Once outside the door, Jiang Linyuan reached out to pinch Su Muzhi's cheek.
Su Muzhi had anticipated this, twisting her body and slipping away from his grasp.
"Hehe, what's Jiang-classmate doing? Didn't we agree you'd play the part of a weak pretty boy?"
She faced him, brows arched upward, hands behind her back, walking backward.
"How many extra scenes did you secretly add back in that room?"
Jiang Linyuan said irritably.
She'd gotten way too into performing that queen routine.
I'm totally getting payback next ti!
"It's not acting, it's just my true nature coming through."
Su Muzhi stopped in her tracks, extending her index finger to poke his forehead.
"If it's your true nature, then why were you shoving into soone else's arms?"
Jiang Linyuan said.
Su Muzhi tapped his forehead:
"I'm not actually a self-cucker, you know."
"Then what do you think a real self-cucker looks like?"
"Husband screws soone, I hand him a condom; husband gets screwed, I take photos; husband screws , I scream; I screw husband, I smirk?"
"...Xiao Su, can you be a little more refined?"
"What's wrong? You wanna copy that whole 'untouched by worldly affairs' act of Shen Wanyu's too?"
Su Muzhi rolled her eyes at Jiang Linyuan.
This guy's got so nerve lecturing .
"Oh, speaking of the Departnt Head, that reminds —she said there are caras in every room of this Courtyard House. Did you know about that, Xiao Su?"
Bringing up Shen Wanyu made Jiang Linyuan ask another question.
"I know, I even picked the spots for them. But it's been years—she hasn't taken them down?"
Su Muzhi said carelessly.
"Nope. The Departnt Head secretly used the cara to spy on today, and it didn't look that old at all."
Jiang Linyuan recalled the cara's appearance in the room—it wasn't old at all, still quite new.
"That figures. She's the type who likes things to stay the sa. Probably thought it was too much trouble to dismantle, but didn't want them to go to waste, so she just upgraded them instead."
After saying this, Su Muzhi elbowed Jiang Linyuan in the ribs:
"How did you even know she was watching you through the cara?"
"The Departnt Head told ."
"I an, why wasn't she sleeping so late at night?"
"Miss Zhao ca over to the Departnt Head's place and called her..."
"And you? Why weren't you asleep either? Don't tell Zhao Qiulu barged into your room and woke you up when she arrived?"
"Couldn't sleep."
Su Muzhi stopped walking and gave him a strange look:
"Hehe, don't tell you can't sleep without holding ?"
"Ah..."
As she spoke, she lightly covered her mouth, the corners of her eyes lifting:
"So childish, really adorable."
"What nonsense are you spouting! It's your ironing-board figure that makes it impossible to sleep, Xiao Su!"
That was a lie. Though he couldn't tell if she was lying on her back or stomach when he held her, the feel of her was actually still quite soft and tender.
A-cup form.
"Hehe, then if you've got the balls, go sleep with Shen Wanyu tonight."
Su Muzhi sneered.
"I'm sleeping alone tonight."
Jiang Linyuan said.
Su Muzhi stared at him for a mont, then headed toward her own room, suddenly asking:
"Did Li Wang and Zhao Qiulu do that on purpose?"
"Yeah, probably."
"What do you think Li Wang's motive is?"
"Too many possibilities. Maybe he's just into that kind of thing?"
Jiang Linyuan said casually.
Miss Zhao's intentions were easy to read—she was trying to paint herself as a fragile, heartbroken girl to lure him in.
As for Li Wang, there's no way he actually likes green tea types, right?
Does he have a system too?
"I'm guessing it's for that photography girl."
Su Muzhi said.
"Photography girl? Xia Tao..."
Jiang Linyuan realized, a pained expression spreading across his face.
"Xiao Su, don't tell you think Li Wang is a gender-swapped Zhao Qiulu and has his eye on Xia Tao?"
"Very possible, think about it. After all this, what benefit does either Zhao Qiulu or Li Wang get? Aren't they both victims?"
Su Muzhi smiled:
"One is the innocent girlfriend wrongly accused by her boyfriend, the other is the pitiful boyfriend cuckolded by his girlfriend..."
"Zhao Qiulu wants to seduce you, so what about Li Wang?"
Jiang Linyuan thought for a mont, then added:
"But that doesn't add up, does it? Li Wang and Xia Tao are childhood sweethearts. If he had feelings for her, why would he do sothing like this?"
Su Muzhi looked at him and smiled:
"Childhood sweethearts don't have to end up together. Do you think Xia Tao has romantic feelings for Li Wang?"
"If she really liked him, when he got doused with milk tea at the shop that afternoon, she should've stepped up instead of thinking about how to avoid escalating their conflict."
Xiao Su had a point.
Xia Tao really didn't seem interested in Li Wang. After this, Li Wang would probably play the heartbroken victim.
That classic script: "My girlfriend dumped , no one else loves him, so I will."
"You've never used a tactic like that to trick a girl?"
Su Muzhi reached her door and turned to look at Jiang Linyuan.
"No."
Jiang Linyuan shook his head. Pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend—that stuff was terrifying.
It's like when soone fakes being enthusiastic; everyone looks down on them. But when soone's genuinely enthusiastic, everyone takes it in stride.
"Mhm. Want to give it a try?"
?
Jiang Linyuan slowly turned his head to look at Su Muzhi standing in the doorway, a little dazed:
"Xiao Su, what are you saying?"
"Go find yourself a girlfriend. I want to see how I'd react."
Su Muzhi said.
?
No way. His brain couldn't keep up anymore.
Jiang Linyuan couldn't help but complain:
"If I find a girlfriend, do you still think we have a future?"
"Why not? It's not like we're married. Even if we were, we could get divorced."
"Xiao Su, what if I end up actually happy with my girlfriend? Like, sweet and blissful together?"
"Didn't I already say? I'd just steal you back, wouldn't I?"
Wow, this Xiao Su.
She was trying to flip the ga, wasn't she?
Jiang Linyuan was too exhausted to argue, so he just started talking nonsense:
"Then I'll go ask the Departnt Head if she can be my girlfriend."
"Her? No."
"Then I'll get together with the Thief Saint instead."
"Her either."
"This won't work, that won't work either. Guess I'll just find a stranger."
"I think Xiao Yilin would do."
Su Muzhi suddenly said.
Jiang Linyuan froze.
"I'm guessing you'll go find her later anyway. Why not try dating her?"
Su Muzhi said with a smile.
"We'd definitely break up eventually, wouldn't we? That's just straight-up playing with her feelings."
Jiang Linyuan said.
"Like you haven't done that plenty of tis before?"
"It's different. Xiao Yilin's a good girl. She doesn't deserve to be treated like that."
"So it's fine for you to flirt with her while being all lovey-dovey with ?"
Su Muzhi let out a cold laugh.
Jiang Linyuan fell silent.
"You can be clear with her. I'm giving you permission to date her. Got a problem with that? I'll play the villain. When you want to break up, just say I forced you to."
Su Muzhi said, completely indifferent.
"Stop talking, Xiao Su."
Jiang Linyuan sighed.
Just how much do you have to hurt yourself before you'll give up?
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