At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

"Ah... this! You know there's a big Dou Ying internet celebrity at our school named Jingchuan Xiaoyu, right? This is that Jingchuan Xiaoyu, whose real name is Jiang Yuxin!"

"Our company's first product, the Life Restart Simulator, was promoted with her help!"

Gu Yu watched with a calm expression as Lin Xinyue scrolled through his chat history with Jiang Yuxin.

In reality, he was extremely nervous inside, even though he had actually done nothing wrong.

But previously, it was Qin Shan who used his Feixin account in his name to discuss the collaboration with Jiang Yuxin.

The nauseating words used in those messages made Gu Yu feel goosebumps all over just looking at them.

Yet he hadn't deleted the chat records because he felt that only those with something to hide would delete their Feixin history.

But now, with Lin Xinyue seeing it and questioning him to his face, he still felt somewhat embarrassed.

"Yikes, 'Xin' and all!"

As Lin Xinyue scrolled higher up, her eyebrows furrowed deeper, especially when she reached the part where Qin Shan chatted with Jiang Yuxin, at which she remarked in a sarcastic tone.

Gu Yu's face twisted with embarrassment, and he hurriedly explained, "No, listen to me, this part wasn't me chatting with Jiang Yuxin, it was Third Brother who negotiated the collaboration using my identity."

"You know Third Brother, he's terribly introverted, it's only natural for him to come up with such nicknames in a chat!"

"Look at me, I'm definitely not the type of person to exchange affectionate nicknames with someone else, right!"

Gu Yu spoke with a laugh on his face, but he carefully and quietly observed Lin Xinyue's reaction with his eyes.

However, he underestimated the ability of a woman to disguise her emotions. Lin Xinyue's face maintained a faint smile from start to finish, giving no indication of whether she was happy, angry, or anything else.

Only after she had read through all the chat history between Gu Yu and Jiang Yuxin did Lin Xinyue finally return the phone to him.

Gu Yu took back his phone with sincere anxiety, "How about it, you see, she and I are innocent!"

Lin Xinyue squinted her eyes and put her hands on her hips, her gaze locked onto Gu Yu's eyes, trying to read something different out of them.

Unfortunately, aside from seeing embarrassment and a bit of nervousness in Gu Yu's eyes, there was no special emotion.

But then she abruptly decided to tease Gu Yu, and with a slight pout she said, "Yes indeed!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Yu thought, Yes indeed?

Surely Lin Xinyue was very open-minded and trusting him!

Instantly, he beamed with joy.

But the next second, before he could even breathe a sigh of relief, Lin Xinyue, still smiling cheerily, went on to say, "Yes indeed! An explanation is but a disguise, and a disguise is the fact!"

"Spill it! What exactly happened between you two!"

She picked up a rolling pin nearby, looking very much ready to engage in an endless battle with Gu Yu if he lied.

Gu Yu saw the rolling pin raised and instinctively shrank back, shaking his head quickly.

He had wanted to reiterate that there was nothing between him and Jiang Yuxin, but then he remembered Lin Xinyue's words about explanations being disguises...

He immediately clammed up.

Consequently, he walked right into Lin Xinyue's trap.

Lin Xinyue was inwardly amused, but outwardly she kept a stern face and said, "Why are you not speaking? Silence is consent!"

"Ah—?"

Gu Yu let out a long question.

If speaking is a disguise, and not speaking is consent, then was he supposed to speak or not?

He was completely out of options.

"Well, I can't explain it, how about this! I'll call her on video now, and you can chat with her..."

Gu Yu's hands spread out helplessly.

Since explanations wouldn't work, the only option left was to let the person involved do the talking!

"..."

Looking at Gu Yu, with his attitude of 'I can't explain and I don't care', Lin Xinyue was also somewhat helpless.

She had no choice but to put down the rolling pin, reached out to pinch his face, and pouted, "Not fun~ Didn't you see I was just teasing you?"

"How could I doubt you? Since we confirmed our relationship, I've maintained one hundred percent trust in you. Unless you do something bad behind my back and I catch you red-handed, I won't suspect you."

"Just because of a few chat logs, I'm supposed to interrogate you? I'm not that kind of foolish woman!"

Watching Lin Xinyue explain, Gu Yu was stunned.

Why hadn't he explained yet, but Lin Xinyue started explaining first?

But still... it's so touching!

One hundred percent trust!

But he still felt a slight pique, "I know you were joking, but many guys can't accept this kind of joke."

"Because once a guy feels tested by a girl, his first reaction is definitely to wonder what's wrong with himself. If he finds no issue with himself, but the girl keeps testing, it really wears us guys out!"

Gu Yu shared his inner thoughts.

Actually, when Lin Xinyue was "pressing" him earlier about what happened between him and Jiang Yuxin, he felt a bit uncomfortable.

This is similar to a common issue in relationships: girls are more likely to bring up breaking up than guys, but for girls, it often tests whether the guy cares. When a guy mentions breaking up, it means he really wants to break up.

So often after the girl has mentioned breaking up several times, the guy who can no longer bear it also agrees to break up.

But, until the end, the girl still thinks the guy doesn't understand her and believes he's testing her, wondering why he isn't trying to win her back anymore.

By the time she realizes it, the guy has actually already left!

That's one of the differences in thinking between men and women.

"Ah... so that's what you guys think!"

"Actually, I didn't doubt you at all just now! After all, if you really did something to betray me, you wouldn't leave the chat logs for me to see, right?"

"I'm not dumb! Hug me!"

Lin Xinyue understood what was on Gu Yu's mind and realized that her behavior just now was somewhat inappropriate.

She quickly took the initiative to hug Gu Yu and admit her mistake.

Gu Yu was just a bit emotional, and given his inherently calm nature, his girlfriend's admission of fault immediately dispelled all the pettiness in his heart.

He also took the initiative to admit his fault, "I also made a mistake. I should have proactively told you about the collaboration with Jiang Yuxin."

After speaking, he gently kissed Lin Xinyue on the forehead.

The two embraced and, in their understanding, reached another consensus.

A common divergence in thinking that caused conflict became a tool for refining their relationship.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

"It's nice to see such understanding and communicative young people like you two these days."

"Nowadays, these youngsters break up over the slightest disagreements. Relationships are too emotional."

Mrs. Bai, who had finished tidying up the pots and pans, wiped her hands and said with a smile.

No one was more concerned about the relationship between Gu Yu and Yue'er than she and Mr. Liu.

Of course, they hoped that the two could get along calmly and for a long time.

Looking at the way they just resolved their issue, it seemed clear that neither had a particularly intransigent or unreasonable character. This meant longevity in their relationship was virtually assured.

Healthy relationships like theirs are becoming ever rarer in this restless society.

"Ah! Mrs. Bai!"

It was only when Lin Xinyue heard Mrs. Bai speak that she remembered they were still in the noodle shop!

She quickly withdrew from Gu Yu's embrace, her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

Gu Yu also timely shifted the topic.

"Mrs. Bai, speaking of which, is Mr. Liu now an internet celebrity? Why do so many people call him Mr. Ramen?"