Sunny Joy - CHAPTER 16

The only entertainment for Chu Xi here is playing games, but it seems that Gu Wan isn’t very into it anymore.

“Fixed play” refers to a regular gaming buddy, someone you play games with every day and do tasks together.

Chu Xi felt that his inconsistent behavior of fishing for three days and sunbathing for two was a bit dangerous, as if he was about to quit the game.

Xi: You seem so unmotivated playing games every day. Are you planning to quit?

Friend: No way, I’m currently playing two games, and one of them is this one. How could I quit?

Xi: Really? But don’t you already have everything? There’s nothing attractive about it for you, right?

Friend: At least wait until I graduate, and you graduate too, before we stop playing.

How to say, this sentence gives the illusion that playing this game is for her? It feels like logging in every day now is just to play with her.

This kind of conversation is somewhat ambiguous, this unclear state.

Many times, Chu Xi felt a bit infatuated with this friend, even having an impulse to start a romantic relationship. However, the impulse was just that—an impulse. It dissipated over time, and the next time it returned was only when there was an excess of estrogen.

Is she going to pretend to be a friend while secretly trying to get ahead? Isn’t that just like Zhao Yu? Wouldn’t it be super awkward if the other person found out about her intentions?

Once, Chu Xi brought a friend to do a task together and called Gu Wan online as well. That task was quite troublesome; it required a certain number of people to proceed.

A few people finished the first task, and when they were about to start the next one, there weren’t enough people. He also knew that this wasn’t what Chu Xi needed, so he said he had something else to do and left.

Girls are creatures who love to overthink. This can be understood as being loyal, or it can be interpreted as being ambiguous. Going even deeper, it might even feel like “I’m here just for you.”

I don’t know if this is just her illusion.

But when Chu Xi calmed down, she felt that her state was not quite right. She thought she might need to approach this friendship calmly and not talk for a while! She needed to calm down.

What a pity, she didn’t last a few days and started chatting passionately with someone else. It was a guy who initiated the conversation, and he was quite good at it. It was a case of intention versus unintentional, and they ended up chatting for quite a while.

How to put it, if you want to chat, there are always topics to talk about. Some people always say they have nothing to talk about with each other, which is probably because they no longer have the enthusiasm to share their daily lives with the other person.

Without such enthusiasm, without the idea and desire to share, there probably really isn’t anything to say.

That day, Chu Xi didn’t know why but felt a bit annoyed and sent a message to the other person.

Xi: I’m so annoyed. Even though it has nothing to do with you, can you at least apologize to me?

Gu Wan: Sorry, is that okay?

Xi: Tell me where you went wrong.

Guan: You shouldn’t eat, you shouldn’t drink water, you shouldn’t sleep.

Xi: You’re really cooperative.

Gu Wan: Still annoying?

Xi: Mmm, thank you!

She never knew that fate was such a wonderful thing; there are still some things she hasn’t discovered yet.

Chu Xi saw a joke:

Today I encountered an old lady who was trying to scam me. She insisted that I hit her. I got angry, took out my phone, and said, “Dad, transfer 2 million to me. I’m going to kill an old lady.”

That old lady suddenly stood up and said, “Riding a broken bicycle and pretending to be a rich kid.” Then she shoved me hard, so I calmly lay down.

She couldn’t help but laugh out loud and even shared it with her other friends. It was indeed quite funny, with many twists and turns.

It seems like I haven’t introduced Chu Xi’s situation yet.

Chu Xi is currently on her own, with parents and a younger brother, but everyone else is out of town. Since childhood, she has been independent, usually by herself, mostly at school, so the adults are at ease.

The age difference between her and her younger brother isn’t that big, and they both got into the same university, which is quite a happy thing, I suppose.

Originally, Chu Xi wanted to introduce Song Ci Yue to someone, but unfortunately, Song Ci Yue already had plans with Meng Ran for the holiday.

Song Ciyue is currently in a very conflicted state.

She was standing particularly close to Meng Ran, close enough that if the boy leaned down slightly, he could kiss her. It was the first time they had been this close, almost as if they were about to kiss.

Meng Ran noticed that Song Ciyue wasn’t speaking and kept staring at him. Her eyes seemed to have starlight in them, and being so close, he could see only his reflection in her small pupils.

She seems very focused.

He stopped smiling as well and asked the girl, “What’s wrong?”

Song Ciyue thought to herself: I really want to kiss him, but I want him to kiss me first. Girls should wait for boys to take the initiative; I definitely can’t be impulsive!

I pretended to be calm, treating it like a staring contest with the guy, seeing who could last longer. But in the end, she couldn’t hold it and blinked.

Song Ciyue was somewhat embarrassed and annoyed, and Meng Ran couldn’t help but laugh when he saw her flushed face.

He was too close, his breath tickling Song Ciyue’s forehead. She instinctively stepped back, but there was a step behind her, and she almost fell.

Suddenly, a hand reached out in front of him, yanked him back, and crashed him into the boy.

The boy placed his hand on the girl’s waist, because even though she was still smiling and couldn’t stop blinking, it didn’t stop him from pulling her back.

Song Ciyue still cares about saving face, and now he can’t hold it anymore.

She was furious. To make up for the height difference, she stood on the step, looking down at the boy from above, her eyes narrowing dangerously as she said, “Stop laughing, or I won’t go easy on you.”

“What are you going to do?”

Song Ciyue’s competitive spirit was ignited, and she immediately tried to silence the boy manually. But the boy wasn’t one to just stand there obediently; he tried to block her. Amid their playful scuffle, the girl’s lips brushed against his ear, cold and soft.

At that moment, time seemed to stand still. The two of them remained frozen in place, unsure who first pretended to act nonchalant and said, “Let’s go,” thus both stepping out of the awkwardness.

Song Ciyue felt a bit uncomfortable. Why did it seem like she was always the one taking the initiative? Can’t the guy be a bit more proactive?

She saw a saying: if that person truly loves you, you only need to take one step, and that person will take the remaining ninety-nine steps for you.

But it seems like she has always been the one taking the initiative, while the guy is just passively accepting it.

After returning home, Song Ciyue lay on her bed, thinking again about what her friend said about their slow progress.

Does he really not have any further intentions? Does he not like her that much? Maybe they got together in the first place because she was so persistent.

The more she thought about it, the more upset she felt. Her tears fell uncontrollably, and the girl fell asleep while crying.