"Not bad, it’s not too cold in the corridor."

Huang Tianxuan replied casually and stepped into the attic. She didn’t sit down but instead looked around as if she was searching for something or someone...

[Where is everyone? Where did they all go?!]

Half an hour ago, Wu Wenyue had just finished showering. Huang Tianxuan followed shortly after, entering the master bedroom’s bathroom to wash up. Since the quarantine would be lifted tomorrow morning, she wanted to return to normal life in good spirits.

During her shower, she chatted with Wu Wenyue outside, asking about which restaurants in the Capital had the most unique flavors, eagerly awaiting to check in and enjoy the food.

They chatted happily, but when Huang Tianxuan finished her shower, she found that Wu Wenyue was nowhere to be found. She wasn’t in the master bedroom, the dining room was empty, and the person in the bathroom was Zhao Qingge...

Where did Wu Wenyue go?

After a brief thought, Huang Tianxuan realized that they were still under lockdown. In such a small space, and with no one downstairs, Wu Wenyue could only have gone to the attic to see Li Peifeng. It couldn’t be that she decided to exercise by climbing stairs at this hour, right?

"Let her search if she wants, what does it have to do with me?!"

Although she was still a bit angry and curious about what the two would talk about or do in the attic, Huang Tianxuan held back her emotions and decided to focus on her work.

Then, accompanied by a slight ’click’ sound from the living room, she immediately stopped what she was doing.

That was the sound of a security door closing!

Huang Tianxuan, with her keen senses, was very sure.

Could it be, Wu Wenyue came back? That quickly? Li Peifeng, are you just a good-for-nothing pretty boy...

With a mix of disdain, relief, and curiosity, Huang Tianxuan planned to tease Wu Wenyue about her return, so she walked out of her room.

Completely unexpectedly, the entire house was empty. Aside from herself, there wasn’t a single living soul. Huang Tianxuan meticulously searched every corner of each room, but there was no one!

So, the sound of the security door closing did not signify Wu Wenyue’s return, but rather Zhao Qingge’s departure!!

"Another one left?! Left after showering too?!"

Where could they have gone?

It could only be the attic!

Now Huang Tianxuan was completely unsettled. Wu Wenyue went up to the attic, followed closely by Zhao Qingge—they both went to find Li Peifeng, and they both showered before leaving... What’s going to happen?

She didn’t know! She didn’t dare to think! Just thinking about it made her blush!

But I must take a look! They all went upstairs without saying a word, wanting to leave me behind?

Impossible!

So, even without changing out of her bathrobe, Huang Tianxuan went, with a heart full of repressed anger and excitement, and knocked on the attic door...

It turned out she was right, they were definitely in the attic, otherwise, Li Peifeng wouldn’t have taken so long to open the door.

[But why didn’t I see anyone? How come only Li Peifeng is here? Where did Wu Wenyue and Zhao Qingge go?!!]

[So strange! Not even any shoes?!]

Standing at the door, Huang Tianxuan carefully and meticulously scrutinized every corner of the attic but found no place where anyone could be hiding.

[The wardrobe? It’s too small to hide a person, maybe good for hiding a dog.]

[Under the bed? Too low.]

[Let me see where you all are hiding...]

Huang Tianxuan’s unusual actions and psychological activities were completely exposed in front of Li Peifeng, which he found both amusing and frustrating. He blocked her view towards the curtains: "Do you have something to do here? If not, quickly go downstairs, dry your hair, wear more clothes, don’t catch a cold."

Li Peifeng intended to swiftly see Huang Tianxuan off because there were two people still standing behind the curtain. If she stayed a bit longer, who knows what sort of accident might happen.

But Huang Tianxuan had sharp senses!

She had already discovered the only place in the attic that could hide people. Although the curtains were tightly closed and impervious to sight, upon closer inspection, she could still make out two vague, differently sized human shapes, finding it both funny and puzzling.

[They’re all hiding there? Why are they hiding? Zhao Qingge hiding is understandable, but why are you hiding, Wenyue?]

[Perhaps, you want to see what I’m talking about with Li Peifeng?]

[Then I’ll let you see well...]

A thought crossed Huang Tianxuan’s mind, and she retracted her eyes from the curtain, giving Li Peifeng a playful smile: "I’m not cold, actually I’m a little hot. The heating in your community is pretty good, the attic is so warm too."

"You’re co... calm down."

Li Peifeng, quite unworthy, secretly swallowed a gulp and stood between Huang Tianxuan and the curtain, winking nervously and whispering in a tiny voice: "Sister, I’ll call you sister. You know what’s going on, go quickly downstairs, this is no place for you to linger."

Now you’re scared?

Huang Tianxuan suppressed her laughter, acting clueless: "What do I know? I don’t understand what you’re saying."

She was determined to play dumb to the end. What was the point of directly revealing that she knew people were hiding behind the curtain?

If the three girls came out, what would they talk about? Everyone would be so guilty and full of suspicion, asserting dominance and causing chaos—women making things difficult for women... it was pointless!

Just like this, pretending to be a little dumb, letting the game continue, seeing Li Peifeng embarrassed and blushing was the most interesting!

"No, how can you not understand? I totally get what’s going on in your mind!" 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Li Peifeng was anxious: "You can’t do this, if you dare mess around, I’ll pull the curtain open right now..."

"Oh~"

Huang Tianxuan let out a small cry, stretching her body, causing the front of her bathrobe to open slightly: "It’s so hot, Xiaofeng, why is it so hot in your room? Or am I just running a fever?"

You’re being flirtatious!

Li Peifeng rolled his eyes, considering pulling back the curtain to let those two come out quickly but felt that doing so would only embarrass Zhao Qingge and Wu Wenyue, making them lose face in front of Huang Tianxuan, and maybe they’d take it out on him.

The situation was still controllable, there was no need to plunge everyone into such awkwardness, there was already so much awkwardness...

I’m just looking, as long as I don’t touch, don’t get into trouble, both Qingge and Wenyue won’t be angry...

"Xiaofeng, feel my forehead!"

It seemed like Huang Tianxuan knew what was on Li Peifeng’s mind, without a second thought, she took his hand and placed it on her forehead, her tone three times softer than usual: "Sister seems to have a bit of a fever, maybe because it took you so long to open the door earlier, you let me freeze, you have to take responsibility!"

Li Peifeng quickly withdrew his hand, glancing at the curtain behind him. Thankfully, it hadn’t moved, the curtain was thick enough, hopefully not showing any silhouette beyond it.

"How do you want me to take responsibility?"

Li Peifeng gritted his teeth: "I’ll make an effort to write more, earn more royalties, and tomorrow give you 250 yuan to buy cold medicine until you’re satisfied. Now... please leave quickly."

"Writing?"

Huang Tianxuan’s eyes lit up: "Great, let me see how far you’ve written. Last time I got interested at 50,000 words and then there was nothing. So many days have passed, you must have written a lot since then?"

"But... aren’t you having a cold or a fever? Quickly go downstairs and drink some hot water!"

"I want to read your book, where did you save your novel?"

Huang Tianxuan sat directly in front of the computer, and upon seeing the content displayed on the screen, she didn’t need Li Peifeng to answer, she took the mouse and opened the writing software from the bottom of the desktop...

"The last time was, Chapter sixteen right, um, yes, starting from Chapter seventeen!"

Then, elegantly crossing her legs, Huang Tianxuan really started reading seriously. She seemed wholly engrossed in the world of the book, occasionally smiling, occasionally frowning, her emotions rising and falling with the plot, completely oblivious to her surroundings or who was hiding behind the curtain!

Are you deliberately trying to make them suffer? You sinister woman with a hidden agenda!

"Stop reading this!"

Li Peifeng frowned as he looked towards Huang Tianxuan.

"Just a little while, with such a small amount of text... half an hour should do, don’t interrupt me, I’ll give you my feedback after reading it."

Huang Tianxuan waved him off, ignoring him, and even picked up the apple that Zhao Qingge had handed to her earlier to eat.

Li Peifeng glanced back at the curtain, great, there were no gaps, the curtain was thick, it should not let on any scene from outside.

Then, anger simmered within him, he decided with a daring heart, and fiercely approached Huang Tianxuan...

Huang Tianxuan looked startled: "What are you doing?!"