WRR – Chapter 27

Xu Shi suddenly didn’t dare to eat the ice cream anymore. She stuck the spoon straight into the scoop of ice cream.

She hurriedly opened her chat with Weiwei, scrolled up a bit, and carefully read the message Weiwei had sent her earlier, word by word: “I love you I love you I love you.”

Okay.

Straight girls are all like this.

Yes.

After reading it, she scrolled down. Ten minutes ago, Weiwei had said she had something to tell her, but Xu Shi hadn’t replied yet.

So Xu Shi asked her: What’s wrong?

Xu Shi: What is it?

Weiwei replied quickly: It’s that thing

Weiwei: I’m in a relationship now

Xu Shi: ?? So fast

Xu Shi: Congrats

Weiwei: Yep

Weiwei: Thanks

Weiwei: And

Weiwei: It’s just

Weiwei: My partner is a girl

Xu Shi’s smile froze instantly.

She was dumbfounded.

Huh?

Xu Shi blurted out to Weiwei: How did you turn gay?

Weiwei said: It’s not that I just turned gay, it’s that I’m only just telling you I’m gay

Weiwei: Not gay, I’m bi

Weiwei: Do you know what bi is?

Xu Shi: Bi?

For the next while, Weiwei patiently explained to Xu Shi what being bisexual meant.

After she finished, she told Xu Shi that her previous partner, Lin Ye, was actually a girl. Xu Shi had just always mistaken her for a guy, and Weiwei had never corrected her.

At that, Xu Shi did recall many details.

Lin Ye was the only partner Weiwei had never introduced to Xu Shi. And whenever Weiwei complained, she would often refer to Lin Ye with the pronoun “she,” but Xu Shi had always assumed it was a typo.

She had also shared many of Lin Ye’s daily habits, which had once made Xu Shi think Lin Ye was very effeminate.

Xu Shi truly got goosebumps all over.

Weiwei: I never said anything because I was afraid you wouldn’t be able to accept it, and I didn’t think it was necessary

Weiwei: But yesterday, you told me Yu Lingshan was gay

Weiwei: You didn’t seem to think much of it, so I figured you could probably accept it, and I might as well just tell you

Weiwei: It’ll be more convenient for me now that I’ve told you

Weiwei: My current partner is in the same city, I want you to meet her

After Weiwei finished, Xu Shi replied: Yu Lingshan isn’t gay

Weiwei instantly: Hahahahahahaha

Weiwei: What

Weiwei: So after I typed out that whole long paragraph, your only takeaway is that Yu Lingshan isn’t gay?

Weiwei: Do I even have a place in your heart?

Xu Shi: No no, you do

Xu Shi: But it’s important that Yu Lingshan isn’t gay

Weiwei: Why is it important whether Yu Lingshan is gay or not?

Weiwei: Hey, this isn’t over

Weiwei: You tell me why it’s so important

Weiwei: I’d like to see

Xu Shi was instantly at a loss for words.

Right, why was it so important whether Yu Lingshan was gay or not?

What did it have to do with her?

Before Xu Shi could think of a reply, another message from Weiwei arrived.

Weiwei: You’ve been really sensitive about Yu Lingshan lately

Xu Shi: Have I?

Weiwei: Yes

Xu Shi: I don’t think so

Weiwei: You have!

Xu Shi didn’t want to talk about Yu Lingshan with Weiwei anymore. She was getting scared. So, while the “typing…” indicator was still showing on Weiwei’s side, she quickly asked Weiwei how she and her girlfriend met.

As expected, Weiwei was successfully distracted.

When it came to this topic, Weiwei was endlessly talkative.

Even though they had been together for less than a day, Weiwei could write a whole novel about all the things she had to share.

Once Weiwei got started on this, there was no stopping her. Eventually, probably feeling that typing wasn’t enough, she just sent a voice call request.

“And then we met at a bookstore,” Weiwei continued from her text messages.

Xu Shi: “Mhm.”

Weiwei: “What are you eating?”

Xu Shi chuckled. “Ice cream, from Blue Star.”

Weiwei said, “Oh. Did you get paid?”

“No,” Xu Shi said. She thought for a moment, then decided to tell Weiwei. “Yu Lingshan bought it for me.”

Weiwei paused for half a second. “What?” She started laughing. “Her? She bought you ice cream? And Blue Star, no less? Huh? What’s going on between you two? I’m going to get the wrong idea if you keep this up.”

Xu Shi swallowed the bite in her mouth and said in the most cautious voice she had ever used in her life, “Weiwei, do you think it’s possible that Yu Lingshan likes me?”

The moment she asked, she regretted it. “Never mind, never mind, impossible, pretend I didn’t ask. Hahaha, so you met at a bookstore, and then what?”

Weiwei: “To hell with the bookstore. No,” Weiwei was laughing her head off. “What’s this, Yu Lingshan likes you?”

Xu Shi: “No, she doesn’t.”

Weiwei: “Then why did she buy you ice cream?”

Xu Shi: “Well, I’ve been with her these past few days. Maybe it’s to thank me for helping her with a lot of things?”

See, there was an explanation.

And it was quite reasonable.

Xu Shi’s lips formed a pout.

Weiwei: “Ah~” She laughed again. “Xu Shi, you’re not acting right.”

Xu Shi: “What’s wrong with me?”

Weiwei: “Logically, how could the thought of Yu Lingshan liking you even enter your mind? What do you mean by that? You’ve never been sensitive to this kind of thing before. You haven’t fallen for her, have you?”

Xu Shi said in a super loud voice, “How is that possible? You’re hilarious.”

Weiwei: “Hahahahaha, you’re the one who’s hilarious.”

Xu Shi really wasn’t going to talk about this with Weiwei anymore. She was making herself feel awkward, so she could only frantically steer the conversation back to Weiwei’s bookstore encounter.

She even thought, if Weiwei knew she was going to pick up Yu Lingshan with flowers the day after tomorrow, Weiwei would probably go crazy.

The voice call didn’t last long, because He Yi called Xu Shi to ask if she was interested in a weekend training class taught by one of the teachers there.

There were priorities, so Weiwei hung up first.

Her senior said, “It’s been a while since you’ve been in touch with it, so it’ll definitely be better with some more guidance from a teacher. And because Teacher Wu put in a word, these classes are free.”

Xu Shi said, “Oh.”

Since Teacher Wu had helped her so much, Xu Shi naturally agreed.

He Yi quickly sent over the form. After Xu Shi selected her class times and submitted it, she tentatively looked up the training class on the mini program.

She actually found it, and one look…

These classes were so expensive. How could they possibly be free?

Xu Shi was so shocked that her fear of beautiful women vanished. She immediately went to find Yu Lingshan.

She didn’t waste any words, first explaining the situation and then sending a screenshot of the price list to Yu Lingshan.

Xu Shi: I feel a little bad

Xu Shi: What should I do?

Yu Lingshan replied quickly: Don’t feel bad, just go

Yu Lingshan: I happen to have something to discuss with Teacher Wu in a few days, you can come with me

Xu Shi: Okay okay

For a brief moment, Xu Shi suspected that Yu Lingshan had paid for it.

But she quickly dismissed the thought.

Why would Yu Lingshan do that?

What’s wrong with you, Xu Shi? What are you thinking about all day?

The next day was Friday, and Xu Shi returned to her usual work routine.

Even though she had only been away for three days, she felt like she had been gone for a very, very long time and had experienced so, so much. Coming back, everything felt unfamiliar.

Xu Shi even had the thought, Why am I still working here? Who am I? What am I doing here?

But work was work. By ten in the morning, Xu Shi’s mind had settled, and she had transformed into an extremely ordinary office worker.

Posting ads, writing copy, scheduling clients, being a robot.

Today was another day when Heard was busy. She was busy all day. In the evening, Xu Shi sent her a picture of the small decoration on her desk. It wasn’t until she was about to fall asleep that night that Heard replied, saying it was cute.

But the next day, Heard replied to Xu Shi’s “Morning” instantly.

And what a coincidence. The moment Heard replied, a notification from Weibo popped up on Xu Shi’s phone—local news, and it was about Yu Lingshan.

Xu Shi had always hated these Weibo notifications. She had never enabled them, yet they always sent her random alerts.

This was the only time Xu Shi didn’t mind.

She even clicked on it right away.

It was news about Yu Lingshan winning the award a few days ago. The article featured photos from many different angles, and every photographer had captured Yu Lingshan beautifully, much better than the pictures on Xu Shi’s phone.

Rubbing her chin, Xu Shi smiled as she read every word of the article and saved every single picture.

After she finished, Xu Shi took a screenshot of one of Yu Lingshan’s photos and sent it to Heard.

Yan Wuwu: This is the young lady I’ve been telling you about

Yan Wuwu: A great beauty!

Yan Wuwu: Talented, beautiful, and has a great figure!

Yan Wuwu: She’s practically a goddess

Yan Wuwu: I don’t know if you’ve heard of her

Yan Wuwu: A jewelry designer, she’s very famous

…

Yan Wuwu rattled off several lines of praise, showing off with immense pride in every word, not caring whether Heard wanted to hear it or not.

Heard waited until she had sent all her messages before replying.

She asked Xu Shi: Do you like her?

Xu Shi’s hand trembled, and she almost dropped her phone.

She quickly typed out “Of course I don’t like her.”

But after writing it, she felt it wasn’t right. She thought, maybe Heard was just asking about a pure kind of liking.

Stop with the maybes, it must be. Who would suddenly ask that kind of question…

Xu Shi felt like she was being paranoid. She rubbed the space between her eyebrows, deleted what she had just typed, and cautiously replied: I really admire her

Xu Shi added: And I think you two are very similar

Heard: How are we similar?

Yan Wuwu: How should I put it… your tone, the way you handle things, many things are very similar

Yesterday, the moment Yu Lingshan said the ice cream was from her, Xu Shi had even suspected they were the same person.

But Xu Shi didn’t tell Heard this. She continued: The young lady must be a very outstanding person too, right?

A long time passed after she sent that message, and Heard didn’t send anything new.

It wasn’t the kind of non-reply that came from being busy. Instead, the status above showed “The other person is typing…,” but after a long time, no message came through.

Xu Shi thought Heard was typing a long message, so she waited with her phone in hand.

After about two minutes, a message from Heard finally arrived.

She said: Little one, if I stop logging into Ding Dong Dong, what will you do?

Xu Shi was stunned for a moment.

Yan Wuwu: What do you mean? What do you mean by stop logging in?

Heard: Literally what it means, I won’t be online again

Yan Wuwu: What’s wrong? Why?

Heard: For some reasons

Xu Shi’s smile vanished instantly: Is something wrong with this app?

Heard: It has nothing to do with the app

Heard: Just wait a moment, I’m about to uninstall it

Heard: [Link]

Xu Shi opened the link Heard sent and found that it contained ten files, all of the questionnaires she had filled out in the beginning.

Xu Shi’s nose tingled.

Exiting the link, she saw a new message from Heard: Do you have anything else to say to me?

It was so sudden that Xu Shi had no idea how to react.

It was too sudden.

Xu Shi felt a pang of sadness. She thought for a long time before asking Heard again: What’s wrong? Why?

Heard still said: For some reasons

Since Heard was being so evasive, Xu Shi thought for a moment and asked: Did you do another divination for yourself?

Heard: Yes

Yan Wuwu: Why so suddenly?

Heard: Mhm

Heard: I’m sorry

Yan Wuwu: So, I’ll never be able to find you again?

Heard: That’s what it means

Xu Shi was completely stunned. She stared at the chat interface for a long time, not knowing what to say.

Heard didn’t say anything either.

Figuring that Heard was leaving anyway, after a few seconds, Xu Shi decided to just express her feelings directly: I’m so sad

Yan Wuwu: Do you have to go?

Heard: Mhm

Heard: I can’t stay any longer

Yan Wuwu: I haven’t even treated you to coffee yet

Yan Wuwu: There are so many things I wanted to do to thank you that I haven’t done

Heard: I’ve received your sincerity

Heard: Thank you for your company all these days

Heard: I like you very much

Heard: Goodbye

Xu Shi sent a “Goodbye,” and Heard never sent another message. Her profile picture instantly turned black.

Xu Shi stared at the grayed-out profile picture for a while, then scrolled back a few pages through Heard’s messages, rereading the ones where she said she was leaving. Her heart felt heavy.

The farewell was both grand and simple, making Xu Shi feel as if she was very important, and yet, very unimportant.

A few minutes later, the alarm to go pick up Yu Lingshan from the airport rang. Xu Shi stared at the reminder text on the screen for a long time, her feelings suddenly very complicated.

It was as if someone had just said goodbye to you, but you were about to go see that very person right away.

Xu Shi knew this idea of treating Heard as Yu Lingshan was completely wrong, but she couldn’t stop herself from thinking that the Yu Lingshan she liked had left her, perhaps never to be seen again.

Xu Shi had already ordered the flowers. She picked them up on the way to the airport.

During the forty-minute drive, Xu Shi was listless, her mood a tangled mess.

She arrived half an hour early, so there weren’t that many people waiting yet. Thinking about what she had said to Yu Lingshan yesterday, Xu Shi found a spot where she could be seen right at the exit and stood there.

Standing there, listlessly.

At times like this, time passed especially slowly, giving Xu Shi plenty of room for her thoughts to run wild.

Xu Shi even began to suspect that Heard had left because of her. After all, she was Heard’s only online friend.

It wasn’t until a large group of people came out that Xu Shi perked up a little and began searching for Yu Lingshan’s figure.

She waited and waited with complicated emotions. Just as almost everyone had left, Yu Lingshan finally appeared, pulling her suitcase and walking out unhurriedly.

Their eyes met the moment she came out, and Xu Shi was suddenly happy that she had kept her word.

She even felt a little like crying.

It felt as if Yu Lingshan had just abandoned her, only to take her back again.

So, the moment Yu Lingshan walked out, Xu Shi rushed over.

She didn’t even give her the flowers, just wrapped her arms around Yu Lingshan in a hug.

For a rare moment, Yu Lingshan was startled by Xu Shi and took a step back, stunned for several seconds before placing her hands on Xu Shi’s waist.

There was a smile in Yu Lingshan’s voice, and it was very light. “So enthusiastic.”

She said it teasingly, but to Xu Shi, it sounded a little comforting.

Only then did Xu Shi realize what she had done. She tried to let go of Yu Lingshan, but Yu Lingshan wouldn’t let her, holding her waist tightly.

“Let’s hug a little longer,” Yu Lingshan said.

When wearing heels, Yu Lingshan was a bit taller than Xu Shi, but today she was wearing sneakers, so they were about the same height, which allowed Yu Lingshan to nestle perfectly on Xu Shi’s shoulder.

With the mentality of “I’ve already hugged her anyway,” Xu Shi boldly placed a hand on the back of Yu Lingshan’s head and even rubbed it twice.

She was so nice to hug.

What kind of medicine was Yu Lingshan?

“Xu Xiao Zhi.”

Yu Lingshan called her name.

Xu Shi immediately let go of her head. “Mhm.”

Xu Shi felt a warm sensation on her neck, as if something was pressed against it.

Yu Lingshan said, “Your heart is beating so fast.”

Xu Shi knew at once. Pressed against her neck were Yu Lingshan’s lips.

She was feeling Xu Shi’s pulse.

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