Chapter 17: Qin Yingxia, Please Help Me Measure

Yang Dai followed suit, peering over and meeting Qin Yingxia’s gaze before falling silent, her lips pressed together.

She pulled the curtain closed, returning to her own little corner, and hung up her military training uniform.

Jin Zhuo wasn’t that easy to chase after.

Qin Yingxia felt embarrassed by the words of Yu Zhizhi and Xu Siwan, her whole being resembling a ripe peach. She quickly shifted the topic, “…Let me see my military training uniform.”

Xu Siwan chuckled, “Okay, okay, I won’t tease you anymore. Fate is destined, we just enjoy the show as spectators. Handsome guys and beautiful girls together are a feast for the eyes.”

“Yingying Bao, I got your military training uniform and put it on your desk,” Yu Zhizhi gestured with a lift of her chin. “But the waistbands we got are a bit big, see if yours fits right.”

Xu Siwan nodded, “The tailor shop on the back street is packed this afternoon, everyone’s going to get their waistbands altered! The three of us have been in line for quite a while.”

“Shouldn’t the military training uniforms be issued according to the sizes we submitted?” Qin Yingxia questioned, pulling the curtain closed to try on the clothes.

Yu Zhizhi shrugged, “Yeah, guess what, the sizes are all too big. The jacket is fine, but the waistband is too loose, even with a belt it can’t be tightened.”

“Pfft…” Qin Yingxia, who had just put on the pants, couldn’t help but laugh, “This waistband is super loose…”

She walked out holding up the pants, looking adorable.

Yu Zhizhi’s attention was completely focused on the small part of Qin Yingxia’s soft waist that was exposed. She reached out and put her hand on the bed frame to bang the girl in her arms, “Tsk, your waist is so thin.”

Xu Siwan laughed helplessly, “Why are you stealing the male lead’s lines?”

Even the usually silent Yang Dai couldn’t help but peek through the curtain to look at her waist.

Qin Yingxia blushed instantly under the gazes of the others.

“Xiao Xia, you blush so easily…” Xu Siwan had never seen a girl blush so easily before, she walked over and poked her rosy cheeks.

Yu Zhizhi chimed in, “Yeah, yeah, if you fall in love, you’ll be completely under his control, won’t you?”

Qin Yingxia held up the pants with one hand to prevent them from falling, while covering her face with the other. In the end, she couldn’t bear the teasing anymore and simply turned her back, “Don’t laugh at me… please stop.”

The girls couldn’t stop laughing, Yu Zhizhi was about to be overwhelmed by her cuteness, thankfully Xu Siwan was rational, “Okay, okay, just this one Qin Yingxia, don’t embarrass her.”

“Okay, okay, no more teasing, Yingying, go take a shower.”

…

Finally, Qin Yingxia was left alone. She returned to her seat, just as Jin Zhuo’s message came through.

[Jin: Arrived?]

[Youxia: Yeah, getting ready to wash up.]

[Jin: Okay, get some rest early.]

Qin Yingxia licked her lips, her mind inexplicably filled with the image of feeding Jin Zhuo tonight, and her face felt hot again.

She lay on the table, feeling like she was easily seduced.

[Youxia: Goodnight, Jin Zhuo.]

Unexpectedly, Jin Zhuo replied with a voice message.

Qin Yingxia quickly took out her earphones and put them on, clicking on the voice message, the man’s magnetic voice entered her ears, “So, little Junior Sister Qin still remembers my name?”

What?

What kind of talk is that?

She never forgot his name!

Another voice message came through, this time with a hint of laughter, “I saw you calling me Jin Xuechang so smoothly, I thought you forgot my name.”

Qin Yingxia explained, [I remember, calling you Senior is out of courtesy ૮₍˶ᵔᵕᵔ˶₎ა]

She even sent a cute emoji to appease him.

[Jin: I don’t want your courtesy.]

[Youxia: Do you want my defiance… ]

Jin Zhuo saw the message and chuckled, “How is that rebellious?”

Qin Yingxia remembered what he said at the media society meeting and boldly replied, “【Usurping power.】”

She sent it out but quickly withdrew it three seconds later, feeling a little scared.

【Jin: Okay~ Law school’s little Jin is happy to serve the president~】

Qin Yingxia: 囧

【Youxia: Senior, I was just talking nonsense…】

Jin Zhuo was so engrossed in his phone conversation that he didn’t notice the three people in his dorm room had silently gathered around him.

The three of them looked at his cheap smile with disdain and clicked their tongues.

Jin Zhuo held his breath and clicked his tongue, “Gather around to warm up?”

Xie Chi: “Zhuo, you’ve changed.”

Jiang Yinghuai: “You’ve become unpredictable.”

Pei Lanhe lazily said, “You’ve become stupid.”

Honest, to the point.

Xie Chi and Jiang Yinghuai gave him a thumbs up.

Jin Zhuo’s temples throbbed, and he grabbed the soft pillow behind him and threw it at them, laughing and scolding, “Get out.”

The three of them laughed and dodged away.

•  

The summer wind was unbearably hot, even in the evening. The setting sun shone through the gaps in the trees, casting mottled shadows on the asphalt road.

Qin Yingxia held up a parasol and went out. She deliberately went to the tailor shop on the back street during mealtime, saving a lot of time queuing.

The tailor was an old lady, everyone called her Grandma Chen.

Unlike other elderly people with white hair, she dyed her hair orange. She loved to dance aerobics with the girls in the school, her body was strong, and she didn’t look like she was over sixty.

“Little student, are you here to alter the waist or the legs?” Grandma Chen looked up from her sewing machine, her reading glasses slipping down

When she saw Qin Yingxia’s face clearly, her eyes lit up, “She’s a little beauty!”
　　
Qin Yingxia smiled sweetly, “Grandma, I want to change the waist of my pants.”
　　
“I’ll come and measure you after I finish this one.”
　　
The military training uniforms have been delivered in the past two days, and many people have come to change their clothes.
　　
Qin Yingxia looked at the clothes basket on the side, which contained many military training uniforms with labels, “Okay, I’m not in a hurry.”
　　
“You’re so good, sit there… Grandma, this will be done soon.”
　　
She sat down on the small stool, holding her chin and looking out of the store in a daze.
　　
Suddenly, a tall shadow extended and covered her small body completely.
　　
Qin Yingxia raised her head, but the man raised his hand to press it down.
　　
“Guess, who am I?”
　　
The man’s voice was magnetic and clear, with an upward tail tone, inexplicably tender.
　　
Qin Yingxia smiled and called out his name as he wished, “It’s Jin Zhuo.”
　　
It was Jin Zhuo who was not easy to coax.
　　
Jin Zhuo hooked his long legs around a chair and sat down, slowly withdrawing his hand, “Congratulations, junior Qin, for guessing it right.”
　　
In Grandma Chen’s eyes, the interaction between the two was just the daily playfulness of a young couple. She smiled lovingly, “Little handsome boy, do you want to mend your clothes or alter your military training uniform?”
　　
Jin Zhuo put the military training uniform on the table, “Granny, I want to alter the waistband of my pants.”
　　
“Oh, what a coincidence, this little beauty also needs to alter the waistband of her pants.”
　　
Grandma Chen stared at the work that was about to be completed in her hands, and came up with an idea, “Grandma, I’m busy right now, if you both want to alter your waistbands, just help each other measure your waist circumference, and then tell me!”
　　
She has been in the Imperial University for many years, but she still can’t change her good habit of watching young people fall in love.
　　
Qin Yingxia was stunned, and looked at Jin Zhuo in panic.
　　
Jin Zhuo didn’t have any particularly big expression. He calmly found the tape measure and wrapped it around his hand, “Qin Yingxia, can you measure me first?”