Today was Sunday. Chu Yu had specifically decided not to make everyone work overtime over the weekend and had given the entire staff the day off.
But now Chu Yu was feeling miserable.
The three of them seemed to be just like before. After laying everything out in the open, nothing melodramatic had happened. They still ate and drank as usual.
But Chu Yu couldn't stay at home for the time being. Using some business as an excuse, he promptly got in his car and left.
Back at home, after Chu Yu had gone, the calm expressions on Su Ruo and Zhao Qinyin's faces vanished.
"What do you think he'll do?" Su Ruo sighed.
"Nothing much. He'll come around and accept all this by tonight, then starting tomorrow, he'll treat us just as he always did—as friends. But..."
"But what?" Su Ruo asked curiously.
"But his view of us will have changed completely. Before, he might have thought of us as friends, even brothers, girl best friends, two pretty girls sharing a home, or two buddies he could confide in. But from today onward, we'll have one more identity."
"What?"
"Women!" Zhao Qinyin said, her face a little red.
"He's never thought of us as women before. It's like childhood friends who know each other too well to feel anything for each other. But now it's different. He'll realize it, and the way we get along will probably change!"
"What do you mean?" Su Ruo looked bewildered.
"It means that if you walk around in front of him in your pajamas, he won't think you're just being casual and carefree. He'll think you're trying to seduce him! And he'll immediately get wary and put up his defenses."
Su Ruo fell silent for a long while.
"Why are we even talking