Aren't we friends? Why are you rushing at me?

Ye Cheng pursed her lips as she listened to Lin Shi's question, her eyes somewhat unfocused.

She recalled Su Xin's tireless teachings to her yesterday.

And then there was the text message her senior sister sent her after she talked to her in the morning:

"Love? You have to be ruthless with your methods!"

"Deception and coercion are all things that can be done to keep people by your side; that's the most important thing."

"Should I take my junior sister and help you kidnap that person and bring her up the mountain?"

"It would have been so nice to live together on the mountain, but that stubborn old master insisted on making you come down the mountain, saying there was a great opportunity down there."

These outrageous words, which completely contradicted Ye Cheng's twenty years of "reputable and upright" beliefs, still left her head buzzing.

Ye Cheng gently bit her lip, truly not wanting to deceive Lin Shi, but also not wanting to answer the question directly:

"I don't quite understand what these CEOs in big cities are thinking. (Seriously)"

"However, the master also had a unique affinity for the chickens, ducks, and geese he raised, and wouldn't allow other wild animals to touch them (truly)."

"If it were me, I would probably just say it directly instead of teasing you like this. (Seriously)"

Lin Shi, holding two cups of freshly brewed coffee, stood beside Ye Cheng, listening to her simple and unpretentious explanation, especially the comparison of him to chickens, ducks, and geese. He clicked his tongue in deep agreement.

"Too."

Moreover, both of them were his former bosses.

It's quite normal for someone to want to assert their authority when they see their former subordinates.

Lin Shi secretly deduced and refined his theory.

Then he looked up at Ye Cheng, and seeing her cute little face, a mischievous thought suddenly welled up inside him:

"Orange, if you say that..."

Do you like me?

[Ye Cheng's favorability towards you has increased by 1 points, currently at 37 points. Please continue your efforts, host.]

"like!"

Upon hearing Lin Shi's question, Ye Cheng answered quickly and decisively, her eyes looking at Lin Shi with an almost overly clear gaze.

There was absolutely no shyness like someone who had just confessed their feelings. Instead, it was as decisive as announcing, "We're best buddies for life."

Looking into Ye Cheng's clear eyes, Lin Shi was taken aback for a moment after hearing what she said, then a bright smile bloomed on his face.

If he hadn't been holding two steaming hot drinks, he would have wrapped his arms around Ye Cheng's neck and shouted, "Good brother, I like you too!"

He has already accepted that Ye Cheng's current affection is simply brotherly affection.

As for deeper thoughts, forgive him for not daring to think about them.

After all, he and Ye Cheng had only known each other for a week.

She had been pursuing Shen Zhixiao for several months without success, and was even transferred to another post.

Now, a righteous and upright "male protagonist" has only been down the mountain for a week and suddenly says he likes me, even though I haven't done anything special.

It's hard not to misunderstand that it's just liking between friends.

Besides, the system's favorability rating is still there.

Speaking of this...

Lin Shi glanced at the system's favorability list with a thought.

[Ye Cheng: 37 points of favorability]

All I want to do is yell and curse.

That damned system dared to mislead the relationship between Ye Cheng and me.

The affection between us is far more than a mere 37 points!

He increasingly felt that there might be something wrong with this favorability system.

He secretly pondered:

It seems I can't just focus on the system's favorability rating anymore.

No! Absolutely not!!!

Lin Shi secretly vowed to himself, and gently touched Ye Cheng with his arm to show his approval:

"I understand, my good brother, you're still the best."

"Let's go back."

Before Ye Cheng could answer, Lin Shi hummed a little tune and walked towards the office, feeling happy to have his brother's approval.

Ye Cheng lagged half a step behind, watching Lin Shi's light and agile figure, and quietly took out the badly worn old-fashioned mobile phone from her pocket.

The screen remains on the text message sent by my second senior sister:

"Ye Zi, forget everything else, just kiss her. Once you kiss her, everything will be settled."

Ye Cheng thought about Lin Shi's behavior just now and typed softly with her small hands.

Meanwhile, in a thatched hut deep in the mountains, thousands of miles away.

The three senior female students were huddled together in an extremely contorted position, their eyes fixed on the three cell phones on the table like torches.

This morning, Ye Cheng suddenly sent a message to each of them, saying that she had found someone she liked.

Upon seeing this, the three people did not hesitate for a moment and immediately gathered to devise a plan.

Although they had never been in a relationship, they had read a lot of romance novels, and each of them was a theoretical expert.

In other words, the junior sister was too strictly controlled by her master, who said something like, "My disciple has the bearing of an emperor."

They were never allowed to lend any storybooks to their junior sisters, which is why Ye Cheng wasn't very familiar with such things.

The three of them were having a nice chat with Ye Cheng, and they were even sharing various kinds of knowledge with her.

But just now, for some unknown reason, Ye Cheng suddenly stopped replying to messages. And this continued for quite a while.

"Why haven't we heard anything from Xiao Yezi?" The third senior sister, always eager for amusement, was constantly scrolling through previous messages, trying to find some clues.

"And why did Xiao Yezi only contact you and not me?"

The eldest sister chuckled:

"Looking for you? All you do is get people drugged, right? What's the point of looking for you? If you ask me, my junior sister would have already gone for it. She's probably close to confessing her feelings by now."

"Success...hehehe."

The second senior sister listened to the eldest senior sister's idea, and for some reason, a sly smile appeared on her face.

My second senior sister's phone suddenly beeped.

The three heads instantly teleported to the top of the screen, looking at the chat interface:

[I'll definitely do it next time!]

"What do you mean 'next time'? What do you mean 'definitely'? What do you mean 'definitely next time'???"

The eldest sister quickly snatched the second sister's phone and scrolled up to look at the chat history.

The remaining two exchanged a glance for a second, their eyes filled with barely suppressed surprise.

"Is Little Leaf really that bold? She just went straight for it???"

"Could it be that even I, a dating expert, am not as fast as Xiao Yezi in finding a partner?!"

The next second, the three of them stood up at the same time.

He shouted towards the bamboo grove outside the house:

"master!!!"

"I want to go down the mountain too!!!"

From deep within the bamboo forest, a roar imbued with powerful internal energy rolled in:

"roll!!!"

After exchanging glances for a second, the three people quickly replied:

"Okay, Master, I'll be right there."