Two people mistaken for a couple

“Thank you, Director. This kind of problem will definitely not happen again.”

Yang Yuan and Su Dai Dai stood side by side, bowing their heads in apology to the middle-aged woman sitting behind the desk.

They felt ashamed for accidentally collapsing the dormitory bed, no matter how they explained it.

“Alright, alright, no need to be so serious.”

The director put down her thermos, a kind and friendly smile on her face.

“Young people, full of energy. It’s normal to accidentally break something.”

“When I was your age, I played even crazier.”

The director’s words made Yang Yuan think to himself.

‘From the sound of it, did the director also like to cause destruction in the dormitory when she was young?’

While he was lost in his wild thoughts, the director had already waved her hand, telling the two to relax.

“Alright, I’ve arranged a new dormitory. Xiao Yuan, you can go live in the south wing from now on.”

Just as they thanked her again and were about to leave, the director suddenly called out to Su Dai Dai.

“Um, Little Dai Dai.”

“You stay for a moment. I have something to say to you alone.”

Yang Yuan turned to look at Su Dai Dai, signaling with his eyes that he would wait for her in the hallway, and walked out of the office first.

Inside the office, the director stood up and walked to Su Dai Dai, looking her up and down with a gossipy gaze.

“Little Dai Dai, you and Xiao Yuan are progressing quite quickly.”

“What… progress?”

Su Dai Dai was a little confused, not understanding why the director suddenly said these things.

“You’re both adults now, why are you still as shy as when you were children?”

The director tapped her forehead and said what was on her mind.

“I’m an experienced person. I know you young people have great needs.”

“But I still have to remind you, it’s not convenient in a collective dormitory. How embarrassing would it be if someone walked in on you.”

“Walked in on… it does seem like it would be embarrassing.”

Su Dai Dai thought about practicing her superpower in the dormitory. If someone suddenly burst in and disturbed her, it could indeed cause a lot of trouble.

“Right~”

“So, the new place I arranged for Xiao Yuan is for him to live alone.”

“That’s a new place I specially prepared for you two little lovebirds to have a rendezvous.”

The director was a chatterbox, and also a gossip who couldn’t keep a secret.

In her eyes, Su Dai Dai and Yang Yuan had been a well-matched pair since they were children.

Now that they were adults, she was even more determined to help them advance their relationship.

“Rendez… rendezvous? It’s not like that, we were just…”

Su Dai Dai hurriedly tried to explain, but she didn’t want to reveal her awakening of her ability just yet.

“Oh, don’t be shy, I understand.”

The director patted Su Dai Dai’s shoulder, interrupting her.

“You little lovers, you just like to do things without letting others know. What’s it called again… oh right, an underground romance!”

“We’re not a couple yet!”

Hearing this word, Su Dai Dai waved her hands in denial. Becoming Yang Yuan’s girlfriend had always been something that existed in her fantasies.

“Oh? You’re not a couple?”

This question made all of Su Dai Dai’s explanations get stuck in her throat.

‘Are A’Yuan and I a couple?’

‘It seems… not yet.’

‘But… I really want to be A’Yuan’s girlfriend.’

Su Dai Dai’s heart struggled intensely. She met the director’s confident gaze.

Almost subconsciously, Su Dai Dai asked back in a very uncertain tone.

“Are we really… that much like a couple?”

“Of course you are!”

The director answered with a confident expression, believing that her guess was definitely not wrong.

“You two are together all day, eating and walking without separating. Anyone with eyes can see it, okay!”

“If you were children, it could be understood as friendship, but now that you’re grown up, I can’t think of any other possibility besides being a couple.”

The director’s words made Su Dai Dai’s heart leap with joy.

Although she was with Yang Yuan all day, a large part of it was because she clung to him.

But being so directly seen as a couple by others still made her unable to suppress the smile on her face.

‘So in other people’s eyes, A’Yuan and I are already a couple…’

All of Su Dai Dai’s previous shyness and embarrassment vanished at this moment.

“Thank you, Director!”

After speaking, she turned and ran out to find the man she had been longing for.

“Oh, this child.”

“Why are you in such a hurry? I wanted to hear more gossip.”

On the tree-lined path leading to the new dormitory, Yang Yuan and Su Dai Dai walked side by side.

‘This Su Dai Dai, how did she become a different person?’

After coming out of the director’s office, Su Dai Dai had been in a strange state.

Her steps were much lighter than usual, and she even took a small leap every few steps.

What Yang Yuan found most strange was Su Dai Dai’s expression.

He turned his head and happened to catch Su Dai Dai sneaking a peek at him. The girl, upon being discovered, hurriedly turned her head back.

But Yang Yuan still saw the smile on her face that she couldn’t hide at all.

What Yang Yuan didn’t know was that at this moment, in Su Dai Dai’s mind, the director’s words were replaying over and over again.

“Anyone with eyes can see that you’re a couple.”

At the thought of this, Su Dai Dai’s heart couldn’t stop being excited.

‘A’Yuan and I are walking side by side like this now, so close…’

‘If people passing by see us, will they also think we’re a couple?’

Yang Yuan took in the girl’s absent-minded appearance, and his curiosity also rose to its peak.

“You’re so happy today. What did the director say to you just now?”

“Eh? Nothing, just some daily trivial matters.”

Seeing Yang Yuan so curious, Su Dai Dai’s smile became even brighter. She shook her head, obviously not planning to share this “secret” that made her happy.

“I don’t believe trivial matters can make you like this.”

“Hehe, let’s treat it as a secret. It won’t be the same if I say it.”

“Yo, our Dai Dai can keep secrets now?”

“It’s not hiding, it’s just keeping it… to be happy slowly.”

The season had turned to winter. A cold wind blew, rolling up a few withered yellow leaves.

The chill made Yang Yuan put his hands in his coat pockets for warmth. Su Dai Dai immediately noticed this action.

Su Dai Dai stopped, and in front of Yang Yuan, she put her two small hands together and rubbed them vigorously until her palms became warm.

“A’Yuan, are you very cold?”

“It’s okay, not very cold.”

“I don’t believe you!”

Su Xiaoyou reached out and pulled Yang Yuan’s sleeve, forcefully pulling his hand out of his pocket and covering it with her own without another word.

Her hands were very soft and warm, the heat clearly transmitted through skin contact.

Yang Yuan really didn’t expect Su Dai Dai to do this. He thought to himself.

‘How did this little one suddenly become so proactive after talking to the director?’

Yang Yuan originally wanted to pull his hand back, feeling that it was a bit shameful for a grown man to have a girl warm him up.

But when he looked down, he saw Su Dai Dai concentrating on warming him up with her body heat.

That serious look made Yang Yuan swallow the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

‘Forget it, as long as she’s happy.’

And so, under the warm winter sun, the two walked hand in hand on the path covered with fallen leaves, slowly heading towards their new home.