Chapter 42: Will He Like Me?

By the time Su Yichen finished buying a new quilt and making his bed, it was already evening.

While doing all this, he had deliberately avoided mealtime.

Because Mu Qianqian cooked at home. If he happened to be there during dinner, he would inevitably end up eating with the Qianxia sisters.

Now was not the time to enter that kind of scenario.

So Su Yichen ate a clay pot rice outside. By the time he returned to Mu Qianqian’s place—half his home now—it was already past eight in the evening.

Mu Qianqian had already left for work.

When he went to the living room to pour some water, Su Yichen glanced at the sisters’ bedroom and saw the door tightly shut.

Mu Xia was definitely inside.

As for what she was doing… he had no idea.

Su Yichen felt a bit curious, but only to that extent.

He wasn’t a cat.

His curiosity about a girl was limited to whether what she was doing inside might help him in his strategy to win her over.

Other than that, he didn’t care.

“Better go back to my room and read a novel.”

Just as he thought this and reached his bedroom door—

Softly, with a click.

Su Yichen paused mid-motion as he pressed down the handle and turned his head toward the neighboring room.

The door had opened. Mu Xia stood there.

She was wearing a light goose-yellow nightdress. Her figure was slender, and the legs beneath the hem were straight and fair.

Though she was still slightly shorter than her sister Mu Qianqian, the difference wasn’t much.

Noticing Mu Xia’s gaze, Su Yichen glanced at the exercise book in her hands.

“Another problem you can’t solve, Mu Xia?”

Seeing her pink lips pressed together as if she wanted to speak but hesitated, Su Yichen smiled gently.

The girl’s mind blanked for a moment before quickly returning to its usual cool composure.

“Yes… can you teach me?”

“Yichen.”

“Sure. I happen to be free right now.”

After speaking, Su Yichen sat down in the living room.

Mu Xia leaned against the doorframe, watching him.

His voice always sounded calm and unhurried, without a trace of worldly noise.

“How about…”

A faint blush appeared on the girl’s face. “You come to my room?”

“There’s air conditioning inside. It’ll be cooler, and I have a lot of questions to ask.”

“Alright.”

Su Yichen agreed without hesitation.

“Wait a moment.”

Mu Xia turned and went back into her room, quickly returning with a hairdryer.

She plugged it in and smiled lightly. “Let me dry your hair?”

“If you go in like this, you’ll catch a cold.”

“Thank you.”

Su Yichen tilted his head back, smiling gently.

Catch a cold?

Ever since obtaining the fate pattern “Elf Princess,” he had become immune to all illnesses.

Even if he didn’t dry his hair, it would return to a perfect state the next day—unless he deliberately wanted a different hairstyle, which would be troublesome.

But Su Yichen said nothing. He simply lowered his head, letting the girl do as she pleased.

Her hands were a bit cold, making one wonder if she hadn’t eaten enough for dinner.

Mu Xia seemed to like sweets. She had finished that cup of milk tea very quickly earlier.

After thinking for a moment, Su Yichen picked up his phone and quietly ordered her a cup of hot cocoa.

And donuts.

“Your hair is really nice.”

The boy’s hair was unbelievably smooth, with a bright sheen.

Mu Xia couldn’t help but keep touching it. Even her sister’s hair wasn’t this good.

Soft, yet not limp. After drying, the strength at the roots was clearly noticeable.

Was this natural?

She hadn’t expected that one day she would envy a boy over something like hair.

“Really? It’s always been like this. Maybe it’s natural.”

“It must be natural. No amount of care could achieve this.”

Her fingertip pressed the switch, and the hum of the hairdryer stopped immediately.

“All done. I’ll be counting on you tonight, Brother Yichen.”

“Mm, leave it to me.”

Su Yichen nodded, picked up the exercise book from the table, and followed Mu Xia into the bedroom.

***

About forty minutes later, there was a knocking sound from outside.

The bedroom door opened from within.

Mu Xia ran out, opened the front door, grabbed the delivery, and hurried back into the room.

Inside, Su Yichen had already written out a long series of solutions for her.

Very detailed.

He didn’t know about her other subjects, but Mu Xia’s math foundation was unbelievably poor.

Fortunately, she was only in her first year of high school. There was still time to catch up.

While Mu Xia went out to get the delivery, Su Yichen leaned back halfway in his chair and stretched comfortably.

Mu Xia really was quite different from her sister.

“Yichen, your delivery.”

Mu Xia pushed the door open, holding a small white paper bag.

She had already seen what was inside—hot cocoa and donuts.

They were from the most famous dessert shop in Jinyue City. Prices there weren’t cheap; together, they cost several dozen yuan.

“I bought them for you.”

Su Yichen looked at the math textbook in his hands, his eyelids slightly lowered.

He didn’t look at her.

Nor did he intend to explain.

Since she was different, he couldn’t treat her the same way.

But they lived under the same roof. That was the troublesome part about “twins.”

Moreover, Mu Xia’s love value was only five. Their small interaction earlier in the living room…

Theoretically, it should have increased by another five points.

So why hadn’t it?

Thus, Su Yichen decided to change the way he interacted with her.

As for whether Mu Xia would throw the food away?

Impossible.

She had no reason to throw away sweets she liked.

Not only would she not throw them away, she would eat them soon.

Mu Xia, who had originally been waiting for Su Yichen to say something, was a bit surprised.

Normally, shouldn’t a boy explain?

But… he didn’t seem to want to say anything at all.

After waiting for a while, Mu Xia could only say thank you.

When she sat down beside him again, the girl was already a little distracted.

Her mind was filled with thoughts of why he would suddenly order her milk tea and buy donuts.

Wasn’t that something a boyfriend would do for his girlfriend?

‘Is he trying to flirt with me, then sleep with me?’

No matter how handsome Su Yichen was, he was still a man.

And she was only a sixteen-year-old girl.

But…

‘I’m alone at home right now. If he wanted to sleep with me, why go through all this trouble? Why beat around the bush?’

‘He could just push me onto the bed and force himself on me.’

Just thinking about it, Mu Xia quickly dismissed the idea.

Even she felt these thoughts were completely illogical—too wild and unrealistic.

She and her sister had both met Su Yichen.

He was a very clean person.

He was the little white rabbit.

If her sister were home…

The one who would get eaten… would be him.

When he explained problems beside her tonight, his eyes were so clear—there wasn’t a trace of impurity.

On the contrary, the way her sister had looked at him during the day…

So dirty.

At that moment, her sister’s eyes were filled with physical desire.

Yet he was so clean.

Why was Su Yichen being so nice to her?

Could it be…

He…liked her?

As she thought this, the girl’s heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat.