Give Me Heartthrobs 44

Chapter 44: Luck

Whether she liked it or not, Ye Qizhen’s action of hugging Wen Yu greedily already explained everything. But she loved hearing Wen Yu quietly ask her if she liked it—a different kind of gentleness. After hugging warmly for a while, she whispered to Wen Yu, “Like.”

Wen Yu pressed the tip of her nose against Ye Qizhen’s hair and sniffed, her heart settling down. Thinking that there would be more between them in the future, the corners of her mouth hooked up in a smile, her anticipation growing stronger.

Hugging comfortably, Ye Qizhen suddenly understood why she could always see couples hugging and bidding farewell reluctantly downstairs at the dormitory.

Occasionally, people passed by and cast glances at them, but seeing just two girls hugging, they didn’t think much of it.

No matter how long the hug, they had to let go eventually.

Wen Yu: “Go up.”

Ye Qizhen nodded. “Mn.”

After speaking, they dawdled in place for a moment, not turning around immediately. Although this situation had happened countless times before, tonight it felt strange, like a brand new beginning.

Ye Qizhen had to speak again: “I’m going up.”

This time it was Wen Yu’s turn to nod.

Ye Qizhen smiled, a bit silly, but so sweet.

Because she had things on her mind, Ye Qizhen showered longer than usual tonight. By the time she finished washing and drying her hair, it was almost eleven o’clock. Everyone else in the dorm had gone to bed.

Ye Qizhen opened WeChat and saw a message Wen Yu sent more than ten minutes ago: Asleep?

Is she too excited to sleep, just like me? Ye Qizhen thought while looking at the message. But applying the word “excited” to Wen Yu always felt a bit wrong. Wen Yu was forever calm; even when she came to the classroom to find her tonight, she was calm.

Ye Qizhen replied: Just showered.

Seeing it was late, Wen Yu replied: Sleep early, see you tomorrow.

There happened to be an event dinner tomorrow night.

Ye Qizhen replied with a “goodnight.” After climbing into bed, she opened the WeChat chat with Wen Yu, staring at the phrase “See you tomorrow” and giggling foolishly for a while.

Opening the forum again, Ye Qizhen found her post had accumulated a pile of replies:

— What’s the situation upstairs?

— Did the person involved appear?

— Wow, I seem to smell something sweet.

— Waiting for a “we’re together” update.

…

Among the numerous replies, her attention was entirely focused on one: yqz, is that you?

Stared for a long time.

This reply was obviously left by Wen Yu. Ye Qizhen noticed the time of the comment and suddenly thought: Did Wen Yu come to find me immediately after reading the post tonight?

Can I interpret it as…

She was very excited too?

Probably because Wen Yu was usually too calm, Ye Qizhen had an inexplicable obsession with wanting to see Wen Yu excited.

The gathering the next evening was right by Riverside Road. Speaking of which, this was the second time Ye Qizhen and Wen Yu came to this restaurant. The last time was almost two years ago when they were freshmen, and Tang Xiao organized a hometown reunion dinner.

Ye Qizhen remembered it vividly to this day. If not for that gathering, maybe she and Wen Yu would have continued to misunderstand that the other treated them as a love rival. Perhaps their situation wouldn’t be like this now.

“Everyone worked hard for the art exhibition last week, cheers~” The baby-faced senior sister raised the glass in her hand first.

“Cheers, cheers~” Everyone stood up and clinked glasses, the atmosphere instantly livening up. A gathering of young people didn’t have so many formalities, just lively fun.

Maybe because college life was halfway through, Ye Qizhen cherished such opportunities especially. After clinking glasses with everyone, she raised her glass to Wen Yu alone and said softly, “Shall we have one too?”

Seeing Ye Qizhen’s high spirits, Wen Yu cooperated and clinked with Ye Qizhen, the sound crisp.

The meaning of their clinking glasses was different from others. Ye Qizhen looked at Wen Yu’s brows and eyes, happily sipping orange juice. She really felt lucky to have met the person she wanted to meet in college, and that person liked her too.

In a large gathering like this, there was never a need to worry about awkward silence; it was noisy the whole time. Among a dozen people, there were always a few chatterboxes.

Wen Yu was used to being isolated before and couldn’t quite blend into this atmosphere. Ye Qizhen was the opposite, handling such occasions with ease, the type born popular. Seeing Ye Qizhen getting along harmoniously with others, she always felt a sense of loneliness and insecurity in her heart.

While eating, the topic somehow shifted to relationship issues.

“Student Wen Yu and Student Nie Nanfeng, are you two really not dating?” The senior sister took the lead in gossiping.

Chatting about this topic got everyone excited. Only Ye Qizhen’s smile froze on her face; it seemed everyone assumed Wen Yu and Nie Nanfeng had an ambiguous relationship.

“No, Senior, really not what you think.” Nie Nanfeng spoke up to explain awkwardly.

Hearing the other party explain, Wen Yu was too lazy to say more.

But this matter wasn’t over.

“You are both single now, right? Want to consider it? We all think you’re a good match.” The senior sister seemed particularly interested in matchmaking handsome guys and beautiful girls.

“Department flower and department grass, consider it.” Zhou Qing also chimed in.

Everyone started echoing as if watching a show without fearing it blowing up.

Apart from Wen Yu, only Ye Qizhen’s smile was about to disappear completely from her face. On impulse, she blurted out to the group: “Wen Yu already has a situation…”

Anxious. Actually, she was quite possessive; even joking wasn’t allowed.

Seeing Ye Qizhen’s wrong reaction just now, Wen Yu was preparing to explain, but didn’t expect Ye Qizhen to beat her to it. Seeing Ye Qizhen’s face almost turning red, she couldn’t help snickering secretly. So this is what a secretly passionate person looks like when anxious? She thought Ye Qizhen would stay silent, stuffing it all inside and getting angry at herself.

Ye Qizhen’s interruption was slightly abrupt, and everyone’s eyes shifted to her. The current situation made Ye Qizhen quite embarrassed. After all, the person involved hadn’t said anything yet, but she popped out this sentence first, seeming inappropriate.

At this moment, Wen Yu looked at Ye Qizhen and unhurriedly picked up Ye Qizhen’s words, “Mn, have someone I like.” Her voice wasn’t loud or quiet, clear and pleasant, enough to attract everyone’s attention.

Hearing this, Ye Qizhen couldn’t help but reveal a smile, the kind that was a little smug. No, should say very smug. No one at the table knew what they were smiling about, only they understood.

After the dinner ended, it was still early.

Ye Qizhen and Wen Yu strolled along the riverside road. Gazing at the river surface, she suddenly looked back at Wen Yu. “Do you remember the first time we came here?”

“Remember.” How could Wen Yu forget? It was that day she actually took the initiative to ask Ye Qizhen if she wanted to be friends.

“We were still ‘love rivals’ back then.” Ye Qizhen felt it was quite incredible.

Wen Yu also found it incredible. Meeting Ye Qizhen, she also met many things she never expected.

Tired of walking, they found steps to sit on and watch the river view. The atmosphere was quiet, quite nice, could chat about something.

Ye Qizhen glanced at Wen Yu a few times, words on the tip of her tongue but not spoken.

Wen Yu saw it. “What?”

“Do you really not have any good feelings for Nie Nanfeng?” Ye Qizhen asked after deliberation. Although asking this made her seem petty, she really had a knot in her heart; she wouldn’t feel comfortable without asking clearly.

Still thinking about this. Wen Yu patiently explained again: “Didn’t I say I have no interest in him?”

“No interest? You helped him pick up the ball and flirted with him before.” Ye Qizhen pressed immediately. Saying this made her seem even pettier and sour. But Wen Yu did treat Nie Nanfeng differently; usually, Wen Yu wouldn’t even spare a glance at other boys.

“Helping him pick up the ball was because,” Sure enough, still brooding over the ball picking, Wen Yu stared at Ye Qizhen, “I wanted to know if someone would care if I liked someone else.”

This method was a bit childish. She didn’t believe Ye Qizhen had no other thoughts about her, but Ye Qizhen insisted on pushing their relationship towards ordinary friends. She did it out of spite at the time.

Facts proved someone cared very much.

Brooding over it even now.

Ye Qizhen was speechless. She knew all too well who the “someone” Wen Yu referred to was. So Wen Yu had been testing her since then. Wen Yu had been testing her all along.

“Now it’s my turn to ask.” Wen Yu changed the subject, smiling lazily at Ye Qizhen. “You said I have a situation. What situation?”

Playing dumb and asking knowingly. Ye Qizhen didn’t know how to answer for a while. Not wanting to be teased by Wen Yu every time, she counterattacked in kind: “You said you have someone you like. Who do you like?” Asking this, her heart pounded endlessly.

Wen Yu leaned close to Ye Qizhen’s face, asking with a low laugh, “What do you think?”

Being questioned by the person she liked staring straight into her eyes, Ye Qizhen was thoroughly flustered. Wen Yu seemed to know exactly where her weak spot was, and in the matter of teasing her, had a tendency to intensify. Although her heart itched terribly at this moment, Ye Qizhen still wanted to be stubborn verbally, insisting: “I don’t know…”

Perhaps both were bored by this roundabout conversation. After speaking, they both laughed. Amidst the wanton smiles, their expressions gradually became serious. Gazing at each other at close range, no longer needing to restrain their liking, their eyes were greedy and attached.

The early summer night breeze blew, silently plucking heartstrings. After an unknown period of silence—

“Wen Yu, I like you…” Ye Qizhen blurted out in a small voice, “The kind of like that only likes you.”

Just said it out loud like that.

As a confession, it might seem monotonous, but thinking from another angle, without elaborate preparation, the involuntary outpouring was even more moving. Liking to the point where even emotions couldn’t be controlled.

Ye Qizhen admitted she was a bit secretly passionate, always hiding many words in her heart and daring not to be proactive easily. But when it was time to express her liking, she wouldn’t be stingy, even though Wen Yu had already read her post, which was a confession between the lines.

Hearing Ye Qizhen say these words personally, Wen Yu was moved in another way. She always felt that the person who could be with Ye Qizhen must be very lucky. Now, the luck was hers.

“What about you? Can you like me, or do you only like me?” Ye Qizhen’s cheeks were slightly red, asking cautiously again. She was meticulous about everything, especially feelings. naturally, she hoped Wen Yu was the latter. Seriousness was the best romance. Seriously telling the person who likes you that you also like her—especially beautiful.

For this question, Wen Yu didn’t need to think at all. Ye Qizhen was too special in her heart, and these thoughts had been hidden in her heart for too long. She rarely faced anything with a serious attitude, but looking at Ye Qizhen at this moment, her eyes were sincere. “Only like you.”

Ye Qizhen instantly smiled like a flower. This one definitive and serious answer from Wen Yu was enough.

Wen Yu reached out to caress Ye Qizhen’s cheek, fingertips rubbing her dimple, her heart melting with sweetness. “Last year when you accompanied me for my birthday, do you know what wish I made?”

Ye Qizhen liked Wen Yu touching her cheek. Or rather, she liked all intimate physical contact with Wen Yu. “What did you wish?”

“I wanted to be your girlfriend.”