The three girls continued to flip through Yu Qing's photo album. With their host absent, they felt hesitant to be too loud, so they only exchanged soft smiles as they looked at the increasing number of pictures of Yu Qing and Guan Ping together. They whispered to each other and then erupted into giggles.
As they browsed, one of them suddenly exclaimed, "Huh? What's this?"
"Yeah! What is it? How did it end up here?" the others chimed in.
Guan Ping stole a glance from the corner of her eye and saw the girl who was talking the most sitting at the edge of the bed. She was using her finger to lift a small folded piece of tissue paper from the album. Guan Ping nearly fainted; that was the map he had left behind on his first visit to Yu Qing's house! He had folded it into the album as a joke, not expecting that Yu Qing wouldn't notice but her classmates would.
The girl unfolded the tissue paper, and as soon as she flipped it halfway, she gasped and tossed it back onto the album. However, it was already clear to see the unsightly marks hastily scribbled on the white tissue. The girl immediately recognized what it was, while the other two seemed oblivious. From Guan Ping's position, she couldn't see their expressions and wondered if they understood what was happening.
Sure enough, someone asked, "So... what is that...?"
The talkative girl blurted out, "It's... something boys have..."
As soon as she said it, she regretted it; how could others understand when she barely did?
"Something boys have?" another girl pressed for clarification.
After a moment of silence, she reluctantly whispered, "You know... that thing..."
She pointed towards Guan Ping's lower half, and the other two suddenly understood. They began a hushed discussion about how Yu Qing's album could contain such a thing.
"Do you all have boyfriends?" the talkative girl asked suddenly.
After a moment of consideration, both girls blushed and nodded in acknowledgment.
"Have you... done that?" she asked quietly.
This time no one questioned what "that" meant; everyone knew.
Each girl shook her head in denial, including herself.
"Do you know how to do it...?"
"I've seen a video," one replied.
"I've read a book," another added. "What about you?"
"I... I’ve seen something too..." she answered vaguely, unsure of what exactly she had seen.
"Do your boyfriends ask you to do it?" she probed further.
The two girls squirmed uncomfortably and fell silent. She pressed on, "Have you been touched?"
"Oh come on, don't ask that..." one of them finally snapped.
"Wait... wait..." She was still not giving up. "Have you ever seen a guy's... you know?"
"Huh?" The two stared wide-eyed.
"That..." She made a gesture. "The little bird..."
The two immediately denied it, and she added, "I haven't seen it either..."
As she spoke, she turned to glare at Guan Ping, and the other two, surprised, asked, "What... do you want to do?"
"I'm betting," she lowered her voice significantly, "that he's not wearing any clothes."
"Ah?"
"No guy," she said, "would cover himself with the blanket so neatly while sleeping. He must be naked; he only covered himself like that because he was cold from the air conditioning."
The two found her reasoning convincing and nodded in agreement. She continued, "If we just lift a little bit of the blanket, we can see."
"What if he wakes up?" someone worriedly asked.
"We were making such a racket earlier, and he was still sleeping like a log; there's no way he'd wake up now."
The three girls fell silent for a moment as they looked at Guan Ping, who continued to snore away.
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