Living Together

“Why do you suddenly want to move in, and it’s not like you’re only going for a few days?”

Liang Jing looked at the four large suitcases on the floor, wondering if her daughter would even want to come home after this.

“Yeah, these are all my usual things.

Clothes, skincare products, and anything else I might need, I’m bringing it all,” Jiang Xizhi said with a smile.

Liang Jing pursed her lips and said, “Zhizhi, if you take so many things, don’t scare Zhou Yining.

She might think you’re planning to move in permanently.”

“No way, Mom.

Zhou Zhou is so nice; she won’t mind,” Jiang Xizhi said, not listening at all.

She was in such a good mood.

Since Jiang Xizhi had to go to school in the morning, she had the servants load the suitcases into a business car, so the driver could help move them to Zhou Yining’s place when he picked her up from school in the afternoon.

After the first class in the morning, Zhou Yining sent Jiang Xizhi a WeChat message.

Zhou Yining: [Are your things packed?]

Jiang Xizhi: [Yep, I asked the driver to send them over when he drives me this afternoon. (Cat rubbing jpg)]

Zhou Yining: [Okay, let’s go together after school this afternoon.]

Jiang Xizhi: [Okay!]

After the morning exercise, it was the second math class.

Zhou Yining was working on her manuscript again.

She had already sent her previous manuscript to Wu Xinyu, the editor of “Night Colors,” and was waiting for feedback to see if any revisions were needed.

After school, Zhou Yining waited for Jiang Xizhi at the entrance of the teaching building.

Jiang Xizhi came out soon after and ran straight to Zhou Yining, hugging her, but only briefly, as there were quite a few people around after school, and she was a little shy.

Zhou Yining’s eyes curved into a smile as the young lady hugged her.

She reached out and took Jiang Xizhi’s hand, walking outside.

“Let’s go, let’s go home and unpack together.”

“Yeah!” Jiang Xizhi’s eyes lit up when she heard that.

The two quickly returned to the business car, which drove into the residential complex’s underground garage.

Zhou Yining and the others pulled the four large suitcases towards the elevator.

Honestly, Zhou Yining was a little surprised when she saw the four large suitcases, but Jiang Xizhi was a young lady, after all, and she probably needed a lot of things, so four large suitcases were understandable.

After Zhou Yining opened the door, she pulled the suitcases inside, and the driver left.

Zhou Yining looked at the four large suitcases and smiled, “Let’s unpack first.

How about we order takeout for lunch?”

After all, with four large suitcases, it would be good if the two of them could finish unpacking by noon.

Jiang Xizhi nodded excitedly, “Speaking of which, I’ve never ordered takeout before.

My family doesn’t let me.”

Zhou Yining smiled, reached out, and put her arm around her.

She opened the takeout app on her phone and handed it to Jiang Xizhi.

“See what you want to eat?

Just press the little plus sign.”

Jiang Xizhi leaned back into Zhou Yining’s arms, looking at the dazzling array of takeout options, unsure of what to order.

In the end, Jiang Xizhi chose fried chicken cutlets, fried enoki mushrooms, and other fried foods.

Zhou Yining also ordered a spicy stir-fried rice noodle dish and two drinks.

After ordering, Zhou Yining opened one of the other large suitcases, which was full of Jiang Xizhi’s clothes.

Zhou Yining opened the floor-to-ceiling custom wardrobe in the room.

Her own clothes were sparsely placed in two of the compartments, while the rest of the space was empty.

So, Zhou Yining began to fill it with Jiang Xizhi’s clothes.

Two large suitcases were filled with clothes, and another large suitcase contained various casual shoes and sneakers, some of which were the same style but in different colors.

Zhou Yining felt that she lived too simply.

Including the pair of shoes she wore to school, Zhou Yining only had two pairs of shoes in total.

But now that the young lady was here, the originally empty shoe cabinet was instantly filled.

The last suitcase contained daily necessities, various skincare products, toiletries, and Jiang Xizhi’s usual cups.

In short, after the two of them finished unpacking, the takeout arrived.

Zhou Yining had the delivery person leave the takeout at the door, then she opened the door and took it.

Zhou Yining placed the takeout on the table and started eating with Jiang Xizhi.

Jiang Xizhi tasted the fried skewers and immediately fell in love with them.

Her family didn’t allow her to eat such oily food.

Jiang Xizhi then looked at the stir-fried rice noodles in Zhou Yining’s bowl.

“Does that taste good?”

Zhou Yining looked up and saw the young lady staring at the stir-fried rice noodles.

She went to the cupboard, took out a bowl, and served Jiang Xizhi a bowl.

“Try it; it’s a little spicy.”

“Yeah, it’s good,” Jiang Xizhi said, taking a bite and loving it.

The food at home was also good, but it was too bland.

Eating these things occasionally was quite enjoyable.

“Eat more if you like it,” Zhou Yining said, her eyes curving into a smile.

Seeing her small home filled with Jiang Xizhi’s things, Zhou Yining shook her head with a smile.

After Jiang Xizhi had her fill, she wandered around the room, a little embarrassed as she touched her ears.

“Zhou Zhou, am I being too presumptuous?

My clothes and shoes have almost filled your entire closet.”

“It’s okay.

I don’t have many things anyway, so it’s good to have yours here.”

“Hehe, I knew you were the best.” Jiang Xizhi said, rubbing against Zhou Yining affectionately.

After the two finished eating, it was almost two o’clock.

They washed their faces slightly, and Zhou Yining sent Jiang Xizhi back to school.

All afternoon, the smile never left Jiang Xizhi’s face.

In the evening, Jiang Xizhi was talking with Shi Yuanyuan and the others.

Shi Yuanyuan noticed that Jiang Xizhi seemed to be in a very good mood today, so she simply asked,

“Zhizhi, did something good happen to you today?

You seem so happy.”

“Yeah, did your uncle come back from his business trip and bring you a gift?

What is it?

Let us see,” Si Yaqing chimed in.

The tips of Jiang Xizhi’s ears turned slightly red.

She fiddled with her fingers shyly before asking, “Is it that obvious?”

Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing said almost in unison, “Yes.”

They both nodded at the same time.

Jiang Xizhi rubbed her fingers a few more times before saying, “It’s not that my dad brought back a gift; it’s that I’m staying with Zhou Zhou for the next few days.”

“Zhou Yining?” Shi Yuanyuan asked with a complicated expression.

Jiang Xizhi nodded.

“Yeah, she rented a small apartment nearby, and I moved in to live with her.”

Shi Yuanyuan was speechless.

What kind of thought process did Jiang Xizhi have?

She wouldn’t live in her own large villa but would rather live in a small apartment with Zhou Yining, and she could be so happy about it?

Wasn’t this just being love-struck?

Of course, she didn’t dare to say these things directly, only saying dryly, “I see, that’s good too.”

“Of course, it’s good,” Jiang Xizhi replied.

For her, having Zhou Yining was enough; the size of the room didn’t matter.

Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing didn’t want to continue this topic with her, so they quickly started talking about other things.

Based on Jiang Xizhi’s current behavior, Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing had already concluded that Jiang Xizhi and Zhou Yining were dating.

After all, Jiang Xizhi had never been like this even when she was obsessed with Zhang Ye before.

Jiang Xizhi didn’t know what they were thinking.

Just thinking about seeing Zhou Yining tonight made her so happy that she wished she could do another math test because Zhou Yining wanted her to study hard.

Thinking this, Jiang Xizhi took out a math test.

Shi Yuanyuan was stunned for a moment and asked, “What are you doing, Zhizhi?

There’s still half an hour of break time; what are you doing with the test now?”

“You guys go back to your seats; I need to hurry up and do the test,” Jiang Xizhi said, starting to work on the test.

Shi Yuanyuan and Si Yaqing were dumbfounded by her.

Oh well, people in love liked to act crazy, and they could only be understanding.

Soon, the last self-study class ended.

Zhou Yining packed up her things and prepared to leave the school.

She only took a few sheets of A4 paper out of the classroom.

She had finished her homework long ago, and she didn’t need to review after going back.

Carrying such a heavy schoolbag was useless, so Zhou Yining was too lazy to carry it.

As she walked out of the teaching building, she saw Jiang Xizhi waiting for her.

Zhou Yining reached out and took Jiang Xizhi’s hand.

Seeing that she wasn’t carrying her schoolbag, Zhou Yining simply said, “Give me your schoolbag.”

“Ah?” Jiang Xizhi was stunned for a moment.

Zhou Yining smiled at her.

“What ‘ah’?

Give me your schoolbag; I’ll carry it for you.”

“What about your schoolbag?

Didn’t you bring it?” Jiang Xizhi asked.

Zhou Yining nodded, reaching out to help Jiang Xizhi take off her schoolbag.

She handed the A4 paper in her hand to Jiang Xizhi to hold, while she carried Jiang Xizhi’s schoolbag herself.

The tips of Jiang Xizhi’s ears turned slightly red.

Was Zhou Zhou being too good to her, not even letting her carry her own schoolbag?

She happily reached out to hold Zhou Yining’s hand.

Zhou Yining’s lips curved slightly as she took her hand and walked out of the school.

Ten minutes later, the two arrived home.

“Go take a shower first, then do your homework.

We’re going to bed at exactly 11:30,” Zhou Yining said.

“Yeah, but I’ve already finished my homework for today,” Jiang Xizhi said, reaching out to hug Zhou Yining’s waist, snuggling into her arms.

Zhou Yining smiled, reaching out to pat her.

“Good, my little fox is the best, but now you have to go take a shower, or you’ll have to study later, and there won’t be time.”

Jiang Xizhi pouted and reluctantly got out of Zhou Yining’s arms.

She took her nightgown and obediently went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Zhou Yining took out her laptop and started writing.

She could probably write about three thousand words before going to bed.

Half an hour later, the sound of a hairdryer came from the bathroom.

Jiang Xizhi came out of the bathroom soon after.

Zhou Yining stopped typing and looked up at Jiang Xizhi.

The young lady had come out of the bathroom wearing an adorable little white cat nightgown.

Her slender ankles led up to her slender and well-proportioned calves, and above that were her smooth, fair shoulders and neck.

Zhou Yining stared at Jiang Xizhi in a daze for a long time, until Jiang Xizhi called her, and she finally came back to her senses.

“Zhou Zhou?

What are you spacing out about?

Is there something on me?” Jiang Xizhi looked at her shoulders and neck.

She had just taken a shower.

What was her Zhou Zhou looking at?

Zhou Yining averted her gaze, refocusing on the computer screen.

She changed the subject directly.

“It’s nothing.

You study obediently, and when I’m done, I’ll explain your math mistakes to you first.”

Sure enough, as soon as she mentioned explaining math problems, the young lady pouted aggrievedly, forgetting the little interlude just now, and muttered as she rummaged through her schoolbag to find the math test.