Luo Yuqi originally wanted to send her back to the dormitory, but Shen Jianxi, remembering her current appearance, finally only asked him to take her to a nearby location.
“Then remember to miss me tonight, Sister,” Luo Yuqi said, holding her hand and looking at her pitifully before parting.
Shen Jianxi tiptoed and patted his head, feeling the texture of his hair in her palm, and silently withdrew her hand.
*Hmm! He’s good material for making wigs, I really want to pluck him.*
Putting her thoughts away, Shen Jianxi smiled and said, “Alright, alright, I know. I’m going back now, bye-bye~”
She waved and turned away. After only a few steps, she suddenly looked back, stopping Luo Yuqi’s retreating footsteps, and he showed her a well-behaved and innocent smile.
Shen Jianxi laughed heartily in her heart, suddenly looking shy on her face. She ran back and, before Luo Yuqi could react, tiptoed and pressed a light kiss on his left cheek, then ran off without waiting for his response.
Luo Yuqi touched the spot where he had been kissed, and after a long moment, he snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Arriving at the place where the car was parked in the morning, the driver was already waiting. Shen Jianxi got into the car, quickly changed her clothes, and rushed back to the dormitory.
As soon as she opened the door, she was surprised to see that the three of them were all sitting in the living room, the atmosphere lively, and her return did not affect it in the slightest, except—
“Brother Chu, why are you here?” she asked, with a forced smile, looking at the person who shouldn’t have been there, her tone carrying a threat only they could understand.
“A bomb!” Ye Chuanqi lazily threw out the last two cards, ignoring Lu Gaozhuo’s wails, and walked towards Shen Jianxi on his own.
“Looking for you, I wanted to…”
“Want to take back your things, right!” Shen Jianxi, sensing the wrong direction of the conversation, quickly interrupted, warning him with her eyes.
After speaking, she directly pulled Ye Chuanqi’s wrist and went upstairs.
Entering the room, closing the door, all in one smooth motion.
Turning around, she met his smiling eyes.
“Why are you so nervous, Xixi? I just wanted to tell you something.”
Shen Jianxi was so angry she was grinding her teeth looking at him. She knew trouble was always around when her ex was present.
She took a deep breath, suppressing her anger. “Say it, what is it? And leave quickly after you’re done.”
Ye Chuanqi was already accustomed to her attitude. While his heart ached a little, he was otherwise fine.
“I heard you’re participating in a dating show, is that right?”
Shen Jianxi glanced at him and replied impatiently, “Yes, so what?”
“Nothing,” he paused, “I’m participating too.”
Shen Jianxi: !!!
“You??? I’m telling you, don’t mess around.” She knew what this young master was like: willful, arrogant, indifferent to everyone, acting purely on impulse. There were two target romantic interests in this show, and she was really afraid he would sabotage things.
Ye Chuanqi knew what she was worried about. Although his heart ached, he forced a smile. “Don’t worry, I told you that day, I won’t interfere with you.”
“Alright, I’m leaving.”
Knowing that Shen Jianxi didn’t welcome him, Ye Chuanqi didn’t intend to stay any longer. Staying would only make him suffer more.
Shen Jianxi watched him turn and leave without any intention of stopping him, but then 77’s mission notification arrived:
“Random Mission Issued! Host, please hug Ye Chuanqi (Chu Yunqing) tightly from behind and say: ‘I don’t want you to go,’ until Jing Luan sees you.”
*Oh, not bad, not bad. 77’s mission system is quite up-to-date. Ye Chuanqi just arrived in this world, and the mission can already involve him.*
Shen Jianxi knew this mission wasn’t issued randomly. Since there was the additional condition of the last sentence, it meant Jing Luan had the intention of coming up, and might already be preparing to do so.
She didn’t dawdle. She quickly walked a few steps and, just as Ye Chuanqi stepped out of her room, she tightly hugged his waist from behind, listening carefully to the sounds from the stairs.
Ye Chuanqi also froze in place, not knowing what she meant.
Only when they both heard footsteps on the stairs, not heavy, very slow, did Shen Jianxi softly say, “Don’t go, I don’t want you to go.”
Jing Luan, who had just stepped onto the first step after turning the corner, froze in place.
77: “Beep! Random Mission: Hug Ye Chuanqi (Chu Yunqing) tightly from behind and say: ‘I don’t want you to go,’ until Jing Luan sees you. Mission complete!”
Ye Chuanqi now understood her intentions. His heart ached, and then he turned around, hugged her, and gently kissed her forehead. “Alright, I know my baby can’t bear to part with me. We’ll see each other again in a few days.”
Shen Jianxi: *Damn it, Ye Chuanqi, you dog.*
She reached out to push him away, but Ye Chuanqi, anticipating her intention, stepped back first. “I’m leaving, baby doesn’t need to see me off.”
After speaking, he quickly went downstairs and snorted as he passed Jing Luan.
Whether it was Jing Luan’s illusion or not, he felt that Chu Yunqing’s snort sounded like he was calling him a little brat.
Upstairs, Shen Jianxi seemed to have just noticed Jing Luan, her voice laced with barely concealed panic. “Luan, Brother Luan, when did you get here?”
Jing Luan raised his eyes and looked at Shen Jianxi, who was standing at the highest point. He didn’t rush to answer, but slowly walked up step by step.
Each step was light, but it carried a strong sense of pressure.
Standing in front of her, Jing Luan finally spoke, “From the moment you said you didn’t want him to go.”
Shen Jianxi’s face immediately turned pale. She stammered, not knowing how to explain. “N-no, it’s not like that, Brother Luan, listen to me, explain. Brother Chu just asked me to practice lines with him, we, we’re not what you think…”
“What I think is not important,” Jing Luan interrupted her.
“It is important!” Shen Jianxi blurted out, as if pushed to her limit. Realizing what she had said, she felt embarrassed. “Uh, I mean, it’s because my sister likes you!”
“Yes! It’s because my sister likes you, so my impression of me in your heart is also very important. I can’t let you misunderstand my sister because of this!” After saying this, she nodded with great solemnity, as if to convince herself of this explanation.
The girl didn’t know that the boy in front of her had seen through her pretense and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that she had spoken very well.
Jing Luan was stunned, his heart complex.
So, was she indirectly confessing to him?
This left Jing Luan unsure of how to respond.
If he didn’t know that the sister Shen Jianxi mentioned was himself, it would be fine. But he did know, which made Jing Luan unsure how to refuse.
“This, your sister, has excellent taste,” he finally managed to utter.
Shen Jianxi’s lips twitched, and she almost broke character.
She never expected Jing Luan to answer like this. She had to admit, this guy was shamelessly praising himself.
However, she still had to continue the act. Shen Jianxi’s lips curved into a beautiful arc, her eyes filled with hidden admiration and worship. “Yes, my sister thinks so too.”
Jing Luan was choked.
He wanted to say something to break the awkward and somewhat ambiguous atmosphere, but they were standing too close, and he could see directly into the girl’s eyes, where worship, admiration, and timidity resided. Jing Luan found himself unable to speak.
“Then, well, I suddenly remembered I have something to do, I’m going down now!”
Without waiting for Shen Jianxi’s reply, he turned and went downstairs, but his demeanor looked a bit disheveled.
77: “Beep! Favorability +6, Jing Luan’s current favorability is 27.”