Cen Jin was taken aback, staring at her blankly, with eyes full of confusion and bewilderment. Lu Shishu seemed to understand, leaned back comfortably in the chair, crossed her arms, and looked at her amusingly: "What’s wrong? Did you have a fight with Jiang Baizhou? That shouldn’t be, right? With both of your temperaments, you shouldn’t be able to fight!"
Cen Jin heard the words but didn’t respond, lowered her gaze, and just the tips of her intertwined fingers turned slightly white.
"Cen Jin, it’s been so many years, and I’ve never asked you, do you like Jiang Baizhou or not?" Seeing her silence, Lu Shishu thought for a moment and then asked her seriously.
This question tugged hard at her heart; Cen Jin’s heart felt as if something was clutching it. She and Lu Shishu had known each other for so many years, but she had never mentioned her liking for Jiang Baizhou, and likewise, Lu Shishu had never asked her about it.
"You do like him, right!" Lu Shishu had roughly guessed her thoughts and bluntly asked, "Since you like him, why not go for it! You’ve known Jiang Baizhou for so many years; do you want to keep going as just friends? With that time, you might as well have a passionate romance! From wearing open-crotch pants and diapers to kindergarten uniforms, to school uniforms, and then to a wedding dress, how romantic! This is a kind of love that many people envy."
What was supposed to be a beautiful sentiment turned ridiculous in Lu Shishu’s mouth, especially the phrase ’wearing open-crotch pants and diapers,’ made the sorrow and melancholy in Cen Jin’s heart vanish, and she couldn’t help but tug at the corners of her mouth.
"Shi Shu, you don’t know."
"He has someone he likes."
Lu Shishu paused, then naturally nodded: "I know, of course he has someone he likes!"
"You know?" Cen Jin was stunned, eyes widening in disbelief: "He... has told you?"
"Mm, sort of, but initially, I overheard it by accident. Later, I confronted him, and he didn’t deny it; he admitted it directly. I was quite surprised at the time." Lu Shishu thought for a moment, didn’t deny it, and took two small sips of juice while speaking.
"So, you’ve always known that the person he likes is you, and is he planning to buy a house for marriage soon because of you?" Cen Jin was in a daze, her facial expressions completely out of control, even her heart was numbed, with no feeling at all.
"Cough cough." Upon hearing this, Lu Shishu almost choked on the juice, spilling some from her cup in surprise. She wiped it with a tissue, looked at her in disbelief: "Wait, wait, what are you saying? I didn’t quite catch that, who did you say liked me?"
Seeing her intense reaction, Cen Jin was confused again, stammering in response: "Jiang... Jiang Baizhou... ah!"
After confirming she hadn’t heard wrong, Lu Shishu’s eyes were about to pop out, she heavily put down the cup in her hand, laughed lightly in disbelief, brushed her hair back, and asked again to confirm: "You’re saying... the person Jiang Baizhou likes is me? Oh, no, you thought the person Jiang Baizhou likes is me?"
"N-no, isn’t it?" Cen Jin blinked, suddenly losing confidence in her heart.
Lu Shishu was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry, pushed her hair back behind her head, and said straightforwardly: "Sister, the person Jiang Baizhou has always liked is you!"
Upon hearing this, Cen Jin stiffened all over, her breathing became rapid, her lips trembled blankly, murmuring: "Wha... what do you mean?"