Chapter 284: Thinking of Each Other

Actually, Ye Qingchang had no objection to staying here to keep Zhu Niao company, but she couldn’t just sit there doing nothing.

Ye Qingchang spoke. “How are things between you and your Gou Yu now?”

She was still curious about this. “You asked about me and Xiao Yi’an earlier, so now it’s my turn to ask.”

Strange articles—about boys turning into girls and then getting together with their good brothers or friends.

She didn’t know why, but recently she kept seeing these strange things.

Maybe it was because when she first became like this, she searched online about what to do in her situation.

The netizens told her to quickly take advantage of her roommate. Haha, her roommate had changed along with her.

“What do you mean how are things now? We’re just in a normal relationship, aren’t we?” Zhu Niao looked away.

“To be honest, the ones I’m most worried about are actually the two of you.” Ye Qingchang squinted and looked at Zhu Niao.

“Is that something to be worried or not worried about?”

Ye Qingchang gave a cold laugh.

“Second Boss and her younger brother are family; there’s no way they could get together under any circumstances. Even if the two of them really wanted to, their parents would never agree.”

“Then what about that time at the banquet when Second Boss’s younger brother confessed to her?”

“As for Second Boss, I trust her quite a bit.” Ye Qingchang wagged her finger.

“So I know that Second Boss’s younger brother has feelings for her, but that guy is all brawn and no brain, a fool with milk but no strategy. He probably hasn’t even gotten over his own identity transformation yet, let alone talk about love.”

Zhu Niao didn’t know why Ye Qingchang was so confident.

Maybe she still had her own rhythm.

But she noticed another blind spot.

“Hey wait, so you’re saying you’ve already transitioned from your identity?”

“Yes, I am now a complete girl.” Ye Qingchang replied quite coldly.

Zhu Niao’s eyes filled with horror. “You’ve degenerated into a female?”

“Yes.”

“A dark literature girl wouldn’t do something like that. I don’t believe you. Do a cute act for me.”

“Let me see.”

“Then show me the outfit of a youthful girl.”

“A dark literature girl wouldn’t do something like that.” Ye Qingchang was still quite cold.

“Do you remember you’re a girl when you go to the public restroom?”

“Then you fucking haven’t changed at all, have you? You fucking don’t—”

Zhu Niao raised a middle finger. “Do you now understand the terror of a dark rat in the sewer?”

Ye Qingchang spread her arms. “How about it? Now you know the terror of a dark rat in the sewer?”

Zhu Niao cursed Ye Qingchang’s mother a couple of times.

“And also the Dorm Leader. I’m quite relieved about her too. Even if those two are close, it’s just a parent-child relationship added on top of a rice bucket relationship.”

Ye Qingchang raised another finger. Of course, both fingers she raised were middle fingers.

Zhu Niao reached out and pressed down Ye Qingchang’s two middle fingers.

“So the one I’m most worried about is actually you. Between you and Gou Yu, it’s not like you have a familial relationship like Second Boss, nor is it like the Dorm—”

“Actually, I think you’re being a bit disrespectful to the Dorm Leader,” Zhu Niao complained.

“It’s fine, even if she were here, she wouldn’t understand.” Ye Qingchang looked at Zhu Niao quite seriously.

“Two young people with normal minds and well-developed bodies, a boy and a girl, especially since you two are living together. Under these circumstances, I simply don’t believe it when you say there’s nothing going on.”

Zhu Niao crossed her arms. “Brotherly feelings—naturally I couldn’t have any improper thoughts towards a brother. The two of us both hold quite pure feelings. You’re underestimating the bond between us.”

“That’s natural. Gou Yu is no different from a street dog in front of me.” Zhu Niao cried out to the sky.

“Tell me, if you stay with a long-time pet, would you develop any unnecessary feelings towards it?”

“Oh? Really?” Ye Qingchang raised an eyebrow suspiciously. “I wouldn’t, but would you really not?” She leaned closer to Zhu Niao, as if trying to see panic in her eyes. “I wouldn’t, but you…”

But just then, Zhu Niao picked up her drink bottle and took a sip, closing her eyes to cover all her weaknesses. Ye Qingchang didn’t detect any panic.

Zhu Niao was indeed very flustered. She didn’t know what Gou Yu was thinking, nor did she know how far Gou Yu wanted to go with her in the future.

She didn’t know what she herself was thinking, nor did she know how to deal with Gou Yu from now on.

She only knew that she and Gou Yu were like what Gou Yu said—their interaction was like that of real lovers.

Lovers. Did she also like Gou Yu? She didn’t know.

But all the actions, all the impulses—including the panic when Gou Yu wasn’t around, the inexplicable craving for support, the joy when with Gou Yu, as if all time and worries were forgotten.

Including that night when she held Gou Yu’s head. She was awake—she woke up after the second sentence.

It wasn’t complete consciousness, but she did remember what she said and what Gou Yu said.

Did Gou Yu really like her? Did he really want to marry her? If so, what should she do? If not, what should she do about this unauthorized stirring of her heart? She didn’t know.

It was just that some things seemed to have developed out of control without her knowledge.

She was now like standing on a precarious tightrope, having already lost her balance.

The rope would split in two, and she could only choose one side to fall onto. The only thing she could do was…

On one side was the clear and straightforward brotherly friendship, which was the relationship she and Gou Yu had been most comfortable with until now.

On the other side was a mist-covered love, which she had never tried and was not bold enough to try.

But if Gou Yu really had that kind of thoughts towards her, and she insisted on choosing the brotherly side, it might not return to the current state of mutual trust; it would mostly lead to a rift.

If she chose the love side, there would be no going back.

She didn’t know if she was worthy of Gou Yu—probably not—but Gou Yu kept telling her at every moment that she was worth it. She didn’t know how to choose.

“By the way, have you noticed that boys who run in front of us inexplicably speed up?” Ye Qingchang, who hadn’t noticed anything, started complaining about other things.

Zhu Niao was about to speak when suddenly someone tapped her shoulder. It was Gou Yu, panting heavily, sweat on his forehead. “Let’s go, heading home.”

Ye Qingchang watched as her good roommate didn’t even say goodbye, used her as a chat tree hollow, and left after using her—quite heartless.