Chapter 55 Cold War

◎Unconventional◎

Knock knock knock——

The door knocked three times, and Shi Hanqiao found that she could now even determine that the person outside the door was Luo Wusheng by the sound of the knocks. Unlike Josephine's slow knocks and Luo Wuming's strong knocks, the young man's knocks were very rhythmic, with neither light nor heavy force, and were just right.

She was feeling upset and had been in a low mood since she saw the post.

During these three hours, she did nothing but sit on the sofa in a daze, with the words 'Luo Wusheng said he hated Shi Hanqiao' flashing through her mind.

She attributed her annoyance to the fact that Luo Wusheng was the only friend she recognized. After all, no one would be happy to see their good friend hate their words.

This conclusion actually came out very quickly, and she had read all the posts. Luo Wusheng was injured purely by accident.

But she just felt uncomfortable and irritable.

Unable to figure out the reason, she had to search on the Star Network, and the answers she got were all about her friend being accidentally injured, her friend being very miserable, and she just needed to not misunderstand her friend.

Shi Hanqiao:???

What the hell is this?

She did not misunderstand Luo Wusheng and knew that the poster was just using him to gain attention, but what she didn't understand was why she still felt annoyed even though she knew it was fake.

[Then you must be very good friends, otherwise why would you be so angry?]

Shi Hanqiao looked at the latest comments. She felt that she was not angry, but just irritated and uncomfortable. It was like a drizzle suddenly came when she was enjoying the sunshine. It was not as heavy as a rainstorm that soaked her from head to toe, but it still ruined her good mood.

The rain has passed, and she stands in the sunshine again, still feeling the original beauty, but the traces of the rain are left in her heart.

The Hunyuan Bell could vaguely sense Shi Hanqiao's state. While he didn't know her specific feelings, he was still a veteran in the artifact world, with many younger generations and a host of old friends. Interactions between artifacts were similar to those between people. His experience in inter-instrumental interactions was far greater than that of his master, who had only established a close relationship with Luo Wei.

He didn't know that Shi Hanqiao could tolerate Luo Wusheng sleeping beside her, and he was also angry because his IQ was crushed. He snorted coldly and dived into the star network to search for the information he needed.

Knock knock knock——

There was another slow knock on the door. Shi Hanqiao swiped the screen impatiently. She actually didn't know what she was thinking.

When it comes to schemes and human nature, she can't say she sees them completely clearly, but at least she can guess about 70% of them based on known clues. But now she doesn't know what she is worried about.

Is this what Luo Wei meant by human emotions?

Shi Hanqiao began to trace the source of all this, which was the friend she recognized - Luo Wusheng.

She hesitated. Was this decision right or wrong?

Should she have friends?

If it weren't for Luo Wusheng, perhaps she wouldn't be inexplicably upset now. And with the intuition she had honed from countless dangerous experiences, she might also develop such inexplicable emotions because of him in the future.

So, should she cut her losses in time?

Apart from not having the sense of responsibility and mission that a commander should have, Shi Hanqiao possesses all the necessary elements of a genius commander, such as prudence, meticulousness, and insight.

Luo Wusheng and others fought for the empire, fought to wipe out the Zerg, and fought for the people of the stars; while she fought for herself.

She should eliminate everything or anyone that affects her.

but--

Knock knock knock——

There was a third knock on the door, but Shi Hanqiao still had no intention of getting up to open it.

Luo Wusheng stood outside the door. Although he had a plan to test Girl A's attitude towards him, he still felt uneasy after knocking on the door several times without any response.

Just as he raised his hand to knock on the door again, it opened automatically with a click.

Open the door with remote control.

Luo Wusheng breathed a sigh of relief. Girl A usually came to open the door herself, but the fact that she opened the door with the remote control was enough to show that her mood was affected to a certain extent.

But it should be okay, at least she is willing to open the door for him.

"I saw the kitchen robot only made dinner for five people tonight. You probably didn't eat it either, so they ordered your portion as well."

The little robot placed the dishes on the table in an orderly manner, and Luo Wusheng walked over slowly, as usual.

He never showed his emotions, his expression always indifferent, like a flower on a mountaintop, sacred and inviolable. But this was how he treated outsiders. On weekdays, when he was with his teammates, he only released his pressure when issuing orders.

In front of Shi Hanqiao, he usually restrained the coldness around him, his expression was calm and reserved, and his eyes were peaceful.

He felt comfortable and relaxed, yet a little nervous after making eye contact or physical contact with girl A.

Overall, it is a relaxed and leisurely state.

Shi Hanqiao didn't say anything. When the young man appeared in front of her, or rather, when she chose to open the door with the remote control, she had already made a choice unconsciously.

“Have you read the post?”

Luo Wusheng was shocked by the straightforward remarks of Girl A. If he had not noticed that she was distracted for a moment, he would have thought that he had been exposed.

He asked calmly, "I saw it, what's wrong?"

"I don't like it."

She frowned slightly and glanced at the young man who seemed to be in a bad state. She was now bothered by her own affairs and did not pay attention to his situation.

Luo Wusheng took a deep breath and calmed himself down: "I've already contacted them to delete the post."

"Yeah, but I still don't like it."

Which entry do you dislike?

Is it the tenth one? #Luo Wusheng said he hated Shi Hanqiao#

The young man didn't dare to ask. This entry was originally very popular, but he hacked into the school forum and changed it to the tenth entry.

At the end of the forum homepage, it is not in the center of focus but within sight, cautiously exploring.

"Although it has nothing to do with you, I really don't like this situation right now."

Luo Wusheng asked what he meant: "So?"

"From now on, I don't want to talk to you, and you don't want to talk to me."

She had to figure out the reason. She didn't want to be affected by unknown things, nor did she want to stay away from Luo Wusheng because of this unreasonable influence.

She didn't hate Luo Wusheng, so why should she give up her only friend because of this influence?

How could she, a dignified Demon Lord, back down because of fear of some unknown emotion? What a joke.

But she was still unhappy.

So she didn't want to talk to the young man for the time being. The reason why she didn't want the young man to talk to her was very simple: it would affect her thinking.

"cold war?"

After Luo Wusheng asked the question, he received a nod in response from the other side. He paused, then pointed to the food on the table and got the same answer again.

Dinner was held in an eerie silence. The two of them had dinner together many times, but this was the first time that no one spoke a word the entire time.

However, Luo Wusheng could inexplicably sense what Woman A meant, and he felt a mixture of emotions.

Seeing her upset because of this, he felt guilty beneath his secret joy. This wasn't really a calculation, just a careful test to let her see an entry, but he still felt despicable for his secret actions. Perhaps it was because he was testing the person he liked in a less than honorable way.

However, he did not regret testing her when she was still emotionally blank. He was only afraid that Shi Hanqiao would be unaware of the entry and would not react at all, which was what he feared most, because that would prove that she did not care about him at all.

I just hope that by the time she has the ability to distinguish feelings, she has some emotional basis for him.

To do this, he is willing to dig a hole for his future self, awaiting her judgment.

As for the current cold war, he didn't take it to heart. According to the logic of normal human interaction, who would say it before a cold war?

Her current irritability was similar to his state of mind after the night he talked with the Demon Lord in the Star Realm. The so-called 'cold war' was just a means of escape.

However, emotions are the most uncontrollable and unavoidable.

He has tested this himself.

After dinner, the two of them sat aside as usual and did their own things. The only difference between the cold war and usual times was that they really didn't have a single conversation.

Luo Wusheng smiled helplessly and wanted to talk to her several times, but stopped in time when he thought of her request and focused his attention on the screen again.

Shi Hanqiao, who was sitting opposite him, was holding a mecha model in his hand. It had been debugged long ago, and he was just holding it in his hand as a cover.

She hadn't figured out why she was upset, but she had subjectively ruled out the option of distancing herself from Luo Wusheng, even though her intuition told her that she might be affected by him more frequently in the future.

It's normal for friends to have a cold war. Once she figures out why she's affected by it, or the annoyance in her heart dissipates, everything will return to normal.

The mecha model drew a beautiful parabola in the air, and then fell back into the palm of his bony hand. Shi Hanqiao tossed the model in his hand intermittently, his eyes casually falling on the young man opposite him. There was a darkness under his lazy appearance that he himself had not noticed.

As the night deepened, and since the two were still in a 'cold war', Luo Wusheng went back to his room on his own.

The next morning, he and Shi Hanqiao went downstairs to have breakfast together.

Although they agreed to have a cold war and not talk, the tacit understanding was still there. The young man set the food on the table and woman A put the tableware.

"Disagreement?"

Luo Wusheng raised his eyebrows and looked past Shi Hanqiao at Celia who was walking over. As they were both in the shooting position, she always went in and out with her brother, but today she appeared in the kitchen alone.

"I told him to stand in a straight line, but he insisted on standing in a straight line," Celia snorted coldly. "I don't want to bother with him."

Albert also entered the restaurant. When he saw his sister taking out the single-serving breakfast prepared by the robot, he rolled his eyes and only greeted Luo Wusheng and Shi Hanqiao.

He snorted disdainfully at his sister, then looked over at the two people who were quietly eating and passing tissues and water cups to each other. "You two seem to have a good relationship."

"How can it be bad? We have a tacit understanding and know how to cooperate and complement each other." Celia hinted that her brother did not know how to cooperate.

"You also understand the concept of cooperation and complementarity!" Albert emphasized, "It's a matter between two people! It's not about one person giving in!"

The siblings' eyes battled in the air, neither willing to back down. They snorted coldly and turned away. After getting breakfast, one picked up their backpack and headed out, while the other returned to their room.

As soon as they left, Luo Wuming came in, obviously seeing the two of them leave one after another.

"Celia and Albert are about to start a cold war again. Remember to avoid them during this period."

Shi Hanqiao was puzzled: "Why?"

Luo Wuming answered quickly: "If they are in a cold war, wouldn't it be a Shura field for us to be caught in the middle?"

Shi Hanqiao said, "We are also in a cold war."

"Who? You and who?" Luo Wuming was completely confused.

"Me and him." Female A tilted her head towards Luo Wusheng, then looked at Male A.

"You're actually joking?!" Luo Wuming didn't feel embarrassed or uncomfortable at all. To be precise, he didn't believe a word of it. He leaned over in surprise, but then he seemed to have thought of something and straightened his expression. His eyes moved back and forth between Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng.

"Are you in league with him to play a trick on me?"

"With the two of you being like this, who would believe you're in a cold war?"

【Author’s words】

Normal people's cold war: quarreling with each other, pretending not to know each other when seeing each other, and going their separate ways

Shi and Luo are in a cold war: no words spoken, everything else is normal (are you sure this isn't some weird thing? bushi)

The cold war between the two is also super sweet and cute... hehehe (with built-in filter)

Next chapter, a certain Sheng's acting skills are appreciated~