I turned reality into a romantic comedy.

"Cough cough...N-nothing!"

Xu Youwei sat up abruptly, waving her hand dismissively as if trying to cover up her misunderstanding:

"Maybe it's a lingering effect from spinning around just now; I still feel a bit hot."

"You're hot, why are you still wearing my coat?"

Chen Junqian leaned lazily against the sofa and pointed out her flaw with incisive insight.

"That's the rule for the Great Adventure!"

Xu Youwei immediately retorted, but wrapped the coat, which still carried the other person's warmth, even tighter with her hands, as if afraid that someone would see the complex, shameful yet sweet inner monologue she had just been having.

She glared at the troublesome truth card and quickly changed the subject.

"Alright, alright, Lin Mu has answered this question. Let's move on to the next round!"

Happy times are always fleeting. If Lin Mu hadn't suddenly realized that her diary entry was still untouched, the three of them would probably have continued their truth or dare game until bedtime.

As Lin Mu returned to his room with his diary and began to hurriedly write a lot of entries for the day, Xu Youwei bid farewell to Chen Junqian and changed back into her own clothes.

"I had so much fun tonight!"

"Yeah, so I've always felt that Yoyo doesn't need to be too deliberate; being happy is the most important thing."

"I know."

Xu Youwei had only taken two steps outside when she suddenly turned back. She wanted to give him a big hug, or perhaps take things a step further, like they had that morning when they were alone together. But then she remembered the scene in Zhu Wenyun's new book where they were discovered, so she forcibly suppressed the urge.

"Qinqin, goodnight."

Good night, see you tomorrow.

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Chapter 76: The Blade of Mumu 1.0 (Two-in-One)

Perhaps because the truth or dare game last night had really drained the two teenage girls' energy, Chen Junqian didn't get attacked by anyone again that night, just like on New Year's Eve the day before, and slept soundly until the next morning.

Although it was obvious that his sister wouldn't wake him up today, Chen Junqian still didn't intend to get up after regaining consciousness. Instead, he kept his eyes closed and pretended to sleep as usual.

If Mu Mu comes over today, then this will be the seventy-ninth time she has woken him up.

The last time was in mid-October last year, and now four months have passed without us even realizing it.

It has to be said that among the romantic comedy achievements that can be repeatedly obtained, this is the slowest to progress, without exception. After all, even the welfare-related achievements, which were also once very slow to progress, have made a leap forward in the last two years. Considering that this achievement was first triggered not long after his rebirth, it seems even rarer.

There's no way around it. After all, in terms of geographical proximity, Lin Mu can't really be considered the most traditional childhood sweetheart. Rather, the fact that they've accumulated nearly a hundred encounters over the years is already a result of the other party's best efforts to take care of and accommodate his childhood sweetheart's 'quirks'.

As expected, Lin Mu did not forget his promise to his childhood sweetheart, who was considered a "grown-up boy" in the eyes of his parents and relatives. With the simple thought that "it seems like I can go and wake Qianqian up again today," he hummed a song and started to sit up in bed to get dressed, showing no intention of staying in bed.

However, before she could finish packing and head to Chen Junqian's room, there was a knock on her own door. Lin Mu answered, and then saw Xu Youwei push the door open and walk in.

"Weiwei, are you up so early? Is it because you didn't sleep well last night?"

Even ignoring the fact that her half-worn sweater was still stuck at her chest, Lin Mu subconsciously asked her this question, her tone full of concern.

"No, it's quite quiet here at night. Rather, I slept very well and had a high quality of sleep, so I woke up very early. Besides, Mu Mu said I got up early. Aren't you getting dressed too?"

"Because I need to wake Qianqian up in a little while."

With ease, Lin Mu pulled down the sweater, which wasn't actually stuck to her chest, and smoothed it out. She then tidied her slightly unruly hair and answered as if it were perfectly natural.

"Qinqin does really like being woken up. I doubt the girls at school who like him would believe it. They always thought Qinqin was some kind of aloof academic genius. No, he's also really good at playing the piano. It seems like most of the girls who confess to him like him for those reasons."

"I always felt that Weiwei cared a lot about these girls who liked Qianqian."

Lin Mu smiled and replied, but she knew very well that this was Xu Youwei's way of comforting or motivating herself. Just like how the best way to comfort someone is not to say "You're great" but "So-and-so is much worse off than you," Xu Youwei would feel happy whenever she thought about all the girls around her who liked Qianqian but didn't even know what kind of person he was. She was already used to it.

"Because I would think their liking is rather superficial."

"Oh, so Weiwei asked which faction Yun belonged to."

"What do you mean by Wenjun's faction?"

"I just feel that the process of falling in love with someone cannot be simple, and I don't believe in love at first sight. I also feel that if you fall in love too easily, it's not true love."

Even he himself was making it hard to pronounce, so Lin Mu tried very hard to straighten his tongue:

"So the heroines in her books have to go through a lot of things with the male protagonists before they can finally confess their love and get together."

"That's not fair to say. Wenjun and I are different. Anyway, her thought process is different from ours. Mumu just shouldn't learn from her in the future."

"Don't worry about Weiwei, I can't learn her great writer's views on love."

Even though they had already started talking about love, Xu Youwei still felt that the other person's words had a certain awkwardness, like scratching an itch through a boot. The atmosphere between the three of them was the same last night, but after a whole night, Lin Mu seemed to be acting like nothing had happened.

That's why, after hesitating for a moment, Xu Youwei directly asked her friend:

What is Mu Mu thinking?

"Huh? What?"

"in love."

"I don't know. If I had to say, it would probably be like my dad and mom. I really like their way of getting along."

Although Lin Mu's answer was still somewhat unclear, Xu Youwei was still keenly aware of some information revealed in it. So, did this mean that the other party had skipped the dating stage from the beginning and jumped directly to the stage of an old married couple after marriage?

However, considering Lin Mu's past behavior, it's not surprising that the other party would have such thoughts. After all, if we consider that a major reason for teenagers to fall in love early is family problems, and they hope to seek attention and love from the outside world, then Lin Mu doesn't seem to have the idea of ​​wanting to be loved.

Because this is what she has never lacked since she was a child.

Moreover, unlike the pampered young ladies in various stories who are often treated like precious gems but whose personal freedom is restricted or who are raised like hothouse flowers and thus easily deceived by outsiders, Lin Mu's upbringing is much better. In addition, she has always had a clear goal of studying hard to make her family proud. With all these factors combined, it seems that she really can't find a reason to want to be in a relationship.

Could it be that the other person's true thoughts are different from what she initially thought, so even if I publicly announce my relationship with Qinqin in front of her, it's not a big deal...?

Xu Youwei's idea had barely formed when Lin Mu immediately began to complain:

"But Qianqian is strange. You see, my dad is usually a super big boss outside, and wherever he goes, he's called this CEO or that chairman. But he's different in front of my mom. It's not like what you just said, Weiwei, that other people like him because they don't understand him."

"Well, Weiwei, don't tell Qianqian this. More than a year ago, when he got injured in the chemistry lab because of me, I was so upset I felt like I was going to die. But in the month after he got injured, I sometimes felt so happy I felt like I was going to die."

“Weiwei really hates your dad drinking, right? So she always tells Qianqian not to drink in the future. But actually I don’t hate my dad drinking. In fact, I often find the way he and my mom interact when he’s drunk to be particularly interesting, even when he’s throwing up. When I was little, I loved to stand far away and watch my mom take care of my dad. I would always ask her, ‘Doesn’t it smell bad?’ She would tell me that if I thought it smelled bad, I wouldn’t have married my dad. After all, drinking isn’t something he wanted to do, and my dad doesn’t act crazy when he’s drunk.”

"He just talks a lot of nonsense like a little kid. Sometimes it's what he said to his mother when they first met, and sometimes it's what he said about how he would do things in the future. My mother would agree with him and take good care of him. When she laughed, she would kiss him; when she cried, she would comfort him; when she was both crying and laughing, she would hug him, pat his back, hold his wrist, and tap his pulse to show that she was there for him."

“Some people like to be taken care of, and some people like to take care of others. But I don’t think I’m the kind of person who likes to take care of others. Being taken care of is a very happy thing. I’ve been taken care of by everyone since I was a child. I know it’s good. But there are definitely different kinds of taking care of others. Just like my mother only takes care of my father in the same way, and my father only lets my mother take care of him in the same way.”

"But, but, but! Qianqian, this childhood sweetheart, is different. He doesn't need to be taken care of at all. Let me say it again, it's completely different from what you think, Weiwei, or what Wenyun wrote in the book. It's not some story of 'a childhood sweetheart who is perfect in the eyes of outsiders but only shows his true self in front of me and turns out to have all sorts of little flaws.' Even the Qianqian that the two of us see is still the same, essentially no different from what other people who don't know him at all see."

"What's so special about that? We don't know him, so we think he's perfect. We get to know him, and we still think he's perfect. He can solve everything, even adult problems. It's like there's no problem in the world that he can't handle. Then we're no different from everyone else. Even the most amazing adults have their own troubles, but he just doesn't show any of them."

"So it's the same as my dad getting drunk. I said before that I would be so happy that I would die after Qianqian got injured, but of course I don't like his injury. Just like my dad and mom never like getting drunk. It's because so many people in this world have such a thick wall in their minds, so people expect you to get injured, sick, or uncomfortable so that you can reveal that little flaw."

"Actually, when I was a child, I especially loved the scene in the second episode of 'Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit Seven Heroes' where Lan Tu heals Rainbow Cat. That was the 'perfect childhood sweetheart in the eyes of outsiders only shows her true self in front of me, and she actually has all sorts of little flaws' that I've been thinking about and learning for a long, long time."

“I just want him to look uncomfortable in front of me. Actually, maybe a minor illness like a cold or fever would be enough. I would sit quietly by his side and watch over him, change his towel, peel an apple for him, tuck him in, and hold his hand to coax him to sleep. If he wakes up and wants to drink warm water, I would use two clean cups to keep pouring hot water back and forth to cool him down. If he finds the medicine I make bitter, I would taste it myself and comfort him by saying it's not bitter. If it's a pill, I would secretly slip it into his favorite tangerine to trick him into eating it.”

After such a long speech that left Xu Youwei dumbfounded, Lin Mu slowly put on the last piece of clothing and then sat down to put on his socks.

"...But Qianqian is never like this, right?"

"Ah, yes."

Hsu Yu-wei simply nodded mechanically in response.

She felt her mind was in complete chaos.

"Are you two together today?"

Upon seeing the two girls in front of him, Chen Junqian rubbed his eyes, which were not actually sleepy.

"Because Weiwei happened to come looking for me, we came together to wake Qianqian up."

Lin Mu sat there obediently, while Xu Youwei next to him had a dreamy expression, as if she had been shocked by something unexpected.

"Speaking of which, did Qianqian listen to that wake-up audio I recorded for him before?"

"Oh, that? Yes, we do."

Chen Junqian certainly wouldn't mention that this thing had been banned by Chen Xi. And it wasn't exactly a lie; it was mainly because one of his younger sisters hadn't kept her promise, so he would sometimes take it out to listen to it himself. However, he wouldn't go so far as to tangle himself with the headphone cord like the other sister did.

"That's good, because I originally wanted to use that to wake Qianqian up instead of me, since I can't wake you up every day like I do today."

Seemingly quite satisfied with Chen Junqian's answer, Lin Mu smiled and nodded again, then stood up from the edge of the bed.

"Is Qianqian going back today?"

"Well, it's best not to bother you any further."

"Excuse."

Lin Mu simply pursed his lips in response:

"We can't find a single person here who would say, 'Qianqian, isn't it inconvenient for you to stay here?'"

After a while, she added:

"Weiwei too, if you want, you can stay here until school starts."

"My sister is still downstairs."

"Look, Qianqian is willing to tell the truth now, but what about Weiwei?"

"I'll go down with him too. The main thing is that I didn't bring my homework up. I need to hurry up and finish my winter break homework so I don't have to rush to finish it in the last two days before school starts."

"Alright, after lunch I'll have Dad drive you back to Guoning city."

"Okay, thank you, Mumu."

"It's alright, Qianqian, get dressed and get up. Breakfast should be ready by now."

Watching Lin Mu pull Xu Youwei, who seemed to have something to say but hesitated, back out of the room, Chen Junqian felt a little uneasy. He then subconsciously checked the other person's personal panel and quickly noticed a significant change in a certain value.

Speaking adaptability...A?

Did Mumu say anything special just now?

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PS2: I did consider combining that long string of remarks into one paragraph, but after thinking about it, I realized it wasn't necessary.

PS3: After all, it's only version 1.0.

Chapter 77: An Unfulfilled Wish (Bonus Chapter)

The mountain road winds and twists in the afternoon, like a gray ribbon wrapped around the lush forest. Sunlight filters through the leaves, dappling the windshield of the car and forming golden halos.