Chapter 14: Is Xishi in the Eye of the Beholder? Including Qingxue's Invitation!

Qi Yun's changes are of course due to the physical fitness capsules rewarded by the system. But even Qingxue doesn't know about it. She only knows that these past few days, whenever she looks at Qi Yun, she feels he is becoming more and more handsome, even perfect.

"Xiaoyu, I think my eyes have been sick lately," said Qingxue with a worried expression as she rested her chin on her arm in the orphanage.

Xiaoyu was Qingxue's childhood friend from the orphanage. The two were almost inseparable best friends who talked about everything.

"Sick? Are you going blind?" Xiaoyu exclaimed in surprise.

"You're the one going blind! I just feel like someone looks different every day."

"How so?" Xiaoyu couldn't understand what Qingxue meant.

"It's...getting better looking and feeling like I can never get enough of him. Even though we see each other every day! I feel like something is wrong with me!" Qingxue frowned.

She was really distressed because this had never happened before and these past few days, her symptoms seemed to be getting worse.

When Xiaoyu heard this, her previously listless expression disappeared immediately. "Really? Is it a guy or girl?"

"A boy."

"You've fallen in love!" Xiaoyu exclaimed dramatically.

"Love...love?" Qingxue was confused by what Xiaoyu meant.

"What do you mean? You're seeing him through rose-colored glasses! Clearly you're deeply infatuated and suffering from lovesickness!"

Standing up with an air of understanding, Xiaoyu used all of her vocabulary to explain herself convincingly: "You tell me if you don't think about him every day?"

Qingxue blushed slightly: "I do think about him sometimes."

"Do you feel like seeing him isn't enough every day?"

"Well...a little bit."

"Do you feel like he's becoming more and more perfect every day? More and more attractive?"

"Yes, that's true..."

"Bang!" Xiaoyu clapped her hands in front of Qingxue. "Based on my many years of experience, you, Qingxue, have fallen deeply in love!"

Looking at Xiaoyu's imposing manner, Qingxue couldn't help but shrink back a little.

"But...but you've never been in love before. How do you know?" asked Qingxue.

Xiaoyu replied: "I may not have experienced it myself but I've studied love very deeply!"

"I feel like this is unreliable," said Qingxue hesitantly. But she also felt that only Xiaoyu could explain what was happening to her.

"That's right! During the New Year performance, bring him along and I'll evaluate him for you!" suggested Xiaoyu seriously.

"Why do I feel like you just want to gossip about me?" questioned Qingxue as she looked at Xiaoyu suspiciously.

"No! Think about it - haven't you been to his house before?"

"Yeah...you already knew that these past few days."

"Well then, meeting his parents is equivalent to seeing each other's families! Shouldn't he come meet us too? We're your family too!"

"Meet...meet the parents?" As soon as the words left her mouth, Qingxue blushed even harder and looked away.

...

When Lian Qingxue walked towards Qi Yun's house, the family of three were sitting on the sofa watching TV.

As they watched, Qi's father suddenly spoke up: "Hey? Has Qi Yun grown a bit taller these past few days? He seems more handsome than before."

"Nonsense, my son has always been handsome!" Qi's mother scoffed.

"No, look closely. His spirit is different," said his father.

Qi's mother turned her head and scrutinized Qi Yun from head to toe for a while.

"It does seem so! His skin looks much better than before! Son, how did you do it? Teach me!"

Qi's mother was envious of her son's skin.

Qi Yun couldn't say that it was the system's function and could only vaguely say: "I didn't do anything. I've just been at home these past few days. What can I do?"

"Well..." Qi's mother rubbed her chin and fell silent.

Just as Qi Yun and his father continued to watch TV, his mother suddenly slapped her thigh beside them: "I understand now!"

"???"

Both Qi's father and son were puzzled by what she meant.

"This is the nourishment of love!"

"???" exclaimed Qi Yun in disbelief at this ridiculous statement about love nourishing one's skin!

The system would cry if it heard such words!

At this moment, Lian Qingxue arrived.

"Oh, Little Qingxue is here?"

Lian Qingxue felt that Mrs. Qi seemed even more enthusiastic than usual?

But she had already gotten used to visiting their house often enough not to feel awkward anymore.

"Qi Yun, there will be a performance in our community on New Year's Eve with television stations coming over to film it. Do you want to come see it?" She invited him.