"Accept what..."

Li Qingran placed a box of ultra-thin packaging on the cashier's counter.

"This is for you."

"Hmm... I don't feel anything particularly bad. If I give it to you, you can use it; it won't make you feel too uncomfortable..."

When Li Qingran expressed her feelings, her thoughts were not as clear as usual, and her speech was obscure and difficult to understand.

"In short... this is something that must be used on Lin Mo, but I'm giving it to you, so you can accept it."

"Qingran... put this away quickly... what if the guests see it!" Shen Yanxi was terrified. The last time she saw this thing was during New Year's Day when Jiang Wanfeng went crazy and pulled it out...

"Then put it away."

"Okay, okay... I'll take it..." Shen Yanxi blushed as she accepted it, feeling both her eyes and her mind strengthened.

But she was moved.

What do you mean? Can Qingran let her and Lin Mo do *that*...?

Hints, or...

"Qingran...how are things going with Lin Mo lately?"

Shen Yanxi finally mustered the courage to ask. Since Li Qingran had taken the initiative to contact her, she might as well ask what she wanted to know.

“We’ve been apart for a long time,” Li Qingran said softly.

"Huh? No...don't you live together...didn't Lin Mo already make things clear with the other girls...?"

“He left me too.” Li Qingran squatted down and picked up the puppy.

"But he kept looking at me..." Li Qingran found a seat and looked at Shen Yanxi.

"And us."

Shen Yanxi was taken aback by these words; the weight of the word "we" was immense...

"If Qingran did the right thing today, he will definitely see it." Li Qingran glanced at the quiet street outside the door, as if she were looking directly at Lin Mo.

"Words are useless; I have to show him through my actions, let him see it, and let myself feel it. I don't hate him anymore. Compared to being with him, having you makes me not hate you, right..."

"As for others, I haven't tried them yet, so I don't have a definite answer."

"Qingran...are you sure?" Shen Yanxi asked, her head bowed.

She was the one with the least say; she had no say whatsoever in front of Li Qingran.

She eats her food, lives in her house, and even tries to steal her lover—even if she were Shen Yanxi now, not Xixi, she still wouldn't do such a thing...

“If Lin Mo wants it this way,” Li Qingran also lowered her head, “I should be happy for his happiness.”

“If someone is unhappy, then she must not love him enough, Xixi, do you understand? I love him very much, so my previous thinking was wrong. If he can be happy with you... with you all, then it is something that Li Qingran should be happy about.”

"I know that the process of accepting this is very difficult."

A hint of loneliness flickered in Li Qingran's eyes; there were no tears, yet her gaze was like broken teardrops.

"But no matter how difficult it is... nothing is more difficult than leaving him. I've already been through it, so what else can't I accept?"

"Qingran, if that's really what he thinks, don't you think he's cruel... to you, to the girl who likes him so much..." Shen Yanxi asked.

"No." Li Qingran shook her head.

The girl's expression was calm, as if she had found some relief in the process of talking.

"Li Qingran, who makes him unhappy, is the most cruel one."

"Xixi, if it weren't for this period of time, I wouldn't have let you appear in his world." Li Qingran's tone suddenly changed, making Shen Yanxi feel a chill in her heart.

"It's the same for you, isn't it?"

"Hmm..." Shen Yanxi murmured in agreement.

"So, saying it is useless. Qingran also gave in to him a long time ago, but in the end she still wanted to possess him for herself. We are both selfish."

"Although I cry for a long time every day these days, Lin Mo, who is worried about me and whether we will become enemies, is also in pain."

"If he hadn't cared about Qingran, she would be dead now. Xixi, what about you? What would you do? What would Yu'en do? What would Ya Jie do? Jiang Wanfeng..."

It wasn't that Li Qingran was trying to persuade Shen Yanxi; she was also trying to persuade herself.

“I understand,” Shen Yanxi replied. She was a participant, an observer, and even saw things more clearly than Li Qingran…

The girl closed the shop door. "Qingran, stay here tonight. It's already late."

Just as Li Qingran was about to refuse, she heard Shen Yanxi say:

"This shop belongs to Lin Mo."

Upon hearing this, Li Qingran stopped getting up.

"Xixi doesn't need to keep lying to herself."

“He’s always been here, just like you said. Qingran, is that what you wanted to ask me too? Now you can be sure, Lin Mo has never left.”

Shen Yanxi poured a glass of water for both of them.

"What do you plan to do next?"

"I'll wait for him to come see me," Li Qingran said, holding her water glass.

"Are you just going to do nothing? You can do so much..."

"Um... Xixi, I don't want to be selfish, but I don't want to be overly generous either." Li Qingran actually gave a wry smile, breaking her expressionless statement.

“I love him, so I can accept his philandering and not be selfish towards him. But it is also because I love him that I will not be generous to anyone. I will not help you or anyone else. I am just telling you my thoughts.”

Li Qingran's selfishness, from beginning to end, was selfishness directed at Lin Mo's complete love.

"But Qingran, wouldn't it be the best way to please him if someone helped him persuade other girls..." Shen Yanxi voiced her concerns.

"You intend to do this?"

"No, no, no... I..."

"I'm fine. I've said it before, his happiness is the most important thing. If someone can make him happier, why not..."

"But why doesn't Qingran do it? Isn't that the opposite of what you said?"

Li Qingran paused, hesitated for a moment,

"Maybe...that's just how awkward love is."

Just then, the store's phone rang. These manager's phones are automatically connected...

"Shen Yanxi, why haven't you closed the shop yet...?"

"Lin Mo?" Li Qingran asked.

The electronic voice on the other end of the phone abruptly stopped.

"I don't know him," she blurted out abruptly.

"Yes, you're right, his tone of feigning ignorance is just like his." Li Qingran and Shen Yanxi laughed. Hearing his voice again, even if it was an electronic one, made her very happy...

"Can I say goodnight to Qingran?" Li Qingran didn't make things difficult for him and only made a small request over the phone.

"I'll wear black stockings on my first night," Li Qingran added.

"..."

"Take Xixi with you."

"..."

"You can tear it," Shen Yanxi suggested.

"Goodnight," came the quiet reply from the other end of the phone.

Chapter 177 Melted into Butter

"Password, how many correct ones are there now? How many people are left in the organization?"

Li Huowang watched as another member of his small group found love and left, feeling utterly heartbroken.

"They get more and more outrageous as they get into their senior year of high school! What happened to 'we'll talk after graduation'? They're already holding hands before the college entrance exam even starts?!"

"Even the advertising guy doesn't care? How the hell am I supposed to live? Now I can't even form a Maginot Line when I go to relieve myself after class!"

"Wangzi, take it easy. If you dare to date before the college entrance exam, it would be ridiculous if your scores were too different. Those of us who don't date don't have to worry about this problem," P-chan comforted her.

Li Huowang sighed deeply.

"Hey, am I not funny? Girls laugh when they see me, so why doesn't anyone like me?! Even that rich kid Bao Jin has someone he's flirting with, and what about me?! Is he as funny as me?"

As Li Huowang spoke, he then made a fadeaway jump shot gesture in front of several female students walking down the corridor, causing them to tremble with excitement.

But in the blink of an eye, the junior sister smiled at Hu Yu'en who was passing by and asked, "Hey senior! Where's the senior who was on stage with you at the New Year's Eve party?"

Hu Yu'en smiled and asked them in return, "What do you need him for?"

Then the female students started passing the buck, saying who wanted to see him, laughing and joking around, creating quite a lively atmosphere.

Li Huowang stared in disbelief, and P-chan walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"Wang, did you see that? The person who goes to great lengths to make her laugh can't compare to the person who makes her laugh the moment she sees them."

"Without modeling, your humor is like dog shit."

"If we fail the college entrance exam, let's start over together, brother..."

Just as the two were lost in the melancholy of youth, they heard a series of sweet "I'm sorry"s. Suddenly, the female students who were still surrounding Hu Yu'en burst into tears and ran away.

"You little slut." Hu Yu'en snorted coldly, walking past the two without changing her expression, then suddenly stopped.

"Oh, have you contacted Lin Mo? Like to play games or something?"

Both of them shook their heads in unison.

"Yes, that's right. It's because the provincial quality inspection is coming up in May, and the teacher wants him to come back and take the exam, so..." Hu Yu'en said meaningfully.

"Understood, understood. We'll handle this officially and inform you, squad leader, as soon as we have any news!"

"Thank you."

Hu Yu'en just smiled and let it go.

"Damn it, could that rumor be true? Lin Heigou is using the guise of a male best friend to secretly date every girl, juggling multiple relationships. After being discovered, a chaotic scene erupted, and this bastard went into hiding..." Li Huowang said belatedly.

"Looking at it this way, it really doesn't seem fake at all." P-chan said with lingering fear, "Didn't you say that male best friends are all doomed to fail?"

"How was I supposed to know he was playing such fancy tricks?!"

"These are the ones: Li Qingran, Jiang Wanfeng, Chen Yajie, and Shen Yanxi, who just transferred in. Holy crap... if we include the class monitor..."

"Damn it, he better not come back, and he better not come back for the graduation photo either. If he does come back, I'll kill him!"

......

"Ah, cough cough, Wanfeng, come to the teacher's office."

Nominally a Chinese class, but in reality, it had become a self-study session for the senior students. After the class ended, Teacher Ni summoned Jiang Wanfeng, who had been in poor condition lately.

"Wanfeng, is something on your mind lately? Ah, well, I minored in psychology in college, so you can talk to me about anything that's bothering you. You see, you and Yu'en had a conflict before, so I arranged for you to sit separately for the time being, didn't I?"

Jiang Wanfeng lowered her head and remained silent.

"Hey, there's an exam in the next couple of days. If you do well on the exam, can I treat you to milk tea?"

The girl shook her head, clearly uninterested in milk tea.

"Or are you thinking of changing seats again?"

Jiang Wanfeng was about to shake her head, but then seemed to remember something and said:

"Then, teacher, please switch my seat with Hu Yu'en's."

Teacher Ni was taken aback for a moment, then smiled kindly, "Oh, good, good, you two are back together? Well, good friends should encourage each other in their studies!"

"We haven't made up yet..." Jiang Wanfeng muttered.

"So you want to make up?"

"She stole my man, I will never forgive her."

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