Zhou Muning laughed along, but there was so much hidden in that smile.
Plus, the video quality wasn’t great, so Qin Xiangyi couldn’t really tell what emotions were hiding behind that smile.
After saying that, the two of them just stared at each other in silence.
Qin Xiangyi looked at her lips and suddenly remembered kissing Zhou Muning.
“Um…”
“I wanted to say…”
They both started talking at the same time, and for some reason, just video chatting as friends felt super awkward.
It felt like, once you remembered that one-minute kiss, your whole brain just stopped working.
Zhou Muning’s reaction was even more intense—if you looked closely, you could even catch a glimpse of her body when she moved.
Thinking about how Zhou Muning was still living with her brother Ye Fan, Qin Xiangyi reminded her, “Calm down, your brother’s going to barge in any second.”
Zhou Muning let out a little “hey,” and right as she finished, there was a knock at the door and Ye Fan’s voice came from outside.
“Ningning, did you have another nightmare?” Ye Fan knocked on the door, sounding anxious, and his tone also hinted at why Zhou Muning was in this state right now.
For a character in a novel, this might just be something that gets resolved in a single chapter, but for a real person, it could be a shadow that lasts a lifetime.
It might even make Zhou Muning afraid of men in the future, or worse.
As the author who wrote this melodramatic plot, Qin Xiangyi genuinely felt sorry for this girl.
“No… it’s nothing, I was just talking to Xiangyi and got a little excited, so my voice was a bit loud.” Zhou Muning quickly explained, but her face turned red first, feeling super embarrassed about acting like such a girly girl.
Qin Xiangyi watched the screen and smiled, still able to hear the conversation between the siblings.
“Hey, is Xiangyi out now? Should we get together for a meal or something, since…” Before he could finish, Qin Xiangyi noticed the sound suddenly cut out, but judging by his mouth, Ye Fan was probably planning to go to Paradise City with Zhou Muning to hide out.
Even though Qin Wangzi was turned into a vegetable by Qin Xiangyi, if the Qin family looked into it, they’d still go after these innocent siblings.
So, Ye Fan and Zhou Muning would follow the plot and head to the next place.
But Zhou Muning clearly didn’t want Qin Xiangyi to know about this, which just showed how kind she really was.
Kind, pure, a saint, but not fake—your classic white lotus character.
As the first flower fairy she met, she was also the easiest to trick.
Of course, because of the gender difference, Qin Xiangyi’s plan was to awaken Zhou Muning’s rare flower person powers much later.
But now, with the advantage of being a woman, Qin Xiangyi believed that as long as she met up with Zhou Muning, she could get this rare flower person right away.
Ye Fan and Zhou Muning chatted a bit more, and finally Qin Xiangyi could hear what they were saying.
“Sorry, Xiangyi, my brother thought something happened to me just now.” Zhou Muning smiled again, but she couldn’t hide the sadness in her eyes.
“It’s fine.” Seeing her like this, Qin Xiangyi started to play dumb.
She didn’t really need to, but suddenly realized that saying goodbye was also a way to create more plot.
As long as she used saying goodbye as an excuse to kiss Zhou Muning again, this one-time-use flower fairy would be out of the picture for now.
As long as Zhou Muning didn’t hang around her with the Flower God Ring, her life would go back to being normal and peaceful.
With her mind made up, Qin Xiangyi started thinking about how to get Zhou Muning to ask her out.
Even though she was Qin Xiangyi now, she wasn’t completely her, and didn’t know where Zhou Muning liked to go or what she liked to do with Qin Xiangyi.
The worst part was, she wasn’t familiar with this city at all, so it really wasn’t a good idea to take the initiative.
“By the way, are you free these next few days?” After Qin Xiangyi’s careful hinting, Zhou Muning finally worked up the courage to bring it up.
Qin Xiangyi tried to hide her excitement and smiled, “Of course I’m free.
What’s up, planning to treat me to a meal?” Zhou Muning nodded, “Yeah, I want to cook for you myself.
Look at you, you’ve gotten so skinny in the sanatorium.”
She pretended to frown, but from Qin Xiangyi’s perspective, Zhou Muning was just as skinny.
“Let me think… how about tomorrow? Where should we meet? I’ve been cooped up inside for so long, I really want to get out and walk around.” Qin Xiangyi kept hinting, hoping she’d pick a public place.
That way, she could just grab a cab and not worry about getting lost.
“Let’s go to Dolphin Pedestrian Street, then.
We’ll meet there at ten tomorrow morning.” Zhou Muning seemed interested in shopping, and smiled as she told her the place.
Qin Xiangyi agreed right away, already planning to look up directions to Dolphin Pedestrian Street to avoid getting lost tomorrow.
After making plans for the date, Qin Xiangyi found an excuse to hang up the video call, but Zhou Muning called out to her.
“Xiangyi.”
“What is it?”
“Nothing, I just suddenly wanted to call your name.” Zhou Muning said something totally random, but there was a different emotion in her eyes.
The feeling passed so quickly that Qin Xiangyi couldn’t figure it out.
Even though she’d read some psychology books about micro-expressions and body language for her writing, she still couldn’t read people that well in real life.
But tomorrow would be different.
As long as she got a second kiss from Zhou Muning, her current passive situation would change.
Thinking about that made Qin Xiangyi feel a lot better.
She kept chatting with Zhou Muning about what to eat tomorrow.
Without seeing each other’s faces or being on video, both of them felt much more relaxed.
Qin Xiangyi actually preferred texting, since it let her think carefully about every word she sent, so she wouldn’t accidentally reveal she wasn’t really Qin Xiangyi.
While she was in this good mood, Jing Shuxuan came back from her shower.
She saw Qin Xiangyi smiling at her phone and asked with interest, “Boyfriend?” Qin Xiangyi shook her head, then added, wanting to test Jing Shuxuan’s reaction, “Girlfriend.”
Jing Shuxuan’s expression didn’t change, like she thought Qin Xiangyi was just joking.
No doubt about it, Jing Shuxuan was super straight—unless you spelled it out, she’d never get it.
But Qin Xiangyi had bigger fish to fry—Zhou Muning—so she decided to put off her plans for Jing Shuxuan and started thinking about tomorrow’s date.
What kind of “accident” could she create to get Zhou Muning to kiss her again, and for a full three minutes this time?
