Editor: Xinghe
Translator: YuQiChen/Churen
Jiang Que had no idea about Shen Tazhi’s internal struggles; his reason for making this request was simple:
The worst-case scenario now would be if Shen Tazhi had been lying to him from the beginning, and once they went out, he would run away alone. To prevent this from happening and to ensure he had more stories to listen to in the future, it was better to hear the stories now.
Yes, he had prepared himself to face this situation when he agreed to go out with Shen Tazhi.
Jiang Que was someone who disliked regret. Since he had already decided to let Shen Tazhi go from the start, even if Shen Tazhi later ran away on his own, he wouldn’t be angry. After all, he was already prepared to do so.
He just wanted to hear a few more stories now; otherwise, it would be a big loss.
Therefore, when Shen Tazhi didn’t reply for a long time, Jiang Que started to get a little anxious. He tugged at Shen Tazhi’s sleeve and urged, “Are you going to tell me?”
Shen Tazhi, who was still hesitating, turned his head and met Jiang Que’s eager gaze.
Who could resist such a look?
Shen Tazhi suddenly abandoned his previous doubts and sighed inwardly. He said, “Go ahead.”
Due to being choked earlier, Shen Tazhi’s voice was still a bit hoarse. He took out a bottle of water, took a sip, and slowly swallowed it until his throat felt a bit better. Then, he took out another book from his bag, ‘Revenge of the Three Princesses vs. the Three Icy Princes’, and continued:
【Luo Shang ignored the whispers in the audience and walked to the empty seat by the window in the classroom. Her distant demeanour made her desk mate tremble, unable to help but start packing up to leave.
Seeing no one beside Luo Shang, Moyu directly pulled Liumeng to sit next to her at the back, sighing and complaining, “Really, even though we’ve completed all courses and obtained our doctoral degrees from Harvard University, why does Mom still make us go to high school?”
Liu Meng smiled gently from the back, “Moyu, don’t say that. After all, occasionally experiencing normal high school life is quite interesting.”
Their painful past destined them to live even more heavily burdened lives. Whether it was the brutal assassin training or the intense learning, the once innocent three girls grew up to be more ruthless. Now, returning to campus life was a rare rest for them.
“Childish and boring life,” Luo Shang commented with a cold face.
“Don’t say that, Shang~”
The three of them bantered, completely unaware that their actions were being watched with envy by another girl in the class.】
“What about the male lead?” Jiang Que couldn’t help but ask.
The male lead had just made an appearance earlier, so why did he suddenly disappear now? Could it be that he had mistaken the male lead?
Shen Tazhi’s hand holding the book stiffened unnaturally for a moment before he continued, “He will be appearing soon.”
Jiang Que quieted down, looking forward to the upcoming content.
However, the “soon” mentioned by Shen Tazhi had yet to arrive. Luo Shang and the other two made a splash in the school’s maths class, showing up front of the teacher who lacked practical skills and ended up getting fired. Then they returned to the luxurious villa provided by the school, attracting envious glances from others.
Next, a girl who had been disapproving of them in class arrived at the villa and, after some sarcastic remarks towards Luo Shang, ended up being punched by Luo Shang and started cursing her bitterly.
By this point, Jiang Que had been fed a small package of raisins, a box of soda biscuits, a cup of hot milk, and an apple by Shen Tazhi. He was nearly full and hadn’t heard a single thing about the male lead.
[Why hasn’t he appeared yet, when he said ‘soon’?]
[Luo Shang’s cold treatment of humans is super cool!]
[That’s not the point! We want Jiang Yi! We want Jiang Yi!]
The little tentacles had already started impatiently playing with the leftover plastic bags. Just as Jiang Que was about to speak up in frustration, Shen Tazhi finally mentioned Jiang Yi.
【“Even if you are a royal princesses, so what? You are just pretending to be aloof to attract the attention of the campus heartthrobs, but they will never look at you!”
Even when the unknown girl was pushed to the ground, she remained resentful. Luo Shang crossed her arms, looking down at her with a frown.
“Annoying.”
Seeing the girl on the ground turning red with anger and about to continue cursing, Moyu grew impatient and was ready to step forward to throw her out of their villa area.
At that moment, a clear male voice came from behind:
“But miss, we haven’t seen you around here either.”
Luo Shang looked up to see a chestnut-haired boy walking towards them with a half-toothed smile.
Behind him, another cold and handsome boy, though reluctant, also glanced at the girl causing a scene at their villa gate.
Perhaps this was the campus heartthrob the girl was referring to, a boring game of student drama.
Thinking so, Luo Shang casually averted her gaze.
Her heart was only set on revenge, with no interest in any of this.
But the boy with the half-toothed smile seemed quite interested in her, waving from a distance, “Hey, Ice Princess, we’re here to help you vent, you’re too indifferent just turning away like that!”
Luo Shang lowered her translucent azure eyes, her expression indifferent as she said, “I don’t need your help, please leave together.”
Moyu, standing beside her, glared back without backing down, “Exactly, if it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have encountered this trouble at all.”
Liumeng glanced behind them and asked, “Who’s following you?”
“It’s me. I’ve already contacted the principal. He will come to apologize to everyone shortly. I hope you beautiful ladies won’t misunderstand us because of this little incident~”
Shen Ao, with his peach blossom eyes and a flirtatious demeanour, walked out while casually waving the phone that was still on call. The contact on the screen was none other than the principal.
He casually put his hand on Jiang Yi’s shoulder, sounding innocent, “After all, it’s the first time we’ve seen Yi like someone. We don’t want to sour our relationship with you.”
This aloof iceberg actually likes someone??
Moyu incredulously looked at Jiang Yi, then followed Shen Ao’s gaze towards Luo Shang, nearly dropping her jaw in shock.
Could it be that he likes Luo Shang?!?!
She turned, exchanging an incredulous look with Liumeng beside her, successfully seeing the same astonishment in the other’s eyes.
An iceberg liking another iceberg?! Is this going to be an iceberg clash?!?!】
“What does ‘liking’ mean? Why are they so shocked?”
As expected by Shen Tazhi, just as he thought about it, he heard the voice of doubt coming from Jiang Que.
But Jiang Que was evidently not asking him; he was holding a second cup of hot milk, comfortably leaning against his pile of tentacles, muttering to himself.
This tendency towards self-talk split personality needed further intervention.
Shen Tazhi calmly spoke, intervening before Jiang Que could control the little tentacles, talking to themselves:
“Liking means wanting to treat someone well and wishing for their well-being, that’s why Jiang Yi wants to help Luo Shang.”
Jiang Que pressed on, “Then why does he like Luo Shang?”
“Because… he feels that Luo Shang has gone through a lot of suffering, so he pities her?” Shen Tazhi said with uncertainty.
The content of these novels was based on Jiang Que’s preferences from the previous life, so he didn’t really understand the emotional logic between these characters. He simply wrote the story this way because in the previous life, Jiang Que wanted to hear a story where Luo Shang and Jiang Yi ended up together.
Jiang Que brought up the logic behind it, and Shen Tazhi naturally couldn’t explain it clearly. After all, he couldn’t just say directly, “They will be together because you like them.”
“Is that so…”
Fortunately, Jiang Que didn’t continue to dig deeper and dropped this sentence before holding the cup, lost in thought.
Just when Shen Tazhi thought that the topic would pass like this, Jiang Que suddenly spoke again:
“So, is it because you like me that you are good to me?”
Shen Tazhi was stunned in place for a moment.
After not receiving a response for a long time, Jiang Que lifted his head to look at the stunned Shen Tazhi, a hint of doubt gradually appearing in his eyes.
Why wasn’t Shen Tazhi speaking?
He didn’t think saying ‘like’ was such a difficult thing, he just found Shen Tazhi’s explanation of ‘like’ very similar to his own, so he asked, that’s all.
But Shen Tazhi’s unusual reaction quickly made Jiang Que realize that ‘like’ might not be such a simple emotion. He tried to remember the humans he had seen before, thought seriously, and asked again:
“Isn’t it like that? I haven’t seen many human ‘likes,’ but according to what you said, feeling sorry for someone also counts as liking, so you like me, right?”
He moved closer to Shen Tazhi, looking at the other’s evasive gaze, used his tentacles to hold his legs that were ready to retreat, and smiled:
“You like me, right? Shen Tazhi.”
“If that’s really the case, then I’m very happy.”
He had seen humans liking flowers, liking kittens, liking another person. Although all the ‘likes’ he had seen ended with extreme resentment and hysterical deaths of humans, this did not prevent him from feeling happy about ‘Shen Tazhi liking him.’
Because all the ‘likes’ he had seen, no matter the outcome, were beautiful in the process, so beautiful that even he couldn’t help but smile when he saw them.
This was one of the few positive emotions in humans, the highest tribute from one person to another.
So as long as Shen Tazhi liked him, he would be very happy, whether it was a liking similar to liking flowers or kittens.
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