Mo Qingqiu pondered for a moment before asking, “Shen Ran, have you dealt with boys before?”
“For example, in your daily life… how many friends of the opposite sex do you have?”
“Do you usually talk to boys?”
Although the two had known each other for some time, this was the first time she had asked Shen Ran such a private question.
Shen Ran scratched her head and said, “No, I haven’t…”
“I don’t have many boys on my WeChat… and I don’t have any male friends in my daily life.”
“Senior Qingqiu, I’m not as outstanding as you, hehe…”
“My family background is also very ordinary. My parents said that only by studying hard can I become excellent, and only then will I dare to pursue someone I like in the future.”
“So I only knew how to read books in middle and high school. I barely managed to get into the College of Liberal Arts.”
“I was quite lucky, really. I guessed correctly on several questions and knowledge points, scoring nearly thirty points more than my last mock exam!”
“I couldn’t believe it when the scores came out.”
Facing Mo Qingqiu, a senior who was as gentle as an older sister, Shen Ran gradually opened up as they chatted, saying a lot in one breath.
She wasn’t particularly smart and had never been the type with top-tier intelligence.
But she was definitely one of the most hardworking.
It was only through enough effort combined with good luck that she had stumbled through the doors of Qingyue University’s College of Liberal Arts.
She had just barely met the cutoff score.
Aside from reading and doing practice problems, Shen Ran wasn’t even very skilled at making friends, let alone talking to the opposite sex.
Her chats with Jiang Jingjie were limited to VX; she hadn’t said a single word to him in person.
“Hmm…”
“Let me think for you.”
Mo Qingqiu took a sip of tea and asked the waiter to bring in the prepared cake and fruit platter.
She had a general understanding of Shen Ran’s situation at first, but after today’s conversation, she understood it completely.
But… did she really have time to care about a junior’s seemingly childish love?
The answer was no.
Mo Qingqiu only wanted to watch a story.
Whether it was exciting or ordinary, as long as it was something she couldn’t experience herself, she wanted to see it.
Because she was born into a family with extremely strict discipline, her upbringing could be described as the polar opposite of Tong Ya’s.
Tong Ya was given free rein, while Mo Qingqiu had been taught to follow all kinds of rules since childhood.
This made her always full of longing for the stories that happened outside of those “rules.”
Like a bird trapped in The Cage, she longed for the unknown world outside.
Even if nothing was happening, she wanted to make things happen.
To put it simply, the young woman liked to watch drama—she enjoyed watching things she couldn’t personally touch.
No matter what the consequences were, Mo Qingqiu was happy to watch.
Because she could not experience it herself, she was like a connoisseur.
Mo Qingqiu felt that her life was already boring enough and needed some… interesting things.
Besides, matters of the heart…
In her eyes, they were somewhat childish and ridiculous.
This was precisely why Mo Qingqiu had agreed to help Shen Ran.
Because Shen Ran had a little story, a little theater play to watch.
Originally, Mo Qingqiu intended to have Luo Yueli, Shen Ran, and Jiang Jingjie in a love triangle drama, but after meeting Su Yichen and Tong Ya today…
She found that her script could be expanded even further, especially with Tong Ya’s involvement.
This play would be particularly interesting.
And in this story, Jiang Jingjie naturally didn’t deserve to be the male lead. The lead had to be…
Su Yichen.
Since Shen Ran was here… she might as well let her test that Su Yichen.
To see what the relationship between Su Yichen, Luo Yueli, and Tong Ya really was.
Moreover…
In such a grand play, if there were only two female leads and it was just a love triangle… it would be a bit too boring.
Thinking of this, Mo Qingqiu spoke up, “Shen Ran, since you want to pursue a boy, you first have to learn how to interact with them and how to get along. At the very least, you need to know how to be friends.”
“Didn’t you say before… that Su Yichen is Luo Yueli’s childhood friend?”
“I remember you also said that Su Yichen and Jiang Jingjie are roommates.”
“Then why don’t you try to get in touch with Su Yichen first? You can get information about Jiang Jingjie’s personality and preferences from him.”
“If you can become friends, having Su Yichen assist you and help you pursue Jiang Jingjie… that’s also an option.”
As she spoke, Mo Qingqiu’s eyes narrowed slightly, and her voice took on a hint of seduction, “What do you think, Junior Shen Ran?”
“Eh? Why didn’t I think of that…”
Shen Ran suddenly remembered what Luo Yueli had said in the dormitory about letting Su Yichen help. “Lizi said before that if I wanted to pursue Jiang Jingjie, she could have Su Yichen help me.”
“Then I’ll just—”
“That won’t do, Shen Ran.” Mo Qingqiu shook her head and said, “If you let Luo Yueli help you contact Su Yichen, what will you gain from it?”
“You’d just be reaping the benefits without doing the work. You still won’t know how to meet boys and establish a connection with them, right?”
Shen Ran fell silent. She could easily hear the logic in Mo Qingqiu’s words.
“Senior Qingqiu, then what should I do?”
“It’s simple. Go find Su Yichen and get to know him yourself, not through anyone else.”
Mo Qingqiu continued, “If you can get him to help you in your own way, it proves you know how to interact with boys… or at least how to make friends.”
“I understand, Senior Qingqiu.”
Even though it was difficult, Shen Ran found it hard to deny that Mo Qingqiu’s words made sense.
“But… will Su Yichen really help me?”
“I mean… does he know how to pursue boys?”
“He certainly knows.”
Mo Qingqiu smiled ambiguously. “I’ve never had a boyfriend, let alone pursued a boy.”
“It’s always been boys pursuing me.”
“So if you ask me about this, I can only give you some subjective advice.”
“In a relationship, the connection between both parties is like the prey and the hunter during a hunt.”
“To learn how to catch prey, you shouldn’t ask me, who is also prey. You should ask an excellent hunter.”
“That would be Su Yichen.”
“Junior Shen Ran, you should go find him.”
Whether he was a hunter… Mo Qingqiu didn’t know either, but it didn’t matter.
She only needed to make Shen Ran believe it. As long as Shen Ran thought he was, then he was.
Furthermore… Su Yichen gave her a strange feeling.
In him, she smelled a scent similar to her own kind, yet not exactly the same.
It wasn’t a deduction but a woman’s intuition.
To be able to maneuver between Tong Ya and Luo Yueli, this man shouldn’t be a simple character.
In order to better appreciate this performance, Mo Qingqiu felt she needed someone to test him.
Undoubtedly, Shen Ran was the best candidate.
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