Chapter 29.1

Han Shuangshuang inexplicably sneezed several more times.

After Yan Huan left, she returned to the classroom for self-study.

She wondered who was still cursing her at this time…

Or maybe Shen Yuru was thinking of her?

However, in the back row of the classroom, when Bai Liangfen saw Han Shuangshuang sitting in front, she immediately righteously picked up her phone and sent Han Ruhua a message.

For some reason, Han Shuangshuang felt that time passed especially slowly this afternoon. Every five minutes, she had to glance at her phone to check what time it was.

She wondered whether Shen Yuru had finished class, and whether Shen Yuru would contact her after class.

[System: Host, if you miss Shen Yuru that much, then go find her. Why restrain yourself? Host already has a mission to complete. Didn’t Host also say that the earlier the mission is completed, the greater the chance of changing your cannon-fodder ending?]

Han Shuangshuang opened her phone and looked at the original owner’s pitiful balance, wondering whether she should find a part-time job.

Fortunately, Yan Huan had treated her to lunch, so she had not spent any money.

Thinking of that little cake she had been longing for yesterday, Han Shuangshuang’s heart ached.

She could not afford little cakes, nor could she give Shen Yuru anything good.

However, she knew Shen Yuru liked sweet things. Buying a few pieces of good candy was still something she could afford.

Han Shuangshuang endured until nearly four o’clock. Then she immediately packed up her books and cheerfully ran to the supermarket, planning to buy a few pieces of candy.

When she arrived at the supermarket and saw the prices of those candies, Han Shuangshuang could not help sucking in a cold breath.

As expected of a university attended by rich kids. The supermarket inside was practically robbing people.

One ordinary piece of candy cost twenty or thirty yuan.

In her original world, twenty or thirty yuan had been enough for a whole day of meals.

Han Shuangshuang also loved sweets and disliked sour things.

But after looking at her poor balance, Han Shuangshuang endured the pain and bought Shen Yuru one piece of candy for forty yuan, then bought herself one for five yuan.

Five yuan was the cheapest.

There was no helping it. Shi Nianxue’s appearance today had truly stimulated her. She did not want to be that annoying in front of Shen Yuru.

She had not noticed it before because Shen Yuru hid her emotions extremely well. From Shen Yuru’s face, she could not see Shen Yuru’s joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness at all, so she did not know just how irritating her own actions were.

By the time Han Shuangshuang arrived downstairs at the teaching building where Shen Yuru had class with the candy in hand, it was exactly four thirty. The juniors were about to finish class.

But looking at the figures gradually walking out of the teaching building, Han Shuangshuang inexplicably felt a little guilty. She did not dare appear in front of everyone, so she hid to the side and secretly observed, watching for Shen Yuru’s figure.

The mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Bai Liangfen followed behind Han Shuangshuang, wanting to know exactly what Han Shuangshuang was doing so sneakily.

She had already notified Han Ruhua.

Ever since something happened to Long Aodi and Han Ruhua, Han Shuangshuang had not appeared in the dormitory. Bai Liangfen wanted to find her, but simply could not.

She had secretly loved Long Aodi for three years, but she knew her own status had no way of intersecting with Long Aodi’s.

She was Han Ruhua’s follower. She knew she was not some wealthy young miss, but if she could see Han Ruhua and Long Aodi together, she would already be satisfied. Yet unexpectedly, something like this had happened.

Long Aodi had already been expelled by the school. Bai Liangfen held a grudge in her heart. After hearing that the culprit behind this matter was Han Shuangshuang, she transferred all her resentment onto Han Shuangshuang. After suppressing it for so many days, she had never had a chance to release it. This time, she had finally caught Han Shuangshuang. Moreover, Han Ruhua had also instructed her to keep a close eye on Han Shuangshuang at school and immediately tell her as soon as she discovered Han Shuangshuang’s movements.

She had just sent Han Ruhua a message. Han Ruhua would probably take half an hour to arrive at school. During this half hour, Bai Liangfen had to follow Han Shuangshuang carefully and could not let her easily leave again.

Han Shuangshuang’s heart and eyes were entirely focused on finding Shen Yuru. With both hands behind her back, she hid the candy behind her, so she did not notice someone following her from behind.

Among the crowd, Shen Yuru was a standout beauty. She was very eye-catching and prominent among everyone, and Han Shuangshuang spotted her at a glance.

There was not much expression on Shen Yuru’s face. She carried a shoulder bag, but for some reason, Han Shuangshuang felt that Shen Yuru seemed to be in a very bad mood right now.

If someone did not understand Shen Yuru, they would think that was merely [unauthorized copy]her expressionless beauty face.

But Han Shuangshuang had spent so much time with Shen Yuru. With one glance, she could tell that Shen Yuru was currently wearing a stinky face.

Had someone bullied Shen Yuru while she was not around, making Shen Yuru’s mood bad?

But the system had not notified her of any fluctuations in Shen Yuru’s blackening value either.

So for a moment, Han Shuangshuang hesitated, unsure whether she should jump out and give Shen Yuru a surprise.

Yet while Han Shuangshuang was hesitating, a person carrying cold air suddenly stopped in front of her.

After Shen Yuru left the teaching building, she saw Han Shuangshuang at a glance, hiding sneakily behind a tree not far away. Her hands were behind her back, as if she was holding something, and she was a little hunched and a little guilty.

Shen Yuru was already suppressing a breath of anger. Although she thought in her heart that she did not want to bother with Han Shuangshuang and wanted to pretend she had not seen her and walk around her—

For some reason, her legs unconsciously walked right in front of Han Shuangshuang.

And at this moment, the chief culprit in front of her was actually still lowering her head, not knowing what she was thinking, and had not noticed Shen Yuru’s presence at all.

Han Shuangshuang raised her head and saw Shen Yuru’s enlarged face. Those beautiful phoenix eyes were currently icy cold.

Han Shuangshuang immediately lifted a smile. “Sister Shen, you actually found me. I hid in such a remote corner, but Sister Shen could still see me. Could it be that we have a meeting of hearts? Hehe…”

If this were usual, seeing Han Shuangshuang like this would definitely make Shen Yuru feel that a whole day’s gloomy mood had been swept away. The corner of her [bailiantales.com]mouth would also unconsciously curve. In short, it would make her feel comfortable.

But today, she only felt that Han Shuangshuang, this central air conditioner, must smile like this at everyone. At her, at Shi Nianxue, and at Yun Yun too.

Like offering a treasure, Han Shuangshuang placed the forty-yuan candy in front of Shen Yuru.

The candy was not large, about a quarter the size of a palm. It was very exquisite, and even the wrapping paper was beautiful, a transparent cellophane reflecting rainbow-colored light.

Han Shuangshuang had never eaten either a forty-yuan candy or a five-yuan candy before, but she felt that one got what one paid for. The forty-yuan one had to taste better than the five-yuan one.

To the best of her ability, she wanted to give Shen Yuru the best.

But Shen Yuru only looked at it coldly. Seeing Han Shuangshuang stretch out her hand toward her, with a small, round piece of candy lying in her palm, looking very sweet and delicious, Shen Yuru did not make any move.

The people around them really wanted to watch the show, but perhaps because they sensed the pressure and cold air Shen Yuru was emitting, none of them dared stop and linger. They only glanced twice before immediately leaving, afraid of getting burned.

After all, Long Aodi, who had previously tried to get involved with Shen Yuru, had already been sent away. They did not dare risk themselves so easily again.

Shen Yuru sneered. “It’s just something worthless. Do you really think I would look at it?”

Hearing Shen Yuru’s unconcealed mocking words, Han Shuangshuang froze a little. “Wh… what…”

Shen Yuru’s phoenix eyes looked down at Han Shuangshuang from above. The distance between the two of them seemed to be infinitely widened. All the warmth from before was like passing smoke and clouds, as if it had never happened at all. “What use is there in giving me this kind of low-quality candy? I won’t eat it anyway. Besides, maybe it was meant for someone else and wasn’t given out, so the leftovers came to me… Han Shuangshuang, in your eyes, am I really that easy to fool?”

Shen Yuru’s tone was very strange. In her icy words, there were also traces of self-mockery.

Han Shuangshuang’s mind was dazed. Hadn’t the two of them only not seen each other for one morning? How had things suddenly become like this? Had something happened in between? Was there some misunderstanding?

Han Shuangshuang immediately shook her head. “I didn’t give it to anyone else. I just bought this fresh from the supermarket. It was forty yuan, very expensive. I didn’t even bear to eat it. I only bought one, and it’s for Sister Shen. This is mint candy. The weather is so hot today, so I thought Sister Shen’s body would probably feel more comfortable after eating it.”

Shen Yuru looked at Han Shuangshuang’s fluttering puppy eyes, where sincerity was clear at a glance. For a moment, she became a little confused again.

She had just said such ugly words, yet Han Shuangshuang was not angry at all, not even a little annoyed.

She could still have such an innocent conversation with her.

Was Han Shuangshuang’s skin too thick, was Han Shuangshuang too good at pretending, or did Shen Yuru really have something on her that was worth Han Shuangshuang paying such dignity for?

Looking at Han Shuangshuang’s heartless smiling face, Shen Yuru could not control herself from imagining Han Shuangshuang using this same face toward Shi Nianxue and Yun Yun.

The moment she thought of this, the anger in her heart began to become impossible to suppress. Her index finger irritably rubbed against her thumb, trying to make herself calm down.

But she discovered that she simply could not do it. Now, as long as something involved Han Shuangshuang, it would easily shatter her rationality.

Shen Yuru said, “Han Shuangshuang, you really take me for a fool. Do you think I’ll believe anything you say?”

Shen Yuru raised her hand and hit the back of Han Shuangshuang’s hand. Han Shuangshuang was careless, and the candy in her hand flew out, falling to the ground.

Han Shuangshuang’s gaze followed the flying candy. She felt as though her heart had flown out along with it. That was a forty-yuan candy, and she had not even smelled it.

Han Shuangshuang also began to frown, not understanding why Shen Yuru was reacting so strongly at this moment. “Sister Shen, if you encountered something, you can tell me directly. Why did your attitude suddenly change so much? I didn’t provoke you, and I didn’t offend you. If you don’t believe me, then forget it. But this candy really was bought for you alone, and I bought it specially for you. In my heart, besides you, there is no one else. If you don’t believe me, then forget it. This is the receipt the supermarket gave me. If you don’t believe me, look at it yourself.”

Han Shuangshuang pouted, also angered now. Her oval face puffed up from anger like a pink peach. She grabbed the receipt from her pocket, seized Shen Yuru’s wrist, forcefully stuffed it into Shen Yuru’s palm, then turned and left.

Looking at Han Shuangshuang’s departing back, Shen Yuru opened the crumpled receipt.

On it, she saw that this was the first purchase: one forty-yuan premium candy and one ordinary five-yuan candy.

Shen Yuru knew Han Shuangshuang also liked sweets. She instantly understood that the five-yuan candy had been left for herself, while the forty-yuan one had been bought for Shen Yuru.

Han Shuangshuang had not lied to her.

Her heartbeat seemed to skip a beat.

So Shen Yuru, who had mysophobia, unprecedentedly walked to the side of the road, picked up the candy that had fallen into the dust, blew on it, opened the wrapper, and put the candy into her mouth.

Shen Yuru frowned. “Sucker. A forty-yuan candy isn’t sweet at all. It’s really sour.”

Although she said this, she carefully folded the candy wrapper and placed it into her bag.

Even if Han Shuangshuang had bought candy for her, she would not easily forgive Han Shuangshuang for hugging her ex-girlfriend.

And praising Yun Yun for being good-looking…

Shen Yuru’s brows furrowed even deeper. Why was this candy getting more and more sour the longer she ate it?

Yan Huan was also crouching not far away, but the person she was waiting for was Yun Yun.

Because Yan Huan had been too absorbed in choosing a place to eat, she had accidentally overdone it.

By the time she came back to herself, she saw that it was already four thirty. The juniors had already finished class, so she could only jog all the way to the junior teaching building.

When she arrived, she discovered everyone had already left. Only Shen Yuru remained standing not far away, seemingly thinking about something.

Actually, Yan Huan was still a little afraid of Shen Yuru.

Although Han Shuangshuang and Shen Yuru were close, she knew very clearly in her heart that this did not mean Shen Yuru was someone easy to get along with.

But for Yun Yun’s sake, Yan Huan still mustered her courage and moved step by step in front of Shen Yuru. “Senior Shen, sorry to bother you. Um… I wanted to ask, did you see Senior Yun?”

Yan Huan’s heart was lifted high.

At school, Shen Yuru was famous for being difficult to approach. Moreover, it was best not to approach her with a purpose, or else one would only receive a cold face frightening enough to make the heart tremble.

The candy in Shen Yuru’s mouth still had not melted. After turning around and seeing that it was Yan Huan, she hid the candy beneath the root of her tongue.

When something was hidden beneath the root of the tongue, one’s speech would sound stolen contentmore like a broadcast voice, making it even more emotionless, each word pronounced distinctly.

Shen Yuru asked in return, “Yun Yun?”

Yan Huan’s heart also thudded. She immediately explained in a panic, “That’s right, Senior Yun Yun. We added each other on WeChat at noon, and I said I wanted to invite her to dinner today. I originally wanted to confirm with her in person, but I didn’t expect to accidentally arrive late.”

Shen Yuru said, “You added her WeChat?”

Another question in return. Yan Huan’s rabbit courage was about to be scared to pieces.

To Yan Huan, Shen Yuru carried a natural suppression like that of the natural world. She seemed to be at the very bottom of Shen Yuru’s food chain.

Yan Huan hurriedly nodded. “Yes, yes. I’m the only one who added Senior Yun Yun on WeChat. Really. I’m not lying to you. I even chatted with her at noon.”

Shen Yuru asked, “Han Shuangshuang didn’t add her?”

Yan Huan immediately shook her head. “Of course not.”

How could Han Shuangshuang possibly pry at her corner?

Shen Yuru felt that the candy in her mouth seemed to become a little sweeter. Like honey, its sweetness spread from the root of her tongue through her entire mouth.

Shen Yuru suddenly understood. So the sentence Yun Yun had repeated, praising her for being good-looking, had not been said by Han Shuangshuang to her. It had been said by Yan Huan, who had added Yun Yun on WeChat.

That made sense. Han Shuangshuang and Yan Huan were friends. The two [bailiantales.com]of them were of the same kind. It was reasonable for them to say roughly similar things.

For the first time, Shen Yuru pointed Yan Huan in the right direction. “After class, Yun Yun went this way. She should have gone to the library. She usually likes staying in the first classroom on the second floor of the library, in the third row from the back by the window.”

These directions were extremely detailed. Yan Huan almost wanted to kneel down and kowtow loudly to Shen Yuru in gratitude.

Because this was not simple direction-giving. A situation that Shen Yuru understood this well must mean it was a place Yun Yun often went and stayed at for long periods.

From now on, she could frequently have chance encounters with Yun Yun in that place. Was this not the “leaving no gaps” method Han Shuangshuang had spoken of?

She had finally found a place where she could leave no gaps.

Yan Huan thanked her and turned away happily.

Shen Yuru was not someone with a stubborn mind. After discovering the truth of one matter, she began reasoning through the other events.

Then did that mean she had wrongly blamed Han Shuangshuang?

But she had personally seen Han Shuangshuang and Shi Nianxue hugging each other.

Shen Yuru subconsciously walked toward the freshman teaching building. In her heart, she thought that she was not overly concerned about this matter, nor did she want Han Shuangshuang to give her a reasonable explanation.

She only wanted to know why, since Han Shuangshuang hated the Han family so much, she was still mixing with someone from the Han family.

After all, she had to guard against the Han family and the unauthorized copyShen family. If Han Shuangshuang was close to Shi Nianxue, then she would once again place Han Shuangshuang among the people she needed to guard against.