You're so sweet (GL) - Chapter 26

They walked separately. Qin Ziyuan was indeed waiting for Su Jingwan, but Fang Chu was nowhere to be seen.

Qin Luo followed Chen Zifei directly. She was occasionally someone who couldn’t hide her feelings, and this time was an example. After getting into the car, she couldn’t stop smiling, which caused Chen Zifei to look at her several times.

“Did you encounter something interesting just now, Xiao Luo?” Chen Zifei asked.

“Ah? Nothing much, I just remembered a few jokes,” Qin Luo answered casually. Of course she was happy to be in a relationship. No, the even bigger reason was that she had finally won over her goddess.

Chen Zifei: “Is that so? I thought it might be related to Miss Su.”

Qin Luo suddenly snapped back to reality when she heard this, noticing the somewhat cold look in Chen Zifei’s eyes, realizing that this person seemed a little unhappy.

It wasn’t her fault that she only realized it now. She had been secretly rejoicing about Su Jingwan kissing her ever since she left the Li family villa, so she didn’t have the presence of mind to notice anyone else’s expression. Moreover, she wasn’t familiar with Chen Zifei, and she was a bit annoyed by his passive-aggressive, suggestive manner of speaking.

She hadn’t expected him to proactively talk to her again, and even bring up Su Jingwan.

“The joke is indeed related to Miss Su. Would Cousin like to hear it?” Qin Luo said with a slight smile.

If it were before, Qin Luo wouldn’t bother engaging with Chen Zifei. But it was different now. Su Jingwan was her girlfriend, so how could she let Chen Zifei talk nonsense in front of her?

Instead of guessing, it was better to be direct and see what exactly he wanted to say.

Chen Zifei might not have expected Qin Luo to answer like that. He pursed his lips, “Are you saying Su Jingwan told you a joke?”

“…No, not really. It’s just that I work at Miss Su’s company, so I heard some interesting things,” Qin Luo thought, Phew, that was close. The likelihood of Su Jingwan telling a joke was too low; she almost couldn’t keep up her story.

Chen Zifei reluctantly accepted this explanation and looked at Qin Luo, seemingly wanting to say more but holding back.

Qin Luo was impatient but pretended not to notice and didn’t initiate the conversation. In her opinion, Chen Zifei should be the one feeling more anxious right now. As for her, it didn’t matter what Chen Zifei wanted to say, so she continued to smile, showing no intention of speaking.

Finally, Chen Zifei couldn’t hold back and sighed, “Xiao Luo, you haven’t been back in J City for long, and you don’t understand many situations. You should be careful and not trust people too easily.”

“Trust people?” Qin Luo pretended to be puzzled. Old Madam Qin practically treated Su Jingwan as half of the Qin family, yet in Chen Zifei’s mouth, Su Jingwan became an outsider again.

Those words were indeed a little interesting. Qin Luo considered herself to be the outsider in the Qin family.

Chen Zifei explained to Qin Luo, “Xiao Luo, you don’t know this, but although Miss Su and Brother Ziyuan have some acquaintance, it’s just a tiny, insignificant acquaintance. Miss Su’s family company is in competition with our Qin family’s company, and she doesn’t have much say in the Su family. It’s hard to tell what she intends by getting close to Brother Ziyuan.”

“Aren’t Miss Su and Big Brother a couple?” Qin Luo countered. That’s what the rumors had been saying, or else it wouldn’t have caused so many misunderstandings.

Furthermore, Chen Zifei actually said that Su Jingwan didn’t have much say in the Su family? This was the first time Qin Luo had heard this. She had heard before that the eldest in the Su family was in charge, Su Jingwan’s father was the head of the Su family, and Su Jingwan was the eldest daughter. How could she not have any say?

“Those are just people talking nonsense. I know Brother Ziyuan best. If Su Jingwan was truly the person Brother Ziyuan liked, Brother Ziyuan would protect her very well, not like this… In short, the Su family’s affairs are very complicated, and the matters between the major families are even harder to explain clearly. Xiao Luo, you’re still young and don’t need to worry too much, but you must be clear about one thing: the Qin family is behind you. You are a member of the Qin family, which will inevitably attract the attention of people with ulterior motives. You must be more careful in the future.”

Chen Zifei made his point and said no more.

Qin Luo was utterly speechless, extremely speechless. The words Chen Zifei said made her want to rant but she didn’t know where to start. Su Jingwan didn’t need anyone to take care of her! Su Jingwan was so capable. What could Qin Ziyuan do!

What did he mean by he understood Qin Ziyuan? When Qin Ziyuan was in a relationship, he was clearly an idiot. He didn’t even know how to comfort people. All he could do was forcibly kiss and tell people to calm down. Was that considered taking good care of someone? Good my foot.

Besides, how could a bastard daughter of the Qin family become a target for others? Putting everything else aside, the only living elder in the Qin family was Old Madam Qin, who was her grandmother in name. However, the total time they had actually spent together might not even add up to a month. There was definitely no affection, at most a superficial grandmother-granddaughter relationship that could collapse at any moment.

And Qin Ziyuan, who was managing the family, only had a tiny bl00d relationship with her. Her mother was supposedly the ‘mistress’ who broke up Qin Ziyuan’s family. Even though Qin Ziyuan’s mother’s suicide wasn’t directly because of this, it was still a thorn in his side. Even if Qin Ziyuan didn’t hold a grudge, it would be difficult for him not to remember it.

Given this situation, would someone still be foolish enough to think that hitching their wagon to hers would lead to fortune and luck? They must be overthinking things.

Qin Luo had always been self-aware. Hearing Chen Zifei’s words now, she just wanted to laugh, but to avoid Chen Zifei’s continued nagging and moralizing, she pretended to be receptive, huddling in the corner and feigning seriousness.

Finally, they reached home. Qin Luo quickly got out of the car, too lazy to say anything more to Chen Zifei. Then she opened the door and found that Xu Shaotian was actually at home.

“Rare sight, Tian Tian. You’re home so early,” Qin Luo said.

“I’m on my period. I was going to talk about you, Luo Luo. You’re home so late, and you didn’t answer your phone,” Xu Shaotian was originally sprawled on the sofa playing a game. When she saw Qin Luo walk in wearing a formal dress, she completely blew up. “What’s wrong with you? Where did you go to play? You’re dressed so nicely!”

“I didn’t go playing. Old Madam just dragged me to a birthday banquet, and I didn’t bring my phone,” Qin Luo said, acting calm as she kicked off her high heels and walked to the sofa to sit down. Comfortable. Her own home was the most comfortable.

She had suddenly found her phone was dead today and, thinking there would be many people there, and she wouldn’t be able to play with her phone anyway, she simply left it in the room to charge.

“Tsk, boring. You’re so dedicated that you came back this late for just that,” Xu Shaotian lost interest and slumped back onto the sofa to play with her phone.

Xu Shaotian naturally knew that Qin Luo was determined to pretend to be ignorant and obedient around Old Madam Qin.

“But!” Qin Luo added.

“But what? Qin Luoluo, you better have something real to say, or I’m going to hit you,” Xu Shaotian picked up a cushion and threw it at Qin Luo.

Qin Luo laughed and hugged it, “I’m in a relationship.”

“…” Xu Shaotian’s eyes were half-rolled, and she froze. “What did you say? Please say it again.”

Xu Shaotian didn’t think Qin Luo would date someone else while still liking Su Jingwan, so she was very surprised to hear her say this.

“Xu Shaotian, are you deaf or slow? Is this hard to understand? I, am in a relationship.” Qin Luo hugged the cushion. She was so excited that she had to share it with someone.

Xu Shaotian saw her friend’s radiant face and inexplicable silly grin, and felt confused herself, “Who are you dating? Are you not crushing on Su Jingwan anymore?”

She looked at Qin Luo, speechless, “Don’t tell me you’re dating Su Jingwan. It’s not April Fools’ Day today.”

“What’s there to lie about? I am dating her,” Qin Luo jumped up, walked to Xu Shaotian, and looked down at her, “Today, she told me she has no relationship with Qin Ziyuan, and then… tee-hee-hee…”

After roughly explaining what happened, Xu Shaotian sat up from the sofa, hugging the pillow and contemplating.

“She and Qin Ziyuan are not in a relationship. Qin Ziyuan has his own lover. So, you two confirmed your relationship after a kiss?”

“What? It’s a romantic plot, how can you make it sound so casual?” Qin Luo smiled shyly. They kissed several times. It was very sweet, she said.

Xu Shaotian retorted, “More than casual. Why does it sound so strange to me?”

“Hey, what are you saying, you stinky Tian Tian? She’s unmarried, and I’m single. Isn’t it normal to date? Does it have to be with flowers, candles, and a proposal on bended knee to not be casual or strange?” Qin Luo said indignantly.

If Su Jingwan really did something like that, she would find it tacky. The atmosphere they had then was so good that it was completely irresistible. Kissing and dating were natural developments. Why make it so complicated?

“That’s true, but Su Jingwan is so weird. Wasn’t she quite cold towards you a few days ago? How did she suddenly get together with you after attending a birthday party? Luo Luo, did she say she likes you?” Xu Shaotian asked again.

“Of course she likes me, she said she likes me. Besides, if she didn’t like me, why would she actively kiss me? How could she kiss someone she doesn’t like?” Qin Luo countered.

Xu Shaotian looked at her friend’s beautiful face, “It’s not entirely impossible.”

“Get lost! I’m talking seriously,” Qin Luo scolded playfully. Everyone appreciates beauty, but not everyone is solely attracted to looks. How can liking and admiring be the same? There are still some differences.

Although she hadn’t been at Su Jingwan’s company for long, it was normal for Su Jingwan to like her. Qin Luo believed she had a good temper, was quite humorous and interesting, and had some personal charm.

Furthermore, even if Su Jingwan only liked her appearance, it didn’t matter. After all, she also initially liked Su Jingwan’s appearance. There was nothing wrong with that. They could get to know each other’s inner qualities gradually later. Why all the fuss about soulmates?

“Alright, alright, as long as you’re happy.” Xu Shaotian felt it might be difficult for Qin Luo to calm down at the moment. She only found it strange and couldn’t pinpoint exactly what was odd.

Su Jingwan’s quick change made her confused. But what Qin Luo said made sense. Qin Luo was inherently an attractive girl, so it was normal for Su Jingwan to be moved by her.

“Anyway, just enjoy your relationship,” Xu Shaotian was still happy for Qin Luo. It was rare for Qin Luo to fancy someone and want to pursue them. Given the previous situation, this was a turn for the better. They could date for now. Maybe Qin Luo would lose interest in Su Jingwan after a while; it was hard to say.

“La la la, I’m going to take a shower. I’m not talking to you anymore, hmph.”

Qin Luo hummed a tune, went to her room to grab her phone, turned it on, and found that Su Jingwan had actually liked one of her Moments posts.