Chapter 7: Milk Tea Flavor

Yan Sui was talking to the system in her brain when Tan Shu walked up to her without her knowledge. She called out twice but when Yan Sui didn't respond, she grabbed her shoulders and shook her back and forth: "What are you daydreaming about?"

Because of her shaking, Yan Sui's thoughts finally broke away from the conversation with the system.

She held down Tan Shu's hand on her shoulder and said vaguely, "Stop shaking it, stop shaking it. I'm going to vomit."

Upon hearing this, Tan Shu immediately stopped.

The force holding her shoulders disappeared, and Yan Sui didn't react for a moment, and her body leaned backwards.

Just when she thought she was about to fall, someone suddenly grabbed her arm. Yan Sui used the strength of the arm to steady herself. When she looked up and was about to thank him, she found that Yu Shuli had stood in front of her without her knowing when. The hand holding her arm was his.

The words of thanks got stuck in her throat and were forced down by Yan Sui.

Seeing that she had stabilized herself, Yu Shuli withdrew his hand.

This little incident did not affect Tan Shu's actions. She took the opportunity to put her arm around Yan Sui's arm and said, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

Yan Sui's body couldn't help but move closer to Tan Shu. Her mind was still in a mess, but she didn't forget to respond to Tan Shu: "I just went to the water room to get some water. Why are you here?"

"School ends early today, so I wanted to come find you and go home together."

"Is that so?" Yan Sui nodded thoughtfully.

After greeting, Tan Shu seemed to remember Yu Shuli who was following her. She quickly withdrew her hand from Yan Sui's arm and walked around from behind to introduce her: "I forgot to introduce you. This is my classmate, Yu Shuli."

This introduction is the same as the one they gave when they first met in their previous life.

After hearing Tan Shu's introduction, Yu Shuli did not mention their previous two meetings. He once again extended his hand and placed it in front of Yan Sui: "Hello, I am Yu Shuli from Science Class 1."

That hand was as persistent as these words.

Facing Tan Shu's gaze, Yan Sui dared not make any more strange moves. She gently grasped Yu Shuli's fingertips, and just as she was about to speak, her fingers felt the trembling of the fingertips she was holding.

Her thoughts froze.

"What's wrong?" Tan Shu's voice sounded from the side.

Yan Sui quickly suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and nodded randomly: "Hello, my name is Yan Sui."

After saying that, she quickly let go of his hand.

Tan Shu put his arm around her again, pressing his body against hers, and said softly, "Yu Shuli and I joined the school choir together. I mentioned you to him before. He said that I have a good friend in the liberal arts class who will join me in the choir this time."

Yan Sui lowered her eyes and replied, "Is that so."

"He said he wanted to treat me to milk tea because he swapped duty with me last Friday, so he came with me. Sui Sui, let's go to the milk tea shop together!"

Yan Sui instantly caught the meaning behind the words and subconsciously wanted to refuse: "I won't--"

Before she could finish her words, Tan Shu hugged her arm and started to act coquettishly: "Let's go together! It's been a long time since we went home together after school. Either your class has something to do or our class is late. Today is a rare day that we can go home together."

Unable to resist Tan Shu's coquettishness, Yan Sui had no choice but to agree to it.

Seeing that she agreed, Tan Shu happily let go of her arm and urged her to go to the classroom to pack her schoolbag.

As soon as Yan Sui left, only Tan Shu and Yu Shuli were left in the corridor.

Tan Shu slapped Yu Shuli on the shoulder and said with a grin, "I haven't thanked you yet, my dear classmate. It's rare to see you so generous. We agreed that I can order whatever I want for milk tea today, so don't go back on your word."

Yu Shuli clasped his hands together and said, "Show mercy."

"Don't worry!"

Yu Shuli looked at the figure in the classroom, and the smile on the corner of his lips hid countless tenderness.

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In the classroom.

As soon as Yan Sui took off her clothes and left Tan Shu, the system started warning her again in her mind.

"Host, didn't I tell you? Don't have too much contact with Yu Shuli."

Yan Sui was also troubled by this matter, but she had no way of refusing in the situation just now. Tan Shu knew her so well, if she saw that she was avoiding Yu Shuli, he would probably catch her and ask her questions again.

She sighed in her heart, "I know this was forced by circumstances, and there won't be a next time."

System: "Master, I feel like the offline situation is getting a bit out of control. Our original plan seems to be failing."

Yan Sui also felt it.

I don’t know if it’s the butterfly effect caused by something I changed in this life, which caused many things that didn’t appear in the original timeline to appear.

"Host, we need to make a new plan."

Yan Sui rubbed his temples with a headache and said, "Let's talk about it when we get home."

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"Do you two want anything to drink?"

Tan Shu raised his hand: "Please order me a cup of taro ball milk tea."

Yu Shuli made an "OK" gesture and turned to look at Yan Sui on the other side.

After Yan Sui received the other person's gaze, the tension in her body had not yet subsided and crept over her body again. She waved her hand: "No, thank you."

Tan Shu said, "Aren't you going to drink?"

Yan Sui nodded: "I don't really want to drink milk tea right now."

Seeing her say this, Tan Shu and Yu Shuli didn't dare to persuade her anymore.

After Yu Shuli went to place the order, Tan Shu approached Yan Sui mysteriously and whispered in her ear: "Are you embarrassed to order because it's Yu Shuli's treat? Then tell me what you want to drink and I'll buy it for you."

Yan Sui laughed: "Really, there's no need."

Tan Shu curled his lips and said, "I asked you to come over for milk tea, but you didn't drink anything and just sat there waiting for me. I felt a little embarrassed."

Seeing her pretending to wipe away her tears, Yan Sui rolled her eyes at her: "That's enough, there's no point in arguing between us."

Even though he was exposed, Tan Shu was not angry. He turned around and hugged Yan Sui's shoulders and laughed.

Feeling the laughter of the person in her arms, Yan Sui, who should have felt happy too, felt a hint of bitterness in her heart.

Tan Shu lay in her arms, resting his head on her body intimately, which was something she had not felt for a long time.

In her previous life, she had an argument with Tan Shu about Yan Zhaoting. At that time, she was physically and mentally traumatized by Yan Zhaoting's infidelity. After learning that Tan Shu knew about her father's infidelity from her parents before her, she had a big fight with Tan Shu.

She blamed Tan Shu for knowing about this in advance but not telling her, and Tan Shu didn't know how to bring it up until he found out that Yan Zhaoting had taken away all the money in the family, and it was too late.

Yan Sui remembered that the last time she saw Tan Shu in her previous life, she hugged herself and cried, constantly saying that she was sorry.

Meanwhile, Lang Sui is still trapped in the icy hole of huge debt left by his father's infidelity.

At that time, she didn't know how to face Tan Shu, and couldn't even say "it's okay" to her apology.

After that, Tan Shu went abroad, and the two good friends who grew up together never met again.

In fact, as time went by, Yan Sui gradually understood Tan Shu's original feeling of "the closer you are to someone, the harder it is to speak up." In that incident, Tan Shu was just someone who was venting the emotions that she couldn't vent to Yan Zhaoting at the time.

Because of a quarrel between good friends, they never got back together.

Yan Sui has always regretted that when she received the text message "Will you forgive me" from Tan Shufa, she did not choose to reply but chose to delete it.

If someone asked her in her previous life if she had any regrets besides her family, she would definitely answer—

"I want to hug Tan Shu again."

Hug her best friend.

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Perhaps because he had been in her arms for a long time without seeing her respond, Tan Shu looked up from her arms in surprise: "What's wrong?"

Yan Sui suppressed his emotions and gently touched the ends of her hair with his fingers: "It's okay."

Tan Shu climbed up from her arms and said, "By the way, you haven't told me yet, why didn't you join the choir?"

When it comes to the choir, Yan Sui doesn't know how to explain it to Tan Shu.

Tan Shu is not a music teacher, and she is not someone she can fool with the excuse of studying.

"Don't try to fool me, is there any other reason?"

After some thought, Yan Sui sighed secretly. She stared into Tan Shu's eyes seriously: "Shushu, I'm not joining the choir because I have something to do. I can't tell you what it is now. Can you forgive me?"

Tan Shu was caught off guard by her serious attitude. After hearing Yan Sui's words, she quickly expressed her stance: "I'm not angry! It's normal for you to have things you don't want to talk about. Everyone has their own secrets, and they don't have to be known to others. Just follow your heart! I won't be mad at you!"

Tan Shu's words made Yan Sui's nose sore, and she wanted to express her affection, "Shu Shu, thank you——"

"Stop!" Tan Shu gestured. "Don't try that! It's so corny."

The emotions that were welling up in Yan Sui's eyes suddenly stopped, and she forced them back.

Tan Shu patted her shoulder with a mature and mature look: "Besides, I have a secret that I haven't told you. Actually, I like a boy from our school."

Upon hearing the gossip, Yan Sui's originally touched mood was swept away. She immediately grabbed Yan Sui's arm and asked, "Is it true? Which class are you from?"

Tan Shu uttered "Ouch" twice and scolded, "I told you it's a secret, I can't tell you yet."

Yan Sui heard that she said this to make her feel more balanced about concealing the matter, and she laughed it off as a joke.

This is a very tacit behavior between the two people who have been together for many years.

Yan Sui and Tan Shu played for a while, and then Yu Shuli came back with milk tea.

He held two cups of milk tea in his hands, one in front of Tan Shu and the other in front of her.

Meeting her slightly puzzled gaze, Yu Shuli scratched his cheek uncomfortably: "I heard that this is the signature drink of this restaurant, so I took the liberty of ordering a drink for you as well. I'm sorry."

As he finished speaking, Yan Sui noticed that the tips of his ears had turned red.

It was just handing over a cup of milk tea, but Yu Shuli seemed to have prepared himself mentally for a long time.

"Oh, it's just a cup of milk tea, Sui Sui, just take it!"

Yan Sui couldn't refuse in front of Tan Shu, so she could only bite the bullet and accept the cup of milk tea.

After Yu Shuli sat down, Tan Shuyi chatted with him about the choir. Yan Sui sat beside him and listened quietly.

Suddenly, Yu Shuli's gaze shifted slightly, and his dark eyes met her gaze directly.

Yan Sui was stunned for a moment, then quickly looked away. As if trying to hide something, she took a small sip from the straw of her milk tea. The familiar flavor rushed into her taste buds, instantly filling her entire lips.

Her eyes were fixed, and she was reluctant to swallow the milk tea in her mouth.

This familiar taste...

Yan Sui raised her head slowly, and when her eyes met the other person's, their eyes met in the air.

She noticed that there seemed to be a hint of expectation in Yu Shuli's eyes.

What to expect?

Are you looking forward to her comments on this cup of milk tea?

Yan Sui's heartbeat slowed down a beat, and the taste of milk tea had occupied her entire brain.

Is this a coincidence?

The cup of milk tea that Yu Shuli ordered casually was her favorite.