207: Kobayashi is so fair-skinned - 1 (Bonus Chapter)

Past eight in the evening, Jiang Ye took a comfortable shower. Coming out of the bathroom, he dried his hair with a towel while sending a WeChat message to Ye Cheng.

[Cheng Cheng, are you done packing? I'm all ready on my end.]

Ye Cheng's reply came quickly: [Yeah, just finished. I'm getting ready to take a shower now.]

Jiang Ye: [Why don't you shower in the master bedroom? The bathroom here is big and fully equipped.]

Ye Cheng: [Tsk~ Look at how impatient you are. Wait until I'm done showering and I'll head over. You stay there and be good!]

Jiang Ye put down the phone, stroked his chin, and gave a cheeky grin.

This Informal reference to Ye Cheng, they were like an old married couple, yet she was still so playful, even using an acrostic poem?

"Wait," "You"... Hmm, the first words of the last two sentences clearly spell out "Wait for you!"

This was a sincere invitation from the good Cheng Cheng!

What? The "Tsk" and "Look" from before?

Unimportant. Definitely a typo.

Having finished his self-persuasion, Jiang Ye waited happily in the room for over ten minutes.

Feeling the time was about right, he got up, walked out of the master bedroom, and glanced toward the living room—Su Ning was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, giggling at her phone, not paying him any attention.

Jiang Ye immediately seized the opportunity, strode to the public bathroom closest to the master bedroom, and listened—the sound of splashing water came from within.

Overjoyed, he reached out, grabbed the doorknob, and gave it a gentle twist.

As expected, unlike Ye Cheng's previously locked bedroom door, the bathroom door opened with a single turn.

It seemed Student Xiao Ye was quite sensible, leaving the door unlocked for him!

Jiang Ye inwardly praised her for being "considerate," pushed the door open, slipped inside, and gently closed it behind him.

The bathroom was filled with steam. The shower curtain was drawn, revealing only a blurry, slender silhouette.

Looking at that alluring outline, Jiang Ye felt a surge of heat. Just as he was about to say something cheeky, a puzzled female voice suddenly came from behind the curtain:

"Xiao Su? Is that you? I'll be done in a second!"

That voice was... Lin! Wan! Xing?!!

Jiang Ye's body instantly froze!

Damn! Wrong door! Ye Cheng was in the other bathroom!

He instinctively wanted to turn around and slip out, but just as his hand grabbed the doorknob, Lin Wanxing, who hadn't received a response, let out a confused "Hmm?" She pulled back a slit in the curtain and poked her head out to look—

"Ah—!"

A short, sharp scream instantly rang out in the small bathroom.

Jiang Ye shuddered from the sound. Caught between laughter and tears, he quickly lowered his voice to explain:

"Wanxing! It's a misunderstanding! A total misunderstanding! I was looking for Ye Cheng and walked into the wrong room! I'm leaving right now! You know me, I..."

"Hey!"

Lin Wanxing's face was flushed red. Both anxious and angry, she hurriedly interrupted him, "You're still standing there chatting?! Get out, hurry up!"

"Oh, oh, oh! Right away, right away!"

Jiang Ye nodded repeatedly. Just as he was about to open the door and leave, Su Ning's voice drifted in from outside, getting closer:

"Sister Wanxing? What's wrong? I thought I heard you scream?"

Jiang Ye's movements instantly locked up.

Lin Wanxing's heart also skipped a beat. If Su Ning saw Jiang Ye coming out of the bathroom while she was showering, how could she possibly explain it?

She gritted her teeth and hurriedly waved her hand at Jiang Ye, whispering, "Don't move! Don't make a sound! Wait until Xiao Su leaves before you go!"

Then she took a deep breath and called out to the door, "It's... it's nothing! The floor was just a bit slippery. I almost fell and it gave me a fright!"

"???"

Several giant question marks popped up above Jiang Ye's head.

Wait... this plot development... why does it feel strangely familiar?

He could understand that Lin Wanxing was trying to avoid unnecessary trouble and embarrassment. After all, he hadn't done it on purpose, and he really hadn't seen anything. But if Su Ning caught him, it was hard to say if anyone would believe his explanation. Not to mention Ye Cheng had just moved in today; if word got out... But, having said that... Jiang Ye smacked his lips. Based on his extensive experience watching films and his understanding of these kinds of clichéd plots, if he wasn't mistaken... "Sister Wanxing? I'm coming in to use the bathroom. It's a bit of an emergency."

Alright, folks!

Yes, yes, yes, this is exactly the vibe. I even remember the damn license plate number.

Lin Wanxing saw Jiang Ye's expression, which was caught between laughter and tears, and felt a massive headache coming on. She hurriedly said toward the door:

"Huh? Go to the other bathroom! I just started showering, and the floor is covered in water. It's very slippery!"

Su Ning's voice sounded a bit troubled: "Ye Cheng is showering over there, the water is still running. I can't hold it anymore. How much longer will you be?"

Lin Wanxing: "..."

She looked at Jiang Ye, who had already very consciously closed his eyes, his face practically screaming "absolute obedience," and her lips couldn't help but twitch.

Just in the past two days, she had labeled him as "reliable" and a "gentleman" in her heart, only for this guy to barge into the bathroom while she was showering!

However, Xiao Su did just say that Ye Cheng was indeed showering in the other public bathroom, so Jiang Ye's claim... probably... maybe... likely... wasn't intentional?

Lin Wanxing was torn. She secretly regretted not letting Jiang Ye leave immediately, as being seen by Su Ning would have just meant explaining that he walked into the wrong room.

But in her haste, she chose to hide him. Now that Su Ning was blocking the door, if she found out Jiang Ye was inside... even jumping into the Yellow River wouldn't wash away the suspicion!

She hesitated for two seconds and steeled her resolve!

Hide it to the end!

She quickly grabbed a towel hanging nearby, wrapped it around her wet body, and then pulled the eye-closed Jiang Ye over.

Seeing him open his eyes slightly in confusion, she hurriedly reached out to cover them again, leaned into his ear, and whispered urgently:

"Hide behind the shower curtain with me! I'll call Xiao Su in; she'll leave after she uses the toilet."

Seeing Jiang Ye nod, Lin Wanxing kept his eyes tightly covered as she half-pushed and half-shoved him behind the shower curtain. She squeezed in after him and pulled the curtain shut.

Having done all that, Lin Wanxing took a deep breath and said to the door in as calm a voice as possible:

"Xiao Su, come in. I'll turn off the water first."

Su Ning hummed an "Oh" from outside and pushed the door open while singing.

Then came the faint sounds of the toilet lid being lifted and the rustle of clothes being undone.

Behind the shower curtain, the space was small, and the two were almost pressed against each other.

Lin Wanxing was waiting tensely when she saw Jiang Ye's ears twitch as if he were listening to the sounds outside. A vein throbbed on her forehead as she quickly freed both hands to tightly cover his ears.

But as everyone knows, a person only has two hands... Jiang Ye's vision suddenly returned. He instinctively opened his eyes and found himself eye-to-eye with Lin Wanxing, whose face was so red it looked like it might bleed.

The next second, his gaze uncontrollably and instinctively slid downward... then he very proactively raised his hand to cover his own eyes.

Seeing this, Lin Wanxing breathed a secret sigh of relief.

It seemed her intuition was right; this guy's character was reliable, and he did have some gentlemanly grace.

Before she could finish that thought, she instinctively followed the direction of Jiang Ye's gaze and looked down at herself—

The previous movements had left the towel loose and sagging. Plus, the towel's width was limited to begin with. Under normal circumstances, looking straight ahead might have been fine, but at such close proximity and from a downward angle... Lin Wanxing's brain went "buzz" as it went completely blank. She was utterly petrified!