Ch 233: Wen Ci
She genuinely couldn’t understand where the point of contention lay between these two.
But she understood that if she continued speaking, in a couple of days she would experience firsthand what it felt like to be damned if she did, damned if she didn’t.
“Um, I want to go back to the dormitory to study hard.”
Ba Rui Si had already gone home, and Mulan Huahua had joined the Meng Warrior training.
But thankfully, Ya Ya was in the dormitory most of the time.
Although occasionally they would each complain about boredom, at least there wouldn’t be any kind of dramatic showdown.
“Ah, is that why you came back to the dormitory so early today?”
Ya Ya expressed her strong condemnation with her gaze.
“I brought you snacks and the new Magic Drink!” Rui Bu Si placed the things on the table, hugged Ya Ya’s plush toy, and happily rolled around on the bed.
“The dormitory is so nice~”
“Well, in less than ten minutes you won’t feel this way.”
Rui Bu Si felt a little guilty: “How can you say that about me?”
Ya Ya flipped a page of the manga in her hand: “Stay, but don’t disturb me reading Jump.”
With one less person to chat with, Rui Bu Si had to chat with the System, ultimately successfully dragging out the System’s name.
“Oh, Ms. Wen Ci,” she took out the Radish Pen engraved with all the names, “Are you lucky?”
These names couldn’t let her surpass Jian Ni, but a few more should be enough.
【Carving this won’t transfer luck.】
“Then are you lucky?”
【…Fairly so.】
“Alright then.” She demonstrated with her actions that she hadn’t listened to the words “useless” at all.
The next day, she didn’t stay in the dormitory chatting with the System, or rummaging through Ya Ya’s closet for old manga she wasn’t interested in.
Of course, she also didn’t stay with Xu Xingchun. Whether it was because of the subtle relationship between Mi Ya Xing and Xu Xingchun, or because Jian Ni already knew she liked to go to the Infirmary.
Oh, how annoying, Lie Yan Jian Ni! How could a Meng Knight be this annoying?!
Next time I surpass him, I definitely won’t let him off!
After harboring great ambitions in the attic and wrapping herself in a small blanket to prepare for a light nap, a shadow enveloped her. Rui Bu Si opened her eyes and saw Mi Ya Xing’s unhappy expression.
“Is there nothing you can say when you’re with me? You weren’t like this in the Infirmary,”
【Should I help you find ways to coax your significant other? Meow~】
“You’d better find them quickly with your schadenfreude.”
【The mechanical voice lacked emotion.】
“I have the ability to imagine.”
Rui Bu Si sat up and took Mi Ya Xing’s hand: “What’s wrong?”
Shouldn’t past events be in the past? Why is there still a risk of bringing them up again?
He crouched down, and Rui Bu Si saw the grievance and resentment on his face: “I’m a little jealous of her.”
Rui Bu Si understood; “her” referred to Xu Xingchun—of course she did, her brain wasn’t pure water.
“Jealous of what?”
“She was a part of your past, and I know nothing about it.”
“When you talk about the past, I feel like an outsider who can’t get involved, I can only sit and listen.”
Rui Bu Si was stunned, she didn’t expect him to be bothered by this: “But the past is the past, and I wasn’t involved in your past either.”
“Do you want to be involved?”
Rui Bu Si hadn’t considered this question.
Just like her attitude towards memories, there was no need to think about something impossible.
“Maybe…I do.”
But at the same time, she didn’t mind doing this unnecessary thing with someone she cared about.
“I really want to.” He touched her hair, looking a little sad.
The past is the most helpless thing in the present; it’s a fait accompli.
“I don’t want to be an outsider in your story.”
“Is that so,” she looked at him, seriously, word by word, “You won’t be an outsider.”
Before the last syllable of her words had faded, she suddenly grabbed his tie—the small crown ornament that looked like the Wisdom Star Totem.
Mi Ya Xing instinctively used his hand to steady himself. Before he could ask anything, she took off his glasses.
The sudden closeness was blurred by the removal of the glasses, as if the distance had become even farther.
In a sense, for someone used to wearing glasses, having them removed is a kind of sensory deprivation, the feeling of unease uncontrollably increases, and during the process of refocusing, she is the source of all his security.
On his lips, he felt the warmth from the person who gave him all his security.
It was completely different from the last time, which had a mischievous element.
Completely different…
He couldn’t describe it. His mind went blank, all his bad emotions swept away.
“And now?”
His eyes refocused, all her emotions were clear to see, and he finally found the words to describe it—
Unlike last time, it wasn’t empty, it didn’t make him feel sad, but rather…
“Do you feel the ‘now,’ Mr. Outsider?”
That smiling voice wasn’t unpleasant at all.
He didn’t bother with the glasses on the ground that gave him a sense of security. Even though he couldn’t see clearly, he looked down at her and asked, “Can I feel it again?”
“Hmm?”
“It’s always you taking the initiative, Si Si, that’s not very ‘fair’.”
“Do you have to be so competitive about this?”
“Can’t I?”
“Of course you can,” she laughed, “I like your competitiveness, too.”
Although it was the same thing, the feeling of being active and passive was completely different. His supporting hand tightened unconsciously due to nervousness, his tie still held in her hand, indicating that if she wanted, the active party could be changed at any time.
It wasn’t like she couldn’t do this kind of thing.
Would she?
He found his heart beating faster than when he confessed to her before, nervous about something he didn’t know.
The person in front of him didn’t urge him or say anything, but those smiling eyes made him a little angry.
Mi Ya Xing covered her eyes with his hand. Perhaps it was the sudden loss of light, he felt her eyelashes brushing against his palm, it tickled, making him unconsciously think of when they held hands, and Rui Bu Si would idly scratch his palm to get his attention.
He kissed her.
