After safely sending An Yu home, Ning Wanciu walked away alone.
The two of them hadn’t spoken much on the way, yet Ning Wanciu still felt that the time had been incredibly fulfilling.
Now that An Yu’s figure was no longer by her side and the soft, warm sensation was gone from her hand, everything suddenly felt… strange.
As if something important was missing. A little… lonely?
Ning Wanciu’s eyes widened in surprise.
She hurriedly shook her head, driving those weird thoughts out of her mind.
“Seriously, what’s wrong with me today…”
She had been acting odd all day, constantly thinking random things, and every single one of them involved An Yu.
Still…
Always caring about An Yu didn’t actually feel that strange.
Sometimes she couldn’t help but feel that An Yu lived by her very own set of common sense, which was why she always did bizarre, incomprehensible things.
Yet at the same time, she would say things that left Ning Wanciu stunned.
If you didn’t do anything wrong, there’s no need to apologize…
“That really is how it works…”
Ning Wanciu gave a wry smile, then lightly shook her head again.
“Stop thinking about it. Just hurry home.”
Ning Wanciu felt helpless at how much she was fixating on An Yu, but she didn’t want to dwell on it anymore.
Ning Dongli was still waiting for her at home; today was already the latest she’d returned in a long while.
***
Meanwhile, Cheng Shimumeng had already gotten home.
The house was empty; she was the only one there.
Cheng Shimumeng didn’t mind, though. She sank into thought.
She felt like she had become a little strange herself.
Why did she keep wanting to watch Ning Wanciu and An Yu together?
Why was she so obsessed with their interactions?
What was so special about the way they acted around each other that made her care this much?
Cheng Shimumeng unconsciously recalled the scenes: An Yu would proactively hold Ning Wanciu’s hand, ask for hugs, even feed her things; actions that even very close female friends rarely did.
But that wasn’t the real issue.
The real issue was Ning Wanciu’s reactions.
She would blush, get shy, feel embarrassed, yet in the end she accepted everything.
That was why Cheng Shimumeng found their interactions so amusing.
One of them didn’t care at all, while the other cared far too much.
“Hehe~” Just thinking about it was entertaining; more captivating than any movie she’d watched recently.
But why exactly?
What made them different from girls who were simply close?
Bound by common sense, Cheng Shimumeng hadn’t yet realized that feelings between girls didn’t have to be purely platonic.
But that was fine.
If she didn’t understand, she would look it up.
Cheng Shimumeng instinctively opened her search engine and typed what she was thinking.
A long list of results immediately appeared.
“Hmm… let me see~”
Looking at the entries on the webpage, Cheng Shimumeng froze.
“Yuri?” She blinked. “What… huh?”
Without realizing it, she clicked into the article. In that moment, everything suddenly made sense.
“So… that’s how it is?”
She seemed to have found the reason why their interactions were so fascinating.
Judging by Ning Wanciu’s reactions, the two of them didn’t act like friends who had only recently met.
They were more like…
“Oh ho~” Cheng Shimumeng’s lips unconsciously curved upward.
This just got a lot more interesting.
So girls could have feelings for each other that weren’t just friendship.
“Hm?”
While scrolling, Cheng Shimumeng came across a forum full of related content.
She clicked in without thinking and started browsing the posts.
“Hmm~”
Almost every post was people sharing little stories; some even had full dating strategy guides.
Without exception, they were all about girls falling in love with girls.
Cheng Shimumeng read seriously, only stopping after several posts.
She felt that Ning Wanciu very possibly already had the beginnings of a crush on An Yu.
Cheng Shimumeng smiled. Ning Wanciu would be easy to handle; she could personally guide and test the waters.
The difficult one was An Yu. Even Cheng Shimumeng sometimes couldn’t figure out how An Yu’s mind worked.
She had a feeling An Yu was an even purer chaos gremlin than herself.
An Yu approached Ning Wanciu purely on feeling, played with her, and seemed to have no ulterior motive; she just genuinely wanted to do it.
So Cheng Shimumeng couldn’t tell whether An Yu had those kinds of feelings.
But… that wasn’t a big problem.
They still had plenty of time together.
One day, Cheng Shimumeng would figure out what An Yu was thinking.
Besides, today had shown that An Yu didn’t mind being alone with Ning Wanciu at all; in fact, she clearly enjoyed it.
Though honestly, that was a little hurtful.
Cheng Shimumeng was pretty confident in herself.
Even though she had deliberately created chances for Ning Wanciu and An Yu to be alone, An Yu really paid zero attention to her… and Huai Xiang.
It was kind of depressing. She was a beautiful girl too! She wasn’t any less pretty than Ning Wanciu!
Cheng Shimumeng unconsciously glanced downward.
Well, in this department there was indeed a gap, but she wasn’t flat!
Sure, she wasn’t as blessed as Ning Wanciu, but she still beat Huai Xiang’s complete flatland by a mile.
Even though An Yu didn’t care about that stuff at all and simply liked clinging to Ning Wanciu… probably?
She had even fed An Yu cream puffs before, yet Ning Wanciu was still the only one in An Yu’s eyes.
“Tsk tsk, little ingrate.”
That part was exactly like the two cats at school.
Cheng Shimumeng pouted, deciding to stop overthinking useless things.
Now that she knew what she was interested in, the next step was figuring out what to do about it.
Excitement alone wasn’t enough; she wanted to see even more entertaining interactions between Ning Wanciu and An Yu.
Oh, and while she was at it, she also wanted to get closer to An Yu.
They were all beautiful girls; favoring only Ning Wanciu was just too heartbreaking!
Luckily, this forum looked pretty useful.
Perfect; she’d post here.
Cheng Shimumeng tapped lightly, registered an account, and clicked “new thread.”
“Hmm…”
Title: 【I have a friend…】
Cheng Shimumeng quickly typed on her phone and began editing the content.
She wanted to know if Ning Wanciu and An Yu really were what she thought, and also whether her enjoyment of watching girls being close to each other was normal.
Right now, Cheng Shimumeng needed someone to clear up her confusion.
Actually, she was a bit puzzled herself.
If she only wanted to help Ning Wanciu or just enjoyed seeing her flustered, she wouldn’t be this excited.
Somehow…
An Yu felt like the real focus.
Cheng Shimumeng finished typing, hit send, then returned to her room, lay on her bed, and quietly waited.
It was just a forum post, not a private consultation; replies wouldn’t come that fast…
Cheng Shimumeng lifted her phone and; oh, someone had already replied to the post she’d just made.
【SistersAreRight】: Hello, OP.
Cheng Shimumeng: ?
Chen Yu 100%