Chapter 261: Want me to give myself to you? Do you want it?!
Suddenly, Dragon Brother’s phone rings.
He glances at the video caller, a faint smile curling at his lips, and strides out onto the balcony to answer.
“Dragon bro, what’re you up to?” Hu Yu Ying, dressed in pajamas and also standing on her balcony, asks in the video.
Nightly video calls had become a habit. Hu Yu Ying waited all evening, waiting and waiting… yet no sign of Dragon brother’s call.
As the lights were about to go out, her nostalgia finally got the best of her, and she rang him.
Looking at her face on the screen—soft, sticky, and a little drunk—she came right out with it: “It’s just been a hectic day, just got back to the dorm.”
“What kind of hectic day? Related to Dragon bro?”
Hu Yu Ying’s worry crackled through her voice, no attempt to hide it.
“There’s a little misunderstanding. Anyway, Dragon bro already sorted it out, so don’t worry.”
Stuff gets pretty complicated sometimes. Plus, her three sworn brothers were in the dorm with her. If she told the truth, it might make Huang Fei even gloomier.
After she finished, she noticed Hu Yu Ying staring at her without blink.
At first, Dragon brother thought his internet was lagging—nope. He saw her blinking again.
“What are you looking at?” Dragon bro chuckled.
“Feeling like tonight, Dragon bro’s a little different,” Hu Yu Ying said honestly. “Your cheeks are red, your eyes are serious, but there’s also a complicated look too.”
Hu Yu Ying had never seen Dragon bro drink before. Yet, her feeling of familiarity told her today he seemed a bit unlike himself.
“Maybe I just drank a little,” Dragon bro rubbed his cheek with a smile.
“Dragon bro, you drank?” Hu Yu Ying’s big eyes widened, filled with admiration.
“Don’t drink anymore, okay?” She knew drinking’s bad for you. But when she saw him smile at her, Dragon bro’s gentleness made her heart flutter.
Just seeing herself on video, he was already so tender—unbearably so.
A small hesitation flickered inside her—she softly whispered, “Maybe in the future, you could drink less, just like today. No more than that.”
Dragon bro quietly watched Hu Yu Ying, his greedy gaze unwilling to leave her face. Whatever she said, he’d go along with it.
“Dragon bro, do you hear me?”
“I hear,” he said lazily, “I’ll do whatever you want.”
Hearing him say he’d do anything, Hu Yu Ying bit her lip, her face flushing from ear to ear. Every shy expression was written across her face.
Even just through the screen, she felt tongue-tied, unable to speak as her mind replayed his words: “I’ll do anything you want.”
Embarrassed, she turned her head aside. Even though he wasn’t physically here, even just via screen, a single gesture, a look, or a phrase could make her blush all over again.
“I… I have a secret to tell Dragon bro, okay?”
Seeing her shy appearance, Dragon bro allowed himself to indulge in his surging emotions. A warm, sweet feeling was quietly sweeping through his heart from over three meters away.
“Okay,” he responded.
“I’ll tell Dragon bro. But you have to pretend you don’t know, alright?”
“Qing Xue and Wan Ning are planning a surprise for you during this break—they want to give you gifts.”
“They said thanks. We just opened an online shop, took a few photos with Dragon bro’s help, and everything else was all thanks to him…”
Dragon bro listened silently and then teased her: “Then why don’t you give me a gift?”
Hearing this, Hu Yu Ying subtly cast a glance at Dragon bro, trying her best to keep her breathing steady, not to blush.
Yet, through the video, her hand could be seen unconsciously pressing lightly over her heart.
Even without being next to her, he could probably imagine her heartbeat speeding up—like a little deer bouncing chaotically inside her chest…
Dragon bro couldn’t help but feel curious: What could make his little girl, still about to speak, turn so shy?
“Uh… they said I am the best gift for Dragon bro—like, that I should just give myself to him…”
After saying this, seeing the smile on his face and the gentle warmth in his eyes, Hu Yu Ying felt too embarrassed to keep the video call going.
She hung up.
A minute. Two minutes. Three minutes.
Then, a message arrived: 【Want me?】
These three words—crafted with care, taking three minutes to type—looked simple but held a rare tenderness.
Perhaps she exhausted all her courage for this.
“Want.”
She deleted and retyped it, still fumbling with the keyboard…
Still typing…
Still typing…
In the end, she didn’t send a string of words but a basic emoji: a bouncing red heart, symbolizing love.
She put away her phone, arms resting on the balcony railing, gazing into the night sky.
Long silence. Then, an uncontrollable, light-hearted chuckle, mixed with a soft “It’s so nice,” marked that her night, tangled as it was, was still filled with happiness.
……
In the girls’ dormitory.
Shen Meng Jie finished her face wash and felt much clearer.
Facing her three concerned roommates, Shen Meng Jie felt truly touched.
Friendships during school days really are beautiful.
No benefit, no ulterior motives—just pure feelings after getting to know each other.
“Don’t worry—I’m really fine. My heart isn’t that fragile,” she said, smiling as she plugged in her phone.
Seeing Shen Meng Jie about to connect to the campus Wi-Fi, Han Xiao Jing whispered, “Maybe you shouldn’t look anymore.”
“It’s okay. If I truly cared that much, I wouldn’t even be back here with you guys today,” Shen Meng Jie replied confidently.
The so-called campus Wi-Fi was crude and laggy.
It took a long time for the screen to catch up.
There were plenty of screenshots, but all the profile pictures of the other party’s messages had been mosaicked out…
“So shameless—only using a secondary account to h*rass people,” Wang Li Juan muttered quietly.
“Maybe this way I’ll get fewer people hitting on me in the future. If it’s already like this and someone still dares to make a move, I’ll k*ll him!”
Hearing Shen Meng Jie’s words, suddenly, despite the serious atmosphere moments ago, everyone felt an inexplicable urge to laugh.
“Do you really not care?” Zhang Meng Meng asked softly, watching her playfully.
“I do care. Why wouldn’t I? That’s why I need to find that poster and confront her face to face,” Shen Meng Jie said seriously, a slight frown on her lips.
Zhang Meng Meng’s eyes flickered—confused, yet more puzzled.
