Lin Ze was silent.
He couldnât quite determine his true feelings, so he didnât know how to talk to Gu Shengyin.
Yet his silence made others assume it meant something else: a silent rejection.
Gu Shengyinâs face dimmed.
She seemed to lose interest in sitting here watching the night scenery and stood up.
She said to Lin Ze, "Iâm planning to go back to my room. You take your time to enjoy. Good night."
Lin Ze: "Good night."
Gu Shengyin turned around and walked toward the room without a backward glance.
As she walked, she spoke to the only system that could communicate with her, "System, I think, for now, thereâs no hope for Lin Ze and me."
The system agreed.
Gu Shengyin was a bit confused: "Logically, with my experience from multiple worlds, although he wonât remember me, we should both have a soul-bound connection. He shouldnât feel nothing towards me."
The system thought for a moment and admitted it didnât know either.
Gu Shengyin mused alone, "Could it be that Lin Zeâs worldview is so upright that he doesnât even allow himself early romance?"
System: "..." Doesnât quite understand.
The person and the system discussed this question for a long time without coming up with an answer.
Until the event was over and everyone returned to their own homes.
Then the peaceful last winter vacation of high school ended, and the last semester of senior year arrived.
Gu Shengyin decided to study hard and strive for self-improvement.
This meant she no longer had as much time to seek out Lin Ze or appear in every corner around him every day.
On the first day, Lin Ze didnât feel anything was amiss.
In fact, without Gu Shengyinâs presence around him, he felt relieved.
He felt he hadnât figured out how to deal with her, and perhaps some quiet reflection was best.
On the second day, the third day, Gu Shengyin still didnât come to find him.
Lin Ze began to feel somewhat uncomfortable.
He once again returned to eating alone in the cafeteria.
Logically, having no one intrusively invade his domain should be a good thing for him.
But he found that his original habits had changed.
If his previous habit was to eat alone quietly, then over the past two years, it had turned into silently eating with Zhong Changhuan.
Now, the girl who had abruptly appeared in his world had abruptly disappeared once more.
Lin Ze felt inexplicably uneasy.
He came around to inquire about Gu Shengyinâs current situation. Upon learning that she was now fully focused on preparing for the college entrance exams and was even having nutritious meals specially prepared at home delivered to the school every day, he felt relieved.
Luckily, it wasnât due to any other reason.
Song Tao raised his eyebrows at his friend: "You know, are you the legendary masochist? When Changhuan was devoting herself entirely to you, you gave her the cold shoulder. Now that sheâs found more important things to focus on, you start to care about her. Sighâ"
That last sigh was full of meaning.
This time, after Lin Zeâs silence, he gave his answer in front of his childhood friend: "Itâs not that Iâm indifferent. Itâs just... I donât know whatâs really in my heart."
Upon hearing this, Song Taoâs eyes lit up: this looks promising!
He quickly pulled Lin Ze aside, asking: "Bro, what do you mean by that? Could it be that you actually have feelings for Changhuan?"