Looking at Cheng Shimumeng’s gloomy expression, Ning Wanciu felt a bit embarrassed.
How should she put it?
She actually did not really want to tell the whole truth, but facing Cheng Shimumeng she always had the feeling that she could not hide anything.
Cheng Shimumeng was too smart.
Lies would be seen through at a single glance.
“Fine.”
Ning Wanciu deflated like a balloon with all the air let out, her whole body slumping.
Here is what happened…
She spoke softly and began to explain why she had come to Cheng Shimumeng’s house.
A long while later, Ning Wanciu finally finished saying everything that needed to be said.
At this moment the expression on Cheng Shimumeng’s face became incredibly colorful.
She looked at Ning Wanciu as if she were looking at an idiot.
“So you two sisters both want to push An Yu onto the other?”
Cheng Shimumeng’s voice carried a rare note of surprise.
“Uh…”
Ning Wanciu lowered her head.
She wanted to refute it but could not find any words to do so.
They both wanted to stay with An Yu, yet they had started yielding to each other.
That really was the truth.
The younger sister wanted to take care of the older sister, and the older sister also wanted to take care of the younger sister.
“What should I even say to you…”
Cheng Shimumeng’s mouth twitched as she put on an expression that was hard to judge.
After all, this was the first time she had encountered a situation like this—actually giving up the person you like to someone else.
Still, judging from Ning Dongli’s behavior, the other girl had most likely realized that Ning Wanciu had special feelings for An Yu.
Otherwise she would not have tried to hand over the chance to hang out with friends to her own older sister.
Only one thing felt very strange…
What exactly was going on with Ning Dongli?
Cheng Shimumeng frowned.
From Ning Wanciu’s words she had caught a few unusual details.
She was clearly a socially anxious little girl who did not even want to meet them, so how had she suddenly become so attached to An Yu?
Ever since the moment she invited An Yu to her house, Cheng Shimumeng had sensed something off.
Now these details seemed to confirm it.
It looked as if Ning Dongli liked An Yu too?
Otherwise why would she act this way?
Moreover, from Ning Wanciu’s reaction it was obvious she had noticed it as well.
She had noticed that Ning Dongli liked An Yu… yet she still made this kind of move?
Uncertain… better to wait and see.
“Sorry.”
Ning Wanciu kept her head lowered in embarrassment, still murmuring apologies.
Cheng Shimumeng looked at the embarrassed girl in front of her and felt completely speechless.
“So… to prove to your little sister that you really had something urgent and could not agree, you staged this sudden raid?”
Cheng Shimumeng was truly at a loss for words.
“Mm… that’s pretty much it… sorry, Shimumeng. It happened so suddenly I didn’t tell you ahead of time.”
Ning Wanciu’s face was full of guilt.
She really had run out of options.
Seeing this, Cheng Shimumeng could only sigh helplessly and say nothing more.
The two sisters from the Ning family really were a special pair, and with little An Yu added into the mix it was not hard to understand how things had turned out this way.
“All right, I’m not blaming you for anything.
Just stay in the room for now.
Once my idiot dad leaves you can move around freely.”
Although she felt extremely helpless, out of concern for her friend she would not make Ning Wanciu leave.
Instead she chose to let her stay like this.
“Ah… thanks, Shimumeng!”
Cheng Shimumeng shook her head.
Ning Wanciu nodded gratefully.
“All right, all right, you really are something.
Although I won’t hold a grudge over your sudden raid…”
“As long as you don’t regret it later.”
She spoke softly.
Some things simply had to be said.
“Ah… what do you mean?”
Ning Wanciu looked at Cheng Shimumeng in confusion, unsure whether she truly did not understand or was only pretending.
“Heh…”
Cheng Shimumeng let out a cold laugh.
“Nothing.”
Since the other girl did not want to answer, she would not press her.
Still… she felt that letting the person you like spend time with other girls like this would eventually lead to regret.
Cheng Shimumeng subconsciously took out her phone and scrolled lightly.
The moment she opened it she saw the trending news.
She tapped it open casually.
Right there was the cosplay photo of An Yu and Ning Dongli.
This really was…
Looking at the look in Ning Dongli’s eyes, Cheng Shimumeng—who had still been in the doubting stage—immediately felt a wave of understanding.
It was almost certain now that Ning Dongli liked An Yu.
That gaze was exactly the same as the one Ning Wanciu gave An Yu, without the slightest difference.
She lifted her eyes from the phone and looked at Ning Wanciu.
“Sigh… you really are an idiot.”
Caught off guard by Cheng Shimumeng’s gaze, Ning Wanciu suddenly felt uncomfortable.
“Shimumeng…? What’s wrong?”
Ning Wanciu was puzzled, but Cheng Shimumeng suddenly smiled—only the smile looked a little strange.
“I already told you.
Just don’t regret it later.”
Cheng Shimumeng did not answer Ning Wanciu’s question.
Instead she brushed it off with an ambiguous attitude.
This was Ning Wanciu’s own choice.
She would not interfere.
On the contrary, Cheng Shimumeng found it very interesting.
The number of girls who liked An Yu seemed to be growing.
And one of them was Ning Wanciu’s most important little sister.
So what choice would Ning Wanciu and An Yu make?
Cheng Shimumeng curved her lips.
A gleam of delight flashed through her emerald-green eyes.
She closed her phone, sat down on the chair beside her, and stopped paying attention to Ning Wanciu.
That left Ning Wanciu even more at a loss.
Looking at Cheng Shimumeng’s expression, she did not even know what to say.
It seemed… to have started the moment she looked at her phone?
Her attitude had only been helpless before, but now it had suddenly turned a little strange.
“Did something happen with your phone?”
Ning Wanciu blinked in confusion.
Almost subconsciously she pulled out her own phone from her pocket.
The screen lit up.
The wallpaper was a photo of An Yu sleeping.
Ning Wanciu had secretly taken it because it looked so beautiful that she simply could not resist.
Staring at the sleeping face on her phone, Ning Wanciu unconsciously let a faint smile appear on her lips and her mood improved at once.
At some point… her feelings for An Yu had grown deeper and deeper.
Just seeing her was enough to make her feel better.
But the important part was not An Yu’s sleeping face.
At almost the same moment she received the trending notification.
Ning Wanciu blinked.
Her finger lightly touched the screen and went straight into the post.
In an instant her expression darkened.
She saw it.
She saw the longing look in Ning Dongli’s eyes.
She also saw An Yu returning the hug without any hesitation.
The two of them—whether in height, clothing, or anything else—looked perfectly in harmony.
Ning Wanciu pressed her lips together and could not say a single word.
Even…
Her heartbeat slowed by half a beat.
She finally understood why Cheng Shimumeng had worn that expression.