Before he died, my grandfather forced me to marry the richest man in the capital.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was quite good, at least harmonious, as no awkward situations arose.

Halfway through the meal, Princess Lan Yunxi made a video call. In the afternoon, Su Xue sent a message in the group chat to meet at the hot pot restaurant.

Lan Yunxi assumed it was their usual get-together and made a video call.

Tang Junyao's phone kept ringing, interrupting the conversation. She picked up her phone, waved it, and said to Su Xue and Guoguo: Xixi.

The lip movements were very clear, and Su Xue and Han Guoguo naturally understood. Because Han Yue was there, Tang Junyao was about to hang up the phone and then send a message to Lan Yunxi to explain the situation.

Realizing Tang Junyao's next move, Han Guoguo quickly got up, took a quick step to Tang Junyao's side, and snatched the phone from her hand, a move that startled Tang Junyao.

Just as Tang Junyao was about to ask Han Guoguo what she wanted to do, the video call on her phone was already connected.

Han Guoguo held her phone, grinned, and swayed her hips at Han Yue as she answered a video call with a smug look. Instantly, Lan Yunxi's upper body appeared on the screen. The girl's hair was tied to the side in a braid, and she was wearing a white halter-neck ruffled top. You could vaguely see that she was wearing light blue jeans.

A pair of bright, clear eyes stared at the screen, lively and innocent. She rested her chin on one hand, her cheeks curved like crescent moons, and a sweet voice overflowed from the phone, her tone cheerful, "Sister Guoguo, are you still eating hot pot? Waaah, I really want to come!"

"I've been so busy, I haven't checked my phone all afternoon, and I just saw it now. My sister and Sister Xue are here too."

Su Xue and Tang Junyao got up and walked behind Han Guoguo, bending down to greet her, "Hi, little princess, Xixi."

Tang Junyao glanced at Han Yue subconsciously, only to see him calmly eating, a complete slacker. She couldn't help but shake her head inwardly, "Xixi, are you done with your work?"

Lan Yunxi smiled, her warm smile shining through the phone screen. "Not yet. I still have to look up some information tonight. I have a bit of a stomachache today. I was probably too busy at noon and forgot to eat. I went back to the dorm and asked my roommate for some stomach medicine. It's just a little bit uncomfortable."

To reassure everyone, she kept smiling and showed no signs of discomfort. Tang Junyao was still a little worried, saying, "Take care of yourself. Don't skip meals just for the competition."

Lan Yunxi obediently replied, "I know, but today is an exception."

"Oh, by the way, Sister Guoguo, thank you for recommending this amazing person to me. He's really incredible. Although he doesn't talk much, he helped me solve a problem that's been bothering me lately. Where did you meet him?"

Before Han Guoguo could speak, Xixi continued to share, "I don't know if she's a man or a woman, but she's very attentive. She answers every professional question I ask, but she never answers other questions. That's probably what a master is like; they don't like to talk nonsense."

Han Guoguo was completely bewildered and confused. When did she recommend the computer guru to Princess Xixi? She was just a pediatrician; where was she supposed to meet a computer guru?

Why did you recommend it to Xixi?

Wait a minute, just a few seconds later, Han Guoguo's brain suddenly clicked. She turned to look at Han Yue, wanting to say something, but Han Yue stuffed a fried mini bun into her mouth.

He forcefully shut Han Guoguo up, leaving her unable to utter a single word.

Tang Junyao thought it sounded a bit strange, but then she realized that this was probably how computer users were. Ji Hancheng's eyes darkened, and he looked in Han Yue's direction, a slight smile playing on his lips.

He had seen everything the two siblings did, and now he was watching Han Yue with a nonchalant, amused attitude.

Han Guoguo swallowed the whole steamed bun, almost choking to death. She glanced disdainfully at her brother who was eating nothing but rice beside her, thinking he must have been a starving ghost in his past life. She then stomped on him hard under the table.

This kick was an act of venting, and it hurt Han Yue. He complained, "Are you stuffed?"

As soon as that voice came out, the sound on the screen stopped abruptly. Lan Yunxi, who had been talking to Su Xue and Tang Junyao, suddenly became uneasy. She lowered her head, remained silent, and clutched the hem of her clothes tightly with one hand. After a few seconds, she suddenly looked up, smiled gently, and said goodbye, "Sister, I have to go now. Bye-bye."

Tang Junyao knew why Xixi had suddenly hung up, and she definitely wouldn't stop her. "Bye-bye, good luck!"

Su Xue also felt sorry for Lan Yunxi and made a gesture of encouragement.

After the phone call ended, a strange atmosphere settled over the private room. No one spoke, and the temperature seemed to drop several degrees.

Ji Hancheng suddenly raised his glass to Han Yue and called out from across the table, "Yuezi, to you... Happy Single Life."

Han Yue turned his head and gave him a disdainful look. Instead of raising his glass, he picked up the beer next to him, drank it all in one gulp, crushed it, and accurately threw it into the trash can.

As if dumping all the resentment in her heart into a trash can, Han Guoguo saw the cold face of the person next to her and continued to splash water, "Serves you right, who told you to hurt her? Otherwise, would Xixi have hung up the phone so quickly when she heard your voice? This is enough to show that she doesn't want to hear your voice. Sigh, you have no chance."

Han Yue glared at him coldly, "Trying to act up again, huh? Should we use some 520 glue?"

Han Guoguo shrugged and shut her mouth. She looked away and glanced at Su Yu again. The more she looked, the more he resembled him. She had to figure it out, or she would become obsessed.

After hanging up the phone, Lan Yunxi didn't test the computer for bugs. Instead, she sat blankly in her dormitory chair, one hand covering her stomach, her head buried in the crook of her arm on the table, motionless.

The dormitory resident pushed open the door and came in. It was Lan Yunxi's good friend, Tong Xuxu. She had a girl's name but a boy's name, and her personality was also like a boy's. She had a buzz cut, and if you didn't know better, you would think that a boy had sneaked into the girls' dormitory.

As soon as Tong Xuxu opened the door, she saw Lan Yunxi lying face down. She quickly went over, patted her shoulder, and asked with concern, her voice magnetic, "Xiao Xi, are you alright? Where does it hurt?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Yunxi looked up, her eyes glistening with tears, a sight that tugged at the heartstrings. Tong Xuxu asked anxiously, "What's wrong? Why are you crying?"

After observing Xixi's hand, I noticed it was pointing towards her stomach. "Is your stomach that bad? You're crying from the pain. I'll take you to the hospital. This stupid competition is killing people. The principal had nothing better to do than agree to this competition. He's just too old to have anything better to do. We're not participating. Let whoever wants to save face has to do with it."

Tong Xuxu cursed and swore, "What a piece of crap! You should reject it tomorrow and let the principal compete himself. Whoever agreed to it can go."

"If I were number one in the whole school, I would have gone in your place. I should have known better than to sleep in class."

Lan Yunxi was almost amused by her anger. Tong Xuxu was so adorable when she got angry that she spoke without thinking. She forced a smile and explained, "I'm fine, I'm just feeling a little unwell."

I feel uncomfortable and unwell.

I originally thought that deleting all of Han Yue's contact information would solve the problem. As long as I couldn't see it, I wouldn't remember it, and I would forget it over time.

But it didn't seem to be like that. When she heard Han Yue's voice, she wanted to cry. She missed him.

She really wanted to, but she couldn't say it. She had her dignity too; she had already lowered herself to pursue him, so she couldn't keep pestering him.

You can't be liked, and you can't be disliked.

With a bitter expression, Lan Yunxi said to her friend, "Xuxu... I've been dumped."

Tong Xuxu suddenly looked up, her eyes fixed on Lan Yunxi, trying to read the truth from her face. She saw Lan Yunxi's face was downcast, and she was holding back tears. This was the first time Tong Xuxu had seen Lan Yunxi like this. "When did you break up? I didn't know. Who was it? I'll go chop him up."

Damn it, are you blind?

Warmed by her friend's words, Lan Yunxi let a crystal-clear tear slide slowly down her cheek. She pretended to be relaxed and said, "It was a one-sided crush on him. I confessed, but he rejected me."

He didn't like her.

Upon hearing this, Tong Xuxu, already short-tempered, became even angrier. "Damn it, who is this guy? Is he blind? Can't he see you?"

She seemed to have forgotten to ask the specific reason for the rejection, and since he had already rejected her, there was no point in asking anymore. This was fine; after a while, Lan Yunxi could be a happy little princess again. But right now, her heart ached, and her eyes were sore. "Maybe I'm too young, maybe he has someone he likes, or maybe he wants to find someone from his city..."

The most likely explanation is that he doesn't like her.

Tong Xuxu understood and didn't want her to continue the topic, so she hugged Lan Yunxi like a boy, and Lan Yunxi cried silently in her arms.

Tong Xuxu lowered her voice to comfort her, "Xiao Xi, don't be sad. There are plenty of people at school who like you. We don't even look at him. It's his loss if he doesn't like you."

When she returned from the capital and missed Han Yue in the middle of the night, she would shake her head and say this to herself.

But that's not the case. When you try to forget someone, that person always appears in your mind, frequently and persistently. The harder you try to forget, the more often they appear.

She almost cried when she heard Han Yue's voice, which is why she quickly hung up the phone.

She was afraid of being looked down upon if she was even a second late; she wanted to be proud of herself.

She didn't tell her brother and sister about it, afraid they would worry, especially her sister, who would definitely take the blame and think it was her fault.

Lan Yunxi cried for a long, long time, until she couldn't cry anymore before getting up to wash her face. Tong Xuxu looked at his good friend's sadness, scratched his buzz cut, and looked annoyed.

Tong Xuxu: Why would I like men for no reason? Isn't that just asking for trouble? It's better to be single.