Chapter 1: This mature beauty will be the death of me
Late March, and Zhecheng was hit by a torrential downpour today.
The sudden storm gave people no time to hide. Having no umbrella, Gu Qiu could only brave the pouring rain and darted into the nearest bus stop.
"What terrible luck. I just came out for dinner, and it had to start raining..."
A gust of wind swept past. Soaked to the bone, Gu Qiu couldn't help hugging himself, rubbing his hands back and forth along his arms to warm himself up as best as he could.
Leftover rainwater dripped down his bangs. Though he complained about his bad luck, when he looked at the fried rice and hot dishes he was holding and thought of those three ungrateful, blood-related-free sons back at the dorm who would willingly call him father, his eyes still filled with smiles.
Gu Qiu looked up at the sky, feeling that this rain wasn't going to stop anytime soon, and began to hesitate whether it was worth hailing a cab for a mere eight or nine hundred meters.
Just as he was about to pull out his phone to ask his dear sons back at the dorm if they were willing to come pick up their beloved father, a wave of fragrant wind brushed past Gu Qiu.
It wasn't a refreshing, subtle scent, but rather a rich, lingering fragrance.
Huh?
Instinctively, Gu Qiu raised his eyes, only to see that this cramped bus stop now had one more person—a woman dressed in an OL uniform.
Su Jiuyue froze, then looked at Gu Qiu with a hint of grievance.
Seeing the doge avatar newly added to her friends list, Su Jiuyue smiled with satisfaction, then gently waved at Gu Qiu.
"Well... let me think..."
Guessing Gu Qiu's question, Su Jiuyue tilted her head slightly, a delicate finger pressed against her lips. After pondering for a moment, she blinked at Gu Qiu and gave a mischievous smile:
"I can tell fortunes. How's that for an answer?"
Before he could even unlock his phone screen, a string of message notifications had already chimed.
Sure enough, when God closes a window for you, He also locks the door tight.
Click—
The hot-blooded Gu Qiu felt his face burning slightly, and then placed a hand over his chest, feeling his pounding little heart.
The most awkward situation at hand was resolved, and Gu Qiu couldn't help letting out a breath of relief.
It just seemed far more important to hurry back to the dorm and make those three shout "father."
Su Jiuyue directly displayed her WeChat QR code.
Such a fine mature beauty, why did her brain seem a little short-circuited?
Still, he merely glanced at it before withdrawing his gaze.
He was simply more curious about how she knew his name, so he didn't dwell on it too much.
When she clearly saw Gu Qiu's appearance, however, her delicate brows twitched upward slightly, revealing a hint of surprise, and then a trace of nostalgia welled up in her alluring eyes.
The bus stop instantly plunged into silence.
"Ugh..."
Watching Gu Qiu walk further and further away, Su Jiuyue merely covered her mouth and chuckled softly.
This nonsense answer left Gu Qiu helplessly massaging his forehead, unable to hold back a mental complaint.
"Looks like you and your roommates get along pretty well?"
Suddenly, Gu Qiu felt an itch in his palm. Looking closer, he realized that Su Jiuyue's pinky finger was gently brushing across his palm.
At that, he decided not to converse and planned to call for rescue to get himself back to the dorm.
The two chatted idly, and the rain gradually grew lighter. Less than five minutes later, only an occasional stray drop or two fell from the sky.
That was the dorm group chat, where his starving sons were calling out to him.
Still, he couldn't help himself. As he walked, he muttered in a voice only he could hear:
"I almost couldn't hold on... Why is this big sister acting like some crafty vixen? She almost was the death of me..."
"Little one, this big sister is getting ready to leave too~ Have a safe trip back~"
Coupled with the black silk-clad long legs beneath her skirt, she was the standard image of a mature beauty.
"Nope, the two of us only just met now~"
"Huh?"
"Yeah, I came out for dinner and it started raining, couldn't head back for a while."
Su Jiuyue generously extended her delicate hand toward the frozen Gu Qiu.
He had seen people ask for WeChat before, but this was the first time Gu Qiu had ever seen someone demand *others* to add her WeChat, which completely scrambled his brains. Fortunately, his psychological resilience was strong enough that he quickly snapped back.
"I'll scan yours."
Before leaving, out of politeness, he still said a word to Su Jiuyue.
Gu Qiu was speechless, unable to keep a quiet sigh inside.
"How do you know my last name is Gu?"
"Don't you usually say something like, 'Let's add WeChat' or something?"
Hearing the movement beside her, the mature beauty tilted her head slightly, glancing at Gu Qiu not far away who was staring at his phone.
Anyone in this position, facing an peerless beauty who could guess his name, would be stunned, right?
"Nice to meet you, little Gu Qiu, my name is Su Jiuyue."
"But it's fine, my roommate will be here to pick me up soon."
"Are you... heading back to the university dorms?"
On the contrary, under normal circumstances, he definitely would have couldn't help sneaking a few more looks, and might have even mustered the courage to step forward and ask for her WeChat.
Gu Qiu, who was still replying to messages, froze, then quickly turned his head back, staring in utter astonishment at the mature beauty before him. It was just that his gaze wasn't very obedient, drifting from time to time toward the soaked shirt collar over her chest.
It wasn't that Gu Qiu had no interest in the opposite sex.
With a mature beauty this gorgeous, not adding WeChat would be a waste—even if she turned out to be a tea-selling scammer, it would be worth it.
Ah, SSS-tier rating.
For no other reason than that in his memories, no older sister this gorgeous had ever existed.
With merely a cursory glance, this mature beauty had earned the highest score in Gu Qiu's history.
"How do you know?!"
With that, she threw a wink at Gu Qiu.
"Then how did you..."
Faced with the hand hovering in front of him, Gu Qiu hesitated for a moment, but finally switched the fried rice he was holding in his right hand to his left, then reached out and shook hers.
Gu Qiu was completely bewildered.
What he hadn't expected was that Su Jiuyue, who had been smiling all this time, now withdrew her smile with a look of profound astonishment:
"I said I even know your name~"
"Little one, your last name is Gu?"
Beneath her damp brown hair, her exquisite and alluring face flushed. Her chest heaved as she caught her breath from her recent brief run, looking remarkably full, and the uniform skirt seemed almost too small for her, stretched tightly across her figure.
"You might as well say you knew me in my past life..."
The mature beauty's eyes held a smile—a smile that instantly reminded Gu Qiu of a crafty vixen from a certain two-character game.
Seeing the three rascals in the dorm chat scrambling to come save him, the corner of Gu Qiu's mouth twitched into a gratified curve.
At least he wouldn't have to worry about being soaked to the bone and enduring the torture of the cold wind, only to run a fever and miss class the next day.
"Ah, the rain stopped."
He decided he would definitely not wash this hand when he took a shower today.
"Should I get going then?"
After a moment, her red lips parted, and her soft, charming voice reached Gu Qiu's ears.
Since waiting for his roommate meant waiting anyway, Gu Qiu casually started chatting with Su Jiuyue.
"Yeah, after all, we've spent three years together, and our personalities all click."
Judging by this, the mature beauty's actual height was probably around one meter seven?
Gu Qiu looked up in pleasant surprise and observed her. After confirming it repeatedly, he hurriedly took out his phone and persuaded his roommate, who hadn't left the campus gates yet, to turn back.
"Um... do you know me?"
Hiss...
Slightly calming the surging blood in his lower body, he was certain this was his first time ever meeting this mature beauty.
Her action made Gu Qiu flush bright red from face to neck. Looking into her crescent-moon smiling eyes, his gaze drifted away, and with a trembling finger, he pointed uncertainly at himself.
"Gu Chun? No, that name sounds a bit silly, it should be Gu Qiu?"
Although he was a junior and would soon be going off for internships, for a wretched student like him, attendance rates were still very important.
Perhaps sensing that Gu Qiu was joking, Su Jiuyue quickly adjusted her state. Leaning slightly closer to Gu Qiu, she asked with curiosity:
"Right... huh? Wait?"
Was it his imagination, or did Su Jiuyue place a heavier emphasis on the word "now"?
It felt wonderful.
Cool and soft.
Then, on this deserted street, her black eyes gradually turned to gold, and brown fox ears and tails manifested on her body.
"This little one guessed pretty accurately~"
"After waiting for so long, I've finally found you~"