CH 49

Villainous Poor Student (14)

Because she was worried that He Siyu was trapped in love, Song Xu Yi came to meet He Siyu at the No.1 Middle School as soon as she returned from her business trip.

Unlike Song Xu Yi’s casual high school days, the exam week at No.1 Middle School was very busy and there seemed to be a tense and depressing atmosphere over the whole campus.

Originally, Song Xu Yi wanted to surprise He Siyu, but when he saw Song Xu Yi on campus, He Siyu didn’t look too happy.

Was it because of the exams?

Song Xu Yi watched He Siyu’s expression carefully.

He Siyu stood in silence in front of Song Xu Yi, she was still smiling, but the smile on her lips looked like a forced smile, Song Xu Yi wanted to hug He Siyu’s arm but somehow He Siyu’s body trembled, she lowered her head to avoid Song Xu Yi’s touch and even subconsciously pulled her sleeve…

“What’s wrong with you?” Song Xu Yi frowned, her heart extremely puzzled.

“Nothing–” He Siyu laughed extremely lightly and sat down next to Song Xu Yi. Originally, Song Xu Yi used to hug He Siyu when they were together, which Song Xu Yi thought was a sign of their intimacy, and He Siyu also used to indulge Song Xu Yi by sitting close to her whenever she sat down, but this time, He Siyu deliberately sat farther away from Song Xu Yi, with a distance of about half a meter between them.

Even if Song Xu Yi was slow, she felt that something was wrong.

It had only been half a month or so since they had seen each other, and the two seemed to have become somewhat estranged.

Song Xu Yi recalled in fact the signs have been there for a long time in this half month.

However, if she were to pursue the reason…

“Is it because of the person you like?” Even though she knew that He Siyu would gradually have a life of her own and start a family, perhaps the estrangement came earlier than she expected, or perhaps she felt uncomfortable with it, Song Xu Yi still felt somehow uncomfortable: “But so what if you have someone you like? It doesn’t affect our friendship…”

He Siyu didn’t look at Song Xu Yi with the same bright eyes this time, she pursed her lower lip and hung her head a little lower.

Song Xu Yi had never seen He Siyu look like this before. Song Xu Yi couldn’t describe the feeling, she only felt as if a heavy shackle had suddenly been placed on He Siyu’s thin shoulders, and her heart was filled with unspeakable worries, making her whole person even look like she had lost her former brightness…

“Is this the emotional change of puberty?” Song Xu Yi sighed, “A young girl’s feelings are always poetic…”

It was just that this poem by her own Siyu seemed a bit sad.

“Maybe——” the system in her mind sighed in a vague tone and added to the conversation, “But you don’t have this to worry about. Don’t forget, the first rule of the task code is that you are not allowed to fall in love.”

Song Xu Yi pouted.

She actually wanted to refute the system a little.

The Lord God does not seem to be reliable, making her lose her memory inexplicably, and twice getting the timing of the mission world landing wrong, and Song Xu Yi feels that she has lost her respect for the rules of this so-called “no romance” system.

But for the time being, Song Xu Yi had no intention of disobeying the Lord God’s will. After all, Song Xu Yi didn’t think she had met someone she liked.

“Forget it, it doesn’t matter if you don’t want to say it,” at this moment, seeing this difficult look on He Siyu’s face, Song Xu Yi also felt a little uncomfortable in her heart and was about to dismiss the situation when He Siyu suddenly raised her head——

“Who I like is a girl.” He Siyu bit her lip and looked at Song Xu Yi, so close that Song Xu Yi saw her own clear reflection in He Siyu’s eyes. He Siyu’s eyes showed a painful emotion that Song Xu Yi couldn’t understand, and the system exclaimed ‘not good’ when it saw such a He Siyu.

No wonder Siyu had recently rejected being close to her:

She must have felt tormented by the fear that she too would be distanced from her because of it. After all, in this day and age, love between people of the opposite sex is the norm, and love between people of the same sex is often considered new and different, and can even be seen as insane by a small group of people.

But what’s wrong with liking someone?

Liking someone should be something that has nothing to do with gender…

“So what if it’s a girl?” Song Xu Yi sighed deeply and held He Siyu’s hands, only then did she realise that He Siyu’s hands were cold as hell, and for a moment her heart ached even more: “Siyu, did that girl you like say something to you?”

“No,” He Siyu pulled the corner of her lips, looking at Song Xu Yi’s eyes with a deep color: “She is very good, it’s my own greed that is insufficient…”

“Liking is a feeling that can’t be controlled, how can it be considered greedy?” Song Xu Yi’s soft voice was soothing, she originally thought that He Siyu liked a boy and thought that the boy was blind for not liking He Siyu, however after knowing that He Siyu liked a girl, Song Xu Yi couldn’t be harsh anymore.

After all, girls who like the same sex are in the minority, and not all of them have the courage to face the world’s strange eyes and the lack of understanding from their friends and relatives.

At this point, Song Xu Yi had also completely disproved her previous suspicions.

She originally thought that He Siyu was unrequitedly in love, but when she saw the state of He Siyu, a new suspicion came to her mind: He Siyu had probably become self-conscious and sensitive because she had been rejected by her confession.

The more Song Xu Yi thought about it, the more heartbroken she felt.

“Actually, maybe the girl didn’t mean to reject you. It’s just that we’re not at the age to fall in love, and something like a relationship is just too early for us. Maybe when you’re a bit older and have the ability and capacity to withstand change and give the girl you like a secure future, then maybe she’ll like you too…”

“Siyu, you will find your own happiness.”

“But until then, we all have to work hard to enrich ourselves, keep learning, and make ourselves better.”

“When we become better ourselves, only then will we be able to give birth to the courage to love people, and when we meet someone we like again we won’t miss out because we’re afraid of it.” Song Xu Yi did not know how to comfort He Siyu, who looked suspiciously out of love at the moment, and could only mute her voice and dryly take her hand and whisper chicken soup for the soul: “But don’t worry, whether you like boys or girls, whether you are upwardly mobile or mediocre, you are the best Siyu in my heart…”

Song Xu Yi had never been in love and did not know how to persuade people, and even when she said it herself, she felt that what she said did not seem credible. However, to Song Xu Yi’s surprise, He Siyu seemed to be really pacified by the chicken soup she made up, and looked at Song Xu Yi with her beautiful eyes wide open, with tears still falling in her eyes: “Are you telling the truth? No matter what, you won’t get sick of me?”

“As long as I become progressive and wonderful, will you, she… really like me?”

Song Xu Yi’s heart palpitated for a moment.

The tearful He Siyu was so beautiful! Like a jade hairpin swaying on a branch.

Song Xu Yi couldn’t understand how anyone could reject her, and she even felt that the girl who had made He Siyu fall out of love might be willing to bend for her, even if she was a straight girl, when she saw such a sad He Siyu…

The affection in He Siyu’s eyes seemed too passionate, like the only driftwood in front of a drowning person, on which all her hopes seemed to be pinned.

No one could bear to snuff out the light in He Siyu’s eyes.

Such a fragile He Siyu with a hint of nervousness looked slender and beautiful, like a butterfly swaying on a branch.

“Yes, you’ll work so hard that everyone will like you.”

“And personally,” Song Xu Yi heard herself reply in a soft voice, “I won’t loathe you no matter what, Siyu.”

The tear that had fallen from He Siyu’s eyes finally fell. She let out a soft sob, hastily wiped it away with the back of her hand, and then broke her sob into a smile, reaching out to hug Song Xu Yi for the first time in a long time.

“Xu Yi, you don’t know how grateful I am to have met you…”

In my heart…and how much I love you.

Song Xu Yi spent the next few days complacently feeling that she had saved a lost beauty trapped in love, calling He Siyu almost every day to ask her how she was doing, and Song Xu Yi’s approach seemed to have had some success, as the two returned to their old intimacy, even… more so than before.

He Siyu began to call Song Xu Yi every day to tell her how she was doing, she didn’t say much and would fall into silence afterwards, Song Xu Yi realised as an afterthought that He Siyu seemed to like to hear her compliments, so her rainbow fart skills skyrocketed.

When they met, He Siyu suddenly became more proactive and started to take Song Xu Yi’s hand and hug her like Song Xu Yi used to do…

At first, Song Xu Yi was still a little uncomfortable, because He Siyu’s body was thin in places and fat in places, and every time He Siyu hugged Song Xu Yi, some part of her body would inevitably touch Song Xu Yi’s arm…

Song Xu Yi was embarrassed, but when she thought of the tears in He Siyu’s eyes, Song Xu Yi felt that everything was tolerable.

All for the sake of friendship!

And He Siyu seemed oblivious to this.

Song Xu Yi’s heart was in her throat. Every time she was held by He Siyu, she felt like a warrior entangled by a beautiful snake, and it took almost a lifetime of willpower not to show any difference…

Song Xu Yi didn’t notice anything strange, but the system was quite critical of how the two were getting along and subtly kowtowed to Song Xu Yi: “Don’t you think Siyu is already too dependent on you now? Obviously she has that strength on her own without relying on people.”

The system was close to directly stating that He Siyu was deliberately approaching to pester Song Xu Yi with a heartbeat.

However, Song Xu Yi did not notice the system’s good intentions and spoke with a righteous expression, “I fished her out of the village back then because I wanted her to rely on me…”

The system was speechless for a moment.

The system was a bit happy to see that a person like Song Xu Yi, who was extremely determined and devoted to her career, would probably not be able to be enlightened for 800 years, it didn’t believe that the villains in this world could make Song Xu Yi’s iron tree blossom!