With a surge of warmth in my heart, I almost blurted out my confession over the phone. But I quickly stopped myself and changed my words, saying, “It’s not a good idea if your roommate sees it.”
“I don’t have any friends in the dorm,” Xiaoyu said with a smile, “and I’m actually at my sister’s place.”
She didn’t have any friends in the dorm. I felt a twinge of pity for Xiaoyu.
“Xiaoyu, are you free tomorrow? Let’s go watch a movie,” I asked.
“Okay, brother. But I won’t give you any offline benefits,” she replied.
“Get lost!” I hung up the phone.
We agreed on a time through WeChat, and as we were about to say goodnight to each other, Xiaoyu suddenly sent me a red envelope. Without thinking, I opened it and found 44 yuan inside.
I wondered if I had offended this big shot in some way, but then she sent me another message:
“Half price for the second ticket.”
Unable to sleep, I tossed and turned in bed. I opened the classic game “Mei Rou Zhi Xiang” on my phone and prepared to play. Suddenly, Xiaoyu’s character seemed somewhat similar to the character Youji in the game.
But Xiaoyu was even more beautiful, with longer hair and a better figure. I thought to myself.
Then, holding the “benefits” picture Xiaoyu had sent me, I shamelessly indulged myself once again.
In the morning, I saw that Xiaoyu had left me a message at 7 o’clock: “Brother, you’re probably still in bed, right? Did you send a few more pictures of Xiaoyu yesterday?”
It was almost noon, so I quickly got up and got ready. Then I drove my car to where Xiaoyu’s sister lived.
She told me that her sister had rented a two-bedroom apartment in the university town to make studying more convenient, so she often stayed there with her sister.
Before starting work, my family gave me some money to buy a car, and I chose a 328iM sports edition. Although it wasn’t very expensive, in the eyes of many college students, a BMW was already a prestigious choice.
Xiaoyu stood charmingly in front of the university town bus stop. She was wearing a white T-shirt with a black jacket on top, and a red mini skirt with black stockings.
Her legs were a bit weak, and she almost mistook the gas pedal for the brake.
When Xiaoyu saw my car, she waved at me with her phone in hand.
The young men and women around us were probably students from their school. When they saw a sexy girl dressed up and about to get into a BMW, especially when the driver of the car wasn’t that good-looking, their discussions probably wouldn’t be very pleasant.
I didn’t want them to speak ill of Xiaoyu.
With a sudden idea, I shouted loudly at Xiaoyu, “Are you the passenger with the last four digits ‘0923’?”
Xiaoyu paused for a moment, then immediately caught on. It seemed that she also had a playful side, as she loudly replied, “Yes, is this Mr. Feng?”
“Yes, please get in the car.”
Xiaoyu got into the passenger seat, and we smiled at each other. Then I started the car. I seemed to hear a guy behind us muttering, “Driving a Didi with a BMW, what an idiot.”
“Hahaha, brother, why are you suddenly role-playing?” Xiaoyu laughed while holding her stomach.
“Buckle up!” I calmed my emotions and pretended to concentrate on driving. “I’m just worried about what people at school will say about you.”
“They don’t even know me,” Xiaoyu muttered quietly, then immediately switched to a coquettish tone and said, “But you know best, brother.”
I stumbled under my foot, causing the car to brake suddenly.
“Hahaha, brother, can’t you control yourself?” Xiaoyu laughed uncontrollably.
“Shut up, woman.” I said in a domineering CEO tone, “You’re playing with fire.”
Before I could finish my sentence, Xiaoyu burst into even more laughter.
We chose the movie “Coming Home” directed by Zhang Yimou and starring Chen Daoming. I couldn’t remember the plot of the movie because my gaze was fixed on Xiaoyu’s profile and her thighs wrapped in black stockings.
Halfway through the movie, Xiaoyu seemed to lose interest in the plot. She suddenly turned her head and our eyes met.
We were sitting in the last row of the cinema, with no one around us.
She took my hand and placed it on her cheek.
“Brother, is Xiaoyu beautiful?”
I couldn’t hold back anymore and turned to kiss Xiaoyu. It wasn’t a passionate French kiss, just a gentle touch of our lips. I felt her hand on my chest, but she didn’t push me away.
“Xiaoyu, will you be my girlfriend?” Although I had been teasing her for a while, saying this for the first time in my life still made me nervous.
Xiaoyu lowered her head and looked down, seemingly trying to hide her shyness.
But then she looked up and said with, “Are you stupid, brother? I’m willing to send you ‘benefits’ pictures, specially dressed in this outfit just to see you, and even let you flirt with me. Don’t you know the answer?”
Her voice was not soft, attracting the attention of some people in the front row.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!” I quickly admitted my mistake. “So, what does that mean…”
“Hmph, it’s not that simple,” Xiaoyu said with a cunning smile on her face. “Let’s have a trial period first, and all benefits during the trial period will be halved.”
“Okay, when can I start?” I quickly nodded, wanting to settle things.
“Today.”