I’m in a Shuraba Every Time I Open My Eyes Chapter 67: Second battlefield (35)
Bai Xiyue just smiled and put a piece of beef in Qiao Song’s bowl.
“I didn’t give him food, are you happy?”
She had never picked up food for Chu Lan, but they had eaten the same food.
“Just barely happy.”
“You and he didn’t show up all afternoon, and I thought we were out of the game.”
Qiao Song had a look of disappointment on his face, looking somewhat pitiful.
“Stop acting in front of me. I’d trust Da Qiao more if you asked him to do it.”
Bai Xiyue rolled her eyes and continued eating her ramen.
This aggrieved look really doesn’t suit Xiao Qiao, and he doesn’t seem to be serious at all.
“Da Qiao? So I’m Xiao Qiao?”
“Yes, it’s easy to distinguish and sounds good, right?”
Qiao Song actually had a sincere smile on his face.
This is the first person to see him as separate from the main personality, and the only one who knows his secret.
Although saying this may sound a bit contradictory, because this is a causal relationship, after all, only Bai Xiyue knows it, so Bai Xiyue is the first person to distinguish them.
But what he wanted to express was more than that.
But I wanted to express more than that.
She did not regard this secondary personality as something that should not exist or that only existed dependent on the main personality. She knew that they were Qiao Song, and she also knew that he was just him.
This feeling is very relaxing, there is no need to deliberately pretend, there is no need to worry about many things.
When it came time to pay the bill, it was Qiao Song who went to pay.
When Bai Xiyue was about to give him the meal money, he refused.
“How can I let a girl to pay when I’m courting her?”
Qiao Song waved his hand and took out a lollipop from his pocket and put it in Bai Xiyue’s hand.
“Strawberry flavor.”
Like her, it’s both sour and sweet, but when you taste it, it’s mostly sweet.
“I didn’t see you carrying a lollipop with you.”
“He brought it.”
Qiao Song immediately put the blame on the main personality, while Bai Xiyue looked like she saw through everything but refused to say anything.
Looking at Qiao Song’s natural movements in taking the candy, whether Da Qiao likes it or not is another matter, but Xiao Qiao definitely likes it.
“It’s almost time, let’s go back to class.”
“Well, let’s go.”
Bai Xiyue stopped a taxi and went to school with Qiao Song.
The lights in the classroom were on. Chu Lan didn’t have dinner and went to school very early.
He sat in his seat, staring at a book in a daze. When Shen Wan came, she saw that he looked a little lonely.
“What’s wrong, Chu Lan? You don’t look very happy.”
“What I saw last time has a follow-up.”
“Which website did you see this news, with such follow-ups?”
“It’s a post, but my mom has taken my phone away, so I can’t share it with you.”
Chu Lan continued talking without changing his expression. Shen Wan sat down and put on an expression as if she was listening attentively.
“Go ahead, I’m listening, what did that boy do next?”
Chu Lan briefly described what happened today.
“This girl…actually, she has some feelings for that boy, otherwise why would they stay together for an entire afternoon? And the girl saved that boy, I guess it’s hard to explain this, but it’s reasonable to reject the confession, after all, that boy has a record.”
“So you also think that she actually still has some feelings for that boy, right?”
Chu Lan grasped this point in Shen Wan’s words, and his eyes lit up slightly.
“I think so.”
Shen Wan thought for a while and said, judging from the development of the story before, there must be some lingering feelings.
“So as long as you keep persisting, you will succeed, right?”
“That’s right…but why are you so happy, Chu Lan?”
Shen Wan looked puzzled.
“Is it?”
Chu Lan had a calm expression and sat up straight.
The atmosphere between them in the afternoon was so good, so she probably still had some feelings for him.
“Not necessarily…”
Shen Wan hesitated for a moment, and Chu Lan was immediately worried again.
“Not necessarily what?”
“Didn’t you say before that there was someone else chasing after that girl?”
“Yes, that girl is excellent.”
“The situation is different then. If someone who has never hurt her takes great care of her, maybe it will work. And since she is so outstanding, she should have no shortage of outstanding people around her.”
Chu Lan felt that his mood, which had just been encouraged, immediately returned to its lowest point.
“But…”
Chu Lan looked at Shen Wan with a death stare.
Hey, classmate, could you please not be so tortuous in your speech?
“According to the general development routine of the story, the heroine usually can’t let go of the hero, and the caring second male lead is always a backup. But the reality is probably not so bloody. Well, in short, it depends on what the heroine thinks. If the hero wants to move her, he should be sincere.”
As soon as Shen Wan finished speaking, the bell for evening self-study rang.
Chu Lan looked back, but the crowd blocked his view and he could only see a part of Bai Xiyue’s sleeve.
What could Bai Xiyue think? The sadder Chu Lan was, the happier she felt.
Shen Wan is simply her little cutie, who can always help Chu Lan so accurately and without error.
In fact, what Shen Wan said was right. If it was the original owner standing here, she might still throw herself into Chu Lan’s arms like a moth to a flame.
But if the original owner was here, she probably wouldn’t have attracted Chu Lan’s attention.
Bai Xiyue’s words were just a rather cold statement. That unfortunate girl covered in thorns had died forever on that winter night.
Even the second male lead that Shen Wan mentioned is not a good guy.
During the break, Qiao Song came over and asked Bai Xiyue to go clubbing in the evening.
What surprised Bai Xiyue was that it was Da Qiao who said this.
Seeing Bai Xiyue’s strange look, Qiao Song pushed his glasses and his face turned slightly red.
This idea was of course proposed by the secondary personality, who said that if there was no opportunity, one had to create opportunities to actively output. The secondary personality originally wanted to say it on his own, but was stopped by Qiao Song.
He didn’t want Bai Xiyue’s gaze to only stay on the other him.
He also wanted Bai Xiyue’s attention to be more on himself.
He likes it as much as his secondary personality, and it is even more serious than his secondary personality.
It’s just…it’s just that his personality might not be that appealing to girls.
So Qiao Song wanted to try to change a little and let Bai Xiyue know a different side of himself.
The voice in his heart was sneering, but Qiao Song didn’t care and stared at Bai Xiyue.
“Okay.”
Bai Xiyue readily agreed, but it was only a matter of time for Chu Lan to do so.
After the evening self-study class, Chu Lan was still ready to send Bai Xiyue home, but Bai Xiyue shook her head and refused.
“You really don’t need to be so polite.”
Chu Lan wanted to explain, but then he heard Bai Xiyue’s next words.
“If that person sees me and goes crazy again, I won’t be able to explain it clearly.”
Bai Xiyue spread her hands, put the books in order, and walked out of the classroom.
Chu Lan stood there in silence and was patted on the shoulder by Shen Wan.
“Didn’t you say you were going to send Xiyue back? Why are you standing here like an idiot?”
“She was worried about her family seeing me.”
Chu Lan felt distressed when he thought about Bai Xiyue’s family situation.
“This is easy to handle, come with me.”
Shen Wan waved and trotted out to catch up with Bai Xiyue.
“Xiyue, I’m going home with you.”
“Hmm, ok.”
Bai Xiyue lived not too far from the school, so Shen Wan had to take the same road she took to go home.
“Chu Lan, let’s go together.”
Shen Wan waved and gave Chu Lan a look.
She is such a clever girl. If three of them walk together, she won’t think it’s a big deal even if they are seen.
When they were walking side by side, Shen Wan deliberately walked at the innermost part, letting Chu Lan and Bai Xiyue stand together. It can be said that she spared no effort in assisting others and went further and further.
Bai Xiyue didn’t communicate with Chu Lan the whole time, and just chatted and laughed with Shen Wan.
Shen Wan was attracted by Bai Xiyue’s topic and forgot about Chu Lan.
Chu Lan didn’t feel embarrassed and walked quietly beside Bai Xiyue, even though he didn’t say a word all the way.
Bai Xiyue arrived home, waved to Shen Wan and Chu Lan, and turned onto the road leading to her home.
Under the street light, she saw Wei Changxi somewhat unexpectedly.
Although they haven’t seen each other for only a few days, Wei Changxi seems to have changed a lot.
He wasn’t wearing a school uniform, and his hair seemed to be longer, making him look more mature.
“Why are you here?”
Bai Xiyue greeted him and asked the reason.
“I have passed the training and plan to join the club for formal training and running-in. Before I leave, I want to come and see you.”
You can’t just play in a professional competition. Before the assessment, Wei Changxi trained for a long time, and the captain who had taken a liking to him helped him a lot.
Originally, Wei Changxi could only be a backup. After all, the team had already established a tacit understanding and had their own clear positioning. Unless there were some special circumstances or he was even more outstanding, it would be difficult for him to move up.
But the captain jumped to a new club and needed to form a new team. The club was in need of people right now, and the timing was just right for him to go. Maybe if he went a step earlier or later, it wouldn’t have done it.
The captain said that he came at the right time, and only he knew who helped him seize this opportunity.
He looked at Bai Xiyue in the light. She still looked the same as when they separated, but now she was even better. She was beautiful, confident, and fascinating.
He thought that when he saw Bai Xiyue again, he would feel more resentment than happiness. After all, every time he thought of Bai Xiyue, he wanted to take out her heart and look at it, and he also wanted to hug her and ask her to come back. But when he actually saw her, it was not like that.
Only a hopeful relationship can make people cheer up and pursue it, but Wei Changxi knew that there was no possibility between them. That was what Bai Xiyue’s eyes told him.
He specially dressed himself up today to make himself look good. He wanted to stand in front of Bai Xiyue and tell her in a very cool manner that he was planning to leave and that he was living a good life now.
But all his psychological preparations collapsed when he saw this person. Wei Changxi didn’t know how he said those words, his heart was filled with sadness.
“Are you not going to school anymore?”
“I can’t study now.”
It was not as easy as he thought to learn and pick up those things. It was almost suffocating. Even if he tried his best, he seemed unable to understand those difficult problems.
When a path he liked was placed in front of him, he chose to take it without hesitation, even though he knew it was not an easy path.
“You asked me if I had thought about the future, and I am now walking towards my future.”
“Then I wish you a safe journey.”
Bai Xiyue’s shadow was lengthened by the light, and her voice was calm, as if they had never had any love-hate entanglement.
Bai Xiyue’s shadow spread across the light and her voice was calm, as if they had never had a love-hate relationship.
“Before I go, can I give you one last hug?”
Wei Changxi looked at Bai Xiyue, his voice even containing some pleading.
“Wait until you find someone who deserves you, then hug her.”
“I always believe in your ability, Wei Changxi. Just like I said to you that day, I wish you a bright future.”
I wish you a bright future and we are even.
Wei Changxi didn’t get the hug he wanted and watched Bai Xiyue walk away.
It felt like there was a hole in his heart, and the winter night wind was blowing in, making it extremely cold.
Bai Xiyue knew that Wei Changxi just wanted some encouragement and didn’t mean much.
But Bai Xiyue couldn’t give him this hug. If she did, then for Wei Changxi, everything would seem to have come to a perfect end.
This wouldn’t do. She had to keep this regret in Wei Changxi’s heart, like a comma. She wanted Wei Changxi to always remember it until he found someone he could be serious with, and then put an end to it.
That is perfection.
But before that, she wanted Wei Changxi to remember her and what she had said.
If you don’t like someone, don’t agree to them easily. If you really like someone, you must tell her in time.
Wei Changxi stayed at the bottom of Bai Xiyue’s building until his hands and feet were cold and numb. It was only when his cell phone rang that he seemed to wake up from a dream.
His mother asked him when he would be home. It was already very late. Wei Changxi said in a hoarse voice that he would be home soon. He glanced in the direction Bai Xiyue left, turned around and left slowly.
In this ambiguous relationship, it seemed that he was the only one who was obsessed, happy, and sad.
It seemed that only he himself knew what he had gained and what he had lost.
When Bai Xiyue opened the door, the lights in the house were off.
She turned on the light and saw that the house was still in the same mess as before, no one had cleaned it up.
She looked around and found that the aunt was not at home.
She didn’t care where the person went. She closed the door, planned to take a shower, change clothes, and wait for Qiao Song’s invitation.
Qiao Song couldn’t go out so quickly. He had to make his parents think he was asleep, then lock the door and come out through the window, so he had to wait for a while.
As soon as she entered the bathroom, the system told her that something had happened to Chu Lan.
Bai Xiyue was startled and returned to her room to listen to the broadcast.
Chu Lan had just arrived home and changed his shoes when he saw his parents sitting on the sofa with his cell phone on the coffee table.
Chu Lan was slightly startled, but thinking that he probably didn’t leave any evidence behind, he still looked calm.
“Come over.”
Chu Lan walked over and heard his father’s angry shout.
“Kneel down, you unfilial son.”
Chu Lan didn’t kneel, but just looked straight at his father.
“You’ve grown wings, haven’t you? You don’t listen to what I say anymore?”
“I just want to know the reason, what did I do wrong?”
Chu Lan’s body was tense, and he was somewhat tired of this kind of family education.
Every time when he did something wrong or something went against their wishes, they never spoke directly to the point but just let him think about it. They would either make him stand in the corner or kneel down as punishment. After Chu Lan grew up, he was rarely punished.
Chu Lan suddenly remembered what Bai Xiyue said before: he was self-righteous and always thought he understood others very well. It seemed that his parents were the same.
“Tell me what you did wrong? Where did you get this photo?”
The mobile phone on the table was opened, and the photo that popped up was undoubtedly the one he deleted.
Chu Lan’s expression changed and he took the phone.
When Mr. Chu saw his actions, he became even angry and scolded him a lot.
When he came back yesterday, his wife told him about this incident and said that he might have deleted something, so he used some photo recovery tool. When he saw this photo, he was so angry that he almost smashed his phone.
“Is romance something you should do now? If you want to date, go to college. I promise I won’t stop you. You are in your third year of high school now. Have you ever thought about what will happen if you don’t do well in the exam? If your life fails miserably, what will others say about us and how will they view us?”
Chu Lan didn’t listen to any of those words, he just held the phone in his hand.
The constant chattering in his ears made him very tired, and he just wanted time to go back to that afternoon when he could be relaxed and happy without any burden.
But he could only face it all. He held the phone in his hand and suddenly sneered.
“Have you said enough?”
Chu Lan looked directly into his father’s eyes without much expression.
“This is my business. I have my own plans.”
“You have plans? What do you know? Do you think you’re something special just because you read a few books?”
“So what do you want?”
“Who is this girl? Is she from the same school as you? Which class? If she is in the same class, switch classes immediately.”
“Don’t be like this, he’s in Zhiyuan’s class, where can you ask him to be transferred to?”
Mother Chu tugged at her husband’s sleeve, signaling him not to be too impulsive.
“Don’t be so angry. Is that girl the one who ranked first in your class last time? Hey Lao Chu, sit down. Why are you so fierce to your son?”
Chu’s mother originally thought that her son was going too far, but she didn’t want to see such a scene between father and son, so she hurried to smooth things over.
“Son, just listen to me and your dad. Don’t get involved with this girl in the future. You are still young. You can start dating after you finish the college entrance examination.”
Chu Lan remained silent. In fact, he didn’t even have the confidence to hug that person again.
Bai Xiyue felt a little tired watching this family drama, so she asked the system to stop broadcasting it to her and washed her face with water.
In fact, this is a very normal family in China, but it is a bit too much. She heard that there is a lot of chaos when children fall in love early.
She was confident that Chu Lan could withstand the family pressure for her. It was not that she praised Chu Lan so much, nor that she praised the ambiguous feelings between them before, but that Chu Lan had feelings for her. She saved Chu Lan, and she made Chu Lan feel happy in life.
Chu Lan’s family puts him under a lot of pressure. It is this suffocating pressure that makes Chu Lan feel how precious the time of relaxation and happiness is.
And when he experienced life and death, all the doubts, resentments and considerations in his heart had disappeared.
He would no longer wonder whether they should be entangled with each other, nor would there be a clear time point to separate.
Feelings are such a strange thing. In the face of life and death, many things will disappear.
Bai Xiyue looked at herself in the mirror with cold eyes and chuckled.
The more she means to him, the more pain he will feel.
Just as Bai Xiyue expected, Chu Lan had an argument with his parents.
In fact, it was just his father’s one-sided yelling. Chu Lan controlled his emotions from beginning to end and just expressed his thoughts clearly.
No changing classes, no transferring schools, no letting go.
In fact, this is too rigid, and being too rigid will only make the backlash from parents even stronger.
His mother whispered to him to stop talking back, but Chu Lan stood straight and insisted on his own ideas. He knew that being tactful would make the situation better, but he didn’t want to pretend.
Looking at his father’s angry face, Chu Lan actually felt a sense of pleasure in his heart.
He always tells him in an authoritative manner what he should and should not do, but he feels that he has his own judgment.
If he can’t catch it this time, he may never be able to catch it.
He knew that Bai Xiyue didn’t like him, but it didn’t matter. As long as she still had a little feeling for him, there was still a possibility of continuing. But if they broke up like this, he would have no chance to get closer to her, and maybe never again.
Chu’s mother didn’t want to make things impossible to reverse, so she asked Chu Lan to go back to his room. She then pulled her husband into the bedroom and started talking.
Chu Lan looked at the photo on his phone and slowly calmed down.
He washed up as usual, and his mother brought him a glass of milk and asked him to drink it and go to sleep.
His mother still meant the same thing, that he should wait until after the college entrance examination to talk about dating.
Her thoughts are always more delicate than her husband’s. She thinks that the child may be in a rebellious period now, and the more unpleasant the words are, the more severe the rebellion may be. They may not have had deep feelings for each other originally, but after being separated, their love seems to be deep and loyal.
The girl in the photo is indeed very pretty and her academic performance is good. She is actually very satisfied with her performance.
Of course it would be better if they could make progress together.
Chu Lan didn’t expect that his mother would say these words to him so gently.
He originally thought that all he would win would be scolding, like in the past.
The way his mother looked at him was like looking at an ignorant child, which was not what he wanted after all.
But Chu Lan unexpectedly wanted to talk, even if he didn’t get a response.
She doesn’t like me, Chu Lan said.
Mother Chu widened her eyes, as if she couldn’t believe it.
“How could anyone not like my son!”
She seemed surprised by this, but she was actually not upset about it.
It was because of the expression on Chu Lan’s face. She had never seen her child so fragile, like the moonlight shining on the dusty and mottled wall, with a sense of fragility.
Chu Lan took a sip of the milk, and the taste in his mouth became a little bitter.
He didn’t dare and couldn’t tell everything, he could only say, she doesn’t like me.
After he finished speaking, there was a long silence.
“Go to sleep. Apologize to your father tomorrow. As for that girl…she doesn’t like you. Forget it. You will meet many more people in the future.”
Chu Lan didn’t respond, as if he had heard it.
But did he really listen? How could that be possible?
Chu Lan finished drinking the milk and turned off the lights.
He said he wanted to get entangled with her.
The person Chu Lan was worried about had already left the house. Bai Xiyue met up with Qiao Song not far from home and asked Qiao Song to take her to the destination.
Qiao Song was not wearing glasses and was smiling brightly in the winter night.
The reason for the invitation was, of course, to invite Bai Xiyue to visit his world.
His world has nothing to do with the main character.
The bar was a bit noisy, and the electronic music penetrated into the ears, making people unable to help but twist to the beat.
“Have you been here before?”
Qiao Song felt that Bai Xiyue might have been here before. After all, she was a well-known bad girl at that time, but he couldn’t be 100% sure.
“Certainly.”
Bai Xiyue smiled and took off her cotton-padded jacket in the heater.
She was not wearing any makeup, and was completely different from the other people who came here. She seemed clean and pretty, but when she smiled, she inexplicably brought with her some evil and indescribable charm.
Qiao Song was impressed by her.
Acquaintances came over to greet Qiao Song one after another. Most of them were young boys and girls full of youth. When some saw Bai Xiyue, their eyes widened.
“Beautiful flowers have owners, so don’t look at them carelessly.”
It is immoral to peek at flowers through the wall.
Bai Xiyue didn’t refute and put her hand on Qiao Song’s arm.
Qiao Song felt a little tipsy. He seemed drunk even before he started drinking.
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To reply, I didn’t mean to drag it out on purpose, I just wanted to finish the story. It may seem a bit dragged out, but what I write is not the kind of stereotypical scumbag abuse. Although this may not produce good results, I still have to finish it.
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A bit of a long read but it’s worth it.
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