You Should Have Told Me You Don't Like Sweet Girls - Chapter 13
Chapter 13
“Wow, a rare visitor.” Jiang Nianyi glanced at Su Yu, who had appeared in her studio. She continued to paint, her voice casual. “Tell me, what do you want to show off today?”
“Are you here to boast that Senior Shi has beautiful eyebrows? Beautiful eyes? Or that her pronunciation in three languages is both standard and elegant?”
Su Yu threw her backpack to the side and flopped onto the sofa, saying nothing.
Seeing that something was off, Jiang Nianyi raised an eyebrow. “What’s with you? You’re not getting tired of Senior Shi, are you?”
Su Yu pouted in annoyance. “She’s the one who’s tired of me. Hmph, what a faithless woman. She was just secretly kissing me the day before yesterday.”
“Secretly kissing you?” Jiang Nianyi quickly put down her paintbrush, moved a stool over, and sat down in front of her. “And you didn’t even show off about this! Hurry and tell me all the details!”
“No, that’s not right. How could someone like her do something like that! Oh, I know! It must be another one of your dreams, right? I’m telling you, you can’t just go around saying things like that!”
“Who’s just saying things!” Su Yu recounted everything that had happened over the past few days in meticulous detail. “My emotions are seriously like being on a roller coaster.”
She had realized the meaning behind Shi Xueqian teaching her the wrong pronunciations almost immediately.
Shi Xueqian wanted to prevent her from passing the dictation test…
No wonder she didn’t want to tell her which elective she was choosing.
According to the rules at Nanbai University, first and second-year students have to take two electives outside their major, third-year students take one, and fourth-year students are exempt.
This morning, Su Yu had secretly passed Shi Xueqian a note: Senior, electives are starting next Friday. Which one are you going to choose? (Cute_chibi_girl_expectant_eyes)
But Shi Xueqian’s reply had only been four words: “No comment.”
She had pestered her all morning but still hadn’t gotten an answer.
She hadn’t been able to figure out why before, but now the answer was obvious.
Shi Xueqian wanted to get rid of her for good.
Jiang Nianyi clearly had the same realization. “If you didn’t know German, the senior could have just gotten rid of you without you ever knowing.”
She made a ruthless gesture.
It was a painful truth, and Su Yu resignedly nodded.
Jiang Nianyi frowned. “She secretly kisses you, then she wants to get rid of you. Senior Shi doesn’t seem like such a contradictory person, does she?”
“She is, it’s very contradictory, but…” Su Yu lay on the sofa, staring at the ceiling, and a slight smile played on her lips. “It’s also very mysterious.”
A few days later, Su Yu went to Shi Xueqian’s study room as usual.
Shi Xueqian was wearing headphones, immersed in her work.
Su Yu walked over and saw that she wasn’t doing a listening exercise. She took one of Shi Xueqian’s headphones off. “Senior, are you listening to music?”
Shi Xueqian nodded slightly.
Su Yu: “Do you like listening to music a lot, senior? I see you wearing headphones all the time.”
Shi Xueqian nodded again. She glanced at the headphone Su Yu was holding. “Do you want to listen?”
Su Yu shook her head, her fingers twirling the headphone’s head. “I don’t listen to music, or rather, I can’t listen to music with headphones on. Playing it out loud is a little better, but I can’t listen for too long.”
“Why?”
“Do you want to know, senior?”
“Mhm.”
“You really want to know?”
Shi Xueqian really did. Wearing headphones and being isolated from the world was a safe space for her. It felt like her soul was walking on the edge of the world, light and free.
Also, she found it hard to believe that someone like Su Yu wouldn’t like music, and was even afraid of it.
She nodded, following her instinct.
“Why do you want to know, senior?” Su Yu leaned in slightly, staring into her eyes. “Can you give me an honest answer like before?”
The colors in their eyes were completely different. After two seconds of staring at each other, Shi Xueqian took her headphone back. “It’s fine if you don’t want to tell me.”
“This secret of mine is very important and can be fatal. Besides my family, only Jiang Nianyi and Qin Shuangyuan know about it,” Su Yu pulled a stool over and sat next to her, propping her face up with one hand. “How about this: if I can pass the dictation test this afternoon, I’ll tell you the reason, okay?”
Shi Xueqian tilted her head slightly and met her gaze. “Are you trying to bribe me?”
Su Yu smiled. “Will it work?”
Shi Xueqian changed the subject. “Have you finished memorizing the words?”
“Yes, but there are a few I don’t understand. I was just about to ask you,” Su Yu said, taking out her word book and placing it in front of Shi Xueqian.
Shi Xueqian seriously taught her the words twice. This time, she didn’t deliberately teach her the wrong pronunciation.
So the bribe worked.
As long as Shi Xueqian didn’t dictate the words she had previously taught her incorrectly this afternoon, she would pass the test smoothly, which would mean Shi Xueqian was allowing her to stay.
When lunch break ended, Su Yu had a class in the first period of the afternoon. She packed her things and walked up to Shi Xueqian. “Senior, do you want to come to class with me?”
Shi Xueqian rejected her without hesitation. “No.”
“Please, please~” Su Yu whined, tugging on her arm. “This class is an acting class, and it’s really interesting. Last time you refused me because you had class in the last period, but this afternoon you don’t have any classes. After class, we can come back here together and do the dictation.”
“Everything is going to flow perfectly.”
Shi Xueqian: “No.”
“Come on, come on~” Su Yu used a bit of force to pull her up and started walking toward the door. “It’s Friday, you’ve been studying hard all week, so it’s a good time to relax a little, senior. Let’s go, let’s go.”
Shi Xueqian couldn’t win against her and had no choice but to go with her.
The two of them walked together on campus, like the most vivid strokes in a splash-ink painting, drawing people’s attention and making them stop to stare.
Su Yu used her eyes to ward off a few people who were about to approach them. She turned her head and said, “Senior, is this your first time coming to the Arts Department?”
“No,” Shi Xueqian answered honestly.
“Then who did you come with before? And what did you come for?” Su Yu asked, a little shocked.
“No comment.”
Those four words again. Su Yu slightly frowned. Hadn’t her bribe worked?
Also, there was a route of Shi Xueqian’s on campus that she didn’t know about?
She hadn’t come to the Arts Department once in those two weeks…
“Why can’t you tell me?” Su Yu looked pitiful.
“No reason,” Shi Xueqian said calmly.
“Senior,” Su Yu said seriously, stopping and looking at the fallen flower petals on the side of the road. “Do you know what you’re like?”
Shi Xueqian stopped one step away from her and turned to look at her. “What am I like?”
“A flower in the mirror,” Su Yu said, staring into her eyes. “Very beautiful, but always hard to see clearly.”
Shi Xueqian looked back at her without blinking. Her amber eyes were calm. “Do you know the biggest characteristic of a flower in the mirror?”
“It’s dangerous.”
She answered her own question.
“Why?” Su Yu slightly smiled. “Because it’s unknown?”
“I told you from the beginning not to waste your energy,” Shi Xueqian said, not denying it. She continued seriously, “Su Yu, when a person knows something is dangerous, they should back away.”
“The unknown is certainly dangerous,” Su Yu tilted her head slightly, a sweet smile on her face. “But the unknown is also charming.”
“If I were truly wasting my energy, then why would you be standing here with me right now, senior?”
Shi Xueqian’s expression was unchanged. “Because I’m not as strong as you.”
Su Yu: “…”
Well, she did use a few tricks, but she felt that if Shi Xueqian really didn’t want to come, she wouldn’t have been able to bring her here.
But it was pointless to argue about that.
She smiled. “Since I was able to bring you here, senior, it’s clear I’m not wasting my energy.”
Shi Xueqian: “…”
Su Yu pushed Shi Xueqian’s shoulder to get her to move forward. “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go to class. Trust me, this class is really interesting. You definitely won’t regret it.”
“Ah—”
A scream came from behind them. Su Yu was bumped forward and stumbled. She hugged Shi Xueqian to steady herself.
“I’m so sorry, I’m so sorry. I didn’t notice anyone was here.”
Shi Xueqian turned her head to look at Su Yu. When she heard that voice, she felt as if all the bl00d in her body had frozen.
Noticing the change in the person in her arms, Su Yu didn’t pay attention to the person who had bumped into her and immediately cared for Shi Xueqian. “Senior, what’s wrong? Did I hurt you? Are you uncomfortable anywhere?”
When Su Yu’s fingers touched her waist, Shi Xueqian flinched, took a step back to avoid her hand, took a deep breath, and said calmly, “I’m fine. I was just a little startled.”
“I’m really sorry, you two. I didn’t mean it. I just came to school today and I’m not familiar with the roads. I was looking at the navigation just now and really didn’t notice you. I’m so sorry. If you got hurt anywhere, I can pay for the medical expenses.”
After confirming that Shi Xueqian was okay, Su Yu finally turned around. She saw that the person in front of her was also dressed like a sweet girl, with a high bun. Her sweet face was full of apology, looking very pitiful.
Su Yu narrowed her eyes slightly. This outfit… and the road was so wide, but she just happened to bump into her… It seemed this person was also here for the senior. She had to leave quickly.
“No need, we’re fine,” she said, turning back around and putting on a sweet smile. “Senior, let’s hurry. I’m going to be late for class.”
Before Shi Xueqian could answer, the sweet girl with the bun spoke up first. “Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to room 409 in the Xuehai Building? I’m going to be late for class.”
“Room 409 in the Xuehai Building?” Two boys who were walking by together asked. “Are you also a student in our Class 1 of the Performance Arts Department?”
The sweet girl with the bun nodded frantically. “Yes, I’m in Class 1 of the Performance Arts Department!”
The boy smiled. “What a coincidence, we’re in Class 1 too and we’re going to class. If you don’t mind, you can walk with us. But Su Yu is also in our class, so you can go with her too.”