Meng Kefei secretly bit her lower lip. The two of them were the culprits behind the attack on her, but she couldn’t out them. Not only that, but she also had to watch her best friend being friendly with them. This is all because I’m too weak.
If I had an influential family backing me, would Yuan Yuehan and Zhang Xiaolu dare to make a move against me or threaten me? They wouldn’t! But, the Gods are unfair like this—no one is born equal. I can’t count on my family in this lifetime, and there is no way to be reborn. So, I can only work hard on my own. One day, I will let Yuan Yuehan and Zhang Xiaolu pay the price for all the pain they have caused me!
She closed her eyes. Then, without knowing it, she snapped the pencil in her hands in half!
Snap! The other half of the pen flew out and bounced against a lamp nearby, making a loud sound as it did so.
When Meng Kefei noticed this, her heart skipped a few beats. Sh*t! If they see that, will they cause more trouble for me?
“Fei, what’s wrong?” Tang Yuanyuan walked over curiously after hearing the sound. “Oh, you broke your pencil.”
Just then, Meng Kefei noticed that they were the only two left in the dormitory. “Where did they go?”
“Do you mean Xiaolu and Yuehan? They left saying they are going out to eat today. They’ll probably be back later tonight. They said they’ll bring some cakes over for us later.”
After hearing that, Meng Kefei heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they had already left.
Then, the first half of the semester flew by just like that. Meng Kefei gained a lot of knowledge due to her diligence. On the other hand, Tang Yuanyuan went home and weighed herself for the first time after a semester. During that time, she had managed to lose a few pounds. Thus, she was overjoyed to see that her weight had gone down. “Mom! I lost weight!”
“Sigh. How can you lose that much weight after just half a semester? Are you not eating well in school?”
She was ecstatic. “If I lose a few more pounds during the next semester, won’t I be slim by the time I enter university?”
Looking at her daughter’s figure, Mrs. Tang sighed. “Just because you slimmed down this semester doesn’t mean you will slim down in the next semester. You’re not a child anymore, so you should pay more attention. Take a look at the girls in your school; have they started to dress up and pay more attention to their looks?”
Tang Yuanyuan thought back on it, then nodded. “That seems to be the case.”
“So, you can’t continue eating as many sweets as you used to before. Otherwise, you will get heavier and heavier in the future. When that happens, who would want you when you’re all grown up?” Mrs. Tang dragged her off the scale and said earnestly, “You need to start exercising and eating fewer sweets.”
“No way.” Tang Yuanyuan shook her head. “I like eating. Besides, even if nobody wants me in the future, I still have my brother.”
“Your brother?” Mrs. Tang realized that she was talking about Yuchi Yishu. Then, she couldn’t help but sigh. Although the Ye Family had expressed their intention to make her daughter their daughter-in-law when they were younger, it was never mentioned again after that. After all, the two children had a good relationship with each other, but there was no sign of their relationship developing in that direction.
Yuchi Yishu might only be in his early twenties, but he was just like his father—they did not express any emotions on their face. So, it was hard to discern what he was thinking about. On the other hand, her daughter was only interested in eating and sleeping. Apart from that, she had no interest in anything else. She was almost certain that her daughter didn’t even know what love was. Sigh. I wasn’t like this when I was younger. So, how did I manage to raise such an inept daughter?
“Your brother… Yishu is different from you. How can he still be so nice to you if he were to get a girlfriend, or get married, in the future?”
Tang Yuanyuan was surprised by her words. “Why can’t he?”
“Silly girl. If Yishu gets himself a girlfriend, he has to observe boundaries between men and women. Won’t his girlfriend get jealous if he continues to dote on you?”
She chewed on her bottom lip, saying nothing.
“In the future, you’re going to get yourself a boyfriend too. Won’t you be bothered by it if your boyfriend is nice to other girls too?”
However, she continued to keep silent.
“What’s wrong?” Mrs. Tang finally noticed that her daughter was being uncharacteristically quiet, so she stopped talking and asked her.
“Will Yishu… get a girlfriend?” Tang Yuanyuan asked with difficulty, biting her lower lip. “Will he stop being nice to me once he gets a girlfriend?”
“It’s not like he will treat you badly once he gets a girlfriend. It’s just that when he has one, he can’t place all his attention on you anymore. Besides, the two of you are of the opposite sex. At that time, he has to observe propriety too. Don’t you agree?”
She said nothing for a long while before lifting her head and saying, “Mom, if I say that I hope Yishu doesn’t get a girlfriend, am I being too selfish?”
She noticed that she was constantly feeling unhappy recently. Last year, she even had a dream because of the words Chufeng said to her. And, when she woke up, the corners of her eyes were wet with tears. The very thought of Yishu getting a girlfriend in the future, and then not being nice to her anymore or keeping his distance from her, made her very unhappy.
Mrs. Tang was a little astonished by those words. “Y-You don’t want Yishu to get a girlfriend? But…”
She almost wondered for a moment whether her daughter had feelings for Yuchi Yishu. However, her daughter’s gaze was pure and innocent. Thus, she decided that it was impossible. My daughter is only thinking like this because she is worried that there will be nobody to dote on her anymore.
“Mom, am I being too selfish?”
“No, you’re not.” She hugged her daughter and sighed lightly. “Everybody is selfish. Besides, you’re only a little selfish. I won’t fault you for that.”
Tang Yuanyuan leaned into her mother’s embrace, feeling very upset inside.
In the past, it could be said that Tang Yuanyuan practically lived in the Ye residence. However, she didn’t dare to visit Yuchi Yishu as often anymore after thinking about how he might be getting a girlfriend soon as well as the words her mother said to her.
This situation continued until Han Muzi called the Tang residence to inquire about it. Mrs. Tang turned her head and glanced in the direction of the room Tang Yuanyuan was in. “Maybe she has spent too much time fooling around recently and forgot to go over. I’ll bring it up with her later.”
“Tell her to come over if she’s free. Little Sprout is waiting for her.”
“Sure.” After hanging up the phone, Mrs. Tang walked over to Tang Yuanyuan’s room and said, “Aunty Han called. She asked why you didn’t go over to the Ye residence this year.”
Tang Yuanyuan was sprawled across her bed, drawing. When she heard her mother’s words, her fingers paused, then she answered softly, “I don’t want to go.”
Mrs. Tang sat down by her bed. “Is it because of what I said to you the other day? Are you afraid that Yishu would get himself a girlfriend and stop doting on you, so you decided not to go over to the Ye residence anymore?”
Tang Yuanyuan didn’t reply.
“Still, have you ever thought about the fact that the Ye Family doesn’t just consist of Yishu? What about Aunty Han, who adores you so much? Don’t forget there’s Little Sprout too. She’s also waiting for you.”
Tang Yuanyuan realized that she was being a little too much after her mother pointed it out to her. “Fine. I’ll go over this afternoon.” As for Yishu, I’ll just talk to him less.
