Lunch break. Today was different from usual. An Yu and the others didn’t head straight to the activity room to rest.
“Xiangxiang, I’ll play with you next time.”
An Yu patted Huai Xiang’s head to comfort her.
It was like chasing progress. Today Huai Xiang was especially clingy. The moment class ended, she had come looking for An Yu to chat. And now, the instant lunch break started, she had immediately run over to An Yu’s side.
For Huai Xiang, only more proactive action could stop others from sneaking off!
She had realized it. In the past she had been too passive. Simply waiting for An Yu to come find her would never work.
If she waited, who knew how long it would take!
Huai Xiang had long understood that if you wanted to make friends, you had to take the initiative.
Especially with a girl like An Yu, who never initiated contact herself.
Still, she had no intention of monopolizing An Yu. She simply wanted more chances to interact and build up favorability.
She would never disturb An Yu and Ning Wanciu’s fixed naptime or anything like that.
In short—fairness, fairness, and more fairness. Say it three times!
But on the very first day Huai Xiang had figured this out, something unexpected happened.
An Yu was holding a key in her hand. The moment Huai Xiang came looking for her, she announced that she planned to spend lunch alone.
This left Huai Xiang stunned.
It seemed An Yu had something to handle, which was why she needed to be by herself.
Huai Xiang was incredibly curious. This was a major event that had never happened before.
Even a fool could see that An Yu loved napping with Ning Wanciu.
For An Yu to give up that chance for some “something,” it had to be really important.
Huai Xiang blinked. This timing was just too unfortunate.
“Little An Yu… okay, I understand.” Huai Xiang nodded, then left together with her two besties.
What was she thinking? If An Yu had something important to do, how could she possibly get in the way? They were good friends, after all!
“Mm. See you later.”
An Yu nodded calmly, then took the rooftop key and left the classroom by herself.
She had borrowed the key from Cheng Shimumeng because she needed a place where no one would disturb her.
The school rooftop was perfect. No one could get up there, and no one could see her.
System, is it ready?
An Yu asked in her mind. After tremendous effort, System had finally completed the first step of her goal.
[No problem, Host. The materials are sufficient!]
That step was repairing the Hairpin!
System looked at the long list of completed tasks. Only she knew how many missions she had issued and how much effort it had taken. But it was all worth it!
If she kept working hard, she would eventually gain a human form! She was finally going to have a body—even if it was only a mechanical bird for now, it was still good.
An Yu nodded. This was why she needed to be alone at lunch today.
She removed the Hairpin from her hair, held it carefully in her hand, left the classroom, and headed for the school rooftop.
At the same time, aside from the trio, one other person was constantly keeping an eye on An Yu’s movements.
“Hm… they split up?”
An Qing subconsciously frowned. Since arriving at school, this was the first time she had seen An Yu separate from Ning Wanciu and the others during lunch break.
Did An Yu… have something to do?
But she had no idea An Yu had any important matters to handle at this school.
From her knowledge of the previous life, An Yu had never cared about anything in this school…
So it had nothing to do with school? Almost instinctively, she began analyzing An Yu’s situation. An Qing had never realized she had always been like this—from the previous life until now—her entire focus locked on An Yu.
An Qing subconsciously lowered her head, her crimson eyes trembling faintly.
Right. What did any of this have to do with her?
Thinking about it was completely pointless.
No matter what An Yu did, she had no control over it now. It was perfectly normal for there to be things she didn’t know about.
An Qing… she and An Yu were nothing more than complete strangers.
She didn’t even know how she was supposed to act.
The contrast between the previous life and the present was too strong. It made An Qing doubt her own memories.
But even with those doubts, she had no idea where to begin investigating.
An Qing could only watch helplessly as time pushed An Yu farther and farther away while she remained stuck in place.
She gripped the phone in her hand tighter, irritation building in her chest.
An Yu had already left. She didn’t know where.
Even though An Yu hadn’t gone with the three girls, there was no guarantee someone else wouldn’t appear.
Without her noticing, more and more people had gathered around An Yu, forming a completely different network of relationships from the previous life.
She had fallen deep into paranoia. She couldn’t trust anyone. Even though that Huang Ke Ling had denied any connection to An Yu, An Qing was already anxious and restless—that was her current state.
She was desperate to know exactly what was going on with An Yu.
And exactly what An Yu thought of the An family.
There was no way for An Qing to find out any of it. She didn’t even know where to start investigating.
Almost as if she had nothing left to lose, she reached out to Chen Yu for help.
An Qing frowned and opened the chat screen on her phone. The conversation history with Chen Yu was displayed there.
【Sisters Are Right】: So what exactly happened between you two? Did you fight, or is there some misunderstanding?
【Sisters Are Right】: Don’t panic. Tell me everything. I’ve seen situations like this before. I can give you advice.
From Chen Yu’s messages, she could sense that he seemed anxious about her and An Yu’s situation.
An Qing couldn’t understand it at all, but it really looked like Chen Yu wanted to help her.
But why?
Thinking back carefully, if Chen Yu had no connection to An Yu, then he had been helping her from the very beginning.
And now he was asking about An Yu again, hitting the exact sore spot in her heart.
What was Chen Yu’s goal?
【An Qing】: I understand. I don’t know what your purpose is or why you’re asking these things.
The situation had spiraled beyond her control. Rebirth had not brought experience—it had brought unbreakable prejudice.
So she could no longer afford to keep doubting. If she stayed stubborn, she would gain nothing.
【An Qing】: I’ll assume you really do want to help me.
【An Qing】: Between me and An Yu… I don’t know if there’s a misunderstanding or some other mess.
She… really didn’t know.
At this point, An Qing could no longer be sure what the real reason for everything was.
Maybe there really was a misunderstanding. But no matter what, the truth remained: she did not understand An Yu.
【An Qing】: I have no idea what An Yu is thinking at all.
No matter how much she guessed, she couldn’t imagine it.
An Qing typed out the string of words. It was the pure truth.
She didn’t know what to do.
【Sisters Are Right】: If you don’t know, just find a chance and ask her directly.