Snow-Kissed Rose (GL) Chapter 103

Instructor Huai.

On its own, nobody would bat an eye at this contact name. But placed among a list of formal names, it became inexplicably conspicuous and intimate.

Furthermore, the two had exchanged glances right before Song Yingshi read out the nickname! There must be something going on between them!

As the audience below the stage erupted into a flurry of cheers, Wan Jiao cleared her throat and asked what was on everyone's mind, "Why is Huai Xu the only one different?"

Wan Jiao naturally knew the reason. In fact, she strongly suspected that Huai Xu's actual contact name was something along the lines of "Baby," "Sweetheart," or "Dear Wife," and "Instructor Huai" was just something Song Yingshi had come up with on the fly to avoid causing a huge scandal.

Wan Jiao was also slightly surprised by the crowd's reaction. Although Song Yingshi had indeed shown favoritism toward Huai Xu, 'Instructor Huai' was still a perfectly normal nickname. Yet, the fans still reacted to it so excitedly. At this point, she suspected that even if Song Yingshi and Huai Xu stood together and did nothing, Snow-Kissed Rose fans would still get excited.

While Wan Jiao, Quan Yuanyuan, Tao Qin, and the other trainees were exchanging knowing glances, Song Yingshi replied calmly, "The nickname suddenly came to my mind one day, so I used it out of reflex."

Evidently, this answer wasn't enough to appease the fans.

Song Yingshi, helpless, picked up the microphone again and added, "Well…if I absolutely have to say why, even though we're in the same generation, I've learned something from Huai Xu, so calling her 'Instructor' isn't out of line. Also, doesn't 'Instructor Huai' have a good ring to it?"

To prevent the fans from pressing her further, Song Yingshi turned to Huai Xu with a smile, asking, "Instructor Huai, you agree, right?"

Sure enough, the fans' minds immediately went blank as they squealed in excitement: "Ahhhhhhh!!!"

At this time, Tao Qin, who stood between Song Yingshi and Huai Xu, tactfully stepped aside and said, "Alright, I'll stop being in the way."

Fans: !

Following Tao Qin's departure, a gap formed between Song Yingshi and Huai Xu. However, it wasn't a big gap, and one step from either of them would bring them together.

The audience: "Stand together! Stand together!"

Hu Wan, whose ears were usually very sharp, asked, "What? Get together?"

The audience: !!!

The audience: "Get together! Get together! Get together!"

Song Yingshi: "..."

Song Yingshi, who was just about to lift her foot, was stunned by the sudden change. Looking at Huai Xu, she accused, "It's your fault for spoiling the fans so much."

Facing Song Yingshi's accusation, Huai Xu shrugged, her face carrying a hint of uncharacteristic innocence as she said, "Aren't they so excited because of your 'Instructor Huai?'"

"It's because you didn't move over. Had you moved over earlier, we wouldn't have had this problem," Song Yingshi retorted.

In response, Huai Xu took a step forward, her gaze fixed on Song Yingshi as she said, "Following that logic, why don't you say it's because we haven't gotten together yet?"

Song Yingshi's mind froze on the spot.

Silence also fell over the venue for a second, followed by an explosion of screams and cheers.

Song Yingshi and Huai Xu's "performance" sounded so much like a couple's banter that some among the audience even began pleading for them to calm down:

"Song Yingshi! Huai Xu! Reign it in!"

"Don't make this look so real! I'll believe in it! I'm really going to believe in it!!"

Meanwhile, Li Taoran looked at Huai Xu with sparkling eyes—As expected of my idol! This is the first time I've seen someone make a CP seem so real that even the fans are worried and telling them not to be so intimate!

The atmosphere of the venue was completely ignited, lasting until the end of the fan meeting.

…

When Jing Xuan and her fellow fan club members left the stadium, their heads were still buzzing with excitement. The crowd around them was in a similar state, the voices of excited young girls continuously drifting into their ears:

"I nearly died from queuing for Little Shi's and Huai Xu's autographs! But, oh my god, Little Shi smells so nice! Compared to her, I don't think I can call myself a girl!"

"When I was in the neighboring line queuing for Qinqin's autograph, I overheard Huai Xu talking to her fan! I swear to god, my legs nearly went limp from hearing her deep voice!"

Of the conversations taking place around Jing Xuan, she found one between two girls particularly relatable:

"Ugh, I initially doubted the rumors of Snow-Kissed Rose fans being a bunch of lesbians, but my les-dar nearly exploded when I stood in line with them. I even saw a little sister who's exactly my type."

"So, did you hit on her? Did you wink?"

"Oh, of course not."

"Useless."

After being forced to overhear the daily struggles of a timid lesbian, Jing Xuan and her companions exchanged an empathetic look with one another, then burst into knowing chuckles, drawing curious looks from the people around them.

The streetlights came on, illuminating the sea of people pouring out of the stadium under the evening sky.

A rare, gentle breeze blew, causing the flags bearing the trainees' images to flutter and snap loudly in the wind.

As Jing Xuan walked past Song Yingshi's and Huai Xu's fluttering flags, she waved at them and shouted, "See you at the finals!"

Jing Xuan's companions followed suit:

"We'll definitely send you to debut!"

"Mhm! My darlings must walk the flower path!"

For fans, the budding idols of Star of Spring were like stars they had stumbled upon and were captivated by their brilliance. While a part of them sometimes yearned to monopolize these stars, more often, their deepest wish was for them to shine brightly in the night sky and be embraced by an ever-wider audience.

—Because this was the stars' dream.

…

After the fan meeting concluded, the trainees officially welcomed their one-day holiday.

Upon returning to the hotel by bus, some trainees chose to check out of their suites, while some paid for an extension.

Lu Xuewen was heading home to visit a sick family member, so Song Yingshi and Huai Xu would be the only ones left in their suite. When Kou Lengyu learned of this, she suggested, "Should I move into your suite?"

Before Song Yingshi could answer, Huai Xu replied, "It's inconvenient."

Song Yingshi blinked, smiled, and remained silent.

"What's inconvenient about it?" Kou Lengyu asked, puzzled.

Responding quickly, Tao Qin pulled the oblivious straight woman by the arm and said, "Lengyu, come stay with us; our suite's also missing a person."

"I guess that works, too," Kou Lengyu said, looking completely unbothered. Then, she carefreely hugged Tao Qin from the side and went to the front desk to check in.

Meanwhile, Song Yingshi glanced at Huai Xu and asked with a straight face, "Instructor Huai, are you free to return to your room now?"

…

After opening the door, Song Yingshi inserted the room card into the wall slot. As the soft lights gradually illuminated the suite, she stepped aside from the doorway, tilted her chin to signal Huai Xu to enter, then closed the door behind her. But before she could even turn around, she was pressed against the door by Huai Xu.

Song Yingshi let out a soft "Ah" before she turned around to face Huai Xu, her long, platinum earrings brushing against Huai Xu's jaw.

As Huai Xu's refreshing scent enveloped her, Song Yingshi took two deep breaths, then placed her hands on Huai Xu's shoulders and said, "We're still at the door."

"Mhm," Huai Xu replied, "But I could already sense your ill intentions, so I had to make the first move."

Song Yingshi leaned her lower back against the door and chuckled, "What, are you suggesting I forced you to do this?"

Huai Xu slowly and methodically brushed aside Song Yingshi's hair and tucked it behind her ears. Upon gaining an unobstructed view of Song Yingshi's face, she gently traced her fingertips down Song Yingshi's neck, letting them linger on the beautiful line connecting her neck and shoulders.

As Song Yingshi stretched and relaxed her collarbones out of reflex, she suddenly lost interest in teasing Huai Xu. Tugging Huai Xu by the collar, she drew Huai Xu closer and said in a half-commanding tone, "Stop dawdling and kiss me already, Instructor Huai."

Huai Xu didn't answer. She simply tilted her head slightly, lowering her head to meet Song Yingshi's lips.

Huai Xu was always focused when kissing, a quality Song Yingshi found inexplicably sensual. Thus, even as Huai Xu's breath enveloped her nose and her lips drew near, Song Yingshi kept her eyes open, carefully admiring the sight before her.

Although Song Yingshi had read online that couples normally closed their eyes when kissing, how could anyone bear to close their eyes when Huai Xu was kissing them? Of course, she also realized that only she would get to see Huai Xu like this.

The satisfaction of possessing Huai Xu all to herself made Song Yingshi's breath quicken slightly. But after a while, the anticipated kiss did not come, and Huai Xu's lips simply hovered above hers.

Still teasing me at this hour? Song Yingshi thought. However, despite knowing Huai Xu's intentions, she still refused to initiate the kiss, saying, "What's wrong, Instructor Huai? Don't tell me you don't even know how to ki—sh—"

Just as Song Yingshi was about to finish speaking, her lower lip was stolen, nibbled on, and sucked on, rendering her final syllable indistinct.

After grinding her teeth against Song Yingshi's lips for a moment, Huai Xu pressed her lips against Song Yingshi's, then muttered, "I just thought of something."

"What?" Song Yingshi responded, her eyes slightly dazed.

"You said today you learned something from me? What did you learn?" Huai Xu asked.

"A philosophy of life," Song Yingshi responded, her eyes still clouded by affection.

"Hm?" Huai Xu tilted her head.

"The philosophy in question is…" Song Yingshi released Huai Xu's collar, smoothing out the wrinkles. "Don't talk nonsense when you should be kissing."

After saying so, Song Yingshi held up Huai Xu's chin and kissed her deeply.

Initially, Song Yingshi was in control, but amidst the swirling emotions, the dynamics suddenly changed. Nevertheless, she happily gave up the initiative, letting Huai Xu pin one of her hands against the door, their fingers tightly intertwined. As for her other hand, it drifted with the ebb and flow of their moving bodies, and, like a long-legged spider, nimbly and alluringly climbed the white wall and crept toward the light switch.

Click.

With a press of the switch, the lights in the suite gradually dimmed.

In the increasingly dim suite, Song Yingshi and Huai Xu entwined like water, their soft bodies merging and becoming indistinguishable from each other. As their breaths brushed against each other's hair and warm moisture seeped out of their bodies as sweat, a unique, astringent sweetness gradually spread in the suite.

Song Yingshi withdrew her hand from the light switch and wrapped her arm around Huai Xu's waist, drawing their bodies closer.

Feeling that her lips and tongue were a little dry, Song Yingshi opened her mouth to suggest a solution. However, just as she was about to speak, the doorbell suddenly rang, its clear sound tinged with muffled urgency.

Song Yingshi shuddered, subconsciously shrinking away from the door and into Huai Xu's embrace.

Huai Xu, breathing evenly, gently stroked Song Yingshi's back in comfort. She then glanced at the door and whispered, "It's fine. Don't worry."

Song Yingshi bit her lower lip. Before she could relax fully, the doorbell rang again.

Perhaps because there was only a door separating them, Song Yingshi could vaguely hear Kou Lengyu's voice saying, "Are they taking a nap? Did they not see the message about going out to eat together?"

"Well, it's Director Wu's fault for abruptly visiting B City and suggesting we should come together for a gathering. Xuewen even had to turn back from the airport and reschedule her flight last minute…" Rong Yi complained.

"Give them a call," Kou Lengyu said to Rong Yi. "Huh, do you think we can see anything through the peephole?"

Peephole?

As if a prying eye was pressing against her back, Song Yingshi instantly tensed up.

Meanwhile, Huai Xu pressed Song Yingshi's head onto her shoulder with one hand and covered the peephole with the other. Although she knew that the peephole wouldn't reveal anything inside the suite, she still felt uneasy.

Soon, Song Yingshi's phone vibrated on the floor.

After suppressing her emotions, Song Yingshi removed herself from Huai Xu, picked up her phone, and walked a little further away from the door before she answered the call. With a voice carrying an alluring huskiness, she said, "What? The doorbell? I was listening to music just now, so I didn't hear it… Okay, I got it. You go down first, we'll join you soon… Mhm, see you in the lobby."

A moment later, Huai Xu heard Kou Lengyu's and Rong Yi's voices gradually moving away.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Huai Xu turned the lights back on.

Standing in the light, Song Yingshi's hair appeared silky like seaweed, her waist and back slender, and her figure exquisitely graceful.

"Truly a siren," Huai Xu sighed softly.

The siren in question walked toward Huai Xu, her gaze lingering somewhere on Huai Xu's body for a moment before she quickly bent down to pick up the clothes on the floor. Then, in a regretful tone, she said, "I feel sorry for you, but you have no choice but to work overtime with this siren tonight."

Huai Xu: "..."

…

As they returned to their respective rooms to change, Song Yingshi calmed her emotions.

Their interaction at the fan meeting today, especially Huaixu's final remark, had given Song Yingshi a jolt of electrifying thrill that only she felt. Even though her expression didn't show it, she had gotten herself all worked up, and she very nearly…

Song Yingshi pursed her lips and temporarily set this thought aside, turning her focus to more practical matters—

"System, I want to gacha," Song Yingshi said. Then, with a generous wave of her hand, she said confidently, "Let's start with 30 pulls."

Since winning 999 hours last time, Song Yingshi had ample Life Points to spare. What better time was there to test whether Huai Xu was a lucky charm than now?

Under Song Yingshi's expectant gaze, the gachapon machine activated. When it eventually stopped, the system's announcement came—

"Congratulations, Host. You have received [Mystery Item: 999 hours of Life Points], [Mystery Item: 99 hours of Life Points], [Mystery Item: 540 hours of Life Points], [Mystery Item: 77 hours of Life Points], [Mystery Item: 100 hours of Life Points], [Mystery Item: Video Clip], and a [Mystery Item: Still Frame]."

"Congratulations, Host. You have completed 50 gacha pulls. You have received [Mystery Item: Clue]."

"Do you wish to review your rewards immediately?"