Chapter 21: Su Qinghe: Classmate Gu Yifan, You’re So Domineering
Watching her daughter sob her heart out on the bed, Ye Wanqing was completely baffled.
"Xiaoning’er, what’s wrong?"
She hurriedly patted Han Ning’s back, her face full of concern as she asked.
"SOB SOB SOB..."
Hearing her mom’s question, Han Ning lifted her little head, glanced at her, and then started crying even louder.
Ye Wanqing: "..."
Meanwhile, on Gu Yifan’s end, his phone buzzed again.
Huh?
’Didn’t I block Han Ning? How am I still getting messages?’
Gu Yifan frowned. He picked up his phone for a look and saw it was a message from that tea-selling scammer.
Er...
’I just forgot to delete her too.’
Shaking his head, Gu Yifan casually opened the chat window, planning to delete the scammer right away.
But when he saw the chat’s content, Gu Yifan froze.
July Qinghe: "Classmate Gu Yifan, it’s me. I’m Su Qinghe."
Uh... (O_O)
’Su Qinghe?’
’How could it be her?’
"July Qinghe..."
Glancing at her username again, Gu Yifan muttered under his breath, "Right, that name. I should have realized it was her sooner."
The thought that he had just mistaken her for a tea-selling scammer made Gu Yifan cringe with embarrassment.
After some thought, he typed a reply: "Ahem, Classmate Su, so it’s you!"
「In Room 305 of the girls’ dormitory.」
"BUZZ—BUZZ BUZZ..."
Just as Su Qinghe was about to put her phone down, a message from Gu Yifan arrived!
Yifan So Annoying: "Ahem, Classmate Su, so it’s you!"
After seeing this message, Su Qinghe furrowed her little brow.
’Didn’t he know it was me before?’
she wondered.
But she didn’t dwell on it and quickly typed back, "Mhm, it’s me."
After a moment’s thought, she added, "Classmate Gu Yifan, are you helping your family sell tea? If you really need to, I can help you by buying some."
Gu Yifan: "..."
When he saw this message, Gu Yifan was at a loss for words.
’Thank goodness this Hanhan doesn’t know the ’selling tea’ meme!’
’And thank goodness I didn’t send any flirty messages earlier!’
’Otherwise!’
’This would be a damn massive social-death situation!’
"Uh, no need. Um... Classmate Su, did you need me for something?"
After he sent that message, Su Qinghe on the other side was silent for a long time.
July Qinghe: "What’s your phone number?"
Huh?
’Looking at Su Qinghe’s abrupt question, Gu Yifan felt like he couldn’t keep up with her!’
Nevertheless, he sent his phone number over directly.
The number had just been sent.
The next second, his phone’s ringtone went off.
"I head all the way north, leaving the season with you in it..."
Looking at the unfamiliar number on his phone screen, he didn’t even have to think; it had to be Su Qinghe.
"Hello?"
Gu Yifan answered the phone.
"It’s... it’s me."
Su Qinghe’s voice came through the phone.
It was a soft, sweet voice that was very pleasant to hear.
"Yeah, I know. What’s up?"
Gu Yifan asked.
"Um... did you see the school forum?"
Su Qinghe hesitated on the other end of the line, sounding a little guilty.
"The forum?"
Gu Yifan was taken aback for a moment, then he thought about it and realized what she meant. "Oh, I saw it. It’s fine, I didn’t take it to heart. You don’t have to worry about it either!"
He wasn’t kidding. If Su Qinghe hadn’t brought it up, he really would have forgotten all about it.
’As for being ridiculed and all that, he was someone who had already died once. He couldn’t care less about such things.’
Meanwhile, hearing Gu Yifan’s words, Su Qinghe on the other end of the line fell silent.
The more he acted this way, the guiltier she felt.
’If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t have been misunderstood, and he wouldn’t have nearly lost his life.’
’Maybe I really am a jinx!’
’Everyone who gets close to me ends up having bad luck.’
Hearing no sound from the other end, Gu Yifan frowned. "Classmate Su, are you still there?"
"Mhm... I’m here."
Su Qinghe replied softly.
Noticing that her voice sounded a little off, Gu Yifan thought for a moment and said, "Sigh, I really didn’t take it to heart. You don’t have to worry so much!"
"If those people want to talk, just let them talk!"
"Besides, they didn’t actually use my name!"
"You really don’t need to overthink it!"
Hearing Gu Yifan turn around and comfort her instead, Su Qinghe had a complicated feeling in her heart.
"Why are you so good to me..."
Su Qinghe muttered to herself.
Her voice was so quiet and muffled that Gu Yifan couldn’t hear it clearly.
"Hmm?"
"What did you just say?"
He asked, a bit startled.
"N-nothing."
Su Qinghe’s face turned slightly red as she spoke in a small voice.
"Oh."
Gu Yifan frowned but didn’t think much of it.
"Um, have you had lunch yet?"
he asked after a moment’s thought.
"Huh?"
Su Qinghe was stunned for a second. This time, it was her turn to be unable to keep up with Gu Yifan’s topic jumps.
Still, she answered honestly, "N-not yet."
"Okay... In that case, wait for me at the school gate. I’ll come find you and treat you to a meal!"
Gu Yifan said after a moment of deliberation.
"Th-that’s not necessary, is it?"
Su Qinghe subconsciously refused in a small voice.
"No, it is!"
"I’m leaving now. Wait for me at the school gate!"
Gu Yifan said calmly.
Without waiting for Su Qinghe to reply, he hung up the phone!
"BEEP BEEP BEEP—BEEP BEEP BEEP—"
Listening to the dial tone from her phone, Su Qinghe’s expression was complicated.
「After a long moment.」
"So bossy..."
she muttered under her breath before finally putting down her phone.
...............
Back on Gu Yifan’s end, he shook his head helplessly after hanging up.
’He didn’t want to do that, actually!’
’It was all because that damn system had just prompted him that Su Qinghe’s emotions were becoming unstable again!’
’Damn it!’
’He had gone through so much trouble to save her!’
’If she went and tried to jump off a building again, wouldn’t all his effort have been for nothing!?’
And so, the previous conversation had taken place.
Shoving his phone into his pocket, Gu Yifan shouted to his mom, who was cleaning in the kitchen, "Mom, something’s come up, I’m heading out!"
Without waiting for his mom’s reply, he threw on a jacket, grabbed his wallet and keys, and hurried out the door.
After making his way out of the residential complex, Gu Yifan waited for a long time but couldn’t spot a single empty taxi.
Four or five cars passed in a row, all of them occupied...
’Freaking heck!’
’This luck is really something else!’
"Sigh."
"Looks like buying... bah, getting my driver’s license needs to be put on the schedule ASAP!"
"Otherwise, it’s so inconvenient to go anywhere!"
"Speaking of which, I still haven’t had time to go see that ’Scumbag’s Chariot’ the system gave me!"
"Whatever, it’s not like I can drive it now anyway!"
"When I get back later, if I have time, I’ll swing by and see what this modified car looks like!"
Gu Yifan muttered to himself while standing on the curb.