Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 771: Has Gu Yan Fallen for Someone Else?

Chapter 771: Chapter 771: Has Gu Yan Fallen for Someone Else?

So, some Plantmen may not be as harmless as they appear on the surface.

Xiaoyan was a Plantman greatly influenced by mushrooms. Su Wan specifically looked up some habits of fungal Plantmen, noting that Xiaoyan was around twenty years old. However, none of the records she found were related to this.

On the other hand, Vermilion Bird and Bai Ze were also helping with the investigation, but since Gu Yan didn’t have any symptoms other than feeling panicked, it was difficult to diagnose anything for the time being.

But Su Wan had not given up. Her daughter was not the type to make unreasonable fusses. If they didn’t find anything today, they could continue looking tomorrow.

And she told Vermilion Bird, "Have Xiaofu send you Xiaoyan’s body data on a regular basis."

"Yes! Master!"

**

In the past couple of days, Gu Yan’s feeling of panic and restlessness had slightly eased.

It just so happened to coincide with Su Yao’s birthday. Then Gu Yan, Xu Wei’an, and Vivian discussed it and decided that since Su Yao was alone on Landis Star without any friends, the three of them would celebrate her birthday together.

Because they also hoped that Sheng Le could attend, they chose the Su Family restaurant as the location.

"Hey, Gu Yan."

Seeing Jiang Huai in a formal western suit, Gu Yan curiously asked, "Are you here for a meal? You’re dressed so formally."

"Yeah, to meet an elder."

"Oh, then you go ahead, I won’t keep you."

"No bother. What about you?"

"Oh, just having a meal with some friends."

Jiang Huai glanced at the cake in her hand, said nothing more, but smiled and nodded.

Jiang Huai watched Gu Yan walk to another private room, then squinted his eyes. He didn’t return to his own room but went to the kitchen first.

After seeing Jiang Huai, for some reason, Gu Yan felt a little reluctant to part with him.

Strange.

Could it be because they were both Plantmen?

Gu Yan entered the private room with the cake. Over there, Xu Wei’an was chatting with Su Yao. Despite being interested in the same person, they hadn’t become enemies but had even become friends?

Perhaps Xu Wei’an wasn’t as deeply involved with Sheng Le, or maybe she felt pity for Su Yao, who was used by her mother and helpless on Landis Star.

In any case, the two had become good friends.

When Gu Yan carried in the cake, Su Yao exclaimed with delight, especially when she heard that Gu Yan had made it herself, she was very happy.

"This is the first time I’ve ever had a cake made by someone else just for me." 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

Gu Yan said somewhat shyly, "Actually, most of it was made by Xiao’an. I just helped out."

"Regardless, I’m super happy that you’re so nice to me!"

The two of them chatted excitedly, quickly arranging the cake, while Xu Wei’an came close to Gu Yan and sniffed, commenting, "Gu Yan, what perfume are you using today? There’s a woody fragrance that’s really fresh."

Gu Yan sniffed herself and said, "Ah, I’m not wearing any perfume. Is it maybe that our cake smells too good?"

Xu Wei’an sniffed the cake again and sure enough, that light, fresh scent was coming from the cake.

She was curious, "How come I don’t remember us adding that kind of fragrance when we were making it?"

"Maybe we forgot, but this scent really does smell good."

Since they were still waiting for Vivian, the three of them didn’t rush to cut the cake and just sat there talking.

"My master gave me a birthday gift!" Su Yao announced happily.

She was learning how to cook from Sheng Le and didn’t want to call him Manager Sheng like everyone else; Su Yao called him Brother Sheng, which Sheng Le quickly forbade.

Now she has started calling him Master.

Full of joy, Su Yao said, "I feel like I’ve become even closer to him!"

Even Xu Wei’an had to give her a thumbs up, "You are so optimistic! I admire you so much! I couldn’t do it."

Listening to their conversation, Gu Yan felt their voices drifting further and further away.

For some reason, she especially wanted to go out, find Jiang Huai’s private room, and talk to him.

Gu Yan felt something was not quite right about this!

Just then, Su Yao, holding her cheeks, said, "Actually, it’s because you came late, your feelings for my master aren’t that deep, which is good considering your feelings for him aren’t that deep. Now I just want to talk to my master every day, and I get so happy when he glances at me more!"

Gu Yan looked up, "You really want to get close to him, talk to him?"

Su Yao nodded, "Yes, that’s what liking someone feels like."

Gu Yan was startled!

Could it be that she had fallen for someone else and started to like Jiang Huai?

That shouldn’t be the case, considering in the past few days, every time she communicated with Bai Li, she was also overjoyed; especially when he said some strange things, it made her heart race.

Gu Yan had always been certain about her feelings. She truly liked Bai Li, liked this Brother Little Mushroom who had almost grown up with her.

How could she have suddenly fallen for someone else?

It’s not that Jiang Huai isn’t nice. On the contrary, he is truly polite, and whether speaking or acting, you can’t find a single fault with him.

But to like him?

Gu Yan found this idea quite preposterous!

Right at that moment, after finishing training, Vivian came in through the door. Gu Yan pushed aside that preposterous thought and joined her friends in celebrating Su Yao’s birthday.

As they were blowing out the candles, Su Yao’s eyes were a little moist.

"Ever since I was aware, I’ve known how disappointed my mother is with me. She always disliked me for being just an ordinary purebred human, for not being beautiful, for lacking any special talents."

"She even said that when I turn eighteen next year, she wants to take me to get cosmetic surgery to become the most beautiful woman in the entire Universe."

Xu Wei’an was a bit puzzled, "What’s she trying to do?"

Self-deprecatingly, Su Yao chuckled, "What else but hoping that after I can marry the most distinguished man in the entire Universe in the future?"

Previously, when Su Man sent her daughter to Landis Star, she hoped that her daughter could seduce the Gu Chen and Gu Yu brothers.

Then later, she hoped her daughter could build a good relationship with Gu Yan, to marry Lord Insect God in the future.

In the end, with a touch of sadness and disgust in her voice, Su Yao said, "She has always aimed higher than the sky; not being good enough herself, she instead places all her hopes on me. She doesn’t consider that if she herself isn’t excellent, how could her daughter be?"

"Xiaoyao..."

"I don’t want to live a life arranged, used, and manipulated by her!"

As Su Yao said this, Sheng Le happened to pause at the doorway of their private room.

Vivian and Gu Yan both noticed, but they exchanged glances and remained silent.

Xu Wei’an, however, hadn’t noticed and looked at Su Yao with sympathy, "It looks like you have it even worse than me. I lost all parental control early on, but you... Although it’s mean to say, your mom is really not that great."