Chapter 336: On the Road, You Just Have to Play on Your Phone

Ye Qingchang sighed and reached out to pull the zipper on her backpack.

The sense of powerlessness reached its peak in this moment.

Because when Ye Qingchang tried with all her might to zip up her backpack, she was quite surprised to discover that the zipper had given out.

Somewhat like a Saint who, unable to bear the humiliation, finally bit off her tongue and killed herself in a goblin’s nest, Ye Qingchang watched helplessly as the spot she had just zipped up split open again on its own.

Suddenly, the zipper that had been pulled all the way to the top looked like the buttons on a trench coat, only able to fasten the middle section while both sides hung open, and even more extreme than that.

Ye Qingchang was at a complete loss.

She looked at her backpack, the somewhat battered zipper serving as a kind of last fig leaf, keeping the books inside from spilling out right then and there.

Otherwise, Ye Qingchang’s sense of powerlessness would have become even more concrete.

Then, in that moment, she sharply scanned her surroundings to make sure no one else had witnessed this embarrassing scene.

It seemed no one was looking her way.

Oh, there was Xiao Yi’an, staring at the ceiling.

Damn it, that guy D definitely saw.

But at least it was Xiao Yi’an.

If it had been one of her dormmates who hadn’t left yet, they would have jumped right over and started American-style bullying.

It was just that now, her backpack seemed to have suddenly died.

The backpack that had accompanied her for so long, the backpack that had been steeped in who knows how much knowledge, had actually broken at this moment.

Somehow, she even felt a bit sentimental, as if an old friend had just passed away.

And it seemed she had sold out the backpack that had been with her for so long, all for two two-liter bottles of iced tea.

Now, forget her dormmates laughing if they saw this.

Even Ye Qingchang herself wanted to laugh looking at the backpack with its busted zipper.

As time passed, there seemed to be fewer and fewer people in the classroom.

The water course teacher on the podium didn’t seem to care about the rule that teachers had to leave after students.

She left quite decisively after finishing her last class.

But Ye Qingchang still hadn’t thought of a relatively normal way to carry the battered backpack and the books inside back to the dormitory.

She repeatedly unzipped and rezipped it.

Oh no, it seemed it wouldn’t close anymore, because no matter what, both sides were open.

“Need help?”

A clear voice came from beside her. It was Xiao Yi’an with a straight face.

At first, Ye Qingchang didn’t understand why this guy, who said he wanted to help and then did, had to keep such a straight face.

Then she saw Xiao Yi’an’s gaze shift to the gaping backpack.

Even with that extremely serious expression, he couldn’t hold it together and let out a bit of laughter.

“What are you laughing at?” Ye Qingchang’s face immediately turned green.

“I thought of something happy.” Xiao Yi’an realized he couldn’t keep it up and simply stopped pretending, the smile on his face not diminishing at all.

Ye Qingchang raised an eyebrow: “Oh? Your wife about to give birth?”

“I remembered that back in middle and high school, I always stuffed a basketball into my backpack along with my books, so the zipper would always get stretched and broken.” Xiao Yi’an said.

Ye Qingchang had never encountered the situation where things in her backpack broke the zipper by stretching it. This was the first time.

She originally thought Xiao Yi’an was the same, then suddenly remembered that Xiao Yi’an seemed to have been a fairly normal, sunny, cheerful guy before, with little connection to gloomy literary types.

As for the situation he mentioned, it was pretty similar to her current one.

“So, you know how to handle this?” Ye Qingchang raised an eyebrow and asked.

Xiao Yi’an crossed his arms: “Mm-hm.”

Ye Qingchang knew what he meant.

“Then may I ask, Student Xiao, would you mind giving me a hand?” she said.

There was no reluctance or frustration in it. She was genuinely seeking help, and Xiao Yi’an genuinely intended to help her.

It seemed like this kind of relationship was the right one, and Xiao Yi’an was intentionally trying to steer their relationship in this direction, from one side reluctantly yet proactively giving, to both sides willingly giving.

He seemed to inexplicably understand a lot about relationships, which left Ye Qingchang somewhat baffled.

But what she did know was that being around him like this was quite comfortable.

“Of course.” Xiao Yi’an smiled softly.

He waited for Ye Qingchang to push the backpack over, then pulled the zipper all the way to the bottom and, with considerable effort, took four or five books out of the backpack.

“Actually, if you want to bring the books back, just put some in the backpack and carry some in your hands. Then you don’t have to worry about the zipper breaking from the strain.”

Xiao Yi’an said, looking at the books he had taken out.

Ye Qingchang naturally understood this logic.

First, carrying a backpack was easier than holding things in her hands.

She knew her own physical condition.

If she carried the books all the way back, her hands would feel like they had muscular weakness for at least half an hour after reaching the dormitory.

Of course, the most crucial thing was that if her hands were full of a considerable weight of books, she wouldn’t be able to play on her phone while walking.

She was a gloomy person. Walking on the road, she absolutely had to play on her phone, otherwise she would have to look up and meet all sorts of gazes, and it always felt like a vampire exposed to sunlight.

So while thinking of an explanation, she looked up and met Xiao Yi’an’s gaze.

That gaze seemed to see right through her.

The instant she saw Xiao Yi’an’s eyes, she understood.

Xiao Yi’an had been asking a question he already knew the answer to.

How had it come to seem like Xiao Yi’an had her figured out?

So she simply didn’t answer.

Xiao Yi’an, who knew the answer, just raised an eyebrow.

Then he pulled the zipper and, with a bit of force, realigned the seemingly misaligned zipper.

Plus, with many books taken out and much less pressure on it, it zipped up easily this time.

Ye Qingchang hadn’t expected the problem to be solved so quickly.

It seemed Xiao Yi’an had done this sort of thing quite a lot before.

“Thanks, Student Xiao.”

The bespectacled girl bowed her head slightly.

Xiao Yi’an rarely wore glasses anymore, mostly using contact lenses.

It seemed he really listened to what Ye Qingchang had said before, revealing those eyes that had been hidden behind glasses.

“You’re welcome, Student Ye.”

Ye Qingchang put on her backpack and glanced back to make sure the zipper wouldn’t pop open again, then planned to grab the books that had been taken out and leave.

But when she looked up, those books were already in Xiao Yi’an’s hands.

“I happen to be heading to the school gate, which means passing by the girls’ dormitory. I can walk Student Ye to the bottom of the girls’ dorm building.” Xiao Yi’an said with a smile, “Now Student Ye’s hands are free on the road.”

This guy had indeed guessed that she stuffed everything into her backpack just to free up her hands to play on her phone.