In the moonlit dorm room, the two beds faced each other from opposite sides.
Dugu Yan glared fiercely at Ye Lingling across from her. Ye Lingling, like a little girl who had been wronged but refused to let go of her toy, curled up beneath the covers.
A beam of bright moonlight divided the two of them, and the air grew tense.
Knowing she was in the wrong, Ye Lingling endured Dugu Yan's stare for a long while before simply turning over to face the wall, leaving her back to the other girl.
She stammered out an explanation.
"..."
"My mom didn't know you two were dating. Who could've guessed that? Just a few days ago, you two were at each other's throats, and then..."
"Anyway, my mom didn't know about you two."
Ye Lingling pulled the blanket tighter around herself, curling up as she continued to use the head of the Ye Family as a shield.
Only that gave her even a little sense of security right now.
But Dugu Yan's attitude did not soften because of it. Instead, she pressed on.
"But now you know! And you still want me to ask Lin Yan out?"
"But now it's still my mom telling you to ask him out..."
"What? You..."
Dugu Yan was at a loss for words.
Watching the girl speak with her back turned yet in such a firm tone, Dugu Yan could clearly see that Ye Lingling wanted to run away while refusing to let go.
The sight made Dugu Yan laugh in anger.
"Every other word is 'my mom.' Don't think I don't know what you're thinking just because you're using Aunt Ye as a shield."
"Did you already like Lin Yan?"
Dugu Yan laid it all out directly.
What a joke. She and Ye