SDVPP Chapter 39

The phone placed on the table kept vibrating. Rong Xu frowned slightly between his brows. He reached out and picked up the phone, then opened the messages.

WeChat, such a widely used app, was actually only recently downloaded by Rong Xu.

Because Chi Han said texting was inconvenient.

In the entire chat interface, there had only ever been Chi Han.

Later, Geng Xue was added.

At this moment, for some unknown reason, another item appeared.

chrxszd?

Rong Xu’s eyes flickered, showing a faint confusion.

What does this mean?

The three people in the group chat were exchanging messages back and forth. In a short time, more than thirty messages had accumulated.

He glanced roughly. Most of the chat content was about studying and where to go to have fun over these past few days.

The most active person in the group was Geng Xue; many strange moving pictures were sent by her.

【Group chat】 Geng Xue: @Chi Han, do you have any plans these days? Want to go out and play together?

【Group chat】 Chi Han: I have an appointment.

【Group chat】 Geng Xue: With whom!

【Group chat】 Geng Xue: Sneaky dog.jpg

【Group chat】 Rong Xu: Me.

Rong Xu’s pure black avatar appeared. The group chat instantly fell silent.

It was already eleven o’clock at night. Chi Han was half-lying on his bed, reading a book.

He wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he always felt that Gui Gaojie and Geng Xue seemed quite afraid of Rong Xu.

Geng Xue, who was normally lively and outgoing in front of him, would become obedient and well-behaved in front of Rong Xu, answering whatever was asked.

There was no movement in the group chat for a long time, and the atmosphere grew somewhat cold.

Chi Han thought for a moment and decided to give a little warmth to the topic ender.

So he tapped on his phone a few times:

【Group chat】 Chi Han: Rong Xu, you’re not asleep yet?

Behind the screen, Geng Xue bit her lower lip, looking at the group chat with a serious expression. She had originally typed a long message but kept deleting and retyping it over and over.

Although she was determined to be the number one sugar shipper at the frontlines, doing it this way felt way too stiff!

She had almost sent a “yoooooo~” emoji just now, but for the sake of her own safety, she stopped herself at the last moment.

While she kept scratching her head, finally, the other main character spoke up!

Immediately after, Rong Xu’s chat box popped up as well, as if he had been waiting all along.

【Group chat】 Rong Xu: Not asleep, just lying down.

【Group chat】 Chi Han: Not sleepy?

【Group chat】 Rong Xu: A little.

……

Geng Xue stared blankly at the two treating the group chat like a private conversation, suddenly beginning to question the meaning of her own existence.

Gui Gaojie had disappeared early on, leaving Geng Xue all alone.

A dedicated sugar shipper doesn’t eat sugar handed to them!

The sugar you dig out yourself tastes best!

Besides, how long are these two going to argue over what time they go to sleep? It’s not like they sleep together!

Just as she was feeling completely discouraged and deciding to vent by doing a set of practice tests, another message popped up in the WeChat group:

【Group chat】 Chi Han: Did you turn off your room light? Going to sleep?

【Group chat】 Rong Xu: Accidentally pressed it.

【Group chat】 Gui Gaojie: …………

【Group chat】 Geng Xue: …………

【Group chat】 Geng Xue: You two live together???

Unable to control herself, Geng Xue sent several emojis in a row to express her shock. After receiving a confirmed answer, she was stunned for a second, then her eyes started sparkling.

She felt like a hundred screaming chickens were yelling right next to her ears. Geng Xue hugged her phone and collapsed onto the bed.

Oh my god!!!!!!

Is this the legendary childhood friends-to-lovers?

Does this even need shipping anymore?!

Please just get married right here!

Geng Xue pinched herself twice, opened her phone, and was ready to rush in.

But unexpectedly, the group chat was flooded with question marks from Chi Han.

She scrolled back through the chat history and found that the whole thing started because of the emojis she had sent.

…The last picture was one she had photoshopped of Chi Han after class.

In the picture, Chi Han was lying on the desk, half-lifting his head. A messy lock of hair stuck up, and his whole expression showed the dazed look of just waking up.

There was even a black pen mark drawn on the left side of his face.

Both cute and funny.

On top of his head, she had photoshopped three huge question marks.

Geng Xue’s mind went blank. She pressed her face against the screen and didn’t dare face reality for a long time.

This was terrible. She had accidentally sent out the photoshopped picture!

Rong Xu would definitely chop her into mashed potatoes!

Chi Han never expected that his ugly, just-woken-up face would not only be captured but also turned into an emoji. At this moment, he secretly hated Geng Xue with all his heart.

But what surprised him even more was that Rong Xu didn’t join him in anger; instead, he leisurely sent a “Saved” message?!

【Group chat】 Chi Han: …

A few minutes later, Rong Xu even changed his avatar to that silly emoji picture.

Chi Han took a deep breath and gave a cold smile.

Alright, you made the first move!

He opened his photo album and searched for ugly pictures of Rong Xu.

But no matter which one he looked at, they were all good-looking, carefully selected by him.

Chi Han: …

So frustrating!

Finally, he found a photo he had forgotten to delete. It was a bit blurry, a candid shot taken at home.

Because of the angle, the person in the photo had their eyes half-closed, with mostly the whites of the eyes showing, looking like they were rolling their eyes.

But Rong Xu’s features were just too excellent. Even with that disdainful expression, it wasn’t ugly—at most, just a bit funny.

Chi Han opened the photo editor, cropped out his upper body, and added the caption beside it: Look me in the eye, you bastard.

Chi Han: “Pfft.”

He laughed a few times, barely holding it in.

When the face was enlarged, it always had a strangely hilarious effect.

Chi Han sent the finished emoji to the group chat and proudly said, “Hurry up and change your avatar, or I’m going to use this picture as mine! Staring at you every day—scared or not?”

No matter how ugly Rong Xu looked, he had experienced it all before. For this kind of emoji, he didn’t react at all.

Moreover, just the thought of Chi Han sending messages to others every day with his photo as the avatar made the corners of Rong Xu’s lips involuntarily curl up.

Rong Xu liked this feeling of declaring ownership.

【Group chat】 Rong Xu: Why haven’t you changed your avatar yet?

【Group chat】 Rong Xu: Link—How to quickly change your WeChat avatar.

【Group chat】 Chi Han: …………

Geng Xue, who had been secretly peeking at the two’s childish flirtatious banter behind the screen, suddenly felt as if an arrow had pierced her chest.

She clutched her chest, struggling to think:

Damn it, I wasn’t careful!

***

When threats failed, Chi Han angrily closed WeChat.

A moment later, his door was gently knocked on.

Rong Xu, dressed in thin pajamas, sat in a wheelchair, half of his body hidden in the shadows.

“Chi Han, are you mad?”

Chi Han disliked the heat when sleeping and never closed his door.

He hadn’t expected Rong Xu to come over specially. He scratched his head, sat up, and said, “No, I’m joking. I just think that photo is too ugly.”

Rong Xu gave a faint, gentle smile, his phoenix-like eyes exquisitely beautiful:

“Not ugly. I really like it.”

Chi Han choked up, unusually stammering: “Y-you… clearly it’s silly. You’re lying to me, right?”

That photo was taken one day when he had dozed off for a bit after class and was woken up. Geng Xue happened to be taking selfies then. A guy being snapped once was no big deal, so he didn’t make a fuss about deleting it.

He never expected it to be so uniquely ugly!

Rong Xu looked at Chi Han intently, his eyes dark, dense, and radiant with a few strands of dim light.

“I’m not lying to you. I really like it.”

Chi Han hummed for a long time and strangely found the photo a bit more pleasing to the eye. He finally compromised and said, “Then if you like it, just use it as your avatar. I’m not mad.”

Rong Xu smiled with his eyes curved warmly.

“Okay.”

He gently stroked the phone resting on his lap.

Just now, Geng Xue had sent him several more photos—enough to change one every day for a whole week.

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