Looking at Shen Ran’s current state, Su Yichen quickly understood.
This is the interesting thing about emotions.
Whether it’s a boy or a girl, everyone encounters situations like this. In this regard, Shen Ran is much stronger than those indecisive people.
If you feel two people aren’t compatible, you decisively withdraw early instead of dragging it out without taking action.
“So, are you still going to pursue him?”
“Probably not, thank you, Teacher Su.” Shen Ran sighed and said, “It was during my interactions with you that you taught me these things.”
“If it were just me, I might not have figured it out for a long time.”
“Mhm, alright then.”
This girl is quite smart, able to grasp these things quickly.
Although her personality is still a people-pleasing type, she’s not foolish—just purely kind.
“Our cooperation ends here.”
Su Yichen smiled and extended his hand toward Shen Ran. “It was a pleasure getting to know you as a friend, Shen Ran.”
This girl Shen Ran is a bit special.
Shen Ran smiled warmly, her voice gentle as she lightly grasped Su Yichen’s hand.
“Mhm, me too.”
Good…
This feels so nice…
It’s really nice to be friends with Su Yichen, as long as we can continue getting along.
My mom used to say…
My mom used to say, if you feel very happy during your interactions with someone, if they understand you, then that person must be many times more outstanding than you, able to tolerate you and even share your problems and worries.
So…
Su Yichen must be a very talented boy.
“So, Su Yichen, can you help me?”
Withdrawing her hand, Shen Ran asked cautiously.
“Sure, I’ll make a guest appearance as your boyfriend when the time comes.”
“That’s great.”
Joy overflowed from her expression, just like when she first met Su Yichen. Shen Ran lowered her head toward the young man and gave a slight bow. “Thank you.”
“It’s nothing.”
Su Yichen nodded.
So far, his impression of this girl Shen Ran was quite good.
It’s true she has a people-pleasing personality, and it’s true she has a bit of a dependent tendency.
But she’s decisive, not indecisive.
If she’s decisive, those minor personality issues mentioned earlier can actually become plus points instead.
Getting along with a girl like this would be very comfortable.
No conflicts of interest, not a capture target either—she’d be very pleasant to interact with.
A friend.
Su Yichen didn’t mind being friends with Shen Ran, or even good friends beyond that.
Come to think of it, among all these void realms, Su Yichen truly didn’t have any real female friends. Lovers, he had plenty.
As for whether it would develop into a romantic relationship, Su Yichen was confident about that.
Moreover, Shen Ran had made a promise earlier.
So everything was completely under control.
Su Yichen also really wanted to experience what it felt like to have a girl as a friend.
If they got along well, it wasn’t impossible to become sworn brothers.
“Let’s go, we…”
Since Shen Ran’s matter had reached a conclusion, she wouldn’t become a pawn in Mo Qingqiu’s play.
Su Yichen decided to revise his original plan again. After parting ways with Shen Ran later, he would first go to Mu Qianqian’s house to rest, then head to the Guanghan palace in the afternoon.
Originally, the plan was to advance Mo Qingqiu’s route through Shen Ran, but now with Shen Ran’s situation…
Mo Qingqiu’s route had become unclear for the moment.
So it was better to go find the Twin Sisters.
Su Yichen always felt that pair of sisters was a bit strange, but that was precisely what made them not strange.
After all, they’re twins…
The two walked toward the stairwell leading from the rooftop. Shen Ran followed closely beside Su Yichen, maintaining a certain distance.
“Shen Ran, where are you going later?”
“Me? I’ll go back to the dormitory first, then maybe the library?”
“Mhm, I need to go out. After we leave the teaching building, we’ll…”
Huh?
Shen Ran paused. She was listening to Su Yichen speak, so why did he suddenly stop talking?
That’s when she noticed Su Yichen had also stopped.
Luo Yueli was standing not far ahead, smiling as she looked in their direction.
“Li… Lizi…?!”
Luo Yueli smiled. “I came up to deliver some tools. I didn’t expect to run into you two.”
“Good morning, Shen Ran.”
Shen Ran felt her throat go dry, unsure of what to say.
“Y… yeah…”
“Yichen, you and Shen Ran on the rooftop…”
Luo Yueli didn’t ask Shen Ran further. Instead, she shifted her gaze to Su Yichen.
“What were you doing?”
Her smile was gentle and bright, her voice soft and pleasant, as if greeting a good friend.
But those eyes curved into crescents…
Seemed to flicker with some indescribable color.
Su Yichen’s eyelids twitched. He felt like he could see the words [Deviation Value +1] waving at him.
At this moment, he had no time to ponder why Luo Yueli appeared here.
There are no coincidences in stories. Luo Yueli definitely didn’t just spawn here randomly.
There must have been some reason for her to come.
Was it really to deliver tools?
Su Yichen wasn’t entirely convinced, but figuring out the reason now wouldn’t solve the immediate crisis.
The key issue now was how to give a logical answer that wouldn’t increase the deviation value.
Yesterday, he had rejected Luo Yueli’s invitation, which was already something that shouldn’t have happened normally.
And now he was caught red-handed. Based on his understanding of the void realm, there really wasn’t much room for error going forward.
Shen Ran stood to the side. Seeing Su Yichen not speak immediately, she felt somewhat guilty.
It was hard to avoid [Deviation Value +1], and if the deviation value increased again… remember, there was still Shangguan Ling he hadn’t even met yet.
She knew Su Yichen had rejected Luo Yueli’s invitation today because of her own matter. Now that Su Yichen wasn’t speaking, he was clearly in a difficult spot.
Lizi was probably a bit angry and might need Su Yichen to give her an explanation.
But…
Would it be better if she gave the explanation herself?
Shen Ran recalled last night when Tong Ya pestered Luo Yueli, asking her to arrange a meeting with Su Yichen.
Lizi could introduce Su Yichen to Tong Ya.
Perhaps…
Luo Yueli wasn’t jealous over her childhood friend, but just wanted an explanation?
As for whether Luo Yueli liked Su Yichen, Shen Ran wasn’t sure either, because… it really seemed like she did, yet also didn’t.
But if she could accept someone like Tong Ya, then as long as she properly explained this matter of borrowing Su Yichen as a boyfriend to her, it probably wouldn’t be a big problem, right?
Thinking this, Shen Ran opened her mouth. “Li—”
Just as she uttered the first syllable, preparing to carefully explain to Luo Yueli about her proactively asking Su Yichen to act as her boyfriend once, Shen Ran noticed Su Yichen’s hand behind his back subtly making a gesture toward her.
She quickly closed her mouth.
“It’s like this, Yueli.”
Su Yichen remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking.
“Yesterday, Shen Ran contacted me, wanting me to introduce Jiang Jingjie to her.”
“Considering she’s your roommate, I agreed.”
“I also thought of a way last night. Yueli, did you see that post Shen Ran made on her social media?”