Chapter 5 Friends “Well, you are a…very nice person…

"Um, you're a... nice person? And, you're good-looking?"

Lin Jue rested her hands on either side of her recliner, her black hair falling like a bedside curtain. Her face, with a faint smile against the light, was filled with an illusory beauty. For a moment, Su Huaiwang couldn't distinguish between dream and reality, not knowing where to look.

A hint of coolness seemed to come from her body, and Su Huaiwang's hand under the blanket unconsciously squeezed it tighter.

Lin Jue touched his face, thoughtfully asking, "Do I look like you?"

Su Huaiwang's face was boiling with anger, and she almost wanted to run away. She whispered, "It's quite in line with the public's aesthetic."

The smile on Lin Jue's face widened a little: "As long as you like it, that's fine. I only care about your feelings."

After saying that, she let go of the armrest of the recliner as if nothing had happened, and sat down leisurely to the side, leaving Su Huaiwang alone and dazed.

No, what did she mean by that? Su Huaiwang now felt that he had reason to suspect that she had fallen asleep on the recliner and that everything that had just happened was a dream. But that didn't make sense either. She was just sexually repressed, not harboring any impure feelings towards Lin Jue. So why was the plot still heading towards pure love?

"...Sister, sister?" Lin Jue's cry dragged Su Huaiwang back to reality.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jue asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I just got distracted." Su Huaiwang tucked himself into the blanket to cover his red face, but left a little bit of the tip of his ear exposed to the air.

"You won't be able to breathe that way. Are you feeling unwell?" Lin Jue was still concerned about her. Su Huaiwang had no choice but to pull her head out of the blanket again.

"No, I'm fine."

Lin Jue looked her up and down, as if to confirm that she was really okay, then turned his head and squinted his eyes to bask in the sun.

There was a rare moment of peace and tranquility between the two of them, but Su Huaiwang was not as calm as she appeared.

After a few rounds of internal arguments, she decided to ask Lin Jue:

"What did you mean by that just now?"

Lin Jue's words were too ambiguous, making Su Huaiwang feel uneasy. She never thought she had the charm to make others fall in love with her at first sight, and she never thought about falling in love. The reason was simple: falling in love was too consuming for her energy. She was exhausted from managing her own life and had no extra energy to spare for others.

If Lin Jue wants to develop a relationship beyond the boundaries, she is not a good partner.

"Which one? What?" Lin Jue turned to look at her, his eyes were too innocent, as if he was really confused.

"That's right..." Su Huaiwang was a little embarrassed to speak, and at the same time, she felt a little annoyed. If Lin Jue had really been teasing her with a seemingly intimate attitude, how could she not understand what she meant.

People are always more indulgent towards good-looking creatures, but that doesn't mean Su Huaiwang can tolerate her crossing the line again and again.

Lin Jue looked at her for a long time, then suddenly asked, "Are you angry?"

Su Huaiwang's rising anger was interrupted by these sudden words. Lin Jue's smile, which had always seemed embedded in her face, faded, and her expression revealed tension and confusion. She sat up straight, her hands clasped nervously on the inside of her knees.

"Did I do something wrong?" she asked, her voice tight and twisted.

Um?

Su Huaiwang really didn't know what to do now. She had just brainstormed and imagined Lin Jue as a scumbag who used her looks to seduce men everywhere. But now Lin Jue had this expression like an abandoned puppy. It was really a bit of a disconnect.

Seeing that she remained silent and didn't answer, Lin Jue felt even more frightened, and a faint black aura emerged from his body.

She reached out and slapped back the black energy that had risen to a peak, then carefully moved forward, making sure not to touch her.

"I haven't really interacted with people before, so I might do something inappropriate sometimes. I don't want to make you angry. If I did something wrong, could you tell me?"

Su Huaiwang looked down and saw Lin Jue squatting beside her pitifully. She had an inexplicable illusion in her heart. Shaking her head, she quickly threw this illusion out of her mind.

"You said you haven't interacted with anyone much?" Su Huaiwang asked in disbelief.

Lin Jue lowered his eyelashes and nodded: "Well, I was born in a small village that was almost deserted..." If that could be considered a birth, "People around me didn't like me very much and didn't talk to me often, so I didn't know how to interact with people."

At this point, she looked up again: "So if I did something wrong, can you forgive me?"

Her amber eyes were moist, and Su Huaiwang actually wanted to touch her head.

However, compared to such a trivial idea, another fact mentioned by Lin Jue was even more shocking.

"Don't like you? How could I not like you?" Su Huaiwang blurted out the words in surprise, and her voice carried a little indignation that she herself was not aware of.

She looked at Lin Jue's jade-like delicate face, then at the girl's exposed, slender white arms, and felt even more confused.

Even if she was indeed a little angry with Lin Jue just now, it doesn't mean that she hates Lin Jue. To be honest, there probably aren't many people who would feel disgusted with Lin Jue the first time they see her.

"Do you mean that you like me?" The mist in Lin Jue's eyes disappeared, replaced by the soft light reflected in the amber.

Su Huaiwang fell silent again. After a while, she couldn't help herself and patted Lin Jue on the head like an older sister. She asked tentatively:

"Do you know what like means?"

"You mean you won't chase me away, and we can continue to bask in the sun together here?"

Su Huaiwang was speechless. It seemed that Lin Jue really didn't understand love.

"So you don't know what I just asked you?"

Lin Jue tilted her head, wanting Su Huaiwang to pat her again. According to her observations these days, when the puppies at home showed such expressions, Su Huaiwang would smile and pat their heads.

Lin Jue wants it too.

But Su Huaiwang didn't move again, instead she put her hand away awkwardly. Her eyes drifted away, and she realized that Lin Jue had been squatting in front of her, feeling a little uneasy. She didn't know whether she should tell her to sit back down, or stand up herself.

Lin Jue shook his head honestly: "I don't know." Then he added: "But you can tell me, and I won't do it again next time."

She said this very seriously, her eyes completely focused on Su Huaiwang.

Things had come to this point, so Su Huaiwang had no reason not to believe it. If Lin Jue was truly a seasoned lover, she wouldn't have had to use such a humble attitude to beg for her forgiveness.

Lin Jue now looks more like how Da Hui and Xiao Huang looked when they were children, dejected in front of her after they demolished their house, but he is more frank.

But even this attitude was strange, because there was no relationship between them. Su Huaiwang didn't know what went wrong that could make a neighbor he had only met a few times treat him like this.

She felt a little tired.

She didn't say where she felt uncomfortable, but asked:

"So what do you mean by those words?"

Lin Jue frowned, turning over everything he had just said in his mind: "Literally...?"

Su Huaiwang held his forehead, knowing that she didn't understand: "You said that you are very curious about me and care about my feelings. Why is that?"

"Because I want to be closer to you, to become..."

Su Huaiwang's heart was lifted.

"……friend."

The heart, weighing about 250 grams, was put down.

"So that's how it is."

Su Huaiwang touched his face and smiled unconsciously, a relaxed smile.

She then asked, "Have you ever made friends before?"

Lin Jue shook his head again: "No."

"I understand." Su Huaiwang looked at her, and the urge to pat her on the head came back to him.

"Why don't you go back and sit on the recliner first? Aren't you tired of squatting all the time?" Su Huaiwang felt a little more relaxed and didn't care so much about what he said.

Lin Jue obediently returned to the recliner and sat down, but his eyes were still fixed on her, afraid to miss even the slightest change on her face.

After Lin Jue revealed the truth several times, Su Huaiwang confirmed that the other party knew nothing. Facing Lin Jue's gaze, she felt less nervous now.

"Among friends, it's rare to say directly that I care about you."

"Why?" Lin Jue asked seriously.

"Hmm... a bit corny?" In fact, Su Huaiwang didn't have much experience in making friends, and she only had one close friend.

"Okay, then I won't say that in the future." Lin Jue hesitated for the first time. The human language rules were a bit difficult for her.

"It's not that I can't say it... Oh, it's just that, you - you'll understand if you make more friends." Su Huaiwang held it in for a long time, and in the end, only these words came out.

Lin Jue was not dissatisfied with her ambiguous words, but just nodded slightly: "But I just want to be friends with you."

Su Huaiwang took a deep breath and immediately stopped breathing: "...Okay, let's skip this topic."

The girl looked at her carefully, and the familiar smile appeared on her face again: "Then can you tell me how I can become friends with you?"

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Clouds covered the sky and the sky became dark.

Su Huaiwang dragged his tired body back to the room and lay down on the bed.

Mimi came out from under the quilt and stepped on her milk. Su Huaiwang nodded its little head and said angrily, "How good of you, you ran away as soon as someone came."

Mimi meowed, not understanding what she meant at all. Looking at its bewildered expression, Su Huaiwang found it hard not to think of Lin Jue.

She sighed. She had just agreed with Lin Jue to take her around the area in a few days.

It was the first time that someone said so bluntly that he wanted to be friends with her. Modern people rarely say such "impolite" words. Everything seems to be done naturally.

And she actually agreed.

In fact, she also has selfish motives.

Because of Lin Jue's appearance, her moral bottom line and hobbies were challenged. She suspected that it was because she had not been in contact with strangers of the same age for a long time.

If she became friends with Lin Jue and got to know him better, she might not have erotic dreams anymore. Her brain would automatically classify her as a friend. As everyone knows, few people would bring up sexual desire with normal friends, just like she had never been *dreamed* by Tu Zhizhuo in her dreams.

Su Huaiwang sighed again, turned his head to look at the hidden small cabinet, and tried hard to suppress the restlessness in his heart, feeling that the road ahead was long and arduous.

The clouds grew thicker, and raindrops began to fall one by one, then in bursts, hitting the windows with bangs.

Su Huaiwang covered his head with the quilt, vaguely thinking that even if he wanted to go out, he would have to wait until it was sunny.

It was completely dark, and a pair of eyes were peeking at her through the darkness.

The girl in the white dress stood in the rain, getting wet. Her amber eyes stared greedily at the person lying on the bed through the rain curtain and bricks.

Her face was pale, her black hair was wet and sticky, and she looked like a ghost. Wisps of black air came out of her body. Anyway, Su Huaiwang couldn't see her now, so she had no reason to pretend anymore.

Thinking of the conversation in the afternoon, her face turned even paler.

Friends, friends... What exactly are friends? She had only heard Su Huaiwang say this word.

A friend, three pets, these are the things she always thinks about, that is, the things she "loves"?

So what does she, Lin Jue, have to become in order to be with her?

She had never met that so-called friend, and now thinking about it, she probably made the wrong choice.

Only pets can stick with her day and night.

Lin Jue's disappointment was almost overflowing, and she casually beat away a wandering ghost that came over.

She just thought that, at a ratio of one to three, perhaps friends could get more time and "love" than pets.

Now it doesn't seem to be the case?

Then she'd be better off as a pet.