Xu Yuejiao smiled faintly. It was a beautiful smile, yet carried a subtle sadness: "Senior, sorry for causing you trouble during this ti."
Watching the girl’s tall figure gradually disappear into the distance, the sunset lighting her up made her appear stunningly beautiful—so fleetingly beautiful, it felt unattainable.
Zhou Li suddenly felt an indescribable emotion surge in his heart.
He thought about her pursuit of him during this period. Was it over just like that?
For so reason, seeing Xu Yuejiao leave like this didn’t make him feel particularly happy.
Zhou Li couldn’t help but press his palm against his chest. His heart was racing. Could it be that, unknowingly, he had started liking her too?
Yun Shifei didn’t know what Xu Yuejiao said to Zhou Li afterward. She was now preparing to et Cheng Cheng.
"Let’s et at the XX Hotpot place," she suggested.
It was conveniently located between their schools.
"Okay," Cheng Cheng replied with a single word.
Yun Shifei sent over an emoji. After sending it, she suddenly felt sothing was off and couldn’t help blinking, confirming that she hadn’t seen it wrong!
To her surprise, even the chatroom had emojis now.
Though the style was slightly different from her own, it was clear that they were still emoji symbols.
She had only ntioned it to Cheng Cheng last ti, and now it was already implented in the design. Yun Shifei felt that sothing seed a bit off.
Was it a coincidence?
Or was soone monitoring their conversations in the background of the chatroom?
Yun Shifei knew monitoring wasn’t uncommon, but for so reason, the idea still left her feeling a bit uncomfortable.
But she thought, Cheng Lie probably wouldn’t design such a feature, at least not initially.
And with so many users on the platform, what were the chances of her being singled out? It was probably just a coincidence. After all, her inspiration for using emojis in the first place ca from a previous life’s chats.
So Yun Shifei didn’t dwell on it much and cheerfully headed off to have dinner with Cheng Cheng.
For the occasion, she even went to a shop to pick out a gift for Cheng Cheng.
After much deliberation, she decided on a cute cushion. Thinking that Cheng Cheng was as much of a hobody as her, she figured a cushion would make a good backrest and would be comfortable to lean against daily.
anwhile, Cheng Lie was carefully calculating the right mont to et her.
He wondered, would she be surprised when she saw him? Or angry? Would she think he had deceived her?
But then again, she had initiated the breakup back then—a breakup that was so baffling that he hadn’t even gotten mad. What right did she have to be angry now?
Besides, she seed interested in getting back together now.
Perfect. They could settle everything in one go.
When Yun Shifei arrived at the hotpot restaurant, Cheng Cheng had arrived before her, informing her of his seat. But as Yun Shifei walked over and saw the man sitting by the window, she froze, thinking she must have been mistaken.
Cheng Lie? Why was it him?!
Yun Shifei rubbed her eyes. She wasn’t hallucinating.
"Cheng Lie? Cheng Cheng?" she stamred, suddenly realizing it wasn’t impossible; their nas were indeed very similar.
But wait! Cheng Cheng was supposed to be a girl, right? Female! How did she turn into Cheng Lie?
Cheng Lie noticed her staring at him as if he were a pervert. His expression turned frosty.
"You’re the online friend I’ve been chatting with for months?"
Cheng Lie responded with a simple "Mm."
"But aren’t you supposed to be female?"
"System-generated randomly." Cheng Lie lied without the slightest hesitation.
Yun Shifei didn’t question it. She was simply too shocked.
She had always thought she was chatting with a reserved girl, but who knew it would turn out to be Cheng Lie!
Thinking about all the conversations she’d had with Cheng Lie during this ti, Yun Shifei was instantly overco with embarrassnt, wishing she could crawl into a hole.
"I suddenly have sothing to attend to, so I’ll head out."
Hugging the cushion, she turned to leave imdiately.
She was scared that if she lingered, sothing mortifying might happen.
Her embarrassnt was already off the charts, and she felt like her toes could dig out an entire palace.
Why was it Cheng Lie?! Why him?!
Thinking about all the things she’d said before, especially discussing her ex-boyfriend in detail with Cheng Cheng...
Ugh...
She couldn’t let herself think about it any longer—she might suffocate.
But, of course, Cheng Lie wasn’t about to let her off so easily.
Just as she was about to flee, he grabbed her hand. "Didn’t you want hotpot? Why run?"
"I suddenly don’t feel like eating anymore," Yun Shifei replied.
Watching her tense posture with her back to him, Cheng Lie found it amusing.
Over ti, the anger he felt toward her had gradually dissipated.
Indeed, when it ca to her, it seed he truly had no defenses. As long as she could stay by his side, no matter what she had done to him before, he felt like he could forgive her.
He realized he was completely ensnared. Cheng Lie couldn’t help but mock himself.
Even so, he thought he should harden his heart, at least a little.
He grabbed Yun Shifei by the arm, turned her around, and cupped her chin, forcing her to look up at him. "Are you really that afraid of ?"
Yun Shifei shook her head. "No, I just have sothing to do."
Her dark, wide eyes blinked as she looked at him.
After so ti apart, it seed she had beco even more skillful at lying.
"What is it? Tell ," Cheng Lie pressed.
"I... I..." Yun Shifei hadn’t prepared for such scrutiny and was caught off guard.
"Your cousin needs sothing?" Cheng Lie helpfully suggested.
"Yes, my cousin just called ," Yun Shifei imdiately picked up on the cue.
Once she finished speaking, she noticed Cheng Lie looking at her with a faint, knowing smile. His expression clearly said, "Do you really think I believe you?"
Alright then, not even she believed her own lie. Clearly, her skills weren’t good enough to fool Cheng Lie.
Yun Shifei dropped the act and sighed. "Let’s eat hotpot."
Seeing her resign herself so quickly, Cheng Lie chuckled softly.
Since she was here, there was no way he would let her off the hook that easily today.
Yun Shifei ordered so food, deciding that since they were eating, she might as well take her ti and figure out her next move.
After ordering a string of dishes, they waited awkwardly as the food was brought to their table.
Cheng Lie watched her, while she stared at the table like a guilty criminal in the witness stand.
At the surrounding tables, people were chatting happily over their hotpot, while at their table, an unusual silence prevailed.
Yun Shifei didn’t know what to say. Her embarrassnt was reaching unbearable levels.
Fortunately, the food arrived quickly.
They had ordered a beef hotpot, so everything served was beef.
Yun Shifei was about to start cooking the food, but Cheng Lie was quicker.
He placed beef atballs, tripe, beef stomach, and slices of beef into the boiling pot one by one.
Yun Shifei stared at the pot, watching as the broth went from calm to bubbling.
She wanted to start picking food out, but Cheng Lie beat her to it again, scooping all the beef into her bowl.
Yun Shifei suddenly felt a wave of emotion, as if she might cry.
Why did it feel like she was eating her last al?
Was she heading for an execution after this?
Throughout the al, Cheng Lie’s attentiveness was almost overwhelming. Even when she needed a napkin, he handed it over exactly on ti.
He was so considerate, it was as if he was her personal waiter—no, even more attentive than that!
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