What to do if you become the female lead's best friend?

Chapter 43

The feeling of sadness and distress came and went quickly. Gu Teng barely had time to process it before it vanished without a trace. All he remembered was the momentary chest pain that made it hard to breathe.

“Xiao Teng,” Gu Jin noticed his face had gone frighteningly pale and waved her hand urgently in front of his eyes. “Are you okay?”

“I’m fine, what could be wrong?” Gu Teng, recovering from his emotions, lightly pushed her hand away with some disdain. Seeing the undisguised concern in his sister’s eyes, the tightness in his chest eased considerably, so he didn’t dwell on it. Maybe it was just heatstroke from playing basketball earlier in the afternoon?

“That’s good.”

As they walked back, Gu Jin shot him a couple of curious glances. It wasn’t that she was overreacting, but Gu Teng had looked really scary just now. If she were to describe it in the words of a superstitious old lady, it would be: his soul had flown away.

Gu Jin considered herself a materialist, but after a series of experiences involving time travel and rebirth, her understanding of the world had been shaken. After carefully observing Gu Teng for a while and finding nothing else amiss, she finally relaxed.

During dinner, Gu Jin cautiously brought up Mu Mingcheng. To her surprise, after a brief silence, Gu Changsheng and Li Mingxia told her to bring him over to meet them.

Finishing the meal in a daze and even after washing the dishes, Gu Jin was still in a fog.

Did she pass the test that easily? She found it hard to believe and patted her face. She had expected a tough battle, hoping to use it as an opportunity to delay things with Mu Mingcheng. Even though he had restrained himself well, Gu Jin, being observant, had noticed the hunger in his eyes.

If the two of them got together this early, things might escalate rather quickly...

What Gu Jin didn’t know was that her parents had seen her getting out of Mu Mingcheng’s car on the surveillance cameras.

Initially, they were unhappy that their sweet, innocent daughter was being pursued, but when they saw that Mu Mingcheng’s car waited nearby until she had safely entered the house before leaving, they felt somewhat reassured.

The fact that he insisted on watching their daughter walk a few hundred meters and enter the house safely before driving off showed that he genuinely cared about her.

...

At ten in the evening, the elders had all gone to bed. With Gu Ling not at home, Grandma Gu had no reason to find fault with Gu Jin.

In the living room downstairs, Gu Jin and Gu Teng were playing video games.

The battle was intense, and neither of them cared about appearances as they sat cross-legged on the sofa, their keyboards clicking furiously.

“Quick, quick, heal me!” Gu Jin, with her hair down, kept attacking while shouting without looking up.

Gu Teng, speechless, controlled his healer character and followed her instructions.

After the healing, the enemy quickly lost two more players. Gu Teng started to wonder if this crazy gamer was really his gentle and beautiful sister.

Just a few days ago, she had been perfectly normal, but suddenly, her behavior had changed.

Gu Teng racked his brains, thinking back to that black car from the afternoon.

Could it be that ‘boyfriend’ of hers who caused this?

Aside from the power of love making people lose their senses, Gu Teng couldn’t think of any other reason. There’s a phrase, "to lose one’s ambition by indulging in pleasures," and for someone to turn his gentle sister into a gaming expert in such a short time, Gu Jin's "boyfriend" must not be a good, motivated person.