On their way back, Tang Yuanyuan held onto Yuchi Yishu’s clothes as they exited the building. Everyone in the boy’s dormitory was curious about them and stuck their heads out to have a look. But since they were afraid of Yuchi Yishu, they hid outside the door to peep at them for a while and retreated.
“Hello, Yuan~”
Amongst them were a few brave ones who greeted her.
Tang Yuanyuan felt very bashful and her blushing face turned even redder after this. She didn’t even dare to greet everyone and could only nod politely at them. After acknowledging them, she immediately averted her gaze and lowered her head as she followed behind Yuchi Yishu.
“Isn’t this girl so adorable? Why isn’t there any girl in our school that is as cute as her? Attending a police academy sure is tough since we can only face a big group of men every day.”
After reaching downstairs and passing by the guardhouse, the security guard, who had previously helped Tang Yuanyuan, was standing at the school entrance.
“Oh, it seems that this time she really is Yuchi Yishu’s younger sister. Before this, I thought it was another girl who liked you and came to give you gifts.”
Yuchi Yishu pursed his lips and said, “Thank you, sir.”
“There’s no need to thank me. Are you sending her home after she came all the way here to find you?”
Yuchi Yishu responded, “I’m sending her back to school.”
“Alright. Have a safe journey then.”
“Thank you, sir; goodbye.”
“Young lady, you’re welcome to visit your brother next time. The next time you visit, I’ll be sure to let you in immediately.”
“Thank you, sir.”
After that, the security guard saw them off. After a while, under a huge tree not far from the school’s entrance, Yuchi Yishu squatted in front of Tang Yuanyuan and patted on his shoulders, signaling her to get on his back.
She stood there hesitantly, shaking her head as she mumbled something.
However, Yuchi Yishu did not get up and remained squatting. The young lady then said something again, but soon surrendered to him as she obediently wrapped her arms around his neck and climbed onto his back.
Yuchi Yishu then stood up with the two boxes in one hand while his other hand supported her.
Witnessing this scene, the security guard shook his head. Previously, he had known this boy as a cold-hearted person. No matter how many girls gave him presents, he would ultimately express disinterest in them. But to his surprise, he got to see the gentle side of him.
It was noon when Tang Yuanyuan lay on Yuchi Yishu’s back as the blazing sun showed no mercy and shined on them. Not long after, he started sweating as he continued carrying Tang Yuanyuan on his back.
She was also sweating when she came by to visit, but not as much as now. After a little while, her clothes turned soaking wet because of Yuchi Yishu and an odd expression suddenly showed on her face.
She then puckered her small lips, wanting to say something. However, as soon as the words reached her mouth, she swallowed them back because Yuchi Yishu chose to walk on a more cooling route while he carried her.
Tang Yuanyuan obediently lay on his back and softly asked, “Yishu, are you tired?”
Yuchi Yishu didn’t feel breathless at all. Instead, he chuckled and gently answered, “You’re not that heavy, so why would I be tired?”
“Oh? Because… I’m very heavy.”
Although she was always trying to lose weight during this period and managed to do so successfully, her weight was still heavier than the girls with slender bodies. “At my school, all the girls around my height weigh around 120 pounds.”
As for Tang Yuanyuan’s weight, it would be an embarrassing thing for her to say it out loud. However, her weight wasn’t always a concern for her back when she didn’t care about it at all.
Now that she had started to care about her weight, she realized that she was depressingly heavy.
“You’re different from them,” Yuchi Yishu said with a gentle tone. “You don’t have to pursue that kind of weight.”
“No, I’m not pursuing it.”
I just wanted to slim down so that when I stand beside you, we’d look more compatible, and when we take pictures together, my face could appear smaller, Tang Yuanyuan thought to herself.
“You’ve become so much lighter than before.”
Yuchi Yishu had only said this one sentence after some time had passed.
After some thinking, he added, “Your weight is just nice. You don’t have to slim down any further.”
Tang Yuanyuan knew that Yuchi Yishu wouldn’t lie to her and he meant what he said about her weight. However, the ‘just nice’ that he meant was based on his own perspective and not others.
In fact, he said it because he was afraid that it would be too difficult for her and it would cause damage to her body; it was not because he agreed with her weight.
Although the journey to weight loss was difficult for Tang Yuanyuan, she felt happy about it.
“Okay,” Tang Yuanyuan answered. She then quietly held onto him a little tighter while placing her cheek on his back.
The young lady’s intimate action made Yuchi Yishu pause slightly. He felt like something had stirred inside his heart, which had caused his heart to soften.
His thin lips curled slightly upward, “To be honest, there are many people with different opinions on this earth. However, we don’t have to care about their opinions, be it good or evil. As long as you listen to your heart and do whatever you think is right, you’ll be fine.”
“Okay.” Tang Yuanyuan nodded and softly added, “I am listening to what my heart desires.”
If she did not like Yuchi Yishu, even if An Qian said that she was fat and ugly, Tang Yuanyuan would not mind at all. Now that An Qian had mentioned it, whenever she took a picture with Yuchi Yishu, she would subconsciously feel that she was too fat to suit him.
“That’s great,” Yuchi Yishu commented.
“The weather’s too hot. Let’s take the train instead of the bus.”
“I’ll follow you,” Tang Yuanyuan replied.
After reaching the train station, it gradually got more crowded. Tang Yuanyuan tugged on Yuchi Yishu’s collar and said, “There are too many people here; you can put me down now.”
“Just lay on my back and sleep for a while.”
“But…”
“I’m carrying my own sister. What can others say about this? Didn’t you promise me just now that you’ll listen to your heart? You’re tired and sleepy but you’re still concerned about how others look at you?”
He has a point.
Tang Yuanyuan found herself unable to rebuke him.
“Okay; I’ll sleep for a while. Please wake me up when we reach the station.”
“Alright. I’m here for you, so you can sleep now.”
‘I’m here for you’. These words were enough for Tang Yuanyuan to let her guard down.
Lying on Yuchi Yishu’s back, she soon fell asleep.
However, she had only rested for a while before they arrived at the train station.
In order to pass through the train station, they had to swipe their cards and each ticket barrier allowed only one person to pass through at a time. Since Tang Yuanyuan was not a child anymore, she had to come down and go through it by herself.
Yuchi Yishu glanced at Tang Yuanyuan, who was sleeping soundly on his back. After thinking for a moment, he woke her up.
“Yuanyuan?”
Just as Tang Yuanyuan opened her eyes, she noticed people looking at her from the side.
“Come down for a while to go through the ticket barrier.”
“Oh, okay.”
Tang Yuanyuan slid down from Yuchi Yishu’s back and followed him through the ticket barrier.
After that, she was unwilling to be carried by him anymore. Initially, he wanted to ask her to climb onto his back again, but his offer was refused by her.
He lowered his head and glanced at her helplessly, but uncomfortably averted his gaze after glancing at her.
A moment later, Yuchi Yishu took off his jacket and said, “Wear this.”
