Li Weili retorted, "How long has it been since you last changed your glasses?"
The man pushed his slipping glasses up his nose. "I listen to you and try not to wear glasses when I read. I haven't changed them in a long time because my eyesight hasn't worsened."
"I mean, you're blind to have fallen for me."
Li Weili scratched her messy hair. "You came to spend the New Year with me because you like me, right?"
Li Weili's blunt words made the man blush. He closed his eyes and confessed what he most wanted to say:
"Lili, I like you. I want to be with you."
"Oh, oh, oh..."
In the dormitory, the other three girls, woken by the commotion, sat up in their beds and teased them.
Li Weili waved her hand at them, and the three girls immediately covered their mouths.
Li Weili turned back to the man standing at the door, afraid to open his eyes:
"I remember when we first met, you said you planned to spend your life with books."
The man opened his eyes. "That was before."
"I remember you saying you wanted to follow in your parents' footsteps."
"That was before."
"I remember you're an only child."
The man nodded. "Yes!"
Li Weili's expression was stern. "But I want a man who can enter my family. I don't want to waste time dating. If I get a boyfriend, it will be with the intention of marriage."
"No problem," the man replied quickly. "My parents said they want to live a simple life in a mountain village after retirement."
He seemed to recall something and asked Li Weili cautiously,
"I, I want to bring them with me. Will you, will you agree to let me support them?"
Li Weili didn't answer him. Instead, she took off his glasses.
Delicate skin, a high nose bridge, lips of moderate thickness, and a beautifully curved jawline.
His slightly upturned peach blossom eyes, narrowed without glasses, were even more alluring.
She had already seen the true appearance of this man, who was hailed as the "scholar beauty" of the entire college.
Compared to her mother's beauty, it was just so-so.
"Gao Mingxiu, when did you fall for me? And why do you like me?"
Without his glasses, his vision was blurry, but Gao Mingxiu could still accurately see Li Weili's bright eyes.
The confession had begun, and he couldn't back down.
"I fell for you without realizing it. As for why, I'm not entirely sure. Perhaps it's because you treat me the same way you treat others."
Li Weili returned his glasses. "Looks are just external. The soul is what matters most. I don't like your soul."
As she spoke, Li Weili prepared to close the door.
"I'll change!" Just as he put his glasses on and heard the rejection, seeing the door about to close, Gao Mingxiu urgently pushed it open.
"I'll change! I know I'm not an interesting person, rigid and stubborn, and arrogant."
"Li Weili, give me a chance. I've thought it through clearly before I gathered the courage to come here. I am the kind of spoiled person you mentioned."
"I'll change! Don't reject me outright, okay?"
His sad and disappointed tone, coupled with his melancholic appearance, won the sympathy of the other three girls.
However, it not only failed to win Li Weili's sympathy but instead made her feel annoyed.
"See, you know how to use your advantages to… Ah!"
Before she could finish speaking, she was forcefully pushed from behind. Caught off guard, she was pushed out of the room and stumbled forward.
The slamming door with a "bang" infuriated Li Weili as she fell. These girls were asking for it.
The anticipated pain didn't come. She landed on a soft cushion.
Her mouth landed on something soft. She immediately lifted her head.
As she looked up, she saw her current situation and felt extremely embarrassed.
She was in Gao Mingxiu's arms, and she had bumped his lips. At this moment, Gao Mingxiu's lips were not only bleeding but also swollen.
She quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, they..."
"Are you alright?" Gao Mingxiu's voice rang out at the same time.
"I'm fine," Li Weili tried to get up.
"Hiss~" Gao Mingxiu took a shallow breath.
Li Weili dared not move. "I'm sorry, did you get hurt anywhere?"
Gao Mingxiu stared intently at Li Weili's face. From such close proximity, he liked her even more.
Actually, what he liked most was not her temper, but her face shape, which was what he desired most.
He wanted to have a son with her who looked like her and a daughter who looked like him.
But he dared not say it, as Li Weili detested people calling her face too masculine.
If he succeeded in winning her over, he would surely be very grateful to Li Weili's three roommates.
"My ankle might be sprained. You kicked my calf."
Li Weili dared not move. "Then how should I get up without touching you?"
Gao Mingxiu carefully examined Li Weili's expression. "You say that, which means you don't mind if I touch you, right?"
"Yes!" Li Weili nodded. "Get up quickly, we need to go to the hospital. The school infirmary is closed for the holiday."
Gao Mingxiu's lips curved slightly. He raised his hands and wrapped them around Li Weili's back. Before she could react, he rolled over to the right with her.
Once on her side, Li Weili could roll to the right again and avoid touching him.
After getting up, Li Weili bent down in front of him and extended her hand. "Let me help you up."
Gao Mingxiu's large hand enveloped her slender, long, and delicate hand, which was as smooth and soft as it looked.
His heart fluttered, and the owner of the hand urged him to get up quickly.
He let go of her hand. "No, I need to roll to the wall to get leverage."
Li Weili was astonished as she watched Gao Mingxiu nimbly roll twice to the wall and then stand up by himself, supporting himself against it. Was this still the same bookworm?
Gao Mingxiu waved at her. "You go back to the dormitory and change first, then come back to help me."
Li Weili nodded and turned to push open the dormitory door.
Inside, the three girls were pretending to sleep under their covers.
"You just wait," Li Weili warned them as she took off her pajamas.
"Hmph! Unless you don't want to find a job for your internship."
One girl threw off her blanket, gasping for air. "Oh, I was suffocating. Lili, we did it for your own good."
"Gao Mingxiu is a man of his word. He's even willing to be a live-in son-in-law, so what more are you picky about?"
Li Weili glanced at her. "You only saw his appearance. Didn't you realize that he's actually someone who's been spoiled by women because of his grades and looks?"
"What do I want with a man like that? To keep him at home like a trophy?"
"I'll take him to the hospital first. His ankle is sprained. I'll settle accounts with you when I get back."
The girl stuck out her tongue. "We didn't mean to. You're usually so agile; we didn't expect you to be so clumsy this time."
"Why didn't you say I was caught completely off guard?" Li Weili retorted indignantly. "This is the price of my trust in you!"
The other two girls also pushed open their blankets and revealed their heads. "We're sorry, we were wrong. We'll never play tricks behind your back again."
"If there's a mistake, there must be a punishment."
Li Weili hugged her down jacket and walked out of the room. The three girls felt guilty and scared. Lili's punishments were always unexpected and unbearable.