I'm Not Interested in Her (During the Recommendation Period, Please Read to the Latest Chapter, Vote, and Collect!)

"Sis."

In the early hours of the morning, Ding Yuerong and Ding Yebai, who had hurried back, sat in the living room chatting.

"Ding Yebai, if your fever's gone down, go to sleep." Ding Yuerong had no idea how many times she had said this.

"You have class tomorrow too. Can you go to sleep?"

"It's fine. The questions are all very easy."

"Don't brag. Aren't you only good at math, physics, and chemistry? Get full marks in English and Chinese before you act so smug in front of your sister."

Ding Yebai turned his head away and slowly swallowed. He fell silent for a while.

Ding Yuerong stroked her short hair and rested her chin on one hand, watching him with interest. "I'm honestly surprised. Yang Zhi actually stayed behind specially."

Ding Yebai leaned against the sofa. A trace of laziness and weariness showed in his eyes as he picked up the pillow beside him and hugged it to his chest. "That's why she's such a good person."

"Huh?" Ding Yuerong nearly dropped her jaw when she heard this. After calming herself down, she stared straight at her younger brother. "What did you say?"

Ding Yebai glanced at her indifferently, keeping his head turned to one side, and said lightly, "She's a pretty good person."

Ding Yuerong burst out laughing. She rubbed her small eyes and continued resting her chin on her hand. "Exactly. You're only realizing that now?"

Ding Yebai: "Mm..."

Ding Yuerong: "Yang Zhi is just like that. She's excellent, and she's been especially good at studying from childhood onward. She's the kind of person most people can only look up to. But somehow, she always wears an approachable smile, making it easy for people to develop a favorable impression of her."

"I haven't developed a favorable impression of her," Ding Yebai immediately said.

Ding Yuerong didn't take his words seriously at all and continued, "Even if you did develop a favorable impression of her, that would be perfectly normal."

Ding Yebai: "I haven't developed a favorable impression of her."

Ding Yuerong: "I know, I know. You..."

She had been about to launch into another long speech when she happened to glance at the clock. Without a second thought, she pulled Ding Yebai up and shoved him into the bedroom.

After closing the door, she shouted, "I almost got caught up chatting with you! You be good and go to sleep!"

Ding Yebai stood behind the door. His sister's loud voice left him no choice but to cover his ears.

Moonlight streamed through the window and spilled across his face, bringing a soothing coolness.

Once everything around him had quieted down, he thought again of what Yang Zhi had said. The light in his eyes unconsciously softened.

He lifted the corners of his lips in a silent, faint smile. It flitted across his pale cheeks, restrained and reserved, like an epiphyllum blooming for only a moment.

All right, I'll get some more sleep.

Hopefully, I can have a dream.

A dream about Yang... Ahem!!!

I'm losing it. What am I thinking?

She came to help you study!!

The next evening

After returning from school, Yang Zhi hurried back to Grandma's house.

From far away, she saw Grandma sitting at the entrance and chatting with several elderly women.

It was a perfectly normal sight, except that she accidentally heard her own name.

"Oh my, your Yang Zhi is already twenty-three. She still hasn't found a partner?"

"Twenty-three isn't that old, but not looking for a partner at all—is it because... she doesn't like men?"

"Yang Zhi is so beautiful, and she's a graduate student at a prestigious university. She's gentle too. Her admirers must be lined up around the block, so why hasn't she found someone?"

Sigh...

Gossip really was everywhere.

Yang Zhi tightened her shoulder bag, helplessly raised her eyebrows, and slowly walked forward.

She had only taken one step when she heard Grandma laughing as she told the old women, "Don't talk nonsense. Our little Yang Zhi isn't in a hurry. She didn't find anyone because she doesn't want to force it. Besides, fate will come when it comes. The heavens have left the best one in the future, waiting for her."

Yang Zhi was deeply moved when she heard this. A warm current instantly surged into her heart.

So this was what it felt like to be protected and favored by someone.

"Grandma—"

"Hey, Yang Zhi."

Just as she began to speak, someone grabbed her arm.

Yang Zhi slowly raised her eyes from the bottom up. When she saw the face before her, a bright smile immediately bloomed across hers.

"Sister Lin!"

Sister Lin: "Mm."

Sister Lin was Qiqi's mother, a tall, thin woman with attractive features. Years of hard work and a lack of care had left her complexion sallow and her face slightly aged.

She had worked away from home for years to earn money and support their lives, only returning occasionally to see her daughter.

She was more than ten years older than Yang Zhi. Because of Qiqi, the two often chatted together, so they had a pretty good relationship.

"Long time no see, Yang Zhi."

"That's right, Sister Lin. I think the last time we met was in winter."

"I came back to see Qiqi."

"Mm. Come on, I'll take you to her."

When the two passed through the shared courtyard, they greeted Grandma.

The old women still sighed when they saw Yang Zhi, saying that the girl was so beautiful and wondering which young man would be lucky enough to marry her in the future.

The two didn't disturb Grandma's conversation with her friends. They quietly entered the courtyard and gently closed the gate behind them.

"Mom!!!"

As soon as she entered, Qiqi spread her little legs and ran from far away before throwing herself into Sister Lin's arms.

Sister Lin picked her up, looking every bit like a gentle mother.

Although she had found Qiqi in a garbage dump, she had always treated her as her own biological daughter.

"Mom, I missed you so much."

"Mom missed you too."

Yang Zhi stood quietly to the side. After a while, she carried her bag into the house first.

She should leave the mother and daughter some time alone together.

After Yang Zhi left, Sister Lin stroked Qiqi's little face and asked warmly, "Is Big Sister Yang Zhi good to you?"

Qiqi: "Yes! Big Sister Yang Zhi is the best big sister in the world!"

Sister Lin: "Did you thank Big Sister Yang Zhi?"

Qiqi: "Mm. I'll be a good girl and won't make Big Sister Yang Zhi angry."

Sister Lin: "Mm? That's not right..."

Qiqi: "Oh... And Grandma too! I'll listen properly and won't make either of them angry."

"That's more like it!" Sister Lin giggled and kissed Qiqi before continuing, "Mom told you before that people who treat you well despite having no blood relation to you are gifts from heaven. We have to cherish them, know how to be grateful, understand?"

"Got it!!!"

Mother and daughter exchanged a smile, sweet as could be.

Meanwhile

Yang Zhi went to the room alone to tidy up her books.

After finishing organizing the books on the shelf, she went to play the violin.

She had recently become very fond of listening to This World Has So Many People, so she had specifically learned the piece.

About twenty minutes later

Sister Lin called for her from the courtyard with Qiqi in her arms.

"Big Sister Yang Zhi!!"

"Yang Zhi!"

Yang Zhi smiled helplessly, put away her violin, quickly pushed open the door, and walked into the courtyard with her hands behind her back. "What do you want?"

Sister Lin held Qiqi in her arms and said calmly, "Qiqi wanted to come play with you."

Yang Zhi: "Oh, I see."

Sister Lin: "It's been a while since I last saw you, and your violin playing has gotten even better."

Yang Zhi smiled modestly. "It's all right, it's all right. The piece itself is beautiful."

Sister Lin: "Play The Bund for me one day."

Yang Zhi: "Sure."

Qiqi blinked her bright, glossy eyes. She looked at Yang Zhi, then at her mother, and asked directly, "Big Sister Yang Zhi, I just asked Mom where I came from, but Mom didn't answer me."

Help!

This question had finally arrived!!!

Sister Lin's eyes narrowed into slits. She was so embarrassed she could have dug out a Five-Finger Mountain.

Perhaps parents in the past didn't know how to explain it because the process was complicated, their children were too young, and they didn't know how to put it.

Qiqi's situation was especially complicated.

Could she just use the universal formula for parents everywhere: Did Mom pick you up from a garbage dump?

She really had been picked up from a garbage dump...

But how upsetting would it be for a child to hear that?

Qiqi: "So where did I really come from?"

Yang Zhi: "..."

Sister Lin's eyebrows furrowed into little hills. Without realizing it, she lowered her head and muttered, "Mom picked you up from a garbage dump."

Wow, now that was honest.

She had clearly told the truth, but it sounded as though she had casually made up an excuse to fob Qiqi off.

Qiqi calmly stroked Sister Lin's face. "Haha, lots of children in my class were picked up from garbage dumps too. Looks like we're all in this together."

Yang Zhi: "Ahem."

Yang Zhi's eyes remained bright, and she still looked as cheerful and pure as ever.

After a tactical interruption and a silent sigh, she took a step forward with her hands behind her back. She gently tapped Qiqi's forehead with one finger, then pointed toward the starry sky.

Qiqi: "?"

Sister Lin: "?"

Yang Zhi: "Mom picked you from the sky."

Sister Lin and Qiqi looked up at Yang Zhi at almost the exact same moment, their faces filled with disbelief.

Qiqi: "Big Sister Yang Zhi?"

Yang Zhi: "Haha~ That reason sounds much better, right, Sister Lin?"

Sister Lin nodded. She looked at Yang Zhi, then at her own child, and ultimately told another lie.

"All right, I'll tell you the truth. Mom carried you for ten months before giving birth to you."

Qiqi, who was always full of curiosity about the world, surprisingly didn't ask anything more at that moment.

She didn't say a word, merely smiling obediently.

Perhaps she really was still just a child.

Once the question had quickly passed, she went off to play with her toys by herself.

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