After Being Pestered by My Gloomy and Clingy Roommate 7

Chapter 7: Seven

Yu Jiang wanted to rub her ear again.

Meeting Chu Qingzi’s direct gaze, she worried she would be questioned about it once more and restrained herself, choosing to let it go.

She walked towards the crowd, holding her books.

Just as she got close, the classmates who had been gathered around Chu Qingzi with concern all said their goodbyes and left.

Yu Jiang stopped in front of Chu Qingzi.

Just as she was about to speak, the person, who was already not far from her, suddenly leaned slightly closer.

The other’s scent, like a gentle slap, hit her face without any warning.

Yu Jiang’s mind went blank, all thoughts vanishing.

Chu Qingzi couldn’t see her back, which had momentarily stiffened straighter than a pine tree, as she gently asked for her opinion.

“Baby, can I give you a light hug?”

She explained, “I was in a bit of a rush coming over, and now that I’ve stopped, my head is feeling uncomfortable again. It’s just like that day at our front door. I think if I could just have a simple hug with you, it would probably get much better.”

Chu Qingzi’s face showed self-blame. “I’m sorry, baby. I know you don’t like this. If you mind—”

Yu Jiang didn’t understand how a hug could alleviate pain, but she had never questioned Chu Qingzi’s words.

The thought of worrying about the other’s health outweighed everything else, and she instinctively interrupted, “Okay.”

Yu Jiang’s body hadn’t fully recovered its composure. In fact, thinking about the impending action, it began to grow even more rigid.

Chu Qingzi didn’t know what kind of torment she was enduring. Hearing her agreement, she looked both surprised and moved. “I was wrong last time. I’ll be more mindful in the future. I won’t be like last time and make you so uncomfortable by hugging too tightly.”

Yu Jiang’s auditory system, along with the strangeness of her body, was also experiencing a minor malfunction.

She couldn’t hear all of Chu Qingzi’s words. After being filtered by the malfunction, only one sentence remained—

I won’t hug too tightly again.

A pair of hands reached towards Yu Jiang, not to wrap around her waist and hold her, but to press down on the textbooks she was holding, one on the left and one on the right.

The motion of pulling them away was gentle, yet it carried an unyielding firmness.

By the time Yu Jiang came to her senses, the few books pressed against her chest had been casually placed by Chu Qingzi on the table closest to the door.

The sound of approaching footsteps came one after another.

Like a soul-reaping curse, it pushed Yu Jiang’s anxious heart out, bit by bit.

The moment it was about to burst from her chest, a bewitching, light fragrance dyed all the surrounding air.

Yu Jiang was embraced without a single gap. What constricted her breath was the scent of Chu Qingzi.

Yu Jiang had always been an obedient, good child.

Before falling for Chu Qingzi, she never lied.

After their friendship began to change, she displayed this terrible bad habit in front of the person she liked, time and time again.

The first time Chu Qingzi hugged her, she suppressed the urge to raise her hands and hug back, calmly and naturally telling her, “Sorry, Qingzi, I don’t really like this.”

Even after so long, Yu Jiang still remembered it clearly.

At that time, Chu Qingzi, with a helpless and hurt expression, had slowly let her go.

Because of her lack of tact, the atmosphere started to become very awkward.

But the one who broke the silence was Chu Qingzi, who had been ruthlessly rejected.

She tentatively reached out a hand towards Yu Jiang and asked, “Then can we hold hands?”

Yu Jiang looked up and met the other’s still-gentle eyes. She was struck by the starlight-like caution within them, and for a moment, she forgot her own insistence and subconsciously took the initiative to grasp her hand.

Another week passed after that.

Yu Jiang found a new reason and went back on her word.

Chu Qingzi didn’t get angry at her fickleness. She just lowered her eyes, staring at the hand she had just warmed, and asked in a tone devoid of emotion.

“Then in the future, if you meet someone you like, will you still be resistant to this kind of behavior?”

Yu Jiang had forgotten her answer from that time—she always remembered everything related to Chu Qingzi with ease, yet found it hard to remember what she herself had done.

“Thank you, baby. I feel much better. You must be hungry, right? Let’s go eat then.”

Chu Qingzi hugged her with great restraint for a short while before taking the initiative to let go.

She went into the room, picked up the few books lying forlornly on the table, walked back, and gave the still-dazed Yu Jiang a warm smile. “What do you want to eat, baby? As thanks for helping me with my headache just now, let me treat you to lunch, okay?”

Yu Jiang, of course, couldn’t win against her and could only agree helplessly in the end.

The two of them crossed half the campus to the storage room near the dormitory building.

Quietly watching Chu Qingzi put her textbooks back for her, Yu Jiang’s heart felt a little sour.

If only Chu Qingzi could be just a little bit mean to me, how great would that be.

Just a little bit of meanness, and maybe, just maybe, I wouldn’t like her so much.

The two went to a restaurant outside of campus that they often frequented.

At this time, it was the busiest.

They decisively abandoned the crowded first floor and went up to the relatively quieter second floor.

Chu Qingzi accompanied Yu Jiang in finding a seat, then turned and went back downstairs to buy their food.

Not long after she left, Yu Jiang’s phone silently lit up.

When she saw who the message was from, her good mood, which had lasted the whole way, instantly soured.

【Nameless Pervert: Wife, wife, wife, wife, wife~~~ (puppy appearing.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: Good noon, wife. The me who loves you the most is here~】

【Nameless Pervert: Hmph! You’re eating with that hateful Chu Qingzi again!】

【Nameless Pervert: Eating with you every day, does she even get it! If she doesn’t get it, let me eat with you instead!】

Yu Jiang’s reading speed was far slower than the nameless pervert’s messaging speed.

She decided to stop reading word for word and just skimmed through. Seeing that it was all just meaningless nonsense, she planned to ignore it directly.

The other person guessed her thoughts and, just before the screen could be turned off, swoosh, sent a new photo.

In the photo, Chu Qingzi, just like everyone else around her, was in line choosing dishes.

Her outstanding looks and extraordinary temperament made her stand out in the chaotic crowd, causing all the people and things around her to blur into a background that served only to highlight her.

The nameless pervert’s threatening tactics were still as cliché as ever.

【Nameless Pervert: Oh, what a coincidence. I didn’t expect to run into that hateful Chu Qingzi in such a big restaurant.】

【Nameless Pervert: What do you think, wife? Should I go up and say hello to her, or should I not go up and say hello to her?】

Yu Jiang was practically trembling with anger at the other’s persistent haunting.

If she didn’t have something hanging over her head, she would have loved to go downstairs immediately and drag this annoying, damn pervert out.

【What do you want to do now!】

【Nameless Pervert: Don’t be mad at me, wife. I’m jealous that the hateful person gets to eat lunch with you, so isn’t it only human for me to want you to comfort me, wuwuwu? (pouting puppy.jpg)】

Although Yu Jiang was furious, she was still rational.

She guessed the other person probably wanted her to do something.

Looking around and seeing that there were still plenty of empty seats, her mood calmed slightly.

【I’ll find an empty seat and sit by myself again. You can leave now!】

The situation was urgent, and Yu Jiang was in no mood to argue with her.

Chu Qingzi would be coming up soon.

Before that, she had to deal with the damn pervert.

【Nameless Pervert: So angry! You’re not taking my words seriously again, hmph!】

【Nameless Pervert: I’m not trying to make you eat at a separate table from that hateful person. I’m not an idiot. Don’t I understand the principle that distance creates beauty?】

【Nameless Pervert: Hmph! I’ll emphasize it one last time! In the past! Now! And in the future! As long as no rift appears in the relationship between you and that hateful person on its own, I will absolutely not make you do anything to distance yourself from her! You should be able to remember that this time, right!】

Yu Jiang, who had half-risen from her seat, sat back down because of the other’s aggrieved outburst.

Even though she had no good feelings for the nameless pervert, seeing this, she couldn’t help but feel puzzled.

Even she, who knew there was no possibility of a future with Chu Qingzi, couldn’t bring herself to sincerely wish for her to find someone she mutually liked, while still liking her so much.

So, was her own affection not pure enough, or did the nameless pervert, in essence, not like her as much as she claimed to?

The thought of the latter instantly energized Yu Jiang.

【Do you want to double-check if you really… towards me…】

She found the following words a bit disgusting and decided to use an ellipsis instead.

She believed the other person would understand.

The nameless pervert did indeed understand.

【Nameless Pervert: You big dummy, wife!!! Are you doubting my feelings for you again!!!】

【Nameless Pervert: I’m really going to die of grievance!!! I really super, super, super love you, okay!!! (puppy crying loudly.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: Don’t you like that hateful Chu Qingzi, wife? Hmph! I don’t want you to like her even more because of the beauty of distance!】

【Nameless Pervert: On the contrary! I’ve observed very clearly that your relationship with that hateful person now, while good on the surface, is not intimate at all in reality!】

【Nameless Pervert: What kind of good friends don’t even hold hands? So this is very abnormal! (clever puppy.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: So, the clever and witty me has already discovered the problem between you two, hmph hmph~】

【Nameless Pervert: Either you don’t like that hateful person enough, or that hateful person doesn’t like doing such intimate things with others!】

【Nameless Pervert: No matter which possibility it is, for me, it’s very, very good!】

【Nameless Pervert: Hehe~ I’m so looking forward to you and that hateful person having a complete falling out because of me~ (devil puppy.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: Although this is very cruel to you, wife, I’m sorry! In my dictionary, doing evil for love is not a derogatory term!】

【Nameless Pervert: Don’t worry, wife. When you see the light and return from your wrong path, as long as you’re willing, I will definitely take that hateful Chu Qingzi’s place and do all sorts of intimate things with you~ (making a heart shape.jpg)】

【Nameless Pervert: Okay, that hateful person has paid. I won’t keep you in suspense anymore~】

【Nameless Pervert: Isn’t that hateful Chu Qingzi a germaphobe? In that case, when you’re eating with her later, find a way to make her eat your leftover rice~】