Expo II

Following the conclusion of the event, Lin Qing considered confronting Su Haoyu at the entrance of the hotel he is staying.

But just as she was about to unlock her car in the parking spot , she heard the sound of someone hurrying behind her. "Lin Qing..." Su Haoyu, slightly panting, called out to her.

"Do I know you?" Lin Qing, leaning against her car with her arms folded, posed the question. She projected an aura of unfamiliarity.

Su Haoyu was taken aback by her demeanor, not anticipating her to react in such a manner. She seemed to have transformed into someone entirely different, leaving him disconcerted and struggling to find his words, "I...," he stammered, attempting to gather his thoughts.

Their gazes locked. Lin Qing cocked her head, evidently expecting him to proceed, displaying her impatience but the was a spark of curiosity and playfulness hidden in her eyes that he couldn't see.

Eventually, Su Haoyu composed himself, "I....

I'm sorry... I just... didn't know how to talk to you," he admitted.

Lin Qing maintained her stance, responding frostily, "I see. Then don't. Everything is already obvious so we don't need to talk about anything. "

His heart sank at her icy tone, prompting him to exclaim, "No!"

Lin Qing had to conceal her amusement with her hand.

'This approach seems more effective,' she mused.

'Seeee~~,' she voiced to the system.

'This is just overly dramatic,' the system commented, somewhat disinterested.

'Don't your readers love this melodramatic, conflict-filled, and redemptive narratives?

The more turmoil, the better?

Otherwise, why would they favor Liu Jun as the first candidate?' Lin Qing inquired of the system.

Su Haoyu who is usually bad at catching these types of details somehow realized something is wrong with her tone.

' She thinks he didn't care!' After he noticed this he felt like he really appeared as a scum.

He kissed this girl two weeks ago and didn't reply her after she texted him or he didn't call her back after she called him either.

It was as if he acted like nothing happened.

But that was far from the truth; he just didn't have enough courage to confront her in case she regretted.

He even almost go to the Lin estate but drove back.

"I... It's not that I was unwilling ," Su Haoyu attempted to clarify, his voice steadying. " I .... I just don't know... about what you want, I mean, I hope you're... No, what I mean is, I am sorry I have been avoiding.. I don't want you to misunderstand "

Lin Qing sighed, lifting an eyebrow but remained mostly silent, "Misunderstand what?"

'Host, pressing him this hard might lead him to get aneurysm' the system cautioned. 'Look at the poor guy...

He's clearly struggling...

Just be direct with him and use simple terms he can grasp.'

Lin Qing nearly erupted in frustration, 'Why do you only empathize with him?

If this continues, doesn't it imply I'll always have to make more of the effort towards him?

Meeting halfway no , it will be like meeting 90%way anytime something like this happens...

Should I always be the understanding one?

I doubt this relationship would be sustainable if—'

The system cut her off, 'Host, we only need to accumulate enough romantic points; these aren't important '