You Should Have Told Me You Don't Like Sweet Girls - Chapter 39

Chapter 39

Xu Zhicheng sat down behind his desk, his gaze fixed on Shi Xueqian. “What did you do to provoke them again?”

His voice wasn’t cold; in fact, it was quite gentle.

His occasional fake greetings always asked the same question.

“I don’t know,” Shi Xueqian replied, as she always did, and changed the subject. “Father, is there something you need me for?”

“Nothing. Just be a good girl,” Xu Zhicheng’s voice paused slightly. “Don’t provoke your sister, and don’t provoke that Miss Su, your sister’s crush. Do you hear me?”

Shi Xueqian’s heart stopped for a second. She thought he had found out about her plan to transfer. When she heard the rest, she sighed in relief. So it was about this. She nodded. “Father, I know.”

Xu Zhicheng nodded in satisfaction. “You’ve been living in this family for so many years. You’ve seen how willful Yan Yan is. Sometimes even I can’t control her. But I will talk to her. You just take care of yourself. You can go now.”

Rushing into her bedroom, Shi Xueqian immediately went to the bathroom and washed herself from head to toe.

It was too disgusting. The whole Xu family’s scent was too disgusting.

She came out of the bathroom and sat on the edge of the bed. Water dripped from her wet hair, flowed down her cheeks, and then onto her thighs. She took out her phone, found Su Yu’s chat box, and by the time she realized what she was doing, a video call had already been dialed.

The moment it was connected, Shi Xueqian hung up.

Su Yu’s message came quickly: Senior? What’s wrong? Why did you hang up?

Shi Xueqian pinched her thigh hard to make herself snap back to her senses. Just then, Su Yu video-called her back. She didn’t answer or hang up. She let the phone ring until it stopped on its own…

When her thoughts slowly became rational, she finally replied: I fell asleep and accidentally pressed the phone.

Su Yu: Senior was looking at my chat interface before you went to sleep? Senior was thinking about me before you went to sleep?

Shi Xueqian: Yes. You’re my lover. Do you want me to think about someone else?

Su Yu: !!!

Senior, a message like that at night!

How am I supposed to sleep tonight!

My mind is only on you now!

I don’t care, you have to take responsibility!

Shi Xueqian’s lips curved slightly. Her moist fingertips tapped on the screen: How do you want me to be responsible?

Su Yu: Is senior still sleepy now?

Shi Xueqian looked up at the brightly lit residential street outside the window. The streetlights were bright. There were phototactic insects flying around. She had lost count of how many nights she had sat there staring at that streetlight, watching the insects come and go, and the night turn into day.

The moment she stepped through the front door, she knew that tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.

Shi Xueqian hesitated, but still replied honestly: I can’t sleep.

Su Yu: In that case! Let me coax senior to sleep!

“Do you need me to coax you to sleep?”

Before she could send these words, she saw the message from Su Yu. She deleted the text in the input box and retyped: Didn’t you want me to be responsible for you?

Su Yu: I’m the one being responsible for, so the way to be responsible should be decided by me.

Senior, please

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When she saw that sweet girl emoji, Shi Xueqian felt a little strange for a second but quickly returned to normal. She replied with a simple “okay.”

Su Yu: Senior is the best! Then let’s video call!

Before Shi Xueqian could respond, the video call screen popped up.

Shi Xueqian got into bed and lay down before answering the call.

Su Yu’s face with a sweet smile appeared on the screen. Shi Xueqian was stunned for a moment. A strange emotion flashed in her eyes. She thought she had adjusted quickly, but she didn’t know that her subtle change in expression had already been seen by Su Yu.

Su Yu’s emotions didn’t change. She still looked sweet and happy. “Senior, how do you want me to coax you to sleep?”

Shi Xueqian thought for a moment and shook her head slightly. She had no memories of being coaxed to sleep. She didn’t know how she would fall asleep.

But it didn’t matter if she couldn’t sleep. She could just pretend to be asleep later.

She just wanted to see Su Yu.

She just wanted to see her lover.

Su Yu: “Senior, how did your grandmother coax you to sleep when you were little?”

The painful memories that had been sealed away were torn open. Shi Xueqian remembered that when she was a child, her grandmother would coax her to sleep almost every day.

She would gently pat her hand, sing nursery rhymes, or tell stories. Every time her grandmother told a story, she would listen very carefully. Every time she heard something confusing, she would open her big eyes and ask questions in surprise. If she didn’t understand, her grandmother would patiently explain it to her again and again until she understood and was satisfied.

The most vivid memory was the story of Cinderella. She remembered that when her grandmother told her about Cinderella’s mistreatment, tears would uncontrollably stream down her face. Her grandmother would hold her and coax her all night until her tears stopped. Finally, before she fell asleep, she would ask, “Grandma, was Cinderella happy in the end?”

Her grandmother would say gently, “Yes, she was very happy, extremely happy. Our Xue Bao will also be very happy in the future. Our Xue Bao will only cry tears of happiness in the future.”

Little Shi Xueqian: “Yes, that’s good. She should be very happy. She has to be very happy.”

“What are you thinking about, senior?” Su Yu’s voice paused slightly. “Are you thinking about your grandmother holding you and coaxing you to sleep? It’s a shame. I can’t hold you.”

Shi Xueqian came back to her senses. Her fingertips landed on the cold screen, gently stroking Su Yu’s cheek. Her watery amber eyes were full of a smile. “Whose girlfriend is this? So smart.”

Su Yu cupped her own face with both hands. “Shi Xueqian’s. Exclusively Shi Xueqian’s.”

“Yes,” Shi Xueqian said, looking at her lover through the screen without blinking. Her eyes were filled with the deepest love. “You’re mine.”

“Su Yu, tell me the story of Cinderella.”

“Okay~ Senior, wait for me.”

With that, her lover’s face immediately disappeared from the screen.

Shi Xueqian stared blankly at the empty screen, which only showed Su Yu’s cozy and tidy bedroom.

Su Yu’s bedroom. I really want to see it…

On the nightstand, there was a picture of a cool and aloof Su Yu.

Shi Xueqian also had that picture. She found it online. It was her favorite one.

Soon, Su Yu came back to the camera, holding a small cardboard box. She sat down. “Senior, these are my storybooks from when I was little. I can find any story you want to hear.”

As she spoke, she flipped through the books. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. “Found it! Cinderella!”

“Senior, close your eyes. I’ll tell you a story to coax you to sleep.”

Shi Xueqian nodded slightly and obediently closed her eyes.

At first, Shi Xueqian really thought she couldn’t sleep, but she didn’t expect that she would slowly lose consciousness and fall into a deep sleep before the Cinderella story was even finished.

Su Yu’s voice was so gentle, so sweet, and so beautiful. It was as if she wasn’t telling the story of Cinderella, but the story of Cinderella’s happy life.

In the morning, the alarm clock rang loudly in her ears. Shi Xueqian slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Su Yu’s sleeping face on the desk.

It seemed she had heard the sound from Shi Xueqian’s side. Her raven-like eyelashes trembled slightly, and her brows furrowed as if she was about to wake up.

Shi Xueqian got up and turned off the alarm clock. The person on the screen’s brows finally relaxed, and she continued to sleep peacefully.

In the past, when the alarm clock rang, Shi Xueqian would turn it off and get up at the same time. But today, she was uncharacteristically lazy. She stayed in bed until it was almost time. Just as she sat up from the bed, another alarm rang.

It was Su Yu’s.

Su Yu struggled to open her eyes. The moment she saw Shi Xueqian, her dazed gaze instantly became clear. She lazily said, “Senior, you’re secretly watching me sleep.”

Shi Xueqian’s lips also curved. She readily admitted, “Yes, I was secretly watching you.”

Su Yu cupped her own heart with both hands, her face filled with sweet intoxication. She said resentfully, “Senior, are you going to give my heart a critical hit so early in the morning? It’s about to jump out.”

Shi Xueqian said with a serious face, “Protect your heart. Don’t let it jump out. I live in there.”

Su Yu also said with a serious face, “How does senior know you live in there?”

“Hmm…” Shi Xueqian’s lips curved. “Its owner told me?”

“Yes,” Su Yu said, looking directly into her eyes. “Shi Xueqian, I love you.”

Shi Xueqian was stunned for a moment. When she came to her senses, a smile slowly bloomed on her face. “Hmm, I love you too.”

Su Yu blew a kiss to her, feeling satisfied. “Senior, can we not hang up the video call until we meet?”

Shi Xueqian shook her head. “No. We’ll be able to see each other at school soon.”

Su Yu nodded with a little regret. “Okay then… Senior, can we really not hang up?”

Shi Xueqian: “You be a good girl. I’m hanging up.”

With that, she hung up the phone without hesitation. If Su Yu had said it one more time, she would have caved and agreed.

Su Yu put down her phone. There was a knock on the door.

She opened the door, and Jiang Nianyi was standing outside, yawning. Her sleepy eyes said, “You two are already together. Is it still necessary to specifically dress up like a sweet girl?”

“Of course,” Su Yu said, walking back into the room. “Senior said she likes sweet girls. Of course, I have to appear in front of her in the way she likes the most.”

Jiang Nianyi yawned again. “Are you going to be a sweet girl forever?”

Su Yu shrugged slightly. “Why not?”

Jiang Nianyi shook her head. “Your lovesick brain is really hopeless.”

Su Yu didn’t deny it and brought up another topic. “Any progress?”

Jiang Nianyi knew what she was talking about. She was much more awake now. “No. Shi Xueqian’s driver is very alert. He shook off the person I sent. The license plate number can’t be found either.”

When she saw Shi Xueqian at the school gate, Su Yu immediately rushed over and hugged her.

Shi Xueqian’s body stiffened for a moment. She pushed her away. “This is the school gate.”

Anyone could come in at any time.

Su Yu: “I know, but there’s no one here now, right?”

With that, she tried to cling to her again.

“Su Yu.”

Shi Xueqian called her name and looked at her indifferently.

“Okay, okay, I know. I can’t be public. Let’s maintain the previous state.” Su Yu repeated it a little resentfully.

As for what state to maintain, according to Shi Xueqian, Su Yu would still cling to her as before, and she would act helpless but unable to chase her away.

This way, the two of them could naturally be together without arousing the suspicion of their classmates.

This was indeed very unfair to Su Yu.

Shi Xueqian looked around and said softly, “In the study room, you can do whatever you want, okay?”

She still had to be careful out here.

Su Yu raised her eyebrows slightly. “Senior said that.”

She suddenly thought of something. She took two steps back and looked at Shi Xueqian with a look of anticipation.

Shi Xueqian looked at her. Today’s Su Yu was so sweet that it seemed even the air around her was filled with pink bubbles.

A strange emotion still flashed in her eyes. Shi Xueqian’s eyes curved. “You look very pretty.”

Su Yu pretended not to notice her abnormality. She leaned in to her ear. “Does senior like it? I dressed up especially for senior.”

Shi Xueqian nodded. “I like it. I like it very much.”

As they neared the library, Su Yu keenly noticed a pair of eyes on her.

After the kidnapping incident last time, whenever she was around Shi Xueqian, she would subconsciously pay attention to her surroundings. She always walked two steps away from Shi Xueqian. The eyes were on her, but it was not certain who they were after.

She glanced at Shi Xueqian, who was walking in front, pretended not to notice, and continued to walk forward.

The two of them got on the elevator. Su Yu deliberately pressed the 4th floor. When the elevator stopped on the 4th floor, she closed the door again and went up to the 6th floor with Shi Xueqian.

Shi Xueqian looked at her. “What’s wrong?”

Su Yu said, “Qin Shuangyuan just said she was on the 4th floor of the library and told me to go find her. I only realized after the elevator door opened that she’s probably still eating breakfast elegantly at home.”

“They always do this.”

In a critical moment, either of her two friends could be used as a scapegoat.

After getting off the elevator, Su Yu said, “Senior, you go in first. I need to go to the bathroom.”

Shi Xueqian didn’t suspect anything. She nodded slightly and walked towards the study room first.

Su Yu stood by the elevator door. There weren’t many people in the library right now. If someone happened to come up right now, it would undoubtedly be the person who was following them just now.

The elevator went down to the first floor and then stopped on the fourth floor. Su Yu raised her eyebrows slightly. She walked to a spot where she could hide and still see the elevator. As she expected, the elevator number jumped again, stopping on the 6th floor. A girl with a bag, but who clearly wasn’t here to study, walked out. She was wearing a pink tracksuit and had a high ponytail.

Su Yu didn’t know her and had never seen her before.

It seemed this person was after her and senior.

Who could have sent her?

Lu Yuanyuan?

Or senior’s family?

Her intuition told her that the person behind this person definitely didn’t want to see her and Shi Xueqian together.

Su Yu walked past a row of bookshelves, pretending she had just come out of the bathroom. She deliberately appeared in front of the girl with the high ponytail and sat down in a seat farthest from Shi Xueqian’s study room.

What she didn’t expect was that the girl also found a seat not far from her.

Her phone vibrated. Su Yu picked up her phone, and her tightly furrowed brows relaxed a little.

Shi Xueqian: Are you having diarrhea?

Su Yu: It’s only been a little while. Senior is already missing me?

Shi Xueqian: Yes, I miss you very much.

Su Yu’s hand holding the phone tightened. She resisted the urge to look at the study room door. She got up and walked directly to the girl, pulling her into a corner. Her gaze was like an ice pick. She got straight to the point. “Tell me, who sent you? What do you want to do?”

The girl struggled in a panic. When she couldn’t break free, she lowered her eyes a little, looking a little shy. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m following you because I like you.”

“Don’t give me that,” Su Yu said. She didn’t believe her at all and didn’t want to waste time. “Hurry up and tell me, or do you want me to call the police, report you for stalking, and let you experience a few days in a detention center?”

The girl looked up in a panic. She met Su Yu’s cold, devilish gaze and had no doubt that the other person could send her to prison. She admitted, “I’m sorry. Xu Yan sent me to follow you. She, she likes you. She wants to know what you’re doing every day, so she asked me to follow you and report the specific situation to her.”

“Why would I believe you?”

“It’s true,” the girl said, immediately taking out her phone and pulling up a video. “She even asked me last time if you kissed Shi Xueqian. I have video proof!”

Su Yu watched the video. It was a recording of her and Shi Xueqian in the club’s makeup room. She had indeed kissed Shi Xueqian, but the video only showed the part where she asked Shi Xueqian to leave first and stood to the side with her face turned away. The part where she hugged Shi Xueqian at the end wasn’t recorded at all.

And the camera angle made it look like she was impatient with Shi Xueqian.

It was likely that the person recording was afraid of being discovered and left in a hurry after recording just one clip.

“Then why did you only report it after she asked?”

“Because she said I didn’t need to report anything unless there was a special situation, so as not to arouse suspicion,” the girl said, holding her hands together in front of her, looking like she was about to cry at any moment. “Student Su, I beg you. I know I was wrong. I promise I won’t follow you again. Please forgive me, and please don’t tell Xu Yan that I told you this. Please.”

Su Yu flipped through the photo album. It was indeed all pictures of her. In most cases, Shi Xueqian was also in the frame. She was deep in thought. Even now, no one but her two friends knew that she had kissed Shi Xueqian.

So why would Xu Yan ask that question?

“Besides you, did she send anyone else to follow me?”

The girl shook her head. “As far as I know, no.”

“How long have you been following me?”

The girl pointed to the time on the video. “Since that day. Student Su, please, forgive me.”

Su Yu stared at her for a moment, then threw the phone back. “Delete everything about me.”

The girl immediately deleted everything in front of her. After she finished, she still looked at Su Yu with a frightened expression.

Su Yu stared at her for a moment. “Don’t let me see you again.”

Shi Xueqian was doing a problem. About every two minutes, she would check her phone. When she didn’t see a message from Su Yu, she would feel inexplicably anxious. She could only pinch her thigh to keep herself rational.

She still hadn’t heard back from Su Yu, but then there was a knock on the door.

Su Yu had a key. If it were Su Yu coming back, she would never knock.

Where is Su Yu? Is Su Yu tangled up again because of her sweet girl persona?

Su Yu had said before… her cold and aloof demeanor was just an act to avoid being disturbed. Now, her sweet girl persona…

A sweet girl… I don’t want Su Yu to be a sweet girl…

I don’t want Su Yu to talk to anyone… I want Su Yu’s attention to be only on me…

The knocking sounded again.

Shi Xueqian pinched herself. The bruise on her thigh turned a darker purple, showing how hard she had pinched herself.

The obsessive thoughts slowly faded. She stood up and opened the door. A hand immediately wrapped around her waist. The familiar scent instantly enveloped her. Her lips were pried open by a soft tongue. She obediently opened her mouth, letting Su Yu steal the oxygen from her mouth, and responded with passion.

She was pressed against the wall and kissed until her legs were weak. Finally, Su Yu carried her to the beanbag chair and sat down. The warm morning sunlight streamed in through the window, landing directly on Shi Xueqian. She looked lazy, like a cat napping in the sun.

Su Yu sat by the desk, propping her face up with one hand, looking at her. She pointed to where she had placed her phone yesterday. “Did senior like the film yesterday?”

Shi Xueqian said without hesitation, “I didn’t like it.”

Su Yu raised her eyebrows slightly. “Which part did senior not like?”

Shi Xueqian: “None of it.”

She didn’t know what Su Yu was specifically asking, but she really didn’t like any of it. She didn’t like seeing their bodies, and she didn’t like seeing them do it. She only wanted to see Su Yu’s body, and she only wanted to do it with Su Yu.

She then belatedly realized something. “You like them?”

“Senior doesn’t like their sexy way? For example, using those props?” Su Yu asked, not answering her question.

Shi Xueqian frowned slightly. “You like that?” She mumbled for a moment. “If you like it, I can do it with you.”

If it wasn’t because of a preference for an S&M lifestyle, then why would there be such a reaction?

Could it be… abuse?

Just the thought of this possibility made her face turn pale.

Shi Xueqian looked at her. She stood up and walked to her, cupping her face from above with a worried expression. “What’s wrong? Why did your face suddenly turn so ugly?”

Su Yu hugged her waist and rubbed her head against her stomach. “I’m fine. I’m just worrying about the script.”

This was a lie.

The group project was also a lie.

Su Yu just wanted to find an excuse to bring her home.

In this lie, Mr. and Mrs. Su, Su Yao, Jiang Nianyi, and Qin Shuangyuan would all be actors. They had already discussed it last night. Everyone unanimously agreed to be at her beck and call and would do exactly as she said.

Shi Xueqian gently stroked her head. “Do you want me to take a look?”

Su Yu shook her head. “Hmm… I’m just struggling with the ending. I’ll be done soon. I’ll be able to show it to senior tomorrow at the latest.”

“Senior, what do you think,” Su Yu said, resting her chin on her stomach and looking up at her, “what do you think of my classmate Xu Yan’s acting?”

She stared at Shi Xueqian’s expression without blinking.

Unfortunately, there was no change at all. She just said objectively, “I think it’s pretty good. Do you want her to be in your short film?”

“I’m considering it,” Su Yu said, going along with her words. “Does senior want to act with her?”

“I can do whatever you need.”

It was a very official answer.

“Okay. I’ll think about it carefully.”

In the proper setting, with a desk and two people facing each other, doing their own things, time flowed slowly, and life was peaceful.

The preparatory bell for class rang. Su Yu looked up pitifully. “I don’t want to be separated from senior.”

Shi Xueqian reached out and pinched her cheek. She then stood up, walked over, and helped her pack her things. “Hurry up and go to class. Don’t be too rushed.”

Su Yu hugged her waist. “Senior, let’s go to class together. As long as senior acts like you’re unwilling, okay~”

Shi Xueqian packed her bag, put it on her, and looked at her seriously. “No, Su Yu. I don’t want to act impatient and unwilling toward you.”

That would only be more unfair to Su Yu.

In that case, they should try to have less contact on campus. In fact, it was safer that way. After all, Xu Yan was also at this school. She didn’t know if Xu Yan would find someone to watch her every move like before.

She felt that it was highly likely she would. As long as Su Yu clung to her for one day, Xu Yan would definitely not be at ease for a day.

She leaned in and kissed her on the lips. “Be a good girl. I’ll wait for you here.”

“What! You said Xu Yan hired someone to follow you?” After returning home in the evening, Su Yu told Jiang Nianyi what had happened today. The latter bounced up from the sofa after hearing it. “Why?”

“She said it was because she likes me.”

Jiang Nianyi had a “I knew it” expression. She sat down calmly. “But I didn’t expect her to be so bold. She actually dared to hire someone to follow you.”

Qin Shuangyuan: “Then what are you going to do?”

Su Yu: “Pretend I don’t know for now.”

She then mentioned another strange thing: how Xu Yan knew she had kissed Shi Xueqian.

Jiang Nianyi: “How did she know?”

Qin Shuangyuan got straight to the point. “So, you’re now suspecting that Senior Shi has some kind of relationship with Xu Yan?”

Su Yu nodded. “I tried to test her, but senior didn’t act strange at all.” She sighed and lay back on the sofa. “So I’m thinking, maybe I’m overthinking it.”

Qin Shuangyuan shook her head. “I don’t think so. I think your suspicion is right. Didn’t Nian Nian say before that their previous dynamic was very strange?”

Jiang Nianyi nodded. Just then, her phone rang. It was a call from one of the people she had hired to follow Shi Xueqian, which she had specially set a ringtone for.

She answered the phone and put it on speaker on the desk.

A woman’s steady voice came through. “Miss Jiang, I followed Miss Shi to her residential area, but the security here is very strict, and we can’t get in.”

The two friends’ gazes fell on Su Yu.

Su Yu: “That’s not a problem.”

I can just buy a house in that neighborhood to get in.