Chapter 28 It’s so hard for me! (Update 1)
Cheng Luanxin was completely stunned, but she still retained a bit of her rationality: "What are you talking about? I, I am Song Qiuchi?"
Du Zhiruo was helpless: "If it was Qiu Chi, he probably wouldn't be as panicked as you are now under any circumstances."
Cheng Luanxin blushed, cleared her throat, and forced herself to remain calm: "I really am Song Qiuchi."
Du Zhiruo smiled: "Luanxin, after all, we have been relatives and friends for three years. Don't you believe in our friendship?"
Cheng Luanxin wanted to make some further excuses, but when she saw Du Zhiruo's gentle expression, she couldn't come up with any excuses and finally gave in.
"...How did you find out?"
"There are so many flaws. You two have completely different personalities. I didn't think much of it at first. I just found it strange that you'd changed so much in just a few years. It wasn't until I played a casual joke on you that day and you reacted so strongly that I realized something was wrong. Once I accepted this premise, everything made sense."
Cheng Luanxin hesitated: "Are our acting so different?"
Du Zhiruo chuckled. "It doesn't look like it, but others shouldn't be able to notice it, and I won't tell anyone, so don't worry."
Cheng Luanxin muttered, "Song Qiuchi, even though she's a movie queen, isn't much better than me..."
Du Zhiruo said, "Perhaps he doesn't understand your lifestyle. Let me guess, you two probably haven't had much contact in all these years, right?"
Cheng Luanxin scratched her head: "There really isn't much contact... Does occasionally seeing each other and bantering count?"
Du Zhiruo asked: "How long have you been in this situation? Why did this happen?"
Cheng Luan thought to herself, "It wasn't that long ago, just the last two weeks. As for why... I don't know."
She briefly explained to Du Zhiruo the incident of taking the wrong trophy, then held her chin with her hand, feeling melancholy. "...And it's been like this ever since. I don't know when I can get it back."
Du Zhiruo thought for a moment and asked, "So you were forced to work together because your souls were swapped and it was inconvenient, right?"
Cheng Luan felt a little embarrassed: "You can see this now, that's enough. After all, we are both like this, so it's not good to harm others..."
Du Zhiruo tilted her head and looked at her: "So you guys plan to keep doing business until the show is over? You... don't plan to use this opportunity to have a relationship?"
Cheng Luanxin was stunned, her face flushed: "Of course I thought about it...but my current situation..."
Du Zhiruo asked directly: "What if the other person is me?"
Cheng Luanxin opened her eyes wide in surprise: "What are you talking about?"
Du Zhiruo stared into Cheng Luanxin's eyes: "If I ask you out on a date next time, will you agree?"
"I..." Cheng Luanxin could only hear her heart beating non-stop, "But Song Qiuchi... are you sure it's me?"
Du Zhiruo nodded: "Yes, I, Du Zhiruo, invited Cheng Luanxin herself. Are you willing to go on a date with me next time?"
The development of the matter was so bizarre that Cheng Luanxin felt her face burning. She didn't dare look directly at Du Zhiruo: "I have to discuss this with Song Qiuchi. We have agreed..."
Du Zhiruo: "You'd better not discuss it with her. She might not want your secret to be discovered by me."
"Ah?" Cheng Luan was stunned. "Why do you say that?"
Du Zhiruo smiled bitterly: "After spending time with Qiu Chi recently, I feel like she doesn't like me very much."
"She doesn't like you?" Cheng Luan was surprised. "How could she not like you? It must be your illusion. You, you are so good, everyone will like you."
Du Zhiruo blinked. "Really? Then just treat it as my illusion. Go back and think about it. Let's keep it a secret between the two of us, okay?"
Since Du Zhiruo had said so, Cheng Luanxin certainly couldn't refuse. She blushed and agreed, "Okay."
Cheng Luanxin returned to the dormitory. Song Qiuchi was applying a cold compress mask. She glanced at Cheng Luanxin and asked, "Are you back?"
Cheng Luan had something to hide, and said in a coy manner, "Yeah, I'm back."
"Where did you go?"
"Well... we didn't go anywhere. There's an observatory next door. We climbed up and took a look. The view was pretty good. Haha."
Song Qiuchi didn't think much about it: "Go remove your makeup, I have some ointment here, come out and I'll apply it on you."
"Oh." Cheng Luanxin obediently took off her makeup and sat in front of Song Qiuchi, not daring to look her in the eye.
Song Qiuchi frowned: "Face me."
Cheng Luanxin had no choice but to turn her head away, her eyes still wandering.
Song Qiuchi dipped his index finger in the ointment and applied it evenly on the tiny red rashes under her eyes.
"Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, just a little itchy."
After applying the ointment, Song Qiuchi wiped his fingers clean with a tissue and threw the waste paper into the trash can.
Cheng Luanxin stood up hurriedly, her eyes dodging: "It's getting late, shall we rest?"
Song Qiuchi looked at her suspiciously: "What happened? Why do you seem weird?"
"Ah? Nothing happened." Cheng Luanxin pretended to be stupid, "Do I look weird? Why didn't I notice it? Haha."
This reaction was not right at first glance. Song Qiuchi thought for a moment and asked, "What did Du Zhiruo say to you?"
Cheng Luanxin waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no, she didn't tell me anything."
Song Qiuchi: "..."
Song Qiuchi recalled what Du Zhiruo had said to him before and paused: "Did she ask you out?"
Cheng Luanxin opened her eyes wide: "You know all this?"
Song Qiuchi thought to himself, with your expression that can't hide anything, it's really hard not to know: "Did you reject her?"
Cheng Luanxin hesitated: "I... haven't..."
Song Qiuchi was helpless: "You don't want to agree to her, do you?"
"How could it be? I've already signed a contract with you. How could I, a person with such a strong sense of contract, do such a thing?" Cheng Luanxin said quickly, "But..."
"But what?"
Cheng Luanxin scratched her head, not knowing how to explain to Song Qiuchi.
Song Qiuchi glanced at her and said, "Let me remind you that Du Zhiruo is not as simple as you think. Don't let her take advantage of you."
Cheng Luan was surprised and said, "How can you say that about Zhi Ruo? Why is she using me? I have no value to use."
Song Qiuchi couldn't stand her innocent look: "You have no use value? You are now representing Song Qiuchi, do you know how popular you are?"
Cheng Luanxin defended herself: "Zhiruo didn't fancy your popularity. She invited me, not you..."
Halfway through her words, Cheng Luanxin realized that she had let something slip and quickly covered her mouth.
Song Qiuchi frowned: "What do you mean?"
Cheng Luanxin said quickly, "It's meaningless, it's meaningless. I just won't agree to her. Let's get some rest. Don't we have to watch the sunrise tomorrow morning?"
Song Qiuchi persisted, "You mean, she knows you're Cheng Luanxin? Did you tell her?"
Cheng Luan was anxious: "Why would I tell her such a thing? I'm not a fool! Oh, she saw it herself and she didn't let me tell you, but you know, I can't keep secrets. It's so difficult for me!"
She sat down on the bed in frustration, looking unhappy.
Song Qiuchi pondered for a moment. She knew that Du Zhiruo had always been smart. Her cooperation with Cheng Luanxin was sometimes really incompatible. It was not surprising that it could be seen, and it was not Cheng Luanxin's fault.
She walked closer to Cheng Luanxin: "Okay, don't be unhappy. I'll pretend I don't know, okay?"
Cheng Luanxin looked up at Song Qiuchi and said pitifully, "Really?"
Song Qiuchi: "Really? What else did she say to you? She didn't threaten you with this, did she?"
Cheng Luanxin: "Oh, don't think so badly of her. She just asked me if she could go on a date with me, and she said she would keep it a secret for us."
"So... do you really want to date her?"
Cheng Luan thought for a moment and muttered, "Not really... To be honest, I was a little moved at the time, but after I came back and calmed down, it seemed like nothing much. I even found it rather troublesome to think about it. Hey, do you think I'm getting old?"
Noticing the cold sweat on her palms, Song Qiuchi belatedly realized she was actually a little nervous. She breathed a sigh of relief: "What nonsense are you talking about? Let's go to sleep."
The two of them lay on the bed with their clothes on, separated by a thick and damp quilt, keeping a certain distance between them.
The dim little desk lamp was on, illuminating the cracks in the dilapidated ceiling, making it feel a bit like going back to childhood.
Cheng Luan's worries vanished, and she felt relaxed again. She had been fiddling with shadow puppets on the ceiling for a long time, and she was so sleepy that she kept yawning. She also stretched out her fingers to poke Song Qiuchi's waist. "Tell me, how should I reject Zhi Ruo? I always feel like we're like elementary school students forming cliques, and it's not very friendly to her."
Song Qiuchi was helpless: "Put the blame on me, saying that I am cold-hearted and forced you to fulfill the contract."
Cheng Luanxin chuckled: "That's not the case. You're not that bad. Song Qiuchi, you know, this is the first time I've slept with someone since I grew up."
Song Qiuchi was the same and let out a soft "Oh".
"I didn't expect that he would sleep with me. How could this happen..."
Song Qiuchi waited for Cheng Luanxin's next words, but there was no sound from the other end.
She tilted her head and saw that Cheng Luanxin had fallen asleep, her eyelashes trembling slightly with her breathing.
Cheng Luanxin has always had rich facial expressions. Since the body swap, Song Qiuchi rarely saw her cheeks look so cute. A strange urge suddenly surged in her heart, and she wanted to touch this cheek.
She was shocked by her own thoughts. After all, wanting to touch her own face was strange no matter how she thought about it.
She suppressed her strange impulse, took three deep breaths, and turned off the small desk lamp.
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