I Revealed My True Identity After Confessing My Love - Chapter 38

Ye Nanning gave a sheepish smile. “I was just joking.”

Du Xiran let go of her hand, scrutinizing her expression closely to see just how much of it was actually a joke. However, Ye Nanning naturally possessed a cold, “abstinent” face, if she truly wanted to hide her emotions, it was impossible to pry anything out.

Over on the other side, Hu Jiaxu walked over holding a cup, and Du Xiran stopped bothering them. “I’m going to go eat.”

“Why is it that as soon as I come back, President Du leaves?” Hu Jiaxu sat down with a look of regret.

“She went to eat.” Ye Nanning watched Du Xiran’s retreating back as she left, and only then did she continue eating with a lingering sense of trepidation.

She had been getting more and more impulsive lately, constantly unable to control her actions. This wasn’t a good sign, her plan was starting to get messy… wait, what plan did she have exactly?

Thinking carefully, Ye Nanning realized she hadn’t actually formulated a perfect plan. Every time, she just thought about taking things slow and steady, but she couldn’t just wait forever. As for how to specifically implement each step, she didn’t have a clue!

“Why are you dazing off? What are you thinking about?” Hu Jiaxu asked.

Ye Nanning: “I might be an idiot.”

Hu Jiaxu burst out laughing. “You really are fun.”

Ye Nanning ate her meal gloomily. She recalled that she had absolutely no experience in pursuing others, it was always others who confessed their feelings to her. Therefore, she had taken it for granted that she should just wait until the day Du Xiran would proactively fall for her.

Ye Nanning: “I really am an idiot. I’m so stupid, truly.”

Hu Jiaxu was almost doubled over with laughter. “Come on, tell me, where exactly are you stupid?”

Ye Nanning looked at her despondently. “It can only be sensed, not explained in words.”

Hu Jiaxu covered her mouth and laughed, pounding the table.

As if remembering something, Ye Nanning suddenly turned to look at her. “What did you say earlier while we were eating? Your ‘god’ proactively invited you to dinner?”

“Yeah, weren’t you listening carefully just now?” Hu Jiaxu sat up straight, a proud and happy smile appearing on her face. “He proactively invited me to dinner this weekend. I feel like I’m going to succeed. Maybe he won’t be able to hold back and will confess to me first.”

Ye Nanning: “!!!”

A genius!

“How did you do it?” Ye Nanning asked for guidance.

“Just move him and warm him up with daily actions,” Hu Jiaxu said.

Ye Nanning: “Specifically, what did you do?”

Hu Jiaxu looked at her suspiciously. “Why are you asking this?”

Ye Nanning: “Curiosity.”

However, Hu Jiaxu was a person with a strong desire to share and had long wanted to talk about these things. Since Ye Nanning looked like someone who could keep a secret, she beckoned her over, and Ye Nanning leaned in to eavesdrop.

“Of course, you cater to his interests and then offer warmth in daily life. He likes playing basketball, so I pass by the court whenever I can, always prepared with water, waiting for the right timing to give it to him. On birthdays and holidays, I send related gifts. Even if he’s a blockhead, he’d be able to understand my intentions by now,” Hu Jiaxu said logically.

Ye Nanning nodded thoughtfully and then asked, “Then what kind of ‘daily warmth’ did you send?”

Hu Jiaxu said, “Just daily necessities. Never get anything too expensive. For example, when the weather is cold, send scarves, gloves, socks, hand cream, and so on. Basically, just fill in the gaps, see what he needs and give him that. That way, when he uses these things in his daily life, he’ll think of you and feel that you are a caring and warm person.”

Ye Nanning gave a thumbs-up and then silently memorized all of this.

“Oh, and the most important point is to chat with him from time to time, chat with him every day. That way, he’ll get used to your presence. If one day you don’t look for him to chat, he’ll feel an emptiness in his heart,” Hu Jiaxu said. “But you have to control the frequency. Avoid being clingy at all costs, but don’t be too cold either. It’s best to be a bit interesting so the conversation is more effective.”

Ye Nanning nodded repeatedly: A master. This is a master.

At this moment, Ye Nanning felt like Zhang Wuji who had just walked off Ice-Fire Island, after bumping into walls everywhere, she had finally obtained a secret cultivation manual from a master in a moment of crisis!

• Step One: Cater to her interests first, letting the other party notice her intentions.
• Step Two: Care for her, protect her, warm her, and strive to be a “warm woman.”
• Step Three: Greet and chat every day to build a presence.

She was full of ambition, impatient, and eager to try, as if she could already see victory waving at her.

“How about it, am I amazing?” Hu Jiaxu asked with a smile.

Ye Nanning praised her sincerely: “I couldn’t find anyone more amazing than you.”

“It’s nothing. I’ll tell you when I have new progress,” Hu Jiaxu said beamingly. “You won’t think I’m too annoying, will you?”

“Of course not. Please, tell me more. I love listening to it,” Ye Nanning gave her high affirmation.

Hu Jiaxu: “Pfft, I thought you were someone who didn’t like listening to gossip.”

Ye Nanning: This isn’t gossip, this is knowledge!

Having absorbed this knowledge, Ye Nanning felt as if she had been enlightened. Her train of thought opened up instantly, and she no longer planned to do useless work like before.

After finishing overtime that evening, she kept an eye on Xu Huan’s movements. When Xu Huan was ready to leave, she immediately followed: “Sister Huan.”

“Are you getting off work too? Let’s go down together,” Xu Huan called out.

“Okay.” Ye Nanning entered the elevator with her and hurried to ask, “Sister Huan, do you know what President Du likes the most?”

“Why are you asking this?” Xu Huan asked curiously.

“Just… I think she’s quite nice, so I plan to give her a gift when it’s her birthday,” Ye Nanning said.

“But her birthday is more than half a year away,” Xu Huan said in surprise. “Starting to prepare this early?”

Ye Nanning could only nod. “If the thing she likes is too expensive, I have to start saving money now.”

Xu Huan smiled. “You are quite thoughtful. I’m just afraid you won’t be able to afford it.”

“Then what does she like?” Ye Nanning began calculating how much savings she had left.

“She just likes money,” Xu Huan said.

Well, that is something President Du would like.

Ye Nanning asked again, “Besides that?”

“Let me think…” Xu Huan thought for a long time. They had already reached the main entrance and she still hadn’t thought of anything, so she sighed, “Oh man, could it be that President Du has no worldly desires? Maybe her eyes are filled with nothing but money?”

If it was all about money, then it would be easy. But the problem was that it was absolutely impossible to be that simple, Ye Nanning thought.

There must be many people pursuing President Du. If it could really be solved with money, would she still be single now?

“Oh, I remember now.” Xu Huan suddenly let out a few intermittent laughs, covering her mouth to snicker. “Aside from material things, she really likes people praising her beauty. Don’t look at how she usually pretends to be humble and acts like she doesn’t care about others praising her looks actually, she’s a total ‘closet show-off’ (men sao).”

Ye Nanning: “Copy that.”

When she arrived at her doorstep, she glanced at Du Xiran’s door. Du Xiran didn’t work overtime today and had left the office early, she didn’t know if she was home yet.

She opened her door, did some cleaning after getting home, and then browsed through financial websites, paying attention to industry news.

Her phone suddenly rang. She glanced at the screen and saw a message in the group chat. She opened it to read.

[Du Princess and the Eight Dwarfs]

Xu Huan: Lonely, empty, cold. Clearly, payday was today, so why am I still stuck at home? What is everyone doing?

Old Wang: Tutoring my kid’s homework. I want to kill him! He can’t even do a few math problems!

Chen Shuimin: Binge watching a drama. The finale is tonight,  I’m so excited I could die.

Du Xiran: Working out.

Xu Huan: Princess Du, you have time to play with your phone while working out?

Du Xiran: Someone is hitting on me. Came to the restroom to hide for a bit.

Xu Huan: If you’re going to the bathroom, just say so. What’s with the ‘hiding’?

Du Xiran: Fine. I got hit on, so I came to take a dump.

Old Wang: Dopey Saluting.jpg

Chen Shuimin: Hahahahahahahaha! The records of this group must not be leaked! This is a top-secret document!

An alarm went off in Ye Nanning’s heart, President Du was being hit on at the gym!

She immediately changed into casual clothes and headed straight for the gym. As luck would have it, she ran into the same sales guy from last time at the entrance. Without a second word, she went to sign up for a membership.

Based on her last experience, she had to sign up early. What if she was stopped halfway by President Du again? How else would she be able to work out with her?

“Congratulations on becoming our new member! We happen to have an event, sign up and you get a lucky draw. Everyone wins a prize. Miss Ye, please draw one,” the sales guy said with a bright smile.

Ye Nanning was distracted as she followed him to the lucky draw area. Her eyes were constantly scanning the people coming and going inside, trying to find a trace of Du Xiran. Had she still not come out of the restroom?

“Miss Ye, just smash any golden egg,” the salesman said.

Ye Nanning casually smashed the golden egg in front of her. The salesman pulled out a pink portable makeup mirror and gave it to her. “Congratulations! You won the third prize.”

Ye Nanning tucked it into her bag and headed inside to work out.

“Do you need me to introduce our facilities again?” the salesman offered thoughtfully.

Ye Nanning waved him off and ran inside on her own. After putting her coat and bag in the locker room, she finally walked to the fitness area.

She walked on the treadmill for two minutes, played around in the equipment area for another two, and wandered around for a bit. While passing through the free weights area, she finally spotted Du Xiran, who was currently lifting iron.

Most of the people here were muscular men lifting dumbbells and barbells. There were a few women, but everyone’s gaze was unanimously fixed on the most beautiful woman there. With a cool expression, a tiny waist, long legs, and exquisite features, she was simply “God’s favorite.”

The muscular men subconsciously added some weight to their lifts, trying to attract the beauty’s attention. Someone even went up to hit on her, wanting to exchange fitness tips, but was coldly rejected with a “I can do it myself.”

At that moment, the beauty suddenly looked in a certain direction and froze for a second. The men in that direction suddenly increased their lifting speed, but unfortunately, she wasn’t looking at them. She asked with slight surprise, “Why are you here?”

The men followed her gaze and discovered another great beauty standing nearby at some point. Their eyes went straight with so many beauties today, they really couldn’t look fast enough.

“President Du.” Ye Nanning walked to her side in a few steps, lowering her head. “I came to work out too.”

“You actually came to get a membership?” Du Xiran put down the dumbbells, casually tucked a stray hair behind her ear, picked up a bottle to drink water, and then looked up at her. “The salary arrived?”

Ye Nanning nodded.

“You really know how to enjoy yourself.” Du Xiran smiled. “Do you know how to train?”

Ye Nanning thought for a moment and shook her head. “No.”

Du Xiran: “If you don’t know, go back and watch videos to learn.”

Eh? According to the usual routine, aren’t you supposed to say you’ll teach me?

Ye Nanning was momentarily stunned. She stood there blankly, not knowing what to do. Her mind was racing, trying to figure out how to salvage the situation. After thinking it over, she could only bite the bullet and ask for help: “President Du, could you teach me, please?”

Du Xiran looked at her teasingly. “Now you know how to admit defeat and obediently ask for help?”

Ye Nanning realized, this was definitely payback for the nonsense (honest thoughts) she had said at noon.

“President Du, don’t be angry.” She nodded obediently and then reached out to pat Du Xiran’s head. “There, there, don’t be mad.”

Du Xiran: “…”

Except for when her family patted her head when she was a child, no one had ever… Du Xiran looked at Ye Nanning’s serious expression of trying to make amends. It was truly helpless and funny. She stood up. “Alright, go warm up first. I’ll take you through some training. I’m only teaching you this once, got it?”

“Got it.” Ye Nanning looked at her expectantly.

Du Xiran led her toward the cardio area. Passing by the vending machine, seeing her empty-handed, she bought her a bottle of water.

“Thank you, President Du.” Ye Nanning held the water, not wanting to drink it at all, she had to take it back and treasure it. Thinking this, she looked at her left hand, which was still trembling slightly. She had actually been bold enough to pat President Du’s head just now how was she supposed to treasure that?

I’ll take a photo to commemorate it first.

Du Xiran walked a few steps and noticed she hadn’t kept up. She looked back and saw her taking a picture of the water with her phone. She called out, “Hurry up. Are you here to work out or to take photos?”

“Oh, coming.” While checking the photo, Ye Nanning walked forward, not noticing someone running from around the corner.

Caught off guard, her shoulder collided with the person. She spun to the side and almost fell.

At that moment, a pair of hands quickly caught her by the waist. Du Xiran looked down at her and criticized, “Don’t play with your phone while walking.”

“Um… got it.” Ye Nanning stared into her eyes for a long while. Suddenly, her knees went weak, and she was about to collapse to the floor.

“What’s wrong?” Du Xiran supported her firmly. Her hands accidentally brushed against her waist a few times. Once she was standing straight, she said, “Your waist is quite thin.”

Ye Nanning: Shy to the point of exploding.jpg

After Ye Nanning and the other person nodded in apology to each other, she followed her to the treadmill area with floating steps. They found two machines right next to each other.

Du Xiran said, “Run for ten minutes first.”

“Okay.” Ye Nanning adjusted the speed and started running, but her peripheral vision drifted toward the other side from time to time.

Du Xiran was wearing a sports bra and long pants, which hugged her beautiful body lines. Her body rose and fell as she ran, making Ye Nanning’s heart race. She hurriedly lowered her gaze, her eyes landing on her waist, the waist was slender and fair, her arms had faint muscle lines, and even her fingers were beautiful… and quite long.

Damn it, it feels like a lot of ‘yellow’ (suggestive) trash just got dumped into my brain.

Because she was peeking too frequently, she was caught by Du Xiran. Du Xiran asked, “What are you looking at?”

Ye Nanning thought of Step One of the plan. She took a deep breath and said with a righteous and serious face: “I just feel that President Du is as beautiful as ever today. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Even ‘sinking fish and falling geese’ or ‘closing the moon and shaming the flowers’ aren’t enough to describe half of your beauty. President Du, you are truly loved by everyone, flowers bloom when they see you, and young and old alike break into smiles at the sight of you.”

Du Xiran’s foot slipped, and she nearly fell off the treadmill.