Chapter 41: Good Night, Sister An Yu

“Mm?”

An Qing stepped forward in confusion and waved her hand in front of An Yu.

Seeing no reaction from An Yu, she helplessly chuckled. 

“Dad, Mom, An Yu is about to fall asleep.”

Finally, someone present noticed An Yu’s abnormality and interrupted this not-very-meaningful conversation.

Though An Qing didn’t actually believe An Yu was truly about to sleep.

“Ahaha, my good daughter is sleepy. It is indeed very late now. Let’s not talk anymore. Everyone go to bed.”

An Yunfan laughed awkwardly.

He seemed to feel apologetic for disturbing everyone’s rest.

“Mm.” 

An Qing smiled and nodded at An Yunfan.

She turned around, maintaining her usual smile, and reached out toward the drowsy An Yu.

“Then I’ll take An Yu back to her room to sleep.” 

Without waiting for anyone’s reaction, she grabbed An Yu’s hand and headed straight for An Yu’s room.

As for how An Yu felt about it.

She only felt relieved because she could finally go back to her room and sleep.

An Qing was even escorting her. 

That was great. In case she ran into An— on the way…

Wait, who was escorting her back to her room?

An Yu abruptly opened her eyes wide. 

In front of her was the black-haired, red-eyed girl smiling gently and lightly holding her hand.

Hiss…

An Yu instinctively trembled. 

Unknowingly, she had already been brought to the front of her own room, and there was no one else nearby…

An Qing… wasn’t really going to come in and throw her pillow, right?

An Yu was very worried.

But fortunately, things didn’t develop in a bad direction. 

An Qing very naturally let go of her hand without showing any abnormality.

“You’re here.”

An Yu stared blankly at An Qing, somewhat unable to understand the reborn heroine’s thought process.

But whatever.

An Yu nodded expressionlessly, then quickly walked toward her room.

Once she was inside, she would lock the door. Even if An Qing changed her mind, it would be useless.

“Good night…” 

An Qing said softly. 

“Sister An Yu.”

An Yu instantly froze in place, unable to move.

 An Qing, however, curled her lips in satisfaction, then turned and left without the slightest hesitation.

Didn’t she want her to call her sister? 

Then she called her that. 

As for the reason, An Yu would have to guess herself.

‘System…’ An Yu’s voice carried confusion.

【Host…】

The system actually didn’t understand either. 

An Qing’s behavior shocked it greatly. 

They clearly had irreconcilable hatred between them, so why did she suddenly call her that so intimately?

What exactly was the heroine trying to do?

The system frantically reviewed the original plot but couldn’t find a single flaw. 

It was unable to answer the host’s doubts.

‘Do you still remember what the third little cake I ate earlier was called?’

【Host… third, wh-what?】

An Yu tilted her head in confusion.

She had suddenly remembered that among the small cakes she ate at the banquet, one was especially delicious, but she didn’t know its name, so she wanted to ask the system.

But she hadn’t expected the system to not even remember this.

System: …?

【Host, you just wanted to ask this?】

No, what about An Qing? 

What about An Qing’s matter? 

She just called you sister! You didn’t actually miss it, did you??

“Otherwise?” 

An Yu said in confusion.

Was there anything else worth asking about… like where to find a better pillow or something?

She felt Ning Wanciu was the best.

The system fell silent. 

From the looks of it, her dear host had probably really not heard it.

Natural counter to schemers was real.

【Host, that one was Black Forest cake.】

“Oh… is that so?”

An Yu nodded. Her system was indeed still quite useful.

Having received the answer, An Yu satisfactorily opened her room door, then quickly closed and locked it.

This was the most important routine. 

She must not forget.

“Ha…” 

Letting out a tired yawn, a tear formed at the corner of An Yu’s eye.

Time to sleep. 

The pre-bed phone-scrolling session could be skipped today.

Placing her phone aside to charge, An Yu lay down and fell asleep.

“System, good night.”

【…Good night.】

An Yu slept peacefully, but someone tonight would not be able to sleep.

Ning Dongli clutched her phone, so anxious she was almost crying.

Well, it wasn’t almost—she already had tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

If An Yu didn’t reply soon, she was going to start writing a long essay!

Ever since An Yu sent that voice message, Ning Dongli had listened to it several times in a row.

But only after a while did she remember—she knew the real person now. 

There was no need to listen to old voice messages.

From now on, she would play games with An Yu every day. 

Then, to communicate better, they could… they could voice chat while playing, something like that…

Hehe, hehe.

That was normal, right? 

After all, they were playing competitive games. 

They needed to call out positions!

Then, after playing together for a long time, they would naturally develop feelings and become good friends, even best friends…

She could call An Yu at night, voice chat until they fell asleep… that would be okay, right?

It had to be okay, right?

Then, later on, their relationship would get even better. 

They would become confidantes who talked about everything. 

Then, then, she could ask An Yu to record some kind of audio for her…

That would be okay too, right?!!

Hehe, hehehehe~

Ning Dongli had already fallen into fantasies of a beautiful future, completely forgetting that not long ago, she had found An Yu extremely annoying. 

Even just adding her as a friend had felt like it would kill her.

Ning Dongli picked up her phone, ready to put her plan into action, but she never expected to be stuck on the very first step!

No matter what she said, she got no reply from An Yu.

An Yu was completely ignoring her!

Waaah…

What to do? 

Had she gone too far earlier and pressured An Yu into not wanting to play games with her anymore?

If she ignored her, then her voice callouts, sleeping on call, hypnosis audio—all of it would be ruined?!

Just thinking about it, Ning Dongli felt like a duck that was already in her hands had flown away. 

The feeling of gaining and then losing was the most fatal.

As a voice fetishist, how hard was it to find a voice that perfectly matched her preferences?

But she had found one! 

And by some stroke of luck, they had almost become friends!

Yet now she had lost it herself… Who could understand this feeling?!

The more Ning Dongli thought, the more she spiraled, almost depressing herself.

In the darkness, the petite girl lay on the sofa, tears in her eyes, constantly fiddling with her phone.

Large patches of green light from the screen reflected onto her pretty face.

It wasn’t stock trading—it was her writing a long essay to An Yu.

Click—

“I’m back, Dongli?”

Ning Wanciu had just returned home when Ning Dongli threw herself at her.

“Oh my…”

Ning Wanciu, quick to react, caught Ning Dongli and discovered tears flowing from the corners of her eyes.

“What happened? Who bullied you?”

Ning Wanciu wiped away her tears and asked softly.

“Wuu… Sis, your friend is ignoring me. What do I do?”

Ning Wanciu: …?