Chen Mengyun and Xu Xuejiao stood in the Lu Family's courtyard, and both girls felt awkward.
Chen Mengyun spoke first. "You... like Brother Chengwen?"
"Huh?" Xu Xuejiao felt a little embarrassed, as though she had stolen Chen Mengyun's boyfriend.
"Yes... yes, I do."
"Why? When you said you liked him before, I thought you were just messing around. Didn't you hate him the most?"
"That was how it used to be..." Xu Xuejiao sighed. "But... when we went to treat Grandpa Chen a few days ago, I... suddenly realized... I could hear Brother Lu's inner thoughts, crystal clear. You might think I'm crazy, but I really can hear them, even his tone of voice."
Chen Mengyun gave a bleak smile. "Me too. And from what I've seen, Leng Qingqiu can hear them too."
Xu Xuejiao said, "Then you understand me, right? I mean... I really used to hate him. It felt like there was nothing he wouldn't do. He was especially scummy and annoying. Then he stopped being scummy and turned into a simp instead. That was just disgusting."
"But later... I heard his inner voice and realized that, a lot of the time, his thoughts are actually good. He's such a strange person. He clearly wants to do good things in his heart, yet insists on pretending to be a terrible villain. Even when he does something good, he doesn't want anyone to know. He even deliberately leads people to misunderstand him, like he desperately wants to stay far away from everyone and have everyone stay far away from him."
Chen Mengyun nodded. "He really has changed a lot lately. I noticed it too. This person... although he's very harsh toward me, I can still feel that he doesn't actually dislike me. I believe he still has feelings for