B5SB -Chapter 84 Love-Obsessed Brain

Outside the Textile Factory

“Xiaohan, do you want to go into the city together tomorrow?”

Qiao Shuhui, pushing her bicycle, quickly walked up to Gu Yihan and blocked her path.

Gu Yihan looked at Qiao Shuhui with a puzzled expression. Over the past few days, they always seemed to run into each other, either intentionally or by chance, when going to and from work.

It made Gu Yihan start wondering if Qiao Shuhui had secretly installed a tracking device on her.

No matter what time Gu Yihan left, even if she deliberately avoided Qiao Shuhui, they would still meet.

“No, I have something to do tomorrow,” Gu Yihan said, pushing her bicycle, trying to go around her.

Qiao Shuhui’s eyes immediately reddened. She looked at Gu Yihan with a wronged expression and asked, “You… you don’t like me, do you?”

“There are only the two of us army wives in this factory. I really hope we can become friends,” Qiao Shuhui continued.

Gu Yihan was speechless. Just because they were army wives, did that mean they had to be friends? What kind of logic was this?

Seeing that Qiao Shuhui was about to grab her arm, she quickly waved her off.

“Sister-in-law, what are you doing?” Shen Yujie’s angry voice rang out.

Gu Yihan turned to look and saw Shen Yujie striding over. He carefully helped Qiao Shuhui up and glared at her with reddened eyes.

His cold gaze fixed on Gu Yihan. “Sister-in-law, even if you don’t like Xiaohui, you can’t push her. She’s pregnant.”

Gu Yihan saw Qiao Shuhui glancing at her cautiously, then at Shen Yujie, who looked icy, and she scoffed, “Why would I push her?”

Qiao Shuhui clutched the edge of Shen Yujie’s shirt with her delicate hands and whispered, sobbing, “It wasn’t Xiaohan who pushed me. I tripped by myself.”

Seeing Qiao Shuhui’s timid demeanor, Shen Yujie’s heart ached. Softly, he said, “Xiaohui, you’re too kind. I saw her push you with my own eyes, and yet you still defend her.”

Gu Yihan watched the pair act all lovey-dovey and couldn’t help but giggle. “You two are really ridiculous.”

“You love putting on a show in front of others. Why don’t you just get married if you’re so inseparable? Why bother marrying anyone else?”

“If you’re this inseparable, I wonder if Commander Lin knows?”

Qiao Shuhui’s face suddenly paled. She quietly let go of Shen Yujie’s shirt.

Shen Yujie, however, didn’t notice and, hearing Gu Yihan’s laughter, turned to her coldly. “I always thought that since Lu Huailin chose to marry you, your character must be decent.”

“Who would’ve thought you’re like this? You push someone, don’t apologize, and don’t even admit it. Are you jealous of Qiao Shuhui?”

At that moment, Gu Yihan recalled a joke she had read in her previous life: a “love-obsessed brain” is the most serious incurable disease in this world. And now, she was witnessing a real-life case.

She looked Shen Yujie up and down, mocking, “Doctor Shen, I always thought you were a smart man.”

Gu Yihan parked her bicycle and stepped toward Shen Yujie, her gaze cold and stern. She smiled lightly, but her eyes were filled with disdain.

“A person talking to me while pushing a bicycle… if I really wanted to push her, do you think she’d have time to even park the bicycle properly?”

“So merciful of me, feeling sorry for Qiao Shuhui’s bicycle. Not willing to let it get scratched.”

Only then did Shen Yujie recall that earlier, he had been standing behind Gu Yihan, seeing Qiao Shuhui talking to her face-to-face while pushing the bicycle.

He had only seen Gu Yihan swing her arm, and then Qiao Shuhui fell.

Seeing Shen Yujie stare thoughtfully at the bicycle, Qiao Shuhui hurried forward. “Yujie, I already told you—I fell by myself. You misunderstood Xiaohan.”

Shen Yujie finally remembered. Xiaohui had told him herself that she tripped; he realized he had misunderstood Gu Yihan.

Embarrassed, he scratched his nose. “Sister-in-law, I’m really sorry. I didn’t understand the situation and misunderstood you. When Lu returns, I’ll take you both out to eat as an apology.”

Gu Yihan’s expression grew colder. “No need for dinner. I don’t accept your apology either.”

Shen Yujie frowned and opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing.

Gu Yihan, however, stared hard at Qiao Shuhui. In her cold eyes, there was no warmth at all.

Qiao Shuhui shivered under Gu Yihan’s gaze and instinctively moved behind Shen Yujie.

Gu Yihan’s eyes were full of sarcasm: “You should feel lucky you’re pregnant. Otherwise, I’d give you two slaps—what a toad on a foot, biting none but irritating everyone.”

Saying that, she walked past them, got on her bicycle, and left.

Shen Yujie waited until he could no longer see her back before walking over to Qiao Shuhui and helping her push the bicycle.

They walked side by side in silence.

At the entrance of a small alley, Shen Yujie glanced at Qiao Shuhui. “What’s wrong? Did you see me earlier and purposely fall?”

“Why would you try to mislead me into misunderstanding Gu Yihan?”

Qiao Shuhui looked at him with a wronged expression. “You don’t trust me?”

Shen Yujie stared at her without blinking, then sighed helplessly. “Xiaohui, I’m not a fool.”

“I like you. I don’t care if you play tricks or use me.”

“But we’ve known each other for years. I know you. I know you’re not someone who lets others bully you, otherwise you wouldn’t have worked so hard to go to school under such difficult conditions.”

Hearing Shen Yujie’s words, tears streamed down Qiao Shuhui’s face. She covered her face and cried, “Lin Yifei doesn’t love me.”

Shen Yujie was momentarily surprised, secretly a little happy.

On his face, however, he showed nothing and quickly changed the subject: “What does this have to do with Gu Yihan?”

Qiao Shuhui was stunned, forgetting to cry. She opened her mouth but couldn’t find an excuse.

She couldn’t exactly say that in her previous life, she married Lin Yifei, and seeing Gu Yihan made her uncomfortable.

Shen Yujie hid the faint gloom in his eyes, then handed the bicycle back to Qiao Shuhui with a smile. “It’s getting late. You should head home.”

Qiao Shuhui took the bicycle and suddenly remembered something. She turned to ask, “Yujie, did you come to see me for something today?”

Shen Yujie instinctively touched the birthday gift he had bought for her in his pocket.

He quickly made up an excuse. “Today’s a day off. Lu Huailin went on a mission, and I wanted to ask if his family needed any help.”

Qiao Shuhui’s grip on the bicycle tightened slightly. Keeping her facial expression composed, she said, “Then I’ll go first, Yujie.”

Shen Yujie watched her back as she walked away, lowered his eyes, and took out the lipstick he had bought at the friendship store as a birthday gift for Qiao Shuhui.