No way! It wasn’t the right time yet! Liang Sheng was just about to change the subject.
“I’m going to the bathroom. Wait for me.”
“…”
Damn it, she was being overly presumptuous again. Liang Sheng felt all her facial features twitching.
She was so pissed off!
When Gu Yuqi returned, the atmosphere grew awkward for a moment.
Of course it did. They’d just done something so intimate, all under the guise of being “good friends.” How could it not be awkward?
“Junior Sister Liang Sheng,” Gu Yuqi had a habit of touching the back of her neck when she was nervous, and she was doing it now, her gaze drifting uncertainly. “Um… After what I did to you just now, I think I should take responsibility for you.”
Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no!
No, no, no! She’d thought she’d dodged a bullet! Liang Sheng forced a hearty laugh despite the agony in her heart. So, her Senior Sister Gu Yuqi liked her that much!
But… it still wasn’t the right time.
“Senior Sister,” Liang Sheng said earnestly, “we’re still just high school students right now. Wait until we get into university. You know how I feel about you. But right now, the most important thing is our studies!”
See? The perfect words from a model student. Liang Sheng was so moved by her own “love of learning” that she nearly burst into tears.
Her feelings? Gu Yuqi met Liang Sheng’s eyes, and they shared a knowing smile.
Yes, she needed to be more confident. Gu Yuqi clenched her fist inwardly. Love was something you had to seize for yourself. But Junior Sister Liang Sheng was right—they hadn’t even gotten into university yet. How could she give her a bright future? What right did she have to love her, to pursue her?
“Mm-hmm,” Gu Yuqi said, reaching out to ruffle the other girl’s hair. “I know how you feel. I’ve always known.”
“Hee hee hee~” Liang Sheng grinned foolishly and leaned into her senior sister’s embrace once more, closing her eyes contentedly. “I… I’ve always known how you feel too, Senior Sister!”
Of course, she also had to secretly thank her lucky stars that she’d tossed all the cameras in the room out into the garden beforehand. Sigh. Once Gu Yuqi left, she’d have to go pick them back up. Otherwise, the mental and physical torment that yandere would inflict on her would be unbearable.
After seeing Gu Yuqi off, another challenge loomed before Liang Sheng—how to explain to Hana why all the cameras had suddenly “accidentally” ended up in the garden outside her house.
Hmm, how to explain it? Say, “I didn’t touch them; the cameras just wanted to go out and play on their own”? Ha! No one would buy that.
She should have just left the covers on them. Liang Sheng sat alone on the edge of the bed, holding her head in her hands, utterly distressed.
Maybe she could just pin the blame entirely on Mom!
(Zhong Wen: Are you being polite?)
Right—that Mom was coming upstairs to change clothes, and to protect her privacy, she’d panicked and thrown all the cameras out!
Perfect.
Zhong Wen took the blame innocently once again.
When it was time for her video call with Hana, Liang Sheng feigned shock on the surface, but her legs under the table were trembling.
“Yeah, that’s how it happened.” Liang Sheng dutifully repeated the nonsense she’d made up, telling it to Hana.
Hana was skeptical but had no way to verify the truth. Liang Sheng was really something—finding every single camera and tossing them all out.
“Oh, right, Sheng-chan~ Hana has some good news for you~” As she said this, Hana’s smile stretched from ear to ear.
Liang Sheng’s heart sank with a thud. Oh no, this was definitely bad news as far as she was concerned.
And sure enough, she was right.
“Sheng-chan~ In just fifty days, Hana will be back by your side~” Hana said happily, squinting her eyes and clapping her palms together with a smack.
Wh-what?! It was like a thunderbolt from the blue for Liang Sheng.
“E~~~~~” In an instant, her head buzzed with a massive roar, and she felt dizzy all over, toppling backward.
“Sheng-chan?! What’s wrong? Are you dizzy?” Hana noticed Liang Sheng’s furrowed brow turning dark, her eyes rolling back, and her body leaning over.
Liang Sheng forced herself to sit up straight, waving her hands. “N-no! I’m fine! I’m great! I just got so happy hearing that Hana’s coming back—that’s it! I’m so happy about Hana coming back that I’m about to faint from joy!”
She had to admit, when it came to bootlicking and lying, Liang Sheng would rank herself second to none!
“Is that so~?” The words fell sweetly on the ears of the little yandere on the video screen, who gazed at her with a mesmerized expression. “Hana knew Sheng-chan would be happy~ While Hana hasn’t been by Sheng-chan’s side these days, has Sheng-chan missed Hana a lot~?”
“Yes! So much!” By now, sappy lines like these came effortlessly to Liang Sheng, and she could even vary them. “I’ve missed you so much I can’t eat or drink, Hana. Hurry back!”
Since it was set that this little yandere would return in fifty days anyway, expressing some longing and anticipation was sure to make her thrilled beyond measure!
“Ding~” Favorability increased.
“Hana’s Favorability towards Liang Sheng: 200+”
“Ei he~ ” Hana was over the moon and immediately declared: “Then Hana will perform well in front of the doctors! Maybe I can get back to Sheng-chan’s side in just thirty days!”
“No no no no no! No need!” Don’t let lightning strike twice! Liang Sheng shook her head frantically.
Hana tilted her head, puzzled. “Why not? Doesn’t Sheng-chan want Hana back sooner to keep you company?”
“Gulp~”
Ah~ That practiced, heartbreaking gulp of fear.
Liang Sheng forced a smile. “Hana, that wouldn’t be good for your condition. I don’t want you coming back before you’re fully recovered. Th-that would make me heartbroken! Right? And it wouldn’t be good for your health either.”
“Mm~” Judging by Hana’s expression, she was seriously considering what her Sheng-chan had said.
“Sheng-chan is right,” she said with a soft exhale. No surprise there—almost anything from her Sheng-chan sounded perfect to Hana’s ears. “Sheng-chan really cares about Hana, hee hee hee~”
“Ding~” Favorability increased.
“Hana’s Favorability towards Liang Sheng: 200+”
Liang Sheng strongly suspected that this little yandere Hana’s favorability toward her had already broken past 1000.
The “cameras thrown into the back garden” crisis passed without further incident. The sacrifice? Zhong Wen’s image as Liang Sheng’s mother—her own room was such a mess that she’d come to borrow her daughter’s to change clothes.
Hilarious. Liang Sheng’s house was the messiest and laziest under her own roof; it was Zhong Wen and the household staff who always cleaned her room.
What Liang Sheng didn’t know was that Hana had also installed cameras at her house’s front door.
That evening, when Hana had time to review the day’s front-door footage at ten times speed, she spotted Gu Yuqi’s figure.
What was this woman doing at Sheng-chan’s house? Hana ground her teeth with a grinding creak.
