Chapter 144

Chapter 144: You Xi, Stop for a Moment

Given that the last incident on the playground ended up as a group hug, Mei Fang had always been worried about facing social death due to improper behavior, so he took the opportunity to emphasize the importance of keeping their promises to both of them.

“Let’s stick to the agreement. If one person needs to replenish energy, the other shouldn’t sneak around and join in. It would look bad if someone saw.”

“If people knew, they’d understand we’re childhood friends, but others might think it’s some kind of threesome! To have a comfortable high school life, we need to be more careful when we’re outside, do you understand?”

“Yeah, I understand… sob…”

“Okay.”

Both Yuan Yuan and You Xi promised not to sneak around and join in when one needed to replenish energy.

But in reality, Mei Fang felt this could only provide temporary peace.

They had only been living together for a little over a month, yet Mei Fang felt he had spent more time being intimate with them than during his entire junior year.

Almost every free moment was spent being close, almost every free moment.

Yuan Yuan was relatively okay; she had always been like this;

Although she loved Mei Fang’s super energy, she was essentially a reserved girl at heart.

Why did even such a passionate Yuan Yuan receive only a “reserved” evaluation?

This inevitably had to do with the recent aggressive advances of Lin You Xi.

She transformed from a girl who used to just watch Yuan Yuan interact, to someone who now also needed to replenish her own energy.

The key point was!

Lin You Xi’s hand movements were particularly active during their interactions, and without any referee to penalize her, she became even more unrestrained.

She especially loved touching Mei Fang during these moments, even attempting some bold moves that crossed boundaries, which Mei Fang promptly stopped.

Now, besides her weak spot on his waist, she had found several other sensitive areas that caused a strong reaction when touched, and she seemed to take pleasure in this, doing it frequently.

But if Mei Fang were to hit Lin You Xi’s head, it wouldn’t be as easy or carefree as hitting Yuan Yuan.

After all, You Xi’s personality was somewhat quirky, and she wasn’t as easy to soothe as the innocent Yuan Yuan—

But does that mean he shouldn’t try to soothe her at all!

In the end, You Xi was just a messy, snotty kid back then, needing help tying shoelaces.

It was Mei Fang who helped her wipe her nose one piece of tissue at a time, reminding her to stay clean and raised her.

Now that she has grown up, should he be afraid to discipline her?

After coming to this realization, Mei Fang decided to talk to Lin You Xi about it properly.

Ideally, without Yuan Yuan around…

As life at Jiangcheng No. 1 High School began to settle into a routine, Xia Yuan, as a music major, took on her responsibilities.

She was part of the choir, and every day from around four to five in the afternoon, she would go to the art center for choir practice.

Xia Yuan eventually chose vocal performance as her specialty, which was recommended by the review panel.

Everyone valued her sweet voice and strong singing skills.

During this hour, other students could participate in various club activities if it was free period.

Of course, this privilege was exclusive to freshmen and sophomores.

Recently, Mei Fang and Lin You Xi had been considering club activities, searching for a quiet place suitable for office work, and creating a new club would give them a private room.

“Our school already has two game development clubs. If we want our application to go smoothly, we probably need to showcase the games we’ve made.”

“That’s easy. I can prepare the application materials.”

Lin You Xi was very satisfied with this plan, “If everything goes well, we’ll have a more private activity space at school.”

“You Xi…”

Mei Fang cleared his throat and started talking about their current situation.

“Have you been feeling a bit too much lately?”

Lin You Xi turned to look at Mei Fang, “What do you mean by ‘too much’?”

“Like when we’re replenishing energy… yeah…”

Mei Fang thought for a moment, “I feel that some physical contact isn’t appropriate for childhood friends, like… for example…”

“Hmm, I get it.”

Lin You Xi interrupted him before he finished, “Sorry… I thought you liked it.”

“I won’t do this anymore.”

She gave Mei Fang an apologetic smile, which made Mei Fang, who had been firm, suddenly feel a bit down.

Am I being too harsh?

After all, she only acts out for about ten minutes each day, and she works hard enough already. She always maintains a serious expression, except when she’s replenishing energy.

I can’t even support her for this little time…

Could it be that I’m too weak instead of her being too much—

Ha, how could that be!

It’s all You Xi’s problem, yes! Her old habit!

Lin You Xi had a bad habit of not knowing her limits.

When she was a tomboy in elementary school, she never held back when hitting people;

When she got emotional, she lost control, often hurting those closest to her, like me;

Even now, during their interactions, she doesn’t know what appropriate boundaries are.

This is due to lack of experience and proper guidance during middle school. Look at Yuan Yuan; she knows how to pace herself.

This was also partly Mei Fang’s mistake for not balancing things out properly, but now he was trying to make amends.

He was guiding her to interact normally!

Soon, it was time for evening energy replenishment. After interacting with Yuan Yuan, Mei Fang waited for a while before seeing Lin You Xi appear. Clearly, she was feeling down after their conversation today.

She walked to the lawn next to Mei Fang and sat down in a duck-like posture.

This position… I can’t sit behind her and hold her…

“Does this mean you want me to sit in front and hold you?”

Lin You Xi nodded, then watched Mei Fang sit down.

…

Mei Fang didn’t feel her hugging him, but he felt her pulling.

He looked down and saw Lin You Xi holding the corners of his shirt, suspending herself.

“Why are you suddenly so different?”

“It’s because you said some physical contact isn’t suitable for childhood friends.”

Lin You Xi’s tone was calm, but there was clearly some emotion in her words, “This is exactly what you asked for.”

“I didn’t mean it to be so distant… I didn’t mean to target you, You Xi. I just thought we were being too intimate before.”

Mei Fang pulled Lin You Xi’s hands, placing them on his abdomen, “Like how Yuan Yuan does it, it makes everyone feel safe…”

“…”

Lin You Xi wasn’t responding much to Mei Fang today, so Mei Fang knew he had to comfort her.

“Speaking of which… You Xi, you don’t seem to like hugging me face-to-face. Is there a special reason?”

“…”

Lin You Xi didn’t speak, but she suddenly leaned forward and bumped her forehead against Mei Fang’s nape.

“Ouch… it hurts…”

“If you don’t want to say it, then don’t.”

Mei Fang grabbed Lin You Xi’s cold hand, “Actually, I thought of a few possible reasons, but they sounded a bit narcissistic, so I decided not to say them.”

“Tell me anyway.”

Lin You Xi was interested in this topic.

“I guess… just a guess.”

Mei Fang smiled, “Because Yuan Yuan always hugs you from the front, maybe you wanted to be different? Although you used to follow Yuan Yuan around a lot, you’ve changed a bit now…”

“Pfft.”

Lin You Xi laughed at Mei Fang’s answer.

“Ah Fang, you really are narcissistic.”

“Uh… no? If it’s not, then it’s not. Anyway, I warned you I’d be narcissistic, nothing…”

Just as Mei Fang was mumbling, Lin You Xi suddenly pulled her hand away. Before Mei Fang could react, she reached into his clothes again.

Stubborn, huh? This girl…

At this moment, Lin You Xi suddenly leaned towards Mei Fang’s shoulder and whispered in his ear:

“I like hugging you like this because of something that happened in kindergarten.”

“That day, it rained heavily. Everyone was picked up by their parents, leaving only you and me.”

“I’m actually scared of thunder, but when Yuan Yuan is around, I can distract myself.”

“Afterwards, Yuan Yuan was taken home by Teacher Yu, and Uncle Mei came to pick you up.”

“When I was thinking about how to deal with the thunder alone…”

“You invited me to your house to wait for my dad to pick me up.”

“That time… I remember that time, when you first visited my house.”

Mei Fang didn’t understand why Lin You Xi was suddenly talking about this, “What does this have to do with hugging?”

“Then we rode on Uncle Mei’s motorcycle. Do you remember his raincoat? It couldn’t shield us from the rain, and we both got soaked.”

“Haha, I remember.”

As Lin You Xi spoke, her hand unconsciously touched Mei Fang again.

“At that moment, although it was cold and raining heavily, and the thunder was loud…”

“I felt extremely safe.”

“Extremely safe.”

Lin You Xi became even more unrestrained.

“When I hold you like this, pressing my forehead against your back, tightly hugging you…”

“It feels… extremely safe.”

So… it came from this.

“So, it’s not related to Yuan Yuan.”

Lin You Xi hugged Mei Fang tightly, “From that moment, this became my most comforting hug. Of course, this effect can only be produced by Ah Fang.”

“I didn’t expect such a small thing to stay with you for so long…”

“There are many things I remember well.”

Lin You Xi mumbled, “But if we can’t be intimate, I won’t remember…”

“Why did we become distant after growing up when we weren’t concerned about it when we were young?”

You already said it was when we were young…

Although Mei Fang was still reluctant, since You Xi was already acting so spoiled, he softened and decided it wasn’t necessary to restrict her too much.

“Then let’s do it the way you like. If it feels like crossing a boundary, I’ll stop it.”

“Don’t mind me then.”

…

“Hey… stop for a moment, You Xi, stop for a bit…”

Mei Fang’s attitude softened, “Let’s slow down a bit…”

“Another weak spot discovered.”

Lin You Xi laughed happily, +10安心感 (sense of security).

*Ah hey.*

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