Mu Yanran blinked, looking at him in confusion, not understanding why he suddenly relaxed, as if relieved, yet his expression remained unchanged. Although she felt strange and puzzled, she didn't ask any further questions.

So, this little episode passed like this. After she had a meal with him, she went home.

At night, she lay in bed alone. It was late at night and everyone was asleep. She was too irritable to sleep. What happened during the day came to her mind bit by bit.

The boy's confession didn't touch her much and had little impact on her. The face that appeared in her mind was Si Hanyu's.

She couldn't help but shake her head. What was wrong with her? Why did she think of him?

"He likes you." These four words from her friend were like ghosts, floating in her mind and becoming clearer and clearer, which made her a little at a loss.

Once my mind wanders to a certain point, it can't help but wander. Bits and pieces of the past keep flooding back into my mind. Details that I had deliberately ignored now become incredibly clear—the tenderness in his eyes when he looked at me, the smile that unconsciously appeared on his face when we talked, and how he always showed up when I needed help the most...

These behaviors seem a bit too intimate, don’t they?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel a little irritated. She clearly just regarded him as a brother and didn't think of anything else at all. Ahhhh, she was going crazy. Thinking of this, she couldn't even look at him directly.

I was afraid of over-interpreting something.

She pulled the quilt over her and went to sleep. This time, she didn't sleep well at all. She either had nightmares or dreamed about someone.

Later, she deliberately kept some distance and tried not to look for him. She pushed him away as much as she could. It was so obvious that even Si Hanyu noticed it.

One day a month later, Si Hanyu finally had the chance to catch her and blocked her in the garden.

"What's wrong with you recently?" Si Hanyu was in her garden, and seeing that there was no one around, he asked her.

Mu Yanran's words were evasive. "No."

"No?" Si Hanyu looked at her suspiciously, his eyes showing no disbelief. "Why are you avoiding me lately?"

"How could I hide from you?" Mu Yanran argued cunningly.

She couldn't just tell him, "I suspect you like me, so I'm keeping my distance from you," right? That would be so awkward. What if he didn't like her and it was just her own fault? Wouldn't that be a joke?

"Then why didn't you allow me to pick you up the first two times? And the day before yesterday, I asked you to have dinner with me, but you said you didn't have time?" Si Hanyu didn't believe her nonsense and said aggressively.

"Didn't I explain to you? I went shopping with my classmates and was busy the day before yesterday. I, I had something to do." Mu Yanran now felt that she was really going to die. Brother Han Yu watched her grow up, and it was obvious that he was not lying.

Si Hanyu saw that she was evasive in her words and knew that he must be lying. Doesn't this little brat know that if he lies, no one will dare to look at him?

"Why lie?"

He refused to give in. He didn't want the little girl to have any grudge against him without saying a word.

"Now that I've grown up, I've begun to dislike Brother Han Yu?"

"Or, now that you have a brother outside, you don't want to associate with Brother Han Yu anymore?"

When Mu Yanran heard him say that, she immediately became anxious, "I don't dislike you at all."

"There's no brother out there, I just... just..."

She talked for a long time but couldn't say anything further. Si Hanyu was waiting for her.

"What is it?"

"That's right..." Mu Yanran still didn't say it, because even if she didn't care, she was still a girl. How could she dare to ask someone face to face about such a thing, not to mention that the person was her brother.

She felt a little embarrassed, she lowered her head and twisted her fingers.

"Are you afraid that I like you?" Si Hanyu suddenly asked her directly.

Mu Yanran looked up suddenly, a little stunned. She didn't know why he asked that question. Was she being too obvious? It couldn't be possible.

What would Brother Han Yu think? Would he think that I was being too sentimental?

"No...it's not like that! Brother Han Yu, listen to my explanation. Things are not what you think..." She was anxious to tell him the truth, but the words were swallowed back at the tip of her tongue, because at this moment, a low and firm voice suddenly sounded: "Yes, I like you."

These words exploded in her ears like a thunderclap, leaving her dizzy and at a loss. And the person who spoke was none other than Si Hanyu—the man who had always called himself her brother, now so bluntly expressing his truest feelings from the bottom of his heart!

She froze in place, momentarily at a loss for what to do. They were clearly chatting, so how did it turn into a confession? He was clearly her brother, so why was he telling her he liked her now?

She was dizzy with the news and didn't know how to react.

"I like you, it's that simple. I didn't want to let you know so early and put any psychological pressure on you, but I saw you avoiding me for the past month, and I was scared. I was afraid that you would be so distant from me in the future. Instead of letting you guess, I might as well tell you openly that I have always liked you."

"Would you be willing to give me a chance?"

When Mu Yanran heard his explanation, she couldn't help but feel a little regretful. If she had known that this would backfire, she would have chosen not to hide from him. But now, it has become a direct confession. In this case, how should she respond to him?

"Brother Han Yu, do you have a fever? Are you confused because of the fever, so you are saying stupid things?" Mu Yanran comforted him.

But Si Hanyu didn't appreciate it at all. "I don't have a fever. I'm normal. What I said to you is serious. There is no lie."

Mu Yanran knew that he would not lie to her, so she felt a little annoyed.

"Brother Han Yu, I have something to do. I'll go back first. You should go back quickly too." Mu Yanran suddenly wanted to escape. She couldn't figure it out, so she didn't want to reply to him.

"Well, think about it carefully first. I'll give you some time to think it over. I'm going to Country B on a business trip for half a month tomorrow. When I come back, I hope to hear your answer."

Si Hanyu said to her, Mu Yanran listened, nodded in panic, and then ran away.