Chapter 314 311. Birthday
Later that day, An Han returned to the door of her rented apartment carrying several shopping bags.
Lin Yi also peeked around curiously beside her. She was scouting the place in advance so she wouldn’t have trouble finding it when she came over during the weekend.
“Must be nice. I want to move out and live like this too.”
“It’s actually not that expensive. The counselor usually doesn’t allow it though. I begged for a long time before they finally agreed.”
After opening the door, An Han turned around and asked, “Do you want to come in?”
Lin Yi had been excited to step inside, but when she leaned forward to look, she spotted Su Peng sitting in the room.
“Never mind. Su Peng is there… Are you two already living together?”
“No!”
“I heard having a marriage certificate gives extra points, right?”
“How would I know!”
An Han’s voice rose a little as she turned to look at Su Peng on the sofa, who had an innocent expression on his face.
Who knows when this guy showed up.
“When did you get here? Why didn’t you say anything?”
She took off her white sneakers, changed into her house slippers, and walked inside. Then she raised her head again and asked Lin Yi outside the door, “You really aren’t coming in?”
“I still have something to do.” Lin Yi kept glancing at the interior, her face full of envy.
For most college students, even if they live off-campus, it’s usually just a tiny single room with a bathroom—barely ten or twenty square meters. Nothing like An Han’s place, which had two bedrooms and a living room, easily fifty or sixty square meters.
“Having a rich boyfriend is really nice…”
“Don’t talk nonsense. I’ve never asked Su Peng for a single cent.”
Even when money came up, it was just normal things like asking him to bring lunch or snacks. When Su Peng bought breakfast or late-night snacks for her, she always paid him back like she used to.
An Han rolled her eyes at Lin Yi. “Bye.”
“Bye~”
After closing the door, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Yi was the type who liked teasing people out of nowhere. Being around her sometimes felt a bit stressful.
“Why were you gone so long? I’ve been waiting for half an hour.”
Su Peng lounged lazily on the sofa with one leg crossed over the other, asking with a gentle smile.
“Lin Yi dragged me around to shop a bit.” An Han frowned slightly and bent over to take things out of the shopping bag. “I accidentally got carried away… bought a set of clothes, some skincare products, and ate a bunch of stuff too…”
“Hm?”
“I’m almost out of money…”
Her expenses lately had been huge.
Her chest kept growing bigger, so she had to keep buying new bras. There were late-night snacks every night, utilities and property fees for the apartment, and whenever she ordered takeout she always wanted something good.
Not to mention all the miscellaneous things she had to buy when she first moved in. Su Peng’s bedding was also being shipped over so he wouldn’t have to keep sleeping on the sofa in winter and catch a cold.
“And it’s only been a week.”
Back when she was still a guy, two thousand yuan of living expenses always seemed impossible to spend. But now, only one week had passed and she’d already used half of it.
“From now on, no more late-night snacks!” An Han swore firmly.
Su Peng shrugged. “If you run out of money, just use mine.”
“That’s definitely not happening!”
If she used Su Peng’s money, she’d feel like she owed him something and would always feel a bit inferior whenever she saw him.
Carrying the shopping bags to the balcony, An Han unpacked the new clothes and bras, preparing to toss them into the washing machine.
Su Peng, who had gotten up from the sofa and followed behind her, immediately noticed something interesting.
“That bra…”
“Stop looking! You’re not allowed to look!”
An Han quickly gathered the lingerie set into her arms like a startled cat. “Why did you follow me here? Go back to the sofa and play with your phone!”
“They’re all white?”
“What’s it to you? I just like white!”
Seeing her embarrassed and annoyed, Su Peng stepped back a couple of steps and only asked from afar, “Need help?”
“No need!”
She really felt like Su Peng was becoming more and more perverted!
“Don’t stare at my bras!” An Han tossed the new clothes into the washing machine, then quickly stood on tiptoe to take down the bras hanging on the balcony.
Maybe because she used to be a man, she always felt that women’s underwear carried a sense of privacy and curiosity. Even when drying them, she deliberately hung them hidden among other clothes so people outside the balcony wouldn’t see them.
“Did you eat lunch yet?”
After putting the clothes away and turning on the washing machine, An Han carried the folded laundry toward the bedroom.
Su Peng slowly followed behind her. “I ate at the cafeteria.”
“Then help me clean a little later?” She turned to look at him, but then hesitated and shook her head. “Actually never mind. You’ll probably just make it worse.”
“How would I not know how to clean?”
“You can’t even tie your shoelaces properly.”
“……”
Su Peng looked both helpless and embarrassed, not knowing how to defend himself.
After all, he had always been taken care of growing up, so he really wasn’t as capable with daily chores as An Han.
“I can still sweep the floor and wipe the table…” he insisted, trying to prove he wasn’t useless.
“Then wipe the table.”
An Han pushed open the bedroom door and placed the folded clothes on the bed, neatly folding them one by one.
She secretly glanced at Su Peng leaning against the doorframe, then deliberately continued folding carefully and placing them neatly into the wardrobe.
Normally, unless she was reorganizing for seasonal changes, she just stuffed clothes into the closet randomly.
But today Su Peng was here…
What do you think? Aren’t you praising me for being so virtuous in your heart~
She grew even more motivated, clearly showing off in front of him.
“Bring your dirty clothes here to wash too. There’s a washing machine, it’s convenient,” she said gently, trying to look diligent and caring.
“The school has washing machines too.”
“The ones at school are filthy.” An Han looked disgusted. “I’ve never used them.”
“Alright then.”
“Once your bedding arrives, if you stay overnight here you can sleep in the bedroom.”
Su Peng paused and rubbed his nose. “Why does it feel like you’re trying to be my mom…”
“……”
“By the way, your birthday is coming up soon, right?” An Han changed the topic helplessly. “March first, right?”
Su Peng raised his eyebrows. “You remember it that clearly?”
“The last two years when you celebrated, I came to freeload food. Of course I remember.”
He always ordered a huge pile of takeout to the dorm on his birthday, and every time An Han somehow smelled the food and ran over to join in.
Besides, March 1st was easy to remember.
“So what are you planning to give me for my birthday?” Su Peng suddenly became interested, his eyes scanning An Han up and down.
An Han immediately felt his gaze was suspicious and instinctively crossed her arms over her chest.
“What do you want?”
Su Peng was just about to tease her a little and take advantage verbally when he suddenly heard her ask another question.
“Then do you know my birthday?”
Oh no.
His nerves tightened instantly as he frantically searched his memory for An Han’s birthday.
He had absolutely no idea.
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I remember An Han’s birthday was mentioned around chapters 206–238, somewhere near the winter or summer vacation, but I can’t recall the exact date. If anyone finds it, please let me know.
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