Su Ling and Rao Beichen returned to the main group, resuming their seats in their respective positions.
Rao Beichen's gaze occasionally fell on Su Ling. He was utterly perplexed. How did Su Ling figure out his intentions? Did Su Ling possess mind-reading abilities like Shang Qi? Was it because of mind-reading that she knew his little secrets?
However, Rao Beichen immediately dismissed this thought. He didn't believe Su Ling had awakened mind-reading abilities. After all, if Su Ling truly had such powers, she would only need to use them on Shang Qi to know his thoughts. In that case, she wouldn't have shown such distress and disappointment during their recent conversation. This indicated that Su Ling did not possess mind-reading abilities.
Then, did Shang Qi tell Su Ling? As this thought arose, Rao Beichen quickly negated it. Impossible. Shang Qi wasn't so bored as to discuss his liking for Can Can with Su Ling. So, was it his own inadvertently revealed feelings that Su Ling happened to pick up on?
No matter how hard Rao Beichen racked his brain, he could never have guessed that Su Ling knew about his feelings for Rao Can because she was a重生者 (reborn person), who had come with memories from her past life and was selling information about future events.
While Rao Beichen was constantly staring at Su Ling, Rao Can was also occasionally glancing at Rao Beichen and Su Ling. She knew when Su Ling and Rao Beichen had left one after the other. Initially, she didn't pay much attention. It was only when the two had been gone for a long time and still hadn't returned that she began to feel increasingly restless.
After a period of restlessness, she finally saw them return, walking side-by-side. Once they sat down, her brother's eyes were fixed on Su Ling. As for Su Ling, Rao Can was aware of her feelings. After all, it was obvious to everyone whom Su Ling liked. But her brother's situation was harder to say.
Seeing Rao Beichen staring intently at Su Ling, his brow furrowing and then relaxing, displaying a conflicted, complex, and distressed expression, Rao Can's heart tightened. She couldn't understand what was happening to her either; she just felt inexplicably uncomfortable. She couldn't quite articulate why she felt this way.
Rao Can was experiencing inner turmoil and complexity. She realized that whether she liked it or not, some things were destined to happen and could not be avoided. It wasn't that she didn't want it to happen; it would happen regardless. And she, knowing it would happen but unable to prevent it, could only let it unfold.
Within the main group, there was someone whose ability was mind-reading. This person was called Li Yang, and his mind-reading was far from the level of mastery that Shang Qi and Gu Shangse possessed. Simply put, when he sat with others, in addition to hearing their spoken words, he could also hear other voices. These voices, of course, came from the people around him.
Since everyone was chatting and laughing, the internal voices weren't very frequent. Basically, the internal voices of Rao Beichen and Rao Can were more frequent. He couldn't hear Su Ling's inner voice, and he couldn't stop himself from hearing others' thoughts. Therefore, he was currently in extreme agony, being pulled by voices he didn't want to hear.
Li Yang's gaze shifted back and forth between Rao Beichen and Rao Can. He was aware of their relationship, but he hadn't expected them to harbor mutual romantic feelings. Rao Beichen's feelings were clear, while Rao Can was still in a daze, unawakened. As for Rao Can, it was one thing, but didn't Rao Beichen know that this was inherently a sordid matter?