It Seems Like My Senior Seems to Like Me - Chapter 44

At 6 a.m., the air at Nanzhou University was filled with the fresh scent of leaves. Birds chirped in the woods, and the rising sun cast a gentle, golden light. Beams of sun slanted through the thick branches, one by one, soft and delicate, landing on dark hair, shrouding it in a hazy glow that pulled at the heart.

“Why are you here so early?”

Ye Wanjia jogged over, her backpack bouncing. Her eyes were curved in a happy smile.

Pei Suye’s brow softened. She held her bicycle with both hands, watching Ye Wanjia approach with a smile. “I couldn’t sleep. I wanted to see you.”

Ye Wanjia stopped in front of her, looked down, and scratched her ear. “Me too. I woke up at 5.”

This was her first time in a relationship, and she didn’t know what to do. Her hands and feet felt clumsy, and she felt awkward all over, yet she couldn’t stop smiling.

Seeing her so happy, Pei Suye’s heart melted. She took Ye Wanjia’s backpack and put it in the front basket with her own.

“Are you hungry?” she asked.

Ye Wanjia replied with a grin, “Not really.”

“Then let’s go for breakfast later.”

“Okay. What should we do now?”

“Right.” Pei Suye was also stumped. “What do we do now?”

The morning breeze ruffled a strand of Ye Wanjia’s hair. Pei Suye tucked it behind her ear, leaned forward, and kissed her on the forehead.

“Huh?”

Ye Wanjia’s eyes widened, a flicker of light passing through them. The spot where she was kissed felt tingly and numb, like a soft feather had brushed against her, leaving a trace of tenderness.

When she finally processed what had happened, her body was already enveloped in Pei Suye’s arms. A light scent of perfume filled her nose, a scent that was a perfect match for Pei Suye’s own graceful nature.

A soft voice came from beside her ear. Pei Suye whispered, “I just want to hold you like this.”

The joy of being in love was already overflowing, and with Pei Suye’s silky voice, it felt like a scoop of sea-salt ice cream topped with a generous amount of fruit bits—each bite bursting with sweet satisfaction.

“Then let’s just hold each other.”

Ye Wanjia hugged her back with the same gentle strength, her arms around Pei Suye’s waist. She didn’t dare to hold too tightly, as if she were embracing a fragrant flower petal.

She liked this height. Pei Suye, who was 2 centimeters taller than her, habitually wore 5-centimeter heels. This way, when they hugged, Ye Wanjia’s chin rested perfectly on her shoulder.

Of course, to some extent, this was a case of “love me, love my dog.” Because later, when Pei Suye took a liking to flats, Ye Wanjia felt that height was also just perfect.

The truth was, it wasn’t the height that was perfect—it was Pei Suye.

They embraced in the dappled light and shadow of the leaves and sun, their conversation rambling but their hearts full as they spent their first morning together.

After 6:30 a.m., students who were early risers began to emerge from the dorms. Among them were the bookworm Jiang Shiyu, who woke up early every day, and the slacker Wei Xiaoxiao, who now woke up early for love.

“Jiang Shiyu, are you really not sleepy? My eyelids feel like they’re glued shut!” Wei Xiaoxiao whined as she walked, looking like a donkey unwilling to go to the mill.

Jiang Shiyu was full of energy, her neat school uniform exuding a serious air. “Why don’t you go back and sleep for a bit? I’ll call you at 7:30.”

But Wei Xiaoxiao refused. “No way! I’m your girlfriend now, so we have to be inseparable, you hear? Inseparable!”

The two chattered and hurried to the library to save seats. Perhaps they were so immersed in the joy of their first time holding hands that they didn’t notice the two figures they passed by the building entrance: Ye Wanjia and Pei Suye.

Pei Suye’s eyes landed on their clasped hands, and she slowly processed the fact. “They’re together?”

Ye Wanjia looked at their retreating backs, feeling a motherly sense of relief seeing that Wei Xiaoxiao was now willing to study for love.

“Yes, it happened yesterday. Xiaoyu confessed.”

Pei Suye sighed with emotion. “Jiang Shiyu always seemed so reserved, I didn’t expect her to be so bold in love.”

Ye Wanjia hummed in agreement. “Me neither. I just thought she was more used to being with Xiaoxiao. I only found out yesterday that she had a crush on her.”

Pei Suye felt the same way, as she too had approached Ye Wanjia little by little through daily life and student council activities.

“Every ‘accidental’ meeting is actually a long-planned one.”

The cafeteria was not far from the dorms, so they walked together. During the 5-minute walk, they were side-by-side, their shoulders or hands occasionally touching. Ye Wanjia remembered the night they walked together, and the shadows of their hands had repeatedly touched. Her heart had ached with longing, and she was afraid her feelings would be discovered, so she had to clutch her skirt to calm the tingling in her hands.

Now that they were together, someone was thinking the same thing she was.

Thump!

Another touch—the back of a hand against the back of a hand—lighting a match in her heart.

Ye Wanjia turned her head and looked outward. Her fingers twitched, lifting slightly, touching Pei Suye’s hand, then quickly retracting. After a few seconds of anticipation, her slender fingers rose again, reaching forward like a creeping vine, carefully extending toward the other side.

Then, they were wrapped in a warm hand, gentle and warm, and just like her, the fingertips trembled slightly.

Hehe.

A little giggle bubbled up inside her. The skin-to-skin contact was tingly, a fine sweat breaking out. Their palms instinctively turned, seamlessly locking their fingers together, each one fitting perfectly in the gaps of the other’s, intimate and inseparable.

Her dimples deepened, her grape-like eyes shimmered like a spring, and her cheeks flushed slightly. She turned to look at the person beside her, and saw that Pei Suye’s ears had also turned a faint shade of pink, her lips curved upward, and her eyes filled with infinite tenderness.

So, Pei Suye gets shy, too.

Pei Suye held her hand, pretending nothing had happened, and led her to the breakfast window. She even looked at the cafeteria lady with a hint of romantic warmth.

“Auntie, two tea eggs, two fried dumplings, two steamed buns, and two cups of soy milk.”

The online novel The First Day I Met Miss Pei, renamed Miss Pei and Miss Ye, was updated to Chapter 42, where the main characters, “I” and “Miss Pei,” confessed their feelings under the moonlight and officially became girlfriends.

I once thought that the love I secretly held in my heart was an unseen breeze in the mountains, a love that I would not dare to meet even after a long journey. But then one day, I found that you were also a rushing wind, coming from thousands of miles to embrace me. So, sleep turned into wakefulness, fantasy into reality, and my heart’s desire became the person right in front of me.

This was her first time writing a web novel, so the wording wasn’t professional. All the plot points were based on her personal feelings, including the first moment of heart-fluttering and every subsequent genuine feeling. The delicate writing was simple yet real, making it highly relatable.

Soon, Miss Pei and Miss Ye caught the eye of an editor at a web novel platform, who offered Ye Wanjia a contract.

As a result, more and more readers discovered the novel and waited for Ye Wanjia to come online to update their dose of sweetness.

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