Chapter 75: Out of Bed and You Don't Recognize Me

"Get out of here. Who's in bed with you? Don't ruin my reputation," Jiang Muye said with a laugh.

"Tsk tsk tsk. Out of bed and he doesn't recognize anyone anymore." After ribbing Jiang Muye, Little White Dove moved to pay, but Jiang Xueli had already handed the hundred-yuan bill Jiang Muye gave her to the proprietress. "Boss, change please."

"Didn't I say you didn't need to pay for me?" Jiang Muye was rather surprised.

Jiang Xueli smiled cheekily. "But I never said you wouldn't be the one paying. I'm using the money you just gave me. I don't use cash anymore, it's too easy to lose. Just let me spend it all."

"This—" Jiang Muye was conflicted.

"Forget it, let her pay," Little White Dove said, poking Jiang Muye's arm to start with.

Jiang Muye stopped being fussy and agreed.

Anyway, it was the same bills he'd just handed over.

"I'm gonna go buy a skewer of cheese rice cakes nearby, and get some oden for Xiao Yue while I'm at it. She loves that stuff," Kai said to Jiang Muye.

Old He said, "I'll go too. Kai, wait for me. I need to bring something back for Jingjing, otherwise she'll start grumbling and send me her death-threat催促."

Little White Dove grinned at Jiang Muye. "I'm going to buy something too. Suya wants Xinjiang fried rice noodles."

"Go on, go on." Jiang Muye was loveless.

What else was there for him to eat? He was already full just from the dog food.

Jiang Xueli watched Jiang Muye standing there and smiled. "I want to eat roasted shaopi."

"Go buy it yourself," Jiang Muye said.

"You buy it for me." Jiang Xueli giggled. "I see you're the only single dog here. It'd be too awkward if nobody bought you anything, so I wanted to give you something to do."

"…I thank you."

"It's fine. I'm a single dog too. We're the same." A smile appeared on Jiang Xueli's little face. "What do you like to eat? I'll go buy it for you, and then you can buy the roasted shaopi for me. Since we're both single dogs, why not huddle together for warmth?"

Jiang Muye tugged at the corner of his mouth helplessly. "Sorry, no need."

"Then wait for me. I'm going to buy something." Jiang Xueli blinked at Jiang Muye, and even as she ran off she called back, "You have to wait for me."

Then she quickly ran away.

Jiang Muye didn't leave either. The hot and sour noodles weren't ready yet, so he just waited at the table.

After scrolling on his phone for a while, his WeChat let out a notification.

He tapped it open and saw it was a message from Leng Ruoli.

Leng Ruoli: 【Have you eaten yet?】

Jiang Muye: 【About to. Bought some stuff at Snack Street.】

Leng Ruoli: 【What did you buy?】

Originally Leng Ruoli had wanted to invite Jiang Muye to eat together, but now that Jiang Muye had already bought food, she wouldn't force it. Anyway, there would still be chances in the future.

She simply missed him and wanted to chat with him.

Jiang Muye directly took a photo of the hot and sour noodle stall and sent it to Leng Ruoli: 【Hot and sour noodles, plus an order of fried dumplings. There's still some Master Bao cake left in the dorm, so that's enough to eat. Also, thanks for the Master Bao you bought yesterday. It was really delicious.】

Leng Ruoli: 【If you like it, I'll buy it for you again.】

After shyly typing out the words, she waited nervously for a reply.

Just a few seconds later, another message came.

1%: 【No need.】

Leng Ruoli felt slightly disappointed.

Rejected again.

"Ding dong—"

Another notification sounded from the phone.

1%: 【Next time we'll go buy it together. I hear it's best fresh out of the oven.】

When Leng Ruoli saw the words Jiang Muye sent, her eyes suddenly grew hot.

Her heart felt as sweet as if she'd eaten honey.

Leng Ruoli immediately typed a reply: 【Okay!】

She was already looking forward to the next time she and Jiang Muye could go out together.

Just thinking about it made Leng Ruoli unable to help but laugh out loud.

At that moment, after seeing Leng Ruoli's reply, Jiang Muye's gaze turned very gentle.

People came and went, and even the noisy quarreling and the honking of cars on the roadside couldn't disturb Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye looked at the phone screen, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled upward.

Jiang Muye: 【Have you eaten yet?】

Leng Ruoli: 【Not yet. I was originally planning to wait for Sister Mi Lu to come back from the show and then go eat.】

Jiang Muye: 【Then I'll bring you something? What do you want to eat?】

Leng Ruoli: 【I want to eat the same thing as you.】

The same as him? Then that meant Heartbreak Hot and Sour Noodles.

Jiang Muye refused outright and replied: 【Hot and sour noodles are very spicy, and you have a cold. It's not good for you to eat them. Your throat will hurt later.】

Leng Ruoli looked at the phone screen.

They were clearly just ordinary words, so why did they give her such an especially warm feeling when put together?

Leng Ruoli felt as if all four seasons were spring, and her freezing world instantly turned warm.

Just because of one sentence of concern from him, Leng Ruoli was already happily rolling around on the bed hugging her pillow, her little legs kicking up again and again from excitement.

Suddenly, she thought about whether she was replying too slowly.

Would it make Jiang Muye wait a long time?

Leng Ruoli quickly stopped typing and sent a voice message.

"Okay, then I won't eat the hot and sour noodles. What do you say is good?"

After receiving Leng Ruoli's voice message, Jiang Muye tapped it open directly.

Her voice was soft and sweet, gentle as water, and he could tell she was speaking in a very quiet environment.

Jiang Muye sensed a tender sweetness, and even the air seemed tinged with a hint of sugar.

He directly pressed WeChat and replied, "Wait for me."

The other side replied, "Okay."

It sounded especially obedient.

Although Jiang Muye couldn't see Leng Ruoli, it was as if he could see through the phone screen her beautiful face waiting expectantly, so innocent, so pure.

The corners of Jiang Muye's mouth curled up involuntarily.

He immediately began searching for food suitable to buy for Leng Ruoli. After walking a circle, Jiang Muye settled on what to eat and bought it.

Jiang Muye carried the food back and returned to the hot and sour noodle stall.

The hot and sour noodles were ready, and Jiang Muye took them directly.

Just then, Little White Dove and the others also came back. They had all bought things for their girlfriends.

"Let's go back," Little White Dove said to Jiang Muye with a smile. "The weather's freezing. I miss the AC in the dorm."

"Wait a bit longer," Jiang Muye said.

"What's wrong? Who else are we waiting for?" Little White Dove said strangely.

"You tell me." Jiang Muye cast a look at Little White Dove, and after Little White Dove looked around, he instantly understood. "Where's Goddess Jiang? Where'd she run off to?"

"Don't know. She left a while ago," Jiang Muye said lightly.

Just as the words fell, the sound of running came.

"Huff huff, good thing you guys didn't leave!" Jiang Xueli ran over, her twin ponytails fluttering in the wind, a smile on her delicate face, her full hills swaying as she ran, carrying several bags of things as she flew over.

"What did you buy?" Jiang Muye looked at the heavy bags.

Jiang Xueli said with a smile, "Bought snacks and fruit."

"Oh. Let's go back." Jiang Muye nodded.

So the few of them entered the school.

As a result, before Jiang Xueli went to her dorm, she suddenly did something that greatly surprised Jiang Muye.