Facing Qu Jiaran's heartfelt "confession", Nan Yu remained unmoved. She just calmly locked eyes with Qu Jiaran.
To be fair, Qu Jiaran's care and concern for her were genuine.
Moreover, Tan Linyuan had just told her that Qu Jiaran had been good to her.
"Yuyu, I know you don't believe me," Qu Jiaran looked at her earnestly. "I said those harsh words before just to test you."
Test?
Nan Yu couldn't understand at all.
Qu Jiaran said, "I wanted to see if you would be afraid to lose your temper with me because of my status."
"The fact proves that you don't care at all. You're not even worried about losing me."
Nan Yu replied calmly, "I won't be reluctant to let go of someone who makes me sad."
She and Qu Jiaran had never been friends from the very beginning.
How could friends be like this? Qu Jiaran had approached her with impure motives at first, and her attitude towards Qu Jiaran had always been just lukewarm.
Putting aside Qu Jiaran's use of her, she had also used Qu Jiaran in return.
It was just obvious that she was the one in the wrong.
"Is it because I competed with you for Tan Linyuan that I made you sad?" Qu Jiaran asked again.
Suddenly, the name of a third person popped up in the conversation. Nan Yu felt annoyed and shook her head. "No, it's just that we're not suitable for each other."
Not suitable to be friends, nor suitable to continue getting along.
But why?
Qu Jiaran had never done anything to hurt her.
Nan Yu lowered her eyelashes. "Just think that I have a bad temper and can't get along well with you."
But the real answer seemed to be something else.
At this moment, all the annoyance, anxiety, and impatience in her heart seemed to have found an answer.
It was because Qu Jiaran was related to Tan Linyuan.
Nan Yu was reluctant to admit that this feeling was jealousy.
Actually, she had noticed it long ago.
Qu Jiaran was confident, enthusiastic, generous, and cheerful. She had a clear attitude towards good and evil and never hid anything.
Whether she liked or disliked someone, she could put it out in the open.
But she couldn't.
Even for a long time, her feelings had to be buried deep underground and she was afraid that others would find out.
"Did I do something wrong?" Qu Jiaran still didn't understand. "I can change, Yuyu."
"Neither of us did anything wrong. It's just that our personalities don't match," Nan Yu tried hard to come up with a reasonable explanation. "You're really a nice girl."
... The conversation was getting weirder and weirder.
Hearing Nan Yu's compliment, Qu Jiaran immediately cheered up. "Yuyu, I knew you didn't really hate me."
Nan Yu: "..."
She not only understood Tan Linyuan's way of thinking but also Qu Jiaran's now.
Qu Jiaran only listened to what she wanted to hear and ignored the things she didn't want to accept.
"Yuyu, there's something I want to apologize to you for," Qu Jiaran said happily as she hooked Nan Yu's arm and leaned her head on her shoulder. "When we quarreled before, I said, 'I feel disgusted that your blood is flowing in my body.' I want to repent."
"Actually, I don't mind at all. When Qi Zhu told me that you saved me after I woke up, I was so excited in the ward that I almost jumped up - but Qi Zhu held me down. He's such a dull guy."
Nan Yu kept silent.
Qu Jiaran continued, "Your blood is flowing in my body now. It divides and produces more blood, which blends with my own..."
Nan Yu felt a chill. "Stop talking."
"Okay. I just want to say that you gave me a new life. I'm so happy, so how could I be disgusted? From now on, this life of mine is yours!"
Nan Yu showed her disgust without hesitation. "Don't say that. I would have helped anyone in that situation."
Reaching out a helping hand in a critical moment was not such a great and praise - worthy act.
Nan Yu was too lazy to tell which of her words were true and which were false.
"That's great too. It shows that you're a kind person. No one will dislike a kind person," Qu Jiaran said.
In Qu Jiaran's eyes, Nan Yu seemed to be perfect. "Yuyu, do you know that you have a biggest advantage, but also a disadvantage? That is, you like to say the opposite of what you really mean."
You clearly care, but you say you don't; you clearly mind, but you say you don't.
You can't express your true feelings straightforwardly.
"You're exactly the same as Linyuan in this regard!" Qu Jiaran suddenly said excitedly with her hands clasped. "He's the same. He clearly has someone he likes in his heart..."
"Okay," Nan Yu interrupted indifferently. "It's getting late. I'm going to sleep."
Since she had already cleared the air with Qu Jiaran, she didn't need to always go along with Qu Jiaran or maintain a false relationship.
She didn't want to talk about Tan Linyuan with Qu Jiaran.
If she didn't want to talk, she should end the conversation immediately and not waste any more words or time.
Nan Yu pulled her arm out and turned around mercilessly, heading towards the bedroom.
Seeing that she was really leaving, Qu Jiaran suddenly asked, "Yuyu, tell me. Do you want to be with Linyuan? I saw you two holding hands just now."
Nan Yu's steps faltered slightly.
Here we go again.
Nan Yu took a deep breath. A surge of disgust flashed through her heart. She turned around again and looked at Qu Jiaran.
Her eyes were cold. "You're trying to probe me again, aren't you?"
"Qu Jiaran, we've known each other for a while. How many times have you probed me?"
Qu Jiaran immediately shook her head, looking confused. "Yuyu, you've misunderstood me..."
"You just want to confirm whether I like Tan Linyuan and whether I'll take him away from you, right?"
As Nan Yu said this, her fingers tightened slightly and her words were cold. "You should ask him instead of torturing me over and over again."
"Yuyu, you've really misunderstood me this time," Qu Jiaran also stood up, looking embarrassed. "I mean, if you want to be with Linyuan, I can help you two."
"He told you, right? Our engagement doesn't count at all. We haven't even registered for marriage. If you..."
"Are you done?" Nan Yu sneered and took a step closer. "I think you're really schizophrenic. Have you forgotten how much you wanted to marry Tan Linyuan before?"
Countless times, she had fantasized about her marriage with Tan Linyuan in front of her; countless times, she had hinted that she wouldn't let anyone take Tan Linyuan away.
Every single one of her actions had been a blatant claim of her sovereignty over Tan Linyuan.
Now she was saying that she would help her. Who was she trying to deceive with this false show of kindness?
Qu Jiaran knew that Nan Yu was angry and her voice became very soft. "I admit that I really wanted to marry Linyuan before... But that's all in the past."
"What do you mean by 'in the past'?" Nan Yu frowned.
Qu Jiaran had her own logic. "It means that I wanted to marry him before, but I don't want to now."