because Liu Ou mentioned in a chat that she really hated her father's smoking, the smell was terrible.

"Xie Xiao, I regret it now. If I had known, I would have just studied a major in this city. Now I don't know what to do," Lin Yu's voice trembled slightly.

The elderly lady had things to keep busy with when running the stall every day.

But now, suddenly, she couldn't run it anymore.

And Lin Yu realized that studying clinical medicine was too demanding.

Although they were only first-years, every day was filled with classes, and it was said to get even busier once they started practical operations.

If he studied, Lin Yu certainly wanted to do it well.

Helping Grandma with the stall every day would waste a lot of time.

The elderly lady probably knew this too, hence she told him not to come.

She said it would be fine if he just came home for meals on Saturdays and Sundays.

Lin Yu felt truly selfish for the first time, when Grandma had asked him to come with her.

He seemed to have been knocked out by sheer excitement and didn't consider anything else.

Or maybe he dared not think about it...

Xie Xiao sighed, "No, kid, aren't you overthinking? Talk to your Grandma. If she goes back, I'll ask old Xie and the others to check on her every day. It'll be fine. Plus, Grandma has been in good health these past two years, and as you said, neighbors around are familiar faces, anyone can keep an eye out for you."

"The most important thing is that your school isn't far from home, so go back on Saturdays and Sundays. Why are you overcomplicating things again?"

Xie Xiao sighed; whenever it came to family and important people, Lin Yu always tended to think too much.

There was a pause from Lin Yu's end, continuous days of full classes, compounded by the recent sight of Grandma sitting on the sofa lost in thought, had shaken Lin Yu deeply.

He was truly regretting it now.

Grandma was the most important person to him, but since he was young, he felt like he had been nothing but a burden to her.

Lin Yu's wish to study medicine was because his Grandma had been a doctor before.

Yet, in her youth, she chose to quit her job to take care of the children at home.

Barely had the children grown up and she had grandchildren, and the family had money, did she not only get to enjoy the good fortune for a couple of years before she began to work odd jobs everywhere, with young Lin Yu in tow.

A doctor's hands are so important.

When Lin Yu went to Xie Xiao's house for dinner, he heard him teasing Yang Lan several times, "Our Dr. Yang's hands save lives, don't touch!"

But his Grandma's hands were rough and even inflexible.

When she found out Lin Yu wanted to study medicine, her eyes clearly showed a sparkle, "Studying medicine is good."

Lin Yu actually wanted to ask his Grandma if she regretted it.

For the sake of the Lin family, she sacrificed her own life.

If she hadn't quit back then, she would surely be a well-respected doctor even in retirement now,

Instead of working hard early and late every day for Lin Yu's tuition.

When Xie Xiao heard Lin Yu choking up, his own throat became dry, "Lin Yu, since that's the case, you need to study even harder, for Grandma and for yourself. So don't think too much, have a proper talk with Grandma, or maybe I could give her a call..."

In fact, Xie Xiao knew, many people's lives were like Lin Yu's, with difficult paths ahead.

But they still persisted in moving forward, just to reach the next stretch of the road.

Who knows, it might lead to a bright future.

"What are you afraid of? I'm here for you. Don't you call me dad? I'll definitely make sure you finish your studies properly, what are you afraid of, Lin Yu?"