“Tomorrow I’ll bring you lunch! Even though I can’t cook, I’m pretty good at plating.”
Xie Guanlan wondered if he had misheard.
Plating?
She can plate food—what an impressive skill.
“No need,” Xie Guanlan refused.
“That tie I gave you last time—I’ve never seen you wear it once. Did you throw it away?” Yin Shuyang asked softly.
“No.”
“If you don’t like it, I’ll give you something else next time. Do you like watches?” Yin Shuyang remembered her brother really liked them.
She could ask her brother.
The meaning of something he could buy with his own money and something she gave him must be different, right?
To stop Xie Guanlan from saying anything else to refuse her, Yin Shuyang turned and left.
Xie Guanlan’s words, “Don’t chase after me,” reached the tip of his tongue, but he could only watch her walk away.
On the car ride back, Mother Yin asked with a smile, “Where did you go?”
“I went to chase after my boyfriend.”
“Did you catch him?”
“No! No! No…”
Yin Shuyang cupped her face in her hands. “Mom gave birth to me so beautiful, yet I can’t even win over the one I like. How pathetic!”
“My poor baby,” Mother Yin hugged her. “Don’t rush. You’re only 21, take your time.”
But she was still quite anxious.
Even though Xie Guanlan had a cold, aloof face, it was exquisitely perfect and handsome. In Li City, he was the heir to a top-tier wealthy family. There were plenty of people who genuinely liked him and those who approached him with ulterior motives.
She had to hurry!
What if one day Old Master Xie suddenly arranged an engagement for Xie Guanlan? She wouldn’t even have a place to cry!
“I can’t take it slow,” Yin Shuyang wanted to kiss Xie Guanlan right now.
“My baby has grown up.”
“I’m 21, already past the legal age for marriage…”
Mother Yin smiled. That boy certainly looked like a handsome, elegant young master from the outside, but at a glance, he was clearly not an easy person to deal with—deep, reserved, and hard to read.
If her daughter liked a man like that, she was afraid she would only be at his mercy in the future.
Her little princess!
Mother Yin stroked her hair. “Mom just hopes that both you and your brother can be happy. If you like him, go after him.”
Even with her mother’s support, Yin Shuyang still didn’t know how to pursue Xie Guanlan.
Kissing and hugging were off-limits~
The gifts she gave him didn’t seem to interest him either.
After returning home, Yin Shuyang slipped into her brother’s room.
“What are you doing?!”
Yin Shujun, wearing a black robe with his hair still damp, came out and saw her lurking in his room, looking mischievous.
“What do you want?”
“Brother, help me pick out a watch. I want to give it to Xie Guanlan.”
“No.”
Yin Shuyang shuffled closer to him, smiling ingratiatingly. “Please pick one. Mom even encouraged me to pursue him. Why are you trying to stop me?”
“I know Xie Guanlan better than you do. What do you even like about him? Just his face? Do you know what kind of person he is? Do you know how ruthless he can be? Do you know he doesn’t even blink when dealing with people?”
Would he be that harsh to his girlfriend too?
How harsh?
Probably only harsh in bed!
Xie Guanlan held her so gently when he hugged her.
Brother had only seen one side of Xie Guanlan.
“If a watch could win Xie Guanlan’s heart, he would have been divided into a hundred, a thousand pieces long ago. Would there even be a chance for you?” Yin Shujun was practically fuming.
Why was this sister of his so stubborn?
Yin Shuyang knew many girls would like Xie Guanlan, but a thousand copies—wasn’t that too many?
Yin Shuyang grabbed her brother’s arm. “Brother, my dear brother, you’re the best, the most handsome brother in the whole wide world. Please help your cute, pretty, gentle, and well-behaved little sister, won’t you?”
Yin Shujun only needed one question to see through her act. “Am I handsome, or is Xie Guanlan handsome?”
Why did he have to ask her such a difficult question!!
She was so beautiful, so of course her brother was very, very handsome!
But she had seen him since childhood and was long since tired of his looks.
As for Xie Guanlan, she had only known him for less than half a month—he was still fresh and exciting, and she was madly in love with him!
“Brother, I swear, I promise, even if I have a son in the future, you’ll still be the second most handsome in my eyes, just after Xie Guanlan. But, but—” Yin Shuyang tugged at him tightly. “You’ll definitely be the most handsome in my future sister-in-law’s eyes!!”
After saying this, she blinked her bright, sparkling eyes—see, she wasn’t lying at all!
“Just from that moment of hesitation, I’m already quite comforted. You didn’t immediately rank me second and even went through the trouble of thinking up all that.” Yin Shujun’s eyes held a smile, but his attitude remained firm. “I can help you with anything else, but chasing Xie Guanlan and being with him—no! I don’t agree.”
“I’ll introduce you to other outstanding young talents another day.”
“No!” Yin Shuyang let go of his hand. “Relying on others is worse than relying on yourself. Brother, you’re unreliable!”
Yin Shuyang turned and left, slamming the door shut with a heavy thud.
Back in her bedroom, Yin Shuyang couldn’t figure out how to chase Xie Guanlan and make him fall for her. Feeling down, she fell asleep.
The next day, Yin Shuyang went to the studio.
Looking at the character design sketches of the male lead she had drawn before—such a cold man deserved to taste what it meant to chase his wife into a crematorium!
Since he had already chased his wife into a crematorium in the comic, she shouldn’t have to chase her husband into one in real life~
In the previous life, he and the female lead were childhood sweethearts, married for business reasons, but he didn’t like her. Then, the female lead suddenly died, and only after feeling heart-wrenching pain did he realize how much he loved her.
The male lead returned home to find the divorce papers she had left for him, along with a letter saying she was setting him free and would disappear from his world.
Wah…
Even before starting the script, Yin Shuyang felt like crying.
Sweet romance!
Starting off so tragic was exactly what Xie Guanlan deserved!
Then, she would have the male lead die in a car accident and return to his high school years.
At that time, the female lead hadn’t fallen in love with him yet, so he would have to pursue her actively.
But how would their cold and reserved male lead chase the female lead?
Sigh~
“Comics are hard, and reality is hard too…” Yin Shuyang slumped over the desk. “Why am I making things so difficult for myself…”
Yin Shuyang waited until 4 p.m. before daring to send Xie Guanlan a message.
[Yin Shuyang: Can we have dinner together tonight? What would you like to eat?]
[Yin Shuyang: Hotpot, Chinese food, French cuisine, Japanese food…]
[Yin Shuyang: You can even eat me if you want! (〃’▽’〃)]
So shameless!!
What happened to being reserved?!
Retract, retract the last message!
Yin Shuyang hoped Xie Guanlan hadn’t seen it. He wasn’t someone who used his phone often, so he probably hadn’t, right?
At the same time, Xie Guanlan’s finger hovered over the notification that had just popped up. Although Yin Shuyang had retracted it quickly, he had already seen it.
He had finally stopped having those dreams lately, but the little seductress was back to tempt him.
【Yin Shuyang: Do you have any social engagements tonight? If you do, I won’t bother you.】
Xie Guanlan replied with a single word: “Yes.”
Reject her. Reject her a few more times, and she’ll understand his meaning.
Seeing Xie Guanlan’s reply, Yin Shuyang slumped her head onto the desk, losing all her spirit.
She lazily stared at the handsome, striking male protagonist on her computer screen. “My long, long journey to pursue him is just as long as your long, long journey to pursue your love in the comic…”