“No… it actually increased! It seems like he really likes you. Actually, the two of you really are a perfect match.”
Ji Lian was a little disappointed. She still hoped that the couple she shipped would become real.
Li Wangshu was a little surprised. She thought to herself:
Is there something wrong with this man? His affection increased even after getting beaten up. Could he really be a pervert?
At this moment, He Yu had also lost his mood to continue drinking. He returned to where he was staying. It wasn’t until he took a shower that he noticed there was a very obvious perfume smell on his clothes.
“Tsk, who is really the jealous one here?”
He Yu disgustedly took off his clothes and threw them into the laundry basket.
After thinking for a moment, he took out his phone and sent Li Wangshu a message.
“Your man has high standards. Not just any woman can get close to me.”
After waiting for a few seconds, there was no reply.
He gritted his teeth and sent another message.
“The smell on my clothes came from accidentally brushing against someone in the elevator.”
At this moment, Li Wangshu was holding her phone and felt quite surprised.
This overbearing CEO actually knows how to explain himself? That’s so unrealistic.
“Oh.”
Li Wangshu replied, then added another message underneath.
“Are you free tomorrow night? There will be a performance at the school anniversary celebration. You can come listen to me sing.”
In her previous life, Li Wangshu had learned quite a few musical instruments. Unfortunately, the conditions in this life were limited, but her singing ability was genuinely excellent. So this time, she signed up for a singing performance during the school anniversary.
…
I’m extremely busy. Every minute is worth millions in business deals. How would I have time to play a romance game with you?
He Yu had already been completely hooked without realizing it. He was even complaining while replying:
“Not sure.”
“Oh, okay. Good night.”
Li Wangshu didn’t think much of it. She was just casually flirting and didn’t have any expectations. Whether he responded or not was fine.
After turning off her phone screen, she curled back into her blanket and yawned.
…
“She must be disappointed.”
He Yu thought this as he repeatedly typed and deleted messages in the input box.
He spent more than ten minutes struggling over one sentence.
In the end, he deleted it and thought:
Why do I care so much…?
How about I just go tomorrow and give her a surprise?
No one knew about He Yu’s inner struggle—or rather, his emotional contradiction.
But Ji Lian’s confusion was now written all over her face.
“He clearly wants to come. I can feel it. He wants to see you, very, very much.”
“Oh? You can even feel things like that?”
Li Wangshu felt that this female ghost was practically an emotional radar.
“There’s nothing strange about it. Saying one thing but meaning another is exactly what an overbearing CEO does.”
She had watched plenty of short dramas and online novels before, so she understood their usual patterns.
“Actually, you’re better this way. If you like someone, just say it directly.”
“No. I already told you, my liking is fake.”
Ji Lian felt a little discouraged and wanted to go back to planting mushrooms.
“It’s so hard to make someone like you. It’s also so hard to tell whether someone’s love is real or fake.”
“You have an emotional radar already. What’s so difficult about it?”
Li Wangshu thought that whether someone loved another person was almost becoming something visible and tangible to Ji Lian.
“But I can’t feel your love, and I can’t tell whether it’s real…”
“As long as I think that if I can’t even feel other people’s emotions, then I’ll probably get tricked again.”
Li Wangshu thought that this girl had finally improved a little. At least she realized she had an easily deceived personality.
“So there’s no solution. The love given by others is just too difficult to understand, and it’s hard to tell whether it’s real or fake.”
“The most reliable thing is still loving yourself.”
Before closing her eyes to sleep, Li Wangshu decided to give Ji Lian some more motivational words.
“In this relationship, you should think like this: I am so beautiful, so outstanding, and everything about me is good. The fact that he gets to be sincerely deceived by me once is his honor.”
“Ji Lian, don’t go begging others to love you anymore. First, love yourself more. Then you’ll discover that everything else can only be considered icing on the cake.”
“Whether it exists or not, it won’t change anything.”
…
“Dad, Mom, will you come watch the performance? I have a violin solo.”
Ji Mo had only lived at school for half a month before using Xu Jingya’s birthday banquet as an excuse to move back home. She had been staying at the Ji family’s house these past few days.
“Brother has already agreed to go. This is my first important performance after entering university. I really hope both Dad and Mom can be there.”
Xu Jingya and Ji Huaiyang looked at each other.
“Is this a school-wide event?”
Ji Mo’s heart skipped a beat. She immediately understood what they were worried about.
“Yes, it’s being held at the main stadium. There will be tens of thousands of people there…”
“Little sister should probably go too, but there will be so many people that we might not be able to find her.”
In other words, Li Wangshu might not even know that they went.
“Alright, then our whole family will go together. Mo Mo, tomorrow wear that new pink dress.”
Xu Jingya loved dressing her daughter up beautifully.
“Moon… does she have a performance?”
Ji Qingshuang asked.
“I don’t think so…”
Ji Mo’s voice sounded gentle, but inside, she was full of disdain.
My younger sister probably never had the chance to come into contact with things related to art.
“That’s true.”
Xu Jingya sighed.
“When we meet next time, I’ll ask her if there’s anything she wants to learn.”
“Mom, she’s already that old. Even if she starts learning now, she won’t achieve much.”
Ji Chenxing curled his lips.
“You might as well give her more allowance money so she won’t wear outdated clothes again when she attends events.”
…
Ji Mo never expected that she would run into Li Wangshu at the final rehearsal.
During the previous rehearsals, her schedule was earlier. She always left after finishing her performance.
This time, because everyone needed to stay until the final group thank-you performance, she remained until the end.
Li Wangshu’s singing was truly beautiful.
Her voice was clear and melodious, and her singing skills were excellent. She was no less impressive than a professional singer.
What surprised them even more was that her performance was scheduled after the most important principal’s award ceremony.
In other words, she was the final act.
“Isn’t that the country girl?”
Wu Lu had come to accompany Ji Mo during rehearsal today.
“I didn’t expect her singing talent to be pretty good.”
Ji Mo was unhappy.
“What’s wrong, Mo Mo?”
Xu Li was Ji Mo’s loyal admirer on campus. Whenever Jiang Fengmian wasn’t around, he was always there.
“You don’t know this, but this Li Wangshu is the daughter the Ji family just found recently. She always goes against Mo Mo. Our Mo Mo has suffered so much because of her.”
Wu Lu no longer dared to spread rumors about Li Wangshu being an illegitimate daughter, but that didn’t stop her from finding another way to slander her.
“At Aunt Xu’s birthday banquet last time, she stole Mo Mo’s bracelet and refused to admit it. If Mo Mo hadn’t been kind-hearted and chosen not to argue with her, she would have already been arrested by the police.”
“Lu Lu, stop talking.”
Ji Mo’s eyes became slightly red.
“My younger sister suffered a lot growing up. Seeing that I’ve always lived a good life, it’s understandable that she would feel jealous and resentful.”
“She really has a twisted heart.”
Xu Li originally had a good impression of the beautiful girl on stage with a sweet voice.
But after hearing Wu Lu’s words, his opinion immediately changed. Now, he only felt disgusted.
“Mo Mo, you’re just too kind. You can’t always be this soft-hearted.”
“Exactly. Someone who grew up in a common environment like her probably has a much more complicated mind than us. You need to be careful around her in the future.”
Wu Lu completely failed to realize that she was twisting the truth.
“What can she possibly compare with our goddess Ji Mo?”
Xu Li fully displayed his devoted admirer personality and began praising Ji Mo without any restraint.
“Our goddess Mo Mo is the campus beauty of the entire Design Department. After this school anniversary celebration, she will definitely amaze everyone.”
“By then, she’ll become the university beauty.”