You are all bad women! Don't come over!

"You've been hanging up those sheets for a while, huh…" Xia Qingrou rolled over on Shen Mochen's bed and kicked her legs randomly.

"I met Han Muxue," Shen Mochen said.

"You met Xuexue, huh? What did you guys talk about?" Xia Qingrou climbed off the bed, "Speaking of which, I feel like I've been neglecting her lately… It's all your fault!"

"You're the one who prioritizes love over friendship, and now you're blaming me?" Shen Mochen gave her a sideways glance as he got dressed.

Xia Qingrou huffed, stood up pretending to leave, "You fox spirit, you're here to drive a wedge between us sisters, aren't you! Humph, I see through your plot. I'm going to sleep with Xuexue tonight!"

Shen Mochen grabbed Xia Qingrou's hand, "She's in the captain's room tonight. What, are you three going to squeeze in together?"

Xia Qingrou made a face at Shen Mochen, then jumped back onto the bed, resting her feet on Shen Mochen's legs, "I can stay, but only if you massage my legs!"

Shen Mochen laughed, "I'm a leg man, you know. Are you rewarding me?"

"Then massage my shoulders!"

"I'm just afraid that while massaging, my hands might slip somewhere they shouldn't."

"Ew! Pervert!" Xia Qingrou pulled her feet back in disgust and lightly punched him, "Is there anything about me you don't like?"

"Seriously speaking, there's not a single thing about you that isn't likable."

Xia Qingrou pursed her lips, smiling sweetly.

"Death look…" Xia Qingrou deliberately turned her back to him and hummed lightly, "I'm fed up just looking at you."

Shen Mochen lay on the bed, looking at the ceiling as moonlight seeped in through the gaps in the curtains.

Xia Qingrou soon rolled over again and tugged at Shen Mochen's sleeve, "Hey, don't you think… we're like characters destined by fate in a novel?"

"You mean the face?" Shen Mochen nonchalantly replied.

"No, I mean, like fate, background, we're really like novel protagonists…" Xia Qingrou shifted slightly, pressing her chest lightly against Shen Mochen's chest, looking up at him.

"I don't know, I haven't read many novels," Shen Mochen said.

This statement was indeed true. Since he was young, he had been buried in his studies, placing all hopes for social advancement on it, leaving hardly any time for leisure reading.

But in his view, the real protagonist should be someone like Su Mo—born into wealth, a god-like brilliance, photographic memory, exceptionally smart. He seemed to face no problems other than those of the heart because he would solve them effortlessly before they fully erupted.

You could always trust him. For him, it seemed nothing was impossible. Such a genius should be the protagonist, even though he was still a virgin.

Yes, despite being a virgin.

Thinking about how the other party was still a virgin despite having seven daughters, Shen Mochen couldn't help but feel a surge of triumph—probably one of the few areas where he could surpass him.

Although it was doubtful he'd actually care about that.

"Your life is so boring…"

"Have you ever thought that it's because you're obsessed with novels that your grades never improve?"

Xia Qingrou defensively retorted, "Who's obsessed? I just read a little!"

Shen Mochen raised an eyebrow, "Speaking of which, aren't you scared of men? How come you're reading those romance novels?"

"Three-dimensional boys are different from two-dimensional boys!"

"Really? I don't understand your two-dimensional stuff."

"Exactly, exactly, even the male leads in novels hardly understand two-dimensionality—after all, no girl truly likes an otaku!"

"Though I don't get your two-dimensional world, that statement seems to have offended a lot of people."

Xia Qingrou coughed and wrapped her arms around Shen Mochen's neck, "Anyway, I declare that we are the male and female leads of the story!"

Shen Mochen was unconvinced, "You flatter me too much. What kind of male lead am I?"

He had just opened his mouth when Xia Qingrou suddenly said, "I like you."

Shen Mochen was suddenly stunned, as if Sun Wukong had cast an Immobilization Spell on him, and for a moment he couldn't react.

"No matter what you think, you're the male lead destined to be in my life, I have set my heart on you." Xia Qingrou moved her lips close to Shen Mochen's ear, her nervous breath heating his ear as her voice trembled slightly, "So, let's start dating again."

Actually, Xia Qingrou had been waiting for Shen Mochen to say these words, but Shen Mochen, the blockhead, just wouldn't say it.

Perhaps to him, they were already together, so there was no need for superfluous actions, Xia Qingrou thought to herself.

But a girl's thoughts are more meticulous; some things, if not clarified, always felt awkward and constantly choked her.

Since Shen Mochen was too shy to say it, she, a girl, would take the initiative.

Shen Mochen stood still, motionless, and he suddenly realized that in this situation, it seemed there simply wasn't an option to say "no."

He was like a frog being slowly boiled in warm water, but he had lit the fire himself. Xia Qingrou wasn't even the water but the kindling burning underneath.

He now began to admire Su Mo's foresight… but this wasn't much about foresight, it was just knowing the possible consequences and being extremely disciplined about it.

Whereas he wasn't unaware of the possible consequences, but he coveted the pleasure at hand, playing with fire on the edge of danger, and so that fire had finally burned him.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Shen Mochen suddenly fall silent, Xia Qingrou became nervous subconsciously.

She lifted her head, staring blankly at Shen Mochen's face, perhaps instinctively sensing danger, she even forgot to breathe.

"I thought we were already together," said Shen Mochen.

The anxiety that Xia Qingrou had just lifted settled down again; she let out a gentle sigh of relief and kissed Shen Mochen on the lips, softly laughing, "Silly!"

Shen Mochen was momentarily speechless, just gently embracing the person in his arms.

Before Yin Caiyu wakes up, just earnestly be her boyfriend, Shen Mochen comforted himself.

"I knew we were meant to be..." Xia Qingrou, nestled in Shen Mochen's arms, giggled.

"Mm," Shen Mochen replied.

"It's great that we're both each other's firsts," Xia Qingrou whispered.

Shen Mochen was taken aback; it was a lie he had made up on the spot, never expecting Xia Qingrou hadn't realized it and even valued it so highly.

You should have noticed by now, no virgin could have such perfect tenderness and technique from the start; I honed it with another woman.

"Do you really value the first time so much…" Shen Mochen's eyes were a bit strange.

"Of course, I'm all about purity; holding hands means a lifetime commitment, super romantic!" Xia Qingrou giggled again and pecked the corner of Shen Mochen's mouth, "This is a reward for you having preserved your purity for me all these years!"