The Darkest Moment of Xia Yanchun

It was already 5 PM when she woke up.

As soon as Xia Yanchun opened her eyes, she saw Shen Nian, who had also just woken up and looked equally dazed. Taking advantage of stretching, she quickly gave him two slaps.

That stretch packed a punch.

Shen Nian was speechless. Forget it, as long as his silly Chun was happy every day.

"Hmph, feeling energetic?" Xia Yanchun suddenly acted mysterious.

"..."

Seeing Shen Nian looking a bit shy, Xia Yanchun's eyes curved into a smile, and wicked thoughts began to bubble up.

She couldn't be the only one looking disheveled.

After lingering in bed for a long time, Xia Yanchun finally bounced over to wash her hands, feeling triumphant and experiencing an inexplicable thrill of revenge.

But she quickly realized that no matter what, Shen Nian seemed to be the one taking advantage.

Xia Yanchun got angry.

"Sigh, we have to go grocery shopping again. Let's go, the two of us."

"The two of us? What do you mean 'the two of us'?" Xia Yanchun stood in front of Shen Nian, looking up at him with an imposing air, fiercely demanding, "Let me ask you, if one day in the future I turned into a caterpillar, would you still love me?"

Shen Nian: "..."

Who provoked her this time?

She was perfectly happy when she woke up, how did she suddenly turn into this?

When it came to being moody and emotionally unstable... People always say to find a wife with stable emotions. Shen Nian didn't even dare to imagine how suffocating his future married life would be. What exactly did marriage bring to men?

"Love, love, love. I'd still love you even if you turned into dog poop." Shen Nian hurried to coax her. He had to coax his Chunbao.

Hearing the first three words, Xia Yanchun was ready to reward Shen Nian with a kiss, but the second half of his sentence made her boil over with rage in a second.

"Eat my kick!"

"Ouch, damn it, kicking so hard! Are you a freaking violent woman..."

"Hmph, you're exactly who I'm kicking."

"Alright, alright, my leg is broken. Are you satisfied now?"

Xia Yanchun rolled her eyes. When it came to lying through one's teeth, Shen Nian was the absolute authority.

It wasn't like she didn't know how much force she used. If she kicked Shen Nian too hard, her toes would probably hurt more than he did. Only Shen Nian could fake it so well.

As expected, she still found Shen Nian annoying. She decided to sulk and ignore him.

...

The next day. School would officially start tomorrow, so Xia Yanchun specifically asked Li Shiyan out to stroll around Nanjiang University together.

Nanjiang University was truly massive. Xia Yanchun and Li Shiyan walked around until noon, yet they had only covered a tiny corner. There were still so many colleges they hadn't visited.

People used to say that a university was like a small society, and now Xia Yanchun didn't doubt that at all.

They toured the gymnasium, the sports field, and the cafeteria, even eating a cheap and delicious meal there. Despite all that, there were still many places left unexplored.

Gulping down the rest of her now-cold milk tea, Xia Yanchun nudged Li Shiyan. "Shiyan, should we go take a walk outside?"

"Okay."

"We'll ride shared bikes later."

"Mhm, hehe. Xiaochun has so much prize money, you'll definitely treat me to the claw machines, right?"

"How dare you try to emotionally blackmail me? You haven't seen what a real dark hand looks like!" Xia Yanchun viciously pinched Li Shiyan's soft cheeks.

"Wu..."

Li Shiyan rubbed her face, feeling that Xia Yanchun had turned bad. She never used to be so ruthless...

She must have been corrupted by Shen Nian. That hateful Shen Nian, just wait and see if I badmouth you!

Chattering away, they rode shared bikes to the nearest shopping mall.

When girls go shopping, they can spend ages in a mall. Passing by two or three boutiques, they couldn't resist going in for a look. Trying out the testers felt just as satisfying as buying the cosmetics.

Xia Yanchun and Li Shiyan bought matching dark brown mesh hats. They were fuzzy and served as their secret hats.

"It'll definitely look great with a long dress." Xia Yanchun was very confident in her fashion sense.

"I feel like it only looks good if you have long hair."

"Hmph, should I buy a pair of little leather shoes..."

"Buy them, buy them. After you buy them, let's go play the claw machines."

"All you think about is the claw machines. Your punishment is to accompany me for two more laps around the mall."

"Okay~"

After shopping for another half hour, Xia Yanchun finally went to the arcade with Li Shiyan to play the claw machines.

Xia Yanchun's sixty tokens went down the drain. Conversely, Li Shiyan, who had insisted on catching plushies, went to the snack machines instead and managed to grab several large packs of spicy strips and two cans of Wangzai milk.

How could the gap between people be so huge?

"Hehe, I'll share these with you."

"I don't want them. Eating this in such hot weather will easily cause breakouts."

"It should be fine, right? Xiaochun, your skin is so good."

"I still won't eat it, it induces too much internal heat."

Xia Yanchun took Li Shiyan's hand and pulled her along to stroll down the street outside the mall.

Shopping, of course, meant walking everywhere, having fun wherever they went. When they didn't want to stroll anymore, they would just find a shared bike and ride back.

However, Xia Yanchun's outing this time wasn't just for shopping. She also had her own little secret, one she didn't want to tell even her best friend Li Shiyan.

Passing by a pharmacy, Xia Yanchun stopped in her tracks. "Shiyan, I need to buy some cold medicine to keep at home."

"Oh, okay."

"Just wait for me here, you don't need to come in with me."

"Oh..." Li Shiyan blinked her big eyes. Although she was a bit confused, she obediently waited outside for her.

Upon entering the pharmacy, Xia Yanchun dropped her relaxed demeanor from moments ago.

She felt inexplicably nervous. If she could, she really would have liked to wear a hat and a mask.

The young lady at the front counter greeted her, "Hello, are you looking to buy some medicine?"

"Um... that..." Xia Yanchun shrank her neck and stammered, "Do you have... you know... short-acting birth control..."

"Oh—" The lady at the counter seemed to understand. Seeing Xia Yanchun's shyness, she smiled, her eyes curving, and took out two boxes of medicine. "Is it this one?"

"Y-yes, that's right."

"What brand do you want?"

"Ah, I don't know either..."

The lady took the medicine back. "Do you have a doctor's prescription? This is a prescription drug, I can only sell it to you if you have a prescription from a doctor."

"Is that so?! I'm sorry, then... please just get me some cold medicine."

"Alright."

"..."

Hurriedly paying the bill, Xia Yanchun slipped out the door with her head lowered.

She was dying of embarrassment.

Earlier, she had only looked up the effects and usage of the short-acting pills, completely ignoring everything else. Otherwise, she wouldn't have ended up in such an awkward situation.

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