I Really Didn’t Want to Increase My Favorability! - Chapter 206

After taking a shower, Xu Lin returned to his room and told his readers that he had missed his deadline today.

“Ah… so many things going on, it’s affecting the updates of my novel. I need to find some time to accumulate manuscripts, just in case.”

He closed the backend of the novel website and opened the backend of Bilibili, noticing that the views were about to surpass 400,000. Moreover, the comments were now purely discussing the video itself, suggesting that Uncle had promoted it.

But wasn’t it only next year that Uncle would become the chairman? By the way, he wondered if Chu Fengyi had invested in the small streaming platform.

He specifically looked through the comments and barrage, deleting most of the intentionally negative ones. He carefully considered the constructive feedback, mainly suggesting adding some tutorial elements.

“People want ingredients and the cooking process details, like frying time, so they can try making it themselves.”

Most of the praise mentioned how appetizing the food looked and praised the overall style, giving a feeling of watching a Japanese drama, with very pleasant music.

Especially the last song, many people asked who sang it, feeling like a professional cover.

However, he couldn’t reveal it now; he would wait until Chu Qingchan reappeared. But it was also tricky; how would he explain that it wasn’t his song?

“Xu Lin, why is there no hot water?”

Suddenly, Ji Yun opened the door and walked in, her hair slightly wet, her rosy face as tempting as a red apple.

“Don’t look at me like that. Help me check why there’s no hot water; it’s coming out cold…”

“I’ll go take a look.”

Xu Lin went to the bathroom, turned on the shower, and indeed, it was cold.

In Linshui City’s residential area, the hot water supply was quite peculiar. The southern half had centralized municipal hot water supply, but the east, west, and north did not. Their community was in the northeast, but they didn’t use water heaters because they had geothermal water supplied to their community and the adjacent Canal community.

But without hot water, it meant there was an issue with the geothermal water, which was rare. In the many years they had lived in this community, it had only happened twice, both times for maintenance.

“I’ll check the community group chat for any notices.”

“Okay.”

Returning to his room, Xu Lin picked up his phone and found WeChat quite lively. Several people had added him, but some were advertisements or scams.

He recognized two: One was Liu Qinnuan, and the other was Zhu Zhaoxue, whom he had met at noon and encountered again in the evening.

He accepted both friend requests, then opened the community group chat and found many people asking why there was no hot water.

The property management explained that there was a problem with the pipes and they were currently under repair. They expected to restore the hot water by early tomorrow morning, followed by a long apology.

Then he saw a lively voice message.

‘F*ck your apology! I was showering and suddenly it went cold, now I’ve caught a cold!’

‘I still had soap on me, had to rinse off in cold water, freezing my ass off, the heater isn’t even working!’

“Xu Lin, what’s the update?”

“The property management said there won’t be hot water today, they’re fixing it.”

“Ah? My hair’s already wet…”

“Don’t catch a cold; let me dry you off and blow dry your hair.”

“Okay~”

Xu Lin led her back to the bathroom, picked up a towel, and carefully dried her hair.

From the roots to the tips, he wiped it clean, making it easier to blow dry.

But just as he picked up the hairdryer and plugged it in, the whole room suddenly went dark.

“Ah…!”

Xu Lin felt Ji Yun crash into his arms and hug him tightly, thankfully not tightening around his wound.

“Nothing, just a power outage. Let me check my phone.”

He took out his phone and turned on the flashlight. Ji Yun also calmed down a bit.

Opening WeChat, he found a new message from the property management in the group.

It said there would be a one-hour power outage due to pipeline repairs, asking everyone for understanding.

“Power will be back in an hour.”

“I’ve almost finished cleaning up. Let’s just go to sleep and shower in the morning.”

“No choice.”

Honestly, Ji Yun wasn’t really afraid of the dark, but the sudden power outage startled her, leaving her feeling uneasy.

“Let’s go back to the bedroom.”

Xu Lin led Ji Yun back to the bedroom. Ji Yun climbed onto the bed with her clothes still on, instantly feeling relieved.

“There really isn’t a more comfortable place than under the covers.”

“Haha, yeah. If everything’s okay, I really want to spend the whole day in bed.”

“Don’t push yourself too hard.”

Ji Yun actually felt like Xu Lin was constantly chasing after something, pushing himself to do so many things.

Like waking up early to exercise every morning, focusing on classes, writing novels and making videos after returning home, and preparing shop matters on weekends.

“I can’t afford not to be in a hurry. Alright, I’m going to sleep. Just call me if you need anything.”

Xu Lin pulled out a blanket from the wardrobe and headed outside, silently counting.

5, 4, 3, 2… Shouldn’t you call out now, my dear Class Monitor Ji? Don’t disappoint me.

But even after he left the room, Xu Lin didn’t hear Ji Yun’s voice.

Isn’t she afraid of the dark? She didn’t call me.

Ah, such a good opportunity.

Oh well, time to sleep!

But before he could lie down on the sofa, he heard Ji Yun softly call out.

“Xu Lin…”

“What’s wrong?”

Xu Lin quickly turned on the flashlight on his phone and walked back into the room, finding Ji Yun completely wrapped in the blanket, with just her head poking out.

“Xu Lin, could you sleep next to me?”

“Hehehe, sure.”

“Don’t mess around, or I’ll call my uncle and aunt!”

“I won’t mess around.”

Xu Lin jumped onto the bed. He was about to crawl under the covers, but Ji Yun stopped him with the blanket.

“You stay outside.”

“It’s so cold.”

“I’ve already turned on the heater.”

“It’s still cold.”

Seeing Xu Lin looking pitiful, Ji Yun softened, but eventually pointed towards the door.

“Just bring your blanket over here.”

“No wonder you’re the class monitor, so clever.”

Xu Lin couldn’t find a way back, so he returned with a blanket and found that Ji Yun had already made room for him.

He also remembered the first time he brought Chu Qingchan home, and they slept together.

Even though he had a fever at the time, why was he so bold?

And that first meeting, he was so brave, directly initiating a teasing mode… Now he couldn’t do it anymore.

As he lay down on the bed, a wave of fatigue washed over him, and all those little thoughts disappeared instantly.

He dared not mess around with Ji Yun; it was just idle talk.

Such a good girl, and he, a scumbag, wasn’t even worthy of touching her now.

“Sigh…”

He took a deep breath, moonlight streaming in through the window, and closed his eyes.

But he felt a hand holding his, fingers intertwining with his, and a slight weight on his shoulder.

By the moonlight, Xu Lin saw her pretending to sleep, her eyes closed, a beautiful face with a touch of shyness in her gentleness.

He smiled, and she suddenly tilted her head, lightly touching his nose with her thin lips.

A slight coolness spread, like pure moonlight pouring into the tip of his heart!

“Goodnight, Classmate Xu.”

Her voice rose gently like a breeze, stirring the branches and leaves of a forest.

“Goodnight, Class Monitor Ji.”

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