Together.
“Huahua, I have a hidden capture target, don’t I?”
“Yes, Mr. Su… *slurp, slurp*…”
Accompanying Huahua’s voice was the sound of a milk tea cup being sucked dry. “Do you think Tong Ya might be the hidden target?”
“Mhm.”
“But she seems pretty normal to me…”
“Heh.”
Su Yichen parted his red lips slightly, letting out a short chuckle. “I can’t tell if she’s normal yet, but…”
“She isn’t simple at all.”
Luo Yueli was not the type of person who was easy to get close to. Yet, in the short one or two days since school started, Tong Ya was already walking beside her like a sister.
Looking at how things were then, she had likely accompanied Luo Yueli there.
Back in the Counselor’s office, Luo Yueli had been able to speak so openly in front of Tong Ya…
The relationship between the two was probably far beyond that of ordinary classmates. In fact, Luo Yueli’s change of heart might even be related to Tong Ya.
Most likely, Luo Yueli had told Tong Ya everything about his past. She had probably asked Tong Ya how to handle this childhood friend relationship and received advice in return.
That was why Luo Yueli had suddenly seen the light.
Revealing deep feelings to a casual acquaintance was common for young girls making friends, especially when one side felt a desperate need to vent.
Now, Luo Yueli and Tong Ya shared not only secrets but also a significant bond, which had already moved past the stage of casual acquaintance.
The most crucial moment was back in the Counselor’s office.
Tong Ya’s expression and gaze had been complex.
Pity showed that she knew everything.
Regret, however, might suggest she had other motives.
Even though she knew the whole story, Tong Ya had still been constantly sizing him up. That cat-like curiosity of hers was impossible to hide.
Only a cat would remain curious about something it already knew.
They were born hunters.
“Interesting. The last time I encountered a cat-like girl was when I was serving as a guard for a princess.”
“Mr. Su, you suspect Tong Ya is the hidden capture target?” Huahua asked after a long pause, finally seeming to understand.
“Mhm.”
Watching Tong Ya as she walked closer beside Luo Yueli, Su Yichen suddenly smiled softly. “Whether she is my target or what her purpose is for approaching me, I’ll know after I test her.”
“I’m best at seducing girls.”
“As long as I am her prey, she will eventually show her claws.”
The youth’s smile was enchanting, ambiguous, and peerlessly beautiful.
***
Just as she stepped out of the teaching building, Luo Yueli saw Su Yichen holding a cup of milk tea. It was obvious he had been waiting for a long time.
However, by this point, she already knew how to calmly face the twisted relationship between herself and Su Yichen.
It was time to put a full stop to it.
Luo Yueli didn’t avoid him. Instead, she led Tong Ya toward Su Yichen’s direction.
“Lizi, are you going to tell him now?” Tong Ya asked in a low voice, noticing Luo Yueli’s actions.
“Yes. Since he’s become like this… I also bear an inescapable responsibility.” Recalling some bits and pieces from high school, Luo Yueli sighed. “I should have encouraged him more.”
“Instead of always avoiding him.”
“Mhm.”
Tong Ya nodded thoughtfully. She let go of Luo Yueli’s arm and stood to the side of the stairs, leaving the stage to Su Yichen.
“Yueli, this is…”
“For you.”
Su Yichen acted as if he didn’t even see Tong Ya; his eyes were only for his childhood friend.
But soon, he lowered his head.
The two of them were standing on the stairs. Luo Yueli stood on a higher step, while Su Yichen was on a lower one.
As he lowered his head, Su Yichen saw Luo Yueli’s fair, tender feet in strapped sandals. Her dainty toes were translucent, and on her pink nails were cute, milky-white half-moons.
“Yichen.”
Luo Yueli took the milk tea and said, “I thought about it for a long time yesterday.”
“From high school to university, three years have already passed.”
“Perhaps the things we couldn’t understand before… we can understand now.”
Su Yichen, who had just shown a joyful expression because she called him “Yichen,” suddenly trembled. Although he suffered from low self-esteem, he wasn’t stupid—not in the slightest.
He wasn’t slow either; he could hear what Luo Yueli meant.
“Mhm.”
Not knowing what to say, Su Yichen grit his teeth and nodded gently.
Seeing Su Yichen like this, Luo Yueli’s cold expression softened slightly.
She could imagine the pain in Su Yichen’s heart, but…
She had to do this.
If she didn’t, the damage to both of them would only be greater.
Luo Yueli didn’t want to destroy Su Yichen with her own hands.
“Yichen, can we go over there to talk?” Luo Yueli pointed toward a quiet path on the other side of the teaching building.
“Okay, Yueli.”
As if accepting his fate, Su Yichen used all his strength to squeeze out those last few words.
With his head lowered, he followed behind Luo Yueli.
Tong Ya stared blankly at Su Yichen’s back until he and Luo Yueli completely disappeared from her sight.
‘Was I wrong?’
She pinched her thigh hard, only snapping back to her senses when a faint red bruise appeared on her fair skin.
‘Su Yichen… is unexpectedly good-looking?’
During the conversation just now, the three of them had been standing on the stairs.
Luo Yueli was at the top, while she and Su Yichen were on the same level.
When she first saw Su Yichen, Tong Ya’s first thought was…
‘He seems to have tidied up his hair today, making him look much better than yesterday.’
So, she had intended to take another look. But after seeing Su Yichen’s side profile from such a close distance…
Tong Ya hadn’t been able to look away.
the youth’s skin was even better than hers, which she maintained with great care. Furthermore, his lip shape, his eyelashes… and that faint touch of seductive red at the corner of his eyes…
Everything was flawless.
That was a beautiful side profile that would be a luxury even in a dream.
No matter how she looked at it, he was a very beautiful boy…
‘A beautiful boy? Seriously?’
Tong Ya now felt a strong urge. She wanted to take off Su Yichen’s glasses, hold his face, and get a good look at him.
‘Is it… an illusion?’
If he were truly a beautiful boy, Luo Yueli couldn’t possibly have this kind of attitude toward Su Yichen.
Last night, while Luo Yueli was eating spicy hot pot with her, she had mentioned that she liked boys who were scholarly, handsome, confident, responsible, and very gentle.
Undoubtedly, those were very demanding requirements, but Luo Yueli was indeed qualified to make them.
If—if Su Yichen really was…
He was essentially the dream man in Luo Yueli’s heart.
Wasn’t Luo Yueli ignoring a gold mine right in front of her to go pan-handling in the rough waves?
And just now…
‘He seemed to be looking at me…’
‘At that angle, he should have been looking at me, right?’
He had clearly been talking to Luo Yueli.
‘But if he isn’t a beautiful boy, then what did I just see?’
‘Am I blind?’
Tong Ya’s mind was a mess for a moment. Her curiosity was like a cat’s claw, scratching at her heart until it was unbearable.
Rather than guessing, the young girl believed more in what she had seen with her own eyes.
She paced back and forth on the spot, her gaze constantly lingering on the path in the distance.
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