The moment his Friday classes were over…

Qin Zhiwei drove the Mazda straight to the Conservatory. He was too embarrassed to ask Shen Xinyi outright whether she was moving in today. But it was all he could think about, and he'd been distracted the whole day.

Shen Xinyi had seen right through him a long time ago. She deliberately didn't call it out or bring it up, as if she'd forgotten she'd ever agreed to move off campus with him.

They had lunch together, then went to a movie that afternoon with Chen Qingqing and Xu Ye. After dinner, Xu Ye drove off with Chen Qingqing, and Qin Zhiwei's face fell a little. "Head back now?"

"Okay~"

Qin Zhiwei got in the car and drove straight toward the Conservatory.

But halfway there, Shen Xinyi pretended to be confused. "Where are you going?"

"Aren't I taking you back to school?"

"Didn't we say last week we'd move off campus this weekend?"

Qin Zhiwei stared blankly. "But you haven't moved your stuff yet."

"I moved it over yesterday."

"Huh?"

Qin Zhiwei was completely lost. "How'd you move it over?"

"I asked Xu Ye to help. He was there yesterday."

Qin Zhiwei's jaw dropped. "I thought…"

"Thought what?"

He grinned like an idiot. "I thought you'd changed your mind."

Shen Xinyi went right along with it. "Okay, then I've changed my mind now."

Qin Zhiwei knew she was teasing, but he rushed to answer anyway. "No, don't! Let's go to the apartment right now. I've got everything ready over there. I even changed the light bulbs…"

"I saw."

They got to the apartment soon after. Once the door was shut behind them, the atmosphere turned a little strange.

They'd stayed in hotels together before, but this felt completely different. A hotel was temporary. This place was long-term. It was like a home, and somehow, without either of them saying so, it came with a sense of responsibility.

They changed into their matching slippers and sat down on the sofa.

There was no TV in the apartment, so with the door closed, the living…