It turns out that when you like someone, your IQ will also be lowered.

The afternoon sun gently shone through the glass windows of the coffee shop onto Lin Qianliu, but she could not feel any warmth at the moment. The stalemate between the three people brought the atmosphere in this area of ​​the coffee shop to a freezing point. Lin Qianliu wanted to apologize for Qin Shu's reckless question just now, but she was afraid that her words would irritate Luo Qubai again.
Just when Lin Qianliu was worrying about how to break the deadlock, Luo Qubai's phone rang. Luo Qubai took out his phone and looked at the caller ID, and suddenly a trace of displeasure appeared between his brows. He hung up the call and then said, "Sorry, I have to make a call first, which may take some time. Are you hungry? Do you want to order dessert?"
"No need. Go and do whatever you want. I've asked almost all my questions. I'll go back to school after I tidy up." Lin Qianliu forced a smile and said with pretended joy.
She was obviously regretful in her heart. She had originally wanted to take advantage of this visit to catch up with Luo Qubai. Two years was not too long or too short, but it was enough for people and things around to change. Even someone as stubborn as Lin Qianliu was changing unconsciously. Compared to two years ago, she was much calmer now, and there was someone around her who cared about her in the name of a friend.
Lin Qianliu wanted to know whether Luo Qubai had lived a good life in the past few years, and whether there was someone who was protecting him like this by his side...
But he didn't expect that not only would Qin Shu, a "Cheng Yaojin", suddenly show up before the interview to ruin the atmosphere, but a phone call also hastily ended the interview. Lin Qianliu just clearly caught a glimpse of Jian Sile's name displayed on Luo Qubai's phone.
Although Luo Qubai had clearly denied his relationship with Jian Sile, he deliberately avoided her and Qin Shu and ran out to answer the phone. There must be something that was inconvenient to mention in front of them, something she didn't know and he didn't want her to know.
Yes, apart from those honorary titles, Lin Qianliu knew almost nothing about Luo Qubai in the past two years.
When he thought of this, Lin Qianliu's heart was in a knot.
As if he sensed the tenderness in the girl's eyes, Qin Shu, who was sitting next to her, frowned. When he spoke, he still had a smile on his face as always: "Since the interviewee has left early, I will reluctantly accompany you to complete this interview. Come on, if you have anything to ask, just ask."
"Ask you?" Lin Qianliu looked at him with disgust.
Qin Shu nodded, then sat up straight and said proudly: "Come to think of it, I am also a celebrity in our C University, and I have never been interviewed by anyone. Today your character has exploded, so make good use of the opportunity."
He wanted to relieve Lin Qianliu's depressed emotions, so he took the initiative to show his goodwill to her, but Lin Qianliu was unwilling to accept it.
"My famous man, I plan to give up this opportunity today. Just do what you need to do and don't bother me here." Lin Qianliu was not in the mood to play with him. He had just exposed Luo Qubai's scars time and again, which had already touched her bottom line of tolerance.
After saying that, Lin Qianliu picked up his notebook and bag, stood up and prepared to leave.
" Lin Qianliu, can we sit down and talk for a few minutes alone?" Qin Shu's tone was not joking and his eyes were extremely serious.
Hearing this, Lin Qianliu stopped and sat back in front of Qin Shu: "Go ahead."
The girl in front of him originally had very beautiful eyebrows and eyes. When she smiled, her dark pupils would shine like stars. However, in Qin Shu's eyes, Lin Qianliu had a stern face and there was no starlight in her eyes.
The shining little angel in his heart lost all its brilliance because of the appearance of Luo Qubai. When Qin Shu thought of this, he couldn't help but feel angry.
"Qianliu, this time, can you please not provoke Luo Qubai again?"
"No." Lin Qianliu blurted out without thinking.
"He was the one who left you without a word, leaving you to endure two years of pain alone. Have you forgotten how you lived during those days?" Qin Shu looked at her with burning eyes, his tone gradually becoming excited, "Where was he when you were sad and drank because you failed the college entrance examination? Where was he when you waited downstairs of his house every day and night ? Where was he when you lived alone in C University?"
Lin Qianliu faced Qin Shu's series of questions without a trace of emotion on his face. He just said in a cold voice: "I haven't forgotten all these, but these things seem to have nothing to do with you."
"It has nothing to do with me?" Lin Qianliu's words made Qin Shu very unhappy. He said angrily, "How can it have nothing to do with me! When I first met you, you were so lifeless, like a walking corpse living alone in this world. So, I secretly made up my mind to help you fill the gap in your heart. Later, you finally became friends with me. I watched you gradually regain your vitality and become cheerful. Do you know how happy I am?"
She was like a tree he had planted himself. When she refused his watering and growth again and again, he did not give up, but cultivated her carefully for more than a thousand days and nights without interruption. Now that she was finally about to bloom and bear fruit, a lumberjack suddenly came and wanted to cut her in half and take her away. How could he be willing?
"Qianliu, I don't want you to get hurt again." Seeing a slight change in the expression of the girl opposite him, Qin Shu thought that the other party's heart was finally beginning to loosen, so he softened his tone.
Lin Qianliu knew how much Qin Shu had given her in the past few years. She could always see herself in him when she was pursuing Luo Qubai. Because she had the same experience, Lin Qianliu knew that since she could not respond to Qin Shu's sincere heart, she had to stop the loss for him in time.
After a few seconds of silence, Lin Qianliu sat up straight, looked at Qin Shu with a serious expression, and said slowly and seriously as if he was announcing a decision: "Thank you, Qin Shu. However, I will not give up Luo Qubai, because I am sure that the person I like is Luo Qubai. After this reunion, I am even more certain of this."
Lin Qianliu's declaration sounded like stubbornness to Qin Shu, so he said angrily, "I can ignore whoever you like, but not Luo Qubai. Not only because he has hurt you once, but now he is still a cripple. How can a disabled person take good care of you?"
"You..." Lin Qianliu was about to retort, but when he looked up, he saw Luo Qubai standing by the windowsill at some point.
The window was open all the time, so could Luo Qubai have heard everything that I had just said to Qin Shu?
Thinking of this, Lin Qianliu panicked. She clearly saw a flash of sadness in Luo Qubai's eyes. When she calmed down and was about to explain, she found that Luo Qubai had turned and left.
"Luo Qubai..."
Qin Shu watched Lin Qianliu chase him out without a care in the world, leaving him alone and sad. The anger in his heart gradually dissipated, Qin Shu took a deep breath, stood up, took the notebook and bag that Lin Qianliu had dropped, and left.
As expected, his efforts were not enough, not enough to open Lin Qianliu's heart, not enough to drive Luo Qubai away from her heart.
"Luo Qubai, wait for me."
Perhaps because of his leg disease, Luo Qubai didn't walk far and Lin Qianliu caught up with him in no time.
The two men stopped outside a food stall.
Lin Qianliu didn't have time to slow down his breathing, and asked breathlessly: "Just now... did Qin Shu's words hurt you?"
Luo Qubai, who was a head taller than her, did not say anything, but just looked at her with a stiff expression.
"I'm sorry, I apologize on his behalf, he didn't mean it." Seeing Luo Qubai's silence, Lin Qianliu thought he was really angry. His eyes turned red with anxiety. After apologizing, he lowered his head with full sincerity.
Luo Qubai was stunned when he saw her action. He was obviously angry with him, but this silly girl actually thought he was angry with her. Lin Qianliu's anxious look made him feel distressed and funny. Luo Qubai touched Lin Qianliu's head helplessly and said softly: "I don't mind."
When Lin Qianliu realized that Luo Qubai was touching her head, she felt as if she had returned to the time when they were still sitting in a high school classroom.
She would watch Luo Qubai distracted while he was explaining the exercises to her, and then Luo Qubai would pat her on the head and question what was in her head. At that time, Lin Qianliu would answer without any scruples and shamelessness: "You are a top student, but you don't even know this. My head is full of you!"
It’s all your fault, Luo Qubai.
The warmth from the boy's fingertips seemed to have magic power, melting away . The thing called courage returned to Lin Qianliu's heart and quickly filled it.
Luo Qubai withdrew his hand. He saw Lin Qianliu raised her head, her fair face tinged with a rosy glow. She asked cautiously, "Do you still dislike me?"
Luo Qubai shook his head and answered word by word: "I have never hated it."
Hearing this answer, Lin Qianliu felt relieved. Since he didn't hate her, did that mean Luo Qubai had a chance to like her?
With this belief, Lin Qianliu said to Luo Qubai in an unquestionable tone: "If that's the case, then our old accounts will be written off right now. Luo Qubai, from now on, I will pursue you again."
Her palm-sized face was slightly raised, a cunning look revealed in her dark pupils, and a confident smile appeared on her lips.
Lin Qianliu, who looked so energetic in front of him, was exactly the same as the one in Luo Qubai's memory. At first, her persistence really bothered him, but she was thick-skinned enough that his repeated cold treatments did not repel her. Instead, she became more and more courageous, and his originally cold heart was gradually melted by her during that period. He didn't know when he got used to her presence, but he only knew that in the two years of her absence, he missed her all the time.
Luo Qubai was about to respond, but the faint pain from his right leg stopped him from speaking. He was walking too fast and didn't pay attention to the road conditions. He tripped over a car obstacle and almost fell. This pain seemed to remind him that although Lin Qianliu was still the same as he was two years ago, his life had changed dramatically since the night of the college entrance examination.
At this moment, Qin Shu's words rang in his ears: "He is still a cripple now . How can a disabled person take good care of you?"
Seeing Luo Qubai's hesitant look, Lin Qianliu's heart began to be in turmoil.
"Lin Qianliu, I am different now than before. You can see that I have become a disabled person. Do you still like me like this?"
"Of course." Lin Qianliu paused, took a deep breath, and then looked at Luo Qubai with burning eyes and said, "When I like someone, I like everything about him. No matter what you look like, lame or paralyzed, fat or thin, healthy or sick, I like you. Even if you have some physical defects now, you haven't changed. Luo Qubai is still Luo Qubai."
You are still you, the person I, Lin Qianliu, have been thinking about and admiring for five years!
After hearing Lin Qianliu's answer, Luo Qubai's heart finally relaxed. He seemed to be finally sure that even though he had been away for two years, and even though Lin Qianliu now had such an outstanding man named Qin Shu by her side, her sincerity towards him had not changed at all. Thinking of this, Luo Qubai smiled softly.
Seeing Luo Qubai's warm smile, Lin Qianliu's heart began to beat wildly. She clenched her fists at her side, as if to encourage herself: "Luo Qubai, no matter what, I will definitely take you down."
"Okay, I understand. But, Lin Qianliu, it seems like you should go back and hand in your homework."
"Homework? What homework?" Lin Qianliu looked at Luo Qubai in confusion.
"Interview transcript." Luo Qubai tapped her head.
"Interview... Oops, I left in such a hurry that I forgot to take my notebook and bag." Lin Qianliu finally realized what was happening. He said goodbye to Luo Qubai and took out his phone to call Qin Shu. "I'll be leaving first. Bye."
Looking at Lin Qianliu's departing back, Luo Qubai called her a fool in his heart, but suddenly found that he was moved by her silliness.
It turns out that when you like someone, your IQ will also be lowered.
Since the last interview with Luo Qubai, Lin Qianliu seemed to have become a different person overnight. She was no longer cold in her dealings with others and regained her enthusiasm for study and life. She originally refused to join any school clubs because she thought it was troublesome, but she actually joined the Student Union with great enthusiasm.
Qin Shu should have been very happy to see Lin Qianliu's change. Everyone else thought that he had finally melted the iceberg of Lin Qianliu. He didn't know what they said after Lin Qianliu caught up with Luo Qubai that day. What he knew was that her change must be because of Luo Qubai.
If it took Qin Shu two years to slowly restore Lin Qianliu's vitality, then Luo Qubai only took a few days to turn her into a shining little angel again. This love rival was much more powerful than he had imagined.
Realizing this, Qin Shu dared not take it lightly anymore.
In addition to frequently attending Luo Qubai's classes, Lin Qianliu also joined his propaganda department and tried his best to hang out with him to increase his presence.
Seeing the two of them spending more and more time together, Qin Shu felt very uncomfortable. You know, he and Lin Qianliu had tried their best to persuade her to join the Propaganda Department, but they still failed. However, the fact that the two of them arrived at the Propaganda Department at the same time also made it easier for Qin Shu, the deputy director of the Propaganda Department, to "hinder" them.
After the National Day, the president of the Student Union approved the internal basketball game plan submitted by the Planning Department. After hearing the news, all the boys in the Propaganda Department cheered. For these junior boys, this might be the last basketball game before graduation, so everyone was looking forward to it. On the contrary, the girls were not very enthusiastic, after all, it was not easy to be a backup.
Speaking of basketball, Lin Qianliu subconsciously glanced at Luo Qubai who was sitting in front of him on the left. In middle school, Luo Qubai had outstanding grades and a cold personality. He was always serious and lacked a sense of humanity. The only time Lin Qianliu felt that he was a little more "lively" was when he was on the basketball court. In his memory, Luo Qubai was also a passionate boy who got up before dawn to practice basketball.
"Qianliu, are you interested in being a backup?" Zou Minmin beside her poked Lin Qianliu with her finger and asked in a low voice in her ear.
"Of course..." She was about to answer "yes", but she saw Luo Qubai clenching his fists not far away, his eyes fixed on her right leg.
"Of course not." After a pause, Lin Qianliu replied, "I'd better stay here and help them make promotional posters." Since Luo Qubai couldn't participate in the competition, there was no point in her going to the basketball court. She might as well stay and see if she could help him.
The minister didn't know much about basketball, so he gave Qin Shu full authority to handle the Propaganda Department's participation in the competition.
“Considering that there are not many boys in our department, I hope that all the boys here can participate. It doesn’t matter if you are not good at playing. We can practice together and improve together.”
"Senior Qin, aren't you afraid that we will hold you back? " a junior student deliberately joked, "After all, this is your farewell match."
"Don't be afraid." Qin Shu shook his head and said with a smile, "However, although the competition results are not the most important, I still hope that everyone can show the best mental and physical state and try their best in the competition. So, if your physical condition does not allow it, you don't have to force it." After that, he looked at Luo Qubai meaningfully.
Feeling the blazing gazes from all around, Luo Qubai sat up straight , facing Qin Shu, and said calmly: "I'll take care of the logistics."
"Did I hear you right? Luo Qubai, you are in such good physical condition, but you don't want to play?" Qin Shu pretended to be incredulous.
Of course Lin Qianliu could tell that Qin Shu was deliberately poking at Luo Qubai's scar, and anger immediately rose in his heart.
Luo Qubai still replied in a cold tone: "Well, I think I am more suitable for logistics. Thank you for your hard work in this competition." He knew that Qin Shu wanted to embarrass him and to anger him, but he could still deal with this little trick.
There were whispers around him. Seeing that Qin Shu was unwilling to give up, Lin Qianliu stood up and forcibly changed the subject: "Deputy Minister, should we assign tasks?"
Seeing Lin Qianliu's angry look, Qin Shu decided to stop and said with a smile: "Then let's assign tasks to the girls. Lin Qianliu, how about you be the captain of the support team?"
In this way, Luo Qubai will have to watch you cheer for me. This is Qin Shu's wishful thinking.
"I'm sorry, I may not be able to do this job, and it would be bad if I drag everyone down." Lin Qianliu slightly pulled the corners of his mouth, and his voice was still a little angry.
Despite being rejected so decisively, Qin Shu still refused to give up and continued, "How do you know it won't work if you don't try? I believe you can do it." Qin Shu looked at her with a look that seemed both teasing and serious.
When other people saw this scene, it gave rise to a lot of ambiguous feelings.
"There are many girls in our department who are better than me. They are all more suitable for this position than me. I think I should just do publicity work." Lin Qianliu continued to refuse, staring at Qin Shu with impatience in his eyes.
Lin Qianliu's refusal again made the atmosphere of the meeting awkward.
"Deputy Minister, your abuse of power for personal gain is so obvious!" Zou Minmin suddenly said jokingly.
"That's right, that's right, you shouldn't show off your affection like this." Liang Caiming who was beside Zou Minmin echoed.
"We should always leave some opportunities for our junior schoolmates so that they can also exercise, right?" Zou Minmin said seriously.
"Yes, yes, yes." Liang Caiming smiled slyly, looked at Zou Minmin back and forth, and then said, "I think we can let Zou Minmin try."
"Liang Caiming, why are you meddling in our affairs? This is a matter between us girls." Realizing that she was almost being led into a trap, Zou Minmin rolled her eyes at him and said unhappily.
Thanks to the two of them singing the same tune, everyone's attention was diverted from Lin Qianliu, and Qin Shu had no choice but to put this proposal on hold.
After the meeting, Lin Qianliu packed up her things and prepared to call Luo Qubai to go together, but found that he had disappeared. She just took out her cell phone to make a call when a male voice rang in her ear: "No need to call, I just saw him leaving with a girl."
Qin Shu, who stayed behind to discuss the training plan with the students who were participating in the basketball game, saw Lin Qianliu standing alone and walked over.
Turning around and seeing that it was Qin Shu, Lin Qianliu frowned and said calmly, "I see. Nothing else, I'll leave first."
"It seems to be the girl who transferred here with him, her name is Sile..." Qin Shu added.
"Jian Sile." Lin Qianliu said and walked away.