Jing Ran remembered that Jing Li once sent him an emoji: a cartoon character holding a small doll, throwing it on the ground, and stomping on it violently.

Jing Ran really wanted to turn Chen Wenbin into a little doll, throw him on the ground, stomp on him fiercely, and yell at him: “My Lili is so smart! Otherwise, how could she choose me as her boyfriend!”

In reality, Jing Ran used a gentle and earnest tone to say, “Wenbin, you will end up alone if you continue like this.”

Chen Wenbin: “…”

Jing Ran walked into the Respect the Elderly Building, and Chen Wenbin followed him, saying, “Jing Ran, do you have that junior sister’s WeChat? Can you send it to me?”

Jing Ran: “I need to get Zhenzhen’s consent first.”

Chen Wenbin: “Zhenzhen? Her name is Zhenzhen? That sounds nice.”

Jing Ran: “…”

Chen Wenbin: “Jing Ran, do you think that Zhenzhen will confess to me like Jing Li did?”

Jing Ran: “Lili would never confess to you!”

Chen Wenbin: “Cough… what I mean is the behavior of a girl confessing to a guy.”

Jing Ran remembered that Jing Li had said that no matter who asked about who confessed first between the two of them, he should say that he confessed first, so that Jing Li would save face. Jing Ran said, “I was the one who confessed to Lili first.”

“Ah, how did you confess to Jing Li? Tell me about it,” Chen Wenbin never expected that it was the clueless Jing Ran who confessed first. Jing Li also looks pretty good, so she should have many pursuers at school, right?

How did Jing Ran, who had such a loser image before, defeat so many pursuers?

Jing Ran didn’t have experience in pursuing girls, but he had seen a lot of idol dramas when he was young (empty words ^[1]It means that what Jing Ran say is not consistent with reality.). He said, “First, block the other person at the stairwell, pin her against the wall, ask her if she wants to date, if she disagrees, you just keep kissing her until she agrees.”

Chen Wenbin was half-believing, “Really?”

Jing Ran nodded.

“Is it really like that?”

Anyway, that’s how it’s portrayed in TV dramas, and Jing Ran nodded again.

“Should I use this method the next time I see Zhenzhen?”

Jing Ran thought for a moment, feeling like something was wrong but couldn’t express it, so he didn’t respond.

Chen Wenbin had no clue about pursuing girls. Every time he saw Jing Ran and Jing Li getting along so well, he also really wanted a girlfriend.
Having someone to eat with, travel together, sleep together… it’s actually a happy thing.

After visiting Grandpa Guo, Jing Ran bought three bowls of pig’s feet and ginger on the way home.

Jing Li, feeling bored, was playing with her phone on the balcony, occasionally glancing at the street to see if Jing Ran was coming. Really, Jing Ran was such a dolt, leaving his beautiful girlfriend at home and going out with his buddies.
When she saw Jing Ran appear on the street below, she excitedly waved and shouted, “Ranran!”

Jing Ran waved back at Jing Li and kept walking.
Seeing him climb the stairs, she had already opened the door in the entrance, waiting respectfully for her dear boyfriend to come home.

Jing Ran presented the pig’s feet and ginger to Jing Li as if seeking praise, saying, “Lili, I bought you some food.”
The transparent container held dark soup, emitting a sour and sweet aroma. Jing Li hesitantly said, “Why did you buy so much? There are only the two of us at home.”

Jing Ran asked, “What about Grandma?”

Jing Li took the pig’s feet and ginger, walking to the dining table, saying, “Someone called her to go on a trip to City Y just now, and she packed her bags and left. She also told you to watch the bakery tomorrow and not to go anywhere else.”

Jing Ran: “…”

Jing Ran quickly prepared a simple dinner. After they finished eating and taking a shower, they went to the rooftop to cool off. There was a folding bamboo bed on the rooftop, which Jing Ran unfolded to lay flat at 180 degrees.

Initially, Jing Li and Jing Ran were sitting on the bamboo bed, holding a tablet to watch an unsubtitled American TV series. Jing Li felt a bit tired and wanted to lie down to continue watching, but the bamboo bed was narrow and could only fit one person.

In the end, Jing Ran lay down on the table and chair bed first, and then Jing Li lay on top of Jing Ran, holding the tablet. Jing Ran originally didn’t recommend watching electronic devices like this, as lying down to watch was bad for the eyes. Jing Li coquettishly said it would be fine to watch for a while, and after finishing the episode, they would go back to their room and sit against the headboard to continue watching.

The TV series Jing Li chose is a drama about urban gastronomy and relationships. In one scene, the male and female leads return to their cohabitation after attending a friend’s gathering. As soon as they enter the house, the male lead can’t wait to start touching the female lead.

The two of them kissed while taking off their clothes and rolling onto the bedsheets. The camera angle was not explicit, focusing only on their upper bodies, engaging in indescribable activities. In the deep quiet of the night, the leads’ soft moans were particularly clear.

Jing Li has always watched American dramas and long accepted this kind of content, so she didn’t have much of a reaction when watching. On the other hand, Jing Tan’s body felt as hot as a furnace. Jing Li sat up from him and, without looking back at him, was nudged by a certain protruding part.

Jing Li is not an ignorant young girl; although she may not have seen such things before, she occasionally doesn’t know where she heard about things related to a guy’s body. After jumping down from the bamboo bed, with her back to Jing Ran, she felt particularly embarrassed and didn’t know what to do.

Jing Li felt Jing Ran sit up from the bamboo bed, but he didn’t make any other movements. The two of them just sat there awkwardly, one sitting and the other standing with their back turned. Jing Li’s tablet had already reached the ending song. Jing Li took a deep breath, still with her back to Jing Ran, and asked, “Aren’t you going to take care of it?”

Jing Ran didn’t respond.

Seeing that he didn’t speak and didn’t go back inside, Jing Li clenched her fists nervously and said, “I’m telling you, I won’t help you solve this…”

“Oh…” Jing Ran responded lightly.

Jing Li breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Jing Ran’s footsteps going downstairs.

Actually, Jing Li was most afraid of encountering this situation when spending time with someone. Although it was a normal physiological phenomenon for a normal man, she was particularly conservative in her thinking and had no intention of furthering the situation.

If Jing Ran was considering it, she could only ask him to endure it.

When Jing Li went downstairs, Jing Ran had already taken a shower, put on some home clothes, and was using a dry towel to wipe his wet hair. Jing Li put on a nonchalant expression, smiled at Jing Ran, and said, “Ranran, let me help you dry your hair!”

Jing Li walked behind Jing Ran, pushed him back to the bedroom, made him sit on the edge of the bed, used the towel to dry the water droplets from his hair, and then used the hairdryer to blow-dry his hair.
Finally, Jing Li ruffled Jing Ran’s fluffy short hair, turned off the hairdryer, and coiled the cord.

“Is this something only married couples can do?” Jing Ran suddenly blurted out.

Jing Li still held the hairdryer, looking at Jing Ran, unsure how to respond.
Although she considered herself relatively conservative, she didn’t emphasize waiting until marriage to engage in sexual activity. It’s just that, counting the days, she and Jing Ran had only been dating for a little over two months, and the time together wasn’t very long. If you take into account that they had some awkward days in between, their time together wasn’t really that long.

She felt that it would be hasty to proceed with things at this time.

Seeing that she didn’t answer, Jing Ran apologized first, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have brought this up.”

Even though Jing Li had clearly stated not to bring up this kind of thing, he couldn’t help asking her, making the atmosphere even more awkward.

“Six months later, okay?” Jing Li said in a negotiating tone, “I need some mental preparation…”

Jing Ran lowered his head, not looking at Jing Li, and nodded.

In fact, Jing Ran felt selfish for asking Jing Li like this. He felt that Jing Li seemed to dislike this kind of thing, and it seemed like she agreed as if she had no other choice.

After a long time, Jing Ran spoke again, “Lili, it’s okay not to do it. After all, I also came through life like this before…”

Jing Li: “…”

Jing Li had been thinking about how to increase her cup size within six months, when the unromantic little prince suddenly blurted out this…

Jing Li puffed out her cheeks and put away the hairdryer.

Jing Ran saw that she was angry and guessed if she was unhappy because he mentioned not doing it?

Jing Ran added, “If you want to, we can still proceed as planned.”

Who would talk about intimate matters like this, disregarding the atmosphere and shamelessly?

Jing Li took a deep breath, walked expressionlessly to the side of the bed, covered Jing Ran, who was sitting under the blanket, and said, “If you don’t speak, others won’t treat you as a mute!”

Although Jing Ran felt that he and Jing Li had talked about intimate matters, intimate matters couldn’t be neglected. Because they couldn’t kiss at school usually, they had to wait until holidays to make up for it at home.

After kissing for a long time, Jing Li’s mouth went numb, but the other party was still not satisfied. With a bit of resentment, Jing Li, whose mouth was swollen, became especially angry and threatened him, “If you kiss me again, I’ll go back to school early tomorrow morning!”

Only then did Jing Ran go to sleep obediently.

*
On the last day of the May Day holiday, Jing Ran got up early to go to the bakery to make pastries. Jing Li had also wanted to get up and go to the bakery with Jing Ran, but the kitchen opened two hours earlier than the shop, so Jing Ran asked her to sleep for another two hours and then come down to look after the shop.

In the morning, Jing Li and Jing Ran were busy for a while, and then they found time to sit at the cash register and have breakfast. They ate the sugar cake that Jing Ran had made in the morning. Jing Li had a box of papaya milk to sip on, and she was thinking about whether to order papaya milk for the next six months…

“Jing Ran, you actually tricked me!” A tall guy over 1.8 meters tall came into the bakery in a rage and started berating Jing Ran as soon as he saw him. There was a prominent red palm print on the guy’s cheek.

Jing Li noticed the palm print and said with a smile, “Chen Wenbin, did you behave inappropriately towards a girl and got slapped?”