"Senior! No matter what! Making jokes about someone's physical flaws is going too far!"
Lin Yilin said angrily.
Haha, just as I thought, this junior really has no filter.
"See, even the junior thinks it's a physical flaw."
Jiang Linyuan said with full confidence, raising an eyebrow at Su Muzhi.
Lin Yilin immediately panicked, looked at Su Muzhi, and hurriedly explained:
"That's not what I meant! Senior, I mean, what I wanted to say was..."
"Hehe, I know Xiao Yilin is a good kid, no need to explain."
Su Muzhi chuckled softly, glancing sideways at Jiang Linyuan:
"I know right from wrong in my heart."
"Muzhi, honest advice is hard to hear but good for conduct. Even though what I said sounds harsh, it's the truth."
Jiang Linyuan shook his head, looked at Lin Yilin, and clicked his tongue with a sigh:
"Unlike some people who look pure and cute on the outside but are actually bootlickers who fawn on the powerful."
Heaven above! Please distinguish the loyal from the treacherous!
Who was it that performed a complete face change in front of the department head earlier!
Lin Yilin couldn't hold back anymore, reached out, and secretly pinched Jiang Linyuan's hand.
What's this, a little kitten hissing?
Jiang Linyuan looked strangely at Lin Yilin.
With this amount of force, I can't tell if you're flirting or actually trying to hurt me.
Lin Yilin, sensing Jiang Linyuan's gaze, forced herself not to turn her head away. She widened her eyes and glared at him, but her face was flushed red.
That dog of a senior just squeezed my hand, so I can squeeze his too!
Thinking this, she felt even more confident. She raised her little head and snorted:
"What... what are you looking at!"
"Looking at a cute junior."
"Won't let you look!"
Hearing this, Lin Yilin felt her face grow hot. She turned her face away, unwilling to look at Jiang Linyuan.
So much fun, just like teasing a child.
"Hehe, Jiang-classmate, you called us here, surely not just to flirt and banter like this, right?"
Su Muzhi tapped the table, reminding him with a smile.
Jiang Linyuan looked emotional:
"Muzhi, you've grown up. Taking the initiative to worry about the main business, my heart is very comforted."
"After all, you're too useless, so it's normal for me to think a bit more."
Su Muzhi said with a beaming smile.
Jiang Linyuan snorted coldly, too lazy to argue with her, and turned to talk about the real matter:
"Yu Songsong's matter isn't urgent. It's not something that can be accomplished in a short while. We need to proceed gradually and plan carefully."
"Eh, but last time your progress with Liu Tingting was so fast, really fast, Jiang-classmate."
Su Muzhi said with a teasing expression.
Jiang Linyuan couldn't miss the implied meaning in her words and fired back directly:
"Isn't it all your fault for hastily pulling out and leaving? This time, you need to go slower, make sure the foreplay is sufficient before taking action."
"You two! What are you guys talking about!"
Hearing the two start spouting dirty jokes, Lin Yilin's face turned even redder. She exclaimed:
"Talk about Yu Songsong's matter! No more beating around the bush!"
"Fine."
Jiang Linyuan nodded and said:
"Yu Songsong, a freshman of this year, female, unmarried..."
"Wait, what do you mean 'unmarried'! Shouldn't it be whether she has a boyfriend or not!"
Lin Yilin loudly complained.
"Having a boyfriend might not be important in Jiang-classmate's view."
Su Muzhi said with a smile.
"That won't do! I can't do something that destroys someone else's relationship! If she has a boyfriend, I won't help!"
Lin Yilin actually had principles, huh. Well, a veteran pure love warrior.
"Rest assured, no boyfriend. She's absolutely, wonderfully single."
You're single, I'm single. You're female, I'm male. We're practically a match made in heaven!
Jiang Linyuan said with full confidence:
"The detailed intelligence gathering will be left to you two to handle through contact."
"Xiao Yilin, I remember the Academic Department is hosting a study experience exchange session soon. You and I will go help out then and make contact with Yu Songsong."
After saying that, he turned his head to look at Su Muzhi:
"Muzhi, your task is more arduous. Check out Yu Songsong's Little X Book account. Remember to look at her posting history."
Oh?
Su Muzhi now had some understanding. No wonder Jiang Linyuan didn't dare to make contact alone.
So he's afraid of this.
"Alright, leave it to me."
She replied with a smile.
While the three were discussing, the sky outside gradually became overcast with dark clouds, and rain began to fall.
"Ah, I didn't bring an umbrella."
Looking at the heavy rain outside, Lin Yilin looked somewhat worried.
"I didn't bring one either."
Su Muzhi said.
Jiang Linyuan frowned and felt his bag:
"Neither of you brought an umbrella? That's a bit troublesome."
Su Muzhi, hearing his tone as if he had brought an umbrella, deliberately tried to stir up trouble:
"Is Jiang-classmate struggling with whether to send me back to the dorm first, or send Xiao Yilin back to the dorm first?"
"Why can't all three of us go together?"
Jiang Linyuan asked.
"That would be a bit embarrassing."
Lin Yilin said. She thought about it; three people squeezed under one umbrella would definitely look ridiculous.
And they'd definitely be pressed very close together.
Thinking this, her face reddened a bit more.
"I have no objections."
Su Muzhi said with a smile.
"Then... then senior should send Senior Su back first. I'll wait here."
Lin Yilin ultimately couldn't match Su Muzhi, who had no sense of shame. She said softly.
Why does her tone sound a bit reluctant?
"Wait for what?"
Jiang Linyuan frowned:
"What's the difference between two people getting rained on and three people getting rained on?"
?
"You didn't bring an umbrella?"
The smile on Su Muzhi's face twitched.
"Why did you think I brought an umbrella? Defining men arbitrarily again, huh? Cringe!"
Jiang Linyuan retorted, adding the classic put-down at the end.
"Then why did senior feel his bag earlier!!"
Lin Yilin was somewhat frantic.
Feeling his bag means he has an umbrella? Then if he felt his thigh, would you wrongly accuse me of something else!
This Binary Little Sister is becoming more and more of a mood-killer too!
"I just felt it out of habit."
Jiang Linyuan answered.
Lin Yilin sighed and slumped onto the table:
"Forget it, I'll have my roommate bring one over."
After saying that, she looked at Su Muzhi and Jiang Linyuan again:
"Senior and Senior Su should also have your roommates bring umbrellas."
"They're in class."
Su Muzhi said with a slight smile.
Damn, so you actually skipped class to come out?
"But it's okay, Xiao Yilin. I have Jiang-classmate, right? He definitely won't just abandon me, will he?"
She looked at Jiang Linyuan, smiling faintly.
Hard to say.
Jiang Linyuan smiled without speaking.
"Right, senior definitely wouldn't just ignore Senior Su, right?"
Lin Yilin said.
Jiang Linyuan was still smiling.
"He wouldn't, right?"
Lin Yilin began to doubt.
Jiang Linyuan stopped looking at her.
"Senior! If you do that, Senior Su will get angry!"
Lin Yilin said angrily, puffed up. Then she helplessly sighed again:
"Forget it, I'll have my roommate bring an extra umbrella when the time comes."
"For me?"
Jiang Linyuan turned his head.
"For a big-headed ghost! Senior should call his own roommate! This one is for Senior Su!"
Lin Yilin said irritably, tapping on her phone as if contacting her roommate.
Girls help girls, I'm moved to tears.
Not long after, a petite figure holding an umbrella walked into the milk tea shop from the curtain of rain.
"Thank you, Juntang. Sorry to trouble you. The rain is so heavy outside. Have a cup of milk tea to warm up."
Seeing the newcomer, Lin Yilin picked up a cup of milk tea and went to greet her.
Huh? Isn't that the socially anxious junior?
So she's Binary Little Sister's roommate?
Jiang Linyuan recognized the person delivering the umbrella as the girl whose luggage he had helped carry earlier, feeling somewhat surprised.
"No need... it's just delivering an umbrella."
Zhang Juntang was somewhat shy, speaking softly. She didn't take the milk tea but handed over the umbrella in her hand.
Then she took another umbrella out of her bag, secretly glanced at Jiang Linyuan beside Lin Yilin, and handed it over.
Huh?
Lin Yilin was surprised, and Jiang Linyuan was also surprised.
Su Muzhi, however, looked as if she had seen something amusing, staring at Zhang Juntang.
"Wh... what's wrong?"
Being stared at by several people, Zhang Juntang slowly lowered her head like a frightened little animal, asking timidly.
"You even made a move on Xiao Yilin's roommate?"
Su Muzhi asked.
Made a move my ass! What does this have to do with me!
"Juntang, you gave the wrong umbrella. Senior Jiang has someone bringing him an umbrella."
Lin Yilin whispered a reminder into Zhang Juntang's ear.
"Mmm..."
Only then did Zhang Juntang notice that there was actually a very pretty, smiling, short-haired girl standing beside Jiang Linyuan.
Very embarrassed, she handed the umbrella over again, her voice as light as a mosquito's hum:
"Sor... sorry."
So... so soft. You came to deliver an umbrella, why are you apologizing?