So brave!
That was the genuine thought in the hearts of all the gossiping onlookers at that moment.
Why had the rumors about Lin Tian remained nothing more than rumors for so long?
Because no one had asked!
All kinds of gossip spread incredibly fast in high school.
Lin Tian's video had gone viral last night, and within a single day, it had already spread through the girls' circles of the entire grade!
Now that someone had finally asked the question, everyone immediately got excited.
However, Lin Tian merely smiled when he heard it.
"Who cares about that kind of relationship?"
With that, Lin Tian walked away without looking back.
He did not stop until he had completely left the school gates and gone several dozen meters away.
Only after finding a wall to lean against did Lin Tian let out a heavy breath.
That was terrifying.
He had not expected to run into this kind of Japanese school romance scenario himself.
That question was obviously a death trap.
If he said no, he probably would not have a peaceful day at school from then on.
If he said yes...
It would fast-forward straight into that classic light-novel plot where he found someone to pretend to be his girlfriend and solve all his problems.
If he gave a half-baked answer, the rumors would probably become even more ridiculous.
No matter how he answered, it would cause plenty of trouble once the word got out.
So when they asked whether he had a girlfriend, he said it was unimportant.
They could guess for themselves whether he did or not.
If things really got out of hand, he could always brush it off by saying he meant he did not have a girlfriend, but he did have a female "partner."
However, what Lin Tian did not know was that asking adolescent high school girls to speculate about a handsome guy's gossip...
Could only lead to increasingly outrageous guesses.
The confused girls stood frozen in place.
"A girlfriend relationship? He doesn't care?"
"Does that mean he has a girlfriend, but Senior Student Lin Tian looks down on her?"
"Maybe Senior Student Lin Tian is flirting with lots of girls at once, but none of them have become official yet!"
"..."
The girls' gossip instincts were fully activated as they discussed it animatedly.
But the girl who had asked the question suddenly said sharply,
"Senior Student Lin Tian doesn't seem like the kind of person who plays with girls' feelings!"
"Didn't you see that scornful smile Senior Student Lin Tian had just now?! I think he meant that his relationship with his partner has already gone beyond the word 'girlfriend'!"
"It's the true kind of pure, um... what was it called? Right! Soulmates! Maybe it was because he had that girl that Senior Student Lin Tian was able to give us last night's performance today!"
As soon as she said that, many girls quickly voiced their agreement.
"That makes sense! No matter how you look at it, Senior Student Lin Tian couldn't possibly not have a partner!"
"I was being shallow. Someone as amazing as Senior Student Lin Tian must be different from ordinary people!"
"I really want to know what kind of girl has always been by his side..."
Lin Tian pushed open the door and returned home.
He casually tossed his keys onto the shoe cabinet, changed into slippers, and walked into the living room.
Then he suddenly felt that something was off.
Lin Tian looked around in confusion.
For the first time, this home he had lived in for three years felt both unfamiliar and familiar.
Wait.
Why was it so clean?
Lin Tian finally realized what was going on.
The house looked as though it had been renovated. The floor was spotless, and the tables, doors, and windows all gleamed as though the place had just been furnished.
Even all the nooks and crannies Lin Tian had never bothered cleaning before were absurdly spotless.
What was this...
Suddenly, Lin Tian noticed a note on the dining table.
When he opened it, he found a sentence written on it:
Ding! Mr. Lin Tian~ Please accept your new home*.(ˊωˋ*)*
So cute.
But was this Gan Yan Yu's style?
Lin Tian understood.
She must have cleaned the place for him before leaving last night.
At the time, Gan Yan Yu had taken all her belongings and left with the resolve that she would never return, fully prepared to die.
He could imagine it.
The girl had spent an entire afternoon cleaning every inch of the house.
Then she had stood in the middle of the living room with her hands on her hips, brimming with accomplishment as she wrote this note for him.
Lin Tian gave a bitter smile.
He did not dare imagine it.
If Gan Yan Yu had died last night, how would he have felt when he came home and saw this note?
That idiot.
Was she really not afraid he would be unable to sleep for three days after reading it?
Even Kaori Miyazono knew to approach Kousei Arima as "Friend A" so that she would not disrupt the life of someone who had to keep living, hoping only that Kousei would not dwell on her after she died.
But you went straight up and grabbed Kousei Arima by the collar to confess, then had intensely sweet dates with him twenty-four hours a day after getting together, and even dropped top-tier death flags like, "I want to have your babies someday," and, "When we get married, we have to visit the Maldives."
Were you afraid Kousei Arima might still be able to go on living after you died?
Lin Tian sat on the sofa and brought up the system interface.
The system had already notified him early this morning that a reward was available to claim, but he had put it off until now.
Name: Gan Yan Yu Occupation: Cellist Current Stress Tolerance: C↑ Sanity Points: 86↑ Health Status: Very Poor All indicators have reached the passing standard. Producer supplies may be claimed!
Lin Tian chose to open the supplies.
Obtained: Massage Skill (Master Level) Passive Skill: Copyright Registration (All works by the producer and partner will be automatically registered for copyright, including works previously released.)
Why was there even a Massage Skill?
Was the system really telling him to go work at a foot-washing parlor?
Lin Tian stroked his chin and shifted his gaze back to Gan Yan Yu's status panel.
Last night's efforts had been remarkably effective.
Her sanity had basically returned to normal levels, and her stress tolerance had also improved dramatically.
Only her health status was still worrying.
Her mental health should no longer be a problem, but her physical health could not be ignored either.
After all, at 166 centimeters tall and weighing just over eighty jin, she was really far too thin.
Especially when she wore a spaghetti-strap dress, her collarbones and joints were particularly pronounced.
Many girls might like that kind of slender figure, but for Gan Yan Yu, she would definitely look even better if she regained her health.
She could not chase her dreams with a body like that!
He absolutely had to make a proper rehabilitation plan for Gan Yan Yu during tomorrow's practice.
The next day, Saturday.
"Ding-dong!"
"Ding-dong, ding-dong, ding-dong!"
Early in the morning, Lin Tian's doorbell rang repeatedly.
Lin Tian sat up in bed after being woken by the noise. He rubbed his bleary eyes, looked at the "7:34" on his phone, and cursed inwardly.
How could anyone get up this early on a weekend?
Yawning, Lin Tian walked toward the front door.
However, the boy's drowsiness vanished the instant he opened it.
Gan Yan Yu stood outside with a cello on her back, wearing an elegant green dress and a side ponytail.
She looked energetic and full of life.
"Lin Tian, please take care of me during today's practice."
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