Chapter 38.1: Help Me Wear It

Lin Yujing hadn’t expected this question, and she responded suddenly with a simple “No.” It sounded a little flimsy, and she had no idea how long Shen Juan had been standing there watching her. She added, “I didn’t even see what he looked like,” in an effort to make her answer seem more natural.

Shen Juan had already seen her jumping around in front of the convenience store from the taxi. The girl wore a plush beige sweater, her hair was untied, and she stood there with a small school bag on her back. She hadn’t even brought her suitcase.

She went home with a small suitcase every week. This time she was empty-handed, so she probably hadn’t come here directly from school.

Shen Juan sat up straight. “Sir, just stop here.”

The driver slowed to a stop and confirmed. “Sure thing, I’ll stop here at the curb for you.”

Shen Juan gave a “mm” in response. He tilted to the side and got out his wallet, then paid and got out of the car.

He didn’t rush over. He stood across the street for a while, lit a cigarette, and watched Lin Yujing as she walked from one side of the big glass window to the other. She would bounce around while looking inside, panning left and right, jumping, and rotating repeatedly like a spiral trying to rise into the sky. He had no idea what she was looking at, but she just wouldn’t go in and approach it.

She jumped around like this for five minutes.

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Lin Yujing blinked. “No need, I actually just wanted to see if he was going to buy the cranberry yogurt I really like.”

So you watched him for five minutes. 

Are you crazy?

Lin Yujing sighed, feeling that since she took the second-year exam her IQ seemed to be getting lower and lower.

She didn’t have time to say anything else before Shen Juan stopped listening to her, turned around, and walked into the convenience store.

Lin Yujing hurriedly followed. The boy in the black sweater was still in front of the freezer, moving from the yogurt section to the boxed lunch section.

Shen Juan had also worn a black sweater today. Lin Yujing stood by the shelf and looked at the backs of the two for comparison. Shen Juan was a little taller than this brother, with wider shoulders, longer legs, and better proportions.

She didn’t need to look at the front, the delinquent’s face was one in a million, totally beyond comparison.

How could she think that this person’s back looked like Shen Juan’s? He obviously looked nothing like Shen Juan.

Lin Yujing walked to Shen Juan’s side and looked at his hand, which was now holding a bottle of cranberry yogurt and a bottle of freshly-squeezed juice.

Lin Yujing also took a bottle of cranberry yogurt, unsure if the bottle Shen Juan held in his hand was meant for her. Just in case it wasn’t, she didn’t want to look too presumptuous.

After taking it, she looked at him. As if Shen Juan hadn’t seen it, he took rice with a thick slice of pork chop, opened the refrigerator next to it, and took out a bottle of water.

Lin Yujing followed him like an attentive little tail and asked, “Didn’t you have dinner?”

Shen Juan said “Mm.”

“…” Lin Yujing tried her best to ignore his lukewarm attitude. She’d come to make peace.

She whispered, “I haven’t eaten either.”

Shen Juan had already walked to the cash register. Hearing this he turned around, glanced at her, and said with a half-smile, “Why? So busy looking at handsome guys you forgot?”

By this time the smaller guy in the black sweater had already left. Lin Yujing still felt some embarrassment mixed with shame, and also a little impatience.

Was her submissive attitude still not obvious enough? She’d coaxed him so much!

 Lin Yujing rolled her eyes and put the cranberry yogurt in her hand into the freezer with a soft “snap.” “Ah yes, if you hadn’t scared me, I’d planned to come in and ask for his cell phone number.”

Shen Juan looked at her, narrowed his eyes, and said nothing.

The young man was tall. Lin Yujing was a bit shorter than him so she had to lift her head up to look at him, but her imposing manner didn’t show the slightest bit of weakness.

The two stood in front of the cash register staring murderously at each other for half a minute. The young lady behind the cash register looked nervously from one to the other a few times before backing away slowly.

After another half-minute had passed, Shen Juan stopped staring and turned around.

Edited By: ceres