What if you were targeted by a cool and aloof beauty?

After regaining her composure, her expression turned cold again.

“That’s right! That’s my judgment too!” Zhang Zhidong nodded, looking very serious.

"What's your opinion on this?" Jiuge continued to ask.

“A very good man! Very capable! Very impressive!” Zhang Zhidong replied, recalling how reliable An Chen had seemed when he specifically sought him out.

"I...I mean, what do you think of me and him..." Jiuge's voice trailed off.

"They're a perfect match! A perfect match!" Zhang Zhidong gave a thumbs up.

"So he really likes me?" Jiu Ge's pupils dilated, and her ears turned slightly red.

“Of course! He must really like you!” Zhang Zhidong recalled.

He also felt that An Chen cared a lot about Jiu Ge and was a very responsible boyfriend.

"I understand, thank you for your opinion, I will consider it carefully." Jiuge nodded vigorously a few times like a chick pecking at rice, then put down her phone and ran away.

"..."

Zhang Zhidong, left standing there, was somewhat bewildered.

When Jiuge entered the school, An Chen had already finished his morning classes.

"You're here for class?"

He saw Jiuge in the distance, waved, and calmly greeted her.

"Ah... um..." Jiuge walked to An Chen's side and nodded gently.

"You...you're out of school...what a coincidence..." Her expression was somewhat unnatural, and her gaze became evasive.

"You have heatstroke?"

Looking at Jiu Ge, who was stuttering a bit, An Chen was somewhat puzzled.

"Can't you even speak clearly? If you're not feeling well, go to the infirmary right away." He added earnestly, looking at Jiu Ge's slightly reddened ears.

"Oh... um, I'm fine."

"If you're really not feeling well, I can take you there first."

Although he didn't want to attract too much attention, seeing Jiu Ge's strange behavior, he felt that leaving it unattended might cause trouble.

In this situation, given Jiuge's exceptional social skills, something terrible is bound to happen sooner or later...

"I'm really fine."

After speaking, Jiuge took a deep breath, and her expression and tone returned to normal.

"Well then, I'm going to class." With that, she gave a soft snort and walked away.

An Chen glanced at Jiu Ge's retreating figure and shrugged helplessly.

I hope nothing really happens.

Because he had exchanged a few words with Jiu Ge at the school gate, An Chen noticed that the students around him were starting to look at him again.

Furthermore, their expressions became incredibly vivid and comical.

He shook his head and walked out of the school.

This time, An Chen finally understood completely that constantly avoiding suspicion was not a good way to handle things.

Besides, he and Jiuge are both innocent and have nothing to hide. If they have a clear conscience, they don't need to pay attention to those rumors.

Furthermore, even if he felt guilty, An Chen felt that he wouldn't care about those things.

He didn't want to attract attention simply because of his personal circumstances.

On his way home, An Chen stopped at a nearby farmers' market and bought some vegetables.

When he passed by a pet store, he bought a large bag of more expensive and higher-quality cat food for Naitang.

When I got home, the house was covered in cat hair again.

Despite cleaning every day, the fur on Milk Candy's body is like a perpetual motion machine, it never stops falling out.

An Chen tapped the cat's head with a hint of disdain and then gave it some fresh food.

Even when a cat is still growing, its nutrition cannot be neglected.

After being tapped a few times by An Chen for no apparent reason, Naitang let out two or three puzzled "meows?" sounds.

It suddenly felt relieved when it saw the new, tastier cat food.

After settling Naitang in, An Chen got up and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes.

He glanced at the bowls and rice cooker in the sink, which had just been rinsed with water, and was somewhat bewildered.

Although he was surprised that Jiuge, as a young lady from a wealthy family, would take the initiative to wash the dishes, he was astonished that this girl didn't even know the correct way to wash dishes.

With a sigh, An Chen picked up the dish soap and rag and started working again.

Miss Jiuge is even more stupid than he imagined...

Chapter 30 I want to talk to you...

In the following days, Jiu Ge's attitude towards An Chen was very strange.

Although things weren't exactly normal before, the current strangeness is enough for An Chen to sense that something is wrong.

Things like stealing glances at him, avoiding eye contact, hesitating to speak, speaking unclearly, being a riddle-maker, and being afraid to make a sound are all repeated like a perpetual motion machine.

Not only that, just the day before yesterday, she actually went out on a mission all by herself.

An Chen wouldn't have discovered this if he hadn't received a package containing the association's payment the next day.

An Chen pondered Jiu Ge's recent unusual behavior for a moment.

Jiuge's grades have consistently ranked first in their department, and the reason certainly couldn't be due to any pre-exam pressure.

Could it be that this little girl has realized she is the mysterious person?

Even though Zhang Zhidong had reassured Jiu Ge for a while, he was still a target of the association.

Thinking about it this way, An Chen suddenly became alert.

Because she discovered her secret but didn't know what to do, the overly upright Jiuge could only use this method to cover it up.

Although he would occasionally think Jiu Ge was stupid in his heart, this stupidity did not mean that she was not smart or that he thought she was stupid.

An Chen just felt that Jiu Ge seriously lacked certain common sense...

He believes that a normal person would not completely believe the story he told when he came back late at night a few days ago.

Even if we assume that An Chen really was Jiu Ge's suitor for many years...

Even if she was worried that she would be frightened by herself, she wouldn't resort to such a potentially disabling method as jumping out of the window...

No one, not even a fool, would believe that.

People often say that there are only two situations in which a woman becomes stupid.

One type is "pregnancy makes you stupid for three years," and the other is falling in love.

The Nine Songs clearly do not belong to either of these two categories.

After thinking it over for a long time, An Chen got up and knocked on Jiu Ge's door.

A few seconds later, the door was gently opened a crack.

"Is...is there something wrong?" Jiuge didn't stick her head out, and her tone wasn't as cold as usual.

“I want to talk to you,” An Chen said calmly.

First, we need to determine whether something has been detected.

"Talk...talk about what?" Jiuge's tone became somewhat flustered.

"I want to talk to you..."

"No discussion!"

Before An Chen could finish speaking, Jiu Ge hurriedly slammed the door shut.

"..."

After a moment of hesitation, An Chen returned to the living room expressionlessly, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Milk Candy is still sleeping soundly on the sofa during her afternoon nap.

He picked up the remote and switched the TV to the pseudo-capital news channel.

"Several patients who were unconscious at Xiaobei Hospital have gradually regained consciousness and are currently in good condition. According to their families, the patients have had a very good appetite these past few days. Since waking up and crying tears of joy, they have been eating five meals a day, and can eat at least five large bowls of rice at each meal, which is something that has never happened before."

The news was reporting on the aftermath of the incident caused by the aunt's evil spirit.

……

Jiuge was still squatting at the bedroom door.

He pressed his ear against the crack in the door, listening to the sounds outside from time to time.

After waiting for a long time, An Chen did not go upstairs again.

The television outside was still broadcasting the latest news from the puppet capital.

Listening to the host's live broadcast of the latest developments in Xiaobei District, Jiuge paid no attention and let the conversation go in one ear and out the other.

With a soft sigh, she got up and sat back down on the bed, looking dazed.

What does "talk" mean?

Is talking to her what she understands it to mean?

For some reason, Jiuge felt a little regretful.

Shouldn't I have said we shouldn't talk about it?

After careful consideration, Jiuge felt that answering "Let's talk" directly at that time wouldn't have been a bad idea.

She thought An Chen would come looking for her again, but after so much time, it seems unlikely.

Does An Chen actually like me?