"Jiao Jiao, this whole time I was on my business trip... I was so miserable without you..."
Qin Jiao pushed the increasingly clingy man away. "Oh, give me a break. Who was it that was kissing me in the dimension the other day?"
Since they didn’t have a marriage certificate, they had to book two separate rooms. But Qin Jiao had her dimension, so Shen Yi had cheekily pulled her into it with him.
So, as tiring as the business trip was, he hadn’t neglected any of his... duties.
The man she had just pushed away was already clinging to her again.
Qin Jiao said, exasperated, "I’m tired!"
"Don’t worry, just leave it to me. You won’t have to lift a finger."
"..."
**
The next day, Qin Jiao was dozing in the passenger seat. Shen Yi drove beside her, extra careful. He kept the speed low and avoided any sudden stops, worried he might jostle her.
When they arrived at the university, he found a place to park. It was still early for her class, so he didn’t have the heart to wake her.
But Qin Jiao woke up on her own. She yawned, looked around, and asked, "When did we get here? Why didn’t you wake me?"
"Your morning class isn’t until ten to eleven-thirty. We’re still early."
"Don’t you have a class at nine-thirty? I’ll go with you. Besides, aren’t the results from the programming competition supposed to be out today?"
"It’s windy out. Do you want to sit for a bit longer before getting out? I see you even broke a sweat while you were sleeping."
Qin Jiao really couldn’t be bothered with him. She grabbed her backpack, pulled open the door, and hopped out of the car.
’And whose fault was it that she was so tired?’
’Sure, he hadn’t made her do any of the work last night, but it wasn’t like she could just fall asleep, could she?’
’A certain someone was just bursting with energy. Compared to the sickly, frail man he’d been in their past life, he was a completely different person.’
Qin Jiao muttered sullenly, "That’s it, I’m cutting you off from the Spiritual Spring Water!"
’He’s already this healthy, and it’s already more than I can handle. What am I going to do when he gets even healthier?’
Knowing he was at fault, Shen Yi just chuckled sheepishly. He reached out to take Qin Jiao’s bookbag from her, then took her small hand in his large one as they started walking onto campus.
In this day and age, dating couples were usually discreet with their affections. Who would dare to walk so brazenly hand-in-hand across campus?
A passing professor in a Zhongshan suit frowned at the sight of the two flagrantly affectionate young people. "Kids these days have really gone too far," he grumbled. "All they think about is dating instead of studying properly. Aren’t they worried about their futures at all?"
But Qin Jiao and Shen Yi were no ordinary couple.
The two of them were quite well-known at North City University.
A student who happened to be passing by knew all the details. Hearing the professor’s comment, he immediately laughed. "Professor, you might not know this, but those two are about to get married. Their family also owns a clothing factory, and they’re the director and deputy director. Oh, and they’re both excellent students, ranked at the top of their respective majors."
"Is that true?" The professor was highly skeptical. "How could they possibly own a factory?"
The student replied, "Professor, haven’t you seen the commercial that’s always on TV? Oh, right, Qin Jiao is the one in it. Jiu Yi apparel—that’s their family’s factory."
Jiu Yi’s clothing had a very unique style that was extremely popular with young people.
And because Qin Jiao and Shen Yi were students at North City University, even more people on campus were now wearing Jiu Yi clothing.
The professor in the Zhongshan suit suddenly froze.
’Oh, dear,’ he thought. ’Just yesterday, my middle-school-aged daughter was asking me for money to buy clothes... from that very same brand, Jiu Yi!’
Meanwhile, Qin Jiao and Shen Yi were oblivious to this little episode. Hand in hand, they had already arrived at the Computer Science Department building.