After replying to the little Green Tea's message,
Jiang Che swiped his fingers across the screen and opened several other pinned chat windows.
He deftly soothed Li Yanran, then issued Haruno Momoka several covert instructions.
After handling these trivial matters, Jiang Che opened his chat with Lin Youchu.
On the screen lay a message sent ten minutes ago.
"Jiang Che, have you been very busy with work lately?"
Her words carried a cautious note of probing.
Leaning back in the leather seat, Jiang Che wore a gentle smile as he casually typed out a reply.
"Not too bad. I have indeed been tied up with some trivial matters lately."
"What is it, Student Lin? Do you miss me and want to ask me out?"
The instant the message was sent,
the words "The other party is typing" immediately appeared at the top of the chat window.
Yet after waiting for a full half minute, no new text appeared on the screen.
Clearly, that innocent little white flower was clutching her phone, caught in an intensely conflicted and shy inner struggle.
More than ten seconds passed.
At last, Lin Youchu sent a cartoon bear sticker with flushed cheeks.
Then came a message she had clearly pondered for a long time.
"Mm... I really do want to see Jiang Che a little~"
"After all, Jiang Che has helped me so much. I always feel unworthy of it."
"Youchu truly doesn't know what she can do to repay Jiang Che for such an immense kindness..."
Looking at the message filled with gratitude and humility,
Jiang Che's fingers flew as he typed a string of righteous-sounding platitudes.
"Your top priority right now is to stay at school, study hard, and finish your assignments on time."
"As long as you don't betray Qingci's dying wish,