Chapter 28.1

Han Shuangshuang did not know whether she was too hungry and had started hallucinating from weakness, but she suddenly felt a chilly, eerie sensation behind her.

It was so cold that her scalp went numb. So, while starving, she used all the strength in her body to push Shi Nianxue away. “I already said the past is in the past. A lot can change in a few years. Just like how I’m no longer used to relying on others now, but relying on myself instead. I’m already working hard to make up for all the courses I failed, as if I’ve already reflected on myself and am trying to fix my life. I don’t need your help anymore, Shi Nianxue. I sincerely hope you understand that I’m not saying this because I resent you, but because I’ve truly let it go. So you don’t need to come find me again and again just to lecture me.”

Shi Nianxue breathed in Han Shuangshuang’s scent somewhat greedily. Like an exquisite big cat that had been soothed, she had already withdrawn her claws and would obediently listen to anything now.

Shi Nianxue’s doll-like delicate brows and eyes relaxed slightly. “All right. After all, I only just returned to the country. I don’t want to push you too hard either. It’s just that you’ve been resisting my touch too much lately, so I became a little…”

Han Shuangshuang held her dizzy head and raised a hand, blocking Shi Nianxue in front of her. “Okay, I understand. I understand everything. But don’t come closer. This is school. Pulling and tugging like this wouldn’t look good if someone saw it. My reputation has been rotten for so many years. Lately, I’ve been putting all my effort into changing.”

Because she had just hugged Han Shuangshuang, no matter what Han Shuangshuang said now, Shi Nianxue did not find it harsh or unpleasant.

Whatever Han Shuangshuang said, she wore a smile.

Shi Nianxue nodded to show that she agreed.

Han Shuangshuang suddenly felt that Shi Nianxue was truly difficult to deal with.

Thinking about it the other way around, she seemed to have pestered Shen Yuru like this back then too.

No wonder Shen Yuru had rejected her so much at first.

Han Shuangshuang was hungry, and her brain was lacking blood supply. Suddenly, she felt that she missed Shen Yuru so much right now.

But… at the very beginning, when she had been forced by the system to do a series of frivolous things to Shen Yuru, Shen Yuru had not rejected her this strongly and had left her enough face.

Thinking of it like that, Shen Yuru truly was cold-faced but warm-hearted. No, she was not that kind of terrifying great villain.

Han Shuangshuang would not let Shen Yuru blacken into the kind of great villain everyone hated either.

Han Shuangshuang seized the opportunity and turned to run. Meanwhile, Shi Nianxue watched Han Shuangshuang’s back with a smile, thinking Han Shuangshuang was only shy, so she did not continue following and pestering her.

Han Shuangshuang had zero experience in handling feelings, so her subconscious reaction was to run away.

Besides, she was not the original owner. She had no idea what had happened between Shi Nianxue and the original owner when they were young.

She also had no sense of immersion. To her, Shi Nianxue’s feelings for her were truly inexplicable.

It was just like how she had suddenly told Shen Yuru that she liked her.

The more she thought about it, the more Han Shuangshuang felt that in front of Shen Yuru, she was simply an annoying pest.

[System: Host, don’t deny yourself like that. Although Host appeared in front of Shen Yuru to complete the mission, haven’t you also done many things for Shen Yuru? You also changed Shen Yuru’s fate.]

Han Shuangshuang slowly walked toward the cafeteria.

Looking at it this way, she had to treat Shen Yuru even better in the future. Not just the kind of good she said with her mouth, but to personally take action and truly do things for Shen Yuru.

After all, she had approached Shen Yuru only for the mission, only to change her cannon-fodder ending.

The moment Han Shuangshuang walked into the cafeteria, Yan Huan lifted her arm and waved at her.

Yan Huan said, “Han Shuangshuang, over here!”

Not only was Han Shuangshuang physically weak and starving, her mind also felt heavy. The things she had done before and the impact Shi Nianxue had given her occupied her brain, making it run slowly under hunger. Her thoughts were sluggish.

Han Shuangshuang sat down beside Yan Huan.

Yan Huan looked at Han Shuangshuang with a smile.

That smile made Han Shuangshuang’s heart grow uneasy, as though someone had pressed her onto a cutting board and was sizing her up from head to toe.

Yan Huan pushed the food she had already gotten toward Han Shuangshuang. “Sis, I knew you were busy, so I got your food for you in ​stolen content​advance. How is it? Moved, right? No need to thank me too much.”

Hearing Yan Huan’s teasing, Han Shuangshuang’s fist immediately hardened. She gritted her teeth. “Isn’t it all because of you, my plastic good sister? The moment there’s gossip to eat, you run faster than anyone. Shi Nianxue came to find me, so why didn’t you tell me? You just threw me to her directly. Do you know I almost got taken advantage of by her?”

The light of gossip in Yan Huan’s eyes instantly exploded. “After all, she’s also your sister. I was too embarrassed to interfere. Besides, I understand you best. My sister is extremely devoted and won’t be dazzled by other pretty flowers and birds. Otherwise, how could you take down Shen Yuru, the famous flower on a high peak at our school?”

Han Shuangshuang felt as though she had heard the hidden meaning in Yan Huan’s words. After shoving a huge mouthful of food into her mouth, she felt a little choked and patted her chest to help the food go down.

Yan Huan also dogleggedly patted Han Shuangshuang’s back. Han Shuangshuang glared sideways at her plastic sister.

Han Shuangshuang said, “If you want something from me, just say it. Smiling so dogleggedly, aren’t you ashamed?”

Yan Huan’s smile grew even wider. “As expected of my sis. So straightforward.”

Han Shuangshuang said, “Not really. I only told you to say it. I didn’t say I agreed.”

Yan Huan looked very delicate. She was the standard socialite type, but her personality was the same as Han Shuangshuang’s—carefree and easygoing. Otherwise, the ​stolen content​two of them would not have become friends.

Yan Huan was the kind of person strangers did not dare approach at all. Only people who were familiar with her knew how good her personality was.

And Yan Huan was also famously protective of her own. Ordinary people were not enough for her to look highly upon. Having grown up among wealthy families, she had seen too many twists and turns among the rich, so she disliked people with too many schemes. That was why she liked staying beside the simple-minded, carefree, not-very-brainy Han Shuangshuang. The two of them were like two big fools, playing happily every day.

Yan Huan directly ignored what Han Shuangshuang had said and spoke on her own. Then she carefully leaned close to Han Shuangshuang’s ear. “You can’t just watch someone die without saving them, sis. Since you could even chase Shen Yuru into your hands, can’t you teach me your experience? Can you really bear to let me be lonely and alone? I’m truly in urgent need here, sis.”

Han Shuangshuang put down her chopsticks and gave a long “oh,” while Yan Huan thought Han Shuangshuang understood and also followed with an “oh.”

Some things were truly strange. For example, in public, if one person stretched their neck and made a long “ohhh” sound, it really was quite odd.

But if two people did it together, it somehow did not seem that odd anymore. They even seemed quite immersed in it and enjoyed it tirelessly.

Han Shuangshuang lowered her voice and leaned closer to Yan Huan. “So you want me to help you come up with ideas so you can chase Yun Yun?”

Yan Huan immediately gave her a shy little punch. “You bad thing. Don’t say it so directly, okay? I just want to understand Senior Yun a unauthorized copylittle more. Don’t make it sound so perverted.”

Han Shuangshuang was covered in goosebumps from Yan Huan’s coquettish tone. She shuddered and nearly bit her tongue, then glared at Yan Huan. “Speak properly. If you want to starve me or disgust me to death, then you won’t learn any experience.”

Yan Huan immediately sat up straight, looking like she was humbly asking for guidance.

Han Shuangshuang put on the air of a teacher even more and began explaining clearly and logically. “If you want to pursue someone, the first step is definitely creating chance encounters. Only when two people have a chance to interact can the other person understand you, discover your strengths, and then be attracted by your charm. Only then can there be a next step. Once you’ve created more opportunities for chance encounters, you need to take the initiative. Ask for contact information, or suggest having coffee together, going for walks together, things like that—opportunities that allow for longer interactions and let the two of you understand each other more deeply. After that, learn the other person’s preferences and living habits, prescribe the right medicine… no, make the right move. Create more little surprises for the other person, then interact with them as friends and see if the other person is moved, if they have any interest in you. If they do have feelings for you, then you can make your move and pass through the most beautiful ambiguous stage.”

Yan Huan listened extremely seriously, and from some pocket, she somehow took out sticky notes and a fountain pen to start writing little notes. She had never been this serious in class.

She looked at Han Shuangshuang with worship in her eyes, as though she had found her life mentor.

Yan Huan said, “Sis, I really didn’t expect you to be this amazing in this area. I truly underestimated you. If I had asked you earlier, maybe by now I would already…”

Han Shuangshuang stretched out her index finger and shook it in front of Yan Huan. “No, no, no. It’s not too late to know now. Remember, the prerequisite for everything you do is sincerity. You must move the other person with sincerity. After all, people’s hearts are made of flesh. If we throw our whole heart in front of them, how could they bear to throw it away?”

Yan Huan suddenly tasted something off in Han Shuangshuang’s words. “Why does this sound a little like Mary Sue dialogue from a domineering CEO novel?”

Han Shuangshuang said, “None of that matters. What matters most is succeeding. All roads lead to Rome. We just take whichever road works.”

Yan Huan nodded. “Good! Then we’ll do as you said. I’ve already investigated her schedule. The juniors have class in the afternoon, and they’ll pass by the small pavilion. Why don’t we make that the chance encounter location?”

Han Shuangshuang nearly shouted “yoo-hoo.” So Yan Huan had already prepared for this. “We’ll definitely succeed.”

Yan Huan said, “Mm!”

The two of them chatted with great enthusiasm, not noticing that at some point, Yun Yun had sat behind them, back to back.

Yun Yun heard every word of their conversation without missing a single one. However, Yun Yun had arrived relatively late and had not heard the part where Yan Huan told Han Shuangshuang that she wanted to pursue her.

She had directly heard Han Shuangshuang sharing her experience in pursuing someone, and Yun Yun had even directly interpreted the things Han Shuangshuang said as being about Shen Yuru.

So Yun Yun secretly remembered it in her heart.

Although her major was different from Shen Yuru’s, juniors basically had very few classes. Most were usually public courses and electives.

Their class times were more or less the same. By coincidence, today they were even in the same large classroom.

Yun Yun also heard Yan Huan and Han Shuangshuang mention the small pavilion they would pass by. Yun Yun decided that she should still tell Shen Yuru about this in advance.

After all, listening to Han Shuangshuang’s tone, it seemed that toward Shen Yuru, she had long been… prepared.

……

The summer weather was still stuffy and hot. The first class in the afternoon was before 2:45, and Han Shuangshuang and Yan Huan kept fanning themselves with their hands in the small pavilion.

Yan Huan said, “This damned weather is way too hot.”

Han Shuangshuang said, “Sis, calm down. Haven’t you heard, it’s not the wind moving, it’s not the banner moving, it’s the heart moving? Sis, it’s not that the weather is hot. It’s that your heart is hot. You’re unauthorized copytoo restless. Calm down a bit so your entrance won’t look too abrupt later and expose the truth that we were squatting here early instead of having a chance encounter. Only a chance encounter is the most romantic.”

Yan Huan said, “Right, right, right.”

In the end, Han Shuangshuang even lent Yan Huan her own hand and fanned her to prevent Yan Huan’s makeup from melting in the heat.

Han Shuangshuang said, “Is your information accurate or not? There are so many people, but I still haven’t seen Yun Yun.”

And why had she not seen Shen Yuru either? Didn’t Shen Yuru say she had class in the afternoon too?

Shen Yuru’s heart healing progress had not increased yet today. Han Shuangshuang’s heart suddenly felt empty. She kept feeling as though something had happened that she did not know about.

Yan Huan was staring hard at every person passing by, afraid she would miss someone. “Stop talking. Hurry and focus.”

Unexpectedly, Yan Huan had sharp eyes when it came to Han Shuangshuang’s matters, but when it came to herself, she started going blank. She could not recognize faces at all.

Meanwhile, Han Shuangshuang saw Yun Yun walking over from not far away and immediately called Yan Huan. “Hurry, hurry, Senior Yun ​Read on BaiLianTales​is walking over. Did you remember all the lines we prepared?”

Yan Huan gave Han Shuangshuang a thumbs-up, showing that she had already memorized them by heart. Then she pretended it was a chance encounter and walked forward.

Han Shuangshuang transformed into a strategist in the darkness, hiding behind the pillar of the small pavilion and secretly observing.

Yan Huan firmly remembered what Han Shuangshuang had told her. First, create a chance encounter. Success.

After the chance encounter, she had to find a common topic they could talk about. A common topic between her and Yun Yun…

Yan Huan’s normally fast-running brain jammed at this moment, as though it had short-circuited. Her first reaction was Shen Yuru.

The person they both knew seemed to be no one other than Shen Yuru.

Yan Huan wobbled over to Yun Yun. Behind the pillar, Han Shuangshuang slapped her own forehead in disappointment.

The few steps Yan Huan took made her look like a little hoodlum. Could she not move her ​read the original at bailiantales.com​arm and leg on the same side? She was so hopeless.

Yan Huan said, “Senior Yun, long time no see. What a coincidence, are you going to self-study too?”

Yun Yun’s appearance was relatively cold, and her temperament and posture were very good. She was somewhat like the abstinent dean-of-discipline type.

Yun Yun’s aura was different from Shen Yuru’s. Although Shen Yuru also made people feel pressured, hers was the kind of pressure that made people afraid to approach, carrying a faint sense of distance.

Yun Yun was purely cold. Just by looking at her, one could feel that she did not speak much and had a cold personality, as though nothing could stir her interest. She seemed to react only to the goals she was fixated on.

Yun Yun’s footsteps stopped. She turned her head and quietly looked at Yan Huan.

Yan Huan instantly felt pressure as heavy as a mountain. Sweat rose on her back, her scalp went numb, her brain went dizzy, her face reddened, her hands and feet went numb, and her heart went numb too. It was as if she was going to faint on the spot.

Yan Huan stammered. Every time she said a word, she bit her tongue once, and the pain made all her features fly around. “Um… what a coincidence! I’m also going to self-study. Um, why haven’t I seen Senior Shen? Isn’t Senior Shen also a junior? Is Senior Yun not self-studying with Senior Shen?”

Yan Huan felt that a person with Yun Yun’s personality would probably like a sweeter, softer girl, but her personality was not like that. She could only deliberately pretend to bailiantales.combe that way in front of Yun Yun. Unfortunately, her acting skills were a little bad, so she could only secretly place her hands behind her back and twist two fingers together uneasily.

Yun Yun lifted her eyes, passing over Yan Huan, and saw Han Shuangshuang hiding behind the pillar with flying brows and dancing expressions, signaling desperately with her eyes.

Combined with what she had heard at noon, Yan Huan’s act of looking for a common topic became, in Yun Yun’s eyes, the act of Yan Huan being Han Shuangshuang’s good friend.

Yan Huan was helping Han Shuangshuang ask Yun Yun about Shen Yuru’s movements.

Yun Yun wore glasses. When sunlight shone over, the lenses reflected a somewhat sharp light, making Yan Huan even more nervous and unsure of what to say.

Yun Yun said, “How did you know we have class this afternoon?”