Chapter 049

Yu Shu was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, immediately denying three times in a row, “I’m not! I didn’t! Don’t talk nonsense!”

His drinking behavior was very good. Last time he got drunk, he only clung to Xiao Xiao and acted coquettishly, and definitely didn’t… ahem, do anything inappropriate while drunk.

But thinking of the last time he was drunk, and the image of Xiao Xiao taking good care of him, Yu Shu’s ear tips turned red with a layer of blush.

“If you didn’t engage in drunken debauchery, then why are you blushing?” Xu Junde pointed at Yu Shu’s red ears, teasing with a smile, “We really should get a mirror and let you see what you look like right now.”

Flushed cheeks, eyes filled with affection, it was clear that he was experiencing the first stirrings of love and thinking of his beloved.

Yu Shu’s face felt hot, and he knew that right now his every thought was probably written all over his face, but he still stubbornly said, “For no reason at all, why would I look in a mirror? I won’t look.”

Xu Junde laughed at him, “If you don’t want to look, then don’t, why are you getting flustered?”

“Let’s talk about serious matters.” Yu Shu forcefully suppressed the rising heat on his face from thinking of Yan Jin, “Do you think my guess is correct?”

“Is there even a need to guess?” Xu Junde was surprised, “That sworn sister of yours clearly likes you.”

“Really??” Yu Shu’s eyes instantly sparkled with surprise and joy, “You also think she likes me?!”

[There, Yu Shu has provided definitive proof, he really does like Yan Jin, not just as friends, but as a man likes a woman.] [When people first started shipping this couple, I was dismissive, but now I’ve truly changed my mind, the combination of a socially anxious person and a social butterfly is really great to ship.]

“A Shu, no woman would be good to a man for no reason, unless she has feelings for him.” Xu Junde said with deep feeling: “Your sworn sister definitely has feelings for you.”

The corners of Yu Shu’s mouth couldn’t help but lift higher and higher.

It was really great that Xiao Xiao liked him.

Although Yu Shu had previously determined based on the storybook that he liked Yan Jin, after hearing Xu Junde assert that Yan Jin liked him, Yu Shu felt even more confident.

But after the initial wild elation passed, Yu Shu started to waver.

Did Xiao Xiao really like him? Could it just be his one-sided wishful thinking?

Furthermore, Xiao Xiao had directly said she didn’t like him, how could he still be so arrogant as to think Xiao Xiao liked him?

The little person in Yu Shu’s heart raised a loudspeaker: But Xiao Xiao treats you so well!

No! Yu Shu frantically shook his head in his mind.

He couldn’t think like that, it was too greasy.

He couldn’t be one of those men who thinks a girl likes him just because she treats him a bit well.

But Yu Shu also had no way to deceive his own heart. He knew that after realizing Yan Jin liked him, that excitement and joy he couldn’t hide at all was even greater than when he won his first Golden Melody Award.

“But one of the three great misconceptions in the world is thinking that she also likes you, could it be… that we misunderstood?” Yu Shu lightly furrowed his brows, “Xiao Xiao is such a good person, it’s very possible that she treats everyone else like this too.”

“And there’s nothing likable or outstanding about me.” Yu Shu’s voice got lower and lower, “I don’t have any impressive strengths, my family background is average, I’m not rich enough to rival nations, and I definitely don’t have power that sways the court. I’m utterly ordinary in every way, if you tossed me into a crowd you wouldn’t be able to find me.”

[Yu Shu, where is there nothing likable about you?! You’re good-looking!!] [Damn it, why does someone as outstanding as Yu Shu think he’s imperfect, while those entitled men around me all think they’re so great.]

“A Shu, in what way are you ordinary and without strengths?” Xu Junde almost burst out laughing at Yu Shu’s rarely seen conflicted appearance, “You’re good-looking.”

Yu Shu was the best-looking man Xu Junde had seen in his over twenty years of life. Even without his long hair, just sporting short hair every day, his appearance was still flawlessly beautiful. If not for the exceptionally eye-catching Lady Yan who lived with him, their doorstep might have been worn down three inches by people coming to propose.

So when Xu Junde saw Yu Shu thinking himself ordinary, he couldn’t help wanting to laugh.

The young man who was outstanding enough to enter the palace and become a noble consort was actually troubled over whether his beloved liked him back – how could one see that and not smile in amusement?

“It can’t be because of that.” Yu Shu said with absolute certainty, “Xiao Xiao isn’t that kind of superficial person.”

As soon as Yu Shu finished speaking, he recalled Yan Jin praising his good looks repeatedly before and hesitated.

Xiao Xiao did quite like his face, but those she had dated before probably weren’t bad either.