Chapter 56 Chapter 56: What’s Going On With You, Little Bro
A night passed in the blink of an eye.
When Jiang Zixuan woke up, he discovered that Shu Yuxin was once again sleeping while clinging to him in an octopus-like pose.
He felt a slight ache in his stomach.
Back before anything had happened, he had slept together with this girl plenty of times, and back then her sleeping posture had always been fairly well-behaved. How had she managed to develop such creative sleeping positions now?
Maintaining the position of being held by her, Jiang Zixuan couldn’t be bothered to struggle free. He felt around by the pillow for his phone, picked it up, checked the time, and then started browsing the news—something he enjoyed doing in his free time, as it was an easy way to kill time.
It was a holiday anyway. Lying in bed a little longer wasn’t a problem.
Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last. Before he could scroll for long, a message tagging him popped up in the club’s QQ group. The sender was Yan Zhikai, and the message was very brief—
【I’m outside your door. Come on, let’s go enjoy the unboxing.】
Jiang Zixuan took a moment to react.
He was probably referring to the batch of VR equipment they had talked about last night.
That was really early.
Since he already knew someone was standing outside the door, it wouldn’t be polite to leave them waiting. Jiang Zixuan nudged Shu Yuxin on top of him and said softly, “Time to get up.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, Shu Yuxin slowly opened her eyes. She stared blankly ahead for a moment, then rolled off Jiang Zixuan, stretched lazily, and looked like she was about to go back to sleep.
“Don’t sleep anymore,” Jiang Zixuan said, sitting up in bed as soon as she loosened her grip. “Yan Zhikai is here.”
“Huh? So early…” Shu Yuxin covered her eyes with one hand, still half-asleep.
Jiang Zixuan ignored her. He got out of bed and put on his clothes. After tidying himself up a bit, he left the bedroom. Just as he was about to open the door, he noticed that the bedroom door hadn’t been closed. He walked back a few steps to shut it, then went to open the front door.
Outside stood a chubby guy. Yan Zhikai’s outfit today was as simple and refreshing as ever—a tank top and a pair of brightly patterned shorts. As soon as Jiang Zixuan opened the door, he squeezed his way inside.
“You’re really slow. I’ve been standing outside getting blown by the wind for ages,” Yan Zhikai complained.
“I got out of bed the moment I saw your message to open the door for you, and you still think I’m slow?” Jiang Zixuan closed the door and followed him into the living room. “You’re up pretty early yourself.”
“Couldn’t sleep,” Yan Zhikai said as he sat down on the sofa and turned to look at Jiang Zixuan. “So what do you think? Go deal with it now, or what?”
Jiang Zixuan paused. “Just the two of us?”
“For now, yep,” Yan Zhikai nodded. “I @everyone in the group, but no one responded.”
“Then let’s wait a bit,” Jiang Zixuan yawned and turned toward the bathroom. “I haven’t brushed my teeth or washed my face yet, and I haven’t had breakfast. It’s only eight o’clock—no rush.”
Yan Zhikai curled his lips and let out a “heh” before getting up to turn on the PS. “Alright then. I’ll play some games first—don’t mind, right?”
“You don’t have a console at your place?”
“I moved them all to the activity room. There’s only a laptop left at home, and there’s nothing fun to play on PC anymore. PS is way more comfortable.”
Jiang Zixuan went into the bathroom and started washing up. Since it made chatting easier, he didn’t close the door.
After the console booted up, Yan Zhikai held the controller and adjusted the game settings, then asked, “Where’s Shu Yuxin? Still sleeping?”
“Yeah. She usually doesn’t get up until eleven or twelve.”
“Tsk, that’s my style.”
“Then why are you up so early today?”
“Today? Special circumstances. We’re happily unboxing, after all.”
Jiang Zixuan brushed his teeth for a bit, then spat out a mouthful of foam. “How many VR units did you buy in total?”
“Seven. Couldn’t grab any more,” Yan Zhikai said as he launched a game. “Seven is enough anyway. Not everyone is interested in this kind of new thing, and not everyone can get used to playing with it.”
As soon as he finished speaking, the door to Jiang Zixuan’s bedroom opened. Shu Yuxin walked out wearing an oversized T-shirt, glanced at Yan Zhikai playing games on the sofa, then turned around and went into her own bedroom.
Yan Zhikai was instantly stunned.
There weren’t many things that could make the expression on his usually serious face and his dead-fish eyes change, but this definitely counted as one of them.
He realized that he might have seriously misjudged the relationship between Jiang Zixuan and Shu Yuxin.
When Jiang Zixuan came out after washing up, Yan Zhikai’s expression still looked a bit off, though his tone sounded the same as usual. “So, have you decided? When are we going to happily unbox?”
“I remember the full set of equipment being pretty big, right? Seven units in total—can the two of us really handle all that?” Jiang Zixuan asked, not noticing anything strange about Yan Zhikai’s expression.
“That’s no problem. We can set up three first and play with those. The rest can wait until the others arrive and set them up themselves. No way I’m paying money and still helping them assemble everything, right?” Yan Zhikai patted his shoulder, then stuffed the controller into his hand and leaned closer, lowering his voice. “Also… what’s going on with you, little bro?”
“Huh?”
“If I remember correctly, that was your room, right?” Yan Zhikai flicked his eyes toward Jiang Zixuan’s bedroom and lowered his voice even further. “That girl just came out of your room.”
Jiang Zixuan paused, his smile a little awkward. “It’s really nothing. Don’t overthink it.”
“How can I not overthink it? You’re basically making it obvious already. And you still say you’re just ‘best friends’? No need for that anymore, bro.” Yan Zhikai patted his shoulder again.
Jiang Zixuan’s head started to ache. “Let’s just discuss the happy unboxing later.”
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