Qin Wuyue took long strides with her slender, shapely legs, her high heels tapping out a thump-thump sound on the floor as she came to stand before him in a few steps.
The distance between their bodies was less than an inch. Lin Yu could even feel the warmth and scent emanating from her. He unconsciously swallowed.
Usually, when this woman struck this pose, it meant his kidneys were in for a rough time. But right now… it seemed not. However, the situation might be even more serious.
“What exactly are your thoughts regarding Yanran? Why did you reject her confession back then?” As Qin Wuyue asked this, her brows furrowed slightly. For some reason, she felt a bit agitated.
Lin Yu, on the other hand, secretly breathed a sigh of relief and took two steps back, pointing to a chair nearby.
“Aunt Qin, let’s sit and talk.”
Seeing his composed attitude, Qin Wuyue’s frown deepened.
She really didn’t like Lin Yu acting like this. It gave her a sense of defeat.
Perhaps because she was used to being high and mighty, suddenly encountering someone immune to her aura made her feel somewhat… at a loss.
To put it more seriously, she didn’t know how to interact with him.
But she was also a proud person, so she wouldn’t think the problem lay with herself. Therefore, the problem could only lie with Lin Yu.
Lin Yu deliberately pulled the chair a bit farther away. Qin Wuyue noticed but said nothing. After sitting down, she looked at him, waiting for his answer.
Back when he rejected Xia Yanran, Lin Yu had already considered that one day in the future, he would have to answer this question facing Qin Wuyue.
This question was also easy to answer.
He first frowned, then relaxed his expression, his face shifting through a series of changes, putting on an act of finding it very difficult to answer.
Finally, Qin Wuyue couldn’t stand it anymore and took the bait.
“Spit it out. If you have something to say, say it quickly.”
Although she said this in an impatient tone, she felt an inexplicable sense of relief in her heart.
Hearing her urging, Lin Yu then pretended to have no choice, expressing his thoughts with great difficulty.
“Aunt Qin, you ask me what I think. Actually, I do like Yanran.”
“!”
Hearing this, Qin Wuyue unconsciously pursed her lips, feeling her heart tighten, but she still asked:
“Hmm, and then? Why didn’t you accept her?” Her tone carried a nervousness she herself hadn’t noticed.
“But, but…” Lin Yu suddenly looked into her eyes, his voice somewhat agitated, “It’s not that kind of liking between lovers. It’s the liking between friends who’ve been together for a long time. Do you understand?”
“I, I think… I understand.”
Did Qin Wuyue understand?
She didn’t. She had never even been in a relationship. Her only relatively close friend was Lan Lan. What did she know about love and friendship?
But she could understand the words. Translated, it meant: being friends is fine, being lovers isn’t suitable.
Hearing Lin Yu say this, that heart-wrenching feeling from earlier disappeared, and the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but lift slightly.
“So, Aunt Qin, I hope you can understand. I do like Yanran, but we can’t become lovers or anything more.”
Lin Yu had been observing Qin Wuyue’s reaction and noticed her expression seemed to have softened a little.
“I think Yanran was just acting on impulse. Once that impulsive feeling passes, she’ll figure it out herself. Don’t you think?”
Just like a junior sincerely seeking advice from a senior, he looked up at Qin Wuyue from below.
His face and eyes were full of acting. He couldn’t help but give himself a thumbs-up!
Qin Wuyue turned her head to look at her still-sleeping daughter over there. Seeing the happy expression on her face, she could only sigh helplessly.
“Since you’ve said so, what else can I say? I understand matters of the heart can’t be forced. But…”
She changed her tone, “How to make Yanran understand this is now your task. I only have one request.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Don’t let her be sad.” Qin Wuyue tapped his forehead, saying each word very seriously, “Understand?”
“Understood, understood.” Lin Yu quickly nodded.
This was the benefit of knowing yourself and your enemy. Facing Qin Wuyue, being forceful wouldn’t work. You had to use a soft approach, a humble posture to talk to her. Then it would most likely succeed.
Qin Wuyue, who believed she had resolved this matter, looked towards the medical pod nearby.
“Eh? Why hasn’t Mowei woken up yet? Logically, she only injured her bones. With her constitution, she should have woken up long ago.”
Lin Yu blinked, looking at his sister’s face behind the observation window.
“What do you mean?”
Qin Wuyue checked the various indicators on it. “It means this thing is very advanced. With your sister’s constitution, lying inside for half an hour should restore her completely.”
“Huh? So is this thing broken?”
“Heh,” Qin Wuyue shook her head with a smile, “You’d break before it does. This is something related to the lives of frontline soldiers. Who would dare cut corners? The arrest list would be a mile long, and they’d be in a military court the next day, facing execution!”
“Oh…”
High-end stuff. Never seen it before.
Lin Yu really hadn’t used this thing before, nor had the chance. He was ‘dealt with’ before he even graduated.
“That’s strange then.”
Just as he finished saying this, the medical pod made a hiss-click sound and opened from the inside.
The hatch opened. Before Lin Yu could see anything clearly, Qin Wuyue covered his eyes.
Lin Mowei: “…”
Her hands are really fast. I wanted Xiao Yu to see, why are you stopping him? So meddlesome…
But she couldn’t say this out loud. Lin Yu also realized this, closing his eyes and turning around.
“Sis, you change clothes. I’ll go out first.”
“Oh, okay…”
The normal procedure was for the treated person to wake up inside, notify the people outside, then those who needed to回避 would回避, and then the pod would be opened from inside.
Lin Mowei, of course, didn’t need the people outside to回避, so she launched a surprise attack. But unfortunately, her teacher’s reflexes were remarkably fast.
Lin Mowei, sulking silently, changed into the clothes that had been prepared beside the pod early on.
She glanced at Xia Yanran sleeping over there and turned to ask a question whose answer she already knew.
“Teacher, why are you guys here?”
“Yanran was in a bad mood, so I brought her out to have some fun. Didn’t expect to run into you here.”
“Oh, what a coincidence indeed.”
Just as Qin Wuyue had guessed, Lin Mowei had woken up long ago, even in less than half an hour.
However, the moment she woke up, she heard Mu Qingqing’s soliloquy.
So she decided to lie there a bit longer. Maybe she could hear more!
But she didn’t hear what she wanted to hear. Instead, she heard a whole bunch of things she didn’t want to hear.
Especially that little seductress lying on the bed now, dressed provocatively, trying to seduce Xiao Yu again!
Hmph, but too bad. This time, my brother only sees you as a friend. You’re out of luck.
Although the change was somewhat significant, she was very satisfied with this turn of events. Lin Mowei was in an unusually pleasant mood.
However, turning her head, she saw Qin Wuyue’s face as she adjusted the equipment.
Remembering that sentence, “First you hooked up with Qin Wuyue, then you seduced Mu Liuli?”
It seems Acting Section Chief Mu Qingqing knows quite a few things, Miss Mu Qingqing.
Lin Mowei’s eyes narrowed slightly as she looked out the window, her gaze filled with unconcealed inquiry and a trace of twisted obsession.
At that moment, Mu Qingqing, who was in a meeting, suddenly shuddered.
An indescribable sense of crisis arose in her heart, as if she was being watched by something terrifying.
“What’s wrong, Section Chief Mu?”
A staff member, noticing she seemed off, asked.
Mu Qingqing shook her head, “It’s nothing. Continue.”
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