The anchor I was supposed to meet turned out to be my student.

I suddenly felt an unprecedented sense of loss towards Luo Yao, because I had become accustomed to her enthusiasm, her initiative, and her clinginess... This was the first time I had seen her treat me with such a cold face, and I was a little unsure how to deal with it.

But after all, it was Jiang Yanyi and I who deceived her first, so it's understandable that she's angry. If she weren't angry, I would doubt whether her sisterhood with Jiang Yanyi was just a facade.

It is precisely because they care that they get angry.

For a moment, we, who were childhood sweethearts and should have been so close that we could talk about anything, seemed to have lost our ability to speak. She sat silently in front of the vanity mirror in a thin purple nightgown, head down and not saying a word, while I lay in her bed trying to find the right words. If I had a cigarette in my mouth, it would have been a truly heartbreaking scene of a silent man and a tearful woman.

"Achoo!"

Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew in from the balcony, giving me goosebumps. Luo Yao, who was only wearing a thin nightgown, couldn't help but sneeze.

"Yaoyao, let's get into bed."

"Hmph, don't even think about it. I'm not letting you have sex with me now!" Luo Yao turned around and looked at me angrily.

"I just wanted you to get into bed because I was worried you'd catch a cold..."

Luo Yao's face immediately turned awkward, so I quickly added, "I misunderstood you, it's not your fault..."

With this stepping stone, Luo Yao finally bit her lip and hesitantly walked to the bedside, then got into bed and covered herself with the warm blanket. She was only a body length away from me, which was the distance between our hearts now, and also the distance that seemed to be crammed with Jiang Yanyi...

"I'm sorry, Yao Yao..."

"I won't listen! Don't think you can get your way with me just because you coax me. I've already stopped granting you access to Brother Tusheng! If you want to get your way with someone, go get your way with that little vixen. She even betrayed me, her older sister. She must like you so much that she wants to take your shape!"

"What do you mean by 'going on' or 'going off'? That's all irrelevant. I haven't even thought about any of that..."

"In short, I'm not going to listen to Brother Tusheng's nonsense!"

Luo Yao took out a pair of plush earmuffs from the bedside table drawer and put them on, as if they could block out noise.

Faced with such a difficult Luo Yao, the only option was to shamelessly coax her, ignoring her opinions and hugging her directly while removing her earmuffs.

But Luo Yao was also quite fierce; she opened her mouth and bit my arm, and I had to let go of her because of the pain.

"Yaoyao, why are you biting people again...?"

Luo Yao raised her chin slightly and snorted, "Of course! I used to be Brother Tusheng's obedient little puppy, but now I'm an angry wolf that bites! So if you don't want to be bitten again, leave my room. I don't want to talk to you right now!"

"Yaoyao..."

"I won't listen!"

Seeing how unfriendly she was to me, I sighed and said, "Alright then... I'm sorry for scaring you tonight..."

After saying that, I got up and got out of bed, planning to come see her again tomorrow when she was calmer.

"You're really leaving?! If you really leave, I'll... I'll bite your ** off while you're asleep!"

A threatening voice came from behind.

Chapter 235, 938. Let's be friends again.

2021-09-19T18:42:02

While urging me to leave, she also threatened to keep me there. I wasn't annoyed by Luo Yao's "playing" with me; instead, my eyes lit up...

Looks like there's hope!

"I didn't say I was leaving, I just felt a bit cold from the wind blowing in, so I closed the door..."

After closing the glass door to the balcony, I turned back to bed with a smile. Just as I was about to pull back the covers and snuggle into bed with Luo Yao to warm up, a slender hand pressed down on the corner of the blanket. My gaze moved upwards along the fair and delicate arm under the light, finally settling on a clean, bare face. Although her face, without makeup, lacked the refinement of her daytime makeup and the stunning effect of her stage makeup, it was precisely this pure and unadorned beauty that reminded me of her in her youth. She possessed a certain innocence, and her charm was no less than when she wore heavy or light makeup.

However, her furrowed brows ruined the beautiful scene. Her pretty face was filled with an extremely conflicted expression, and her eyes were full of complaints and displeasure, as if the person in front of her owed her countless debts of affection...

Yes, the man in front of her really owed her too much emotional debt. It's impossible for her not to resent him. She resents him so much that she's forgotten she's facing me without makeup. Normally, she would have kicked me out of the room long ago and wouldn't have shown me her bare face...

It's not that she's being distant; on the contrary, it's because she cares so much that she tries her best to present her best self to the person she likes. This is the reason behind the saying "a woman dresses up for the one she loves."

But it wasn't entirely because we were too close. If she weren't an idol and we couldn't live together like a normal couple every day, she would have followed the typical path of "refined" → "normal" → "casual" → "revealing her true colors" in our relationship, just like most girls. As time went on and our relationship became more mundane, she wouldn't worry about questions like "Did you apply your foundation evenly today?", "Is your outfit right today?", or "Are you wearing the same bra today?" when she was with her boyfriend.

Perhaps I stared at her bare face for too long, because Luo Yao finally realized she was without makeup and hurriedly turned her head to the other side, refusing to let me see. She also withdrew the hand that had been pressing on the corner of the blanket, allowing me to continue lifting the blanket and lying down...

However, as if sensing something, Luo Yao immediately pressed the blanket back down, and without turning her head, said, "You're not allowed on my bed. If you want to get on, go to your precious Xiao Yan's bed. My bed isn't as warm as that little vixen's!"

If Jiang Yanyi really is a little fox spirit, with her fluffy fur and a big, bushy tail, then she must be so warm to hug...

"Yaoyao, I actually really like how you look without makeup... because you used to face me without makeup every day when you were little. The way you look now makes me feel less distant from you, less distant from the way you were treated like a star when you were a kid, and more approachable. It makes me feel that you are first and foremost my childhood friend, and only then my idol."

"You're lying... Guys always say they like girls with no makeup and a natural look, but deep down they just like those seductive vixens with flashy makeup!"

She paused, then, as if deeply moved, emphasized her point, adding, "For example, that guy surnamed Bi! That guy surnamed Ye! And so on and so forth...!"

Were Bi Antong and Ye Zhi's makeup really that glamorous? Not at all. Luo Yao was just trying to emphasize that they were vixens.

"So, these days, how can an innocent girl compete with those seductive vixens! If I don't dress up beautifully, my brother Tusheng's gaze won't even linger on me for a second... But that little girl Xiaoyan, who hasn't even grown her hair yet, is usually so innocent, but she's actually seducing my man behind my back! It's just... just... ugh!!"

While Luo Yao was venting her anger, I slipped into her warm and fragrant bed when she was off guard.

In her haste, Luo Yao disregarded her demure, unadorned face and turned around to shove me repeatedly.

"Get off—my bed is no longer for you, you can't just get on whenever you want anymore!"

But I ignored her words and changed the subject, asking, "How do you know Xiaoyan's breasts haven't fully grown?"

Luo Yao was taken aback for a moment, then said with a half-smile, "It's not just not fully grown, it's not grown at all! I checked it when we went to the hot springs in Sanya before, hehe..."

Unexpectedly, my casual question, intended to change the subject, uncovered a shocking secret: Jiang Yanyi, this little girl, is actually one of the Four Divine Beasts.

Thinking of this, my expression suddenly turned strange, and for some reason, my guilt towards Jiang Yanyi intensified.

"Huh? Brother Tusheng, you didn't know? So you haven't met Yanyi yet..."

"Of course not! How could Yan Yi and I... how could we possibly be now!" I interrupted her before she could finish, because I couldn't stand her talking about me and Jiang Yan Yi doing that kind of thing.

Luo Yao, on the contrary, felt something was strange. She looked at me with surprise and suspicion and said, "No way, you two must have been together for a long time, how could you not have progressed to this point... Look at Sister Ye Zhi and the others, haven't they all progressed to this point?"

"Lehan!"

For some reason, as soon as the name popped into my mouth, a silly, innocent girl with a silly grin also appeared in my mind. I immediately understood why I still couldn't bring myself to do it to her!

"what?"

Luo Yao looked confused.

"Lehan told me that you already took care of her, in her dorm, in her apartment, in the kitchen... In short, she said she's a veteran of many battles?"

I suddenly realized... I'm so sorry, Lehan, I accidentally sold you out...

Luo Yao's lips curled into a smile as she realized what was going on.

"No wonder I was wondering why someone so experienced needed me as a 'literary consultant' to guide her when writing that kind of novel. Turns out she's just a novice, hahaha... I'm definitely going to make fun of her tomorrow..."

Poor Lehan.

However, it was better to clarify things now, so I said, "So you've misunderstood. Yan Yi and I haven't developed into what you're imagining... I still have to go to school..."

As soon as Jiang Yanyi was mentioned, Luo Yao's expression turned stern.

"Hmph, maybe she didn't reveal herself to me before, so I couldn't seduce you and take things further. Now that you've come clean, she can go all out and devour you!"

"Look at how awful you're saying it... You're her best friend, don't you know Yan Yi's personality? She's really not the kind of girl who likes to flaunt her sex appeal, she's actually very innocent... Please don't talk about her like that..."

Luo Yao bit her lower lip, her face contorted with conflict, and slowly said, "Then didn't she betray me...?"

I said seriously, "But she knows she's wronged you. She's always felt guilty because she cares about you... And you must know she cares about you, otherwise you wouldn't have said earlier that 'she's hesitant to take things further with me because you're in her way'... It's clear that Yan Yi cares a lot about your opinion, so..."

I took Luo Yao's hand and moved closer to her, saying, "At least be friends with her again, okay? Although Yan Yi doesn't say it, she must be in a lot of pain without your friendship. Right now, she must be tossing and turning in bed, or even having a sleepless night!"

(I was so tired from my internship yesterday, so sorry, sob sob, being a senior is so tiring!!)

Chapter 236, 939. How many are there?

2021-09-21T19:06:55

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for all three of us.

As long as the problem between the three of us cannot be resolved, it will remain a knot in our hearts. Perhaps Luo Yao will become distant from me, perhaps Jiang Yan will be unable to interact with me normally because of guilt, and I don't know how to deal with the scene when they appear together.

So I held Luo Yao's hand tightly and, on behalf of Jiang Yan, poured out her long-hidden troubles and anxieties to Luo Yao. I didn't expect Luo Yao to sympathize with Jiang Yan, but at the very least, I didn't want her to misunderstand, to think that Jiang Yan took pleasure in deceiving her or secretly seducing her boyfriend...

"Is it okay, Yao Yao? At least don't break off your friendship with Yan Yi. Aren't you two best friends?"

"Hmph, she really is my best friend!" Luo Yao said angrily.

I even regretted using the word "best friend," because it sounded like I was mocking Luo Yao.

I racked my brains again, carefully considering the words I should use to quell Luo Yao's anger...

"Brother Tusheng, you've gone to great lengths. My issues with her should be resolved between us face to face. What kind of nonsense is it for you to plead for her now? Besides, you're even in cahoots with her! Humph!"

"..."

Luo Yao withdrew her hand, refusing to let me hold it anymore. She even shifted her body in the blankets, moving further away from me...

She, who had always clung to me like a leech, was now making such unfamiliar gestures—behaviors I'd never seen in the more than ten years I'd known her. A wave of heartache washed over me, and it unconsciously showed on my face.

"Brother Tusheng, you..."

A hint of panic appeared on Luo Yao's face. This was the first time she had ever acted so unfamiliarly towards me.

I saw her slender wrist slowly reach out, as if to take my hand again to offer some comfort, but it stopped in mid-air and then quickly withdrew, her arms crossed in a strong "queen questioning" posture.

"Let's not even talk about Yan Yi, let's talk about you, Brother Tu Sheng. How could you do this to me!"

"Of course I'm sorry!!"

Luo Yao opened her mouth slightly, unsure of what to say. She seemed surprised that I would admit it so readily. Even if I tried to argue and offer some excuses, she could still make a fuss. Unfortunately, I was much more honest than she expected.

"Look at your self-righteous tone, how can you say you've wronged me in the slightest..." Luo Yao said quietly, turning her gaze away.

I smiled wryly and said, "If I hesitate, you'll think I'm unwilling... I truly feel sorry for you. You can say whatever you want, I just hope..."

He embraced her soft, warm body.

"Can you stay close to me like you used to? The way you pulled your hand away and moved away just now really scared me. I was afraid you'd never talk to me again..."