Chapter 257: Will Helping Others Make You Happy?

Ning Dongli’s room.

In front of the full-length mirror, Ning Dongli looked at herself with a complicated expression.

She slowly removed her makeup and then took off her clothes.

The girl in the mirror returned to the appearance she was familiar with.

A gloomy golden-haired short-haired girl.

If one looked carefully, couldn’t she also be considered a beautiful girl?

Ning Dongli didn’t know. She had never thought about such things before.

After today, what should she do?

Pretend nothing happened and continue playing the role of the gloomy little sister?

Or should she really do as she said and start pursuing An Yu?

Ning Dongli smiled bitterly and shook her head. If she really had that kind of courage, would she have ended up in today’s situation?

From beginning to end, she had always been Ning Wanciu’s good little sister.

At that moment, her phone, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly rang with a new message notification.

Ding ling——

Looking at the somewhat unfamiliar name, Ning Dongli blinked in confusion.

Mm.. Cheng Shimumeng?

She seemed to be… one of her older sister’s “friends”?

This made her even more confused. The last time her good sister’s friend came to their house, she had almost run away immediately.

After that, aside from An Yu, no one else had come to their home.

Logically speaking, this Cheng Shimumeng should have a pretty bad impression of her, right?

So why would she suddenly send her a friend request….?

Ning Dongli couldn’t figure it out no matter how much she thought about it. In the end, she decided to give up and not accept Cheng Shimumeng’s friend request.

The only people she needed to contact were Ning Wanciu and An Yu.

Just as Ning Dongli was about to throw her phone aside and calm herself down, a line of text suddenly appeared in Cheng Shimumeng’s temporary chat window.

“Will it make you happy to personally help the person you like get together with your own family member, Little Ning?”

Ning Dongli subconsciously read it out loud. The moment she finished reading the last word, her pupils shrank sharply. Her eyes were filled with disbelief.

She… how did she know?!

Ning Dongli looked around her room in shock. She was certain that it was impossible for anyone to have installed surveillance here.

It was even more impossible for anyone to have told her friend. Besides, her older sister probably still hadn’t realized what had just happened.

Ning Dongli gripped her phone tightly. Her expression didn’t look good.

After hesitating for a long time, she still accepted Cheng Shimumeng’s friend request and gave her a note.

【Cheng Shimumeng】: Oh my, you accepted. First time meeting.. well, not really meeting, I guess. I’m Cheng Shimumeng, your sister’s friend.

【Listen to Something Nice】: …What did you mean by that just now?

【Cheng Shimumeng】: Straight to the point, huh? Mm.. that’s fine too~

Ning Dongli stared nervously at her phone screen, waiting for Cheng Shimumeng’s answer.

【Cheng Shimumeng】: I simply repeated what you did, and what I said should be correct, right?

In her own room, Cheng Shimumeng smiled in amusement.

If she had guessed wrong, Ning Dongli wouldn’t have accepted her friend request, right?

【Listen to Something Nice】: How did you know?

【Cheng Shimumeng】: How did I know? It’s simple. I just called Ning Wanciu a while ago. She and little An Yu were progressing very smoothly, you know?

Seeing the message from Cheng Shimumeng, Ning Dongli’s hand trembled. She almost threw her phone away.

Smoothly? How smoothly?

Moreover, this Cheng Shimumeng actually knew about her older sister and An Yu’s situation too.

Was there anyone who didn’t know?

【Cheng Shimumeng】: Based on my understanding of Ning Wanciu, there’s only one possibility. Someone put pressure on her and made her feel a sense of crisis, forcing her to make a move.

【Cheng Shimumeng】: And that person is you, Little Ning. Am I right?

Today, the only person who could have come into contact with both An Yu and Ning Wanciu was Ning Dongli.

And Ning Dongli obviously also liked An Yu. Cheng Shimumeng could figure out what had happened even with her feet.

【Cheng Shimumeng】: You must have used your own existence to threaten Ning Wanciu. You told her that if she didn’t do anything, you would make a move yourself. Am I right?

Ning Dongli stared blankly at the messages constantly appearing on her screen. She subconsciously shivered.

All correct…

What the hell was this Cheng Shimumeng? Wasn’t she a little too terrifying?

Even the person involved, Ning Wanciu, was still completely in the dark. How did she guess everything in an instant?!

【Cheng Shimumeng】: No reply, huh. Looks like I guessed everything right.

【Cheng Shimumeng】: But you did help Ning Wanciu. However, what are you going to do after this, Little Ning? Because of your choice, your own chances with An Yu have almost disappeared.

【Cheng Shimumeng】: I assume Wanciu already knows that you like An Yu too.

Ning Dongli bit her lip. She continued staring at the screen but didn’t reply.

She didn’t know what Cheng Shimumeng was actually here to do.

What was this? Her older sister’s friend came to mock her?

She saw right through her heart and came to remind her that things would be difficult for her from now on?

【Cheng Shimumeng】: So are you going to give up just like that?

Give up.. give up what?

Something she had never possessed from the very beginning. How could that be called giving up?

Today alone had already been enough.

She already knew how happy she could be when she was with An Yu.

Ning Dongli gritted her teeth. She wanted to delete Cheng Shimumeng as a friend. She didn’t want to read any more of this.

However, the wet screen had become somewhat unresponsive and kept mis-touching.

Huh?

Where did this water come from?

Ning Dongli’s vision blurred. Only then did she realize that she was crying.

Ah…

Why was her sister’s friend like this? Had she made such a big decision? Did she know that when she made this choice, she was really about to become unable to leave An Yu behind?

Really, really. It had been so close.

The moment An Yu came out to protect her, Ning Dongli’s heart had only beaten for An Yu.

But.. but it really was impossible after all.

Ning Dongli could tell that An Yu liked Ning Wanciu a little more.

It was easy to see from her behavior.

An Yu relied on Ning Wanciu, and Ning Wanciu also doted on An Yu.

They.. looked like they liked each other no matter how you looked at it.

From beginning to end, this little sister had nothing to do with it.

So.. so!!

It would be better to contribute something to Ning Wanciu and help them get together sooner.

The girl’s tears kept falling. She could no longer control the emotions in her heart.

That straightforward confession was almost the last thing Ning Dongli could do for herself.

At the very least, she had to let others know that she really liked An Yu, right?

【Cheng Shimumeng】: Isn’t it a little too early to give up before you’ve even started, Little Ning?

Huh? Huh?

Seeing the words on her phone screen, Ning Dongli froze.

【Cheng Shimumeng】: It’s okay. I’ll help you.