I don't think I'm a scumbag, nor am I suited to be a player.
Facing this bloody moment where two magnetic tigresses were about to fight for mating rights, the first thing that crossed my mind wasn't to stop the war, but to hide Song Lei's diary before Shen Xingyue could see it!
The hotel room was only so big, where could I hide it?
After pondering in the restroom for a long time, I came up with a terrible idea. I stuffed the diary into Chen Lu's discarded jeans, then threw the jeans into the laundry hamper, and piled her other clothes on top to cover it. I figured that even if Shen Xingyue sensed something and searched my room, she wouldn't have the nerve to touch another girl's clothes – after all, opposites attract, or rather, same sexes repel.
After hiding the diary, I came out of the bathroom. Chen Lu had already emerged from under the covers. As if on purpose, she pulled the edge of her bath towel down, positioning it at the very front, straightened her back, and put her hands on her hips. This undoubtedly made her look more magnificent.
Shen Xingyue's high heels echoed in the hallway, growing closer. I decided to take the initiative, opened the door, and greeted her with a smile, "Xingyue, you're here so late?"
"Where is that little vixen?" Shen Xingyue blurted out, "What classmates? You don't have any classmates here! Are you looking for a mistress?"
"You're the mistress!" Chen Lu retorted defiantly from inside the room.
Shen Xingyue shoved me aside and entered the room. Seeing Chen Lu's bath towel and her damp hair, she looked back at me, fully dressed and not even having changed my shoes, and chuckled, "It seems I've come too early. Didn't catch you two in the act."
"Xingyue, she really is my classmate, and also Song Lei's classmate. The three of us were in the same university class," I said.
Hearing Song Lei's name, Shen Xingyue immediately reined in her capricious mood. A flicker of awkwardness crossed her face, but she quickly regained her composure and asked in a low voice, "Why is she here to see you?"
"What right do you have to question Chengfeng? What are you to him?" Chen Lu asked, crossing her arms and tilting her chin up. She stopped puffing out her chest to show off her curves because she knew she couldn't compete with Shen Xingyue, so she hid her assets to avoid embarrassing herself.
"I am his fiancée," Shen Xingyue stated calmly.
What the heck? No way, they just had a blind date and dinner, and now she's his fiancée?
Just as I was about to defend myself, Chen Lu suddenly rushed over in anger and slapped me across the face with a large cloth bag, "Pah! Scumbag! You have a fiancée and you're still seducing me!"
"...I wasn't seducing you! I told you not to come up, but you insisted!" I said, covering my face and sounding wronged. I was also saying this for Shen Xingyue to hear.
"Hmph! Then you shouldn't have been unclear! I thought you were single like me!"
"I was wrong, alright. I just felt sorry for you, having nowhere to stay, and being an old classmate. We're so familiar with each other, surely nothing inappropriate would happen between us," I said again, also for Shen Xingyue's ears.
"Heh," Shen Xingyue sneered, "Nothing would happen? She's dressed like this, and you tell me nothing would happen? There's nothing under that towel, is there? Just waiting for you to pounce, and she'd willingly open her arms to you?"
"Shen Xingyue, I'm not that kind of woman. I told you, we're just classmates, and we'll always be just classmates," Chen Lu said coldly. Then she turned to me, "Chengfeng, this isn't your fault. I was just being wishful. I thought you asked me over because you wanted to... Forget it, never mind. You two chat, I'll leave first."
With that, Chen Lu turned and went into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
"See what a mess this has turned into..." I gave Shen Xingyue a wry smile.
Shen Xingyue raised an eyebrow, "I left my hairpin in your room at noon, and I was just passing by, so I came to get it. So don't overthink it, I didn't mean anything else."
After speaking, Shen Xingyue walked to the bedside table. Her hairpin was indeed lying next to the lamp. Because it was so thin, I hadn't noticed it before. It was quite beautiful, looking like gold. The head of the hairpin had a double fish-shaped ornament, with a small pendant hanging from it.
Suddenly, I realized a serious problem and quickly pushed open the bathroom door!
"Ah!" Chen Lu screamed, "What are you doing! I'm changing!"
"You can't put on your pants!" I pushed Chen Lu, who was only halfway changed, out of the bathroom, locked the door from the outside, and retrieved Song Lei's diary from her jeans. I had nowhere else to hide it, but I figured Shen Xingyue would leave soon. So, I shoved the diary into the storage compartment under the sink and casually covered it with a towel...