Why are you always thinking about dating me?

But the next second, it appeared.

Lin An grimaced and cried out in pain.

Because Luo Shuishui stepped on his foot, gave him a glare with her clear, bright eyes, but still had a smile on her lips.

"Lin An...you're welcome, you're great."

"I still have to say thank you, thanks to you, Shui Shui." Lin An replied as before. Then Luo Shui Shui withdrew her foot, turned around and left. Lin An looked at her slender legs from behind, which were very pleasing to the eye, so he wanted to take a second look.

Su Yuejin returned to the tree after a while, but the regret of losing had not completely disappeared, and she still seemed somewhat unwilling.

"You can't beat her. She was the city's high school girls' badminton singles champion before."

Su Yuejin's eyes widened.

"Back then, she said her mother loved playing badminton, so she played a lot since she was little. Losing wasn't a big deal, so she didn't need to worry about it," Lin An said softly, knowing that Su Yuejin was probably quite competitive.

"Hehe, I didn't lose, she lost." Su Yuejin accepted it calmly after hearing Lin An say that, but what she was thinking was that she had won anyway. Luo Shuishui invited Lin An, but he didn't accept because she had tugged at his clothes. He chose her instead of Luo Shuishui.

That guy must be furious right now, right?

"Do you think Luo Shuishui is angry?" Su Yuejin read aloud to Lin An with a grin.

"Perhaps a little, but not much. She's confused now, confused about what I'm thinking. She's starting to lose track of my behavior, but before that, she became curious, which is dangerous," Lin An analyzed softly.

"Hmm? What do you mean? Come to think of it, you haven't told me yet what kind of person Luo Shuishui is. I only remember you saying she's gentle."

"She is indeed gentle, but now it seems she is also quite intelligent and a very interesting girl."

Su Yuejin pinched his waist without making a sound.

"Interesting? Is it her who's interesting, or am I more interesting?"

"Mmm, oh, I think it's you." Lin An gave a perfunctory reply, but Su Yuejin wasn't angry at all. Even if it was a perfunctory reply, it was still her choice.

"But Lin An... why did you choose to stay with me? Didn't you want to push me far away? Or is it that you've started to like me? Hmm?"

"You definitely won't like hearing the truth, and you might even pinch me again in a little while."

"Tell me, I promise I won't pinch you."

Lin An paused slightly before slowly reciting.

"Because I found Luo Shuishui to be very interesting. Today she deliberately let you know that she was the one who stopped you from transferring classes, so you will go to find her. But she usually takes a walk on the playground after lunch and doesn't go back to the classroom so quickly, but I will."

"She went back to the classroom immediately today, which was unusual, because she knew you would come looking for her, and I happened to be in the classroom. She wanted me to see your conversation, and she guessed that I would go up and ask out of curiosity, since she knew I would guess that this matter was about me."

"So her whole purpose was to guide me, to get me to ask her why she was stopping you from transferring classes."

"Of course, she did this just to make me feel that she still likes me a little. Otherwise, why would she do this? She must be jealous, right? But actually, she's not jealous at all. So this guy is acting out of character because she wants to play me? She wants to see me looking smug about my guess?"

"So I didn't ask. If I didn't ask, it must be because she was anxious. When she was anxious, she revealed her weakness. So she came up to me without thinking and asked me to play together. And she always chose to do it when you were around. If she really wanted to play with me, she could have just woken me up at the start of PE class."

"So I chose you to disgust her. She doesn't like me, and I maliciously speculate that she wants me to like her because she can't accept that I deceived her for so long. But... I really, really hate being controlled and bound. My tolerance is only for one person, no one else."

"So, I choose you."

So when Lin An pretended not to understand and thanked Luo Shuishui for her help, Luo Shuishui would get furious and stomp on his foot.

Because she knew he understood, and then she knew... she had lost.

It took Su Yuejin a minute or two to figure out what Lin An had said. Her eyes sparkled with interest. She found it very interesting and thought Lin An was incredibly amusing at this moment. No wonder he was the man she liked!

"So what's next? Tell me quickly, what's your next step? If she makes another move, will you give her another good beating?"

Lin An looked at Su Yuejin and couldn't understand why she was so excited, so he helplessly reached out a hand and pinched her cheek.

"Why are you getting so worked up? There's no next step. She's angry now. She has a personality trait called 'not competing,' which is basically laziness. So when she realized she couldn't outmaneuver me, she should have backed down. So in the future... we probably won't be friends anymore."

"It's a pity that I lost a good friend."

Lin An lowered his head slightly, his voice sounding somewhat sad.

Chapter Thirty-Six Private Photos

"You seem a little sad?" Su Yuejin asked tentatively.

Lin An raised his head and took a deep breath. "It's alright, not that bad, just a little bit. After all, Luo Shuishui is a very gentle girl. But I don't think I did anything wrong."

"If I really let you go and make Luo Shuishui fall in love with you again, can you do it?" Su Yuejin asked in his ear, looking very interested.

"I can't do it." Lin An shook his head.

"Well, I don't believe it."

"Do you think I'm some kind of lovable male protagonist from a novel? Liking someone is a complicated thing; it's an illusion that can be constructed. But true liking ultimately stems from mutual comfort. So once the illusion fades, I find it difficult to get along with other girls because I'm selfish and don't like to be tolerant of others, and because I don't care that much about love."

"Love is very important."

"But aren't there always young people who post little updates and tell little stories every day, saying they're heartbroken? They're always fishing, complaining, envious, and talking nonsense. Some people have a disease called 'wanting to die if no one loves you.' We usually call these people 'useless.'"

Lin An jokingly muttered to himself as the bell rang, signaling the end of PE class. He had to go back to the classroom; there were only three more classes left in the afternoon. The curriculum was easy, which was why Lin An loved this school and had plenty of free time to do fun things.

The school has clubs, but Lin An has never participated in any of them. He might as well go home and play video games instead.

He said goodbye to Su Yuejin and treated her to a Cornetto ice cream, lemon and sea salt flavor. He also got one for himself. Together with Su Yuejin, they held their ice creams and returned to the classroom. As soon as Lin An entered the classroom, his gaze inexplicably drifted to Luo Shuishui.

She sat there, looking unusually quiet, as if she was lost in thought. Lin An walked past her, and Luo Shuishui didn't seem to notice. Then Lin An returned to his seat and continued watching the Japanese drama.

One day was enough to finish watching it. The ending was pretty good, Lin An thought to himself. Then school was over. Wednesday was the Mid-Autumn Festival and Friday was National Day. The two holidays were combined, making it a total of seven days.

However, he really didn't have any plans for a holiday. After all, there wasn't much he wanted to do. On his way home from school, Lin An quickened his pace. When he got home, he climbed the stairs to his room and opened the window.

The evening breeze blew up the curtains, and Lin An closed the window a little smaller. Then he turned on his computer, turned on the voice microphone, and logged into his rented game account. Xiao Chacha logs on very early, and she only logs on when Lin An is online, because losing the promotion match would be troublesome.

What are you playing?

"I'll play Lulu, you play AD, let's play it safe in the promotion series."

"Row."

Lin An banned Caitlyn and asked Xiao Chacha to ban Senna as well. Then he picked Vayne, a high-risk, high-reward champion. As long as you dare to fight and make skillful plays, you can deal damage.

After winning two games in a row, Xiao Chacha successfully advanced to the next round, and Lin An breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Chacha's Lulu skill level was practically nonexistent; aside from providing shields, she couldn't poke, harass, or ward in lane, and she couldn't roam. It was all up to him, but thankfully they won.

"I got Diamond II!! I got Diamond II!!"

"Yes, got it."

"Then I'll stop playing for now. I have things to do for the next few days, and I need to take care of some things. You'll have more time to spend with Su Yuejin then," Xiao Chacha said, and Lin An was taken aback.

"Um...it's nothing."

He was still a little disappointed, after all, it meant losing some income for the next few days. If he were alone, he would definitely not touch the game.

Xu Qinghuan seemed to have returned very early today. She had changed her clothes again, wearing a gray tank top and hot pants. She walked into Lin An's room and put her hands on his back.

"What are you doing?"

"Huh? I guess there won't be any orders these days. The female boss is busy, and I don't know what to do."

"How about I play a couple of rounds with you?"

“Okay, I’ll play support for you.” Lin An nodded.

So Lin An logged into his account. He hadn't played the maintenance game in a long time and had dropped to Grandmaster rank. Xu Qinghuan's rank was higher than his because she had put a lot of effort into the game, practicing last-hitting and watching tutorials. Plus, she was very talented and had achieved a high rank.

Because streaming games in the future is one of her plans, but it hasn't started yet, Lin An invited her to duo queue. Lin An chose Thresh, and Xu Qinghuan took AD. Her AD played very aggressively, basically either fighting or dying in lane, with no concept of last hitting.

The two won two more rounds in a row. As the sky began to darken slightly, neither of them had eaten dinner yet. Lin An asked Xu Qinghuan what she wanted to eat, and he would make it for her.

Xu Qinghuan wants to eat shredded pork with green peppers and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Lin An came out of the room, went to the kitchen, picked out five or six green peppers from the refrigerator, and there was also lean meat that he bought yesterday in the freezer. It was frozen solid and easy to cut into strips. He rinsed the cut meat strips with water, put them in a bowl, added a little salt and MSG, a little water and starch, and an egg white. He then rotated the bowl clockwise for about one or two minutes to make the meat more tender.

Cut the green bell pepper into strips and crush one or two cloves of garlic.

Heat the pan, then sauté the garlic until fragrant, add the shredded pork and stir-fry until cooked, finally add the green peppers, a little soy sauce to enhance the flavor, and a little sugar to balance the taste. Soon the house is filled with a delicious aroma.

Tomato and egg stir-fry is much simpler. Crack two or three eggs into a bowl, then chop the tomatoes. First, heat the oil until it's quite hot, then pour in the eggs. Once the eggs are set, break them up and remove them from the water. Next, stir-fry the tomatoes and a little water, then add the eggs, chicken bouillon, MSG, and salt.

Lin An is very good at home cooking because he usually cooks at home. He can make almost anything that Xu Qinghuan likes to eat, and he can cook a different dish every month. He will make whatever Xu Qinghuan wants to eat, and he will learn how to cook if he doesn't know how.

He doesn't usually have that much patience for other girls.

Once the dishes were ready and the rice was cooked, enough for two people, it was around seven o'clock. Xu Qinghuan came out wearing rabbit slippers and sat down at the table with Lin An to start eating.

Lin An stared at Xu Qinghuan's tank top for a couple of seconds.

Because of her large breasts, the tank top outfit looked very sexy. His gaze moved from her chest up to the girl's slender, curvaceous collarbone before finally settling on her face.

This is my sister's home-based welfare.

After the two finished eating, Xu Qinghuan obediently washed the dishes this time. It seemed that she didn't have anything to do lately. After dinner, the two sat on the sofa and watched TV.

An idol drama was playing on the TV screen. Lin An was holding potato chips, but most of them were not for himself; they were for Xu Qinghuan.

"You eat too," Xu Qinghuan said, with a potato chip he had just fed her in her mouth. Lin An leaned over and took the chip into her own mouth.

Xu Qinghuan's eyebrows and eyes curved into crescents.

After eating the potato chips, Lin An took a sip of the water on the table and then handed it to Xu Qinghuan.

Xu Qinghuan was taken aback.

"I don't want to drink water."

"Then I'm heading out?" Lin An said with a smile.

"You're threatening me?!" Xu Qinghuan raised her small fist, but unfortunately it didn't look threatening at all.

"Of course not." Lin An's tone was tantamount to saying, "I'm threatening you."

However, Xu Qinghuan still held the cup and took two small sips. Then, she took off her slippers, stood on the sofa, walked to Lin An, and straddled his lap.

She leaned forward, close to his cheek, her chest pressed against his chest.

"I hate you." She said this, but still obediently moved closer and brought her pink lips to his face.

Lin An put his arm around her shoulder, but his fingertips wandered restlessly over her body.

..............................

Even after Xu Qinghuan finally broke free from Lin An's embrace, panting, she refused to give up and insisted on letting Lin An kiss her until he was completely exhausted. But she lost, half-leaning against him, and was held tightly in his arms.

Lin An's movements were still so gentle, without pinching her too hard.

"What did you and Su Yuejin talk about under the tree today?"