You Should Have Told Me You Don't Like Sweet Girls - Chapter 29
Chapter 29
Jiang Nianyi had been very, very displeased with Su Yu for the past two days.
Not only did every three sentences revolve around Shi Xueqian, but Su Yu was also sighing all the time.
“Sigh, I haven’t seen senior for two days. I miss her,” Su Yu propped her chin up with one hand.
Jiang Nianyi: “She told you not to look for her, and you’re not even acting like her little tail anymore. When did you become so obedient?”
“What’s the point of you sighing at me all day?” she complained. “I can’t pull out a single hair and turn it into a Senior Shi.”
Su Yu gave her a look of a resentful wife in a deep chamber. “Senior said she likes obedient people.”
Jiang Nianyi: “And you believe that?”
Su Yu: “I don’t. But since she’s willing to tell me what she likes and dislikes, I think it’s a huge step forward. I have to reward her.”
Jiang Nianyi teased: “You’re rewarding yourself by not being able to see Senior Shi?” She clapped her hands half-heartedly. “That’s a great reward, my dear great beauty Yu. Since you’re so great, can you please let me off the hook?”
She put her hands together, looking pitiful.
“Fine, I’ll change the subject,” Su Yu said with great compassion. “How’s the investigation on senior going?”
Jiang Nianyi almost vomited bl00d. It wasn’t that she couldn’t stop talking about Shi Xueqian every three sentences; it was that she couldn’t stop talking about her for even one sentence.
However, this was indeed a serious matter, so she didn’t complain. Instead, she said seriously, “I can’t find anything on my end. I’ve already hired a reliable private investigator, and there’s no news yet,” she sighed to the heavens. “This is the first time I’ve seen someone’s information so well-hidden.”
“If I didn’t know Senior Shi and if she hadn’t stood in front of me and talked to me before, I would think she doesn’t exist at all.”
Su Yu only frowned at this and didn’t say anything.
She endured the difficult days of not being able to see her and not being able to talk to her when they met. When the weekend came, it was the time of Shi Xueqian’s German competition.
Su Yu planned to give Shi Xueqian a surprise, but she didn’t expect to be the one who got a shock.
The phone was answered, and an old but kind voice came through. “Hello, hello?”
“Hello?” Su Yu quickly greeted her. “Are you Shi senior’s…?”
“I’m Xuebao’s grandmother,” Grandmother Meng Huajin said with a smile. “Who are you, and what do you want with my Xuebao?”
“Hello, grandmother. I’m Senior Shi’s schoolmate. I’ve encountered some problems with my studies and wanted to ask her. Can I trouble you to ask her to take the call?”
“Problems with your studies? Okay, okay, my Xuebao is very good at her studies. I’ll go call her now. She’s picking vegetables in the field outside,” Meng Huajin said as she walked out of the house. She then shouted loudly, “Xuebao! Come back quickly, your schoolmate is looking for you!”
“Okay, I’m coming.”
Shi Xueqian, wearing a straw hat, stood up from the green vegetable patch and greeted her. She ran to the faucet to wash her hands. Her hair was beautiful in the wind, and the golden sunlight shone on her, making her look incredibly beautiful and lively, like a fairy from a green forest.
After taking the phone from Meng Huajin’s hand, Shi Xueqian looked at the screen and said, “Hello? Su Yu?”
It was only when she heard the familiar voice that Su Yu’s heart truly settled down and started beating again. But her voice was still a little bitter. “Senior, where are you?”
“I’m at my grandmother’s house in the countryside.”
Shi Xueqian sat on a long bamboo chair nearby, took off her straw hat, and put it on the side. Her feet, suspended in the air, swayed unconsciously. She was always able to relax completely when she was with her grandmother.
“Specific location,” Su Yu said directly.
Realizing her intention, Shi Xueqian refused directly. “I don’t want to tell you. I’ll be back on Monday.”
Su Yu’s breathing stopped for a few seconds. When she spoke again, she immediately changed her tone to a soft one. “Senior, I just got my final project for my directing class. Everyone has to shoot a short film. I was just thinking of going to the countryside to look for inspiration. Please, senior, let me come and find you, okay?”
Shi Xueqian didn’t question the credibility of her words, but she said, “Su Yu, there are no good views here. It might not help you with the inspiration you’re looking for. You should go somewhere else.”
When one plan failed, Su Yu came up with another. “Senior, you must know that old people like a lively atmosphere. If I, as your classmate, were to visit for two days, your grandmother would surely be very happy and say, ‘My granddaughter finally brought a classmate home.’ Senior, how about we make a bet? If your grandmother isn’t happy, I’ll immediately leave and won’t stay for a second longer.”
“Or, senior, you can ask your grandmother first if she agrees to me coming over.”
These words touched the softest part of Shi Xueqian’s heart. Her only wish now was for her grandmother to be happy every day.
Most importantly, Shi Xueqian had arrived here yesterday afternoon. Although she had been very careful, she still unintentionally showed some melancholy, which worried her grandmother. If Su Yu were here…
“Xuebao,” Meng Huajin’s voice interrupted her thoughts. She looked up and saw the old lady smiling and asking her, “Which classmate is this? Do they have time to come over for a meal? Tell her that my cooking is delicious, and she’ll definitely regret missing it.”
Su Yu heard Meng Huajin’s words and quickly said, “Senior, senior, I have time. I have all the time in the world. Besides, I’m the only one at home right now. Senior, please let me come over, okay?”
“I’ll definitely make your grandmother very happy.”
Shi Xueqian looked at the old lady’s expectant eyes and listened to Su Yu’s anxious voice. She let go and agreed. “I’ll send you the specific address later.”
With that, she hung up the phone.
Meng Huajin immediately asked, “Is she coming?”
Shi Xueqian smiled and nodded. “Yes, she said she’s coming right away.”
“Great, great,” the old lady’s eyes crinkled with her smile, and her mouth couldn’t stop smiling. “I’ll go prepare some of my best dishes. What time will she get here?”
Looking at the old lady’s genuine smile, Shi Xueqian felt as if the softest part of her heart had caved in. She stood up and pushed the old lady’s shoulders, walking her back inside. “Don’t rush, grandmother. She also lives in Cloud City. It’ll take her four or five hours to get here, just like me. She’ll get here around dinnertime.”
“Okay, okay, dinnertime,” Meng Huajin instructed. “Xuebao, hurry up and send her the address. Don’t send the wrong one, and tell her to be careful on the way.”
“I will,” Shi Xueqian pushed her into the kitchen. “Grandmother, I’m hungry. What good food did you make today?”
“You little greedy cat,” Meng Huajin turned around and pinched her nose. “They’re all your favorites.”
Shi Xueqian rubbed her head against Meng Huajin’s. “You’re the best, grandmother.”
“You’re all I have, Xuebao. Who else would I be good to if not you?” Meng Huajin said dotingly.
Shi Xueqian froze. Meng Huajin put a dish in her hand and smiled. “What are you standing there for? Aren’t you hungry? Hurry up and take the dishes out. Let’s eat.”
Shi Xueqian immediately came back to her senses. She took the dishes with a smile, sniffed them like a greedy cat, and sighed in satisfaction. “It smells so good.”
“Little greedy cat.”
Meng Huajin turned around and put the last dish of vegetables into the pot. Shi Xueqian, on the other hand, brought the prepared dishes to the dining table one by one.
During the meal, the old lady happily asked about Su Yu. Shi Xueqian originally had no appetite, but seeing her so happy, she unknowingly ate half a bowl more of rice.
After lunch, the grandmother and granddaughter sat under the eaves of the courtyard, shelling corn kernels. Suddenly, a woman with a headscarf ran into the courtyard, her face filled with the joy of discovery. “Grandma Meng, you won’t believe it! A plane just landed outside the village, and a very beautiful person came down from it! A lot of people in the village went to see the excitement!”
Shi Xueqian’s heart skipped a beat. Could it be… Su Yu was here?
As soon as she finished speaking, Su Yu came in, surrounded by a group of children, and a group of adults followed outside the courtyard, watching Su Yu as if she were an alien.
“Fairy sister, this is Grandma Meng’s house.”
“Fairy sister, did you fall from the sky?”
“Fairy sister, I want to be pretty too. Can you make me as pretty as you?”
“Dummy, that’s a plane. She came down from a plane.”
“Fairy sister, you’re so tall. Did you also grow up eating pig plastic?”
…
Su Yu was like a big celebrity, adored by a group of children. But Shi Xueqian blocked out the noise and only had eyes for Su Yu, who was handling the children with ease.
She was still dressed sweetly, but she wasn’t wearing a skirt. Her smile was kind and approachable, and she didn’t miss a single question from the children. No matter how absurd the question was, she answered it patiently and seriously, like a responsible kindergarten teacher.
It was only when she saw Shi Xueqian that she started to shoo the children away.
“Who’s the oldest here?”
A girl who wasn’t the tallest, about 1.4 meters tall, raised her hand. “Me.”
Su Yu took a red banknote from her pocket and instructed her: “You’re the oldest sister, so take this money and buy snacks for your younger brothers and sisters, okay? Just buy whatever they each like. Can you do that?”
The girl obediently took the money. “Yes.”
With that, she quickly organized the children, having them line up from shortest to tallest, and they left the courtyard in a line.
At this time, Meng Huajin waved to the adults outside the courtyard. “Okay, okay, this is my Xuebao’s classmate. She’s not some weird person. Everyone, go back to what you were doing. Don’t crowd around here, okay? Go on, go on.”
Less than two hours had passed since she hung up the phone.
She had expected it to take five hours, but now, she saw her after only two hours.
The grandmother held Su Yu’s hand and led her inside, laughing. “Come in and sit down. You came so quickly. The journey must have been tiring.”
Su Yu wasn’t shy at all. She looked as if she had been greatly wronged. “Yes, grandma. Not just the journey; I’ve had a really hard time these past few days.” With that, she gave Shi Xueqian a pitiful look.
Meng Huajin immediately asked seriously, “What happened, child? Did something happen?”
“It was something very serious, but…” Su Yu put on a relaxed expression. “It’s all good now.”
“Child, you have to tell your elders when something happens. Don’t be like our Xuebao, who keeps everything to herself and won’t tell me. You can only solve things if you talk about them, don’t you think?”
Shi Xueqian poured a glass of water and placed it in front of Su Yu. It was only then that she realized the topic had shifted to her. She pretended to glare at the old lady. “What are you talking about, grandmother? I’m not like that at all.”
Su Yu felt the same way about Shi Xueqian’s stubbornness and actively agreed. “I completely agree with what grandmother said. You can only solve things if you talk about them. If you don’t say anything, you’ll only make people more worried.”
The two strangers, who had just met, talked for more than an hour because of the bond they shared with Shi Xueqian. Meng Huajin talked about Shi Xueqian’s childhood embarrassments and her academic achievements, criticizing her granddaughter from head to toe, then appreciating and praising her from head to toe again.
Shi Xueqian watched the endless conversation and said to Meng Huajin, “Grandmother, that’s enough. She just came from so far away. Let her rest for a bit.”
This woke Meng Huajin up. She finally let go of Su Yu’s hand. “Oh, look at me, this old woman. I get so happy that I forget the time. How about this? You can go rest in Xuebao’s room. Xuebao, you can keep her company. I’ll go to the village market to buy some things.”
Shi Xueqian said, “Grandmother, just let her rest at home. I’ll go with you.”
Su Yu immediately said, “I don’t need to rest. I’ll go with you.”
Shi Xueqian: “No need. You rest. It’s fine for my grandmother and me to go.”
Su Yu: “I’m really not tired. I can go with you.”
Shi Xueqian: “You rest.”
Su Yu: “I want to go too.”
“Okay, stop,” Meng Huajin, who was watching the two of them argue with interest, quickly realized that this could go on forever. She raised her hand to stop them. “You two listen to me. Su Yu stays home and rests, and Xuebao stays home to keep her company. I’ll go buy things myself.”
Shi Xueqian was about to say something, but Meng Huajin cut her off. “Xuebao, listen to me. What would it look like if we left a guest who came all this way alone at home? That’s not how we treat guests. You two stay home, and I’ll be back soon.”
The old lady broke free from their hold and walked to the door, then turned back to warn them. “Neither of you are allowed to follow me, or I’ll be angry.”
After Meng Huajin’s figure completely disappeared from the doorway, Su Yu crossed her arms and raised her eyebrows slightly. “Senior, take me to your room to rest~”
As soon as Shi Xueqian opened the door, she was pushed inside with an arm around her waist. The sweet scent she hadn’t smelled for several days now completely enveloped her.
Su Yu pinned her against the door, and all traces of her previous obedient demeanor were gone. Her eyes were slightly narrowed, exuding a dangerous aura, and her low voice seemed to be suppressing a storm. “Senior… I think you should… explain something to me.”
Shi Xueqian looked her in the eyes and raised her hand to touch her cheek, but didn’t say anything.
“Are you looking at me with such deep affection to avoid the topic?”
Affection?
Shi Xueqian didn’t know what her expression was. She only just now realized that she had actually missed Su Yu a little these past few days.
Su Yu tilted her head and bit Shi Xueqian’s index finger, her words still clear. “Are you really going to explain it to me, senior?”
She bit down slightly.
A slight sting came over her, and Shi Xueqian’s body couldn’t help but tremble. She slowly spoke. “I had to see a lot of materials in advance because I was coming to see my grandmother this weekend.”
Su Yu: “Then why did you lie to me and say it was a competition?”
Shi Xueqian: “Because if I told you, you would have followed me.”
It wasn’t a question, but a certainty.
Su Yu: “…”
She seriously reflected on herself and realized that Shi Xueqian was right. She definitely would have followed her. If she wasn’t allowed to follow her openly, she would have secretly followed her.
She had been trying to learn more about Shi Xueqian recently. Jiang Nianyi still had no news, and Shi Xueqian’s grandmother might be a great breakthrough.
Su Yu didn’t deny it. She gave a bitter smile. “Since you understand me so well, senior, should I be happy or unhappy?”
Shi Xueqian was puzzled. “Why would you be unhappy?”
Su Yu: “Because I’m afraid you’ll lie to me like this every time.”
Shi Xueqian stared at her in silence, wondering what she was thinking.
Su Yu leaned in and rubbed her nose against Shi Xueqian’s. “What are you thinking, senior? Are you thinking about how to lie to me next time?”
She shook her head slightly. Shi Xueqian said unhurriedly, “I’m just thinking about whether I should compensate you.”
“Oh?” Su Yu’s eyes were dark, with a hidden light. “Have you decided, senior?”
Shi Xueqian nodded. “I think I’ve already compensated you.”
Su Yu: ???
Shi Xueqian: “By agreeing to let you come here.”
That counted as compensation.
“Senior, are you doing this on purpose?” Su Yu gritted her teeth and said these words. She leaned in and bit the corner of Shi Xueqian’s lip. “That doesn’t count. You have to give me other compensation.”