Chapter 87 p2: Unrequited Love
After returning to the second floor, Xu Xun saw that Cheng Yang and Yu Mei were already sitting at the dining table.
Neither of them had moved their chopsticks but were quietly waiting for Xu Xun to come back and eat with them.
Xu Xun took off her mask, and the blush on her cheeks had already begun to slowly fade.
Cheng Yang saw Xu Xun in the crowd at a glance. Even though she was wearing a simple white shirt, she was still the most eye-catching presence in the crowd.
“Over here.”
The moment Xu Xun came over, Cheng Yang felt that her complexion was not quite right.
“Why is your face so red? Did you get heatstroke?”
The last time she had fainted from heatstroke, Cheng Yang had been shaken and no longer dared to stay in the sun.
Xu Xun touched her warm face and nodded. “Probably. The sun is very strong outside. It’s a good thing there’s an air conditioner in the cafeteria.”
Cheng Yang handed the campus card to Xu Xun.
“Thank you for treating us to lunch. Are you free this weekend? Let’s go and have Michelin.”
In Cheng Yang’s perspective, Xu Xun seemed to want to refuse.
“It’s fine if you’re busy. We can do it next time…”
“Okay.”
The corners of Xu Xun’s lips curved. “I’m free this weekend.”
Yu Mei was eating her noodles. When the two of them weren’t looking, she started to secretly laugh.
Then, she was caught secretly laughing.
Cheng Yang and Xu Xun both turned their heads at the same time and met the six eyes of the Yu Mei who was showing a motherly smile.
“…”
She quickly explained, “This video is so funny. A group of pigs are queuing to fall into a ditch. Do you want to see it?”
Cheng Yang secretly rolled her eyes. “No.”
The fish noodles were very fragrant. Cheng Yang had never had this kind of thing before, and her eyes lit up with her first bite.
Yu Mei also nodded repeatedly. “I’ve never had it before. I didn’t expect it to be so delicious.”
Her gaze fell on the malatang that was queuing not far away, and she asked with a smile, “What’s that? What’s malatang?”
Cheng Yang shook her head. “Boiled vegetables? I don’t know. Shall we try it next time?”
Yu Mei exclaimed as she ate, “Oh my god, this soup is so delicious, and the noodles are so slippery. It’s so delicious. I’m going to have it again tonight.”
Cheng Yang smiled helplessly.
Xu Xun was eating quietly and had not spoken.
Cheng Yang suddenly felt that she and Yu Mei were talking too much. Couldn’t they just eat quietly like Xu Xun?
Thinking of this, she quickly shut up, for fear of giving Xu Xun a bad impression.
After finishing her meal, Xu Xun usually went back to take a nap, but she still wanted to hear what Cheng Yang was going to do.
She knew that there was no possibility between her and Cheng Yang, and all her fantasies were just in vain.
Xu Xun wiped the corners of her lips with a tissue, picked up her bowl and chopsticks, poured the remaining soup into a bucket, and placed the bowl and chopsticks on a table on the side.
Cheng Yang copied her actions.
The two of them walked downstairs side by side. Cheng Yang asked, “There’s still one more class in the afternoon. Are you going back to the dormitory later?”
Xu Xun nodded. “Mmm.”
Cheng Yang pressed her lips together and mustered her courage.
“I’ll take you there. Thank you for treating me to lunch today.”
Yu Mei didn’t follow. She stood far away, quietly observing everything.
Xu Xun’s lips curled up. “It’s just a bowl of noodles. You’re welcome. I…”
Before she could finish, she was interrupted by Cheng Yang’s phone ringing.
Cheng Yang was full of apology. “I’m sorry, I have to take this call.”
After the call was connected, Cheng Yang heard Cheng Yourong’s voice, saying that she would be staying at Yu Mei’s house for this period of time, and that Cheng Yourong was going on a business trip for a month.
“Okay, Mom, don’t worry. I’ll be good.”
“Mmm, I won’t eat anything I shouldn’t, and I won’t make friends with bad people…”
At this point, Cheng Yang’s face grew hot, and she subconsciously looked at Xu Xun.
“Mom, I’m already an adult. Don’t you treat me like a child…”
“I don’t want that. You don’t have to bring it for me. I told you I don’t like pink…”
Hearing Cheng Yang’s coquettish voice with her mother, Xu Xun turned her back but still heard the two of them’s intermittent conversation.
She smiled, a little envious of the family affection that Cheng Yang had, and at the same time, she also knew that Cheng Yang was living a very happy life, even though she was from a single-parent family.
After Cheng Yang had hung up the phone, her face was so hot it was red.
She looked at the half-smiling Xu Xun and said with some embarrassment, “My mom is always like this. I’m already an adult, but she still sees me as a child.”
In fact, Cheng Yang’s so-called adulthood was only eighteen.
She was young and naive, and she was also reckless when it came to feelings.
Xu Xun had matured early, but in the face of Cheng Yang, that feeling of unworthiness rose rapidly.
She had no mother and no father, and she had no assets. It was already impossible for her to be friends with someone of Cheng Yang’s class, and she did not dare to hope for that kind of strange feeling.
She thought this in her heart, but Xu Xun would dream of Cheng Yang every night.
She would dream of kissing her, and she would dream of some inappropriate things.
And, every time she woke up, the bedsheets would be wet.
Xu Xun didn’t even dare to live in the dormitory anymore. She wanted to go out and rent a place, but the rent was too expensive, and she couldn’t afford it, so she had to give up.
A total of four people lived in the dormitory, and the other three were all fans of Cheng Yang.
Every day, Xu Xun could hear them screaming for Cheng Yang, and another Omega even called herself “Mrs. Cheng.”
When Xu Xun heard this, her heart was sour, but she couldn’t stop others from also liking Cheng Yang. This was other people’s freedom.
But now, she and Cheng Yang could be considered friends, which was something that others couldn’t compare to.
Everyone has a competitive spirit, let alone children of this age.
Although Xu Xun had matured early, she was still a nineteen-year-old child. Of course, she also wanted to compete.
She wanted people to know that Cheng Yang’s feelings for her were different from others.
Xu Xun looked at her phone. “I should go back.”
Cheng Yang said, “I’ll take you to the dormitory. I haven’t had a good look around the campus. I can see the scenery on the way.”
Xu Xun nodded. “It’s a bit of a distance from here to the dormitory. Let’s take the bus.”
Cheng Yang had never taken a campus bus before. She quickly nodded and said, “Okay, let’s go together.”
The two of them sat at the bus stop and waited, and more and more people gathered at the bus stop.
At first, Cheng Yang had thought that these people were here to take the bus, but she hadn’t expected that they were here to see her.
A few bold Omegas came over, unable to suppress the smiles on their faces.
“Yangyang, you’re taking the bus too.”
She subconsciously looked at Xu Xun.
Xu Xun lowered her eyelids and did not look her in the eye.
Cheng Yang nodded. “Yeah.”
She was very good at doing business. This was the basic quality of an actor.
She said with a smile, “It’s so hot. You’ve come to see me. How about I treat you to ice cream later?”
A few Omegas screamed, “Really!”
Cheng Yang’s lips curled into a smile. “Mmm, the bus is here. Are you getting on?”
In the face of Cheng Yang’s invitation, of course they couldn’t refuse.
“Yes, yes, yes!”
Xu Xun stood up. She walked to the card reader and swiped her card.
You couldn’t use coins or scan a code on the campus bus. Because it was free, you had to swipe your campus card to ride.
Cheng Yang didn’t bring her card.
The Omega behind her saw that she didn’t have a card and was about to help her swipe.
At this moment, a card with a pink Kitty card holder was pressed against it.
“Beep beep—”
Xu Xun found a seat without turning her head back. Cheng Yang quickly chased after her, wanting to sit beside Xu Xun, but found that that seat was already taken.
There was no choice. She had to sit with the little fan.
The fan was so happy that she could barely breathe. She held up her phone and asked for Cheng Yang’s opinion pitifully.
“Yangyang, can I take a photo with you?”
The corners of Cheng Yang’s lips curved. “Of course. You can take it.”
She made a face and found that in the front camera, she was so beautified that she didn’t even look like herself. Her face was as sharp as a cone.
“…”
There was no choice. Although Cheng Yang was startled by the beauty camera, she still obediently took several photos with the fan.
She subconsciously glanced at the Xu Xun in the right rear from the corner of her eye and found that the other was looking at her phone with her head down.
Cheng Yang was a little disappointed but still tried to smile and continued to take photos with the other fans who liked her.
At a diagonal, the veins on the back of Xu Xun’s hand holding her phone were raised.
She bit her lower lip, and her ears were filled with the giggling sounds of those few Omegas.
Xu Xun’s nose tingled, and she pretended to be seriously looking at her phone.
At the next stop, the person beside her left.
Xu Xun sat by the window, turned her head to the open window, and felt the summer wind.
Just as she was about to put on her wired headphones and block out the outside noise, her vision went dark, and the faint peach fragrance lingered around her nose again.
She looked up and met the four eyes of the Cheng Yang who had stood up and was walking towards her.
In her astonishment, Cheng Yang had already sat in the seat beside her.
She looked at the open window and then at Xu Xun’s somewhat pale face.
“Are you carsick?”
Xu Xun shook her head, not speaking.
Cheng Yang was sure that she was carsick, otherwise her face would not be so pale, and she would not be listening to music with headphones to divert her attention.
“Master, please stop the car. Someone is carsick and not feeling well.”
Cheng Yang smiled at Xu Xun and helped her up by the arm.
“Get off. Don’t force yourself.”
Xu Xun was walking in front, and Cheng Yang was following behind.
When she got off the car, Xu Xun turned her head and met Cheng Yang’s smiling eyes.
Xu Xun was stunned. “Why did you get off too?”
Cheng Yang pretended to be calm. “I told you just now. I have to personally take you back.”