Let's Do Some Questions - Chapter 69

Song Man ran off after the hug, her steps never faltering as she sprinted back to her room, closed the door, and then punched the bed, cursing, “Damn it.”

What was that about! What was that about! Song Man, what is wrong with you!

Song Man frantically questioned herself internally, why was she such a coward!

This was totally not her style!

Song Man had never been this shy in her life.

It was just a strange feeling, completely beyond Song Man’s control.

Song Man messed up her hair, and it took her a while to calm down and sort out her thoughts.

There was nothing to sort out, damn it!

Even though the window in the room was still open and cold air was coming in, Song Man felt hot all over, a stifled feeling she couldn’t release.

She picked up her phone and called her follower.

“Deng Wei, let’s go for a drink.”

At the boss’s command, let alone a strong wind outside, Deng Wei would go out for a drink even if it was snowing heavily.

When Deng Wei arrived, he saw Song Man sitting in the private room with a sullen face, no one else around, and a case of beer on the table.

“What’s up, Man Jie? Bad mood?”

There was air conditioning in the room, so Deng Wei took off his jacket and sat next to Song Man.

“Just the two of us? Mao Mao and the others aren’t coming?”

“Didn’t call them, just us.”

Song Man had something on her mind. She called Deng Wei because they were close. If there were too many people, some things couldn’t be guaranteed.

“Alright, I’ll drink with you then.”

Song Man pushed a few bottles of beer towards him, her face clearly showing ‘annoyed’.

“What’s wrong, Man Jie? Tell me what’s bothering you, and I’ll definitely help you with my ‘quilt-like’ efforts.”

“It’s ‘humble efforts’.”

Song Man took a gulp of beer and rolled her eyes at Deng Wei, but Deng Wei’s “quilt” mistake lightened her mood a bit.

“You get the meaning.”

Deng Wei waved his hand, looking unfazed.

Since they were in different classes, the time he spent with Song Man had decreased. Not being together, he didn’t know what was happening around Song Man or how she was feeling. He heard that Song Man had done exceptionally well in several exams, and while Deng Wei was happy for her, he also felt a little sour.

That sourness wasn’t because Song Man’s grades were good, but a slightly bitter feeling. He felt that Song Man might be going to be a good student from now on, and maybe she wouldn’t need followers like them anymore. It felt like they were no longer in the same world, couldn’t hang out together.

Song Man took a few gulps of beer without saying a word.

Of course, Deng Wei couldn’t let the atmosphere stay so cold. He picked topics they shared, trying to cheer Song Man up.

For example, how their previous homeroom teacher was, or gossiping about others at school.

“Let me tell you, that girl in our class, the arts and culture representative, I don’t know if you remember her, the one with the ponytail and a round face.”

“What about her?”

Song Man searched her memory, failed to find her, but still asked with interest.

“She’s living with her boyfriend outside.”

“That explosive?”

“Isn’t it? Her boyfriend is a university student, an old cow eating young grass, tsk.”

Deng Wei took a drink, incidentally despising the old cows who were snatching up young grass from them.

“And then?”

“Her boyfriend rented a place, and she’d go stay at his place when her parents weren’t home. Then, she found a girl’s hair in her boyfriend’s place.”

“Boyfriend cheated?”

“Yeah, do you know how she found out?”

“Caught them in the act?”

Song Man raised an eyebrow.

“No, even better. She bought a smart scale and put it at her boyfriend’s place. The scale is smart, you see, it sends a notification to her phone whenever someone weighs themselves and how much they weigh.”

Song Man paused her drinking and gave Deng Wei a thumbs-up.

Brilliant, truly brilliant.

Which girl could be indifferent to a scale! When they see one, they definitely have to step on it to check their current situation. Stepping on it five times a day feels too little.

“And then? Did they break up?”

“They did. Before she left, she slapped her boyfriend and took the scale with her. That smart scale cost several hundred yuan.”

“How are you telling this like you saw it yourself?”

“Well, I did see it myself. She asked me to go with her to her boyfriend’s place to get the scale. She was afraid her fighting power wasn’t enough alone, so she asked me to go with her for courage.”

Song Man laughed, and Deng Wei laughed along.

“So, Man Jie, there’s a solution for everything. Just tell me what’s bothering you. Trust me like I’m one of your own, I definitely won’t blab.”

“Didn’t you spread the word about Mao Mao wearing lace underwear when he was drunk and confused last time?”

“Cough cough cough cough, hahahahahahaha I couldn’t help that hahahahahahaha, but Man Jie, I absolutely won’t blab about your stuff, I swear on my chastity.”

“A friend of mine passed away today.”

“Ah… then… my condolences…”

Deng Wei scratched his head. There was no way to comfort her about this.

He really didn’t know how to comfort someone about this kind of thing. Whatever he said felt pale and powerless.

Song Man opened her mouth but said nothing.

She couldn’t be heartbroken over Lingnan. Strictly speaking, Lingnan wasn’t even a close friend.

She just felt a lot of sympathy and regret, and even felt that this damn fate was truly frustrating.

Sympathy for Lingnan’s illness, sympathy for Lingnan’s unrequited love. Rationally, she knew that Lingnan’s actions could be considered self-inflicted, but with the empathy for life and death, the negative aspects brought by those actions seemed to fade unconsciously. Obsessive and humble, regrettable and lamentable.

That regret was further diluted by the attitude of the other party, Ke Lingyu, coupled with that teasing thirty seconds, the scene that suddenly turned dark when she was happy, which made Song Man feel truly choked up.

Not to mention that Lingnan brought her a subtle feeling of similarity, even though she couldn’t fully empathize. Thinking of this, Song Man inevitably thought of Chu Fengqiu again.

How did it turn out like this ahhhhhhh!

That feeling was too contradictory.

Deng Wei watched Song Man’s expression suddenly change from troubled to another kind of indescribable emotion, with a strange sense of girlish shyness, and felt a little scared.

This emotion appearing on his Man Jie was an epic level of incongruity, a little terrifying.

“Jie? Jie? Why do you look constipated?”

“You’re the one who’s constipated.”

Then Song Man remembered the lie about constipation she had told Chu Fengqiu. Damn it, if Chu Fengqiu thought about it, she would definitely know she was lying.

Chu Fengqiu, Chu Fengqiu, stop thinking about Chu Fengqiu, okay! She came out to calm down!

“Then what’s wrong? A young girl in love? But it’s winter now, isn’t it?”

“Are you itching for a fight?”

“My bad, my bad, I’m just kidding, but… Man Jie, do you really have something going on?”

Deng Wei winked and made faces, his face full of teasing.

“What kind of situation could I have?”

Song Man immediately denied it, her face full of conflict.

“But Deng Wei, have you ever been confessed to?”

Heh, women.

“Man Jie, you think too highly of me. It’s more likely I’d confess to someone. How could any girl with eyes for me confess? But Man Jie, who confessed to you? Someone from our school?”

Deng Wei’s face was bitter, but his eyes showed no sadness, only the light of gossip.

Song Man thought to herself, the one who confessed is your goddess, it would scare you to death if I told you.

“Why are you asking so many questions? Anyway, I’m super annoyed right now.”

“Do you like them or not? If you like them, say yes. If not, say goodbye.”

“I like them a little, but it’s not enough yet.”

“Then don’t say yes yet. See if they’re sincere. If that person really likes you, they’ll definitely keep pursuing you. If they stop pursuing you just because you didn’t say yes, that’s definitely not okay.”

“She should keep pursuing me, right?”

Song Man said softly.

“My Man Jie is so great, they definitely have to keep pursuing you. But Man Jie, don’t be fooled by sweet talk, okay? You have to keep your eyes peeled. If that person bullies you, I’ll go beat them up for you!”

Deng Wei slapped the table, looking fierce.

“Who are you looking down on?”

Song Man moved her wrist, cracked her knuckles, making a clicking sound that immediately made Deng Wei back down.

“I’ll cheer you on!”

That’s more like it, Song Man snorted lightly and continued drinking beer, her mood lifting considerably.

Right, just like Deng Wei said, it’s not a big deal, and she doesn’t have to make a decision right now.

But how would Chu Fengqiu pursue her?

Ask her to do problems together, or cook for her, or go out and have fun together?

It seems like all those have been used already.

So how would Chu Fengqiu pursue her? Hahahahaha heyhehehe, Song Man felt a strange excitement thinking about it.

Deng Wei looked at Song Man, who seemed like she was about to prey on an innocent girl, and silently lit a candle for that person. How good was this guy’s appetite to be able to take on his Man Jie?

“Oh right, Man Jie, are you still going out for activities now?”

“When did I quit?”

Song Man tapped a beer bottle. What did he mean by that?

“I thought you were going to… I mean, your grades have been really good lately… so we thought you were going to…”

Deng Wei stammered, sounding a little sad.

“Lost your mind? Getting sentimental now?”

Just because her grades were good? They probably didn’t know how amazing she really was!

“Can’t I just express this sadness? But Man Jie, you’re really not abandoning us to study hard?”

“Abandon you? Don’t be ridiculous.”

“Then how about a fight with No. 3 School next month? They’ve been subtly provoking us for a while!”

“Doesn’t seem possible.”

Song Man remembered she still had a Winter Camp to attend.

Deng Wei’s expression was resentful, and Song Man instantly ate her words.

“Why wait until next month? Let’s do it this month.”

“Can’t this month.”

“Why not?”

“Their boss was chased by a dog and hospitalized a couple of days ago.”

“Bit him that badly?”

“No, the dog didn’t bite him. He fell off a wall while running away.”

“Tsk.”

Song Man chatted with him while drinking, and before she knew it, a few hours had passed, and it was completely dark.

Song Man wasn’t drunk. When it came to beer, her alcohol tolerance was actually quite good. She was only half-drunk, still clear-headed, and walked steadily.

Deng Wei got drunk easily and seemed quite intoxicated.

“Man Jie, you absolutely can’t abandon me.”

Deng Wei confessed his true feelings while drunk. Abandoning others wasn’t important, the most important thing was not to abandon him.

Song Man’s mouth twitched, and she pulled Deng Wei’s hand off her clothes.

“Study hard, got it? Be careful not to fall too far behind me in the future.”

“But studying is really hard.”

“Don’t you dare whine at me.”

Song Man walked out while dealing with Deng Wei, and looked up to see Chu Fengqiu at the entrance of the shop.

She was wearing a white down jacket, holding a hot drink, looking as beautiful as a painting.

“I saw you weren’t home so late, so I came to wait for you.”

“How did you know I was here?”

“Based on probability, and your car.”

Chu Fengqiu had circled the places Song Man frequented on a map. Based on probability calculations, it was easy to narrow it down to a few places, and Song Man’s car was eye-catching, so it wasn’t difficult to find her.

Song Man: ???

Damn, master science and math, and you can go anywhere.