Chapter 56

A peaceful morning passed by quickly, and it was soon lunchtime.

Li Qiuyu already knew the school didn’t provide lunch, so she had brought her own bento this time. Just as she was looking for a quiet place to eat, Liu Menglu suddenly appeared in front of her with a smiling face.

“You haven’t eaten yet, have you, classmate Li?” Liu Menglu looked at the bento box in Li Qiuyu’s hand, her face beaming.

Li Qiuyu nodded coldly, her hand gripping the bento tightly. It was clear she was a little nervous.

Liu Menglu didn’t mind Li Qiuyu’s coldness. She smiled as she stretched out her hand and invited Li Qiuyu, “Classmate Li, would you like to come to the balcony with me? The balcony is the quietest place; most people can’t get up there. It’s the perfect place for us to eat.”

With that, Liu Menglu proudly patted her small chest and then mysteriously winked at Li Qiuyu, her meaning clear: come with me quickly.

Li Qiuyu clutched the bento in her hand, not wanting to have too much contact with them. “Sorry, I don’t like the balcony. It’s too windy. I’d like to find a quiet place to eat by myself.” After saying that, Li Qiuyu gave a polite nod and prepared to leave.

Liu Menglu was stunned, not understanding why the person who had just shown her goodwill had suddenly become so cold. However, Liu Menglu wasn’t too bothered; it was just a little coldness, and she could just be a bit warmer.

She jogged after Li Qiuyu, her smile as bright as the sun.

“Classmate Li, just come to the balcony with me. It’s so boring with just me and Chloe on the balcony.”

Li Qiuyu was about to refuse again when Liu Menglu suddenly moved closer. The two, who had been quite far apart, were now face to face, their noses almost touching. In an instant, Li Qiuyu felt the girl’s fragrant scent, and warm, moist air was sprayed onto her lips.

At this moment, the battle-hardened Li Qiuyu didn’t dare to move. She was stiff and at a loss, her ears turning red at some point, looking as if she had been captured.

Taking advantage of her sudden proximity, Liu Menglu instinctively observed Li Qiuyu’s skin—it was delicate, smooth, and as white as jade. A gentle sniff revealed the captivating scent of camellias on the girl.

“Please say yes,” Liu Menglu pleaded. She looked pitiful, as if she wouldn’t move her head until Li Qiuyu agreed, and successfully lured the person who didn’t want to go to the rooftop up there.

Chloe was already getting a little impatient on the rooftop. She was biting into a perfectly cooked octopus meatball, feeling a bit annoyed and a bit expectant.

When Li Qiuyu came to the balcony, she and Liu Menglu would be eating delicious, fragrant food personally cooked by Liu Menglu! Only she would be left to eat a dry bun, and that would feel so good.

After all, Mengmeng had never made such cute octopus meatballs for her. Looking at the one she held with her chopsticks, Chloe took another resentful bite, and the tender, savory, and slightly spicy taste in her mouth made her feel that life was wonderful.

However, thinking that Liu Menglu had just gone to invite Li Qiuyu, Chloe’s heart once again thundered with anger.

She was now certain that Li Qiuyu was trouble.

She had to find an opportunity to get rid of Li Qiuyu so that she and Mengmeng could continue their world of two.

Just as Chloe was thinking about how to get rid of Li Qiuyu, Lu Yuting emerged from a corner. She looked at Chloe, who was sitting alone on the rooftop eating her bento, and a flash of pity crossed her eyes.

Chloe noticed Lu Yuting as soon as she arrived on the balcony. She didn’t like other people intruding on her space, but this person was grudgingly considered a friend of Liu Menglu’s, and she had good judgment. At the very least, Lu Yuting hadn’t been clinging to Liu Menglu during this time.

This was what Chloe was most satisfied with.

Because of this, when Lu Yuting approached, Chloe raised an eyebrow, looking at her as if to ask, “What are you doing here?”

Lu Yuting suddenly understood the meaning of Chloe’s gaze. She walked to Chloe’s side and handed her a book. “You might need this.”

Chloe tilted her head, looking at the item in front of her. It was a book, but it was in a gift box, so she couldn’t see what kind of book it was without opening it.

Chloe chewed on her octopus meatball, feeling a little confused by the book that looked like a gift.

Although she didn’t mind this person suddenly coming onto the balcony, she also didn’t want to have too much interaction with her.

Driven by her nature, she was about to refuse the gift-like book, but Lu Yuting’s personality was even more tsundere. Showing even a little bit of goodwill to a stranger was her limit.

Although she was a fan of the Chloe and Liu Menglu “couple.”

So, after seeing Chloe take the gift box, she quickly turned and fled as if escaping. When Chloe looked up again, all she saw was a long skirt sweeping through the air, followed by hurried footsteps, and the girl’s shadow was gone.

Chloe looked at the book in her hand with a blank expression. Although she was curious, the octopus meatballs in her hand were much better than this mysterious item.

There weren’t many octopus meatballs, and even though Chloe ate them slowly, she still finished them.

Looking at the high sun outside, Chloe reluctantly put down the bento box. Maybe she was truly bored, so Chloe wiped her hands and opened the gift Lu Yuting had given her.

The title—”How to Win Back Your Lover’s Heart.”

Chloe: ?????

Chloe was confused, looking at the book with a pink cover.

Win back a lover? When did I even fall in love?

Although she found the book a bit strange, Chloe, who was feeling a little bored, opened the first page.

On the very first page, a line of text was written.

“Do you feel like the person who used to be so good to you has suddenly become cold?”

“Did a stranger suddenly come between the two of you, and they are now treating that stranger better than you?”

The two short sentences in the book instantly struck a chord in Chloe’s heart. It was exactly like that!

Liu Menglu, who used to be the best to her, had prepared a bento for someone else today. If she hadn’t been smart enough to switch the bento, that Li Qiuyu would have been able to eat Mengmeng’s lunch today!

And there were even octopus meatballs in it that she had never eaten before.

So angry!

As she thought about it, Chloe glared fiercely at the bento box, as if it were Li Qiuyu herself.

She continued to turn the pages, resonating with countless things in the book. It was true, everything had changed after Li Qiuyu appeared. But why did the book keep talking about the conflict between the two people without telling her how to solve it?

Chloe, filled with doubt, continued to read.