Come and Chat with Me

Upon hearing this, Su Yang asked back, “Sit for a while?”

“Yes, can I?” Jiali looked up at Su Yang with an expression that was both adorably innocent and a bit bashful.

Staring at a face that could drive any man wild, Su Yang smiled and nodded, “Sure, why not.”

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled the door he had just opened shut again, then followed Jiali into Room 5.

Once inside, Jiali turned and closed the door. Under the light, her small face appeared exceptionally rosy.

Su Yang turned his head and chuckled, “Why is your face so red?”

“Red?” Jiali immediately covered her cheeks with her hands.

“A little. Want to go check yourself in the mirror?”

“Uh... no, I think I just got warm from walking. It’s nothing, Su-san. Come sit over here.” Jiali circled behind Su Yang and nudged him onto the sofa.

“What time do you usually go to bed at night?” Su Yang asked as he sat down.

“I basically sleep around one or two in the morning.”

“That’s still early.”

“Yeah. Mostly because chatting with Su-san makes me really happy, so I wanted to keep talking for a bit longer.”

“That’s fine. I stay up late too. Come on, have a seat.” Su Yang waved her over.

“Okay, I’ll grab you a bottle of water.” Jiali walked to the door, opened the small fridge in the room, took out two bottles of sparkling water, and sat down beside Su Yang.

“Here, Su-san. Have some water.”

“Thanks.”

“You’re welcome.”

Just as they were chatting, Su Yang’s phone rang again.

He pulled it out and saw someone had sent him another message.

Winnie: Su, are you asleep?

“Who’s that?” Jiali turned to ask.

“No one. Just spam. Ignore it.”

“Okay.” Su Yang set his phone to silent, put it back in his bag, and continued talking with Jiali.

‘I should’ve bought some booze at the bar earlier. Damn, this dry chat is way too awkward.’

But as time went on, Jiali grew bolder. At first, she kept some distance from Su Yang.

Later on, she pressed right up against him, nudging him from time to time. Su Yang was unbearably stirred up and felt like taking her right then and there.

A few minutes later, Jiali leaned back on the sofa and looked at Su Yang. “Su-san...”

“What’s up?” Su Yang turned and stared at her.

Finally, their eyes met. When their gazes locked, Jiali bit her lower lip and said, “Su-san... you’re so handsome.”

“Kind of handsome. You’re really pretty too.”

Jiali slowly sat up. Just as she was about to say something more, she suddenly wrapped her arms around Su Yang’s neck, flipped over, and pressed her lips to his.

......

Fifty minutes later, Su Yang returned to his own room and took another shower.

“Phew... that felt good.”

[Ding! Detected that the host was very relaxed and enjoyed the shower. Reward: 3 million.]

After a quick rinse, he wrapped a towel around his waist and lay back on the bed.

He pulled out his phone and was debating whether to reply to Winnie and then go chat with her when another message came in.

But this time, it wasn’t from a new friend—it was from Zhuang Mengli.

“I know you’re not asleep. Come to my room.”

Su Yang smiled and replied, “This late at night? What’s in your room?”

“I can’t sleep. Come keep me company.”

“Keep you company? If I come over, it might not just be chatting.”

“Are you coming or not?”

“I’m coming. Open the door.”

Su Yang shut his phone, got up, and didn’t bother changing his clothes. He just opened the door and walked out.

Zhuang Mengli’s room faced the main gate of the courtyard. Su Yang quickly jogged over to her door.

When he arrived, he saw the door was already slightly ajar.

He pulled it open and stepped inside, immediately spotting Zhuang Mengli lying on the bed, staring off into space.

“You said you wanted to chat. Why are you still lying in bed?”

“Can’t we chat in bed?” Zhuang Mengli shot Su Yang a glare.

“Sure, but chatting in bed might be a bit dangerous.”

Zhuang Mengli gave him another glare. “Can you stop wasting time? Hurry up.”

“So eager?” Su Yang said as he walked over and sat on the edge of the bed.

“I’ve been putting up with you for a long time...”

“What did I do?” Su Yang was taken aback.

“You know what.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Ugh, you clueless idiot! Turn off the lights!!!” Zhuang Mengli huffed and stretched out her hand to slap the switch on the wall. Then she grabbed Su Yang and pulled him onto the bed.

......

At three in the morning, after two rounds of negotiation, Su Yang originally planned to go back to his own room to sleep. But Zhuang Mengli held him down and wouldn’t let him leave.

Since she wouldn’t let him go, Su Yang didn’t bother—he just slept right there in her room.

The next morning at eight o’clock, Su Yang woke up first. Zhuang Mengli was still dreaming.

He checked the time, got up, and two minutes later returned to his own room. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it.

Last night, he had successfully raised Zhuang Mengli’s favorability score to 100. The system rewarded him with 10 million and freed up another bond slot.

But he hadn’t bonded with Jiali. Even though Jiali’s looks met the standard, his current bonding requirement was a score above 90. Anyone below that could still interact, but he wouldn’t bond with them.

It was still early, and no one else was up yet.

Su Yang went into the bathroom to wash up, styled his hair, and then opened his phone to reply to Winnie: “Sorry, Winnie. I was a bit sleepy last night and went to bed early. Just saw this.”

After sending the message, he lay in bed, bored, and played on his phone.

At nine o’clock, someone finally sent a message in the group chat.

Meng Qianyu: @everyone, is everyone up?

Tang Ziyun: I’m up.

Lu Yun: I just got up too.

Meng Qianyu: What about the others?

Su Yang: What’s up?

Meng Qianyu: Let’s go have breakfast. After we eat, we’ll check out Zha Huang and then head to the beach.

Su Yang: It’s still early. Let’s wait a bit. Your brother and the others are probably still asleep.

Meng Qianyu: Fine, let’s meet in the lobby at 9:30. If anyone isn’t up, I’ll call them one by one.

Su Yang: Alright. Go wake them up first. See you soon.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye. Su Yang was about to ask in the group if everyone was up when his door was knocked on.

“Who is it?”

“It’s me, Han Suyan.”

“Suyan? Hang on.” Su Yang got up, went to the door, and opened it. There stood Han Suyan.

She had changed into a different outfit today. On her head was a pair of sunglasses, around her neck hung a Van Cleef & Arpels four-leaf clover necklace, and she wore a black one-shoulder irregular knit top with a pair of washed-out frayed denim shorts. On her feet were a pair of black mid-calf boots.

“What’s up, Suyan?” Su Yang gave her a quick once-over and asked.

“Want to go grab breakfast?”

“Sure. Wait for me—I need to get dressed.” Su Yang was still wrapped in a towel.

He closed the door, went back to the bed, quickly put on his clothes, and stepped out again.

“Aren’t you calling Xiangmei?”

“I already did. She’s coming out in a moment.”

“Okay, then I’m calling the others.”

“Sure.”

Su Yang went around and called out Zhuang Mengli, Ren Lingxi, Jiali, and Winnie from the same courtyard.

Once everyone was gathered, they headed toward the hotel lobby.

Last night’s events seemed like they had never happened to Jiali—she showed no sign of anything unusual, chatting happily with the slightly sulky Winnie.

Zhuang Mengli slowed her steps to fall in beside Su Yang, the two of them lagging at the very back of the group.

She nudged his shoulder with hers and whispered, “When did you sneak off?”

“Can you change the wording? ‘Sneak off’? I just went back to my room, alright?”

“Fine, fine. So what time did you leave? I didn’t feel a thing.”

“Eight.”

“You woke up that early?”

“I’m a creature of habit.”

“Don’t lie through your teeth. You think I don’t know what time you usually sleep in? But, considering you did pretty well on last night’s homework, I’ll let it slide. Same again tonight.”

“Seriously? You’re something else, you know that?” Su Yang turned his head, eyes wide at Zhuang Mengli.

“I’ve always been something else.”