After Becoming the Love-Brained Female Lead’s Best Friend - Chapter 32

The room was very quiet. They could hear each other’s soft breathing. Fang Shu turned over and faced Ye Wanyin sideways, asking softly, “Are you asleep?”

Ye Wanyin opened her eyes in the darkness. “Not yet.”

Fang Shu returned to her normal volume. “Tell me about yourself.”

Ye Wanyin thought about it. “I don’t think there’s much to say.”

Fang Shu freed her arm from under the blanket and placed it under her head. Looking at Ye Wanyin, who was still lying flat in front of her, she could not help reaching out and picking up the long hair spread across the bed, rubbing it between her fingertips again and again. “Anything is fine. Just talk casually. It’s still early anyway.”

Ye Wanyin thought about it and finally realized that when her long seventeen years were summarized, only a few words remained—aside from studying, it was doing questions.

Plain and tasteless.

But now, perhaps there were a few new things.

At the very least, just transmigrating into a book was something she could brag about for a lifetime if she said it out loud.

The two of them chatted on and off. One lay on her side, the other flat on her back. From time to time, Ye Wanyin could feel Fang Shu’s breath brushing against her neck, carrying stuffy warmth and itchiness, making Ye Wanyin always unable to resist wanting to shrink her neck.

Later, Ye Wanyin simply turned onto her side as well and chatted with Fang Shu face-to-face. She was already nearsighted, and in the dark, her vision was practically the same as being blind. So apart from being able to see Fang Shu’s faintly bright eyes, everything else in front of her looked like shadows wrapped in a layer of black gauze, blurry and unclear.

Fang Shu also knew this, so she grew even more unrestrained in moving closer to her. The strand of hair she held between her fingers brushed past the tip of her nose from time to time. Her nose was filled with the scent of shampoo from the other girl’s hair. The fragrance was very faint and not unpleasant.

“In the book-transmigration novels I read, the protagonist always stays in the world inside the book in the end and lives forever with the person they like,” Fang Shu said, as if raising the most natural question in the world. “Then what if the protagonist falls in love with someone in the book world but still has to leave the book world? What should they do? Can it still be a HE?”

Ye Wanyin did not understand what “HE” meant, but that did not prevent her from answering the first question. “There should be no need to worry. The store has Reincarnation Tickets that can be exchanged. When the protagonist leaves, they can just use a Reincarnation Ticket to bring the person they like with them.”

After saying this, Ye Wanyin thought for a moment, then added a patch. “But the prerequisite should be that the person the protagonist likes also likes the protagonist, right? Otherwise, bringing them back might actually be bad for both sides.”

After all, changing worlds was a very serious matter. The protagonist could return to their own world like a fish returning to water, but the person brought back would have to start all over again in a new world. If they did not even like each other, how were they supposed to survive again in a strange world?

Fang Shu gave an “oh,” then asked, “If it were you, would you bring the person you liked back with you?”

Ye Wanyin originally wanted to say that this assumption did not exist. But seeing Fang Shu’s bright eyes in the darkness, she thought about it and answered seriously, “If it were me, I would first ask the other person what they wanted.”

The two of them kept chatting until past midnight before each falling asleep.

The next day, Ye Wanyin woke up in a gust of cool air. At some point, the blanket on her body had all been rolled away by Fang Shu.

Fang Shu had rolled herself into a caterpillar, her head buried in the blanket, body and blanket squeezed into Ye Wanyin’s arms. So right now, Ye Wanyin’s arms were quite warm, but her back was a little exposed, and her arm had also become icy cold because it had been exposed outside all night.

Ye Wanyin simply climbed out of bed. Because it was the weekend, she did not plan to wake Fang Shu. She lightened her footsteps and went to wash up.

Fang Shu was woken up by Cheng Cheng. Her uncle’s family woke up early, and even Cheng Cheng had been washed up and dressed early. The first thing she did after waking up was look for her older cousin. She pushed open the door and pounced toward the bed.

Seeing such a large long lump in the middle of the bed, she even took off her slippers and climbed onto the bed, sitting directly on Fang Shu. She shook her. “Big Sister, hurry and get up!”

Fang Shu kept her eyes closed inside the blanket and did not move. So Cheng Cheng shook even harder, her voice growing louder too. “Big Sister, get up!”

Fang Shu covered her ears inside the blanket.

Seeing that there was still no movement inside the blanket, Cheng Cheng began trying to pull it away. At this moment, Fang Shu’s brain had already become a little awake, but her eyes were still in deep sleep.

While Cheng Cheng tugged, Fang Shu’s fingers also consciously tightened around the corner of the blanket the little girl was pulling. The big one and the small one pulled against each other.

Downstairs, Ye Wanyin was helping Lin Qian prepare breakfast. Lin Qian placed the fried eggs onto the plate beside her and looked at Ye Wanyin with a gentle smile, chatting casually with her. “Your grades must be pretty good, right?”

Ye Wanyin was a tiny bit nervous. “They’re okay.”

Lin Qian suddenly looked worried. “Can you help Shushu raise her grades? With her current grades, getting into university still seems a little difficult. But if she doesn’t go to university, we won’t feel at ease either.”

Ye Wanyin was not very comfortable seeing an adult lower her head in front of her, so she hurriedly promised, “I’ll do my best to improve her grades.”

Only then did Lin Qian’s slight frown ease. She gave Ye Wanyin a little special treatment and fried an extra egg for her. “I’m really troubling you. But you don’t need to put too much pressure on yourself either. We more or less understand Shushu’s personality. But if possible, it would be good if she could attend university.”

Ye Wanyin nodded solemnly at Lin Qian.

Lin Qian was amused and almost wanted to pat Ye Wanyin’s head. But after glancing at Ye Wanyin, who was half a head taller than her, she ultimately gave up.

While Lin Qian was frying hand-grabbed pancakes, Ye Wanyin asked, “Aunt Lin, is Fang Shu’s home far from here?”

Lin Qian paused. “Do you want to visit her home?”

Ye Wanyin explained, “I’m just a little curious. Fang Shu doesn’t seem to go back during holidays.”

Lin Qian looked at her in some surprise. “Shushu never told you?”

Seeing Ye Wanyin’s puzzled expression, Lin Qian suppressed the urge to talk about it. She only sighed softly. “Let Shushu tell you about that herself. It wouldn’t be good for us to say too much.”

Ye Wanyin vaguely realized something and knew she had brought up a not-so-good topic, so she did not ask any further.

The two tacitly let the matter pass. After breakfast was ready, they carried the plates to the dining table in the living room. Seeing that there was no one in the living room except Cheng Jing, Lin Qian could not help asking in confusion, “Didn’t Chengzi go wake Shushu? Is Shushu still not up?”

Cheng Jing withdrew his gaze from the news playing on the TV. Hearing this, he stood up. “Should I go call them?”

Lin Qian casually wiped her hands on the apron she was wearing, then untied it. “You’re a grown man. What are you going to call them for? I’ll go.”

Ye Wanyin took the initiative and stood up. “I’ll go call them.”

Lin Qian’s movement to go upstairs paused, and she stopped. “That’s fine too.”

So Ye Wanyin went upstairs.

Inside the room, the caterpillar had become a little fatter. Two heads were exposed outside the blanket, sleeping soundly.

Ye Wanyin: “…”

Ye Wanyin first shook Cheng Cheng. The little girl had fallen asleep in her clothes, probably because the clothes were uncomfortable. She was not sleeping very comfortably at the moment, and the posture of burying herself in Fang Shu’s arms kept changing, clearly sleeping quite lightly. “Cheng Cheng, breakfast is ready. It’s time to get up.”

Cheng Cheng dazedly lifted her eyelids. Seeing Ye Wanyin’s blurry face beneath the opened curtains, she subconsciously murmured, “Mom…”

The expression on Ye Wanyin’s face stiffened. Then she pretended not to hear and continued calling Cheng Cheng.

Fortunately, Cheng Cheng had already gotten up once, so she woke fairly quickly. After rubbing her eyes and seeing the person in front of her clearly, she immediately burrowed toward Fang Shu, then lowered her head with a hint of nervousness and softly called, “Big Sister, Big Sister, hurry and get up!”

Fang Shu frowned slightly, then moved her fingers with difficulty under the blanket. Ye Wanyin thought she was about to get up, only to see Fang Shu grab the corner of the blanket and prepare to cover her face with it.

Ye Wanyin had long known that Fang Shu got up late on weekends, but she had not expected her to be this hard to wake up.

If it were an ordinary day, it would have been fine. But now breakfast was already ready, so Ye Wanyin definitely could not let her keep sleeping. She hardened her heart and directly pulled the entire blanket away, then called, “Fang Shu, your aunt’s breakfast is already ready. It’s time to get up.”

The warm blanket suddenly disappeared. The sudden difference between cold and warm made Fang Shu instinctively shrink her neck, then subconsciously reach out to grab a source of warmth. Cheng Cheng was the only person beside her, so Fang Shu treated Cheng Cheng as a pillow and prepared to stuff her into her arms.

But because Cheng Cheng’s clothes had been exposed to the air for a while, they had now become a little cool. Fang Shu only held her for one second before pushing her away, then hugged her own arms to warm herself.

Ye Wanyin: “…”

Cheng Cheng was also stunned. She looked at Ye Wanyin, blinked, and asked with her eyes what they should do.

Ye Wanyin did not know either. After trying all kinds of methods and still failing to wake Fang Shu, she simply dragged Fang Shu off the bed. Fang Shu, who had not fully woken up, had bones as soft as noodles, and Ye Wanyin hurriedly supported her in a fluster.

After squeezing toothpaste onto Fang Shu’s toothbrush, Ye Wanyin originally thought she would have to help her brush her teeth. But as soon as the toothbrush was brought to Fang Shu’s mouth, Fang Shu took it herself. She let out a long yawn and said in a slightly hoarse morning voice, “I’ll do it myself.”

So Ye Wanyin left the bathroom.

Cheng Cheng had already gone downstairs. Ye Wanyin sat by the bed and waited for Fang Shu.

After breakfast, Lin Qian asked Ye Wanyin, “Xiao Ye, are there any kinds of zongzi you don’t like?”

Ye Wanyin said there were not, so Lin Qian felt relieved and boiled all kinds of flavors together.

Ye Wanyin and Fang Shu had tickets for four in the afternoon. This was also the time they had discussed with Fang Shu’s uncle’s family. They were worried it would be unsafe for two girls to go back too late.

Because they had to leave around two, they ate lunch quite early. Fang Shu and Ye Wanyin were not picky eaters. At most, they had some preferences regarding flavors. Fang Shu ate more sweet zongzi, while Ye Wanyin treated all flavors equally.

Cheng Cheng was a little picky. She only liked sweet zongzi, so Lin Qian prepared a small plate just for her, with only sweet zongzi on it.

When they were packing up, Cheng Cheng kept circling around them, asking Fang Shu, “Big Sister, when are you coming back again?”

Fang Shu held her and rubbed her head. “I’ll come back again when I get the chance.”

Lin Qian stuffed an entire bag of uncooked zongzi into their suitcase. “If you have time on weekends, you can also come back on weekends.”

Fang Shu responded casually, though it was unclear whether she had really listened.

Cheng Jing helped them put their luggage into the car. Seeing Cheng Cheng also climb into the car, Lin Qian stood at the doorway. Not knowing how Ye Wanyin’s grades were, she reminded Fang Shu, “Shushu, you have to study properly. Try to get into the same university as Xiao Ye.”

Fang Shu: “…”

…That was a little too much to ask.

Fang Shu revealed the richest expression she had shown in the past two days, one she had never worn before. She looked at her aunt with an indescribable expression, then, under Lin Qian’s completely unaware look, got into the car.