Chapter 49

Lin Yuan looked sharply at Nangong Ye, her face darkening as she asked, "Why? Because of Nangong Ye?"

Xu Feifei waved her hand and said, "Oh, what are you saying! It's all in the past."

She was almost ready to give up on her strategy of winning over the male lead. For some reason, she no longer had the same excitement she had when she first came to this world.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan looked away and slightly loosened her clenched hands. She remained silent, waiting for her reply.

"Come here, I'll tell you in a low voice." Xu Feifei beckoned her closer with a mysterious gesture.

Lin Yuan lowered her head and approached in confusion.

The two women were only 10 centimeters apart, their knees lightly touching. Lin Yuan looked at Xu Feifei, puzzled, while Xu Feifei looked at Lin Yuan with a smile.

Perhaps because they were so close, Lin Yuan could vaguely feel Xu Feifei's breath gently brushing against her face. Her hand involuntarily tightened around her knee, but accidentally touched Xu Feifei's knee.

“Because I am your… …Pfft!” Xu Feifei couldn’t help but burst out laughing before she could finish speaking, and quickly covered her mouth with her hands.

The ambiguous atmosphere vanished completely, leaving no trace, thanks to Xu Feifei's spittle.

Lin Yuan was stunned for a moment, not knowing what was happening. She silently wiped her face, looking at her with confusion as she covered her mouth, trying not to laugh, her face turning red.

"What did you say? I didn't hear you clearly."

“I… am you… pfft!” Xu Feifei laughed again.

Lin Yuan looked at her with a puzzled expression.

After laughing for a while, Xu Feifei took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, "Because I'm your sister-in-law!" After saying that, she laughed again.

Lin Yuan's previous displeasure vanished instantly, and she laughed, "I thought you'd forgotten!"

"Because when you said that, it sounded just like what your brother said back then."

"Yeah?"

“Really. You two are definitely siblings, you look alike, and sometimes you even talk alike. Especially what you said after class just now, your brother said the same thing.” As Xu Feifei said this, she couldn’t help but recall the scene with Lin Yuan at Qiandao Lake.

"Hmm?" Lin Yuan raised an eyebrow.

"By the way, is your brother still abroad?" Xu Feifei asked.

"He's still here."

"He's all alone abroad?"

Lin Yuan paused for a moment, then laughed, "Yeah. Why are you suddenly asking about this? I thought you'd forgotten about him a long time ago!"

Xu Feifei retorted, "How could that be! Your brother is my savior, and I'm not an ungrateful person."

Lin Yuan looked into her eyes, carefully examining her expression. "Feifei, if I hadn't saved you, would you still remember me?"

"You'll save me?"

"Lin Yuan".

Xu Feifei replied without hesitation, "If your brother hadn't saved me, your brother and I wouldn't have met, right? Without meeting, how could we have become acquainted?"

"That's true."

Xu Feifei thought for a moment and then said, "However..."

"But what?"

"But your brother and I will get to know each other sooner or later."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan asked with great interest, "What do you mean?"

"Because of you, I'm with you every day, and it's only a matter of time before I meet your family. Heaven will arrange everything."

When Lin Yuan heard the word "family," her brows furrowed, and she turned her head away in disgust, as if she had heard something filthy.

After a while, he asked, "What do you think of Lin Yuan?"

"Hmm... First of all, he's a kind-hearted person who likes to help others. And then, he's quite enthusiastic and cheerful?" Xu Feifei thought for a while before replying.

"My vocabulary is limited, but overall he's a good person!" Xu Feifei concluded, officially labeling Lin Yuan as a "good person"!

Lin Yuan chuckled, "I didn't expect him to be so highly regarded by you."

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, the curve of her lips remained unchanged. However, her eyes gradually dimmed; she had never been this kind of person!

"Then if Lin Yuan comes back, you will..." Lin Yuan stopped there and didn't continue.

What will happen?

The phrase "offering oneself in marriage" immediately flashed through Xu Feifei's mind, and she guessed, "You know how to date, right?"

"Yes." Lin Yuan's dim eyes regained some brightness, but she became more cautious.

"No way! Lin Yuan, you really want me to be your sister-in-law?!" Xu Feifei laughed.

"Um."

Xu Feifei looked at Lin Yuan in surprise after she saw Lin Yuan nod. She never expected her best friend to want her to become her sister-in-law! What kind of plot was this?! Aren't most people supposed to refuse domestic relationships?

Unfortunately, she doesn't belong to this world.

"Didn't we make a promise before? That we wouldn't date in high school?"

What happens after high school?

"We'll talk about things after high school. Right now, we should focus on studying! Doing well in high school is our top priority!" Xu Feifei said firmly.

The future of this world should have little to do with her anymore. Xu Feifei felt quite sad thinking about leaving this world.

“Yes, live in the moment,” Lin Yuan said.

"No one knows whether tomorrow or an accident will come first, so just live your life well every day."

Lin Yuan turned her head away and looked at the leaves swaying by the window. The leaves were not lush, but they were enough to block out the view in front of her, and even the distant sky was obscured.

A leaf, swaying in the wind, drifted down with a soft "click."

“Unexpected events always catch us off guard,” Lin Yuan said softly.

"really."

Xu Feifei deeply resonated with Lin Yuan's words, just like now, having transmigrated to this world simply by reading a novel. Was it a dream? But after so long, shouldn't she have woken up by now?

"Feifei, what would you do if someone lied to you?" Lin Yuan's gaze remained fixed on the window, her eyelashes fluttering gently in the air.

"You lied to me?" Xu Feifei lowered her head and pondered.

After Xu Feifei said that, Lin Yuan turned to look at her and replied, "Mm."

"It depends on how you lie, and what our relationship is like. But I can accept a white lie. Who hasn't lied in this world?"

After hesitating for a long time, Lin Yuan asked in a low voice, "What if it were me?"

“Then I…” Xu Feifei deliberately dragged out her words, wanting to see Lin Yuan's nervous expression. But Lin Yuan's expression didn't change at all.

Xu Feifei had no choice but to give up the chance to tease Lin Yuan, and laughed, "Of course I'll forgive you!"

Lin Yuan let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief. The white patches on her nails slowly returned to their rosy color, leaving crescent-shaped marks on her palms. She asked, "Why?"

"Because I can't think of a reason not to forgive you. Some lies are done out of necessity. I believe you wouldn't lie to me for no reason. You must have your own reasons."

After saying this, Xu Feifei's eyes dimmed slightly. She herself had been weaving all sorts of lies; everyone has their own secrets. In this world, she probably couldn't be the one to be completely honest with everyone.

"However, Lin Yuan, you can tell me anything, and I will do my best to help you."

Xu Feifei knew that Lin Yuan was hiding something from her. Lin Yuan had been away from school for a while before, and when she returned, she didn't look well. When asked, she usually said that nothing was wrong, so Xu Feifei felt embarrassed to press her further.

"Yes, I will, just give me some time."

After saying that, Lin Yuan lowered her head and started doing her exercises, without saying anything more.

Upon seeing this, Xu Feifei said, "Okay, I will always wait for you."

After hearing this, Lin Yuan paused on the notebook with her pen. After a long while, the ink from the pen tip blurred into a circle.

Seeing that Lin Yuan had stopped speaking, Xu Feifei realized that there were some things she needed to think about and consider on her own.

So Xu Feifei didn't bother Lin Yuan anymore. That evening, after returning the trolley to the courier station, she took a bunch of packages back to her dorm.

Today's deliveries were again in pairs, one for each person. Because Lin Yuan had to prepare for a competition, she didn't help Xu Feifei unpack the packages this time. She helped Xu Feifei carry the packages back to her dormitory and then left.

After Xu Feifei opened the package, she divided it into individual portions.

Then, she picked up a package. It was a jade bracelet with a small pendant in the middle. The bracelet was smooth and lustrous, and under the light, it shimmered with a soft white glow.

I picked up the bracelet, intending to admire its unique brilliance under the light. But shortly after, the bracelet suddenly broke, scattering the jade beads all over the floor.

"Ding-ding." It landed on the ground with a crisp and pleasant sound.

"How did it break?" Xu Feifei looked at the small pendant she was holding in her hand, the broken rope, and the jade beads scattered all over the ground.

Feeling a strange headache, I squatted down and picked up the jade beads one by one, placing them on the table.

After a while, Xu Feifei carefully counted the number of jade beads she had picked up and compared them with the new ones, and found that three were still missing.

"Strange, we're still missing three." Xu Feifei squatted down and carefully searched her surroundings, but found no extra jade beads.

So Xu Feifei knelt on the ground and turned on her phone's flashlight. Shining it under the sofa, she found three jade beads hidden there.

Xu Feifei easily picked up the two jade beads that were close together, but one of them was more difficult for her because of her long arms.

Xu Feifei aimed at the jade bead, lay face down on the ground, and stretched her hand to reach it. After groping for a while, she felt the corner of something hard, pulled it out, and found that the jade bead had also been pulled out.

After picking up the items, Xu Feifei's hands were covered in dust and had a few strands of hair tangled in them. The jade beads were also covered in dust.

He shook his hands to remove the hair and dust, wiped the jade beads with his clothes, and put them back on the table.

Along with it, a piece of paper was pulled out, square and about the size of a tissue. There was hair and dust tangled on the paper, but you could clearly see "For A University Library Only" written on the back.

Xu Feifei picked up the paper from the corner, shook it with a hint of disgust, and wiped it with a tissue.

When she saw the front, she was shocked. Her heart skipped a beat, her eyelids twitched, the paper trembled in her hand, and her face turned pale.

Xu Feifei hurriedly got up and rushed off to find the novel she had taken to the library last time.