Chapter 19 Do we need to be ambiguous?

"Yes, yes," Jiang Luo quickly replied.

Gu Shiyue didn't reply and continued walking forward.

Jiang Luo quickened her pace to catch up with him, then turned to look at him expectantly: "Senior, I didn't mean to ask you not to come."

Gu Shiyue remained silent.

Jiang Luo asked pitifully, "Are you not going to talk to me, senior?"

Gu Shiyue turned his head and glanced at him.

Jiang Luo seized the opportunity to act coy: "I've been so looking forward to your visit, really. I'm so happy you came today."

"Happy?" Gu Shiyue raised an eyebrow. "Weren't you scared seventy or eighty times?"

Jiang Luo said happily, "After being scared, I was happy and so happy I was completely out of control. Look at me now, I'm quite happy, aren't I?"

"You seem quite happy, so excited," Cheng Jiashu chimed in from the side. Jiang Luo's excitement in front of Gu Shiyue was like that of a puppy; he could practically use a tail as a propeller.

"It's not too much for me to be excited on such a meaningful day, is it?" Jiang Luo said.

Cheng Jiashu nodded repeatedly: "Not at all, not at all. You can do whatever you want today, even run naked in the street."

Jiang Luo laughed and scolded, "Get lost."

Jiang Luo turned her head to look at Gu Shiyue, then leaned closer and whispered, "So, does this mean I've made up with him, senior?"

"Who are you trying to fool?" Gu Shiyue asked knowingly.

"You," Jiang Luo laughed, speaking in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Otherwise, who would need me to coax them? All that I just said was to coax you. I'm just clumsy with words, I always dig myself into a hole, and once I fall in, I have to climb out and coax people."

Gu Shiyue thought to himself, "You're not good with words. Who can talk as well as you?"

"So, did I manage to appease him?" Jiang Luo asked him.

Gu Shiyue wasn't unhappy, nor did he need to be coaxed, but that didn't stop him from enjoying listening to Jiang Luo say these things.

"Okay," he said.

Jiang Luo chuckled: "That's good."

"Are you happy today?" Gu Shiyue suddenly asked him.

"I'm so happy, extremely happy."

Gu Shiyue nodded: "Mm."

Jiang Luo and Cheng Jiashu were both cosplaying today. Worried about their wigs and clothes catching the smell while eating hot pot, they went back to the hotel first to remove their makeup and change, leaving Gu Shiyue and Qi Xueying to order food at the restaurant. Jiang Chen, of course, always followed Jiang Luo, so he went back to the hotel with her. When the three of them arrived at the hot pot restaurant, all the dishes they ordered had already been served.

Jiang Luo has a small appetite and got full quickly. Like a child, he can't eat much for a main meal, but he has plenty of room for snacks and desserts. The waiter brought out two plates of chocolate-flavored desserts, which he seemed to have ordered, and they suited his taste perfectly. While everyone else was still eating hot pot, he had already put down his chopsticks and was sitting there quietly eating his desserts.

Qi Xueying asked Jiang Luo with a smile, "Was that cake delicious?"

Jiang Luo nodded: "It's delicious. Did you order it?"

"No." Qi Xueying glanced at Gu Shiyue and said with a smile, "Your senior ordered it."

"Ah..." Jiang Luo was a little surprised. He looked at Gu Shiyue and said, "You're so good at ordering. This is delicious."

"You can order more," Gu Shiyue said.

Jiang Luo smiled and said, "No, no, I can't eat any more."

"I don't see you've eaten much," Qi Xueying smiled. "You can't eat anymore?"

Cheng Jiashu said, "That's just how he is. He only likes to eat these kinds of children's dishes. If you make him eat a regular meal, he won't eat more than a few bites, but it's a different story when you give him snacks or treats. Right, Xiao Chen?"

Jiang Chen nodded: "Yes, that's right."

Jiang Luo laughed. It was indeed true, and he couldn't refute it. He stubbornly said, "No way..."

Jiang Chen replied, "Yes."

Jiang Luo looked at Gu Shiyue sitting opposite her with an obedient expression: "I didn't, senior."

Gu Shiyue said calmly, "Why are you telling me this?"

"I need to maintain a good image in front of my senior."

"No need to maintain it, your image in my eyes is already very clear."

Jiang Luo couldn't help but laugh.

Jiang Luo sipped her ice-cold cola with her head down, while Cheng Jiashu added a plate of live shrimp to the spicy hot pot. The shrimp jumped a couple of times as soon as they hit the pot, splashing out the spicy oil. Jiang Luo got a bit of oil in her eyes and closed them for a while before she could recover.

He wiped his eyes with a tissue, but they still stung. Jiang Chen saw him rubbing his eyes with his head down and asked, "Did some chili oil get in your eyes?"

"Ah." Jiang Luo closed one eye. "It's okay, it'll be fine in a bit."

Jiang Luo felt increasingly uncomfortable rubbing his eyes, experiencing a distinct foreign body sensation. Gu Shiyue, sitting opposite him, said, "Stop rubbing."

Jiang Luo obediently lowered his hand, blinked, and his eyes were a little red. Gu Shiyue frowned, and Jiang Luo mumbled, "I feel like there's something in my eye..."

"Let me see." Cheng Jiashu turned around, and Jiang Luo faced him, her eye wide open, the one that had been splashed with chili oil.

Cheng Jiashu leaned closer to look at his eyes and found a tiny piece of chili pepper stuck under his eyelids: "There really is something there."

Cheng Jiashu took a napkin, folded it into a thin strip, and tried to pick out the chili flakes from Jiang Luo's eyes. As soon as the napkin touched Jiang Luo's eyeballs, he instinctively pulled back.

"Don't move." Cheng Jiashu grabbed his neck to prevent him from escaping, and the two were almost face to face. Finally, they managed to get the chili flakes out.

Jiang Luo blinked, finally feeling comfortable.

Qi Xueying picked up the lemonade on the table, took a sip, and said with a smile, "You two are getting a little ambiguous."

"Do we need to be ambiguous?" Cheng Jiashu wrapped his arms around Jiang Luo's neck, grinning mischievously. "We've always been inseparable."

Jiang Luo was used to his eccentricities and said with a smile, "You've got to be kidding me. You dare say that to Lin Yu's face? Aren't you ashamed?"

"Damn it." Cheng Jiashu cursed. "He's gone abroad, who's he close to anymore? I don't even remember him."

Gu Shiyue looked at them expressionlessly. Suddenly, the phone on the table rang. Hearing the ringtone, Jiang Luo turned her head and met Gu Shiyue's gaze.

Gu Shiyue glanced down at his phone screen, then got up and took his phone outside.

Qi Xueying blinked and asked curiously, "Who is Lin Yu?"

Jiang Luo smiled and pointed at Cheng Jiashu: "He's my childhood friend."

After finishing their hotpot, Jiang Luo and the other two went back to their hotel. Jiang Luo originally wanted to take Jiang Chen to explore the surrounding area, but Jiang Chen said he didn't want to, so they went straight back.

Jiang Luo originally thought Jiang Chen was too tired and wanted to go back to the hotel to rest, but when he came back, he took a shower and actually sat there doing practice papers.

"Aren't you tired?" Jiang Luo asked him with a smile. "You still have the energy to do the test?"

"I've already planned out all the papers I brought. There are still two left; I'll finish them tonight."

"I give up." Jiang Luo chuckled and ruffled his hair. "Then you keep writing, I won't bother you anymore."

"Um."

After taking a shower, Jiang Luo lay down on the bed, picked up her phone from the bedside table, and glanced at it. Cheng Jiashu had sent her a message: "Xiao Chen, what are you doing?"

Jiang Luo: Doing test papers.

Cheng Jiashu: ? ? ? ? ?

Cheng Jiashu: Is this Chinese?

Jiang Luo: Yes

Jiang Luo: Why are you asking him? Do you need to talk to him?

Cheng Jiashu: I'm not looking for him, I'm looking for you. Shall we go to a bar and have some fun?

Cheng Jiashu: I didn't mention it because Jiang Xiaochen is a minor. Anyway, he's studying hard, and you have nothing else to do. Do you want to go or not?

Jiang Luo: I'm not going.

Jiang Luo: I just took a shower and don't want to go out.

Cheng Jiashu: [Goodbye]

Jiang Luo rolled over and lay comfortably on the bed. He opened his social media app and saw that the homepage was full of interactive videos and photos from his autograph session that day. He scrolled down and was surprised to see a photo of Gu Shiyue.

Jiang Luo's gaze froze.

The title of this post is quite attention-grabbing—"Is this male fan at the Luo C autograph session serious??"

Jiang Luo clicked on it and saw that the title was indeed a pessimistic tactic to attract attention, because the cover photo was so handsome that no one would use such a handsome photo. The content was also full of praise, with "ahhh" filling the screen.

[So handsome! Ahhhhhhh I can't believe my eyes! I can't believe I saw such a handsome male fan! Good heavens, who is this? I saw LuoC today and I also saw a high-value male fan. It was me! Hahahaha I'm going crazy! #LuoC #LuoCFirstAutographSigningEvent #ComicCon]

Jiang Luo scrolled through the photos; there were pictures from various angles, standing, sitting—he really looked handsome. The poster had taken the photos with a camera; the images were clear and high-quality. Scrolling to the last one, she found a clear shot of Gu Shiyue's face. This was taken when Gu Shiyue was leaving the stage. Gu Shiyue must have noticed someone was taking pictures of him; his gaze was fixed directly on the camera, cold and devoid of any emotion.

This photo is so incredibly handsome that Jiang Luo couldn't help but share it with Gu Shiyue, sending him a WeChat message saying: "Senior, I saw your handsome photo!"

He only checked the comments section after forwarding the post.

- [Pinned] This is straight out of the camera, not edited at all.

-Who understands the shock I felt when I saw the last picture? [Petrified][Petrified][Petrified]

- He's incredibly handsome, even more so in person than in photos, breathtakingly so! This is from the Apple camera. [Images][Images][Images]

-Ahhhhh I was there! The atmosphere between this handsome guy and Luo Bao is a bit subtle, is that something to say?

- Hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter! This handsome guy made me noticeably nervous when he came on stage, he looked so dazed and confused, it was so cute! (Attached are two pictures.) [Pictures][Pictures]

Their interactions were so ambiguous...

-This is so incredibly ambiguous, holy crap! My gut feeling is definitely right, Luo Bao and this male fan definitely know each other!!!

-Aren't you guys overthinking things? How did a normal interaction turn into something ambiguous? It was clearly a very normal interaction, and it was very short; the person quickly moved on. Don't assume everyone is gay, okay? Seriously, I'm speechless.

-It's really obvious, the moment this handsome guy stepped on stage, Luo C's whole demeanor changed. His reactions were a beat slower, and I blushed just watching them make eye contact. [heart eyes]

I was so excited at the scene, even though they didn't do anything! [sob][sob][sob]

Hahaha, when he took a picture with Luo Luo, I saw Luo Luo's ears turn red instantly.

-Whether he's a male fan or a boyfriend, I'll decide for myself (just kidding).

The further down the comments section went, the more suspicious it seemed. Jiang Luo sat up abruptly, gripping his phone and thinking, "Damn it."

Jiang Chen heard the noise and turned around to look at him.

Jiang Luo quickly exited and opened WeChat. If Gu Shiyue saw this comment section, he'd be in big trouble. It was full of people shipping the couple, and their comments were so bold. He himself didn't care, but Gu Shiyue would definitely find it offensive. Who wants to be labeled gay for no reason?

Jiang Luo quickly retracted the post she had just forwarded to Gu Shiyue, along with the message she had sent.

Luckily, it was sent within two minutes, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to undo it.

Jiang Luo breathed a sigh of relief, but her phone vibrated as soon as she put it down.

A message from Gu Shiyue popped up on the screen: ?

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