Chapter 519. Night Road
During the day, it felt like being in a sauna, hot enough to drive anyone crazy, but at night, a gentle breeze blew against the face, cool and pleasant.
The night deepened, and the last bus had already left. From one end of the street to the other, only a couple of tables of students lingered at the roadside eateries, their distant chatter echoing.
Ning Chu actually loved summer nights. Back in the day when she stayed up late, she would happily stroll downstairs in the middle of the night to buy a bottle of cola from the 24-hour convenience store, meandering leisurely along the quiet streets.
But now there was a burden on her shoulders.
She supported Wen Yang’s arm, feeling the weight pressing down on her lessen more and more.
“Are you awake?”
As they walked from the dormitory to the school gate, the evening breeze had blown away much of Wen Yang’s drunkenness.
“Yeah, just a headache.”
“Should I call a ride?”
It was late, and calling a ride wasn’t easy.
Ning Chu had already tried to hail a car, but no driver accepted her request, and the platform kept trying to trick her into paying more.
“Otherwise, we’ll just have to walk back…”
“Ride a bike?”
“No way, you’re drunk.”
There were hardly any people or cars on the street. Wen Yang hesitated but ended up following Ning Chu’s advice.
Although his mind was already clear, Ning Chu still worriedly held onto his arm, afraid he might fall at any moment. If he did, it was highly likely she would topple over with him.
Their size difference was too great.
Wen Yang rubbed his sore eyes, forcing his eyelids open as he looked down at the girl beside him, her face tense.
The dim streetlight cast a glow on her translucent skin, tinting her rosy cheeks with a yellowish hue, as if she was emanating light herself.
“You’re pretty.”
“What?”
Ning Chu looked up in confusion, her eyes blank as she stared at Wen Yang.
“I said you’re beautiful.”
“Isn’t that obvious?” She straightened up defiantly, hands on her hips. “You’ve only just noticed I’m good-looking, huh?”
Seeing the girl glowing from the compliment, Wen Yang’s expression softened even more. He gently pulled his arm from her grasp and wrapped her usually cold little hand tightly in his warm palm.
“No need to hold on.”
“Afraid you’ll fall.”
“You won’t be able to hold me up anyway.”
Ning Chu knew this but still mumbled dismissively, “At least I can try, makes me feel more at ease.”
With a child-like demeanor, she swung Wen Yang’s arm back and forth with each step, her brows curving into a crescent moon shape from her smile.
“Wen Yang, Wen Yang~ I secretly took a photo of Shao Qing when he was drunk!”
“Doesn’t he look silly, still drinking when he’s out of booze?”
“Oh, and there are older photos too… He and Wang Jie were sitting on a little cart, hugging each other!”
As Ning Chu shared her embarrassing blackmail material, the thought of teasing the protagonists in the future made her burst into triumphant laughter.
Listening to her cheerful, bright laughter, Wen Yang put on a fake nervous face. “You didn’t take any of me, right?”
“Of course not!”
“Let me see?”
“You’re not trusting me!”
Hearing that, he immediately knew Ning Chu had taken a funny photo of him. With a smile, he shot back, “Clearly, it’s you who doesn’t trust me, too scared to show me your album.”
“No way~”
Ning Chu was already busy deleting photos.
After deleting for a while, she reluctantly handed her phone to him, looking a bit nervous and saying, “Take a look, there’s nothing embarrassing!”
Wen Yang took the phone, glanced at the little images in the album—all were just screenshots or memes for chatting.
He then clicked into “Recently Deleted,” which was also completely empty.
“Your album is quite clean.”
“Right?!” Ning Chu let out a tiny sigh of relief.
Then Wen Yang skillfully opened a locked app and tried entering a few passwords.
What Little Demoness had prepared earlier was all in vain; the app contained hidden adult materials, saucy pictures, and photos of her friends, but most were of Wen Yang.
Ning Chu, sensing something was off, snatched her phone back, her face turning beet red, indignantly asking, “How do you know my password?!”
“A few years ago, you used this one. You told me when you showed me your ‘Little Emperor’.”
“But I clearly changed it…”
The Little Demoness’s password was her birth date; from various apps to games, it was usually her birthday or a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters.
This allowed Wen Yang to crack most of Ning Chu’s accounts.
“Why do you have so many lewd pictures on your phone?”
Ning Chu bashfully tucked her phone away, her cheeks flushed but still defiantly replied, “I’m a demoness! Is it wrong to collect some lewd pictures?!”
“When did you take so many photos of me?”
“Isn’t it okay for my boyfriend to take pictures of me…?”
Seeing Wen Yang gearing up for more teasing, she annoyedly lifted her hand, pretending to slap him.
Wen Yang quickly surrendered, “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have figured out your password.”
“You shouldn’t have looked at my phone! I’ve never looked at yours!”
“Yes, yes, yes.”
Seeing Wen Yang back down, Ning Chu didn’t pursue her complaint any further, though the blush on her cheeks remained.
She gazed up at the faraway sky; the night was so dark that even the moon was nowhere to be seen, black as a stagnant pool of water, but that didn’t affect her mood, and she happily continued walking beside Wen Yang.
“I can’t walk anymore… Still no drivers responding~”
Having gotten her period, just ten minutes of walking made Ning Chu feel fatigued, and her ride request on the platform still went unanswered.
The night breeze, which had been pleasant, now irritated her lower abdomen, the pain slightly more intense than usual.
Her eyes darted towards Wen Yang like a little sly fox. “How about you carry me?”
“I’m just sobering up…”
Before Wen Yang could finish, Ning Chu suddenly leaped from behind and wrapped her arms around his neck, her feet lifting off the ground as she hung there like a koala.
“Quick! I’m going to fall!”
He had no choice but to support Ning Chu’s thighs, securely carrying her on his back.
For someone who was 1.6 meters tall, she was hardly a burden. The thin summer clothes allowed him to clearly feel Ning Chu’s soft curves and body warmth.
“Am I still drunk?”
“My feet hurt, my stomach hurts…”
Resting her chin on Wen Yang’s shoulder, Ning Chu mumbled a bit listlessly, “I just want to go home and sleep.”
“Why do you insist on coming out when you’re not feeling well?”
Wen Yang tightened his grip around Ning Chu’s thighs, stopped in place to steady himself, and shook his head to clear away the last remnants of drunkenness.
“Hold on tight, let’s go home and sleep.”
“Okay~”
“Don’t choke me!”
“But you told me to hold on tight!”
As he carried the girl, their shadows stretched longer under the streetlamp, and their banter filled the quiet street, echoing from one end to the other.
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