Have you all had breakfast?
After Shang Shujue and Song Yanqing came out of the bathroom and sat down, Song Yanqing opened the breakfast that Shang Shuyu had prepared. Shang Shujue drank water while greeting them.
When everyone arrived, they brought a lot of food and drinks, and they had all eaten breakfast. Now that Shang Shujue were obviously going to have breakfast, it seemed a bit unreasonable for them not to eat something, so they discussed washing the fruit they had brought.
The atmosphere in the ward shifted from a cozy breakfast to a lively and youthful scene. Boys this age are always chattering away, making it quite lively.
"If you all have a commercial performance tonight, why don't you take advantage of today's rest and go home to get a good night's sleep? What are you all doing gathered here? I'm planning to be discharged from the hospital in a little while."
Shang Shujue didn't eat any melon while having breakfast. After he finished, seeing that they still showed no sign of leaving, he couldn't help but tell them to leave.
"Wouldn't that be even better? We can have lunch together with Brother Jue. After lunch, we'll go back. Brother Jue, please don't send us away, it will make us sad."
Xu Jiaqiao is quite the character. As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out a handkerchief from somewhere and started wiping his eyes, making it look quite convincing.
Shang Shujue sometimes found himself speechless, like right now, but seeing that the others didn't want to leave either, he didn't actually chase them away. He just jokingly scolded Xu Jiaqiao, "Drama queen."
After that, Shang Shujue ignored them and turned to Zhang Zhichen to talk about their group formation night. As they chatted, Nuomi's second piece of gossip emerged.
"... Everything went quite smoothly at the time, but then the mentors had to perform, and during their speeches, Teacher Mu seemed to be in a bad mood. She left after the performance."
"Before this, he had an argument with Teacher Ji, and they almost came to blows backstage. If it weren't for Teacher Chen Liqu and the others pulling them apart, who knows what would have happened."
"Yes, yes, I don't know what happened that day, but as soon as Teacher Ji spoke, Teacher Mu would retaliate like a powder keg."
"She was so rude and unreasonable, finding fault with everyone she met. Even someone as good-natured as Teacher Ji got angry..."
"Yeah, yeah, rumors say they'd start fighting at the drop of a hat. When I first saw them sitting down and eating together so peacefully, I thought it was fake, but I never expected..."
"ε=(´ο`*))) Sigh, a nemesis is a nemesis. I still remember Teacher Ji's incredulous expression; she must have been terrified..."
"That's right, Teacher Mu even raised his hand. If the other professors hadn't held him back, his fist would have hit Teacher Ji in the face. Teacher Mu really has a bad temper..."
When the topic of the night of the group's formation came up, everyone present remembered it. Each person chimed in with their own words, expressing their helplessness at Mu Nanyu's volatile temper and their resentment at Teacher Ji's anger.
It was clear that everyone had a deep impression of that incident. Song Yanqing sat next to Shang Shujue, pinching his fingers and listening to these words, his expression a little strange.
Shang Shujue knew perfectly well that Mu Nanyu had a crush on Ji Yunqing, but he didn't say anything.
He turned his head and looked at Song Yanqing's clingy manner, perhaps recalling their past confrontations, and smiled, expressing his feelings.
"The more I hear what you're saying, the more it sounds like the kind of relationship I had with your Brother Song in the early days—more than friends, less than lovers, a love-hate dynamic."
"Do you think it's possible... that Mu Nanyu is secretly in love with Ji Yunqing?"
"Ah?!!!"
As soon as Shang Shujue finished speaking, the chattering crowd was instantly stunned, and their words came to an abrupt halt.
They looked a bit dazed, but their minds were racing with all sorts of thoughts—red, white, yellow... a whole spectrum of colors.
"Hiss..." Song Yanqing squeezed Shang Shujue's fingers, expressing his dissatisfaction with his description, and frowned slightly as he looked at him.
"Wait a minute, is that really how things are between us? Think carefully, recall..."
"Isn't that right? Anyway, I am... hahaha..."
Shang Shujue didn't expect Song Yanqing to respond to him. He thought about it carefully and realized that their relationship was indeed more than friends but less than lovers. They appreciated each other and couldn't help themselves. There was no love-hate relationship between them.
But could he admit it? Of course not, so he boldly took this state for himself. Seeing him stunned, he gritted his teeth and couldn't help but laugh.
" Shang Shujue, are you asking for a beating?"
Song Yanqing gritted his teeth and wrapped his arms around his waist, about to pinch his ticklish spot, but Shang Shujue quickly stopped him, pleading for mercy in a rare tone.
"Hey, hey, stop it, stop it! No, no, I misremembered! Don't do anything rash, the children are still here!"
Everyone: "..." Oh, so you mean we should be under the car, not here, right? ŏ̥ㅁŏ̥
" Brother Jue, I think it's unlikely. The way Teacher Mu looks at Teacher Ji is so fierce, cold, and unpredictable. How could she possibly like him?"
"Yeah, yeah, what kind of kind person expresses affection like that? Isn't this just pushing the person you like further away?"
Xu Jiaqiao asked a question, seemingly puzzled. The others nodded thoughtfully. Jian Yichen, a bit naive, conceived many ideas in her mind, then felt somewhat lost.
Jian Yichen couldn't understand this at all. Was it necessary to hide your feelings for someone?
Shouldn't you try confessing your feelings first, and if the other person agrees, you get together; if they disagree, you have a good cry and then distance yourself?
After all, being too clingy during the pursuit isn't liking someone, it's harassment.
But then he thought again, Ji Yunqing and Mu Nanyu are both men. Let alone confessing their feelings, it would probably take them a long time just to get over their own mental hurdle.
Then he realized something else: if that was the case, then it really was a bit difficult to express.
"Oh dear, you're all too young to understand."
Shang Shujue shook his head, his smile enigmatic and profound. He didn't intend to say anything more to them, but his thoughts had already reached their minds.
[It was because Mu Nanyu was such an idiot, so awkward. He never opened his mouth and attacked people with his sharp tongue every day, which finally pushed Ji Yunqing into another man's arms.]
Not long after they got together, he got into a faulty car, died in a car accident, and the car exploded, leaving not even a speck of dust behind.
He was so grief-stricken that his hair turned white overnight. He found the culprit who vandalized the car and avenged Ji Yunqing, but he still suffered from depression and jumped into the sea to his death not long after...
Tsk tsk tsk... Look, look, it's fun to mistreat your wife for a while, but you'll be in deep trouble trying to win her back~ I've wanted to talk to Mu Nanyu about this for a long time, but I always keep forgetting...
I wonder if it's too late to talk to him now?
Everyone stared in disbelief, almost unable to control their expressions. Holy crap, what an earth-shattering revelation! I never would have guessed that Mu Nanyu was a pure love advocate!
Shang Shujue's thoughts drifted far away, reaching Ji Yunqing, who was filming a period drama in a remote mountain area.
He was so startled that he stood up from his seat, the plastic stool fell to the ground, and the noise startled the others.
But he couldn't care less about any of that. His pupils trembled as he looked around, searching for Mu Nanyu's figure, but he forgot.
Mu Nanyu came today, took the day off and went back to his hotel; he wasn't on set at all, so naturally he didn't find anything...
" Teacher Ji, what's wrong? Your face is so pale all of a sudden, did something happen?"