'If she had known that taking advantage of Qi Chengliang would leave her speechless in front of Chu Lingxiu, she never would have done it—and she certainly wouldn't have let Chu Lingxiu find out!'
But hindsight is 20/20, and Gu Shuxin had never imagined the school would put her and Chu Lingxiu in the same dorm room.
"Shuxin, why aren't you saying anything? Did I say something wrong?"
"N-no, nothing's wrong."
Gu Shuxin wanted to retort, but she knew that if she did, Chu Lingxiu would surely keep digging until she got to the bottom of it.
And given her current situation, she had no way of properly explaining things to Chu Lingxiu. She might even risk Chu Lingxiu seeing through her act.
'Looks like I'll have to take this one step at a time.'
"That's good, then. If there's nothing else, I'll head back. My roommates and I had a get-together tonight, and I got a little carried away and ate too much. Shuxin, I'm sure you get along great with your roommates too!"
