You and your friend wouldn't happen to be the same person, would you?

You and your friend wouldn't happen to be the same person, would you?

"Sister Wanjun, you and that friend of yours wouldn't happen to be the same person, would you?"

Xiuxiu decided to go all in and ask the big question, so she dropped the tact and asked outright.

Wang Siyi felt a little embarrassed and still didn't lift her head. She only murmured an answer.

Although Xiuxiu had been prepared for it, hearing the truth from Wang Siyi herself still seemed unbelievable.

She stared in shock, her mouth forming a round O big enough to fit an egg.

"Sister Wanjun, you..."

"Don't tell Sister Baozhu about this. It's enough that you know."

Wang Siyi suddenly raised her head and spoke to Zeng Xiuxiu with a serious expression.

Xiuxiu understood and nodded. Sister Baozhu wasn't like Sister Wanjun when it came to dating. With Sister Wanjun's personality, she wouldn't compromise, either.

If the two of them ended up fighting, wouldn't Xiuxiu be stuck in the middle, suffering for it?

Why would she go looking for trouble and tell Sister Baozhu? She had nothing better to do?

Besides, that wasn't the most pressing matter right now. Xiuxiu was desperate to know who Sister Wanjun had fallen for and what kind of person he was.

Sister Wanjun's future couldn't be left to chance. If the man turned out to be a scumbag or a con artist, Xiuxiu would find a way to get Sister Wanjun to leave him.

"So... do you think that guy likes you?"

Xiuxiu asked uncertainly.

Wang Siyi heard the question and nodded, then shook her head, looking confused.

She didn't know, either. Li Changle probably didn't know whether he liked her himself. What an idiot.

"He's just an idiot."

Wang Siyi muttered under her breath.

Seeing Wang Siyi's expression, Xiuxiu pressed a hand to her forehead and thought, Sister Wanjun's really fallen for him. It's over, it's over...

"Why do you like him, Sister Wanjun? Didn't you say you wouldn't think about settling down until you became a Diva?"

"Who can explain these things? I just like him, that's all..."

Wang Siyi said awkwardly, feeling a little relieved.

Her father might know that she liked Li Changle, but there was no way she could talk to him about something like this.

Since Xiuxiu already knew, she might as well tell her. It was nice to have someone to confide in. Keeping it all bottled up was hard.

"Then... why do you think you like him, Sister Wanjun?"

Xiuxiu asked in confusion. She had been wondering about this ever since she found out Wang Siyi liked someone.

She didn't understand. She couldn't make sense of why someone as perfect as Wang Siyi would have a crush on somebody else. She was like a fairy—how could she have a crush on a guy?

"I... He saved me, and he often looked after me when we were in Yangcheng. I'm always embarrassing myself in front of him, but he's never made fun of me. He's always considerate of my feelings..."

"When I was at my lowest, he'd write songs for me and sing them..."

"When I got drunk, injured my foot, or had a fever, he was the one who took care of me. Just because I drunkenly said something, he went out at five in the morning to buy me chicken and make me chicken soup..."

"Whenever I ask him for something, he finds a way to do it. I'd already read his novel before anyone else had even noticed it..."

Xiuxiu watched Wang Siyi talk as she reminisced, her face glowing with happiness.

Xiuxiu was turning green with envy, a whole field of lemons in her eyes. She wanted to say, "That's nothing special," but she really was so envious...

Then she suddenly remembered something.

"What? He writes songs for you? Then that song called Red Bean that you showed Sister Baozhu—was he the one who wrote it?"

Xiuxiu asked uncertainly. Hadn't Sister Wanjun just said that he wrote novels, too?

He could do so many things. Was he some middle-aged man or an old geezer?

Of course she'd heard Red Bean and read the lyrics. She'd thought they were so good. Surely someone who could write lyrics like that had to have some life experience, right?

"Yeah... He wrote another song, too, but it wasn't really suited to my voice, so I didn't take it."

Wang Siyi nodded and said calmly.

"So... is he much older than you?"

Wang Siyi gave Xiuxiu a strange look. Why would she ask such a weird question?

"No. Actually, you've met him before."

Wang Siyi wondered why Xiuxiu was asking, but answered anyway. She thought Xiuxiu knew much more about relationships than she did.

She herself would never have thought of staying away from him for a while to see whether he missed her.

So the more Xiuxiu knew about him, the better. Then she could help Wang Siyi figure out what to do.

"What? I've met him? When?"

Xiuxiu was stunned. She'd met him before, but she had no memory of it at all.

"Don't you remember? Last time I was in Yangcheng, some thugs cornered me. Then a guy stepped in and ended up in the hospital..."

"Oh? That was him..."

Xiuxiu suddenly remembered. A handsome, delicate-looking face flashed through her mind. It had been him?

She breathed a sigh of relief. He was very handsome, and judging by his looks, he was just about good enough for Sister Wanjun.

Then she remembered that he seemed to be living in Sister Wanjun's apartment. Come to think of it, Sister Wanjun had been the one to suggest it.

"That's fate for you. I'm starting to believe in love again..."

Xiuxiu couldn't help sighing. He was so handsome and young, and seemed so talented. He could write songs and novels.

She was so envious of Sister Wanjun. Xiuxiu had turned into a walking lemon.

Although she'd only met Li Changle once, her intuition told her that the handsome young man didn't seem like a con artist or a bad person.

How bad could someone be if he'd gotten beaten up saving a woman he'd never met?

"What do you think... of him?"

Wang Siyi watched Xiuxiu mutter to herself, then fall silent. She couldn't help asking.

"Huh? He seems like a really nice person. You're so lucky, Sister Wanjun."

"But I have no idea whether he likes me..."

Wang Siyi said helplessly.

"Does he know that you like him?"

Xiuxiu asked uncertainly. Wang Siyi nodded at first, then shook her head.

If she said he knew, he should know. She'd been so obvious, and she'd made the first move so many times.

She'd acted cute with him and teased him. Weren't those things people in a relationship did?

But if she said he didn't know, maybe he really didn't. She'd made it so obvious at the airport.

She'd even hugged him and told him to think about her once every day, but he hadn't reacted at all. It was infuriating.

Watching Wang Siyi, Xiuxiu was at a loss. Did people in love become stupid?

The books had said so, after all. The author hadn't lied to her...

"So does he like you or not? Sister Wanjun, if he does, you should be able to tell."

"I don't know! He's just an idiot. I've dropped so many obvious hints, and he still hasn't reacted."

Just thinking about it made her mad.

"Xiuxiu, what do you think I should do?"

Wang Siyi asked, bewildered.

Xiuxiu sighed. Sister Wanjun was probably going to have to chase him all the way.

Fine. I'll protect Sister Wanjun's happiness!

"Sister Wanjun, just do what I told you before. Ignore him for a month and see if he comes looking for you."

"But he just replied to my WeChat message. Should I not reply to him, either?"

"Mm! Don't pay attention to him for now. See if he comes looking for you."

"But..."

Wang Siyi hesitated.

"Oh, don't say 'but,' Sister Wanjun. Put your phone aside and do your own thing. If he really goes several days without contacting you, it means he doesn't care about you at all. If he doesn't care about you, why bother with him? Just get on with your life..."

"All right..."

Wang Siyi reluctantly put down her phone and stopped looking at it.

An hour later...

Wang Siyi had never felt an hour drag so much. She couldn't take her eyes off the phone she'd set down.

Xiuxiu thought Wang Siyi couldn't hold out, but there was nothing she could do. Hesitation led to defeat, Sister Wanjun.

Yangcheng, Xingfuli residential compound.

Li Changle saw that Wang Siyi hadn't replied for over an hour and found it a little strange. This woman was so odd. She'd told him to chat with her, and then she stopped replying...

Li Changle sighed. Forget it.

He opened their WeChat chat and thought for a long time, but couldn't think of what to say, so he sent a question mark.

"Xiuxiu, Xiuxiu, that idiot replied to me!"

When her phone lit up, Wang Siyi excitedly picked it up and waved it in front of Xiuxiu, without even looking at the message.

Xiuxiu covered her face. The cool, aloof image Wang Siyi had spent three years building up in front of her had collapsed in a single day.

Love really could make people blind. It had even taken away the Sister Wanjun Xiuxiu used to know.

"Don't get so excited, Sister Wanjun. Look at what he said first."

"Oh, right, right."

Wang Siyi quickly opened her phone and looked at WeChat with a big smile. Then...

The smile gradually faded.jpg.

The smile on her face froze. In her chat with Li Changle, all she saw was a question mark.

"?"

Her frozen expression puffed up with anger.

"What does he mean, sending me a question mark? Is this guy nuts? He's driving me crazy!"

Wang Siyi looked helplessly at Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu was speechless, too. Was this guy a blockhead? She'd never seen a guy send a question mark to a girl.

It was ridiculous. Sister Wanjun was ridiculous, too. They were both ridiculous, so maybe they really were made for each other.

Xiuxiu nodded. She finally understood why Wang Siyi liked Li Changle. They were two of a kind.

What am I supposed to do? How should I know? I've never dated anyone, either! What now?

Xiuxiu looked troubled, too. She was only an expert in theory. Her practical experience was even worse than Sister Wanjun's. At least Sister Wanjun had someone she liked.

If she knew how to chat with guys, would she have been single her entire twenty years of life?

"Maybe... you should send him a question mark, too, Sister Wanjun, and see what he does?"

Xiuxiu said hesitantly.

Wang Siyi didn't hesitate. She picked up her phone and sent two question marks, one more than he had.

If he dared to send three question marks next, she wouldn't record her song. She'd go back to Yangcheng tomorrow and beat him up.

When Li Changle saw the two question marks Wang Siyi sent him, three question marks slowly floated above his head.

What on earth did this woman want?

"What are you doing?"

Li Changle stopped sending question marks and just sent a message.

"Nothing."

Wang Siyi replied quickly—almost instantly.

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing."

The two of them kept up a desultory chat. Xiuxiu looked at Wang Siyi and Li Changle's messages.

A dark line appeared on her forehead. How could Sister Wanjun be chatting away so happily with him like this?

Watching Wang Siyi play on her phone and giggle to herself, Xiuxiu thought she was beyond help.

"So falling in love really does make people stupid. Even someone as cool and aloof as Sister Wanjun can't escape it."

Xiuxiu watched Wang Siyi and Li Changle awkwardly chat and giggle to themselves, murmuring thoughtfully.

"Maybe I should never date anyone. It's terrifying."

Xiuxiu shook her head. Sister Wanjun hadn't even started dating him yet. She only had a crush on him.

And it was already this ridiculous. Who knew what kind of ridiculous things the two of them would get up to if they actually ended up together?

"This is giving me a headache."

But if someone wrote songs for her and cooked for her, she'd probably be moved, too. Maybe she'd be even worse than Sister Wanjun and fall for him right away.

Xiuxiu hadn't expected someone as young as Li Changle to be able to write a song like Red Bean.

While waiting for Li Changle to reply, Sister Wanjun had also told her that the hit online novel Legend of Sword and Fairy was his.

Seeing the proud look on Sister Wanjun's face, Xiuxiu thought she looked even prouder than when her new song won a Golden Melody Award. That was quite something.

But Xiuxiu was still shocked. Of course she'd read Legend of Sword and Fairy. She'd first seen everyone online talking about the book.

Then she'd decided to take a look. Before long, she'd been completely hooked, unable to stop reading and waiting for each update. When she reached the ending, she'd cried.

She'd never imagined that he was the one who wrote the novel. It was unbelievable.

He was clearly about the same age as her, yet he wrote such great songs and such good novels. Sister Wanjun really did have a sharp eye.

Xiuxiu glanced enviously at Wang Siyi, who was grinning foolishly. She'd spent the whole evening listening to Sister Wanjun talk about Li Changle.

She had a pretty good idea of what kind of person he was now. She had a feeling those two would end up together sooner or later.

A tungsten-alloy steel straight man and a girl who was eager to throw herself at him—they were a match made in heaven. If they didn't end up together, it would be against all reason.

"Nothing special. What's so great about him? I can live just fine without him."

Xiuxiu said sourly, having turned into a walking lemon, then went back to her room. She didn't want to see Sister Wanjun's foolish grin anymore. It was getting to her.

Li Changle chatted with Wang Siyi for half an hour, then scrolled up through the chat history and realized they'd been awkwardly making small talk the whole time.

His face froze. Their conversation had been so awkward, and yet he'd been so happy.

Is something wrong with me?

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