I Ship My Rival x Me

CHAPTER 26

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I leaned back on the couch, returning to my tyrannical attitude with much confidence, and raised my chin towards Gu Yiliang. "Confess, and you'll get a lighter sentence. Tell me, what's going on?"

Gu Yiliang coughed and sat down next to me. "I... just wanted to research and learn from them a little, and see how this thing works."

It was really difficult to imagine that he would actually be so professional as to read novels, and judging from it, he was even reading the boys' love genre.

Half-admiring and half-amused, I was filled with pride for having exposed him. With much haughtiness, I asked, "So what did you learn?"

"Uhh..." His Adam's apple bobbed. "I-I just paid attention to what was important and learned from them. I wanted to test them out to see which type you preferred."

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He had really picked out the important points too well! What sort of top-quality summarising skill was this?!

What sort of skills and schemes were in these novels with such a really strong, lethal impact?

It was definitely not me whose defenses were too weak. Let me ask if it was you, would you be able to withstand such an attack?

Not only did I manage to withstand it, heehee, but I was still smart enough to realize the truth.

I laughed, pleased with myself, then repeated the laugh again.

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I tilted my chin proudly. "Oh? Then tell me, what type do I prefer?"

He froze slightly, then gave a low laugh. "... You seem to like all of them pretty well."

Me: "Bull—"

Me: "..."

It seemed like... I could not deny it.

Not only had I been stunned silly by his acts of sweetness, but I had even lost my breath over ten times.

I could no longer hold onto that tyrannical attitude of mine. Shamefully, I grabbed a cushion next to me and threw it at him.

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He laughed, catching the cushion. I collapsed back into the couch, depressed. "Didn't we already agree that it doesn't have to be so deliberate? It'll be fine if we let things progress naturally."

He could not hold back his smile. "But you seemed to have rather enjoyed the process?"

Me: "... You!"

Forget it. It was also thanks to his actions that allowed me to enjoy so much fluff for free.

Shooting him a disdainful glance, I admitted it outright. "Yes yes yes, it was pretty fun. But I kept feeling that something wasn't quite right, so it might be better to be a bit more natural."

He blinked. "You're saying that you prefer how I was before?"

I nodded. "Yup."

Me: "... Hold on, what sort of trap question is this?"

Me: "No! From which novels did you learn all these tactics? I want to learn too!"

He descended into an abrupt silence.

? What sort of treasured novel was this that he needed to hide it?

Him: "... Don't go looking for it. There are no tactics, so I only researched a little on the types of characters and their style of interactions, and I came up with the specific details on the spot."