I Revealed My True Identity After Confessing My Love - Chapter 37

After dinner, Zhang Mishuang didn’t stay long because she still had to deal with some matters regarding her house, she left with Qiu Ye.

Du Xiran helped Ye Nanning tidy up the kitchen and then urged Du Heruo to go home and get to bed early.

Once the house was empty and it was just Ye Nanning alone, she was still immersed in a great sense of happiness. It turned out that eating with friends and the person she liked was such a pleasant thing.

After showering, she wandered around the house, checking what daily necessities were still needed and placing orders online.

Then, she leaned on the table and stared at the vase for a long time, beginning to worry about what would happen once the petals withered. Thinking of something, she searched a shopping site for a while and ordered a dried flower photo frame.

After getting into bed, she followed her routine of checking for any pending messages. Logging into Weibo after a long absence, she replied to a few private messages from fans and then stared at one particular dialogue box.

Her fan named “Du” hadn’t taken the initiative to chat with her for several days.

Ye Nanning scrolled up through the chat history and found they were all about sharing food. If it continued like this, they would run out of things to talk about sooner or later.

No, I need to chat more.

She began editing: Sweetie, are you asleep?

She didn’t send it. Was the address too intimate? She deleted and revised for a long time, finally sending: 【Dear, have you eaten?】

Half an hour later, she finally received a reply.

Dududu: 【I ate. I’m at a gathering at a friend’s house tonight. What about you?】

Grandpa Under the Tree: 【I ate too.】

Grandpa Under the Tree: 【What kind of friend is it?】

Dududu: 【A little friend.】

Grandpa Under the Tree: 【Then do you like her?】

Dududu: 【Emm… what kind of “like” are you talking about?】

Du Xiran watched the “typing” indicator on the other end. It took a long time before the message came through: 【The “like” between friends?】

Du Xiran fell into an eerie silence. She spun her phone, walked to the window to look at the night view, and inexplicably thought of Ye Nanning’s blurting out “I like women” that afternoon.

Although Zhang Mishuang said it was a joke, for a split second, Du Xiran had actually felt that the statement was true.

Based on Ye Nanning’s interactions with male colleagues at the company especially that male intern Yan Zhenghao she seemed to be deliberately maintaining her distance.

Girls this age are usually enjoying the pleasures of romance, but Ye Nanning didn’t seem to long for it at all… Wait, could it be that she kept her distance from those men only because of the person she had a crush on?

Thinking about it that way, it made sense.

Du Xiran opened her phone, preparing to reply to the blogger’s message, but a strange and bold idea suddenly popped into her head.

What if the person Ye Nanning likes is a woman?

Logically, she shouldn’t pry into such things, but since Ye Nanning was now on good terms with her as a company intern, a new neighbor, and her sister’s tutor, she couldn’t help but feel a sliver of curiosity.

However, asking Ye Nanning directly would be too abrupt, and she didn’t have anyone else around with experience in this area…

She looked at the screen. If she remembered correctly, this blogger seemed to like a “Missy” too?

They were separated by a network cable; maybe they could exchange some thoughts?

Dududu: 【Grandpa, may I take the liberty to ask: do you like girls?】

Ye Nanning sat bolt upright in bed, scratching her head as she tried to guess the intent behind this question.

After agonizing for a long while to no avail, she decided that since they were just strangers online, she might as well admit it: 【Yes.】

Half a minute later, seeing no message from the other side, Ye Nanning cautiously asked: 【Will you hate me because of this?】

Dududu: 【No, I was just wondering how to tell if a person likes women. Grandpa, how do you identify if someone is straight or gay?】

Ye Nanning’s face flushed. Was this the start of a “stimulating” topic?

Could it be that Manager Du herself wasn’t clear about her own sexual orientation?

It wasn’t impossible. She had seen a theory online saying that most women think they are straight, but many are actually potential bisexuals.

Ye Nanning had simply “awakened” earlier. While other girls were falling for school hunks, she felt that girls were much cuter.

Ye Nanning reasonably suspected that Manager Du hadn’t figured out her orientation yet and was probing her for information. Since she also wanted to know the answer, she replied simply and crudely: 【If you have that kind of desire for a woman, you’re gay.】

Du Xiran: “…” She knew that, of course! The key was how to identify it in others.

She couldn’t exactly go up to Ye Nanning and ask, “Do you want to sleep with a woman?”

Dududu: 【Are there any other signs?】

Grandpa Under the Tree: 【Well, seeing her will make your heart race and your face flush, you’ll feel nervous and expectant, yet cautious.】

Dududu: 【Understood.】

Ye Nanning wanted to take this chance to ask if there was anyone who made her heart race, but the other party said goodnight first, so she had to end the topic hastily.

Still, it was much better than just sharing food photos. It was another big step toward a harmonious relationship!

The next morning, Ye Nanning woke up early and cooked three portions of breakfast. She sent a message to Du Xiran but didn’t receive a reply. She walked across the hall and rang the doorbell. After once or twice, the door was opened by a bleary-eyed Du Heruo.

“Sister Xiao Ye, morning,” Du Heruo yawned.

“Morning, want some breakfast?”

“Sure! Sister, you’re the best! I’ll go brush my teeth first.” Du Heruo turned and ran back inside.

Ye Nanning lightened her footsteps and followed her to the living room. Seeing that Du Xiran’s bedroom door was wide open, she peeked in quietly, the room was empty.

“Where’s Manager Du?”

“She said she had something to do at the office and left early,” Du Heruo said through a mouthful of toothpaste foam.

“Oh…” Ye Nanning walked to the door and saw that the bed hadn’t been made. She couldn’t help herself; she went in, tidied the quilt, and stepped out saying, “I didn’t touch anything, I just fixed the bed.”

“Mhm, Sis, don’t be a stranger, just treat it like your own home,” Du Heruo said, foam flying.

Ye Nanning smiled.

After breakfast, Du Heruo decided to lounge at Ye Nanning’s house to watch TV, saying it was livelier and that it was too boring to be home alone.

As Ye Nanning sat with her in the living room, her phone rang. She looked at the caller ID and instinctively went back to her room to answer: “Hello.”

“Your luggage was sent home days ago, why haven’t you come back to tidy up?” Ye Tingyuan said lazily. “If you don’t pack it away, no one dares move these things.”

“I’ll come back to tidy up in a bit.”

Ye Nanning walked to the living room and told Du Heruo she had to head out.

Du Heruo sprawled on the sofa: “Go ahead, I’ll head back too then. You adults are all busy to death; turns out growing up really isn’t great.”

Ye Nanning took a taxi to the neighborhood from yesterday, found her car, and drove back to the Ye residence.

Only Ye Tingyuan, Fu Jie, and the housekeeper were home. Ye Yiyun was likely out working again.

As soon as she entered, Ye Tingyuan stood up, chewing gum. “You’re finally back. Why did you suddenly bring your luggage home?”

Ye Nanning had sent her luggage back on a workday, so Ye Tingyuan didn’t know until he came home and saw several boxes piled in her room.

“I moved. I won’t need these things in the new place,” Ye Nanning said.

“Why the sudden move? Was the old apartment not good?” Ye Tingyuan followed her into the room.

“I moved somewhere closer to the company.” Ye Nanning opened a box and started organizing her wardrobe.

Ye Tingyuan stood by playing with his phone, glancing at her progress occasionally. “Need a hand?”

“No thanks, go rest,” Ye Nanning declined politely.

The corners of Ye Tingyuan’s mouth twitched down slightly. He put his hands in his pockets and left coolly.

Ye Nanning finally breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door, and began tidying up comfortably.

Over half an hour later, she clapped her hands and prepared to clean the room, but the housekeeper stopped her: “Second Young Miss, don’t worry about it. I’ll mop the floor for you; you go play.”

Ye Nanning was ushered into the living room, where she and Ye Tingyuan stared at each other.

The two sat on the sofa, dazed, watching Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf on the TV.

After a while, Ye Nanning stood up and said, “I should head back.”

“Back so soon?” Ye Tingyuan asked.

“Mhm…” Just as Ye Nanning passed the kitchen, she bumped into Fu Jie coming out. She said politely and obediently, “Auntie.”

“Where are you going?” Fu Jie asked. “I’m already preparing your meal. Eat before you go.”

“Okay.” Ye Nanning nodded and sat back down on the sofa.

The three of them ate lunch together. The atmosphere was as quiet as ever. Ye Tingyuan was a bit restless, looking at Fu Jie one moment and Ye Nanning the next. Finally, he found a topic himself: “Mom, I want to live at school.”

“Live at school? Is there no room for you at home?” Fu Jie asked.

Ye Nanning’s heart skipped a beat for some reason. Fu Jie seemed to realize her words could be misinterpreted and added, “There are so many people in the dorms; you definitely won’t sleep well.”

“I will. They all study at night. I’m wasting too much time commuting every day,” Ye Tingyuan argued.

“We’ll talk about this when your father gets back.” Fu Jie dismissed him in a few words. While picking up food, her chopsticks accidentally clashed with Ye Nanning’s. She looked up at Ye Nanning.

Ye Nanning quickly retracted her chopsticks: “Please, you first.”

Fu Jie sighed inwardly. She didn’t take that piece of meat either she switched to another dish and asked casually, “How is it at the company?”

Ye Nanning: “It’s okay.”

“Does anyone know your identity? Is work convenient?”

“No one knows. It’s convenient.”

After that, there was no more conversation.

After lunch, Ye Nanning used her thesis as an excuse to leave the Ye house.

Driving back to the Mingyan neighborhood, she sat in her car for a while, resting her head on the steering wheel, her thoughts a tangled mess.

After a long time, she looked up. Just as she was about to get out, a Mercedes passed by, it was Du Xiran’s car.

The other party was reversing, and her gaze accidentally swept over.

Startled, Ye Nanning quickly ducked under the seat.

??

Du Xiran suspected she had just hallucinated. She thought she saw a figure in that luxury car, but when she looked again, there was nothing.

Surely I didn’t see a ghost in broad daylight.

After parking, she glanced at the back of the car, curious about who the owner was.

When she got home, the first thing she did was pick up Du Heruo, who was slumped on the sofa, and then she went to her room. A moment later, she came back out: “Du Heruo, did you do this to the bed?”

“No.”

“Then why is it suddenly so well-behaved?” Du Xiran was baffled.

“It was Sister Xiao Ye. She probably couldn’t stand the sight of it and helped you out.”

Du Xiran: “…”

Fine, her image was already completely ruined anyway! Besides, she doubted Ye Nanning would dare broadcast her “home image” at the company.

In the afternoon, when Ye Nanning went to tutor Du Heruo, she noticed Manager Du acting a bit strange.

She was constantly peeking at her, even coming in several times under the pretext of bringing fruit something that had never happened before.

Ye Nanning couldn’t help but think narcissistically: Is Manager Du here to see me? Has she started to care about me?

“My sister is definitely here to monitor if I’m studying properly. So annoying,” Du Heruo said miserably.

Ye Nanning: “…” Okay then.

After the tutoring session, Ye Nanning didn’t stay long; she had her own thesis to prepare.

But when she went to work the next day, the feeling of being “watched in secret” became even stronger.

She drove Du Xiran’s car to the company. Manager Du sat in the passenger seat, staring at her, making her so nervous she didn’t even dare slouch, staring straight ahead with exaggerated posture.

Even after starting work, she occasionally caught Manager Du’s lingering gaze.

Ye Nanning thought, unable to take it anymore: If you keep looking at me, I won’t be able to hold back…

“Ye Nanning, come eat!” Hu Jiaxu called from her workstation. It was her turn to order takeout today.

Ye Nanning sat down next to her and they began to eat.

The chatterbox Hu Jiaxu started talking about her “boring” weekend. If you can talk that much about it, can it really be called boring?

Ye Nanning was silently roasting her in her mind when a shadow fell over them. She bit into a rib, looked up, and saw Du Xiran standing at the opposite workstation, staring at her again.

Ye Nanning: “…”

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Ye Nanning quickly shoved the rib into her mouth and covered it with her hand, feeling that she must look totally unrefined. Her cheeks flushed with embarrassment.

Du Xiran’s brows jumped: Blushing? Isn’t this the “face flushing and heart racing” sign?

Du Xiran glanced at Hu Jiaxu clear-eyed and pretty, a high-achieving student from a top university, and she had been very close to Ye Nanning these past few days. Even the quiet Ye Nanning could chat with her for a long time.

“Ma-Manager Du, what are you doing here?” Ye Nanning asked haltingly.

“Are you nervous?” Du Xiran asked.

Ye Nanning’s face turned redder and redder. Who wouldn’t be nervous being stared at by the person they like?!

Seeing this, Du Xiran’s pupils widened slightly; she had a pretty good idea now.

“Hi, Manager Du. You guys chat, I’m going to get some water.” Hu Jiaxu smiled and headed to the pantry with her cup.

Everyone else was at lunch; only the two of them remained nearby.

Du Xiran looked around, feeling confident, then leaned down close to Ye Nanning’s face and whispered, “Ye Nanning, do you want to kiss Hu Jiaxu?”

Ye Nanning: “??!”

What on earth did I just hear?

“The person you like… is it Hu Jiaxu?” Du Xiran asked again. “Do you want to sleep with her?”

Ye Nanning stared at her, dumbfounded. After extreme confusion and shock, she just let it all go: “No, I want to sleep with you.”

Du Xiran froze instantly.

Ye Nanning herself was so shocked she covered her own mouth…Help, what do I do now!?

Some people are alive, but they are already dead.

Just as Ye Nanning was considering 108 aesthetic ways to die, she suddenly felt a pain in her ear.

Ye Nanning: “?”

Du Xiran pinched her ear, practically laughing from anger. She said with fierce mock severity, “I was just joking with you, and you actually dare to be so rebellious? Thinking of ‘overthrowing’ your superior?”