Lu Yunshu drove Jin Hanshuang home.
Before getting out of the car, Jin Hanshuang turned back and said, "It was quite good, very sweet."
Then she asked, "When did you buy it?"
"A few days ago," Lu Yunshu said, "When work gets stressful, I like to have something sweet, so I bought some candies for the office and occasionally carry one or two with me."
"Oh~"
Jin Hanshuang reached out and patted her shoulder, a comforting gesture.
"Drive safely."
Lu Yunshu watched her leave, only starting the car after her figure completely disappeared.
On the way home, Lu Yunshu was in a great mood.
A simple compliment made her heart swell with joy, and she felt a bit elated even after getting home.
Jin Hanshuang didn't blame her for being abrupt.
Jin Hanshuang accepted her candy.
Jin Hanshuang said it was good.
Such a simple thing made her so happy, as if their relationship would progress smoothly without any rejection.
As soon as she got home, she was bombarded with questions in the group chat.
Everyone was very concerned about her first love, mainly because the other person's identity was quite special, and she really liked her.
She said it was good.
She said it went smoothly.
Then Little Fanfan said: [Being friends went smoothly?]
As straightforward as ever.
"......"
[Lu Yunshu]: Slowly but surely
[Fan Jia]: It's already good that being friends went smoothly
[Fan Jia]: After all, she's Shen Wenxin's stepmother
[Little Fanfan]: True
[Little Fanfan]: [Pat on the shoulder]
[Little Fanfan]: Our Yunshu, such a hard life
Lu Yunshu: "......"
Silent.
Le You suddenly posted photos.
Her tourist photos.
The topic in the group chat quickly shifted to the city she visited, lively and never boring.
While they were chatting, a message popped up on Lu Yunshu's phone.
Jin Hanshuang asked if she had arrived home safely.
She immediately replied: [Yes.]
[Jin Hanshuang]: Good, go have dinner
[Lu Yunshu]: Okay
[Lu Yunshu]: You too
Jin Hanshuang didn't reply again, putting down her phone and waiting for Shen Wenxin to pick her up for dinner.
......
After having dinner, Jin Hanshuang and Shen Wenxin found it was still early, so they went to their usual quiet bar for a while.
They ordered two special drinks, listened to the person on stage singing, and chatted leisurely in a corner, feeling very relaxed.
Suddenly, Jin Hanshuang's phone lit up.
While talking to Shen Wenxin, she picked up her phone and unlocked it.
[Lu Yunshu]: What are you doing?
She seemed very bored.
So bored that she came to find her.
Jin Hanshuang glanced at Shen Wenxin across from her, thought for a moment, and smiled as she opened the camera, aiming it at Shen Wenxin's hand holding the glass, and snapped a photo.
Shen Wenxin noticed her action.
"What are you doing?"
"Taking a picture of you."
"Didn't capture my face, right?"
"Nope, does our President Shen want to check?"
Shen Wenxin shook her head, picked up her drink, and nonchalantly looked away.
As long as her face wasn't in it.
Jin Hanshuang wasn't the type of elder who would take her picture without her consent.
Jin Hanshuang sent the photo to Lu Yunshu.
Lu Yunshu opened the picture.
The dim, ambiguous lighting illuminated the center of the photoâa beautiful hand.
A slender hand holding a glass, with a silver accessory on the wrist.
A woman.
Lu Yunshu's heart skipped a beat, as if struck by a heavy stone, her breath momentarily halted.
She sat up from the sofa.
A woman?
Could it be...?
[Who is it?]
She asked directly.
Through the screen, the two words seemed emotionless.
Jin Hanshuang replied: [Guess?]
Lu Yunshu didn't want to guess.
But two obvious answers clashed in her mind.
Girlfriend? Ambiguous partner?
For someone with a crush, this photo was truly cruel.
Her thoughts and calmness were disrupted, the photo looked more and more glaring.
She didn't want to guess, didn't want to send out the two answers she didn't want to admit, as if sending them out meant she lost, losing even the right to pursue.
She was really afraid she had someone else in her heart.
After a long silence, she typed a few words on the screen: [I guess Shen Wenxin.]
Sent.
Shen Wenxin, it better be you.
[Jin Hanshuang]: Little Lu classmate is so smart.
Lu Yunshu: "?"
She instantly sat up straight, her gloominess swept away.
For the first time, she thought Shen Wenxin's name sounded so nice.
[Lu Yunshu]: Really her?
[Lu Yunshu]: What are you doing?
[Jin Hanshuang]: Having a drink, listening to someone sing
[Lu Yunshu]: Oh
[Lu Yunshu]: I thought it was someone else
She could say it openly now.
[Jin Hanshuang]: Someone else?
As soon as she sent it, she understood what Lu Yunshu meant by "someone else," and couldn't help but smile.
[Jin Hanshuang]: Sister hasn't had any romantic luck lately
The despicable romantic herself: "......"
Normally, she should comfort her with "It's okay, you'll find someone, you're so excellent, you won't lack admirers."
But she didn't want to.
If she said that and Jin Hanshuang really got a girlfriend, what would she do?
So she said instead: [Being single occasionally is quite nice.]
Jin Hanshuang didn't say whether it was good or bad, she just sent a cat emoji and put down her phone with a smile.
When Shen Wenxin turned her head and saw her smiling, she was curious.
"Who are you chatting with?"
Jin Hanshuang picked up her drink, "A friend."
Shen Wenxin raised her eyebrows, gossiping for once, "Girlfriend?"
Jin Hanshuang's hand paused slightly, suddenly thinking of Lu Yunshu's face.
Beautiful, pitifulâbelonging to someone else.
She lightly frowned, "How could that be."
The two of them, how could that be.
......
A few days later, on a workday near the end of the day, Lu Yunshu sat in her office, resting her temple on her hand, staring at her phone on the desk, motionless.
Today, what excuse should she use to invite Jin Hanshuang to dinner?
Would Jin Hanshuang be free today?
[Lu Yunshu]: Are you free?
[Lu Yunshu]: Can you come out and have dinner with me?
[Lu Yunshu]: I got stood up.
Jin Hanshuang's reply was slow, taking about five minutes to respond: [Who stood you up? Her?]
[Lu Yunshu]: Yes.
The next second, Jin Hanshuang called her directly.
"What happened? Why did she stand you up?"
Lu Yunshu said, "We had planned to have dinner together, but she probably had something come up last minute..."
Jin Hanshuang was silent for a moment, then gently comforted her, "It's okay, you can reschedule."
She added softly, "But I can't tonight, I've already made plans with a friend."
"Can you find another friend to accompany you?"
Hearing this, Lu Yunshu sighed silently.
Too bad, she asked too late.
"Okay..."
This helpless response made Jin Hanshuang feel like she was seeing a puppy left alone at home, her heart softened considerably: "Why do you sound a bit pitiful, Little Lu classmate?How about this, I'll accompany you next time, okay?"
Hearing her beloved coax her like this, Lu Yunshu couldn't help but smile, "It's a deal then."
"Yes, it's a deal."
After hanging up, Jin Hanshuang went to change clothes.
After dark, she and Du Mengying were going to attend a party, an all-women's party.
It was hosted by a friend of their friend, and they were invited to join in the fun.
There were both lesbians and straight women at the party, so they could make friends or... start a new romance.
Her new romance might be coming.
But she never expected Lu Yunshu to show up at the party.
At that moment, she was standing on the second-floor terrace talking to Du Mengying.
When she turned around and looked down, almost instantly, her gaze locked onto the person at the entrance.
Suit pants, off-shoulder white top, a black ribbon tied around her snow-white neck, and the same cold, abstinent gold-rimmed glasses on her nose.
Under the starry night, she was exceptionally dazzling.
Jin Hanshuang was astonished.
âWhy is she here?