Chapter 48: No One Cares

Steady, peaceful—today was just another ordinary day.

But it shouldn’t be, should it?

The black-haired, red-eyed girl forced a smile onto her face. 

It wasn’t that she disliked this kind of daily life.

On the contrary, she wished every day could be like this.

Though… that was only her wish from her previous life.

Ever since discovering An Yu’s true nature, she had stopped hoping for ordinary days.

So why now?

In the back row, the culprit who had turned her into this was happily playing with others, as if nothing had happened yesterday.

She had prepared herself for the storm, but…

From An Yu, An Qing couldn’t sense the slightest hint of crisis. 

That demeanor seemed to say she didn’t care about her at all.

In her previous life, An Yu had schemed against her countless times—yet this time, she did nothing?

Did she really not care? 

Was she going to watch everything be taken from her?

She had imagined countless times how today’s An Yu would react—would she frame her like before? 

Or, because of last night’s “sister,” pretend kindness to use her?

No matter what, An Yu should take action, should become agitated, should care more!

But…

An Yu did nothing. 

She still nestled in Ning Wanciu’s arms, eating normally, chatting normally.

Normally… not glancing at her once.

This wasn’t right. 

It absolutely wasn’t right…

An Qing’s heartbeat quickened. 

She unconsciously bit her lip lightly, her crimson pupils filled with An Yu’s figure.

What was different this time from her previous life? Had only she changed?

An Qing instinctively took a step forward. 

She wanted to confront An Yu directly and demand what she was thinking.

“An Qing?”

A puzzled voice reached her ears. She flinched but quickly composed herself.

In this life, she still maintained her good persona…

An Qing turned with a smile: “It’s nothing. Let’s go; we’ll be late and everything will sell out.”

It was lunch break. 

She needed to eat.

Without hesitation, An Qing left the classroom. 

She had almost—almost been deceived again by An Yu’s facade.

How could she not care? 

How could she have done nothing?

She nearly forgot: though An Yu hadn’t interacted with others last night, she had chatted happily with Chen Yu.

If she truly did nothing, how could she know Chen Yu and maintain equal footing with her?

An Qing would never be deceived by An Yu again.

On the other side, An Qing’s departure caused not the slightest ripple. 

The trio plus An Yu continued their usual lunch circle.

An Yu hadn’t even noticed a reborn heroine staring at her the whole time.

Ning Wanciu, however, was acting a bit strange.

Though An Yu saw nothing, she felt the big pillow’s scent had changed slightly.

Whatever. 

Too lazy to think about it.

Still the scent she liked. 

An Yu narrowed her eyes and rubbed comfortably.

Today’s lunch was little cookies, prepared by Cheng Shimumeng. 

An Yu happily accepted the feeding.

“Ah-woo.” 

She picked up a cookie and chewed.

Delicious.

An Yu leaned back against Ning Wanciu, nibbling the cookies bit by bit, legs together, little feet on the classroom floor.

They hadn’t gone outside today because An Yu didn’t plan to nap at noon.

After being woken by Ning Wanciu during first break, she wasn’t sleepy anymore—in fact, quite energetic.

So she planned to play on her phone after eating.

Mm, have Ning Wanciu play with her, or Ning Dongli would do.

Games were definitely more fun with company.

With that thought, An Yu took another cookie and popped it in.

“Ah-woo.”

Mm, really tasty.

For some reason, though, besides An Yu eating cookies, the other three stayed silent—even Huai Xiang, usually the chattiest.

Huai Xiang rested her elbows on her thighs, chin in her palms, brows lightly furrowed, gaze switching between Ning Wanciu and Cheng Shimumeng.

Something felt off between them. 

Had something happened?

Pure instinct—Huai Xiang was sure they were hiding something from her!

Interrogation required!

“Uh…” 

Huai Xiang was about to start the grilling when she stopped. She spotted An Yu eating cookies.

Their eyes met. 

An Yu tilted her head in confusion, not understanding what Huai Xiang wanted.

Huai Xiang nearly forgot An Yu was there. 

Grilling her besties would have to wait…

The atmosphere turned awkwardly silent again. 

No one spoke—only An Yu kept munching cookies.

Cheng Shimumeng’s lips curved into a teasing smile. 

If Huai Xiang wouldn’t grill, she would grill Ning Wanciu.

“Wanciu, so this morning, you exactly…” 

She deliberately trailed off, wanting to see Ning Wanciu’s reaction.

“Cough, cough cough cough! ”

As expected, Ning Wanciu started coughing violently.

Her pretty face flushed slightly. 

She shot Cheng Shimumeng a panicked glance, signaling that An Yu was still there—don’t say anything reckless.

Back in class, she had already been grilled once by Cheng Shimumeng.

Ignoring her usually worked; after a while, Cheng Shimumeng would get bored and drop it.

Unfortunately, Ning Wanciu couldn’t hold back.

Because… she had hit the mark. She was reminiscing…

When An Yu suddenly threw herself into her arms, there was surprise, but more than that—an inexplicable feeling.

Her body was soft, with a faint milky scent, just like her…

A proper hug and this were completely different. But that alone wouldn’t make Ning Wanciu unconsciously start recalling.

Yet when she held An Yu, the girl showed an expression of utter happiness.

It gave Ning Wanciu an inexplicable urge—her heartbeat spiraling out of control.

She knew she was trusted by An Yu, maybe even… liked a little?

Though An Yu’s actions remained hard to understand, knowing someone trusted her so much made Ning Wanciu happy.

Recalling happy things was human nature—nothing wrong with it. 

Except one thing: Cheng Shimumeng had noticed everything.

She would expose the feelings hidden in Ning Wanciu’s heart and use them to tease her.

It wasn’t a big deal—just a couple of jabs from Cheng Shimumeng.

But…

The problem was, An Yu was clinging to her again.

Something that wouldn’t have mattered became awkward once pointed out. 

Facing An Yu now, she suddenly felt at a loss, with a strange sense of guilt.