Lu Yunshu chasing her?
Chasing... her?
How could that be!
Jin Hanshuang clicked her tongue, "Du Mengying, you're talking nonsense again."
Du Mengying also clicked her tongue, "Jin Hanshuang, don't tell me you haven't thought about it. You tell me, if someone else did these things for you, wouldn't you think they were chasing you?"
Inviting her to meals, giving her gifts, even small hair ties... These are everyday things, but they also carry a hint of ulterior motives.
After a moment of silence, Jin Hanshuang said, "You did say if it were someone else."
Du Mengying: "Don't avoid the question."
Jin Hanshuang: "..."
"Alright."
In a tone full of compromise.
Jin Hanshuang had to admit that if someone else did these things for her, along with the occasional ambiguous and intimate gestures, she would likely see it as pursuit.
Inviting her to meals because they liked her.
Giving her gifts because they liked her.
Showing up at the same party because they liked her.
If it were someone else, she could be certain.
If it were someone else...
"Sometimes I do think that way..."
After saying this, Jin Hanshuang fell silent.
After a while, she leaned slightly, propping her head with her hand, frowning lightly, as if avoiding, "But it's impossible, she has someone she likes."
Hearing this, Du Mengying: "Huh?"
She didn't understand.
At this point, Jin Hanshuang no longer hid it, "To be honest, she only came to me to be her love mentor, to help her pursue someone. She has someone in her heart, has liked them for a long time, how could it be me."
How could it be her? Two people who had barely interacted before.
She didn't want to narcissistically think a kid liked her, especially since this was Shen Wenxin's nemesis.
Narcissistically thinking her daughter's nemesis liked her sounded even stranger.
Du Mengying exclaimed in surprise, "Oh?
"So she came to you for this?"
She really had a favor to ask of Jin Hanshuang.
"Who is it?" Du Mengying naturally started gossiping.
"Don't know," Jin Hanshuang said.
"Huh? Don't know?"
"Mm."
"How can you help her pursue if you don't know?"
"I share some love experiences with her, and she practices on her own."
"......"
"Click..." Du Mengying squinted her eyes, and after a while, suddenly had a wild idea, "Do you think... Lu Yunshu made up someone to deceive you?"
Jin Hanshuang looked at her speechlessly.
Du Mengying had her reasons, "Who asked her to do those things that seem like flirting."
Inviting her to meals, giving her beautiful earrings, even small hair ties... So many tricks, was it really just to thank Jin Hanshuang?
"Think about it, you two had no contact before, she has so many friends around her, surely she doesn't lack love strategists, but she came to you, her nemesis's stepmother... Wow, maybe she really is after you, Mrs. Shen."
"......"
Jin Hanshuang was even more speechless, "...... Watch fewer suspense dramas."
She turned her gaze away, looking at the night scene outside the car, no longer paying attention to the imaginative Du Mengying.
But while she mocked Du Mengying, her heart was already ignited by a small flame from Du Mengying's words.
Doubt burned in the fire, destroying the fog in her heart, bringing back those ignored details, the fire growing fiercer.
She recalled every moment spent with Lu Yunshu.
Remembered Lu Yunshu holding her hand at the party, saying "don't go."
Remembered Lu Yunshu putting the candy in her hand, telling her not to forget her.
It really did... seem like it.
But she always thought little of it, always unwilling to think that way.
That was Lu Yunshu, how could it be?
How could it be...
Jin Hanshuang lightly bit her nail, her brows slightly furrowed. The candy in her mouth hadn't melted yet, and the orange flavor became increasingly noticeable, making her more silent. Her mind kept flashing through every moment they had spent together.
Lu Yunshu looked at her... always very gently.
The nail-biting action paused.
No way...
Could it be that the kid really likes me...?
What should she do, ask directly?
But if they were both wrong, wouldn't it be very awkward?
No, she couldn't ask directly.
She had to find another way to verify it.
......
[Fan Jia]: Amazing, President Lu, you actually got your crush to comfort you @Lu Yunshu
[Fan Jia]: Aren't you overjoyed?
After finishing her work, Lu Yunshu saw the messages in the group chat and suddenly remembered the alone time at the party, remembered Jin Hanshuang gently stroking her face, and felt a warm joy in her heart, even her lips unconsciously curved up.
She calmly smiled and typed back: [Yes, overjoyed.]
[Fan Jia]: Good, good, fast forward to marriage!
[Little Fanfan]: Marriage!
[Lu Yunshu]: Stop joking
After Fan Jia and Xiao Fanfan joked around for a while, Xiao Fanfan seriously asked: [When do you plan to confess?]
Continuing to deceive Jin Hanshuang wasn't a solution. Their current atmosphere was so good, taking advantage of the situation wasn't out of the question.
Lu Yunshu had thought about this.
Every day, every minute, every second, she wanted to tell Jin Hanshuang: I like you, can you like me?
But the conflicts between their families stood in the way, and Jin Hanshuang was Shen Wenxin's stepmother, making a confession untimely.
[Fan Jia]: But I'm also afraid that Jin Hanshuang is only treating her well because she sees her as a younger sister...
[Little Fanfan]: That makes sense too...
Lu Yunshu didn't speak, quietly watching her friends analyze.
Yes, she was afraid that Jin Hanshuang's kindness was because she saw her as a younger sister.
If Jin Hanshuang didn't like her, a confession would seem abrupt.
In serious cases, it might even distance them.
She had approached Jin Hanshuang with a lie, and once the lie was exposed, could they still have such a harmonious relationship?
Would Jin Hanshuang really not reject her?
Would Jin Hanshuang... really not like her?
Lu Yunshu took off her glasses, her eyes filled with confusion.
An unrequited love with an uncertain future.
She rubbed her temples.
Forget it, better to be cautious and take it one step at a time.
.......
The next day, Lu Yunshu once again took the initiative to invite Jin Hanshuang out.
This time, Jin Hanshuang agreed.
Lu Yunshu drove to pick up Jin Hanshuang.
Jin Hanshuang was silent for a while before getting in the car.
Ten minutes later, the two of them were standing in a small, exquisite gift shop, picking out a giftâfor Lu Yunshu's crush.
Jin Hanshuang was mainly the one picking, while Lu Yunshu followed behind, watching her.
Because Lu Yunshu said she didn't know what to choose, and because she said she trusted her sister's taste.
Jin Hanshuang agreed and dutifully acted as her love advisor.
After a while, Jin Hanshuang asked Lu Yunshu, "Did she contact you again after yesterday?"
Lu Yunshu said, "Yes, she asked to have dinner together next time."
Jin Hanshuang raised an eyebrow.
She remembered she had agreed to accompany her next time, though she wasn't sure if they were talking about the same thing.
After answering, Lu Yunshu asked her, "Did you have fun at the party yesterday?"
Jin Hanshuang smiled and put down what she was holding, "Yes, I had fun."
Lu Yunshu asked another question, "What about the orange candy?"
Jin Hanshuang turned to look at her, smiled, and then looked back at the delicate trinkets, "I had so much fun, I forgot."
Then she heard a voice beside her, "Jin Hanshuang, you're heartless."
She looked at Lu Yunshu.
Lu Yunshu was serious, "Forgetting friends when you see pretty faces."
Jin Hanshuang blinked.
For some reason, she found Lu Yunshu adorable again.
She couldn't help but tease her with a smile, "What should I do then? Call the police to arrest me?"
Lu Yunshu nodded, "Yes, arrest you, keep you at home, and not let you go out to find beauties."
Jin Hanshuang pretended to be surprised, "So cruel?"
Lu Yunshu laughed, "Yes, so cruel."
Jin Hanshuang, "Is it because you haven't found love yourself, so you don't want me to find it either?"
Lu Yunshu was very honest, "Yes."
Jin Hanshuang looked at her for a while, then suddenly asked, "Why?"
Why?
Was it what she thought?
Or was it just a joke between them?
Lu Yunshu heard the question, was silent for a few seconds, and then said, "Because... I'm cruel?"
Her honesty was once again invisible.
Jin Hanshuang clicked her tongue, reached out, and pinched Lu Yunshu's face, "You're so bad, why are you so mean?"
Lu Yunshu, even with her face pinched, wasn't angry or annoyed, and was even smiling.
She said gently, "Yes, very bad. Is Hanshuang angry?"
Jin Hanshuang also said, "Yes, I'm angry. What should we do?"
Lu Yunshu said, "Then I'll apologize to Hanshuang."
Jin Hanshuang saw Lu Yunshu raise her hand.
At that moment, the wind chimes displayed in the store suddenly made a tinkling sound, as if someone had accidentally touched them, as if the summer breeze had blown in.
Amid the gentle ringing, Lu Yunshu held her hand, her cheek pressed against her palm.
The eyes behind the gold-rimmed glasses were both beautiful and gentle, and her tone was gentle too, "I'm sorry, sister, I was wrong, please don't be angry, okay?"
So beautiful and obedient, obedient to the point of being endearing.
So obedient that Jin Hanshuang suddenly feltâ
Lu Yunshu indeed... likes me.