151 Coffee Time! (1/2)
On the sofa.
Jiang Zi Yun and Lin Guiying sat on opposite sofas, their legs crossed elegantly.
”What are you doing, Lei? Sit here.” Lin Guiying ”kindly” gestured beside her. The sofa was wide, after all.
”Sit here instead.” Jiang Zi Yun smirked, tapping on the space beside her as well. Her sofa was also wide...
In between them stood a dumbfounded Zhou Lei. Why was he standing still like an idiot instead of sitting?
He had no choice!
If he chose either couch, it would be like choosing a side! He couldn't pick one without antagonizing the other...
Zhou Lei was close to crying...
'I beg of you to stop. We already did this schtick earlier...'
”Uh, I'm fine here, thanks.” With an accommodating but awkward smile, Zhou Lei ignored the two's offers.
”Never mind that, I'll introduce you both.”
Gesturing to Lin Guiying, Zhou Lei said, ”Zi Yun, this is Lin Hanying, my.. friend from school. Er, classmate.”
Jiang Zi Yun bit her lip, feeling a little threatened. 'She's his classmate, huh? Makes sense, given her uniform and all matching his. So he'll be meeting her almost everyday then.'
”And Ying, this is Jiang Zi Yun, also a friend from school...”
Lin Guiying frowned. 'She's technically a childhood friend then. Argh, childhood friends are annoying! She's also as beautiful as me, tsk!'
”...although we only met again today after 5 years,” Zhou Lei continued.
After that, though, she sneered. 'Five years ago? Hmph, that's too long a gap. They're going to need to familiarize with each other again.'
Zhou Zhenya, who was observing from afar, almost couldn't control her laughter.
When Zhou Lei finished speaking, Lin Guiying and Jiang Zi Yun stared off at each other again. This made him feel difficult.
”Um, I'll be off to make coffee!”
Of course, this wasn't just an excuse to escape. After all, this was his original objective anyway.
Zhou Lei rushed to the kitchen, away from the heavy atmosphere of the living room.
After he left, Jiang Zi Yun made the first move. A corner of her lips curled up. ”So... how does it feel being here?”
”Hm, pretty good decoration, I'd say.”
A perfunctory answer. As expected of Lin Guiying. 'Why'd she feel the need to ask about his house? It's not like it's hers...'
”You're right, it is very homely here. I'm grateful that Leilei let me stay over.”
Lin Guiying's smile froze. She started panicking.
”Stay over?”
Right after, she calmed herself down. 'Right, right. It's fine for someone to stay over a friend's house. Tsk, but that means that she's close enough to him that she's fine with staying over.'
Lin Guiying's smile softened.
”Yes, I'm staying over here starting today.”
”S, starting today?”