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Chapter 119 Sensitive and Overthinking Dilraba

"Weiwei, you wouldn't have done that to my brother..."

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Even though Xiaoqing didn't know how to say it, after this experience, even if she was slow to realize it, she could sense Tian Xiwei's little thoughts.

"Mmm," Tian Xiwei replied crisply, licking her ice cream with her head down.

"ah?

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The four of them rejoined the flow of people on the street, with Tian Xiwei and Zai Xiaoqing walking side by side behind them. Ahead were two tall figures, a man and a woman. Su Liu was holding an ice cream and would occasionally turn his head to say a few words to Chen Duling, who would sometimes respond with a smile and sometimes with a look of disgust.

"But...but..." Ran Xiaoqing stammered for a long time without being able to say anything.

She looked at the figure walking side by side with Su Liu in front of her, and then at her best friend. Although she really wanted to say, "Weiwei, you are no worse than anyone else," it was really hard to maintain confidence in front of Chen Duling.

"Xiaoqing, what are you worried about?" Tian Xiwei gently patted Ran Xiaoqing's stiff shoulder.

She laughed into the wind, a speck of white cream still clinging to the corner of her mouth. "We're still high school students, so this is fine for now."

Xiaoqing didn't relax after hearing that. Instead, she asked worriedly, "But, Sister Dudu, she..."

"Hey, you're not thinking about anything weird, are you?"

Tian Xiwei stopped adding ice cream, tilted her head and looked at Zai Xiaoqing with a look that seemed to see through everything.

"Wh...what?"

"Like in the movies, I rush in and steal her away, and the three of us get caught up in a life-or-death, torturous love affair."

"I'm not worried about that."

Ran Xiaoqing pictured Su Liu's nonchalant demeanor in her mind, and she simply couldn't associate him with the male protagonist of a tragic love story.

"Then what are you worried about? Aren't you afraid I'll hurt Sister Dudu?"

"You shouldn't be able to hurt her."

"Can't hurt her?" Tian Xiwei was taken aback, then suddenly realized, "You think I have absolutely no chance? Ran Xiaoqing, I'm your best friend!"

"No, no!" Ran Xiaoqing waved her hands repeatedly, almost splashing ice cream onto Tian Xiwei's dress. "It's just..." She hesitated for a long time before finally saying it.

"I'm serious, Xiaoqing."

Tian Xiwei stopped and turned around to look at Ran Xiaoqing seriously, with an open and unwavering gaze.

"That's fine for now," she repeated.

On the day before the May Day holiday was about to end, Su Liu staged a scene of life and death at the train station.

First was Tian Xiwei. She was being dragged toward the ticket gate by Zai Xiaoqing, who was pulling her schoolbag strap with all her might. She was wailing, "I don't want to go back to do my homework!" Her voice was so pitiful that it made people's hearts ache and tears flow. It attracted the attention of passersby.

The scene shifts, and Su Liu's situation is even more dire. He clings tightly to Chen Duling's wrists, refusing to let go, like a child whose toy has been snatched away, muttering almost shameless pleas, "Dudu, let's play for one more day! We can go back tomorrow. I'll have Xiao Liu buy you a plane ticket for tomorrow!"

Chen Duling was both amused and exasperated by his behavior, but her tone remained firm. "No, I want to go back to school."

"Why?!"

"I had already fallen behind in some classes, and I have to go back and catch up."

"You can do it at my place too! My house has so many rooms, it's absolutely quiet."

"How am I supposed to study in your house?" Chen Duling rolled her eyes at him, but her ears secretly turned red. These past few days, whenever Tian Xiwei wasn't around, this guy would seize any opportunity to get handsy. If she were really in the same room with him, she'd be completely taken advantage of.

"I promise I won't bother you."

"You're lying! Men's words are the least reliable!"

Su Liu was on the verge of tears, because he had already shed six large basins of tears inside. During the entire holiday, Tian Xiwei, that little shadow, had been glued to Chen Duling, preventing him from getting anything productive done.

"Wouldn't it be the same if you went back to catch up a day later?"

"If I go back even one day later, I'll have to go to class again, and there will be new classes! How long will I have to catch up?!"

Su Liu started to act spoiled, "Dudu, is going to class more important than me?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Duling remained unmoved and said, "Even if it's you, you can't interfere with my studies!"

In the end, all his pleading and cajoling failed; Chen Duling's heart was as hard as stone. Su Liu could only pull her into a corner and start kissing her relentlessly, intending to kiss her lips until they were swollen before they started checking tickets.

Meanwhile, on the set of "Unnatural," Dilraba and Mao Xiaotong were touching up their makeup in the dressing room.

Dilraba sat in a swivel chair, her fingers unconsciously fiddling with the buttons on her costume. She seemed a bit dazed today, and had more takes than usual.

The moment the makeup artist packed up her tools and left the room, it fell silent.

Mao Xiaotong gently patted her shoulder and asked in a low voice, "Reba, what's wrong with you today? You seem preoccupied."

Dilraba pouted, then forced a smile, her lips twitching slightly. "N-nothing."

"Nothing yet? The way Assistant Director Wang is looking at you today is weird." Mao Xiaotong rested her elbows on the dressing table, staring straight at her. "You're not usually like this. You're so different today."

"I'm sorry." Reba lowered her head, her voice barely audible, twisting the hem of her white coat with a wronged expression.

Seeing her like this, Mao Xiaotong sighed inwardly and asked, "Is it because of Su Liu?"

Upon hearing this, Reba immediately began to stammer, "I...I...I don't...have anything to do with Teacher Su."

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"Who else could it be but him?" Mao Xiaotong crossed her arms and looked at the girl whose appearance and inner self were so contrasting.

Dilraba opened her mouth, as if she were short of breath. She wanted to explain, but the words caught in her throat. Her shoulders slumped, and she just sat there.

After a while, Mao Xiaotong heard a soft sound.

"Teacher Su, does he not like me very much?"

"Huh?" She looked at Dilraba with some confusion, thinking to herself, "You two are already like that, why are you still thinking about this? Why didn't you do this earlier?"

"It's just...it's just..." Dilraba said, seemingly opening up, "He's been replying to my messages really slowly these past two days! Sister Xiaotong, do you think he might be annoyed by me?"

Mao Xiaotong looked speechless, inwardly thinking, "Don't you know what he's been doing these past two days?" But she suppressed her expression and said gently, "Don't overthink it. Try to put yourself in his shoes. You can't reply to other people's messages immediately when you're filming."

"But I feel that his tone when he replies to me is much flatter, unlike before."

Seriously? Mao Xiaotong was both amused and exasperated, thinking to herself that she was actually comforting someone else! That scoundrel was probably having a good time with his muse somewhere these past few days!

"Dilraba, I have an idea for you," Mao Xiaotong said. "When Su Liu comes to the set, just ignore him and see how he reacts."

"Huh? Is this okay?"

"Trust me, it definitely works."

Reba tilted her head back and began to think.