Chapter 441 - 439: How Can I Help With That?
Chapter 441 - 439: How Can I Help With That?
The tent was quite spacious, so having a guest wasn’t a problem.
Xu Su held her phone and said loudly, "It’s fine, you can come in."
On the other end of the line, a darkness crept into Zhou Mochen’s eyes. He pressed his lips together and asked, "I’ll have someone prep a plane now..."
"No, no, no!" Xu Su quickly stopped him. "Don’t be so impulsive, Zhou Mochen. I haven’t had enough fun yet. I’ve only been here for a few days! We haven’t even reached LS. I still want to see the Potala Palace, watch the Tibetan pilgrims, and see the golden mountains at sunset."
As she spoke, she pointed to a nearby chair for Si Xuan, gesturing for him to sit.
Si Xuan handed her the hair dryer he was holding and sat down.
He knew she was on the phone with her boyfriend. These past few days, at least three calls a day from Zhou Mochen had become standard procedure. Everyone in their tour group knew how clingy Xu Su’s boyfriend was.
It was unclear what was said on the other end, but Xu Su frowned. "It’s rare for me to get out and have fun. Can you stop being so whiny and just let me enjoy myself to the fullest?"
Zhou Mochen pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose. The thought of her being alone in a room with Si Xuan right now made the veins on his forehead pop.
Completely oblivious, Xu Su took the hair dryer from Si Xuan. "I’m going to blow-dry my hair now. That’s all, let’s talk later."
Without waiting for Zhou Mochen’s reply, she hung up.
Their calls were always initiated by Zhou Mochen and ended by Xu Su. They were both used to it.
Xu Su started drying her hair with the blow dryer, while Si Xuan sat in the chair she had just been in, flipping through a promotional poster for the campsite and examining it closely.
When Sika returned from washing up in the bathhouse, this was the scene that greeted her.
She froze for a moment. The last bit of uncertainty in her heart solidified, and she had a dazed feeling of ’I knew it’.
Sika had just finished showering. She was wreathed in steam, her wet hair wrapped in a towel, and her face scrubbed clean of makeup. Although she was fully dressed, the moment she entered, Si Xuan immediately averted his eyes, stood up, and left.
His gentlemanly and self-restrained demeanor made Sika wonder if she had forgotten to put on her underwear. Susu had also just showered, and he had been perfectly fine staying alone in the tent with her. ’Why, upon seeing me, does he suddenly know what it means to be a gentleman and look away?’
The hair dryer belonged to Si Xuan. He didn’t take it, leaving it for Xu Su and Sika to use.
Xu Su handed the used hair dryer to Sika. Hearing her question, she replied, not quite understanding, "You’re overthinking it. He probably had something urgent to take care of."
"Hmph hmph..." Sika gave a knowing smile. She didn’t start drying her hair right away. Instead, she circled Xu Su, looking her up and down, before asking seriously, "Susu, have you ever considered getting a new boyfriend?"
"??? What do you mean?"
"I’d bet there’s at least a seventy percent chance Si Xuan is interested in you. So? Are you going to consider gobbling up a prime specimen like him?"
"..." Xu Su was silent for a moment, then couldn’t help but laugh. "Not considering it. Not even a little."
"So determined? To be fair, your boyfriend’s ’hardware’ is definitely no worse than Si Xuan’s."
Sika raised an eyebrow, a wicked smile playing on her lips as she tried to tempt her. "But even if you don’t want a new boyfriend, you could still have a little something on the side. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, after all. Your Zhou Mochen can’t monitor you remotely. After you sleep with him and go back, you’ll still be his pure, innocent girlfriend."
Xu Su pushed her away in annoyance. "Get lost..."
"Hey, I’m serious. With what you have to offer, it’d be a shame not to try out a few guys while you’re young." Sika muttered, "We’ve been out here for so long, and you’ve actually managed to not touch a man."
"..." ’This conversation is getting more and more ridiculous.’ Xu Su quickly threw on her jacket and went outside.
If they kept talking, she suspected the girl would get even more explicit...
That night, there was a bonfire party at the campsite.
Friends from all corners of the country were meeting here by fate, and the campsite was incredibly lively.
Xu Su and the others had already showered and had no desire to go party with strange tourists. The girls sat together, gazing up at the stars.
The guys sat opposite them, forming a circle with them around a fire pit in the middle. Meat was roasting on a grill over the fire, and they would take a sip of alcohol from time to time. It was incredibly comfortable.
The stars in the Tibetan Area were much brighter and more numerous than in the big cities, like grains of sand that could wink.
Xu Su listened to the surrounding noise, quietly looking up at the stars. In just over ten minutes, a total of seven guys and two girls came over to ask for her contact information.
Two of them were clever enough to use the excuse that they had lost a game, while the others were more direct.
Usually, before Xu Su could even speak, Sika would grab her arm and say to the person with a wide smile, "Sorry, we’re a couple. She’s my girlfriend. We’re very much in love."
Xu Su was very cooperative. When Sika puckered her lips and leaned in, Xu Su even tilted her head to let her plant a kiss on her cheek, proving that what she said was true.
The intimate scene of the two girls cheek-to-cheek silenced everyone, whether they knew them or not.
After fending off several groups of people, the news that the two of them were lesbians spread like wildfire through the temporary campsite, and finally, no one else came to hit on them.
The guys’ side wasn’t quiet either. The moment Si Xuan sat down, he attracted the gazes of many girls. Some bold ones even approached him, but without exception, they all returned in defeat.
Xu Su held a can of beer, drinking it absently, her mind wandering off somewhere.
Sika, next to her, was much more social. She started playing a rock-paper-scissors drinking game with the guys, roping Liu Yun and Feifei in as well.
She downed several cans of beer in a row without showing any signs of being drunk. Occasionally, she would spot a standout handsome guy in another group and pull Xu Su and the others to look.
After spending so many days together, everyone had a rough idea of her personality. They knew she had pretty high standards, so if she called a guy handsome, he definitely was.
Suddenly, the ever-lively Sika fell silent. She stared blankly into the distance for a long while, then blinked, as if doubting what she was seeing.
Xu Su was in the middle of zoning out when she heard Sika call her name. Thinking she had spotted another handsome guy somewhere, she gave a casual "Hmm?"
Sika nudged her with her elbow. "Susu, how about you do me a favor?"
Xu Su glanced at the sleeveless tank top she was wearing and asked, "Help you get your jacket?"
The girl was obsessed with looking good; no matter how low the temperature dropped at night, she would avoid wearing a jacket if she could.
"No, no."
Sika said, "You know that god-like guy I’ve been chasing for years but can’t get? The more I think about it, the more I refuse to accept it. I want him to feel the sting of love too. So, help me out, okay?"
Her voice was just loud enough for the few people around them to hear. At the very least, Xu Su felt Si Xuan’s gaze, from two people away, turn in their direction.
Xu Su was both shocked and baffled. "How am I supposed to help with that? Besides, I don’t even know this ’god-like guy’ of yours."
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