Chapter 151: Unrequited Love
Xia Qian Ge silently watched as the figure behind the door fled like a stray dog. Her dark pupils were still deep and gloomy, the deep pool churning without a single ripple. Her fingertips gently wiped the corners of her lips, a mocking smile slowly forming.
It had come a bit too quickly. It was a pity… the most exciting part was about to end before it had even begun.
She licked her lips with some regret and walked out of the hospital room with the garbage bag. The deserted corridor was empty, and a cool, cold wind blew from the end of the corridor. The hair by her ears floated gently and then fell down.
Xia Qian Ge walked to the bathroom on the other side of the corridor. She threw the garbage bag into the trash can. She pulled open the bathroom curtain and saw the girl covering her face, her back against the cold wall.
She lowered her eyes and fiddled with her nails. The continuous sobs echoed in the empty bathroom. The way she was holding back her tears but still crying out made her feel a little ridiculous.
Xia Qian Ge suddenly felt that it was meaningless. The opponent seemed to be so weak that she was not worth a single blow. She might have been a little too paranoid, even needing to spend some energy to deal with such an opponent.
She turned on the faucet, washed her hands, and took a piece of paper to wipe the remaining water stains. The girl heard the trickling of water and met her gaze. The other party’s red-rimmed eyes looked a little pitiful, but… she deserved it. Coveting something she shouldn’t have, she had brought this upon herself.
He Mu Qing looked at Xia Qian Ge with a shocked expression, as if she hadn’t expected the other party to be here. The moment she saw her in the hospital room, her heart was in a mess, unable to find a starting point or an end. She had fled here in a panic. There was no one around, and her tears began to fall uncontrollably.
She had imagined countless times that many excellent girls would appear by the boy’s side. Those fantasies that would uncontrollably grow in her mind had all turned into nightmares that would suddenly wake her up at night. When she woke up, the feeling of emptiness in her heart made her feel lost, but it was still not enough to break the jar that stored her courage.
She was always waiting, and she was happy because she could stand by the boy’s side without any scruples. But she had never thought that this joy would also gradually eat away at the courage that was stored in the jar.
But she suddenly realized that the moment the fantasy in her nightmare was projected into reality, it would be… so sad, like being cut by a knife and roasted by a fire. Her heart seemed to be dripping with warm blood.
Time passed, second by second. A heavy silence enveloped the atmosphere between the two of them, as if a transparent high wall had been built between them, and they could not hear each other’s words.
After an unknown amount of time, so long that He Mu Qing could no longer bear the silence, she opened her mouth with a sob. “You…”
“Do you want to wipe your tears?”
Xia Qian Ge interrupted He Mu Qing’s words and handed her a few tissues. She curved her eyes, a frivolous arc in them, and the coldness in her eyes was like a sharp sword, piercing the other party.
“What… is your relationship with Su Yu?” He Mu Qing ignored the disdain in Xia Qian Ge’s eyes. She bit her lip and asked, unwilling to admit defeat.
“I like him.”
Xia Qian Ge answered without hesitation. She stared at the timid girl in front of her, the condescending contempt in her eyes growing stronger. She seemed to want to force the girl into a dead end, to crush her insignificant self-esteem. She chuckled and asked, “So, what about you…”
“I… I…” He Mu Qing stammered, unable to answer. She felt that the little secret in her heart had been seen through. The other party’s eyes were as sharp as a knife, and she was a patient on the operating table, unable to hide any secrets in front of the other party.
She couldn’t say that sentence as unhesitatingly as the other party. It was like a secret hidden in a deep boudoir, so deep, yet so hard to say. Her heart was sour, but she couldn’t say a single word.
He Mu Qing suddenly didn’t want to stay here anymore. She wanted to escape, to go outside to breathe the free air. She stumbled towards the door, but she was blocked by Xia Qian Ge. The other party’s cold and ruthless eyes swept over her, and she was afraid of this feeling.
“What are you going to do now that you’re running out? Complain? But you probably can’t even open your mouth.” Xia Qian Ge walked up to He Mu Qing. She ignored the other party’s fearful and hostile eyes and gently wiped the wetness at the corners of her eyes with a tissue. “If that’s the case, your like seems a bit… fragile. Isn’t it too cheap?”
“What about you then…”
He Mu Qing suddenly raised her red eyes, her light brown pupils slightly contracting. Her voice was still trembling, but it was firm. Her like would not be trampled on like this. Even if they were now hidden in the soil and could not even show a single tender sprout, they would one day bloom with colorful early cherry blossoms.
“Does Su Yu like you? Why aren’t you together? So I haven’t lost yet, right? And also…”
The boy’s image appeared in her mind, as elegant as a jade tree. A great courage gathered in her heart. “I just like him. I’ve liked him for a long time, much longer than you. I’ll tell him sooner or later… sooner or later, not like you, who is so secretive. You should be the timid one!”
The little deer, who had been cornered by the evil wolf, finally stopped running away. She rubbed her short little horns and butted them against the evil wolf’s soft waist. She looked pathetic, but she still made her counterattack.
“Hah… then I’ll be waiting for you.”
Xia Qiange’s chest rose and fell slightly. The girl’s childish words cut through the truth like a blade. The ferocity in her eyes grew wilder, yet it halted just at the brink. She smiled, a smile full of mockery, and whispered in the girl’s ear, “Half a year… is enough for me.”
He Mu Qing didn’t answer. She pushed Xia Qian Ge’s arm away and stood at the top of the stairs before she left, looking at the boy’s hospital room. The negative emotions that had been derived from the strange and complex sense of failure were like layers of shadows, covering her heart.
But she didn’t want to lose! She would not be willing to experience such pain again.
She ran out of the hospital. The strong barrier had been shattered in an instant after she had gathered her courage to counterattack. The tears from her tear ducts filled her eyes, and before they could fall, they were completely dried by the cold wind, leaving a wet red mark.
Half a year… Xia Qian Ge’s words were like a nightmare, entangling her. No matter how hard she tried, her body could not break free from the darkness.
Yes, how could her years of bitter and unknown unrequited love compare to the sweet company of others for half a year? When would the like that was hidden in her hesitation be able to be conveyed to the other party in a short text?
The girl’s unspeakable unrequited love was like hesitating in a storm. She clearly just needed to open her mouth and hide under the other party’s umbrella to take shelter from the rain. But she didn’t dare. In the end, she could only watch as others took the place under the umbrella, while she stood in the rain, drenched and pathetic.
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