Chapter 315: Figure

“Sigh.”

Liu Xie lifted her phone and scanned the check-in code on the big screen.

After the phone displayed a successful check-in, she sighed again.

“Sigh.”

“What are you yelling about this early in the morning, you stupid…” Ye Qingchang beside her spoke for Zhu Niao and Gou Yu, who were still sleeping together.

To be honest, those two had fallen asleep before the teacher even started the lecture, so they probably weren’t afraid of a little noise from Liu Xie anyway.

Their engagement banquet had been six days ago.

“I’m just a bit emotional.” Liu Xie glanced at Zhu Niao and Gou Yu and shook her head inwardly.

“Emotional about what? Starting to reflect on your life again?” Ye Qingchang wasn’t surprised.

“From what I know, when you get like this, it’s usually right before a version update, and you start imagining random stuff because you have nothing to do.”

Liu Xie opened her mouth as if to argue, but then suddenly realized Ye Qingchang was right.

But she felt this time was different.

“Even though my game is indeed before a version update, I think the content I’m pondering this time should be something we both think about.”

“Oh?”

Ye Qingchang turned slightly. “I’m all ears.”

“I’m thinking about how those two actually got together, how they overcame all those difficulties.” Liu Xie pinched her chin. “I’m really curious.”

“If that’s what you’re thinking about, you might as well just say you want the gossip.” Ye Qingchang hit the nail on the head.

“If you put it that way, you’re right.” Liu Xie nodded.

She did have thoughts, after all.

After attending Zhu Niao and Gou Yu’s engagement banquet, of course she fantasized about exchanging rings with Liu Anran on that stage.

But she was also a bit scared.

She knew that compared to this couple who seemed to have gone through so much hardship, her relationship with Liu Anran felt too calm and uneventful.

Ah, of course, she wasn’t saying she wanted any storms or anything.

She wasn’t a masochist. She certainly didn’t want trouble or pain to fall on either her or Liu Anran.

It was just that after witnessing Zhu Niao and Gou Yu’s feelings for each other, she started feeling an inexplicable fear.

They say calm seas don’t make good sailors. She didn’t want love to be like that either.

But everything had come too easily. She only knew her own thoughts, not Liu Anran’s.

Liu Anran loved her without reservation, and she was happy to believe that.

But Liu Anran was also very busy, and there were often times when he wasn’t by her side.

She had low-quality habits—she couldn’t help him with his work at all, and she even took up his time on weekends.

Liu Anran was very good to her, but it seemed she wasn’t that good to him.

She realized she couldn’t seem to make the transition.

When she was with Liu Anran, she always fell back into the old ways of acting like his older sibling.

Even though now, whether on their household registries or in private, there was no “older brother” relationship at all.

Unlike Zhu Niao and Gou Yu, whose relationship was already like an old married couple, and even their original interactions were akin to lovers.

So after their relationship changed, their habits of getting along didn’t change much.

At most, the barrier between them disappeared, and they could be more straightforward in expressing their love for each other.

But Liu Xie found she couldn’t do that. Even though she and Liu Anran had confirmed their relationship, she couldn’t simply nestle in his arms as a lover.

It felt a bit like she was afraid of losing face, but in reality, she was the one suffering.

Caught in this constant distortion, she even began to doubt whether she truly liked Liu Anran, or if she just wanted him to stay with her for life, using a somewhat dirty method to bind his feelings.

In truth, when it came to feelings, had she even done anything for Liu Anran?

She thought back to that time when she mistakenly believed that completing the so-called love strategy task would turn her back into a boy, so she went home and sat on top of Liu Anran.

Now that she thought about it, was she afraid that after turning back into a boy, Liu Anran, who was no longer related to her, would leave her? So she wanted to use this unusual method to tie him to her?

Had she been a selfish person from beginning to end?

How else could she explain that after Liu Anran explained everything, she immediately kicked him off the bed, and even the subsequent taking of her first kiss was something Liu Anran had to initiate?

Liu Xie froze.

Thinking about it that way, all their kisses and almost all intimate actions were initiated by Liu Anran, while she was just passively accepting.

She didn’t refuse, but she definitely didn’t take the initiative.

So what did she look like in Liu Anran’s eyes? A wooden doll? Or someone who simply wasn’t in love?

She didn’t know.

“Oi.” Ye Qingchang waved a finger in front of Liu Xie’s face.

“Hmm?” Liu Xie snapped back to reality.

“Did that shared meal you ordered yesterday give you food poisoning?” Ye Qingchang frowned.

“Lucky for you, your brother is coming to pick you up today. Tell him to take you out for something good, so you don’t actually get sick.”

That concern might have come from being a roommate, or maybe because she had ordered the same shared meal as Liu Xie yesterday.

“Ah…”

At the mention of Liu Anran, Liu Xie froze again.

Ye Qingchang could tell something was off with Liu Xie, but she didn’t know exactly what.

She just knew it seemed related to Liu Anran.

Unfortunately, she wasn’t born a girl, or else at a time like this she would have grilled the truth out of her and then mercilessly sided with Liu Xie to criticize the other person.

But this was her good roommate’s family matter; she shouldn’t meddle too much.

As for Liu Xie, she played games in class as usual, but she was clearly distracted.

Even when she lost, she didn’t seem to care much.

Instead, during the last class of this Friday, she kept looking toward the door.

Normally, she was most afraid of seeing Liu Anran appear there in a suit or a neat white shirt, but now she seemed a bit expectant.

It was true—Liu Anran always waited for her at the classroom door to pick her up after the last class before the weekend.

The class bell rang.

Liu Xie put away her phone, which had long gone dark, its screen reflecting her dazed face.

She turned around.

She didn’t see that figure.