Cry louder, I can't hear you.

"Do I have absolutely no chance?"

As soon as she asked the question, Li Ruoyan regretted it.

Yun Qiao has never said she likes him, and now she is engaged.

If he asks her this question at this time, wouldn't he be putting her in a difficult position?

"I... what I meant was, can we still be friends?" he stammered, trying to correct himself.

Yun Qiao paused for a moment, thinking that Shen Suwei might be outside the door, and that she couldn't really make any promises to Li Ruoyan, she hardened her heart:

"As you've seen, just the fact that we stand together is enough to spark a huge online discussion. Your profession probably doesn't allow you to have young female friends, right?"

Li Ruoyan remained silent, finding it difficult to refute.

Yun Qiao continued her attack: "Besides, I don't want my fiancé to misunderstand. If he's unhappy, I'll be unhappy too."

Li Ruoyan frowned. Would Yun Qiao be unhappy just because a man is unhappy?

Is this still Yun Qiao?

"So, you really like him?"

"Otherwise, why would I get engaged to him if I didn't like him?"

Li Ruoyan was speechless.

After a long silence, he spoke in a hoarse voice, "...Okay. I understand."

"Did you call me just now because you wanted to say something?"

"...I just wanted to apologize for the trending topic."

"Oh, no need to apologize. I don't mind, and you shouldn't take it to heart either."

Li Ruoyan almost stopped breathing, gripping her phone tightly to keep it from falling to the ground.

So, Yun Qiao doesn't even care about trending on social media with him? Then what does she care about?

No one knows how secretly pleased he was when he saw his name and Yun Qiao's name together on the trending topics and when people said they were a couple.

A destructive urge suddenly arose within me, a desire to destroy everything...

As the situation worsened, he felt a strange sense of excitement.

It would be best if this couldn't be resolved; Yun Qiao would have no choice but to stay tied to him...

His career is ruined. Will Yun Qiao feel guilty and heartbroken? Will she stay with him out of pity?

It doesn't matter, as long as I can get her, nothing else matters...

All the dark thoughts flashed through his mind, but he suppressed them one by one.

We can't do that, Yunqiao will be unhappy.

He closed his eyes, slowly exhaled, his eyelashes trembling violently. He suppressed his emotions for a long time before finally whispering again:

"it is good."

……

After hanging up the phone, Yunqiao still felt something was off.

Li Ruoyan was too calm.

Is this the gentle, submissive second male lead?

Because he is under the control of a setting, he will forgive everything no matter how others betray him.

This character design is really unfair.

Fortunately, she was just a villainous supporting character...

She's better suited to playing the villainous female supporting character.

Yun Qiao put down her phone and was just about to go to sleep when Shen Shiyu called again.

Yun Qiao glanced at the time; it was already four o'clock.

In the middle of the night, is Shen Shiyu not sleeping and browsing trending topics?

So now that they've seen the news of her "engagement" with Shen Suwei, they're here to question her?

Yun Qiao hesitated for a moment before answering her call.

"Qiaoqiao, what's going on between you and my brother?"

Sure enough, that's what they were asking about.

But what's wrong with Shen Shiyu's voice? It sounds a bit hoarse.

"You have a cold?"

It's July now, the hottest time of the year, and Shen Shiyu usually sets the air conditioner to a very low setting, so she's probably caught a cold.

"Ah... uh, yes."

Shen Shiyu's tone betrayed her guilt.

My gaze swept towards the window, where the curtains, which had just been pulled open, were still swaying.

Just a few minutes ago, Chi Zhou jumped from there.

She never expected Chi Zhou to be so bold.

Aunt Lin was still outside, and they dared to treat her like that.

If she hadn't finally found a chance to get rid of Aunt Lin, Aunt Lin probably would have sent someone else to break down the door a few hours ago...

In short, she was tormented until just now before she finally managed to get rid of Chi Zhou.

I remember before he left, he looked at me with a mournful expression and said, "You woman, you're really heartless. Aren't you afraid I'll fall?"

Shen Shiyu, recalling the time he was in bed, didn't soften her heart and immediately said irritably, "Then just fall and die."

Chi Zhou is a formidable fighter, not to mention skilled at jumping over walls.

She didn't need to worry about him falling at all.

Realizing she had gone off on a tangent, Shen Shiyu quickly pulled her thoughts back:

Are you and my brother really dating?

Yun Qiao sat on the bed, leaning against the headboard, and rubbed her forehead, feeling a bit of a headache.

What a mess! All night long, I've been dealing with this and that.

The guilt she felt towards Li Ruoyan hadn't even subsided when she had to lie to Shen Shiyu again...

Damn it, all she wanted was to live, why was it so hard?

"Yes, I like your brother."

Why do you like him?

"?" What kind of question is this?

"You don't seem like the type to like him," Shen Shiyu said, looking puzzled. "Did he threaten or intimidate you?"

"...Why do you feel that he forced me, rather than me forcing him?"

"Actually, I've always felt that his attitude towards you is special. I didn't dare to think about it before, but yesterday, when I saw him kiss you, I was sure that he likes you."

"...You found out early?" Yun Qiao was so surprised that she forgot to pay attention to her words, "I saw him kiss you."

The main point is, given Shen Shiyu's lack of sensitivity, how could she have noticed something that she herself hadn't noticed...?

Is she not as smart as Shen Shiyu?

impossible.

"How did you find out?" Yun Qiao asked, unconvinced.

"Shen Suwei doesn't come back to the Shen family often, but the few times he does, it seems like it's always around the same time you're back too."

"?"

Such a perfectly timed "several times," Shen Shiyu really knows how to hide it...

Why didn't you say so sooner?

Shen Shiyu looked somewhat innocent and puzzled:

"Why did you say that? I thought you didn't like him, since you two won't be together anyway—"

She paused, then remembered that Yun Qiao and Shen Suwei were indeed together, and felt a pang of guilt.

"I... I never expected you to be with him. You used to be so afraid of him..."

Suddenly, there was a slight commotion outside the door. Yun Qiao paused slightly and looked deeply into the doorway.

On the phone, Shen Shiyu continued talking:

"Didn't you used to never want to mention him?"

"Shiyu, this is actually a misunderstanding," Yunqiao hurriedly interrupted.

"I don't mention him not because I don't like him, but because I'm afraid you'll discover my feelings. After all, you're siblings, and it makes me feel a little awkward."

Shen Shiyu was very naive, and immediately believed him upon hearing this.

"Oh, I see..."

"Yeah, I avoided him because I was shy."

"Qiaoqiao, you've really gone through so much." Shen Shiyu said with a hint of heartache. "I'm so sorry, I've held you back. If only I had told you sooner."

Yun Qiao: "..."

Does this naive girl even remember that she was drugged by her just a few days ago? How can she chat with her so late at night without any reservations and believe everything she says?

Yun Qiao sighed inwardly, wishing Shen Suwei were this easy to fool...

I never expected to travel through five years.

He managed to win over the female lead before he could even get the male lead...

……

Hmm... Next time I write a story with an older man/younger woman dynamic, I'd better not make the male supporting character an older man/younger woman. I just can't resist younger men/younger women!

Li Ruoyan, Mom is so sorry...