“One moment you’re smiling, the next looking dejected. You say it’s not because you’re thinking of your sweetheart, but that would be a waste of the years your Madam Wen spent reading novels.” Wen Cai: “Your Madam Wen has also experienced it personally and understands it all.”

“I was thinking of an embarrassing incident and couldn’t control my emotions.” Yu Shu emphasized again, “I don’t have a sweetheart.”

“Really don’t?” Wen Cai looked suspicious. “Isn’t Yan Jin, the one who researched ginger candy and white sugar, with you day and night, living under the same roof? You don’t like her?”

“Yan Jin is my friend, how could I like her.” Saying this, for some reason, Yu Shu actually felt a bit uncomfortable. “Besides, what Yan Jin likes is my face, not me as a person.”

“You’re still young and don’t understand women.” Wen Cai asserted, “Women all care about looks. If she didn’t like your face, then you’d really have something to cry about!”

Although Yu Shu said he wouldn’t write, sitting idle in the bookstore was boring, so he picked up a brush and wrote a bit.

Only after Wen Cai read the freshly written chapter with satisfaction did she shift some of her attention to Yu Shu. “You’re not going back?”

“I don’t know how to face her right now.” Yu Shu lightly furrowed his brows. “I’ll go home a bit later.”

Wen Cai let out an “oh”. “No need to wait, look back and see who’s at the door.”

Yu Shu was startled. He turned his head to look. A tall woman stood at the door. Who could it be if not Yan Jin?

“You, how did you find this place.” Yu Shu didn’t expect Yan Jin to actually find him here. Even his speech stuttered a bit.

“I saw you bringing books back before, so I figured you might come to a bookstore.” Yan Jin’s gaze swept over Yu Shu. Seeing his clothes were neat and his complexion rosy, she felt relieved, but her tone was still indifferent. “So I came to try my luck.”

[Not easy. Yan Jin nearly turned the entire Yongning County upside down.]

[Searching high and low, finally caught you, little Yu Shu!]

Although Yan Jin didn’t say it, seeing the thin sheen of sweat on her forehead, Yu Shu could guess that Yan Jin must have walked quite a distance to find him.

Thinking of Yan Jin who usually loved to laze about on the rocking chair, Yu Shu felt a pang of guilt that she had walked so far for him. He mumbled, “Yan Jin, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hide from you.”

“When did you hide from me?” Yan Jin calmly glanced at Yu Shu. “Don’t you practice morning exercises every day? It’s all to work out. What’s so strange about switching to running today?”

Yu Shu knew Yan Jin was being considerate of his pride. His heart warmed. He didn’t even grumble “morning exercise isn’t working out” before looking touched. “Yan Jin, you’re truly a good person.”

As soon as these words came out, Yan Jin’s gaze towards Yu Shu became odd.

“Yu Shu, you can directly scold me, but you can’t praise me as a good person.” Yan Jin said with heartfelt sincerity, “I still want to date. If I get praised as a ‘good person’ too much, I’m afraid it will affect my romantic luck.”

For some reason, upon hearing Yan Jin say she wanted to date in the future, Yu Shu felt very unhappy. “You’re still young, what are you thinking about dating for?”

[Why do I feel like Yu Shu’s tone is a bit sour?]

[I have the same feeling, but what’s he being sour about whether Yan Jin dates or not? Is it a child’s possessiveness acting up, not wanting his elder sister to find a boyfriend?]

[Help, Yu Shu is a 1.87m tall adult man! No matter how you look at it, he doesn’t fit the standard of a child! Have you never considered that Yu Shu is jealous? A man’s jealousy?!]

…

[So what?]

[The gap between them is too big, the possibility of them getting together is also miniscule.]

As soon as those words landed, Yu Shu realized his tone just now was too sour. Before he could explain, Yan Jin patted his head. “Little friend, you don’t understand. Dating should be done while you’re young.”

Originally Yu Shu was a bit gleeful that Yan Jin was being closer to him than before. But upon hearing how Yan Jin addressed him, Yu Shu’s face fell.

Seeing Yu Shu’s expression change, Yan Jin sighed inwardly and poked the system. “I discovered Yu Shu is getting quite bold now, throwing attitudes at me all the time. Sure enough, once friends become familiar, they start to rebel.”

What she said to the system, others and Yu Shu couldn’t hear, but the livestream audience could.

[This is why I never felt they couldn’t end up together. Yan Jin has never considered Yu Shu as a potential romantic partner.]

[Yu Shu’s attitude towards Yan Jin is clearly different now, but Yan Jin sees Yu Shu as a younger brother, not a man.]

[Lighting a candle for Yu Shu.]

If they were at home now, Yan Jin would still coax Yu Shu like before. But now there was still Wen Cai standing behind the counter, appearing focused on reading a novel but actually perking her ears up high.