Chapter 108 - Phone Call (1/2)

When Su Min returned to the dormitory, the heater was already on.

He took off his jacket. Li Wenxin who was huddled in bed was startled awake, “You’re back. Have you eaten?”

Su Min said: “Not yet.”

Li Wenxin suddenly became excited. He pointed at the small rice cooker on his table, “I made congee. Do you want some too?”

Su Min glanced over, “Your life sure is simple.”

“It’s winter. I don’t even want to go out and get takeaway.” Li Wenxin laid back in bed, “It should be done soon. If you’re hungry you can eat first. I have also bought some preserved vegetables to eat with it.”

Su Min made a sound of affirmation.

With great timing, the rice cooker was done less than a minute later. It quickly changed its settings to ‘keep warm’.

But Su Min wasn’t hungry yet. He turned on the computer first and quickly reviewed the contents from his last lesson and then paid his phone bill.

When that was all done, quite a lot of time had passed.

Su Min finally opened the rice cooker.

Li Wenxin knew how to enjoy life. There wasn’t just one type of rice used in this congee, there was even purple rice. He had also added peanuts and dates to give it a strong flavour.

Su Min filled a bowl and started to eat.

Hearing the noise, Li Wenxin poked his head out: “How is it? Aren’t my cooking skills pretty good? Does it taste good?”

Su Min said: “Good. Very good.”

Li Wenxin was pleased. He said dreamily: “If I can’t find a job in the future, maybe I should just go and be a chef.”

Su Min suddenly remembered something. He asked with curiosity: “Li Wenxin, let me ask you about something that happened in the past. Don’t be angry.”

Li Wenxin was curious: “What is it?”

Su Min rearranged his words mentally before saying: “About that crossdressing man you met online during your freshman year, do you still keep in contact?”

There was silence in the bedroom.

Wang Di who sat on one side suddenly burst out into a fit of laughter.

Li Wenxin threw a pillow directly at Wang Di’s head. “What’s so funny? I’ll bust your head in.”

“It is pretty funny.” Wang Di said: “I still remember you bragging about it the day before you went to meet up. You were boasting that she was a cute little loli.”

He had bragged about this for several months saying that she was cute and gentle and had even gone out of his way to dress up in order to meet her, but he ended up getting baited. Not only that, he remembered that something else very strange also happened.

Li Wenxin snorted and said to Su Min: “Of course I’m not keeping in contact.”

Wang Di moved over and said: “Actually, I know quite a lot about it. At that time, you weren’t very concerned about it Su Min so you didn’t know but Li Wenxin was quite upset by it.”

Li Wenxin, “Scram you idiot.”

Wang Di held him down, “Don’t hide your embarrassment with anger.”

Li Wenxin decided to cover his head with his blanket and turn his back to them. With himself facing the wall, he played on his phone and pretended not to hear them. “Don’t let me hear your discussion about this.”

Having received consent from the person involved, there no longer was a problem talking about it.

After listening to Wang Di’s explanation, Su Min realised that things weren’t as simple as he had imagined. They didn’t split after that initial meeting.

While they played the game, Li Wenxin and that person had flirted with each other continuously. Soon, it reached the stage where they video called each other.

The other party was a long haired loli. He was very happy.

Afterall, most people’s online dating history were rather dark. Li Wenxin felt that he was fortunate enough to meet a beauty like her instead of encountering the horror stories he had heard plenty of.

A few months later, the two of them met up in real life.

When Li Wenxin went to pick her up at the airport, he was stupefied. The other person was taller than him. It seemed that she was a long-haired tall sister. Although she looked the same as she did in the video calls, she wasn’t loli at all.

Although he was shocked, he felt that a tall sister was still quite okay.

Li Wenxin took her around to play for an entire day. During the middle of it, he felt that something wasn’t right. The clues hinting that she was a man were quite obvious.

The other party wasn’t deliberately hiding it from him. When Li Wenxin asked, he immediately admitted to it. In fact, he had mentioned it to him in the past, but Li Wenxin only took it as a joke.

They later stayed overnight at a hotel.

Li Wenxin had mentally prepared himself. In order to be able to take him around to play for a few days, he had requested for Wang Di to help cover it up for him at school.

Probably because his cover was blown, he no longer wore women’s clothing. In any case, he was much more handsome than Li Wenxin. Li Wenxin even felt that instead of him taking him around, he felt like he was the one being led around.

He had never been in a relationship before and he didn’t know whether he liked men or women. This persisted until that incident happened later at night.

…….

While Wang Di didn’t personally witness that scene, he was able to describe it very vividly. It was on par to reading a little yellow book.

Su Min who heard this was stunned.

“……..And later, it became like that.” Wang Di drank some water, “I spoke until my mouth went dry. Our roommate’s life is very spectacular.”

Li Wenxin lifted away his blanket, “Wasn’t it just once?”

Wang Di: “Was it just once?”

Li Wenxin immediately admitted, “Twice! Fine, it was twice!”

Su Min was shocked by this exchange. He suddenly said: “Was it that time when I saw you two outside the school?”

Wang Di quietly nodded.

Su Min couldn’t help but say: “That was only last semester…….You’ve been in contact for so long. Amazing.”

He thought everything was over.

“We haven’t been keeping in contact.” Li Wenxin noticed that he was misunderstanding something and quietly explained himself: “We ran into each other by accident.”

Su Min let out an “oh”.

Li Wenxin said: “Why do you have that expression?”

Su Min shook his head and said: “I just felt that I really didn’t know much about it. I was too oblivious………”

Li Wenxin snorted. He felt like he was being ridiculed and said: “At least the person I met was human. Your ones were all ghosts.”

Su Min wanted to say that it wasn’t true but he stopped himself.

***

Winter always goes by very quickly.