The True Record of a Flirty Omega's Failed Balancing Act - Chapter 12

Chapter 12

◎Late at night, what would they do?◎

Xu Guiyi had never liked social media apps. Years ago, before they broke up, she might have occasionally looked at them for Ning Chanyue, but since getting a new phone three or four years ago, she hadn’t even downloaded them.

Let alone know what was trending.

So Xu Guiyi asked truthfully, “What trending topic?”

Ning Chanyue didn’t reply for a long time. It was so long that just when Xu Guiyi thought Ning Chanyue had fallen asleep, she received her message.

lemoon: Can I call you?

Xu Guiyi: It’s very late. You should go to sleep first. If it’s not urgent, let’s talk tomorrow.

But it seemed that Ning Chanyue was staring at the chat interface. A few seconds after Xu Guiyi pressed send, her phone vibrated twice again.

lemoon: I want to sleep, too, but if I don’t make things clear with you, I don’t think I can fall asleep.

After glancing at Ning Chanyue’s message, Xu Guiyi pursed her lips but didn’t reply immediately. Instead, she looked back at Ning Chanyue’s first message. She tapped her phone case thoughtfully, then opened the app store next to it and started downloading Weibo, the app Ning Chanyue mentioned that had the trending topic.

After registering and verifying her account, Xu Guiyi unskillfully tapped a few times on the Weibo interface, and the trending topic with Ning Chanyue’s name popped up on her screen.

But just as she was about to click on it to see what was going on, she saw another name she was also very familiar with in front of Ning Chanyue’s name.

Her breath seemed to stop for a moment along with her fingertip. She traced that name twice with her eyes before finally clicking on the topic.

The first thing that came into view was a photo.

But the first thing that caught Xu Guiyi’s eye was not the two people in the photo, but the background. It was obvious that the photo was taken in a hospital, and the sign next to the ward door behind Ning Chanyue clearly said 1224.

That was the room she was in right now.

This also made her suddenly remember the chaos she hadn’t been able to see through the crowd when she came back after confirming the form.

So… was it the two of them that the crowd was paying attention to?

Xu Guiyi’s heart sank. Her gaze slowly moved to the two people in the photo. Their actions looked like they were angry, like they were tangled up, but they were also more intimate than anything.

Xu Guiyi just stared at the photo, her face calm, not even a wrinkle on her brow.

After a long time, her hand started to slide down.

A highly liked comment caught her attention. “Don’t worry, everyone. They have so many happy moments. The couple’s reality show they filmed a while ago was so sweet. They definitely won’t break up because of one fight. And there were even bystanders who saw Ningning taking Youyou away. They’ll definitely make up after they talk in private.”

“Ningning taking Youyou away.”

After reading this comment, a slight ripple finally appeared on Xu Guiyi’s calm face.

But she didn’t frown or purse her lips.

Instead, she suddenly smiled.

She had accidentally switched to the reality show mentioned in that comment on TV. At that time, she saw Ning Chanyue sitting on You Zhuoqing’s lap, her eyes full of smiles, and then she quickly changed the channel.

So… a guess gradually formed in Xu Guiyi’s mind.

Did Ning Chanyue come to see her yesterday because they had a fight and she wanted to provoke You Zhuoqing?

Was she messaging her now because they had made up and she was leaving her house?

Xu Guiyi’s smile faded. She opened WeChat again and, after hesitating for a few seconds, still typed in the input box, “Are you trying to leave, which is why you’re messaging me?”

But before she could press send, Ning Chanyue sent another message.

lemoon: If you’re tired, you should go to sleep first. I won’t bother you anymore.

After reading Ning Chanyue’s message, Xu Guiyi glanced at what she had just typed in the message box. Whether it was because she felt the ward was stuffy or because she didn’t want to endure the visible paleness in the ward anymore, she exited WeChat, got out of bed, walked to the ward window, and opened it.

A cold wind blew in from outside, instantly making Xu Guiyi feel more awake.

A few years ago, it was also a late night like this when she was in the hospital and received a message from Ning Chanyue, who was her girlfriend at the time, saying she was leaving.

And now, Ning Chanyue was back, but after just one day, she also received a message from her in the hospital.

And she was also no longer sleepy.

But… Xu Guiyi seemed to have thought of something. She lowered her head and scrolled up through the chat history with Ning Chanyue.

That’s right, Ning Chanyue also said she couldn’t sleep just now, but she wasn’t experiencing any great joy or sorrow. Why would she be unable to sleep?

But it was so late, and the two of them had just reunited after being apart. Could it be because…

Xu Guiyi didn’t want to think about it.

She just took a deep breath and pressed send on the message she had just typed in the input box.

Then, Xu Guiyi’s face continued to face the dark night scenery outside. But her dark pupils seemed to be even darker than the night. She stared expressionlessly out the window, as if she was in a daze or her mind was wandering.

It was impossible to see what her emotions were at this moment.

Her phone vibrated again, and Xu Guiyi slightly turned her face from the window to look at the screen.

As expected, it was Ning Chanyue.

She lowered her eyebrows, letting the phone vibrate in her palm. She neither muted it nor answered it. It wasn’t until her palm felt a little numb from the vibration that she pressed the red button.

The ward instantly returned to its quietness, and also to its coldness.

But Ning Chanyue soon sent another message.

lemoon: Please answer my call.

Ning Chanyue’s words clearly had no tone, but for some reason, even through the text, she seemed to be able to feel the wronged tone in Ning Chanyue’s voice.

Ning Chanyue seemed to be anxious. Her call came again quickly, but Xu Guiyi still just stared at Ning Chanyue’s last message. It wasn’t until the call was about to automatically hang up again that she suddenly sighed. She turned her head to glance at her still-sleeping sister, closed the window that she had opened halfway, and walked into the bathroom.

And finally answered the call.

As soon as she answered, Ning Chanyue’s voice came through the phone. She said, “I’m still at your place.”

But Xu Guiyi didn’t say anything. She lowered her head and looked at the bathroom floor. After a long time, she just let out a faint “Hmm.”

Ning Chanyue paused but still spoke on her own. “You must know by now. You Zhuoqing and I met at the hospital. She wanted me to go with her, but I didn’t.”

She hadn’t left yet? Xu Guiyi’s eyes darkened.

So… did Ning Chanyue call her in the middle of the night because she was still her alpha for the time being, and she was so eager to ask for her permission?

Xu Guiyi looked up at the spot in the bathroom where she and Ning Chanyue had been standing just now. Everything that had happened there a few hours ago still felt so vivid.

She suddenly wondered, would You Zhuoqing kiss her the same way she kissed Ning Chanyue? Would Ning Chanyue also feel emotional and desire You Zhuoqing?

The hand that was holding her phone tightened slightly.

It seemed that Ning Chanyue was scared because Xu Guiyi hadn’t said anything. Her voice was muffled, and she explained without an introduction, “Actually, You Zhuoqing and I are just a contract couple. There are no feelings between us.”

Is that so?

Xu Guiyi didn’t say she believed her, but she didn’t say she didn’t believe her either. She just stared at the corner in the bathroom where she had been intimate with Ning Chanyue, as if she was torturing herself. After a long time, she finally said, “You don’t have to explain it to me. I won’t kick you out. Of course, you can leave if you want to. You don’t have to ask for my opinion like this.”

The two ends of the phone fell silent again.

It was so quiet that she could hear Ning Chanyue’s trembling breathing.

…

“It’s two o’clock. Go to sleep. Good night.”

With that, Xu Guiyi hung up the phone.

Afterward, she opened the bathroom door and walked to the window again. She seemed to be spacing out, staring at the large, round moon outside the window. The moon was surrounded by a reddish-yellow halo. It was very beautiful, but it was also extremely low, just barely hanging over the distant, indistinct mountaintop.

It was so low that she could almost see it at eye level.

People always said that a moon like this was the most beautiful, but for some reason, she only felt that a moon like this seemed to be weighed down by lead. It seemed that it could never climb to its rightful high altitude. It was pale and desolate.

But… maybe it was because she had just hung up on Ning Chanyue, or maybe it was because a word was repeated, but even though Xu Guiyi was looking at the moon, her thoughts were drifting to Ning Chanyue.

That’s right, Ning Chanyue, do you think this moon wants to choose to hang in the high sky and be accompanied by those equally out-of-reach stars, or does it want to fall into the mortal world and be a source of entertainment for ordinary people like her?

Xu Guiyi thought to herself.