Chapter 5

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Yes, it’s me.” Yang Hua smiled at Qi Yuying and asked tentatively, “What’s wrong with you?”

“Me? I’m fine!” Qi Yuying’s seemingly indifferent answer seemed to be a slap in the face.

“Ah, I see.” Yang Hua looked at Qi Yuying hesitantly, not knowing if he should continue asking.

“You found a job?” Qi Yuying asked when she saw that Yang Hua was fine.

“Not yet.” Yang Hua smiled bitterly at the mention of his job.

“Hey, have you had dinner? How about I treat you to seafood? Take it as a thank you for saving me last time.”

“That’s a small matter. You don’t have to be so polite.”

“Is my life a small matter?” Qi Yuying suddenly became angry.

“Ah! I didn’t mean that!” Yang Hua hurriedly waved his hands.

“Then are you going with me?” Qi Yuying looked at Yang Hua angrily.

“Al-Alright, I’ll go.” Yang Hua did not dare to say no, so he could only agree.

Following behind Qi Yuying, the two of them did not walk for long in the neighborhood before they arrived at a large food stall. Qi Yuying was obviously a regular customer here. As soon as she sat down, the waitress immediately walked over to them with the menu. However, when she saw Yang Hua sitting beside Qi Yuying, her eyes were filled with doubt.

“What are you looking at?” The waitress’ puzzled gaze landed on Qi Yuying’s face, and the latter almost immediately exploded like a firecracker. She stood up angrily and stared at the waitress.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.” When the boss saw that something was wrong, he quickly came over and apologized. As he apologized, he asked the waiter next to him to pull the waitress away from them. Although she was dragged away, the indignant complaints of the waitress, who was inexplicably shocked, fell into Yang Hua’s ears.

“Seriously, why is she so fierce? Wasn’t it just a glance? She had just broken up with her boyfriend a few days ago, and she immediately brought her new boyfriend over. There are so many shameless women nowadays!”

“What did you say?” Qi Yuying immediately jumped up again. Her face was filled with anger as if she was about to fight the waitress.

However, the easy-going stall owner still stood in front of Qi Yuying and apologized, making it impossible for her to rush over and fight with the waitress.

After the waitress was pulled away from her sight, Qi Yuying finally sat down angrily. But soon, she stood up again.

“Don’t eat here! I can’t eat anything here.” She walked over to Yang Hua angrily and pulled him up from his seat. Just like that, Yang Hua was dragged out of the food stall by Qi Yuying.

Initially, Yang Hua thought that Qi Yuying would drag him to another place that she was familiar with. Unexpectedly, after making a turn, Qi Yuying stopped. She looked at Yang Hua and said in embarrassment, “I’m really sorry. I suddenly remembered that I’m not very familiar with the area. I don’t know where else to go. Why don’t you name a place?”

“What? I’m not familiar with this place either!”

How would Yang Hua know where to eat nearby? In the past, in order to avoid all female strangers, he wished that he could stay in the boys’ dormitory every day. He would only go to the shop along the roads he was used to when he was helping his roommates to buy things.

“You studied here for four years, and you don’t even know where to eat?” Qi Yuying was surprised.

“Uh… I really haven’t come out to eat.”

“Sigh, forget it.” Qi Yuying waved her hand gloomily. “Come to my house. I’ll treat you to noodles. ”

“That… Isn’t it too troublesome?” Yang Hua was not willing to go to someone else’s house, especially a young woman’s house.

“What trouble? Let’s go!” For some reason, Qi Yuying seemed to have made up her mind to drag Yang Hua to dinner today.

Yang Hua was not a person who was good at rejecting others. After being dragged by Qi Yuying all the way, he could only helplessly follow her around a few houses and arrive at her house.

Of course, Qi Yuying’s house did not belong to her. She was just one of the many white-collar workers who rented a house in City T. However, the house she lived in was very luxurious. It was more than 50 square meters in size and professionally decorated. Yang Hua, who was used to living in dormitories, immediately felt a sense of enlightenment as soon as he entered.

“You can sit anywhere.” Qi Yuying poured Yang Hua a glass of water and placed it on the coffee table before entering the kitchen.

Yang Hua, who entered a girl’s house for the first time, sat on the sofa and did not dare to move. He was afraid that he would accidentally see something he should not see. This was the so-called boudoir of a girl…Yang Hua nervously held the water that Qi Yuying had poured for him and kept blowing on it as he lowered his head and thought.

Soon, the sound of pots being scrubbed and the crackling of the gas stove came from the kitchen. Then, the sound of running water after the tap was turned on also entered Yang Hua’s ears.

Listening to the sounds in the kitchen and smelling the faint fragrance of the girl’s house, the nervous Yang Hua began to drink more nervously after blowing the water to cool it. At this moment, Yang Hua was already beginning to regret it. Why would he agree to Qi Yuying’s request to come to her house? Not to mention that his classmates in the dormitory were still waiting for his sesame biscuits, just the environment here made him feel as restrained as walking into the home of a primary school teacher.

Yang Hua wanted to muster up the courage to tell Qi Yuying that he wanted to leave. However, when he stood up and walked hesitantly to the kitchen door, he saw Qi Yuying, who had just put the noodles into the pot and was walking out. He immediately lost all the courage he had just mustered up. He was afraid that Qi Yuying would think that he was peeking at her on purpose, so he hurriedly ran back to his seat and picked up the empty glass of water to pretend to drink.

“Eh? Why are you still sitting there?” Yang Hua had just sat down in his original seat when Qi Yuying walked out with a smile. “Come and chat with me. ”

“Yes, yes. Then… What should I say?” Yang Hua was still at a loss as to what to do. He sat down opposite Qi Yuying and started to stutter. However, no matter how he pretended, Yang Hua could not suppress the nervousness in his heart. After sitting down opposite Qi Yuying, his face had already turned red unknowingly.

“Hehe.” Qi Yuying couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh when she saw how shy Yang Hua was.

“Then tell me how old you are first.” Seeing how nervous Yang Hua was, Qi Yuying couldn’t help but cover her mouth and laugh for a long time. Then, she stopped under Yang Hua’s awkward gaze and asked with interest.

Yang Hua always had the habit of shaving his newly grown beard cleanly. In addition, he looked young, so people would probably believe that he was a high school student. However, Qi Yuying had seen his classmates in university and knew that he was definitely not a high school student, so she was very curious about his age.

“I’m 23 years old this year.” Yang Hua answered honestly.

“Ah?” When Qi Yuying heard Yang Hua’s age, she immediately exclaimed in surprise, “Isn’t that one year older than me?”

“Ah?” Qi Yuying’s words made Yang Hua look at her in surprise. He never expected that the mature and charming Qi Yuying was actually a 22-year-old girl!

“What? Do I look that old?” Yang Hua’s surprised gaze made Qi Yuying cover her face and say aggrievedly.

“No, no!” Yang Hua quickly waved his hand again. “You just look more… more mature.”

“Isn’t that considered old?”

“No, no!”

“Hehe! Forget it. Stop waving your hands! Hurry up and eat the noodles. Or else they’ll turn into paste later.”

“Oh, oh.” Yang Hua quickly lowered his head again.

There was a moment of silence between the two of them. After a while, Qi Yuying said faintly, “Do you know why I have to treat you to this meal?”

“I-I don’t know.” Yang Hua shook his head in confusion.

“I just want to chat with you.” Qi Yuying suddenly let out a long sigh. “Sigh!”

“Don’t you have any friends?” Yang Hua asked carefully. He still did not know what Qi Yuying wanted to say, so he was afraid that he would touch her sore spot.

“There used to be one, but not anymore.” At this moment, Qi Yuying looked dispirited.

“Quarreled?”

“Yes.”

“Didn’t they say that there’s no overnight enmity between friends? It’ll be fine in a few days.” Yang Hua comforted her.

“That’s different. I broke up with my boyfriend.” Qi Yuying thought about it for a moment before looking at Yang Hua with determination. “Sigh, it’s so boring to keep things to yourself. I might as well tell you everything. I wanted to tell you at the hospital that I wasn’t careless when you saved me. I wanted to commit suicide that time.”

“Ah?” Yang Hua’s eyes widened. He could not understand why Qi Yuying would think of committing suicide. If she even had the courage to die, then what could she not face?

“You didn’t expect this, did you?” Qi Yuying revealed a bitter smile. “Thank goodness you saved me. Otherwise, I would definitely not be able to rest in peace after I die.”

“Why did you want to commit suicide?” Yang Hua mustered up his courage and asked, “If you quarreled with your boyfriend that you would even be willing to die for him, what’s so difficult about apologizing to him? Why do you want to die?”

“Hey, can you not ask me that?” Qi Yuying smiled bitterly. “I don’t know why, but I felt like I couldn’t live without him. That time in the hospital, he apologized to me and said that he would not make the same mistake again. However, after that, when I saw him again, I realized that he had become especially annoying. How strange. Why didn’t I notice that he was such a hypocrite before? We had another fight a few days ago. Do you know what he said to me?”

“I don’t know.” Yang Hua shook his head again.

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