Ch. 18 - One Bout of Extroversion in Exchange for a Lifetime of Introversion
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"Do you hate me now?"
Wei Qingyu stood in the shade of the tree, tilting her head slightly in confusion.
Hiss.
How should I put this...
Lu Xing walked to Wei Qingyu's side and said to her, "You know, genetics are really unfair."
"It's clearly a random sequence of code, yet it makes some people look heinous and others look kind and gentle."
Confusion appeared in Wei Qingyu's clear eyes.
"You talk in circles."
Lu Xing clenched his molars. "What I mean is, you shouldn't say things like that anymore. Look at the stares around us!"
Wei Qingyu looked around and noticed many gazes fixed on her and Lu Xing.
Every gaze directed at Lu Xing conveyed two words—
Scumbag!
Who the hell said you shouldn't judge a book by its cover?
Look at Wei Qingyu's clean, white-moonlight-like temperament, then look at Lu Xing's cynical, devil-may-care vibe.
A story of a delinquent corrupting a good student was born just like that!
At this moment, a stylishly dressed "auntie" holding a Chihuahua waddled past them, and a phone adorned with rhinestones fell between the two.
"Hey, Auntie, you dropped your phone."
Lu Xing and Wei Qingyu temporarily put aside what they were about to say and hurriedly chased after the auntie.
The auntie was still admiring herself while holding her Chihuahua.
Hearing Lu Xing's words, she felt her pocket.
"Oh my! It really is my phone!"
In modern society, losing your phone is a real hassle.
The auntie gratefully gripped Lu Xing's and Wei Qingyu's hands, becoming a bit incoherent.
It was clear.
She was an easily excited and cute auntie.
The auntie unlocked her phone and said cheerfully.
"Family! This young, handsome couple found my phone and returned it to me! Thank you so much, thank you so much! I must expose this, a good deed done by a little couple!"
Lu Xing was dumbfounded.
He had run into a social butterfly of an auntie, and he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
The words "little couple" came crashing down. Wei Qingyu wasn't faring any better.
She froze on the spot, her cheeks exploding with red!
Before the auntie left, Lu Xing casually asked.
"Auntie, what are you filming this video for?"
The auntie, holding her Chihuahua, happily waved goodbye to him and Wei Qingyu.
"To post it online, of course!"
"Auntie wants to expose the good deed you two did! Auntie's account has lots of friends and family, I'll let them all praise you two handsome young people!"
Uh...
Lu Xing's scalp tingled. "Can you not post it?"
The auntie said cheerfully.
"It's already posted!"
Huh?!!!
I put Auntie in my heart, and Auntie puts me on the internet?!
(TL: A meme format expressing betrayal.)
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When the two of them returned to the shade of the tree...
They looked at each other.
Pfft.
One of them couldn't hold it in, and Lu Xing burst out into wild laughter!
Wei Qingyu's laughter was much more reserved, but her eyes and the corners of her mouth were overflowing with lighthearted amusement.
The somewhat heavy atmosphere from before was swept away.
Wei Qingyu's lips curved slightly. Watching Lu Xing laugh so freely, she said softly.
"Do you still want to talk about that topic from before?"
Lu Xing sat down boldly on the bench under the tree, hugged his schoolbag, and patted the spot next to him.
Wei Qingyu was taken aback, a hint of red appearing on the tips of her ears.
She felt that Lu Xing's patting motion...
Didn't seem to be inviting her to sit next to him... but rather on his lap.
Wei Qingyu pursed her lips lightly and slowly sat down next to Lu Xing.
Lu Xing had always been a man of action. He didn't like to drag out problems, so he said with a smile.
"Whatever you want to say, ask it all here, and I'll answer it all at once."
Wei Qingyu was silent for a moment, trying to find a trace of the former warmth in Lu Xing's eyes.
But there was none.
Wei Qingyu lowered her gaze slightly, revealing a patch of her fair nape, and repeated the question again.
"Do you hate me?"
"I don't hate you. No one hates you. You're a good person."
"But you smile at the lady in the shop, you smile at the sanitation worker on the street, you even smile at the clouds in the sky."
"What do you mean? Am I not allowed to smile? I smile at everyone."
"You don't smile at me."
"Huh?"
Wei Qingyu raised her head, looked into Lu Xing's eyes, and repeated seriously.
"Today, you always frown when you see me. You don't smile at me."
Lu Xing was in disbelief.
No!
Sis!
Do you know what you're saying?!
Lu Xing pointed to himself and asked, "Who am I to you?"
Wei Qingyu was stunned.
In the beginning, when Lu Xing started following her, she wanted to drive him away, but Lu Xing was relentless and stuck to her.
Lu Xing was always attentive to her needs, immediately offering a helping hand when problems arose, and even making her delicious breakfasts.
Most importantly, unlike all her other pursuers...
From beginning to end, Lu Xing had never confessed to her.
So what reason did she have to drive him away?
Over time.
Lu Xing became a habit of hers.
Sometimes, Wei Qingyu felt she was despicable.
Because from Lu Xing's constant gaze, she gained a secret... sense of security.
Even on the day Lu Xing rushed up to fight those punks...
But–
Now that Lu Xing suddenly asked about their relationship, Wei Qingyu found it difficult to define for a moment.
Instantly.
The two words the auntie had said, "little couple," slammed heavily into her mind!
These two words only lingered in her mind for a moment before being swept away.
It can't be.
Her life was like a fixed mathematical formula. Even if there were some deviations in the calculation process, it would eventually return to the right track.
To Wei Qingyu, true love was like a ghost. Everyone said it existed, but Wei Qingyu had never seen it.
Love was unreliable.
After a moment, the great Campus Belle Wei made her final judgment.
"Benefactor."
Pfft. Lu Xing laughed.
Looking at Wei Qingyu's dazed and clueless appearance, he knew this blockhead had gotten herself stuck in a dead end again.
But Wei Qingyu was very satisfied with this definition of hers.
"You are my benefactor. I should treat you to a meal to express my gratitude."
Not too close, but not too distant either.
Reasonable and proper.
Lu Xing made a "stop" gesture.
"I don't want a meal. If you want to thank me, you might as well just transfer me the money directly."
Wei Qingyu nodded.
"Okay. Then accept my friend request on WeChat."
Lu Xing: ???
No! You're for real?!
As soon as Lu Xing opened WeChat, he saw that there really was a friend request, sent last week.
He had been busy dealing with Song Junzhu at the time, glanced at it, and then forgot about it!
A look of confusion appeared on Wei Qingyu's pure and elegant face.
"You don't seem to look at your phone much."
Lu Xing, a little embarrassed, accepted the request.
His transaction with Old Man Wei only covered school grounds; there was no need to exchange WeChat contacts with Wei Qingyu.
Which meant that only now had he and Wei Qingyu established a way to contact each other.
The very second the friend request was accepted, Lu Xing received a transfer of fifty thousand yuan.
Wei Qingyu stared at her phone screen and said seriously.
"There's a limit on single transfers. I'll continue to transfer more to you."
"Hey! Don't!" Lu Xing became anxious.
He hadn't expected Wei Qingyu to play for real.
Old Man Wei had already paid in full. There was no reason to charge extra.
"This is enough, really, it's enough. Don't transfer any more to me. If you transfer more, I'll feel burdened."
A hint of a smile appeared in Wei Qingyu's eyes.
"Even if it wasn't you that day, I would have helped any girl. You don't have to mind it too much."
Wei Qingyu's face was expressionless.
Lu Xing observed Wei Qingyu's expression, feeling a bit of a headache.
This blockhead Wei Qingyu didn't understand feelings and might have developed some emotions she herself wasn't aware of.
In the past, his clients were all like Chi Yueshan; everyone parted on good terms.
But now, this situation with Wei Qingyu was a bit tricky!
In June, Lu Xing would be free to run towards his freedom. There was absolutely no benefit in letting this damn spark of emotion ignite!
Lu Xing decided to end this matter quickly.
"I've accepted the money. Consider it your thank-you fee. The debt of gratitude between us is now settled."
Wei Qingyu wanted to say something else, but Lu Xing cut her off directly.
"I'm a bumpkin, I haven't seen the world. When I first came to school, I thought you were beautiful, so I wanted to be nice to you."
Faced with such a direct and simple compliment, Wei Qingyu felt a little unnatural.
Her heart suddenly skipped a beat.
For over two years, Lu Xing had never mentioned liking her, nor had he ever confessed to her.
Could it be that now he was going to...
Confess?
Wei Qingyu clutched the hem of her skirt, her fingers curling.
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